Lifestyle Medicine Lifestyle, the Environment and Preventive Medicine in Health and Disease

Garry Egger , Andrew Binns , Stephan Rossner , Michael Sagner 지음

elsevier 2017년 04월 21일 출간

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Lifestyle Medicine: Lifestyle, the Environment and Preventive Medicine in Health and Disease, Third Edition, is an adjunct approach to health practice that seeks to deal with the more complex modern determinants of chronic diseases??primarily lifestyle and the environments driving such lifestyles??in contrast to the microbial ??causes?? of infectious disease. Our lifestyle choices have a profound effect on our health. As we live longer, one thing is clear: many of us will spend time living with injury and chronic illness due to our own choices. Changes in health patterns typically follow shifts in living conditions. Disease patterns have changed worldwide, from infectious to chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. This change has been so emphatic??nearly 70% of all presentations to a doctor in modern western societies are now chronic disease related??that medical services are being forced to change to accommodate this. New chapters in this third edition explain the link between energy intake and expenditure; consider how modern technology are determinants of chronic disease; show how environmental influences, such as endocrine disruptors, influence our health; and summarize recent research on early childhood experiences and chronic disease.Explores the relationship between lifestyle and environmental drivers and the major modern chronic diseasesOutlines the knowledge and skills bases required by health professionals to deal with lifestyle and environmental determinants of chronic disease, as well as the tools and procedures available for doing thisDevelops pedagogy for Lifestyle Medicine that will enable it to become a practical adjunct to conventional health and medical practiceFeatures new chapters explaining the link between energy intake and expenditure, and more

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1. Introduction to Lifestyle Medicine. (Existing) Outlines the ??what?? and ??why?? of LM 2. The Epidemiology of Chronic Disease: (Revised) Explains the scientific background and rational for LM 3. Metaflammation: The Underlying Basis of Chronic Disease (Revised). Explains the physiological constant in Chronic Disease 3. An Operational Structure for Practicing Lifestyle Medicine: (New). Provides a structural basis for carrying out LM 4. Everything you Wanted to Know About Motivation (Existing). Understanding how to motivate patients/clients to conform 6. Self-Management in Lifestyle Medicine (Existing). Provides a model for involving patients/clients to own their own care 7. Overweight and Obesity; The Chronic Disease Epidemic??s Underbelly (Revised) 8. The Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes (Revised). Explains the link between chronic diseases, with type 2 diabetes as an example 9. Physical Activity: Generic Prescription for Health (Revised). A general approach to PA, utilizing government guidelines 10. Physical Activity: Specific Prescriptions for Disease Management and Rehabilitation (Revised). Advice for using PA as a treatment/prevention mode for specific health problems based on College of Sport??s Medicine Guidelines 11. Nutrition for the Non-Dietitian (Revised).? A summary of nutrition science and practical tips for the non-dietitian professional 12. Fluids, Fitness and Fatness (Existing). Explains the role of fluids in health 13. Behavioural Aspects of Nutrition: (Revised). Examines factors such as appetite and hunger that influence nutrition behaviour 14. Energy Balance (New). Explains the link between energy intake and expenditure and how this is not as simple as a linear equation 15. Stress: Its Role in the S-AD Phenomenon. (Revised). Busts some myths about stress and explains the real role in the development of Anxiety and depression 16. Dealing with Worry and Anxiety (Revised) 17. Depression (Revised) 18. Happiness and Mental Health: The Flip Si

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저자(글) Garry Egger

저자(글) Andrew Binns

저자(글) Stephan Rossner

저자(글) Michael Sagner