Prevention and management of cardiovascular and metabolic disease : physical activity, fitness and healthy aging / Peter Kokkinos, Christina N. Katsagoni, Labros S. Sidossis.

By: Kokkinos, Peter [author.]
Contributor(s): Katsagoni, Christina N [author.] | Sidossis, Labros S [author.]
Language: English Publisher: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Wiley-Blackwell, 2023Edition: First editionDescription: ix, 400 pages : illustratios; 28 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781119833444Subject(s): Cardiovascular Diseases -- prevention & control | Metabolic Diseases -- prevention & control | Exercise | Healthy AgingDDC classification: 616.1/0654 LOC classification: RC684.D5
Contents:
Table of Contents Preface vii List of Contributors ix Unit 1 Diet and Physical Activity as Determinants of Human Health 1 The Link between Sub-optimal Diet and Physical Inactivity with Non-communicable Diseases 3 2 Lifestyle and Epigenetics 19 3 Healthy/Prudent Diets and Health Benefits in Adults 35 Unit 2 Basic Concepts of Physical Activity and Fitness 4 Definition of Fitness and Its Components 63 5 Defining Physical Activity and Exercise 69 6 Implications and Health Benefits of Physical Activity in Adults 79 Unit 3 Determinants of Healthy Aging 7 Healthy Aging: Definition and Scope 93 8 The Interface Between Healthy Aging, Longevity, and Disease 105 9 Physiological Changes in Multiple Organ Systems Through Aging: Measuring and Monitoring Aging 117 10 The Role of Plant-based Diets on Healthy Aging 133 11 Physical Activity as a Determinant of Healthy Aging 159 Unit 4 Cardiovascular Health, Diet, And Physical Activity 12 Heart Failure 171 13 Atrial/Flutter Fibrillation 191 14 Endothelial Function 205 Unit 5 Cardio-metabolic Health, Diet, And Physical Activity 15 Diabetes Mellitus 223 16 Hypertension 241 17 Dyslipidemia 259 18 Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome 275 19 Obstructive Sleep Apnea 299 20 Chronic Kidney Disease 327 21 Cancer 347 Appendix Answers to Self-assessment Questions 367 Abbreviations 381 Glossary 385 Index 393
Summary: "The main aim of this book is to provide health professionals, clinicians, and students in medical and health-related disciplines with the most recent scientific evidence on the impact of proper nutrition and physical activity in the prevention and management of several chronic diseases that are prevalent in aging populations. Our goal is to provide accurate and well-established knowledge and to identify gaps in our knowledge, and new challenges for current and future health professionals in our quest to find the safest way to healthy aging via proper diet and physical activity"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents
Preface vii

List of Contributors ix

Unit 1 Diet and Physical Activity as Determinants of Human Health

1 The Link between Sub-optimal Diet and Physical Inactivity with Non-communicable Diseases 3

2 Lifestyle and Epigenetics 19

3 Healthy/Prudent Diets and Health Benefits in Adults 35

Unit 2 Basic Concepts of Physical Activity and Fitness

4 Definition of Fitness and Its Components 63

5 Defining Physical Activity and Exercise 69

6 Implications and Health Benefits of Physical Activity in Adults 79

Unit 3 Determinants of Healthy Aging

7 Healthy Aging: Definition and Scope 93

8 The Interface Between Healthy Aging, Longevity, and Disease 105

9 Physiological Changes in Multiple Organ Systems Through Aging: Measuring and Monitoring Aging 117

10 The Role of Plant-based Diets on Healthy Aging 133

11 Physical Activity as a Determinant of Healthy Aging 159

Unit 4 Cardiovascular Health, Diet, And Physical Activity

12 Heart Failure 171

13 Atrial/Flutter Fibrillation 191

14 Endothelial Function 205

Unit 5 Cardio-metabolic Health, Diet, And Physical Activity

15 Diabetes Mellitus 223

16 Hypertension 241

17 Dyslipidemia 259

18 Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome 275

19 Obstructive Sleep Apnea 299

20 Chronic Kidney Disease 327

21 Cancer 347

Appendix Answers to Self-assessment Questions 367

Abbreviations 381

Glossary 385

Index 393

"The main aim of this book is to provide health professionals, clinicians, and students in medical and health-related disciplines with the most recent scientific evidence on the impact of proper nutrition and physical activity in the prevention and management of several chronic diseases that are prevalent in aging populations. Our goal is to provide accurate and well-established knowledge and to identify gaps in our knowledge, and new challenges for current and future health professionals in our quest to find the safest way to healthy aging via proper diet and physical activity"-- Provided by publisher.

About the Author
Peter Kokkinos, PhD, FACSM, FAHA, Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.

Christina N. Katsagoni, PhD, Clinical Dietitian, Agia Sofia Children’s Hospital, Athens, Greece; Research Associate, Department of Nutrition & Dietetics, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece.

Labros S. Sidossis, PhD, Distinguished Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA; President, Mediterranean Lifestyle Medicine Institute, Leros, Greece.

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