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August 2003, Vol 93, No. 8 | American Journal of Public Health 1202
© 2003 American Public Health Association

LETTER

HEALTHY AGING BEGINS WITH THE FETUS

Bruce S. Rabin, MD, PhD

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Bruce S. Rabin, MD, PhD, Healthy Lifestyle Program, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 200 Lothrop St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 (e-mail: rabinbs@upmc.edu).

Because this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.

The April editorial of McLeroy et al.1 emphasizes the importance of proper development and implementation of modalities that will be accepted by adult residents of communities for the enhancement of the quality of health and therefore life. The editorial clearly indicates the importance of developing acceptable approaches to allow individuals to comfortably and permanently "change." However, implicit in this approach is an acknowledgment of failure to prevent participation in lifestyle practices that need to be changed.

The experience of the University of Pittsburgh Healthy Lifestyle Program has been that few adults will participate in wellness programs and those who do . . . [Full Text]




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