- Hardcover: 640 pages
- Publisher: CRC Press; 2 edition (Dec 15 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1420047698
- ISBN-13: 978-1420047691
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,441,162 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Exercise, Nutrition and the Older Woman: Wellness for Women Over Fifty is a comprehensive guide to the major wellness issues for women over fifty. The author is a physician who explores diet, exercise and lifestyle choices from a medical perspective. The book assists in the design and implementation of programs to optimize good health and quality of life.
Dr. Fiatarone-Singh discusses the unique nutritional issues of the older woman. Her book explains the fundamentals of proper nutrition, emphasizing special calcium, antioxidant, and vitamin D needs. She suggests practical implementations of nutritional guidelines, menu planning and record keeping.
The author probes the facts and fictions surrounding exercise. She describes the limitations and potential of a 50-plus woman's work-out regimen and proposes reasonable and necessary fitness goals.
The book also covers age-related disorders, how to best utilize the living environment, menopause, and more. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
Dr. Fiatarone-Singh discusses the unique nutritional issues of the older woman. Her book explains the fundamentals of proper nutrition, emphasizing special calcium, antioxidant, and vitamin D needs. She suggests practical implementations of nutritional guidelines, menu planning and record keeping.
The author probes the facts and fictions surrounding exercise. She describes the limitations and potential of a 50-plus woman's work-out regimen and proposes reasonable and necessary fitness goals.
The book also covers age-related disorders, how to best utilize the living environment, menopause, and more. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
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Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts Univ., Boston, Massachusetts. A comprehensive guide to wellness issues for women over fifty. Assists in the design and implementation of programs to optimize good health and quality of life. Covers age-related disorders, menopause, and more. DNLM: Middle-aged women--Health and hygiene.
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There has been a gradually growing awareness among policy makers and health care professionals over the past several decades of the centrality of appropriate exercise habits to major public health outcomes. Read the first page
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