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Sort out the science for how life choices affect health in SAGE Reference's Encyclopedia of Lifestyle Medicine and HealthLos Angeles (November 15, 2011) We're continually bombarded by dramatic news reports and magazine cover stories about how different lifestyle habits both negatively and positively affect our health. And at times, one set of data contradicts another. Clarifying all that information, and helping the reader discern sound, evidence-based science from fads, is the new authoritative Encyclopedia of Lifestyle Medicine and Health, published by SAGE Reference. In two information-packed volumes, Encyclopedia of Lifestyle Medicine and Health helps define the interdisciplinary field of lifestyle health, providing historical and contemporary coverage of relevant lifestyle and health topics and issues. Included is a useful appendix containing listings of health promotion agencies and organizations, along with selected websites for research studies. The 321 A-Z entries, each written by an expert in the field and featuring accompanying bibliographies and suggested readings, are helpfully organized in a Reader's Guide within the following key topics areas:
Encyclopedia of Lifestyle Medicine and Heath is written accessibly, making it useful for a broad audience, including students and academics in the fields of health, physical education, biology, medicine, nursing and allied health, physical therapy, nutrition, public health, and health communication, as well as for lay readers interested in health. This is a must-have resource for libraries everywhere because it empowers readers to lead and promote healthier lifestyles. A FREE 30-day online trial to this title is available at www.sagepub.com/freetrial. Editor James M. Rippe, MD, 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 in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts; Professor of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Central Florida; and Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) at Tufts University School of Medicine. |
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### SAGE is a leading international publisher of journals, books, and electronic media for academic, educational, and professional markets. Since 1965, SAGE has helped inform and educate a global community of scholars, practitioners, researchers, and students spanning a wide range of subject areas including business, humanities, social sciences, and science, technology and medicine. A privately owned corporation, SAGE has principal offices in Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore, and Washington DC. www.sagepublications.com Encyclopedia of Lifestyle Medicine and Health
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