Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Healthy People Initiatives -- Sociodemographic Trends -- Population Growth Over Age 65 -- The Baby Boomers -- The Older Old, Chronic Conditions, and Disability -- Centenarians -- Life Expectancy -- Hospital Stays and Physician Visits -- Medication Use -- Health Habits -- Perceptions of Health -- Volunteering -- Marital Status -- Work -- Educational Status -- Political Power -- Internet Access -- Poverty -- Racial and Ethnic Composition -- Definitions of Healthy Aging -- The Federal Government -- Extraordinary Accomplishments -- Prevention -- Wellness -- Antiold and Antiaging -- Compression of Morbidity -- Health Perspectives and Aging -- Health Expectancy Versus Life Expectancy -- Physical Versus Emotional Aspects of Aging -- Intergenerational Conflict Over Health Care? -- Legislation -- Medicare -- Medicaid -- Social Security -- Quality Care, Health Care, Medical Care -- Health Care Versus Medical Care -- Chapter 2: Clinical Preventive Services -- Medical Screenings and Prophylaxis: Considerable Controversy -- Guide to Clinical Preventive Services -- Accuracy, Reliability, and Effectiveness of Screening Tests -- Breast Cancer -- The 2001 Mammography Controversy -- 2009 Mammography Update -- Menopause and the HRT Controversy -- 2012 HRT Update -- Blood Pressure -- Osteoporosis -- Cholesterol -- Statins -- Cervical Cancer -- Colorectal Cancer -- Prostate Cancer -- Skin Cancer -- Hearing and Vision -- Oral Health -- Diabetes -- Depression -- Hepatitis C -- Are Screenings Going to the Dogs (and Cats)? -- Immunization -- Aspirin Prophylaxis -- The Polypill -- Medicare Prevention -- A Final Word -- Chapter 3: Health Educators: Collaboration, Communication, and Health Behavior Change -- Collaboration.

Willingness to Collaborate -- Client Empowerment Versus the Passive Patient -- How to Collaborate -- Changing Medical Encounters into Health Encounters -- An Office System for Implementing a Health Promotion Practice -- Put Prevention into Practice -- Community Health Promotion Programs -- Personality Characteristics of a Health Educator Who is a Collaborator -- Communication -- Communication Skills -- Interpersonal Effectiveness -- Informational Processing -- Social and Behavioral Support -- Cruising the Internet -- Case Study in Web Deception: drkoop.com -- Websites -- Electronic Newsletters -- Communication Barriers Between Health Professionals and Older Clients -- Cross-Cultural Communication -- Communicating to Client Companions -- Health Professional Barriers -- Jargon and Elderspeak -- Four Common Reasons for Health Professionals Not to Communicate about Health Promotion to Older Clients -- Health Behavior Change -- Health Behavior Assessments and Interventions -- Health Risk Appraisals -- A Reflective Health Assessment -- Stages of Change -- Health Contracts -- Precede -- Ten Tips for Changing Health Behaviors -- Motivation -- Modest -- Measurable -- Memory -- Positive Thoughts -- Reinforcement -- Environmental Support -- Stress Management -- Social Support -- Problem Solve -- Health Behavior Theories -- Behavioral and Cognitive Management -- Healthy Pleasures -- Social Cognitive Theory -- Self-Efficacy -- Health Locus of Control -- Health Belief Model -- Other Theories -- Theories Versus Concepts -- Chapter 4: Exercise -- Surgeon General's Report on Physical Activity and Health -- The Most Popular Activity: Walking -- The Most Popular Inactivity: Sitting -- Exercise for Disease Prevention and Functional Improvement -- Cardiovascular Disease -- Cancer -- Diabetes -- Depression -- Cognition -- Bone Density -- Fall Prevention -- Osteoarthritis.

Sleep -- Other Conditions -- Caution -- Exercise for Weight Management -- The Four Components of My Exercise Class -- The Aerobics Component -- The Muscular Strength or Endurance Component -- The Flexibility and Balance Component -- The Health Education Component -- Other Exercises -- Different Strokes for Different Folks -- The Activity Pyramid -- Arthritis: A Barrier to Exercise and Activity -- Other Barriers and Cautions -- Selected Topics -- How to Respond to an Excuse -- Benefits -- Health Club, Home, or Religious Setting -- Personal Trainer -- Wii-Hab for Degenerative Diseases -- Absence of the Health Educator in the Clinic Setting -- A Farewell to Jack -- Chapter 5: Nutrition and Weight Management -- The Food Guide Pyramid and Variations -- Modified Food Guide Pyramids -- MyPyramid -- MyPlate -- The Personalized Nutrition Bull's-Eye -- Good Nutritional Habits -- Basic Nutrients -- Nutritionism Versus Food -- Fat -- Not All Fats are Created Equal -- Cholesterol -- National Cholesterol Education Program Guidelines -- Carbohydrates and Fiber -- Sugar -- Protein -- Water -- Vitamins and Minerals -- Sodium and High Blood Pressure -- Calcium and Osteoporosis -- Nutrition Labels -- Malnutrition -- Selected Nutrition Topics -- Organic Foods -- Junk Food and Fast Food -- Coffee -- Sensory Decline -- Quackery -- Socioeconomic and Cultural Sensitivity -- Food Films -- Advocacy -- Nutrition Newsletters -- Nutrition Websites -- I Wish I Had Known -- Trends in Weight Gain -- Overweight and Obesity -- Morbidity and Mortality -- Costs -- Genetics, Lifestyle, and Environment -- Genetics -- Lifestyle -- Environment -- Environmental Change to Accommodate Obese Americans -- Should We Gain Weight With Age? -- Body Composition -- Diets -- Happy Holiday! -- Bariatric Surgery -- Medicare Coverage for Weight Loss Counseling -- Ten Tips for Weight Loss or Maintenance.

