by Brent Agin and Sharon Perkins Healthy Aging For Dummies®, Mini Edition
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Author: Brent Agin

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

ISBN: 9781118042489

Category: Health & Fitness

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Set healthy aging goals, take action, and get on the road to lifelong wellness Find the secrets for keeping your body fit and your mind sharp. Packed with proven strategies to slow down the aging process — from good nutrition and exercise to stress reduction and mental exercises — this fun and easy guide shows you how to stay fit and vigorous no matter what your age. Open the book and find: How to eat healthfully How to keep your whole body healthy and strong Ways to be proactive on disease prevention Advice for maintaining vitality as you age

Look to this book for advice, techniques, and strategies to help people stay vigorous and healthy as they grow older.

Author: Brent Agin

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

ISBN: 1118068327

Category: Health & Fitness

Page: 384

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Look to this book for advice, techniques, and strategies to help people stay vigorous and healthy as they grow older. People are becoming increasingly knowledgeable about managing their health as they age. Healthy Aging For Dummies explains how people can embark on a healthy lifestyle that will enable them to feel young, both mentally and physically, even as they’re getting older. It covers tips and advice on choosing the ideal physician; starting an exercise program; learning to meditate; taking the right vitamins and herbs; dealing with or preventing heart disease, cancer, and dementia; replacing negative thinking with positive thinking; and building memory and learning skills.

This book outlines the theories on ageing, the ageing, process, the structural and functional changes that characterise advancing age and the exercise programming concerns for the aged, as well as the benefits of exercise and physical ...

Author: Albert W. Taylor

Publisher: Human Kinetics

ISBN: 0736058389

Category: Family & Relationships

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Aims to blend the science of exercise physiology with the ageing process. This book outlines the theories on ageing, the ageing, process, the structural and functional changes that characterise advancing age and the exercise programming concerns for the aged, as well as the benefits of exercise and physical activity.

Once he entered into private practice, he implemented a practice model that
allowed him to focus not only on medical care, but also on the use of diet and
nutrition to improve health. Dr. Agin co-authored the book Healthy Aging For
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Author: Brent Agin

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

ISBN: 9780470445396

Category: Health & Fitness

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Transform your diet and reap the extraordinary benefits of superfoods Want to eat healthier, lose weight, and fight off disease? You can do it with superfoods! This friendly guide explains everything you need to know — why you need superfoods, the science behind them, and how to prepare and enjoy them. From bananas and carrots to oatmeal and salmon, you'll gain a healthy attitude toward eating right! Get the skinny on superfoods — know the basics of a balanced, nutritional diet, and why superfoods are so powerful Take a closer look — examine the unique properties of superfoods and the best ways to store and prepare them Explore exotic flavors — discover Asia's goji berries, Mexico's chia, Indonesia's mangosteen, and other unusual superfoods Launch your superfoods lifestyle — plan healthy meals you and your family will enjoy Open the book and find: A nuts-and-bolts breakdown of each superfood Ways to incorporate superfoods into your everyday diet Tips for saving money on superfoods The healthiest cooking methods More than 50 easy-to-prepare, tasty recipes — from breakfast to dessert The top dietary supplements How to grow your own superfoods garden

Gaynor began specializing in women's health after taking a short career break to
have her two daughters. ... Osteoporosis For Dummies, Breastfeeding For
Dummies, Endometriosis For Dummies, Healthy Aging For Dummies, and Dad's
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Author: Gaynor Bussell

