Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- Healthy People Initiatives -- Sociodemographic Trends -- Definitions of Healthy Aging -- Health Perspectives and Aging -- Health Care -- 2. HEALTH EDUCATORS: COLLABORATION AND COMMUNICATION -- Collaboration -- Communication -- Cruising the Internet -- Communication Barriers Between Health Professionals and Older Clients -- 3. CLINICAL PREVENTIVE SERVICES -- Medical Screenings and Prophylaxis: Considerable Controversy -- Breast Cancer -- Menopause and the Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) Controversy -- Blood Pressure -- Osteoporosis -- Cholesterol -- Cervical Cancer -- Colorectal Cancer -- Prostate Cancer -- Skin Cancer -- Hearing and Vision -- Oral Health -- Diabetes -- Depression -- Other Medical (and Dog and Cat) Screenings -- Immunizations -- Aspirin Prophylaxis -- The Polypill -- Medicare Prevention -- A Final Word -- 4. HEALTH BEHAVIOR CHANGE -- Health Behavior Assessments and Interventions -- Ten Tips for Changing Health Behaviors -- Health Behavior Theories -- A Health Promotion and Aging Model -- 5. EXERCISE -- Surgeon General's Report on Physical Activity and Health -- The Most Popular Activity of All: Walking -- Exercise for Disease Prevention and Functional Improvement -- The Four Components of My Exercise Class -- Other Exercises -- The Activity Pyramid -- Arthritis: A Barrier to Exercise and Activity -- Selected Topics -- 6. NUTRITION -- The Food Guide Pyramid -- The Personalized Nutrition Bull's-Eye -- Good Nutritional Habits -- Fat -- Cholesterol -- Carbohydrates and Fiber -- Sugar -- Protein -- Water -- Vitamins and Minerals -- Sodium and High Blood Pressure -- Calcium and Osteoporosis -- Nutrition Labels -- Malnutrition -- Selected Topics -- 7. WEIGHT MANAGEMENT -- Trends in Weight Gain.

Surgeon Generals and Directors of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- Overweight and Obesity -- Genetics, Lifestyle, and Environment -- Should we Gain Weight with Age? -- Body Composition -- Exercise -- Low-Carbohydrate, High-Protein Diets -- Other Weight Loss Programs -- Bariatric Surgery -- Caloric Input and Expenditure -- Ten Tips for Weight Loss or Maintenance -- Selected Weight Management Topics -- 8. COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE -- National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine -- Prevalence of Complementary and Alternative Medicine -- Types of CAM -- CAM and Medical Education -- Selected CAM Topics and Resources -- Dietary Supplements -- Vitamin and Mineral Supplements -- Herbs -- Hormone Supplements -- Other Dietary Supplements -- ConsumerLab.com and the Dietary Supplement Verification Program -- Nutraceuticals, or Functional Foods and Drinks -- 9. SELECTED HEALTH EDUCATION TOPICS -- Smoking -- Alcohol -- Medication Usage -- Injury Prevention -- Sleep -- 10. SOCIAL SUPPORT -- Definition of Social Support -- Family, Friends, Church, and Others -- Lay Support -- Online Support -- Religious or Spiritual Support -- Types of Intimate Support -- Terminally Ill -- Peer Support Groups -- Intergenerational Support -- Physician and Allied Health Professional Support -- 11. MENTAL HEALTH -- Mental Health and Mental Illness -- Depression -- Alzheimer's Disease -- Other Mental Disorders -- Insurance Coverage -- Chronic Stress -- Stress Management -- Mental Health and Aging Resources -- 12. COMMUNITY HEALTH -- Community Organizations -- Model Health Promotion Programs -- Professional Associations -- Community Volunteering -- Community Health Advocacy -- 13. DIVERSITY -- Age -- Sex and Gender -- Race and Ethnicity -- Culture -- Socioeconomic Status -- Gay Aging -- Spirituality and Religion -- Rural Aging -- Global Aging.

14. PUBLIC HEALTH -- Wellness General of the United States -- An Opposing Point of View (Sort of) -- And Now for the Rest of the Wellness General's Platform -- Conclusion -- 15. GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTURE -- Reengagement -- Wellness Center -- Physical Health -- Mental Health -- Supportive Housing -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.