Selected Weight-Management Topics -- Diet Drugs -- Emotional Distress -- Competitive Eating and Implications for Advocacy -- Surfing for Slimness -- The End of Overeating -- Chapter 6: Complementary and Alternative Medicine -- National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine -- Prevalence of Complementary and Alternative Medicine -- Types of CAM -- Popular CAM Techniques -- Diaphragmatic Breathing -- Progressive Muscle Relaxation -- Visualization -- Relaxation Response and Meditation -- Acupuncture -- Therapeutic Massage -- Chiropractic -- Hypnosis -- Biofeedback -- Magnet Therapy -- Aromatherapy -- Laughter -- CAM and Medical Education -- Naturopathic Medical Colleges -- Selected CAM Topics and Resources -- CAM Insurance -- Weil and Chopra -- CAM Organizations -- CAM Journals -- Dietary Supplements -- Cautions -- Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act -- Vitamin and Mineral Supplements -- Multivitamin Preparations -- Vitamin D and Calcium -- Vitamin E -- Vitamin C -- Antioxidant Cocktail -- Vitamin B12 -- Herbs -- Ginkgo Biloba -- The Other G's -- St. John's Wort -- Saw Palmetto -- Echinacea -- Black Cohosh and Other Herbs for Menopausal Symptoms -- Hormone Supplements -- Human Growth Hormone -- Testosterone -- Melatonin -- Other Dietary Supplements -- Glucosamine and Chondroitin -- Nutritional Drinks -- ConsumerLab.com and the Dietary Supplement Verificiation Program -- Nutraceuticals, or Functional Foods and Drinks -- Chapter 7: Selected Health Education Topics -- Smoking -- Prevalence -- Associated Diseases -- Quit Ratio and Benefit -- Age -- Gender -- Education -- Smoking Cessation Interventions -- Nicotine Replacement -- Other Interventions -- Taxes -- Secondhand Smoke and Attacking the Tobacco Industry -- Smoking Bans -- The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act -- Bloody Mouths -- Medicare Smoking Cessation Coverage.

Additional Programs and Materials -- Alcohol -- Definition -- Types -- Assessment -- Prevalence -- Associated Diseases and Problems -- Intervention and Referral -- Positive Effects -- Resources -- Medication Usage -- Misuse -- Patient-Related Drug Misuse Factors -- Physician-Related Drug Misuse Factors -- Prevention -- Advice From Pharmacists -- A Physician's Experience -- Advertising -- Resources -- Injury Prevention -- Fall Prevention -- Motor Vehicle Safety -- Those Who Quit Driving -- Motorcycle Safety -- Pedestrian Safety -- Resources -- Sexuality and Intimacy -- Sleep -- Sleep Changes with Age -- Sleep-Related Medical Disorders -- Interventions -- Resources -- Chapter 8: Mental Health -- Mental Health and Mental Illness -- Depression -- Depression Diagnosis -- Treatments for Depression -- The Life Review Process -- Alzheimer's Disease -- Preclinical Alzheimer's -- Characteristics of Alzheimer's Disease -- Treatment -- Cognitive Fitness -- Brain Games -- Other Mental Disorders -- Insurance Coverage -- Chronic Stress -- Measurement -- Perspectives -- Psychoneuroimmunology -- Stress Management -- A Positive Attitude and an Opposing View -- The Placebo Effect -- Proaging: The Botox Alternative -- Mental Health and Aging Resources -- Creativity and Aging Resources -- Chapter 9: Community Health -- Community Organizations -- Senior Centers -- Religious Institutions -- The Shepherd's Centers of America -- Other National Resources with a Focus on Religion and Aging -- Worksite Wellness -- Educational Programs -- Shopping Mall-Based Programs -- Computer Education -- Model Health Promotion Programs -- The National Council on Aging (NCOA) Center for Healthy Aging -- Healthwise -- Chronic Disease Self-Management Program -- Project Enhance (Formerly Senior Wellness Project) -- Ornish Program for Reversing Heart Disease.

Benson's Mind/Body Medical Institute.