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Improving Women's Health Across the Lifespan - (a volume in the Lifestyle Medicine series) (Hardcover)
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Improving Women's Health Across the Lifespan - (a volume in the Lifestyle Medicine series) (Hardcover)
Series: Lifestyle Medicine
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There is renewed interest in lifestyle medicine - the focus on
food, physical activity, stress management, high-quality
connections, restorative sleep, and avoidance of toxic substances -
in the prevention, treatment, and sometimes reversal of chronic
disease, but very little information exists on its application for
improving specific women's health issues across the lifespan.
Consequently, there is a growing need among health professionals
who care for women for a textbook that addresses evidence-based
lifestyle solutions to manage the health challenges they face every
day in their offices. This book begins with a review of the
fundamentals of Lifestyle Medicine through the lens of a woman's
lifespan. It provides information about lifestyle interventions to
improve gynecologic and sexual health and to manage and sometimes
reverse gynecologic diseases. It clarifies the importance of
lifestyle and behaviors before and during pregnancy to address
infertility, reduce adverse pregnancy outcomes, and to lower
non-communicable diseases in children along with emerging
epigenetic evidence. The use of Lifestyle Medicine to prevent and
manage breast and gynecologic cancers, enhance health as part of
cancer survivorship, and decrease the risk or reduce many of the
symptoms and diseases experienced during menopause including
vasomotor symptoms and osteoporosis are also discussed.
Additionally, the text covers cardiovascular disease, diabetes,
autoimmune disorders, dementia and mental health from the
perspective of gender specific differences. This book provides
practical resources on implementing the components of lifestyle
medicine. Some of the topics covered include models of care for
women and families, reimbursement, health coaching and behavioral
change, community engagement and health equity for under-resourced
settings. The electronic version of the book presents supplemental
material featuring in-depth reading, as well as online and digital
resources for implementing Lifestyle Medicine. The book is an
evidence-based source of information on women's health issues for
health professionals already practicing lifestyle medicine, as well
as an entry level textbook for those new to the field of lifestyle
medicine. The collective expertise of each of the editors along
with content provided by leaders within the American College of
Lifestyle Medicine fills a much-needed void within the specialty of
Lifestyle Medicine and is for providers of women's health globally.
Features: Provides a basic overview of Lifestyle Medicine
(nutrient-rich diet, exercise, stress resilience, sleep, and
high-quality connections) in the care of women across the lifespan.
Provides lifestyle-focused treatment recommendations for specific
women health issues. Includes strategies for implementing Lifestyle
Medicine with vulnerable populations and in communities. Summarizes
key points at the close of each chapter and includes supplemental
material with in-depth reading. Features additional resources for
implementing lifestyle medicine into practice. "This women's health
book is evidence based and comprehensive. There is nothing like it.
Women need up to date information about physical activity,
nutrition, sleep, stress resilience, social connection and
substance use. In addition, there is a desire to better understand
the power of these pillars throughout a woman's life including
pregnancy, menopause and the golden years. This book fills that
need." Elizabeth Pegg Frates, MD, DipABLM, FACLM, President Elect
of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine "Healthy aging begins
at pre-conception. Evidence overwhelmingly shows that it's we women
who-through our lifestyle behavior choices-can take far greater
control of our own health destinies, as well as the health
destinies of our children and generations to come. We cannot
underestimate the power of what we eat, how we move, and what we
think in regard to our optimal health or lack thereof. This book is
a must-read for all medical professionals!" Susan Benigas,
Executive Director of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine
Lifestyle Medicine is the science of taking core principles and
customizing how they're applied to each individual and each
situation to achieve positive health behavior change. This book
sets the evidence based foundation for how that process happens,
and why it needs to happen, with the most important segment of
health consumers - women. It is the next for all who are passionate
about changing how health care is delivered." Wayne S. Dysinger,
MD, MPH, Physician, Founder and Chair, Lifestyle Medical "Lifestyle
factors have a powerful role in chronic disease prevention,
underscoring the profound control we have over our health.
Improving Women's Health Across the Lifespan applies lifestyle
medicine to women's health, empowering women and their clinicians
with the tools to transform their lives, and fostering a legacy of
health for future generations." JoAnn E. Manson, MD, MPH, DrPH,
Professor of Medicine and the Michael and Lee Bell Professor of
Women's Health, Harvard Medical School Chief, Division of
Preventive Medicine Brigham and Women's Hospital, Professor,
Harvard Chan School of Public Health
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