Secrets of the Superyoung: The Scientific Reasons Some People Look Ten Years Younger Than They Really Are and How You Can, Too - Hardcover

Weeks, David Joseph; James, Jamie

9780679456636: Secrets of the Superyoung: The Scientific Reasons Some People Look Ten Years Younger Than They Really Are and How You Can, Too

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679456635 ISBN 13: 9780679456636

Publisher: Villard Books, 1998

Outlines the biological factors that make some people appear younger than their age and offers readers tips on fitness and diet

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About the Author:

Dr. David Weeks is the head of
Old Age Psychology at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland, where he has practiced for the past twenty-three years. Qualified as a clinical neuropsychologist, he is also a psychothera-pist and honorary fellow of the University of Edinburgh. His Super-young Project has attracted wide notice and received much recognition throughout the world. He was born and raised in New Jersey, and as a Navy submariner helped to navigate under the North Polar ice cap. He also now works as a syndicated freelance columnist and a filmmaker, and is a regular broadcaster on the BBC. He is the co-author, with Jamie James, of Eccentrics.

Jamie James was born in Houston, Texas. He writes about science and the arts for many leading publications, including The New Yorker, Outside, and Cond

From the Inside Flap:

ur twenty-fifth high school reunion and, of course, almost everyone looks older, rounder, and a bit wrinkled. But there are a few enviable exceptions who are smooth-skinned, lithe, and energetic. Who are those people? Why do they look and feel so much younger? And, most important, what are they doing that you're not?
According to Dr. David Weeks, who draws from eighteen years of scientific research, these men and women are the "superyoung"--people who, on average, appear ten or more years younger than their actual age. In addition to looking youthful, these extraordinary people share a host of similar characteristics, including keen minds, better sex lives, and more energy.
More than just a study of this desirable group, Secrets of the Superyoung offers prescriptive lessons--such as tips on how to improve your mem-ory, diet, and fitness program--so that you can reduce the signs of ag

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