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Author Tollefson, Michelle

Title Improving Women's Health Across the Lifespan
Published Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2021

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Description 1 online resource (521 p.)
Series Lifestyle Medicine Ser
Lifestyle Medicine Ser
Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Editor Biographies -- Contributors -- Introduction -- 1 Optimal Nutrition for Women -- Key Points -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Nutrition Basics -- 1.2.1 Energy -- 1.2.2 Nutrient Density -- 1.2.3 Macronutrients -- 1.2.4 Carbohydrates -- 1.2.5 Fats -- 1.2.6 Proteins -- 1.2.7 Micronutrients -- 1.2.8 Nutrients of Concern -- 1.2.9 Phytonutrients and Antioxidants -- 1.2.10 Water -- 1.3 Standard Nutrition Guidelines -- 1.3.1 National and Global Guidelines -- 1.4 Health-Promoting and Health-Harming Foods
1.5 The American College of Lifestyle Medicine's Recommended Dietary Pattern -- 1.5.1 The American College of Lifestyle Medicine Dietary Position -- 1.5.2 The Dietary Spectrum -- 1.6 Nutrition Recommendations for Women -- 1.6.1 Women-Specific Health Risks -- 1.6.1.1 Weight Concerns, Body Image, and Eating Disorders -- 1.6.1.2 Women-Specific Cancers -- 1.6.1.3 Bone Health -- 1.6.2 Nutrients to Know for Women -- 1.6.2.1 Vitamin B12 -- 1.6.2.2 Calcium -- 1.6.2.3 Vitamin D -- 1.6.2.4 Iron -- 1.6.2.5 Folate -- 1.6.2.6 Zinc -- 1.6.2.7 Iodine -- 1.6.2.8 Omega-3s
1.7 Brief Overview of Nutrition Needs Across The Lifespan -- 1.7.1 Nutrition and Fertility -- 1.7.2 Nutrition and Pregnancy and Lactation -- 1.7.3 Energy -- 1.7.4 Macronutrients -- 1.7.5 Micronutrients -- 1.7.5.1 Iodine -- 1.7.5.2 B12 -- 1.7.5.3 Folate -- 1.7.5.4 Iron -- 1.7.5.5 Choline -- 1.7.5.6 Zinc -- 1.7.5.7 Calcium -- 1.7.5.8 Vitamin D -- 1.7.5.9 Other Nutrients -- 1.7.6 Nutrition and Menopause -- 1.7.7 Nutrition and Female Athletes -- 1.8 Practical Tools for Transitioning to a Whole Food Plant-Based Eating Pattern -- 1.8.1 The WFPB Plate -- 1.8.2 Tips for Transitioning -- References
2 Physical Activity for Women -- Key Points -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Children and Adolescents -- 2.3 Adults -- 2.3.1 PA Prescription -- 2.3.2 Measuring PA Intensity -- 2.3.3 Screening PA Participation -- 2.4 Preconception to Postpartum -- 2.4.1 PA Guidelines and Contraindications -- 2.4.2 PA Measurement -- 2.4.3 Postpartum -- 2.4.4 Improving Postpartum PA Screening -- 2.4.5 Future Considerations -- 2.5 Older Healthy Women -- 2.5.1 Menopause -- 2.6 Conclusion -- References -- 3 Sleep and Women's Health -- Key Points -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Overview of Sleep Physiology and Circadian Biology
3.2.1 Sleep Need and Circadian Processes -- 3.2.2 Sleep Stages -- 3.2.3 Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Upper Airway Resistance in Women -- 3.3 Relationship Between Sleep and Health Outcomes -- 3.3.1 Sleep, Weight, and Cardiometabolic Risk -- 3.3.2 Sleep, Inflammation, and Immunity -- 3.3.3 Sleep and Mood -- 3.3.4 Sleep, Sex Hormones, and Gender -- 3.4 Sleep and Other Lifestyle Medicine Pillars -- 3.4.1 Diet and Sleep -- 3.4.2 Exercise and Sleep -- 3.5 Sleep and Life Stages in Women -- 3.5.1 Adolescents and Teenagers -- 3.5.2 Menstrual Cycles and Sleep -- 3.5.3 Pregnancy and Sleep
Notes Description based upon print version of record
3.5.4 Mothers of Young Children
Form Electronic book
Author Eriksen, Nancy
Pathak, Neha
ISBN 9781000472462
1000472469