Author: National Institute on AgingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Exercise
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
One of the healthiest things you can do for yourself. Exercise!
Exercise
Author: National Institute on AgingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Exercise
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
One of the healthiest things you can do for yourself. Exercise!
Ageing, Physical Activity and Health
Author: Karin Volkwein-CaplanPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351684647
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
One of the most pressing questions facing society today is how to care for its burgeoning elderly population. By the year 2050, experts predict that one-third of the world’s population will be over 60 years old. Health promotion for the elderly is therefore becoming an increasingly important topic in public policy and planning. This book examines the challenges presented by an ageing global population, our varying expectations of healthy ageing, and the importance of exercise and physical activity for the elderly. Drawing on empirical research from around the world, it considers the factors that influence health and well-being in later life and compares practices and policies designed to promote healthy ageing. It presents case studies from 15 countries spanning Europe, North and South America, Africa and Asia, and sheds light on how attitudes to physical activity differ across nations, regions and cultures. Ageing, Physical Activity and Health: International Perspectives is important reading for all students, researchers and practitioners with an interest in physical activity, public health, exercise science or gerontology.
Exercise and Physical Activity for Older Adults
Author: Danielle R. BouchardPublisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
ISBN: 149257290X
Category : Exercise for older people
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
"This book discusses the physical benefits of exercise and physical activity when aging without major diseases, making this book unique in the sense of its primary prevention focus"--
Explaining Divergent Levels of Longevity in High-Income Countries
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309217105
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
During the last 25 years, life expectancy at age 50 in the United States has been rising, but at a slower pace than in many other high-income countries, such as Japan and Australia. This difference is particularly notable given that the United States spends more on health care than any other nation. Concerned about this divergence, the National Institute on Aging asked the National Research Council to examine evidence on its possible causes. According to Explaining Divergent Levels of Longevity in High-Income Countries, the nation's history of heavy smoking is a major reason why lifespans in the United States fall short of those in many other high-income nations. Evidence suggests that current obesity levels play a substantial part as well. The book reports that lack of universal access to health care in the U.S. also has increased mortality and reduced life expectancy, though this is a less significant factor for those over age 65 because of Medicare access. For the main causes of death at older ages -- cancer and cardiovascular disease -- available indicators do not suggest that the U.S. health care system is failing to prevent deaths that would be averted elsewhere. In fact, cancer detection and survival appear to be better in the U.S. than in most other high-income nations, and survival rates following a heart attack also are favorable. Explaining Divergent Levels of Longevity in High-Income Countries identifies many gaps in research. For instance, while lung cancer deaths are a reliable marker of the damage from smoking, no clear-cut marker exists for obesity, physical inactivity, social integration, or other risks considered in this book. Moreover, evaluation of these risk factors is based on observational studies, which -- unlike randomized controlled trials -- are subject to many biases.
Physiology of Exercise and Healthy Aging
Author: Albert W. TaylorPublisher: Human Kinetics
ISBN: 1492597252
Category : Aging
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
"This text is written explicitly for readers with an interest in the aging process and the effects that exercise has on the quality of life and various diseases and maladies of the aging population. It is expected that the readers using this book as a course textbook or as auxiliary reading for a course, will have taken at least an introductory course in human physiology. The text refers throughout to the three groups in the aging and health spectrum, average aging individuals, the frail elderly and Masters Athletes"--
Physical Activity & Health
Author: Jerome E. KoteckiPublisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
ISBN: 1284130045
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
Physical Activity and Health, Fifth Edition offers expert knowledge based on the latest scientific evidence from physical activity and health research along with a variety of instructive elements that assist and encourage students in developing a personalized physical activity and health plan. The goal of the book is to introduce concepts and to develop the skills and interest to make physical activity a life-long habit. This text equips students with the information, skills, and practical know-how to gain control of their health and decide what to do and how and when to do it.
WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour
Author: Publisher: World Health Organization
ISBN: 9240014888
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Physical Activity and Health in the Elderly
Author: Alexandrina LoboPublisher: Bentham Science Publishers
ISBN: 1608051005
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
"Physical inactivity is not only an individual's personal problem but is identified as a serious public health issue. Prolonged inactivity that occurs among many elderly persons tends to lead into a gradual decrease in all components of physical fitness, t"
Grand Challenges of Our Aging Society
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309152011
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 89
Book Description
Aging populations are generating both challenges and opportunities for societies around the globe. Increases in longevity and improvements in health raise many questions. What steps can be taken to optimize physical and cognitive health and productivity across the life span? How will older people finance their retirement and health care? What will be the macroeconomic implications of an aging population? How will communities be shaped by the shift in age structure? What global interconnections will affect how each society handles the aging of its population? To address these questions, the National Academies organized a symposium, summarized in the present volume, to determine how best to contribute to an evidence-based dialogue on population aging that will shape policies and programs. Presentations in the fields of biology, public health, medicine, informatics, macroeconomics, finance, urban planning, and engineering approached the challenges of aging from many different angles. The presenters reviewed the current state of knowledge in their respective fields, identifying areas of consensus and controversy and delineating the priority questions for further research and policy development.
Physical Activity and Aging
Author: Roy J. ShephardPublisher: Rockville, Md. : Aspen Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
This rewritten and updated comprehensive text explores how to improve adaptation to aging through personal fitness.