This book reflects the story of how parks, recreation, and leisure studies contribute to health and well-being of individuals, families, communities, and societies. This is also the story of how public health contributes to parks, recreation, and leisure studies - the intersections and connections between and among these fields, concepts, and professional practices. This book provides a collection of ideas brought together by scholars and practitioners willing to venture outside of the safe confines of their own disciplines to write trans-disciplinary chapters with colleagues from numerous fields related to leisure, health, and wellness and their interconnections. Content: Section 1-overview - Section 2 -Leisure and the Dimensions of Wellness - Section 3 - Leisure and Personal Health - Section 4 - Leisure and Health in Population Groups - Section 5 - Health and Forms of Leisure Expression - Section 6 - Strategies for Healthy Leisure

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