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Healthy ageing and vitality
Dr. F. van der Ouderaa
ECTS Credits
4
Course level
400
Coordinator
Dr. F. van der Ouderaa
Number of classes (1.5 hrs)
12
Period
13 February - 28 February 2012
Lectures
Monday and Tuesday 09:00-13:00
Examination
Letter
Admission
Open; completed bachelor degree
Costs
1200 euro (with ECTS)
600 euro (with certificate)
Registered students at Leiden University: no fee
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Our views regarding ageing are often associated with infirmity, morbidity and the disease. Whilst ageing may indeed result in a progressive functional loss, it has now become abundantly clear that the human ageing process is a highly malleable. Indeed average life expectancy has almost doubled in the previous century which suggest a considerable influence from a broad range of environmental and lifestyle factors. Consequently, both from an individual, as well as, a societal perspective, it is highly desirable to apply the latest scientific insights and interventions to extend particularly healthy life expectancy, vitality and well being in old age. In this segment of the course we want to examine these insights and debate their merits. This will require reviewing a combination of insights from physiology as well as psychology, including data from lifestyle and diet related studies associated with vitality and healthy longevity.
Themes
Diet, nutrition, metabolism
Physical activity
Sleep and biorythm
Social relationships
Emotional well-being
Promoting health ageing and vitality (intervention, prevention, research)
Physical activity
Sleep and biorythm
Social relationships
Emotional well-being
Promoting health ageing and vitality (intervention, prevention, research)
Lecturers
There will be a wide variety of lecturers. The lecturers for 2012-2013:
Prof. Dr. J. Ordovas
USDA-Tufts Boston
Prof. Dr. J. Gierveld
NIDI
Dr. S.P. Mooijaart
Institute for Evidence Based Medicine in Old age (IEMO)
Prof. Dr. W. van Mechelen
EMGO
Drs. C.A. Wijsman
Leiden University Medical Center
Drs. L.W. Wijsman
Leiden University Medical Center