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Breaking the Age Code
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‘Will shatter some of your basic assumptions about ageing’ – Adam GrantWhy do some people age better and live longer than others?This is the question that led leading expert and researcher Dr Becca Levy to discover a fascinating truth: just changing the way you think about ageing can add years to your life. In Breaking the Age Code, Dr Levy draws on pioneering research to offer stunning revelations about the mind-body connection. She demonstrates that many aspects of ageing we consider to be natural, such as memory loss, hearing decline and cardiovascular events, are in fact influenced by our own negative biases, often informed by cultural ageism. She tackles head on how we can shift these outdated ideas at a societal level and what we can do to help ourselves.Positive, practical and full of fresh insights, Breaking the Age Code will dismantle your assumptions about how we get older and leave you looking forward to what the future holds.’Breaking the Age Code is less a self-help manual than a manifesto for a revolution’ – Anna Maxted, The Times
Additional information
| Weight | 0.374 kg |
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| Dimensions | 2.3 × 15.7 × 23.6 cm |
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| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 304 |
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| Year Published | 2022-4-14 |
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| Publication City/Country | London, United Kingdom |
| ISBN 10 | 1785043552 |
| About The Author | DR BECCA LEVY is the Professor of Epidemiology and the Chair of the Yale School of Public Health, Social & Behavioral Sciences Department. She is also a Professor of Psychology in the Yale University Department of Psychology. She is the leader and pioneer of a field of study that focuses on how both positive and negative age stereotypes affect the health of older individuals and has led WHO efforts to investigate the impact of ageism on the health of older people. She has published many articles, won numerous awards for her work and been cited widely across the media. She speaks extensively about her work around the world, including in the UK, Singapore, Korea, Germany, Switzerland and of course the US. |
| Review Quote | Breaking the Age Code is less a self-help manual than a manifesto for a revolution |
| Other text | This book will shatter some of your basic assumptions about ageing – and how we can lead longer, healthier and happier lives. Becca Levy is the world's foremost expert on the psychology of ageing, and she shares rigorous, remarkable evidence that one of the best ways to stay mentally and physically fit is to rethink your stereotypes about what it means to be an older person. |
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