ISBN:
0191008176
,
9780191008177
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (288 pages)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Life course approach to adult health series
Parallel Title:
Print version Life course approach to healthy ageing
DDC:
612.7
Keywords:
Aging Physiological aspects
;
Aging Economic aspects
;
Life cycle, Human Health aspects
;
Aging Social aspects
;
Older people -- Health and hygiene
;
Older people -- Nutrition
;
Aging -- Nutritional aspects
;
Health behavior
;
Lifestyles -- Health aspects
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
A Life Course Approach to Healthy Age investigates the lifetime determinants of healthy ageing and their implications for policy and practice, bringing together authorities in ageing research and knowledge transfer from across the world in one wide-ranging volume.
Abstract:
Cover -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Contributors -- Part I The life course perspective on healthy ageing -- 1 Life course epidemiology, ageing research, and maturing cohort studies: a dynamic combination for understanding healthy ageing -- 2 A life course approach to physical capability -- 3 A life course approach to cognitive capability -- 4 A life course approach to psychological and social wellbeing -- Part II Methods for studying ageing from a life course and interdisciplinary perspective -- 5 Design of life course studies of healthy ageing -- 6 Longitudinal data analysis in studies of healthy ageing -- 7 Modelling repeat exposures: some examples from life course epidemiology -- 8 Propensity score matching and longitudinal research designs: counterfactual analysis using longitudinal data -- 9 Understanding healthy ageing using a qualitative approach: the value of narratives and individual biographies -- Part III Healthy ageing in body systems, organs, and cells -- 10 A life course approach to neuroendocrine systems: the example of the HPA axis -- 11 Vascular and metabolic function across the life course -- 12 A life course approach to healthy musculoskeletal ageing -- 13 A life course approach to biomarkers of ageing -- 14 Genetic aspects of ageing -- 15 Life course epigenetics and healthy ageing -- Part IV The way we live -- 16 Lifetime lifestyles I: diet, the life course, and ageing -- 17 Lifetime lifestyles II: physical activity, the life course, and ageing -- 18 Lifetime lifestyles III: where we live, the life course, and ageing -- 19 What have we learnt for future research and knowledge exchange? -- Index.
Description / Table of Contents:
""Cover ""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Contributors""; ""Part I The life course perspective on healthy ageing""; ""1 Life course epidemiology, ageing research, and maturing cohort studies: a dynamic combination for understanding healthy ageing""; ""2 A life course approach to physical capability""; ""3 A life course approach to cognitive capability""; ""4 A life course approach to psychological and social wellbeing""; ""Part II Methods for studying ageing from a life course and interdisciplinary perspective""
Description / Table of Contents:
""5 Design of life course studies of healthy ageing""""6 Longitudinal data analysis in studies of healthy ageing""; ""7 Modelling repeat exposures: some examples from life course epidemiology""; ""8 Propensity score matching and longitudinal research designs: counterfactual analysis using longitudinal data""; ""9 Understanding healthy ageing using a qualitative approach: the value of narratives and individual biographies""; ""Part III Healthy ageing in body systems, organs, and cells""; ""10 A life course approach to neuroendocrine systems: the example of the HPA axis""
Description / Table of Contents:
""11 Vascular and metabolic function across the life course""""12 A life course approach to healthy musculoskeletal ageing""; ""13 A life course approach to biomarkers of ageing""; ""14 Genetic aspects of ageing""; ""15 Life course epigenetics and healthy ageing""; ""Part IV The way we live""; ""16 Lifetime lifestyles I: diet, the life course, and ageing""; ""17 Lifetime lifestyles II: physical activity, the life course, and ageing""; ""18 Lifetime lifestyles III: where we live, the life course, and ageing""; ""19 What have we learnt for future research and knowledge exchange?""; ""Index""
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