One of the world's leading scientists on ageing delivers a revealing and enjoyable account of what ageing is and how we can tackle its more serious side effects.
Professor Rose Anne Kenny is an award-winning physician and
researcher who has been Head of the academic department of Medical
Gerontology at Trinity College Dublin since 2006. She is the
founding Principal Investigator of The Irish LongituDinal study on
Ageing (TILDA).
Prof Kenny has published over 600 scientific publications to date
and was admitted as a Member of the Royal Irish Academy (M.R.I.A)
in 2014 - Irelands highest recognition for scientific
excellence.
She recently received a Lifetime Achievement Award for her research
on ageing at the world congress in Kuala Lumpur 2019. She was voted
a Health Hero by The Irish Times in 2018; won the Trinity
Innovation Award in 2017 and was elected President of the Irish
Geriatrics Society in 2020.
'A timely call to safeguard our health and vitality' - Irish
Times
'An essential roadmap to ageing well that's full of good sense and
optimism' - Irish Examiner
'Professor Rose Anne Kenny reveals in her new book what you should
do now to change the rest of your life' - The Times
''A very readable and stimulating survey of ageing, strong both on
the science of ageing, and on our experiences of getting older. It
is wide ranging, blending succinct descriptions of the biological,
social and psychological underpinnings of the ageing process with
practical advice about how to age in a healthier way, covering
issues such as exercise, mindfulness, diet, and the maintenance of
social relationships and engagement with life. I can highly
recommend this book'' - Professor Andrew Steptoe, Professor of
Psychology and Epidemiology, UCL and Director of English
Longitudinal Study of Ageing
''Dr. Rose Anne Kenny combines decades of loving, hands-on, bedside
expertise with state of the art science and a delightful Irish
voice to give not only hope but even joyful anticipation to the
privilege of growing older. Age Proof is evidence that aging is for
everyone'' - Stacy Tessler Lindau, MD, MAPP, Catherine Lindsay
Dobson Professor, Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and
Medicine-Geriatrics, University of Chicago
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