Se concluye que el ejercicio físico se convierte en protagonista dentro de las principales acciones. Sin embargo en muchos casos no se realiza dosificadamente teniendo en cuenta las particularidades de cada una de estas enfermedades. El objetivo del curso es poder abordar metodológicamente la dosificación de los ejercicios físicos y su posterior evaluación.

Publisher's description: In 2012 the WHO Regional Committee for Europe approved Health 2020 in two forms. This publication gives both. The shorter policy framework provides European politicians and policy-makers with Health 2020's main values and principles and key strategic advice to support action for health and well-being. The longer policy framework and strategy give more detail in terms of evidence and practice. It has two strategic objectives constructed around equity gender and human rights and improved governance for health.

Probiotics, Prebiotics, and Synbiotics: Bioactive Foods in Health Promotion reviews and presents new hypotheses and conclusions on the effects of different bioactive components of probiotics, prebiotics, and synbiotics to prevent disease and improve the health of various populations. Experts define and support the actions of bacteria; bacteria modified bioflavonoids and prebiotic fibrous materials and vegetable compounds. A major emphasis is placed on the health-promoting activities and bioactive components of probiotic bacteria. - Offers a novel focus on synbiotics, carefully designed prebiotics probiotics combinations to help design functional food and nutraceutical products - Discusses how prebiotics and probiotics are complementary and can be incorporated into food products and used as alternative medicines - Defines the variety of applications of probiotics in health and disease resistance and provides key insights into how gut flora are modified by specific food materials - Includes valuable information on how prebiotics are important sources of micro-and macronutrients that modify body functions

Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, Seventh Edition, provides extensive reviews and critical evaluations of research on the social aspects of aging. It also makes available major references and identifies high-priority topics for future research. The book is organized into four parts. Part 1 reviews developments in the field of age and the life course (ALC) studies and presents guidelines on conducting cohort analysis. Part 2 covers the demographic aspects of aging; longevity trends; disability and aging; and stratification and inequality research. Part 3 includes chapters that examine socioeconomic position and racial/ethnic disparities in health at older ages; the role of social factors in the distribution, antecedents, and consequences of depression; and aspects of private wealth transfers and the changing nature of family gift-giving. Part 4 deals with pension reform in Europe; the political activities of older Americans; the future of retirement security; and gender differences in old age. The Handbook is intended for researchers, professional practitioners, and students in the field of aging. It can also serve as a basic reference tool for scholars, professionals, and others who are not presently engaged in research and practice directly focused on aging and the aged. - Contains all the main areas of social science gerontological research in one volume - Begins with a section on theory and methods - Edited by one of the fathers of gerontology (Binstock) and contributors represent top scholars in gerontology

La Organización Mundial de la Salud, recomienda la práctica de una actividad física regular y de intensidad moderada, como caminar la cual tiene muchos beneficios para la salud física y emocional. Esta actividad es muy económica ya que no necesita invertir para comenzar a practicarla, la pueden realizar personas de todas las edades y condiciones físicas. Y de forma gradual y constante se pueden alcanzar los niveles de actividad física recomendada de aproximadamente 30 minutos diarios por cinco o más días a la semana. En este libro damos algunas recomendaciones y consejos para caminar en forma correcta y saludable, como comenzar progresivamente con su rutina y que comer antes, durante y después de su caminata. Y lo más importante, que la actividad física de caminar le ayudara a prevenir y cuidarse de enfermedades no transmisibles (ENT), como: sobrepeso y obesidad, diabetes, cardiovasculares, algunos tipos de cáncer , osteoporosis, artritis, demencia, depresión y ansiedad, estrés, envejecimiento saludable.

This book is the first of a new series which will present the proceedings of the newly established Nestlé Nutrition Workshop Series: Clinical & Performance Programme aimed at adult nutrition. Undernutrition is a common phenomenon in elderly people, and malnutrition reaches significant levels in those being in hospital, nursing homes or home care programs. Consequences of malnutrition often go unrecognised owing to the lack of specific validated instruments to assess nutritional status in frail elderly persons. The Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) provides a single, rapid assessment of nutritional status in the elderly of different degrees of independence, allowing the prevalence of protein-energy malnutrition to be determined and to evaluate the efficacy of nutritional intervention and strategies. Easy, quick and economical to perform, it enables staff to check the nutritional status of elderly people when they enter hospitals or institutions and to monitor changes occurring during their stay. Moreover, the MNA is predictive of the cost of care and length of stay in hospital. This publication will be of immense assistance to heads of geriatric teaching units, teachers in nutrition, clinicians general practitioners and dieticians, enabling them to better detect, recognise and start treatment of malnutrition in the elderly.