BISAC Subject Headings List

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HEALTH & FITNESS

Use subjects in this section for works aimed at nonprofessionals. For scholarly works and/or works aimed at medical or health care professionals, use subjects in the MEDICAL

Subjects beginning with "HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions" are intended for popular works that discuss preventing or coping with a specific disease or condition and/or for popular works describing the experiences of people with a specific disease or condition. For scholarly or professional works discussing diseases, use subjects in the MEDICAL section that pertain to the branch of medicine that studies the disease in question (if no specific branch of medicine applies, use subjects in the MEDICAL section for the specific disease or type of disease): for example, a textbook about cancer would be assigned a heading beginning with "MEDICAL / Oncology"; a clinical work on AIDS research would be assigned "MEDICAL / AIDS & HIV". 

HEA000000

HEALTH & FITNESS / General

HEA001000

HEALTH & FITNESS / Acupressure & Acupuncture (see also MEDICAL / Acupuncture)

HEA027000

HEALTH & FITNESS / Allergies

HEA032000

HEALTH & FITNESS / Alternative Therapies

HEA029000

HEALTH & FITNESS / Aromatherapy

HEA003000

HEALTH & FITNESS / Beauty & Grooming

HEA047000

HEALTH & FITNESS / Body Cleansing & Detoxification

HEA044000

HEALTH & FITNESS / Breastfeeding

HEA053000

HEALTH & FITNESS / Cannabis & CBD

 

HEALTH & FITNESS / Childbirth see Pregnancy & Childbirth

HEA046000

HEALTH & FITNESS / Children's Health

HEA048000

HEALTH & FITNESS / Diet & Nutrition / General

HEA006000

HEALTH & FITNESS / Diet & Nutrition / Diets

HEA034000

HEALTH & FITNESS / Diet & Nutrition / Food Content Guides

HEA013000

HEALTH & FITNESS / Diet & Nutrition / Macrobiotics

HEA017000

HEALTH & FITNESS / Diet & Nutrition / Nutrition

HEA023000

HEALTH & FITNESS / Diet & Nutrition / Vitamins

HEA019000

HEALTH & FITNESS / Diet & Nutrition / Weight Loss

HEA039000

HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / General

HEA039020

HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / AIDS & HIV

HEA039140

HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / Alzheimer's & Dementia

 

HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / Brain see Diseases & Conditions / Nervous System (incl. Brain)

HEA039030

HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / Cancer

HEA039150

HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

HEA039040

HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / Contagious (incl. Pandemics)

HEA039050

HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / Diabetes

HEA039160

HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / Endocrine System

HEA039010

HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / Gastrointestinal

HEA039060

HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / Genetic

HEA039070

HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / Genitourinary & STDs

HEA039170

HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / Headaches & Migraines

HEA039080

HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / Heart

HEA039090

HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / Immune & Autoimmune

HEA039100

HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / Musculoskeletal

HEA039110

HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / Nervous System (incl. Brain)

HEA039120

HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / Respiratory

HEA039130

HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / Skin

HEA007000

HEALTH & FITNESS / Exercise / General

HEA002000

HEALTH & FITNESS / Exercise / Aerobics

HEA007010

HEALTH & FITNESS / Exercise / Aquatic

HEA007020

HEALTH & FITNESS / Exercise / Dance

HEA007040

HEALTH & FITNESS / Exercise / Interval Training (incl. HIIT)

HEA007030

HEALTH & FITNESS / Exercise / Pilates

HEA007050

HEALTH & FITNESS / Exercise / Strength Training

HEA022000

HEALTH & FITNESS / Exercise / Stretching

HEA045000

HEALTH & FITNESS / Fertility & Infertility

HEA033000

HEALTH & FITNESS / First Aid

HEA009000

HEALTH & FITNESS / Healing

HEA028000

HEALTH & FITNESS / Health Care Issues

HEA010000

HEALTH & FITNESS / Healthy Living & Personal Hygiene

HEA035000

HEALTH & FITNESS / Hearing & Speech

HEA011000

HEALTH & FITNESS / Herbal Medications

HEA012000

HEALTH & FITNESS / Holism

HEA030000

HEALTH & FITNESS / Homeopathy

HEA054000

HEALTH & FITNESS / LGBTQ+ Health

HEA049000

HEALTH & FITNESS / Longevity

HEA014000

HEALTH & FITNESS / Massage & Reflexology

HEA015000

HEALTH & FITNESS / Men's Health

HEA051000

HEALTH & FITNESS / Menopause

HEA055000

HEALTH & FITNESS / Mental Health

HEA016000

HEALTH & FITNESS / Naturopathy

HEA040000

HEALTH & FITNESS / Oral Health

HEA036000

HEALTH & FITNESS / Pain Management

HEA018000

HEALTH & FITNESS / Physical Impairments

HEA041000

HEALTH & FITNESS / Pregnancy & Childbirth

HEA020000

HEALTH & FITNESS / Reference

 

HEALTH & FITNESS / Reflexology see Massage & Reflexology

HEA042000

HEALTH & FITNESS / Sexuality

HEA043000

HEALTH & FITNESS / Sleep

HEA052000

HEALTH & FITNESS / Tai Chi

HEA050000

HEALTH & FITNESS / Vaccinations

HEA037000

HEALTH & FITNESS / Vision

HEA024000

HEALTH & FITNESS / Women's Health

HEA038000

HEALTH & FITNESS / Work-Related Health

HEA025000

HEALTH & FITNESS / Yoga

If your title does not have subject content, i.e. a blank book, please use the Non-Classifiable term below. Otherwise, use the Subject/General term in the closest descriptive area. NON000000 NON-CLASSIFIABLE

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