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Maintaining Your Health and Vitality: A Health Guide for Seniors and Their Families
by John T. Fodor
348 pages
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A health guide for seniors and their families
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Ebook
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Category: Health:Fitness:Senior
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Recent Posts From Author's Blog:
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Update on My Website and New Online Health Newsletter
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Hi Folkes
I just finished updating my Website and completed my free online Health Newsletter. The updated website is still https://www.johntfodor.com
The website has a subscription form for the newsletter. Check it out. I think you will find it interesting. it contains the following features: ... |
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My New Professional Website
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I haven't been able to write any blog postings during the past several weeks as my time has been pretty much taken up with the development of my professional website.
Features of the site include:
Detailed information on The Seven Health Essentials for Maintaining Your Health and Vitality
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Important Things You Should Know About Taking Medicines
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During the past 50 years we have benefited greatly from new and improved medicines. Medicines that are now available have helped to prevent or control a number of illnesses and health conditions and have allowed people to live longer and to have more active and productive lives.
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About the Book
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Free Excerpt From The Book
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Fodor’s Maintaining Your Health and Vitality: A Health Guide for Seniors and Their Families contains a wealth of well-documented health information and practices that may help improve your vitality and quality of life, which could result in a vibrant and improved lifestyle.
Each chapter provides suggested health guidelines from a number of reliable health resources, such as the National Institutes of Health, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration and voluntary health organizations, with supportive references from selected schools of medicine, medical journals and other learned publications.
Examples of topics covered in the book include:
Facts and fallacies about extending life
Essentials of a well-balanced diet
How to get the most out of what you eat
How you can lose weight safely
Components of a well-rounded exercise program
Exercises you can do in your home
The importance of getting a good night’s sleep
What you can do to protect your eyesight
What you can do to reduce the threat of diabetes
Things you can do to prevent, control and help reduce the effects of arthritis
The importance of avoiding over exposure to the sun
How you can reduce the threat of high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke
Things you can do to help keep your memory sharp
Positive ways of handling stress
Using and storing medicines wisely
Special features:
Each chapter starts with an introductory outline of information that is included in the chapter.
The text includes descriptive side heads and subheads for ease of reading.
At the end of each chapter are references, a glossary of selected terms and additional sources of health information and services.
A complete glossary is also included at the end of the book.
In addition, the health guidelines that are included in each chapter are summarized under chapter titles for quick reference in the appendix.
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| About the Author |
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The author, recognized nationally and internationally as an authority on health promotion and education, served as WHO health education advisor to Nepal and was selected as Special Visiting Professor, Tsukuba University, Japan. He also served as Director of Health Education and Co-Director Health Science Research Center, Health Science Department, CSUN. |
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