Description
A Prescription for Healthy Living: A Guide to Lifestyle Medicine takes an evidence-based approach to health promotion and disease prevention. Medical doctors, healthcare professionals and research scientists from a variety of backgrounds provide informed advice on how to encourage patients to take charge of their health and future. This book addresses the impact that socioeconomic and environmental factors have on the health of a population and explores the psychology of health-related behavioral change, as well as considering a variety of subject areas as diverse as nutrition, physical activity, the practice of gratitude, the adverse health impacts of loneliness and the importance of achieving a satisfactory work-life balance.A Prescription for Healthy Living aims to encourage and inspire healthcare practitioners and public health officials to empower patients to make simple behavioral changes that will have a large and positive effect on their physical and mental wellbeing.- Written by qualified medical professionals and research scientists from a variety of specialties- Addresses a variety of health promotion, disease prevention and wellbeing topics- Provides evidence-based information in a digestible and actionable way
Table of Contents
Section 1. Society, Health and Behaviour 1. Social and Environmental Determinants of HealthLiza Kirtchuk and Ann Wylie 2. How Early Childhood Events Impact Upon Adult HealthLiz Forty 3. The Psychology of Health-Related Behaviour ChangeAria Campbell-Danesh 4. Health Literacy and How to Communicate Effectively with Patients to Elicit a Long-Term Behavioural ChangeSonal Shah 5. The Role of the Healthcare System in Social PrescribingEmma LaddsSection 2. Mental Health and Wellbeing 6. The Role of Stress in Health and DiseaseAthanasios Hassoulas 7. The Importance of a Good Night's SleepDevina Leopold and Thom Phillips 8. Gratitude: Being Thankful is Proven to Be Good for YouSonal Shah 9. Loneliness as a Risk Factor for Chronic DiseaseSonal Shah 10. The Health Implications of Achieving a Satisfactory Work-Life BalanceEmma Short and Laura Sheldrake 11. Happiness and HealthAlka Patel 12. The Role a Mentor can Play in improving Well-BeingNita MahaSection 3. Physical Activity and Physical Health 13. Fit for Life: The Health Benefits of Cardiovascular ActivityCaroline Deodhar 14. Sedentary Behaviour and Adverse Health OutcomesEmma Short 15. The Gut MicrobiomeVenita Patel 16. Cigarettes: The Facts, Strategies for Smoking Cessation, e-cigarettes and VapingAdam Douglas and Arfa Ahmed 17. Alcohol: Its Impact on Wellbeing, Morbidity and MortalityHayley S. McKenzie 18. Cancer: How to Help Your Patients to Reduce Their Cancer RiskAilsa Sita-Lumsden 19. Lifestyle Factors and Women's HealthAlexandra J. Kermack 20. Skin Health: What Damages and Ages Skin? Evidence-Based Interventions to Maintain Healthy SkinLorna Jeng and Anjaly Mirchandani 21. Western Medical AcupunctureCarolyn RubensSection 4. Nutrition and Healthy Eating Habits 22. Fruit and Vegetables: Prevention and Cure?Gemma Newman 23. Macronutrients and MicronutrientsLaura Gush, Sonal Shah and Farah Gilani 24. Caffeine in Health and Disease: A Brief OverviewEmmajane Down 25. Water: How Much Should be Consumed and What are its Health Benefits?Ekua Annobil 26. Intermittent Fasting: A Health Panacea or Just Calorie Restriction?Ellen Fallows and Hayley S. McKenzie Concept Boxes: Mindfulness, Healthy Weight and Bone HealthSaba Jaleel, Emma Short and Claire Stansfield Conclusions and How to Access Reliable Health InformationEmma Short