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

ISBN: 9781118127377

Category: Health & Fitness

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Practical advice and information for living with PolycysticOvarian Syndrome Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is a condition in which thereis an imbalance of a woman's female sex hormones, and affects anestimated 10% of all women. This hormone imbalance may causechanges in the menstrual cycle, acne, small cysts in the ovaries,difficulty conceiving, high blood pressure, and other problems. Itis treatable, but not curable, and sufferers have to rely onthemselves for the long-term management of their condition. Ifyou're living with PCOS, this guide gives you the latestinformation concerning treatments and research into PolycysticOvarian Syndrome. PCOS For Dummies gives you a practical, plain-Englishguide to living with and managing Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. Inaddition to providing valuable information concerning the causesand symptoms of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, PCOS ForDummies gives you the facts about the various treatment optionsthat are available, including both traditional medical treatmentsand alternative therapies. Discusses the causes and symptoms of PCOS Advice for dealing with this disorder Covers the treatments and medicine available in the UnitedStates PCOS For Dummies is an invaluable resource for themillions who are suffering from this condition.

Provides a comprehensive guide to the effects of aging for men, and provides guidance on life-managing techniques, mind and body well being, bodily health, and living with others.

Author: Edward H. Thompson Jr.

Publisher: JHU Press

ISBN: 9781421410562

Category: Health & Fitness

Page: 584

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Provides a comprehensive guide to the effects of aging for men, and provides guidance on life-managing techniques, mind and body well being, bodily health, and living with others.

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Author: Tia Harrison

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

ISBN: 9781118374948

Category: Technology & Engineering

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Discover how to butcher your own meat and make homemade sausage With interest in a back-to-basics approach to food on the rise, more and more people are becoming interested in butchering their own meat and making high-quality, preservative-free sausages. With easy-to-follow instructions and illustrations, Butchery & Sausage-Making For Dummies offers readers a look at how to butcher poultry, rabbit, beef, pork, lamb, and goats. The book will also explore sausage-making, with tips and recipes, and will look at preserving meat through curing and smoking. Offers natural, healthier alternatives for sausages and preserved meats for people wary of processed foods Provides helpful tips and guidance for home cooks and beginner butchers Provides needed guidance for those looking to explore this long-overlooked profession Butchery & Sausage Making For Dummies is an invaluable resource for home cooks interested in being more responsible about their meat, or those that are looking to save money and enjoy healthier alternatives to what's found in their local grocery store.

This book highlights both biomedical and psychosocial interventions, including lifestyle changes that promote healthy aging.

Author: Patrick Coll

Publisher:

ISBN: 3030062015

Category: SCIENCE

Page:

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This book highlights both biomedical and psychosocial interventions, including lifestyle changes that promote healthy aging. The text begins with an introduction to the principles of disease prevention and health promotion with an emphasis on the impact of age on life expectancy, disease and disability. Written by experts who have an interest in healthy aging, the text highlights steps that patients and their healthcare providers can take to promote healthy aging. There is an emphasis on maintaining function and preventing disability with increasing age. Common biomedical interventions including exercise, nutrition, sleep and cancer prevention are addressed in detail. The text then shifts to address the psychosocial determinant of healthy aging including, housing, relationships, intimacy, work and spirituality. The text then outlines steps that healthcare systems and public policy agencies should adopt to promote healthy aging, both for those who are older now and for those who will be older in the future. Healthy Aging is an important resource for those working with older patients, including geriatricians, family medicine physicians, nurses, gerontologists, students, public health administrators, and all other medical professionals.

Advances in our understanding of health and aging now make it possible for you to make your later years some of your best years.

Author: Edward T. Creagan

Publisher:

ISBN: LCCN:2013935416

Category: Aging

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Advances in our understanding of health and aging now make it possible for you to make your later years some of your best years. With motivation, energy and knowledge, you can craft a future that?s fulfilling, invigorating and, best of all?healthy.

