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Title Prescription for healthy living : a guide to lifestyle medicine / edited by Emma Short
Published London : Academic Press, and imprint of Elsevier, 2021

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations
Contents Social and environmental determinants of health / Liza Kirtchuk and Ann Wylie -- How early childhood events impact upon adult health / Liz Forty -- The 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 -- The role of the healthcare system in social prescribing / Emma Ladds -- The role of stress in health and disease / Athanasios Hassoulas -- The 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 -- The health implications of achieving a satisfactory work-life balance / Emma Short and Laura Sheldrake -- Happiness and health / Alka Patel -- The 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 -- The 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
Notes Includes index
Subject Medicine, Preventive.
Health promotion.
Health behavior.
Preventive Medicine
Health Promotion
Health Behavior
Health behavior
Health promotion
Medicine, Preventive
Form Electronic book
Author Short, Emma, editor
ISBN 0128215747
9780128215746