Chronic Disease Epidemiology: from Conception to Death

Acknowledgments

Part I Introduction to Chronic Disease Epidemiology

Chapter 1 Chronic Disease and Lifespan Health Sciences
Introduction
What Is Chronic Disease?
Lifespan Health Sciences
Causal Factors of Chronic Disease
Chronic versus Acquired Diseases
The Burden of Chronic Disease
Looking Forward
References
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3

Chapter 2 Current Global Patterns of Chronic Disease
Introduction
Comparative Mortality and the Epidemiologic Transition
The Epidemiologic Transition Bore Out
Current and Future Chronic Diseases
References
Exercise 1
Exercise 2

Part II Lifespan Chronic Disease

Chapter 3 Preconception to Birth
Introduction
Defining the Periods
Preconception to Conception
Gestation
Trimester #1
Second and Third Trimesters
Physical Changes
What Should Parents Do During Pregnancy?
Prevalent Diseases during Pregnancy
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
Gestational Diabetes
Low Birth Weight
Neural Tube Defect
References
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3

Chapter 4 Infancy and Toddler Years
Introduction
Defining the Periods
Infancy
Toddlers
Common Chronic Diseases among This Population
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Down Syndrome
Childhood Cancers
Type 1 Diabetes
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
References
Exercise 1
Exercise 2

Chapter 5 Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Introduction
Defining the Periods
Adolescence
Young Adults
Common Chronic Diseases among This Population
Asthma
Testicular Cancer
Cervical Cancer
Herpes
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
Prehypertension
Prediabetes
References
Exercise 1
Exercise 2

Chapter 6 Middle Adulthood
Introduction
Defining the Period
AIDS
Cancer
Chronic Renal Failure
Crohn’s Disease/Ulcerative Colitis
Type 2 Diabetes
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Obesity
Parkinson’s Disease
References
Exercise 1
Chapter 7 Advanced Adulthood
Introduction
What Is Going on with My Body?
Defining the Period
Common Chronic Diseases among This Population
Alzheimer’s Disease
Blindness
Coal Worker’s Pneumoconiosis
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Age-Related Hearing Loss: Presbycusis
Gout
Osteoporosis
Parkinson’s Disease
References
Exercise 1

Chapter 8 Lifespan Health and Preventing Chronic Disease
Achieving Health and Preventing Chronic Disease
Defining Your Outcome
Tip 1 for Influencing Behavior: Factor in ‘Personality’
Tip 2 for Influencing Behavior: Factor in ‘Environment’
Tip 3 for Influencing Behavior: Factor in ‘Intention’
Exercise 1
Exercise 2

Index