Preventive Medicine 3ed

1. Introduction to Lifestyle Medicine. (Existing) Outlines the 'what' and 'why' of LM 2. The Epidemiology of Chronic Disease: (Revised) Explains the scientific background and rational for LM 3. Metaflammation: The Underlying Basis of Chronic Disease (Revised). Explains the physiological constant in Chronic Disease 3. An Operational Structure for Practicing Lifestyle Medicine: (New). Provides a structural basis for carrying out LM 4. Everything you Wanted to Know About Motivation (Existing). Understanding how to motivate patients/clients to conform 6. Self-Management in Lifestyle Medicine (Existing). Provides a model for involving patients/clients to own their own care 7. Overweight and Obesity; The Chronic Disease Epidemic's Underbelly (Revised) 8. The Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes (Revised). Explains the link between chronic diseases, with type 2 diabetes as an example 9. Physical Activity: Generic Prescription for Health (Revised). A general approach to PA, utilizing government guidelines 10. Physical Activity: Specific Prescriptions for Disease Management and Rehabilitation (Revised). Advice for using PA as a treatment/prevention mode for specific health problems based on College of Sport's Medicine Guidelines 11. Nutrition for the Non-Dietitian (Revised). A summary of nutrition science and practical tips for the non-dietitian professional 12. Fluids, Fitness and Fatness (Existing). Explains the role of fluids in health 13. Behavioural Aspects of Nutrition: (Revised). Examines factors such as appetite and hunger that influence nutrition behaviour 14. Energy Balance (New). Explains the link between energy intake and expenditure and how this is not as simple as a linear equation 15. Stress: Its Role in the S-AD Phenomenon. (Revised). Busts some myths about stress and explains the real role in the development of Anxiety and depression 16. Dealing with Worry and Anxiety (Revised) 17. Depression (Revised) 18. Happiness and Mental Health: The Flip Side of S-AD (Revised). Covers areas of positive psychology (at the clinical and public health level) for dealing with anxiety and depression 19. Understanding Addictions: Tackling Smoking and Hazardous Drinking (Revised). Provides techniques for dealing with drug related problems 20. Technology-Induced-Pathology: Preventing and Managing the Effects of Injury at the Clinical Level (New). Considers many aspects of modern technology which are determinants of chronic disease and how these can be dealt with in clinical practice 21. To Sleep, Perchance... To Get Everything Else Right (Revised). Explains the role of sleep in the modern 'systems' model approach to LM 22. Environmental Influences on Chronic Disease: (The Environment and the Invironment): (New). Explains the role of such factors as Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals as well as the gut microbiota on health 23. Meaninglessness, Alienation and Loss of Culture: Some intangible determinants of chronic disease (New). Explains the link between intangible factors, metaflammation and chronic disease 24. ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences and Later health) (New). A summary of the recent findings on early experiences and chronic disease and what can be done retrospectively 25. Saving Your Patient's Skin: Environmental Influences on Skin Care (Revised). An environmental and self-help approach to basic dermatology 26. Rethinking Chronic Pain in a Lifestyle Medicine Context (Revised). Examines chronic pain and neural plasticity and how this might be used to manage pain 27. Sex and Lifestyle: Not being Able to Get Enough of a Good Thing Because of a Lifetime of Getting Too Much of a Good Thing (Revised). The role of sexual activity and prevention in chronic disease 28. Lifestyle and Oral Health: Wild Animals Don't Floss (Existing). Protective and lifestyle factors in oral health 29. Medicines: The Good, the Not So Good, and the Overused. (Revised). A look at the pharmaceutical side of LM including iatrogenesis 30. Lifestyle-Related Aspects of Gastro-Intestinal Health (Revised). An analysis of lifestyle effects on gut health 31. The Big Issue for Society: Tackling Distal Causes and Social Determinants in Health (Revised). A look at the big picture aspects of lifestyle and environmentally induced disease