Beginners learn and are motivated by seeing someone close to their age who is
more experienced with yoga. ... common health challenges for the later years:
keeping our cardiovascular and skeletal systems healthy; relieving arthritic joints
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Author: Suza Francina

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

ISBN: 9780757399015

Category: Health & Fitness

Page: 365

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One in five Americans is now moving toward the age bracket of "sixty and beyond," and while many are calling sixty the "new forty," this milestone is the perfect time to take stock in good health. One form of exercise that is proven to prevent or alleviate a host of physical and mental ailments for the last 5,000 years is yoga. Now, under the guidance of a qualified and well-known Iyengar yoga teacher, who is also the author of The New Yoga for People Over 50, readers can reap the benefits of yoga with this gentle and clear guide written specifically with today's baby boomers in mind. Filled with clear instructions, including the use of yoga props and modified poses, plus crisp follow-along photographs, The New Yoga for Healthy Aging takes readers step by step through the asanas (poses) that can prevent or lessen ailments such as osteoporosis, hip fractures, chronic pain, arthritis, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. With heartfelt interviews and tips from some of America's most active yoga teachers and their older students—each sharing wisdom, insights and successes—readers will discover a source of inspiration that will help their practice evolve into more than just those moments they spend on the mat.

If you are in your 70’s or 80’s, BASIC PREVENTION can make your present years more enjoyable. You have only one body, one life. Let BASIC PREVENTION show you how to take charge now and increase your chances of enjoying your older years.

Author: Francis A. Salerno, MD; Henry A. Acres

Publisher: AuthorHouse

ISBN: 9781467098953

Category: Self-Help

Page: 200

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Aging is not a disease; it’s a normal part of life. BASIC PREVENTION is your guide to aging successfully. It will help you increase the time in your older years when you are independent and enjoying your life. It may decrease the time, if any, in your older years when you must depend on others to help you through the day. Each section of BASIC PREVENTION concludes with “What You Can Do.” Find out what you can do to keep your mind sharp, to keep your bones strong, to avoid falls, to understand what cholesterol is, to understand what medicines you should—and should not—take, to understand what your blood pressure tells you, and to learn many other things that will help you age successfully. The second part of BASIC PREVENTION is titled COMMON PROBLEMS. Here you will learn what you need to know about back pain, constipation, dementia, and other health problems that are common among older people. If you are in your 30’s, 40’s, 50’s, or 60’s, BASIC PREVENTION can help your older years be healthy ones. If you are in your 70’s or 80’s, BASIC PREVENTION can make your present years more enjoyable. You have only one body, one life. Let BASIC PREVENTION show you how to take charge now and increase your chances of enjoying your older years. .

Healthy Aging–a book for people of all ages–is Andrew Weil’s most important and far-reaching book yet. From the Hardcover edition.

Author: Andrew Weil

Publisher: Rodale

ISBN: 1400043719

Category: Health & Fitness

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Spontaneous Healing . . . Eight Weeks to Optimum Health . . . Eating Well for Optimum Health . . . The Healthy Kitchen–in each of his widely acclaimed, best-selling books, Dr. Andrew Weil has been an authoritative and companionable guide through a uniquely effective combination of traditional and nontraditional approaches to health and healthy living. Now he gives us a book about aging that is unlike any other in the breadth and depth of its information and understanding. Hugely informative, practical, and uplifting, it is infused with the engaging candor and common sense that have been the hallmarks of all his books. At the heart of Healthy Aging is Dr. Weil’s belief that although aging is an irreversible process, there are myriad things we can do to keep our minds and bodies in good working order through all phases of life. To that end, he draws on the new science of biogerentology (the biology of aging) as well as on the secrets of healthy longevity– diet, activity, and attitude–that he has gathered firsthand from cultures around the world. In Part One–“The Science and Philosophy of Healthy Aging”–he explains how the body ages, and he explores the impact of gender, genes, environment, and lifestyle on an individual’s experience and perception of the process of aging. He describes the various would-be elixirs of life extension–herbs, hormones, and antiaging “medicines”–separating myth from fact and clearly delineating the difference between the spurious notions of preventing or reversing the process of aging and the real possibilities of inhibiting or delaying the onset of diseases that become more likely as we age. He writes movingly about the ways in which an acceptance of aging can be a significant part of doing it well, and of recognizing and appreciating the great rewards of growing older: depth and richness of experience, complexity of being, serenity, wisdom, and its own kind of power and grace. In Part Two–“How to Age Gracefully”–Weil details an easy-to-implement Anti-inflammatory Diet that will protect the immune system and aid your body in resisting and adapting to the changes that time brings. And he provides extensive practical advice on exercise; preventive health care; stress management; physical, mental, and emotional flexibility; and spiritual enhancement–all of which can help you achieve and maintain the best health throughout the lifelong process of aging. Healthy Aging–a book for people of all ages–is Andrew Weil’s most important and far-reaching book yet. From the Hardcover edition.

