Leslie R. Martin

Each year, in more than a billion U.S. medical visits, health professionals offer disease prevention and treatment recommendations, but close to half of these are not followed. This book provides the latest theory driven and evidence-based recommendations for addressing persistent barriers to treatment adherence within a social-ecological framework. Written for a wide variety of practitioners, the numerous cases and clinical examples illustrate important practice principles. Each chapter includes tools for instruction and self-study (including learning objectives, a summary, review questions, prompts for discussion and further study, and suggested reading), making it an ideal text for clinical health-science courses. With a strong evidence base and a readable style, this book is for practitioners and students in medicine, public health, nursing, health education, health coaching, allied health, dentistry, clinical and health psychology, counselling, and social work. It is also for anyone who wishes to take an active role in their own health or help others to do so.

A revolutionary look at diet, nutrition, fitness, and longevity praised by Malcolm Gladwell and Oprah Magazine. "An extraordinary eighty-year study has led to some unexpected discoveries about long life." -O, The Oprah MagazineFor years we have been told to obsessively monitor when we're angry, what we eat, how much we worry, and how often we go to the gym. So why isn't everyone healthy? Drawing from the most extensive study of long life ever conducted, The Longevity Project busts many long- held myths, revealing how: - Many of those who worked the hardest actually lived the longest - Getting married is not a magic ticket to good health - It's not the happy-go-lucky who thrive-it's the prudent and persistent With self-tests that illuminate your own best paths to longer life, this book changes the conversation about what it really takes to achieve a long, healthy life.

Hur gammal kommer jag att bli?Lönar det sig att ändra livsstil? I Lev längre visar författarna att många av de »sanningar« som brukar anges som starka faktorer (kostvanor, viktnedgång, motion, upplevd livsharmoni etc) har en mycket svag koppling till den förväntade livslängden. Däremot finns det helt andra faktorer som verkligen tycks påverka hur länge vi lever! 1921 inleddes en livsstilsstudie på 1.500 amerikanska skolbarn i tioårsåldern. Gruppen följdes genom hela livet. I början av detta sekel, 80 år efter det att studien hade inletts, avled den siste deltagaren. Lev längre utgår från denna »världens längsta studie«. Författarna har spårat dödsorsakerna för studiens samtliga deltagare och de ställer nu ett antal nya frågor: Varför lever vissa längre än andra? Vilka livsstilsfaktorer är avgörande för ett långt respektive kort liv? Boken ger många överraskande svar och avlivar en massa myter. De faktorer som verkligen påverkade livslängden hade inte att göra med individernas livsstil, utan snarare med deras personlighet! Förenande faktorer var följande: De som var ihärdiga, uthålliga och konsekventa De som tog ansvar De som var plikttrogna FörfattarnaHoward S Friedman är professor i psykologi vid University of California. Leslie R Martin är professor i psykologi vid La Sierra University, Riverside, Kalifornien. Lev längre är deras första bok på svenska.

We have been told that the key to longevity involves obsessing over what we eat, how much we stress, and how fast we run. Based on the most extensive study of longevity ever conducted, The Longevity Project exposes what really impacts our lifespan-including friends, family, personality and work. Gathering new information and using modern statistics to study participants across eight decades, Dr Howard Friedman and Dr Leslie Martin bust myths about achieving health and long life. For example, people do not die from working long hours at a challenging job - many who worked the hardest lived the longest. Getting and staying married is not the magic ticket to long life, especially if you're a woman. And it's not the happy-go-lucky ones who thrive - it's the prudent and persistent who flourish through the years. With questionnaires that help you determine where you are heading on the longevity spectrum and advice about how to stay healthy, this book changes the conversation about living a long, healthy life.