Garry Egger – författare

Lifestyle Medicine: Lifestyle, the Environment and Preventive Medicine in Health and Disease, Third Edition, is an adjunct approach to health practice that seeks to deal with the more complex modern determinants of chronic diseases-primarily lifestyle and the environments driving such lifestyles-in contrast to the microbial 'causes' of infectious disease.

Our lifestyle choices have a profound effect on our health. As we live longer, one thing is clear: many of us will spend time living with injury and chronic illness due to our own choices. Changes in health patterns typically follow shifts in living conditions. Disease patterns have changed worldwide, from infectious to chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. This change has been so emphatic-nearly 70% of all presentations to a doctor in modern western societies are now chronic disease related-that medical services are being forced to change to accommodate this.

New chapters in this third edition explain the link between energy intake and expenditure; consider how modern technology are determinants of chronic disease; show how environmental influences, such as endocrine disruptors, influence our health; and summarize recent research on early childhood experiences and chronic disease.

Explores the relationship between lifestyle and environmental drivers and the major modern chronic diseasesOutlines the knowledge and skills bases required by health professionals to deal with lifestyle and environmental determinants of chronic disease, as well as the tools and procedures available for doing thisDevelops pedagogy for Lifestyle Medicine that will enable it to become a practical adjunct to conventional health and medical practiceFeatures new chapters explaining the link between energy intake and expenditure, and more

Lifestyle Medicine: Lifestyle, the Environment and Preventive Medicine in Health and Disease, Third Edition, is an adjunct approach to health practice that seeks to deal with the more complex modern determinants of chronic diseases—primarily lifestyle and the environments driving such lifestyles—in contrast to the microbial ''causes'' of infectious disease.Our lifestyle choices have a profound effect on our health. As we live longer, one thing is clear: many of us will spend time living with injury and chronic illness due to our own choices. Changes in health patterns typically follow shifts in living conditions. Disease patterns have changed worldwide, from infectious to chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. This change has been so emphatic—nearly 70% of all presentations to a doctor in modern western societies are now chronic disease related—that medical services are being forced to change to accommodate this.New chapters in this third edition explain the link between energy intake and expenditure; consider how modern technology are determinants of chronic disease; show how environmental influences, such as endocrine disruptors, influence our health; and summarize recent research on early childhood experiences and chronic disease.- Explores the relationship between lifestyle and environmental drivers and the major modern chronic diseases- Outlines the knowledge and skills bases required by health professionals to deal with lifestyle and environmental determinants of chronic disease, as well as the tools and procedures available for doing this- Develops pedagogy for Lifestyle Medicine that will enable it to become a practical adjunct to conventional health and medical practice- Features new chapters explaining the link between energy intake and expenditure, and more

Den moderna livsstilen med osunda vanor och mycket stillasittande har spridit sig över hela världen. Sömnbesvär, stress och depression har blivit nya folksjukdomar. Alkohol och andra beroendeframkallande medel utgör ständigt ett hot mot hälsan. Även om kunskapen om levnadsvanornas betydelse för vår hälsa har ökat markant under det senaste decenniet, har också förvirringen och osäkerheten om vad som faktiskt är bra för vårt välmående ökat.Mot bakgrund av detta har det blivit allt viktigare att alla som arbetar med levnadsvanor och hälsa fortlöpande uppdaterar sina kunskaper. Vilka levnadsvanor har störst betydelse för vår hälsa idag? Hur kan de mätas? Vilken är den vetenskapliga evidensen? Svaren på de här och många andra viktiga frågeställningar ges i denna första svenska lärobok om ”Lifestyle Medicine”.Avsikten med boken, som också ska ses som en praktisk handbok, är att på vetenskapligt underlag redogöra för vilka hälsofrämjande åtgärder vi med enkla medel kan vidta för att öka chanserna att må bra under hela livet. Boken tar inte bara upp de huvudpunkter som Socialstyrelsen redovisar i sin nationella handlingsplan – tobak, alkohol, motion och kost – utan även andra ämnesområden där vanorna är av betydelse för vår hälsa.Levnadsvanor – en klinisk handbok är en översättning från engelska och ursprungligen utgiven i Australien. Boken, som är bearbetad och anpassad efter svenska förhållanden, vänder sig i första hand till allmänläkare men även till annan vårdpersonal som arbetar med frågor kring levnadsvanor och hälsa.