Lifestyle Medicine for Chronic Diseases: An Introduction to the Evidence-Based Approach of Managing Chronic Diseases with Lifestyle Therapeutics, Second Edition
Lifestyle Medicine for Chronic Diseases: An Introduction to the Evidence-Based Approach of Managing Chronic Diseases with Lifestyle Therapeutics, Second Edition

Author: Thomas Lenz

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2018-11-20

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 0359239722

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Lifestyle medicine is the use of lifestyle behaviors to prevent, treat, and manage chronic disease. A particularly important aspect of lifestyle medicine is the use of an evidence-based approach to inform and guide lifestyle behavior strategies. The purpose of Lifestyle Medicine for Chronic Diseases is to provide foundational knowledge at an introductory level to those interested in using lifestyle therapeutics in the treatment plan of individuals with chronic diseases. The most up-to-date information on the core elements of lifestyle therapeutics are presented and applied to chronic diseases in an evidence-based approach. The Lifestyle Medicine Toolbox at the end of the text provides practical tools that can be used when implementing lifestyle strategies.

Chronically American: Our Evolution Towards Chronic Illness and Our Radical Way Forward
Chronically American: Our Evolution Towards Chronic Illness and Our Radical Way Forward

Author: Thomas L. Lenz

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2019-12-16

Total Pages: 90

ISBN-13: 9781794790049

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Before the birth of America, a new way of thinking was starting to gain momentum in the West. This new way of making sense of the world developed on the heels of the Scientific Revolution and marked the beginning of the Modern Era. As the United States matured into a nation, the ideals of modernity influenced nearly all aspects of life, including how we care for ourselves and others within the healthcare system. America grew into a superpower on the global stage but continues to struggle at home with the health of its people. Chronic diseases now affect over one-half of Americans and chronic stress is a factor in 85% of all diseases and illnesses. Chronically American takes a look at the American way of life and makes connections between how people live, and the effects that it has on chronic illness and well-being. It also proposes a way forward with a solution so radical that it has been hiding in plain sight all along and can set a course for personal and collective wholeness, peace, and well-being.

Textbook of Therapeutics
Textbook of Therapeutics

Author: Richard A. Helms

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 2773

ISBN-13: 0781757347

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The contributors to this volume deliver information on latest drug treatments and therapeutic approaches for a wide range of diseases and conditions. Coverage includes discussion of racial, ethnic, and gender differences in response to drugs and to biotechnical, pediatric and neonatal therapies.

Lifestyle Medicine
Lifestyle Medicine

Author: Jeffrey I. Mechanick

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-03-18

Total Pages: 367

ISBN-13: 3319246879

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Lifestyle – the manner in which people live – is fundamental to health, wellness, and prevention of disease. It follows that attention to lifestyle is critically important to effective and successful health care. But here’s the challenge: health care professionals receive very little, if any, formal training about lifestyle counseling and therefore are ill equipped to incorporate lifestyle issues into clinical practice. In response, “Lifestyle Medicine” is evolving as a means to fill this knowledge gap. Lifestyle medicine approaches health and wellness by harnessing the power of lifestyle-related behaviors and influencing the environment we live in. It is a formal approach that promises to enhance and strengthen a re-invigorated health care system that is still outpaced by the epidemic proportions and complexity of chronic diseases like obesity, diabetes, depression, hypertension, and cancer, among others. Lifestyle Medicine: A Manual for Clinical Practice presents this formal approach in a pragmatic context. This unique and practical manual provides clear and succinct guidance on nearly all aspects of lifestyle medicine. The approach is both explanatory and pragmatic, providing case studies and bulleted translation of academic information into clinical practice recommendations. There is an emphasis on scientific evidence wherever possible as well as opinions by the expert chapter authors who practice lifestyle medicine. There is a “how-to” rationality to the book, consistent with a premise that any and all health care professionals should, and perhaps must, incorporate lifestyle medicine. A valuable checklist is included at the close of the book that summarizes key points and provides a practical tool for routine patient encounters.

