Acknowledgments
The National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health, brought together some of the nation’s best-informed experts on the topic of exercise for older adults to discuss the writing of this book. They include:
Panel co-chairpersons: Chhanda Dutta, Ph.D., and Marcia Ory, Ph.D.; Health Scientist Administrators; National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health
David Buchner, M.D., M.P.H.; Professor, Department of Health Services, University of Washington
Marie Elaine Cress, Ph.D.; Associate Professor, Department of Exercise Science and Gerontology Center, University of Georgia
William Evans, Ph.D.; Director of Nutrition, Metabolism, and Exercise Laboratory at Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Maria Fiatarone Singh, M.D.; Associate Professor, School of Nutrition and Science Policy, Tufts University
Alan Jette, Ph.D.; Dean, Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston University
Thomas R. Prohaska, Ph.D.; Director, Center for Research on Health and Aging, University of Illinois at Chicago
Anita Stewart, Ph.D.; Professor in Residence, Institute for Health & Aging, University of California San Francisco
We also extend special thanks to Steven N. Blair, P.E.D., Director of Research at the Cooper Institute for Aerobics Research; and to Roger Fielding, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Health Sciences and Brookdale National Fellow at the Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston University, for their contributions.
Each of these experts is a major force in research devoted to improving the health and independence of older adults through exercise. We are grateful to them and to other leaders in the field whose work is reflected in these pages for sharing their expertise.
We are also grateful to Jerome L. Fleg, M.D., and Edward G. Lakatta, M.D., of the Gerontology Research Center; the American College of Sports Medicine; the American Heart Association; the American Physical Therapy Association; the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation and Research; the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute; the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases; the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; the Office of Disease Prevention of the National Institutes of Health; the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; and the Public Health Service Office on Women’s Health.
