Live Long, Die Short (41 page)

healthcare costs,
199
,
206
–
7

health industry,
207

Healthy Aging Working Group (HAWGs),
3
,
5
,
211
–
214

Hemingway, Ernest,
120

Henkin, Nancy,
172
–
73

hippocampus,
102

holistic strength,
74
,
104

Holt-Lunstad, Julianne,
117

homeostasis,
128

Homestead mill,
21

Homo sapiens, species history of,
11
–
14

agrarian period and,
19
–
20

hunter-gatherer period and,
14
–
20

modern period and,
23
–
26

postindustrial urban cultures and,
20
–
23

survival traits and,
110
–
14

Humana,
172

hunter-gatherer period,
14
–
20
,
37
,
49

hydration and dehydration,
132

Hyer, Kathryn,
3

I

illness.
See
disease/illness

immune system

laughter and,
178
–
79

lifestyle and,
126
,
129

Personal Lifestyle Inventory and,
58
–
59
,
68
–
69

social connection and,
114
–
15

independence, isolation and,
115

Industrial Revolution,
14
,
20
–
22
,
171

intergenerational relationships,
170
–
72
,
194

isolation,
58
–
59

health and,
114
–
17

J

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation,
2
–
3

joy,
149
,
151
–
53
,
158

K

Kabat-Zinn, Jon,
13

KaBOOM!,
172

Kahn, Bob,
3
,
5
–
6
,
32
,
112
,
212
–
13
,
218

kaizen
,
51
–
54

Kiecolt-Glaser, Janice,
115

knowledge, new,
59
–
60
,
107

Koch, Robert,
22

Koenig, Harold,
150

L

Landry, Larry,
2
–
3
,
5
,
214

Landry, Paula,
80

Langer, Ellen,
81

laughter,
68
–
69
,
177
–
83

LeadingAge,
199
,
205

learning, lifelong,
198

Leider, Richard,
165

life expectancy

in modern period,
25
–
26
,
28

in postindustrial urban cultures,
22
–
23

lifestyle

in ancestral/preindustrial society,
27

movement detached from,
90
–
91
,
92

movement integrated into,
92
–
95

in postindustrial/modern society,
27
–
28

successful aging and,
32
–
36
,
103

See also
Personal Lifestyle Inventory

limbic system,
50
,
112

Lion King
(film),
170

Lister, Joseph,
22

London, Jack,
221

lose it red zone,
79

Louv, Richard,
82

M

MacArthur Foundation study,
2
–
3
,
6
,
32
–
38

MacLean, Paul,
112

maladaptation,
26

Mandela, Nelson,
191

Mary D. Fund,
164

Massachusetts Institute of Technology AgeLab,
202

Masterpiece Living,
6
–
7
,
200
,
207
–
16

communities of,
83
,
95
,
119
–
120
,
136
–
37
,
142
–
43

partners of,
227
–
230

Masterpiece Living Pearls,
75

for being wherever you are,
158
–
60

for challenging your brain,
107
–
8

for finding your purpose,
166
–
16
8

for having children in your life,
175
–
76

for laughing,
182
–
83

for lowering risks,
137
–
38

for movement,
95
–
97

for never “acting your age,”
146
–
47

for staying connected,
120
–
121

for using it,
84
–
85

Maurer, Robert,
48
,
51
–
53

Mayo Health Risk Assessment,
212

McEwen, Bruce,
127
–
29

meaningful, meaning of,
162
–
64

meat and grains,
62
–
63
,
131

medical industry,
207

Medicare Act of 1965,
204

meditation,
156
,
158
–
59

midbrain,
50
,
50

Milner, Colin,
220

mind

chattering,
66
–
67
,
151
–
53
,
155

reprogramming your,
179
–
80

watching your,
158

mind sculpture,
52
–
53

Minnix, Larry,
205

mirror neurons,
113

moderate-intensity physical activity,
89

modern chronic disease,
1
,
26
,
32
,
34
,
62
,
88

moment, in the.
See
presence

monkey mind,
151
–
53

Moody, Harry,
150

Moore, Thomas,
150
,
156

moral imperative,
203
–
210

morbidity, compression of,
33

Moses, Grandma,
145

movement,
87
–
