Prevention and Management of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease
Provides accurate and well-documented information on the impact of diet and physical activity in the prevention and management of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases and healthy aging.

This authoritative textbook examines the independent and combined impact of diet and physical activity in the prevention and management of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, with special emphasis on the elderly populations.

In this book the authors:

Provide the latest data on the association between a suboptimal diet and physical inactivity and chronic disease.
Examine the role of epigenetics on longevity.
Discuss the fundamentals of healthy aging.
Highlight the role of well-known dietary patterns such as the Mediterranean diet and the Nordic diet in favorable health outcomes, including cardiovascular, metabolic health, and healthy aging.
Discuss the health outcomes of physical activity and healthy aging.
Present the most recent evidence-based data on the independent and synergistic impact of diet and exercise on disease prevention and management including, heart disease, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, dyslipidemia, kidney failure, cancer and other conditions.
Prevention and Management of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease: Diet, Physical Activity and Healthy Aging is an excellent textbook for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in medical and health-related disciplines and for health professionals, including dietitians and nutritionists, exercise physiologists, athletic trainers, nurses, physicians, geriatricians, and other health professionals with a special focus in older adults. This book is also a highly useful reference for health professionals interested in introducing diet and physical activity as an intervention for healthy aging as well as the prevention and management of cardiovascular and other metabolic diseases that are prevalent in aging populations.


List of Contributors ix

Unit 1 Diet and Physical Activity as Determinants of Human Health

1 The Link between Sub-optimal Diet and Physical Inactivity with Non-communicable Diseases 3

2 Lifestyle and Epigenetics 19

3 Healthy/Prudent Diets and Health Benefits in Adults 35

Unit 2 Basic Concepts of Physical Activity and Fitness

4 Definition of Fitness and Its Components 63

5 Defining Physical Activity and Exercise 69

6 Implications and Health Benefits of Physical Activity in Adults 79

Unit 3 Determinants of Healthy Aging

7 Healthy Aging: Definition and Scope 93

8 The Interface Between Healthy Aging, Longevity, and Disease 105

9 Physiological Changes in Multiple Organ Systems Through Aging: Measuring and Monitoring Aging 117

10 The Role of Plant-based Diets on Healthy Aging 133

11 Physical Activity as a Determinant of Healthy Aging 159

Unit 4 Cardiovascular Health, Diet, And Physical Activity

12 Heart Failure 171

13 Atrial/Flutter Fibrillation 191

14 Endothelial Function 205

Unit 5 Cardio-metabolic Health, Diet, And Physical Activity

15 Diabetes Mellitus 223

16 Hypertension 241

17 Dyslipidemia 259

18 Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome 275

19 Obstructive Sleep Apnea 299

20 Chronic Kidney Disease 327

21 Cancer 347

Appendix Answers to Self-assessment Questions 367

Abbreviations 381

Glossary 385

Index 393