Increasing Physical Activity: A Practical Guide

by James M. Rippe

Overview

Only a fifth of adults in the United States do enough physical activity to meet the guidelines set by Centers for Disease Control. The health benefits of regular physical activity are beyond dispute, yet less than 40% of physicians routinely counsel their patients on the importance of physical activity. Increasing Physical Activity: A Practical Guide equips healthcare practitioners to include physical activity counseling in the daily practice of medicine.

Written by lifestyle medicine pioneer and cardiologist, Dr James Rippe, this book proves inactivity is a stronger risk factor than other lifestyle factors for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and many other diseases. It provides evidence-based information on the role of physical activity in preventing and treating chronic conditions and includes practical strategies for healthcare practitioners to prescribe this powerful method to enhance both short and long-term health and quality of life.

Features:

• Specific chapters explain the role of physical activity in reduction of risk of heart disease, diabetes, cancer, osteoarthritis, dementia and many other chronic conditions.
• Chapters begin with bulleted, key points and conclude with a list of clinical applications.
• Strategies are provided to encourage previously sedentary individuals to adopt regular physical activity.
• Physical activity is placed in the context of other lifestyle medicine concepts including maintenance of a healthy body weight, following'sound nutritional practices, stress reduction and other practices which impact on health and quality of life.

Written for healthcare practitioners at all levels, this is a user-friendly, evidence-based manual for healthcare practitioners looking to incorporate more physical activity counseling into either general medicine or subspecialty practices.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367499952
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	11/18/2020
Series:	Lifestyle Medicine
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	924,799
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dr. Rippe is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Medical School with post graduate training at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is currently the Founder and Director of the Rippe Lifestyle Institute and Professor of Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

Over the past 25 years Dr. Rippe has established and run the largest research organization in the world exploring how daily habits and actions impact short and long-term health and quality of life. This organization, Rippe Lifestyle Institute (RLI), has published hundreds of papers that form the scientific basis for the fields of lifestyle medicine and high performance health. Rippe Lifestyle Institute also conducts numerous studies every year on physical activity, nutrition and healthy weight management.

A lifelong and avid athlete Dr. Rippe maintains his personal fitness with a regular walk, jog, swimming and weight training program. He holds a black belt in karate and is an avid wind surfer, skier and tennis player. He lives outside of Boston with his wife, television news anchor Stephanie Hart and their four children, Hart, Jaelin, Devon and Jamie.

Table of Contents

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xv

Author Biography xvii

Chapter 1 Lifestyle Medicine, Physical Activity, and Health 1

Chapter 2 Background and Key Physical Activity Concepts 15

Chapter 3 Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Disease Risk-Reduction and Treatment 29

Chapter 4 Physical Activity and the Prevention and Treatment of Cancer 45

Chapter 5 Physical Activity and Diabetes, Prediabetes, and the Metabolic Syndrome 57

Chapter 6 Physical Activity in Women's Health 67

Chapter 7 Physical Activity and Youth 79

Chapter 8 Physical Activity in Older Adults 89

Chapter 9 Physical Activity in Individuals with Chronic Conditions 101

Chapter 10 Physical Activity, Weight Gain, and Obesity 111

Chapter 11 Physical Activity, Cognition, and Brain Health 123

Chapter 12 The Role of Physicians in Promoting and Prescribing Increased Physical Activity 137

Chapter 13 Exercise Prescription: Practical Applications 153

Chapter 14 Overcoming Sedentary Behavior 165

Chapter 15 Promoting Regular Physical Activity 173

Appendix A 189

Appendix B 193

Appendix C 197

Index 199

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Vincent F Carr, DO, MSA, FACC, FACP (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)
Description: Part of the Lifestyle Medicine series from the Rippe Lifestyle Institute, this book extols the benefits of physical activity.
Purpose: The preface notes that the overall benefits of a physically active lifestyle are beyond dispute. This book expounds on that concept and pushes the medical community to incorporate discussions of physical activity into their routine practice of medicine.
Audience: The audience is everyone — those who are physically active and wish more information on how to increase their benefits, those who are contemplating getting more physically active, and, most importantly, those who need motivation to get started in daily physical activity.
Features: After presenting some background and key physical concepts, the book's 15 chapters discuss the role of physical activity in cardiovascular disease, in the prevention and treatment of cancer, for older adults, and in cognition and brain health. Each chapter is a standalone article beginning with a review of the key points. Chapters are extensively referenced, and some have a section on resources for readers who wish more information.
Assessment: This is a highly informative book focused on educating the public and clinicians on the value of exercise and increasing physical activity.

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