This clinically oriented textbook provides scientific information and practical guidelines in preventive medicine for all clinicians. Discussions include how physicians can help patients maintain health and prevent disease. Sections include principles of clinical prevention, behavioral influences in health and disease, physical activity as a preventive tool, the relationships between nutrition and disease prevention, genetics, ethnic and gender issues in prevention, and prevention in clinical areas including cardiovascular disease, cancer, and many others. New to this edition are sexual dysfunction of the female, obesity, dietary supplements, emphasis on mental wellness, and complementary and alternative.