Introduction The interaction between gender and healthy aging is complex and in
many respects paradoxical. In current cohorts of older people, women are
generally poorer and less well educated than men, but they live longer, so much
so ...

Author: Yi Zeng

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

ISBN: 9781402040320

Category: Medical

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A fundamental issue facing the global community is meeting the challenges of population aging and achieving healthy aging to maintain an active older population and reduce the number of disabled people. The focus of this book is on theoretical issues and empirical findings related to trends and determinants of healthy aging, including factors related to "healthy longevity" of the oldest-old, aged 80 and over. The group is the most rapidly increasing elderly sub-population and is most likely to need assistance in daily living in all countries. Chapters include both longitudinal and cross-sectional data from North America, Europe, and Asia in country-specific studies and cross-national comparisons. Part I focuses on the definition, components, concepts, measurements, and determinants of healthy aging, and discusses the trends and patterns of disability and healthy life expectancy at the macro level. Part II addresses individual healthy aging, including its biological and socio-demographic aspects. Part III focuses on issues concerning the family and healthy aging, and Part IV explores formal and informal care for healthy aging through governmental policy interventions and community service programs.

Age UK. http://www.ageuk.org.uk/. Agin, B. & Perkins, Sharon. (2008). Healthy
Aging for Dummies. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Publishing, Inc. Alston, J. P. & Dredley,
C. J. (1973). “Age, Occupation and Life Satisfaction.” The Gerontologist 13(1): ...

Author: Patricia-Luciana Runcan

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

ISBN: 9781443868662

Category: Social Science

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Depression in the Elderly examines theoretical aspects of depression, its symptoms and risk factors, ageing, old age and the elderly, the families of depressed old people, and practical aspects resulting from quantitative and qualitative research on a significant sample of old people from the point of view of the main psycho-social factors involved in depression in the elderly: sudden retirement, losses (of the partner, of the adult child, of social status, of health), poverty, loneliness, and social isolation. This book will appeal to a wide and diversified range of professionals, such as social workers, psychologists, doctors, academics, researchers, priests and students, as well as people aged over 50 and families willing to help their ageing relatives avoid depression. The book will be of use to both professionals in the field of social work and for people preparing to make a step forward in life.

Hugely informative, practical, and uplifting, Healthy Aging is infused with the engaging candor and common sense that have made Dr. Weil our most trusted source on healthy living.

Author: Andrew Weil, M.D.

Publisher: Anchor

ISBN: 0307485854

Category: Health & Fitness

Page: 368

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A unique book about aging that draws on the science of biogerontology as well as on the secrets of healthy longevity, from the renowned Dr. Andrew Weil. In each of his widely acclaimed, best-selling books, Dr. Andrew Weil has been an authoritative and companionable guide through a uniquely effective combination of traditional and nontraditional approaches to health and healthy living. Dr. Weil explains that there are a myriad of things we can do to keep our bodies and minds in good working order through all phases of life. Hugely informative, practical, and uplifting, Healthy Aging is infused with the engaging candor and common sense that have made Dr. Weil our most trusted source on healthy living. With detailed information on: -Learning to eat right: Following the anti-inflammatory diet, Dr. Weil’s guide to the nutritional components of a healthy lifestyle -Separating myth from fact about the would-be elixirs of life extension — herbs, hormones, and anti-aging “medicines” -Learning exercise, breathing and stress-management techniques to benefit your mind and body -Understanding the science behind the aging process -Keeping record of your life lessons to share with loved ones Healthy Aging features a glossary, an appendix summarizing the Anti-Inflammatory Diet and an appendix of additional resources.

