Prevention and Management of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease : Diet, Physical Activity and Healthy Aging (Hardcover)

Unit 1: Diet and physical activity as determinants of human health  

1. The link between suboptimal diet and physical inactivity with non-communicable diseases 

2. Lifestyle and epigenetics

3. Healthy/Prudent diets and health benefits in adults.

Unit 2: Basic concepts of physical activity and fitness 

4. Definition of fitness and its components 

5. Defining physical activity and exercise

6. Implications and health benefits of physical activity in adults 

Unit 3: Determinants of healthy aging 

7. Healthy aging. Definition and scope

8. The Interface Between Healthy Aging, Longevity and Disease

9. Physiological changes in multiple organ systems through aging. Measuring and monitoring aging.

10. The role of plant based diets on healthy aging

11. Physical activity as a determinant of healthy aging

Unit 4: Cardiovascular health, diet and physical activity 

12. Heart failure, Physical Activity and Diet 

13. Atrial/Flutter Fibrillation, Physical Activity and Diet

14. Endothelial Function, Physical Activity and Diet

Unit 5: Cardiometabolic Health, diet and physical activity 

15. Diabetes Mellitus

16. Hypertension

17. Dyslipidemia

18. Obesity – Metabolic Syndrome

19. Obstructive Sleep Apnea

20. Chronic Kidney Disease

21. Cancer