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Author:   Alan D. Dangour (LSHTM, London, UK) ,  Emily M. D. Grundy (LSHTM, London, UK) ,  Astrid E. Fletcher (LSHTM, London, UK) ,  Marion E.T. McMurdo
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   CRC Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.280kg
ISBN:  

9780849374746

ISBN 10:   084937474
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   12 March 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction, Nutritional Concerns in Old Age, Regular Exercise—the Best Investment For Our Old Age, Major Eye Diseases of Later Life: Cataract and Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Reminiscence in Everyday Talk Between Older People and Their Carers: Implications for the Quality of Life of Older People in Care Homes, Retention of Cognitive Function in Old Age: Why Initial Intelligence is Important, Health Inequalities in Old Age in Britain, Demographic Change, Family Support, and Ageing Well: Developed Country Perspectives, Energy Efficiency and the Health of Older People, Ageing, Health, and Welfare: An Economic Perspective, Methodological Issues in Assessing the Cost Effectiveness of Interventions to Improve the Health of Older People, Minimum Income for Healthy Living: Physical Activity, Anti-ageing, Autonomy, Responding to Increasing Human Longevity: Policy, Practice, and Research, Index

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...include factors leading to a deterioration of vision, social interactions of the elderly, the loss of cognitive function, social inequalities of health, interactions of demographics with family support, and three finals chapters that focus on economic issues. ... sections on methods, results, discussion, conclusions, ... discussion of the anorexia of aging particularly interesting. ... -Roy J. Shephard, in the Journal of Applied Physiology, Nutrition & Metabolism, 2007

...include factors leading to a deterioration of vision, social interactions of the elderly, the loss of cognitive function, social inequalities of health, interactions of demographics with family support, and three finals chapters that focus on economic issues. ... sections on methods, results, discussion, conclusions, ... discussion of the anorexia of aging particularly interesting. ... -Roy J. Shephard, in the Journal of Applied Physiology, Nutrition & Metabolism, 2007

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