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Health and Fitness | What Behaviors Pose the Greatest Health Risks and Benefits?

• Chapter 1 Preface

• Eating Meat Is Healthy

• Eating Meat Is Unhealthy

• Milk Consumption Is Harmful

• The Health Risks of Milk Consumption Are Exaggerated

• Vitamin Supplements Are Beneficial

• The Benefits of Vitamin Supplements Are Unproven

• Chapter 1 Periodical Bibliography

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1. Introduction
2. What Behaviors Pose the Greatest Health Risks and Benefits?
   1. Chapter 1 Preface
   2. Eating Meat Is Healthy
   3. Eating Meat Is Unhealthy
   4. Milk Consumption Is Harmful
   5. The Health Risks of Milk Consumption Are Exaggerated
   6. Vitamin Supplements Are Beneficial
   7. The Benefits of Vitamin Supplements Are Unproven
   8. Chapter 1 Periodical Bibliography
3. Are Exercise and Weight-Loss Treatments Beneficial?
   1. Chapter 2 Preface
   2. Exercise Is Physically Beneficial
   3. Exercise Can Be Psychologically Beneficial
   4. Exercise Can Be Psychologically Harmful
   5. Weight-Loss Treatments Are Harmful and Unnecessary
   6. Drug Treatments for Weight Loss Are Beneficial
   7. Chapter 2 Periodical Bibliography
4. Are Alternative Therapies Viable?
   1. Chapter 3 Preface
   2. Some Alternative Therapies Are Valid
   3. Alternative Therapies Are Not Valid
   4. Homeopathic Remedies Are Beneficial
   5. Homeopathic Remedies Are a Fraud
   6. Meditation Promotes Well-Being
   7. Meditation Can Be Harmful
   8. Prayer Can Heal
   9. Prayer May Not Be Able to Heal
   10. Periodical Bibliography
5. Is the Health Care Industry Effective?
   1. Chapter 4 Preface
   2. America's Health Care System Is in Crisis
   3. America's Health Care System Is Not in Crisis
   4. Patient-Doctor Intimacy Has Been Sacrificed
   5. Patient-Doctor Intimacy Is Not Crucial
   6. HMOs Do Not Meet Patients' Needs
   7. HMOs Are Beneficial for Patients
   8. Periodical Bibliography
6. For Further Discussion
7. Organizations to Contact
8. Bibliography

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