97

brain-fitness and,
104
–
5
,
107

death and lack of,
92

detached from lifestyle,
90
–
91
,
92

in hunter-gather period,
17
,
19
,
89
–
90

integrated with lifestyle,
92
–
95

in modern period,
23

Personal Lifestyle Inventory and,
58

use it or lose it and,
77
–
82

multigenerational programs,
172

multitasking,
25
,
105

MyPlate (USDA),
134

for Older Adults,
134
–
35

MyPyramid (USDA),
132
–
33

My Stroke of Insight
(Taylor),
101
,
152
–
53

N

National Health Interview Survey study,
87

nature-deficit disorder,
82

neo-cortex,
49
,
50
,
112

nerve growth factor (NGF),
104
–
5

neurogenesis,
102
,
104
–
5

neuroplasticity,
99
–
102
,
104
–
5

neurotransmitters,
24
,
38
,
50
–
51

New England Centenarian Study,
45
,
178

“no mind,”
152
–
53

nutrition,
129
–
35

See also
diet

nuts,
62
–
63

O

obesity,
63
,
81
,
106
,
130
,
130
–
32

Ochs, Nola,
106
,
145

old age.
See
elders

Osler, William,
180

P

pain, laughter and,
178
,
179

paleomammalian brain,
50
,
112

Parker, Tim,
214
–
16

Pasteur, Louis,
22

Peace Corps,
168

pedometers,
96

penicillin,
23

Perls, Thomas,
45

Personal Lifestyle Inventory,
7
,
55
–
71
,
208

physical activity/function,
36

brain-fitness and,
104
–
5
,
107

detached from lifestyle,
90
–
91
,
92

integrated with lifestyle,
92
–
95

moderate-intensity,
89

Personal Lifestyle Inventory and,
57
–
58

use it or lose it and,
77
–
82

placebo effect,
180

play, brain-fitness and,
108

playgrounds, multigenerational,
172

population trends,
28

postindustrial/modern society,
27
–
28

postindustrial urban cultures,
20
–
23

power, shift in,
193
–
194

Prager, Denis,
3

presence,
67
,
107
,
137
,
149
–
60

Big Uneasy and,
153
–
55

chattering mind and,
151
–
53

fear and,
49

seeking out,
155
–
58

prevention, medical,
5
,
138
,
206
–
7
,
223

primary prevention,
223

problems, dealing with,
159
–
60

Prochaska, James O.,
47

Project SHINE,
172
–
73

Provine, Robert,
178

purpose,
60
–
61
,
161
–
68

cultural views of,
19
,
26
,
29

giving back and,
164
–
65

meaning of “meaningful” and,
162
–
64

Putnam, Robert,
114
,
116

R

reptilian brain,
49
,
50

Research Network on Successful Aging,
2
,
31

resilience,
73
–
76
,
84

nutrition and,
129
–
35

stress and,
127
–
39

responsibility

for children,
171

culture and,
19
,
26

elders and,
194
–
196

generativity and,
162

right, being,
160

risk, inevitability of,
73
–
74
,
144

risks, lowering,
123
–
38

nutrition and,
129
–
35

stress and,
127
–
29

warrior capacity and,
125
–
27

rituals,
45
,
107

Robertson, Ian,
52

Roseto, Pennsylvania,
116
–
117

Rowe, Jack,
3
,
6
,
32

S

Salk, Jonas,
2
–
3
,
12
,
31

Sanders, Beth,
220

Sapolsky, Robert,
127
,
154

Schachter-Shalomi, Zalman,
190

Schweitzer, Albert,
164

secondary prevention,
224

sedentary lifestyles,
79
,
82

death and,
92

modern chronic disease and,
88
–
89

Personal Lifestyle Inventory and,
57
–
58

Seligman, Martin,
115

senior-living industry,
204
–
207

sequential tasks,
105

sexual attraction,
110

Shearer, Frank,
145

Shostak, Marjorie,
16

sleep,
67
–
68

Sloan, Katie,
51
–
52
,
195

small steps to change,
51
–
54
,
75
,
93
–
94
,
96
,
137
–
38
,
185

smoking,
92

Snow, John,
22

social connection,
36
,
38
,
109
–
21

brain and,
111
–
14

disengagement and,
114

health and,
114
–
17

laughter and,
178
–
79