Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 208 mm x 272 mm, Gewicht: 318 g
Reihe: Annual Editions: Aging
Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 208 mm x 272 mm, Gewicht: 318 g
Reihe: Annual Editions: Aging
ISBN: 978-0-07-805120-3
Verlag: Dushkin Publishing
The Annual Editions series is designed to provide convenient, inexpensive access to a wide range of current articles from some of the most respected magazines, newspapers, and journals published today. Annual Editions are updated on a regular basis through a continuous monitoring of over 300 periodical sources. The articles selected are authored by prominent scholars, researchers, and commentators writing for a general audience. Annual Editions volumes have a number of organizational features designed to make them especially valuable for classroom use: a general introduction; an annotated table of contents; a topic guide; an annotated listing of supporting World Wide Web sites; a brief overview and Learning Outcomes at the beginning of each unit; and a Critical Thinking section at the end of each article. Each volume also offers an online Instructor's Resource Guide with testing materials. Using Annual Editions in the Classroom is a general guide that provides a number of interesting and functional ideas for using Annual Editions readers in the classroom. Visit ww.mhhe.com/annualeditions for more details.
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Annual Editions: Aging 12/13, Twenty-Fifth EditionPrefaceSeriesCorrelation GuideTopic GuideInternet ReferencesUnit 1: The Phenomenon of AgingUnit Overview1. Elderly Americans, Christine L. Himes, Population Bulletin, December 2001The author points out the ever-growing number and percentage of the American population comprising persons 65 years of age and above. Further, she observes that those over 65 are living longer than previous generations. Currently, those 85 and older are the fastest growing segment of the elderly population.2. You Can Stop "Normal" Aging, Dr. Henry S. Lodge, Parade, March 18, 2007The author argues that most aging is just dry rot we program into our cells by sedentary living, junk food, and stress. He offers a number of suggestions for what any individual could do to slow the aging process and live a much healthier life.3. Living Longer: Diet and Exercise, Donna Jackson Nakazawa and Susan Crandell, AARP The Magazine, September/October 2006These articles point out the current findings in the areas of diet and exercise that, if followed, would increase the individual's life expectancy by a number of years.4. More Good Years, Dan Buettner, AARP The Magazine, September/October 2009The author maintains that the blue zones are places where people have the longest lifespans. The thirteen factors that contribute to the longer lifespan of the Ikarian residents in one of the blue zones are outlined in the article.5. Will You Live to Be 100?, Thomas Perls, MD and Margery Hutter Silver, EdD, Living to 100, 1999After completing a study of 150 centenarians, Harvard Medical School researchers Thomas Perls and Margery Hutter Silver developed a quiz to help calculate one's estimated life expectancy.6. Long Live. Us, Mark Bennett, Terre Haute Tribune-Star, March 27, 2011The author points out how much life expectancy in the United States has increased by the year 2009; moreover, how much difference there was in the life expectancy of men in comparison to women. Reasons for the increasing life expectancy of the U.S. population as well as the reasons why women have a longer life expectancy than men are presented.Unit 2: The Quality of Later LifeUnit Overview7. The Secrets of Resilient People, Beth Howard, AARP The Magazine, November/December 2009Resilient people are seen as those who are capable of navigating through problems and hard times with the minimal amount of frustration and despair. The personal characteristics of resilient people are presented and described.8. The U-bend of Life: Why, Beyond Middle Age, People Get Happier as They Get Older, The Economist, December 18, 2010The article on the U-bend of life points out why older people are happier than younger people once they pass through the middle years. The most unhappy people are seen as those in their 40s and 50s. After these middle years, the happiness and life satisfaction of the individual rises as their age increases. Possible reasons why this change in outlook occurs in later life are discussed.9. We Can Control How We Age, Lou Ann Walker, Parade, September 16, 2001A Harvard study followed individuals from their teens into their eighties, and as a result, gives specific recommendations for what individuals can do to improve their changes of aging well.10. The Myths of Living Longer, Howard
