1st Edition
Improving Women’s Health Across the Lifespan
The book is an evidence-based source of information on women’s health issues for health professionals already practicing lifestyle medicine, as well as an entry level textbook for those new to the field of lifestyle medicine. The collective expertise of each of the editors along with content provided by leaders within the American College of Lifestyle Medicine fills a much-needed void within the specialty of Lifestyle Medicine and is for providers of women’s health globally.
Acknowledgments ..................................................................................................... ix
Editor Biographies .................................................................................................... xi
List of Contributors ................................................................................................. xiii
Introduction .......................................................................................... 1
Chapter 1 Optimal Nutrition for Women .............................................................. 3
Kayli Anderson, Kaitlyn Pauly, Debra Shapiro, and Vera Dubovoy
Chapter 2 Physical Activity for Women .............................................................. 41
Ginger Garner and Wendy Farnen Price
Chapter 3 Sleep and Women’s Health ................................................................. 63
Cindy Geyer
Chapter 4 Emotional Wellness and Stress Resilience ......................................... 85
Gia Merlo, Ariyaneh Nikbin and Hanjun Ryu
Chapter 5 Positive Psychology and Relational Connectedness ........................ 105
Liana Lianov
Chapter 6 Avoiding Risky Substances and Environmental Exposures ............. 125
Natasha DeJarnett and Neha Pathak
Chapter 7 Models of Care for Women and Families, Reimbursement, and
Telemedicine .................................................................................... 145
Haran Sivakumar, Megan Alexander, Allison Theberge,
and Deepa Sannidhi
Chapter 8 Adverse Childhood Events and Trauma- Informed Care .................. 155
Robin Ortiz
Chapter 9 Health Coaching, Motivational Interviewing, and Behavior
Change in Women’s Health .............................................................. 167
Mark D. Faries, Alyssa Abreu, Sarah- Ann Keyes,
Tasnim El Mezain and Jessica A. Matthews
Chapter 10 Health Equity and Women’s Health in Underserved
Communities .................................................................................... 185
Stacie Schmidt, Jada Bussey- Jones, and Tracey L. Henry
Chapter 11 Community Engagement and Women’s Health ................................ 199
Cheryl True, Elisabeth Fontaine, and Erin Phillips
Chapter 12 Lifestyle Medicine in the Care of Adolescent Girls ......................... 207
Neeta B. Agarwal and Michelle Dalal
Chapter 13 Menstrual Health and Lifestyle Medicine ........................................ 215
Kranti Dasgupta, Madeline Hardacre, and Michelle Tollefson
Chapter 14 Women’s Sexual Health and Lifestyle Medicine ............................. 227
Megan Alexander, Shannon Worthman, Rashmi Kudesia
and Michelle Tollefson
Chapter 15 Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, Endometriosis, and
Female Infertility .............................................................................. 241
Mahima Gulati, Joy Brotherton, and Jill Chasse
Chapter 16 Lifestyle Medicine in Menopause and Bone Health ........................ 255
Amanda McKinney
Chapter 17 Preconceptual Health ........................................................................ 273
Nancy L. Eriksen, Kristi R. VanWinden, and John McHugh
Chapter 18 Pregnancy ......................................................................................... 309
Nancy L. Eriksen, Kristi R. VanWinden, Anne Bingham,
and John McHugh
Chapter 19 Postpartum Health and Lactation ..................................................... 347
Kristi R. VanWinden and Elizabeth Collins
Chapter 20 A Lifestyle Medicine Approach to Breast Cancer ............................ 365
Amber Orman, Dianne L. Johnson, Amy Comander,
Nigel Brockton, Meghana Reddy, and Gautam Krishna Koipallil
Chapter 21 Gynecologic Cancers and Lifestyle Medicine .................................. 389
Nathalie D. McKenzie, Nnamdi I. Gwacham, and Sarfraz Ahmad
Chapter 22 Lifestyle Medicine in Female Cancer Survivorship ......................... 411
Amber Orman, Meghana Reddy, Gautam Krishna Koipallil,
Nigel Brockton, Michelle Faris, and Michelle Tollefson
Chapter 23 Cardiovascular Disease and Metabolic Syndrome ........................... 425
Neha Pathak
Chapter 24 Diabetes, Overweight, and Obesity .................................................. 441
Jeni A. Shull Clayton
Chapter 25 Dementia .......................................................................................... 459
Kelly J. Freeman, D. Nicole Paddock, and Cristina H. Davis
Chapter 26 Autoimmune Disorders across the Lifespan .................................... 469
Margaret A. Eagan
Chapter 27 Psychiatric Disorders in Women ...................................................... 477
Gia Merlo, Hanjun Ryu, and Ariyaneh Nikbin
Index ...................................................................................................................... 491
Biography
Michelle Tollefson, Nancy Eriksen, Neha Pathak
"This women's health book is evidence based and comprehensive. There is nothing like it. Women need up to date information about physical activity, nutrition, sleep, stress resilience, social connection and substance use. In addition, there is a desire to better understand the power of these pillars throughout a woman's life including pregnancy, menopause and the golden years. This book fills that need."
Elizabeth Pegg Frates, MD, DipABLM, FACLM, President Elect of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine
"Healthy aging begins at pre-conception. Evidence overwhelmingly shows that it’s we women who—through our lifestyle behavior choices—can take far greater control of our own health destinies, as well as the health destinies of our children and generations to come. We cannot underestimate the power of what we eat, how we move, and what we think in regard to our optimal health or lack thereof. This book is a must-read for all medical professionals!"
Susan Benigas, Executive Director of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine
Lifestyle Medicine is the science of taking core principles and customizing how they're applied to each individual and each situation to achieve positive health behavior change. This book sets the evidence based foundation for how that process happens, and why it needs to happen, with the most important segment of health consumers - women. It is the next for all who are passionate about changing how health care is delivered."
Wayne S. Dysinger, MD, MPH, Physician, Founder and Chair, Lifestyle Medical
“Lifestyle factors have a powerful role in chronic disease prevention, underscoring the profound control we have over our health. Improving Women’s Health Across the Lifespan applies lifestyle medicine to women’s health, empowering women and their clinicians with the tools to transform their lives, and fostering a legacy of health for future generations.”
JoAnn E. Manson, MD, MPH, DrPH, Professor of Medicine and the Michael and Lee Bell Professor of Women's Health, Harvard Medical School Chief, Division of Preventive Medicine Brigham and Women's Hospital, Professor, Harvard Chan School of Public Health