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Publisher:

ISBN: OCLC:899120447

Category: Aging

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Nutrition and Healthy Aging in the Community summarizes the presentations and discussions prepared from the workshop transcript and slides.

Author: Institute of Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

ISBN: 9780309253109

Category: Medical

Page: 152

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The U.S. population of older adults is predicted to grow rapidly as "baby boomers" (those born between 1946 and 1964) begin to reach 65 years of age. Simultaneously, advancements in medical care and improved awareness of healthy lifestyles have led to longer life expectancies. The Census Bureau projects that the population of Americans 65 years of age and older will rise from approximately 40 million in 2010 to 55 million in 2020, a 36 percent increase. Furthermore, older adults are choosing to live independently in the community setting rather than residing in an institutional environment. Furthermore, the types of services needed by this population are shifting due to changes in their health issues. Older adults have historically been viewed as underweight and frail; however, over the past decade there has been an increase in the number of obese older persons. Obesity in older adults is not only associated with medical comorbidities such as diabetes; it is also a major risk factor for functional decline and homebound status. The baby boomers have a greater prevalence of obesity than any of their historic counterparts, and projections forecast an aging population with even greater chronic disease burden and disability. In light of the increasing numbers of older adults choosing to live independently rather than in nursing homes, and the important role nutrition can play in healthy aging, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) convened a public workshop to illuminate issues related to community-based delivery of nutrition services for older adults and to identify nutrition interventions and model programs. Nutrition and Healthy Aging in the Community summarizes the presentations and discussions prepared from the workshop transcript and slides. This report examines nutrition-related issues of concern experienced by older adults in the community including nutrition screening, food insecurity, sarcopenic obesity, dietary patterns for older adults, and economic issues. This report explores transitional care as individuals move from acute, subacute, or chronic care settings to the community, and provides models of transitional care in the community. This report also provides examples of successful intervention models in the community setting, and covers the discussion of research gaps in knowledge about nutrition interventions and services for older adults in the community.

Applying hormesis in aging research and interventions Eric Le Bourg, Suresh I.S.
Rattan ... The centrifuge of the NASA, designed to study aging in rats, had a 16m
diameter (for a picture, see Oyama 1982), ... Mild Stress and Healthy Aging.

Author: Eric Le Bourg

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

ISBN: 1402068697

Category: Medical

Page: 188

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Whereas chronic stress has well known harmful effects, recent research shows that intermittent exposure of cells and organisms to mild stress can improve various biological parameters. This book brings together some of the world leaders in this area of research who present a critical analysis of the ongoing research with respect to the effects and mechanisms of action of various types of mild stress. Novel approaches to improving health and longevity are introduced.

Reveals how making positive life-changes today can delay or change the effects of aging, discussing topics including the characteristics of aging, the role of spirituality, and the importance of sleep.

Author: Sheldon G. Sheps

Publisher: Mason Crest

ISBN: PSU:000050058679

Category: Self-Help

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Reveals how making positive life-changes today can delay or change the effects of aging, discussing topics including the characteristics of aging, the role of spirituality, and the importance of sleep.

Old age wasn't necessarily a haven of disease , decline , loneliness , and
irrelevance . And so the Healthy Aging Campaign was launched ... a national
initiative to focus attention on the positive aspects of growing older . It was a
turning point ...

Author: Carolyn E. Worthington

Publisher: Educational Television Network, Inc

ISBN: 1887750541

Category: Aged

Page: 267

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Gathers award-winning letters from Americans 50 and older, who share their experiences, observations, and advice about what it means to successfully grow older in America