Sports Nutrition
Sports Nutrition

Author: Bill Campbell

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2013-11-19

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 1466513586

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With the constant flow of information related to sports nutrition coming from scholarly journals, it is difficult to sift through it all and determine what is relevant. Sports Nutrition: Enhancing Athletic Performance helps in this endeavor, with more than 1,000 references from top academic journals, offering critical knowledge concerning nutrient ingestion for enhancing exercise and sports performance. This book offers a clear focus on scientifically based sports nutrition advice to maximize performance. It also addresses exercise metabolism, which governs how nutrients exert physiologic effects that lead to increased athletic potential. The book examines the three key macronutrients: fat, carbohydrate, and protein. It discusses various aspects of macronutrient metabolism, including differences between a body at rest and during high-intensity exercise. Topics covered in the text include the following: Nutrient timing Leucine threshold to optimize muscle protein synthesis Carbohydrate manipulations for better endurance- and resistance-exercise performance Dietary fat intake recommendations for improving performance Carbohydrate loading strategies Optimal amounts of protein to ingest on a meal-by-meal basis Pre-exercise dietary fat intake strategies Comparison of high-quality proteins In addition to enhancing performance, the book describes how to improve body composition, presenting a scientifically based strategy for losing body fat while maintaining precious lean muscle mass. Four principles of fat loss are set forth that are integral for success in optimizing body composition. This book presents both performance nutrition principles and exercise biochemistry, addressing the key questions of what, when, and how much to ingest for improved performance and training recovery.

Field Trials of Health Interventions
Field Trials of Health Interventions

Author: Peter G. Smith

Publisher:

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 479

ISBN-13: 0198732864

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This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Before new interventions are released into disease control programmes, it is essential that they are carefully evaluated in field trials'. These may be complex and expensive undertakings, requiring the follow-up of hundreds, or thousands, of individuals, often for long periods. Descriptions of the detailed procedures and methods used in the trials that have been conducted have rarely been published. A consequence of this, individuals planning such trials have few guidelines available and little access to knowledge accumulated previously, other than their own. In this manual, practical issues in trial design and conduct are discussed fully and in sufficient detail, that Field Trials of Health Interventions may be used as a toolbox' by field investigators. It has been compiled by an international group of over 30 authors with direct experience in the design, conduct, and analysis of field trials in low and middle income countries and is based on their accumulated knowledge and experience. Available as an open access book via Oxford Medicine Online, this new edition is a comprehensive revision, incorporating the new developments that have taken place in recent years with respect to trials, including seven new chapters on subjects ranging from trial governance, and preliminary studies to pilot testing.

Evidence-Based Medicine and the Changing Nature of Health Care
Evidence-Based Medicine and the Changing Nature of Health Care

Author: Institute of Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2008-09-06

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 0309113695

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Drawing on the work of the Roundtable on Evidence-Based Medicine, the 2007 IOM Annual Meeting assessed some of the rapidly occurring changes in health care related to new diagnostic and treatment tools, emerging genetic insights, the developments in information technology, and healthcare costs, and discussed the need for a stronger focus on evidence to ensure that the promise of scientific discovery and technological innovation is efficiently captured to provide the right care for the right patient at the right time. As new discoveries continue to expand the universe of medical interventions, treatments, and methods of care, the need for a more systematic approach to evidence development and application becomes increasingly critical. Without better information about the effectiveness of different treatment options, the resulting uncertainty can lead to the delivery of services that may be unnecessary, unproven, or even harmful. Improving the evidence-base for medicine holds great potential to increase the quality and efficiency of medical care. The Annual Meeting, held on October 8, 2007, brought together many of the nation's leading authorities on various aspects of the issues - both challenges and opportunities - to present their perspectives and engage in discussion with the IOM membership.

Health Professions Education
Health Professions Education

Author: Institute of Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2003-07-01

Total Pages: 191

ISBN-13: 030913319X

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The Institute of Medicine study Crossing the Quality Chasm (2001) recommended that an interdisciplinary summit be held to further reform of health professions education in order to enhance quality and patient safety. Health Professions Education: A Bridge to Quality is the follow up to that summit, held in June 2002, where 150 participants across disciplines and occupations developed ideas about how to integrate a core set of competencies into health professions education. These core competencies include patient-centered care, interdisciplinary teams, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and informatics. This book recommends a mix of approaches to health education improvement, including those related to oversight processes, the training environment, research, public reporting, and leadership. Educators, administrators, and health professionals can use this book to help achieve an approach to education that better prepares clinicians to meet both the needs of patients and the requirements of a changing health care system.

Encyclopedia of Lifestyle Medicine and Health
Encyclopedia of Lifestyle Medicine and Health

Author: James M. Rippe

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2012-02-14

Total Pages: 1297

ISBN-13: 1412950236

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These three volumes sort out the science behind nightly news reports and magazine cover stories, and help define the interdisciplinary field of lifestyle medicine and health.