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More copies of this ISBNThis title in other editionsThe Roadmap to 100: The Breakthrough Science of Living a Long and Healthy Lifeby Randall Stickrod and Walter Bortz
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:With a baby boomer turning sixty every ten seconds, we are rapidly becoming an aging society. But cutting edge research on the connection between age and disease shows us that many of the preconceptions we had about how to grow old need a second look. This groundbreaking book is full of take-away prescriptive advice which the nearly seventy-five million boomers in this nation will value. Top gerontologist and Stanford medical school professor Dr. Walter Bortz and co-author Randall Stickrod draw on new science and a thirty-year longitudinal study of centenarians to show that: • Genetics plays a smaller role in aging than previously thought • Senility, dementia, and other diseases of the elderly, are largely preventable and not an inevitable consequence of aging • Engagement, through sexual relationships, social interaction, and professional activity, is a key factor in long, healthy lives • Physical fitness can recover at least 30 years of aging Filled with in-depth insight and practical advice, The Roadmap to 100 gives you the power to control your own destiny and live well beyond 100. About the AuthorWalter Bortz, M.D. is clinical associate professor of Medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine and author of Dare to Be 100. He is past co-chairman of the American Medical Associations Task Force on Aging and former president of The American Geriatric Society. A firm believer in practicing what you preach, Dr. Bortz has been a marathoner for four decades, running his 40th marathon in April 2010 in Boston at the age of 80. Bortz is a frequent face on the lecture circuit, sharing his enthusiasm for healthy living and a robust life with hundreds of audiences annually. Randall Stickrod is a long time science and technology publisher and writer, and the founding editor of Wired. Table of ContentsPreface: The Double Edged Sword of Longevity * What is Aging? Aging and Health * Disuse: The Nemesis of Healthy Aging * The Roadmap to 100 * Fit and Functional - Muscle and Movement * Fit and Functional - Oxygen as Fuel* Engagement: The Necessity of Being Necessary * Sex for Life * The Healthy Aging Brain * Nutrition for Life * The Most Expensive Urine in the World - The Dubious Value of Supplements and Vitamins * The Role of Medicine * Metrics: The Measure of a Full Life * Appendix I. The Economics of Aging: Public Policy Implications * Appendix II. Personal Resources What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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