Prevention and Management of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Diet, Physical Activity and Healthy Aging

Provides accurate and well-documented information on the impact of diet and physical activity in the prevention and management of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases and healthy aging.

This authoritative textbook examines the independent and combined impact of diet and physical activity in the prevention and management of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, with special emphasis on the elderly populations.

In this book the authors:

• Provide the latest data on the association between a suboptimal diet and physical inactivity and chronic disease.
• Examine the role of epigenetics on longevity.
• Discuss the fundamentals of healthy aging.
• Highlight the role of well-known dietary patterns such as the Mediterranean diet and the Nordic diet in favorable health outcomes, including cardiovascular, metabolic health, and healthy aging.
• Discuss the health outcomes of physical activity and healthy aging.
• Present the most recent evidence-based data on the independent and synergistic impact of diet and exercise on disease prevention and management including, heart disease, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, dyslipidemia, kidney failure, cancer and other conditions.

Prevention and Management of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease: Diet, Physical Activity and Healthy Aging is an excellent textbook for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in medical and health-related disciplines and for health professionals, including dietitians and nutritionists, exercise physiologists, athletic trainers, nurses, physicians, geriatricians, and other health professionals with a special focus in older adults. This book is also a highly useful reference for health professionals interested in introducing diet and physical activity as an intervention for healthy aging as well as the prevention and management of cardiovascular and other metabolic diseases that are prevalent in aging populations.

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

Christina Katsagoni, PhD, Clinical Dietitian, Agia Sofia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece;

Research Associate, Department of Nutrition & Dietetics, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece.

Labros Sidossis, PhD, Professor and Chair,

Department of Kinesiology and Health, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.

Unit 1: Diet and physical activity as determinants of human health  

1. The link between suboptimal diet and physical inactivity with non-communicable diseases 

2. Lifestyle and epigenetics

3. Healthy/Prudent diets and health benefits in adults.

Unit 2: Basic concepts of physical activity and fitness 

4. Definition of fitness and its components 

5. Defining physical activity and exercise

6. Implications and health benefits of physical activity in adults 

Unit 3: Determinants of healthy aging 

7. Healthy aging. Definition and scope

8. The Interface Between Healthy Aging, Longevity and Disease

9. Physiological changes in multiple organ systems through aging. Measuring and monitoring aging.

10. The role of plant based diets on healthy aging

11. Physical activity as a determinant of healthy aging

Unit 4: Cardiovascular health, diet and physical activity 

12. Heart failure, Physical Activity and Diet 

13. Atrial/Flutter Fibrillation, Physical Activity and Diet

14. Endothelial Function, Physical Activity and Diet

Unit 5: Cardiometabolic Health, diet and physical activity 

15. Diabetes Mellitus

16. Hypertension

17. Dyslipidemia

18. Obesity – Metabolic Syndrome

19. Obstructive Sleep Apnea

20. Chronic Kidney Disease

21. Cancer 

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