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Environmental Threats to Healthy Aging January 1, 2008

This 202-page report, the third in a series of important GBPSR reports on environmental health, offers the most comprehensive review of the currently available research on the lifetime influences of environmental factors on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, their relation to a range of other chronic diseases the report terms the “Western disease cluster” – diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease and metabolic syndrome – and how these are all being driven by dramatic alterations over the past 50 to 100 years in the U.S. food supply, an increasingly sedentary lifestyle, and exposure to toxic chemicals.

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A comprehensive review of the currently available research on the lifetime influences of environmental factors on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease and their relation to a range of other chronic diseases. 202 pages.


Healthy Living Resources Guide

The list of organizations in the Healthy Living Resources guide is not exhaustive but we hope it will provide some starting points for you. All descriptions are taken from the organizations’ own websites. Inclusion in this resource guide does not imply support or endorsement. This list has been limited to nonprofits or public agencies.

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