The Okinawa Program How the World's Longest-Lived People Achieve Everlasting Health--and How You Can Too

Willcox, Bradley J. & D. Craig Willcox & Makoto Suzuki

ISBN 10: 0609607472 / ISBN 13: 9780609607473

Published by Clarkson Potter, 2001

About this Item

Stated first edition hardcover with full number line. Association copy inscribed to title page by Wilcox to famed Hollywood reporter/biographer Bob Thomas. Corners gently softened else a square tight unmarked copy in DJ in mylar with trace edgewear. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; Signed by Author.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Okinawa Program How the World's Longest-Lived People Achieve Everlasting Health--and How You Can Too
• Publisher: Clarkson Potter
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0609607472
• ISBN 13: 9780609607473
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

There is nothing more universal than the desire to slow down the aging process, to live a long, full life with health, energy, and independence. The Okinawa Program presents the first evidence-based program to make this possible. Authored by a team of preeminent medical and scientific experts, this breakthrough book documents the diet, exercise, and lifestyle practices of the world's healthiest, longest-lived people and reveals how readers can apply these practices to their own lives.

In Okinawa, the occurrence of heart disease is only one fifth that of American levels. The rate of breast, ovarian, and prostate cancers is less than a quarter of American levels. And the number of centenarians per hundred thousand is six times that of the United States. Most important, Okinawans have the world's longest disability-free life expectancy.

Concluding a long-term, collaborative scientific study, The Okinawa Program clearly and expertly explains the reasons for this remarkable successful aging phenomenon. With a realistic four-week Turnaround Plan for diet, fitness, and psychological well-being, this book offers nearly one hundred easy, fast, and delicious recipes, as well as a moderate exercise routine derived from the former island kingdom's unique martial arts. The authors introduce the cognitive and spiritual practices that have emerged as crucial to the overall health of Okinawan elders and also include resources and an extensive reference section for further information.

Accessible, authoritative, and comprehensive, The Okinawa Program can help readers minimize their risk for heart disease, breast, ovarian, prostate, and colon cancers, osteoporosis, and Alzheimer's disease, as well as maintain healthy body weight, reduce stress, and develop more satisfying personal relationships. The Okinawa Program is a life-changing guide to increased health and youthful vigor at any age.

About the Author

Bradley J. Willcox, M.D., M.Sc., trained in internal medicine at the Mayo Clinic and is a geriatrics fellow in the Division on Aging, Harvard Medical School. He is also a resident scholar at the University of the Ryukyus in Okinawa, Japan, and co-investigator of the Okinawa Centenarian Study.

D. Craig Willcox, Ph.D., is a medical anthropologist and gerontologist. He is Assistant Professor at Okinawa Prefectural University -- College of
Nursing and co-investigator of the Okinawa Centenarian Study. The Willcoxes are identical twins.

Makoto Suzuki, M.D., Ph.D., is a cardiologist and geriatrician. He is Professor Emeritus of Community Medicine at the University of the Ryukyus and Professor and Chair, Department of Gerontology, Okinawa International University. He is principal investigator of the Okinawa Centenarian Study, a Japanese Ministry of Health -- sponsored study of the world's healthiest and longest-lived people.