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AGE WELL!

By Palmer, Robert with Eileen Beal
Publication: Kirkus Reports
Date: Thursday, March 1 2007
A buoyant self-help guide to aging well, from Cleveland Clinic geriatrician Palmer.

This is a book about living sensibly so you might age successfully, remaining autonomous, mobile and cognitively sound through your 60s, 70s and 80s. In part, Palmer writes, that means

adopting a healthy lifestyle as early as possible, to bring as little mileage as you can into your mid-60s. Palmer outlines the basics of healthful living?eating well, exercising your body and brain, watching your weight?and includes an excursion into the biology of aging (the chapter on sensory changes in especially fascinating). While this may be familiar territory, Palmer presents the material with humor and clarity. His particular contribution, though, is the simple, self-administered tests that help you recognize specific red flags, and recommended strategies and resources?many and varied, on both counts?to counter the decline.

Solid advice and diagnostic tools to maintaining your health in old age.

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