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Focusing on research findings and practical applications, the author, in this new edition, continues to stress the importance of collaboration and communication between health professionals and their clients. The book is based on the premise that health professionals should be health educators.

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• List of Figures(p. ix)
• List of Tables(p. xi)
• Foreword(p. xiii)
• Preface(p. xix)
• Acknowledgments(p. xxiii)
• 1 Introduction(p. 1)
• Healthy People Initiatives(p. 1)
• Sociodemographic Trends(p. 4)
• Definitions of Healthy Aging(p. 13)
• Health Perspectives and Aging(p. 19)
• Health Care Costs(p. 21)
• A Health Promotion and Aging Model(p. 24)
• 2 Health Professionals and Older Clients(p. 30)
• Collaboration(p. 30)
• Communication(p. 39)
• Cruising the Net(p. 42)
• Miscellaneous Communication Issues(p. 47)
• 3 Clinical Preventive Services(p. 53)
• Medical Screenings and Prophylaxis: Considerable Controversy(p. 53)
• Breast Cancer(p. 57)
• Menopause(p. 61)
• Blood Pressure(p. 64)
• Osteoporosis(p. 65)
• Cholesterol(p. 68)
• Cervical Cancer(p. 71)
• Colorectal Cancer(p. 72)
• Prostate Cancer(p. 73)
• Hearing and Vision(p. 74)
• Oral Health(p. 76)
• Diabetes(p. 77)
• Depression(p. 77)
• Other Medical Screenings(p. 78)
• Immunizations(p. 78)
• Medicare Prevention(p. 80)
• 4 Health Behavior(p. 84)
• Health Behavior Assessments and Interventions(p. 85)
• Ten Tips for Changing Health Behaviors(p. 97)
• Health Behavior Theories(p. 103)
• 5 Exercise(p. 115)
• 1996 Surgeon General's Report on Physical Activity and Health(p. 115)
• The Most Popular Activity of All: Walking(p. 117)
• Exercise for Disease Prevention and Functional Improvement(p. 119)
• The Four Components of My Exercise Class(p. 125)
• Other Exercises(p. 141)
• The Activity Pyramid(p. 143)
• Arthritis: A Barrier to Exercise and Activity(p. 144)
• Miscellaneous(p. 148)
• 6 Nutrition(p. 154)
• The Food Guide Pyramid(p. 155)
• The Personalized Nutrition Bull's-Eye(p. 159)
• Good Nutritional Habits(p. 160)
• Fats(p. 162)
• Cholesterol(p. 167)
• Carbohydrates and Fiber(p. 169)
• Sugar(p. 171)
• Protein(p. 171)
• Water(p. 172)
• Vitamins and Minerals(p. 173)
• Sodium and High Blood Pressure(p. 174)
• Calcium and Osteoporosis(p. 178)
• Nutrition Labels(p. 179)
• Malnutrition(p. 180)
• Miscellaneous(p. 184)
• 7 Weight Management(p. 193)
• Trends in Weight Gain(p. 193)
• Obesity and Overweight(p. 195)
• Genetics, Lifestyle, and Environment(p. 196)
• Should We Gain Weight With Age?(p. 199)
• Body Composition(p. 200)
• Exercise(p. 201)
• High-Protein and Low-Carbohydrate Diets(p. 203)
• Other Weight Loss Programs(p. 206)
• Caloric Input and Expenditure(p. 208)
• Ten Tips for Weight Loss or Maintenance(p. 212)
• Other Weight Management Topics(p. 213)
• 8 Complementary and Alternative Medicine(p. 220)
• National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine(p. 220)
• Prevalence of CAM(p. 221)
• Types of CAM(p. 222)
• Popular CAM Techniques(p. 223)
• CAM and Medical Education(p. 231)
• Miscellaneous(p. 232)
• Dietary Supplements(p. 234)
• Vitamin and Mineral Supplements(p. 237)
• Herbs(p. 244)
• Hormone Supplements(p. 248)
• Other Dietary Supplements(p. 249)
• Consumer Lab.com and Dietary Supplement Verification Program(p. 251)
• Nutraceuticals or Functional Foods and Drinks(p. 252)
• 9 Other Health Education Topics(p. 255)
• Smoking(p. 255)
• Alcohol(p. 265)
• Medication Usage(p. 272)
• Injury Prevention(p. 278)
• Sleep(p. 284)
• 10 Social Support(p. 288)
• Definition of Social Support(p. 288)
• Family, Friends, Church, and Others(p. 289)
• Lay Support(p. 291)
• Online Support(p. 292)
• Pet Support(p. 292)
• Religious or Spiritual Support(p. 296)
• Caregiving, Sexuality, and Other Types of Intimate Support(p. 300)
• Terminally Ill(p. 302)
• Peer Support(p. 305)
• Intergenerational Support(p. 311)
• Physician Support(p. 312)
• 11 Mental Health(p. 315)
• Mental Health and Mental Illness(p. 315)
• Depression(p. 316)
• Alzheimer's Disease(p. 320)
• Other Mental Disorders(p. 323)
• Insurance Coverage(p. 324)
• Chronic Stress(p. 325)
• Stress Management(p. 329)
• Mental Health and Aging Resources(p. 334)
• 12 Community Health(p. 337)
• Community Organizations(p. 337)
• Model Health Promotion Programs(p. 346)
• Professional Associations(p. 353)
• Community Volunteering(p. 355)
• Community Health Advocacy(p. 359)
• 13 Diversity(p. 363)
• Age(p. 363)
• Gender(p. 365)
• Race and Ethnicity(p. 367)
• Culture(p. 374)
• Socioeconomic Status(p. 377)
• Rural(p. 378)
• Global(p. 380)
• 14 Public Health(p. 383)
• Wellness General of the United States(p. 384)
• An Opposing Point of View (Sort of)(p. 396)
• And Now for the Rest of the Wellness General's Platform(p. 397)
• References(p. 407)
• Index(p. 459)