Prescription for healthy living a guide to lifestyle medicine /

Other Authors: Short, Emma,, ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: London : Academic Press, and imprint of Elsevier, 2021.
Physical Description: 1 online resource : illustrations.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Social and environmental determinants of health /
  • Liza Kirtchuk and Ann Wylie
  • How early childhood events impact upon adult health /
  • Liz Forty
  • Psychology of health-related behaviour change /
  • Aria Campbell-Danesh
  • Health literacy and how to communicate effectively with patients to elicit a long-term behavioural change /
  • Sonal Shah
  • Role of the healthcare system in social prescribing /
  • Emma Ladds
  • Role of stress in health and disease /
  • Athanasios Hassoulas
  • Importance of a good night's sleep /
  • Devina Leopold and Thom Phillips
  • Gratitude : being thankful is proven to be good for you /
  • Sonal Shah
  • Loneliness as a risk factor for chronic disease /
  • Sonal Shah
  • Health implications of achieving a satisfactory work-life balance /
  • Emma Short and Laura Sheldrake
  • Happiness and health /
  • Alka Patel
  • Role a mentor can play in improving well-being /
  • Nita Maha
  • Fit for life : the health benefits of cardiovascular activity /
  • Caroline Deodhar
  • Sedentary behaviour and adverse health outcomes /
  • Emma Short
  • Gut microbiome /
  • Venita Patel
  • Cigarettes : the facts, strategies for smoking cessation, e-cigarettes and vaping /
  • Adam Douglas and Arfa Ahmed
  • Alcohol : its impact on wellbeing, morbidity and mortality /
  • Hayley S. McKenzie
  • Cancer : how to help your patients to reduce their cancer risk /
  • Ailsa Sita-Lumsden
  • Lifestyle factors and women's health /
  • Alexandra J. Kermack
  • Skin health : what damages and ages skin? Evidence-based interventions to maintain healthy skin /
  • Lorna Jeng and Anjaly Mirchandani
  • Western medical acupuncture /
  • Carolyn Rubens
  • Fruit and vegetables : prevention and cure? /
  • Gemma Newman
  • Macronutrients and micronutrients /
  • Laura Gush, Sonal Shah and Farah Gilani
  • Caffeine in health and disease : a brief overview /
  • Emmajane Down
  • Water : how much should be consumed and what are its health benefits? /
  • Ekua Annobil
  • Intermittent fasting : a health panacea or just calorie restriction? /
  • Ellen Fallows and Hayley S. McKenzie
  • Concept boxes : mindfulness, healthy weight and bone health
  • Conclusions and how to access reliable health information /
  • Emma Short.