Healthy Longevity In Practice

Understand How The Body, Mind, And Environment Shape Health Over The Years

By Javier Montiel, Hermes Socraticus

Book code: 974412

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Healthy life, Health, Aging, Health and Fitness, Self-help

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Synopsis

What does it mean to age well? Why do some people maintain autonomy for longer? How is health built throughout life?

Healthy longevity is not simply about living longer, but about preserving functionality, autonomy, and adaptive capacity in the face of time’s changes. This book offers a clear and structured view of aging, showing the difference between life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, between the absence of disease and the real presence of health, and between chronological age and biological aging.

Throughout its chapters, the reader will encounter central themes such as:

autonomy and functional capacity

physiological reserve and resilience

frailty and accumulated vulnerability

life course and longitudinal prevention

social and material determinants of health

mental health, cognition, and social relationships

limits of the current discourse on longevity

In a world marked by demographic transition, chronic diseases, daily overload, and new monitoring technologies, understanding healthy longevity has become a social, institutional, and personal necessity.

This book is intended for students, professionals in fields related to health and behavior, as well as readers interested in understanding, in a serious, accessible, and comprehensive way, how a longer life with greater quality is built.

Features

Number of Pages 486
Edition 1 (2026)
Format A5 (148x210)
Binding Paperback with Flaps
Color Black and White
Paper Type Offset 80g
Language English

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Hermes Socraticus

Hermes Socraticus é um projeto editorial dedicado à compreensão dos conflitos, comportamentos e transformações que marcam a vida contemporânea.

Nossos livros exploram temas como comportamento humano, emoções, decisões, relações, sociedade, tecnologia, trabalho, identidade, espiritualidade e sentido. A proposta é investigar questões complexas com profundidade, mas sem transformar a leitura em um exercício acadêmico inacessível.

Cada obra parte de perguntas reais que atravessam diferentes áreas do conhecimento e da experiência humana, buscando compreender fenômenos, comportamentos e transformações que impactam a vida contemporânea.

A partir dessas questões, o projeto desenvolve análises claras, acessíveis e fundamentadas, aproximando psicologia, filosofia, comportamento, ciências humanas e problemas concretos da vida cotidiana.

Os livros do Hermes Socraticus são destinados a leitores que não procuram respostas prontas, mas desejam compreender melhor os mecanismos que influenciam suas escolhas, seus relacionamentos, seus conflitos e a sociedade em que vivem.

Mais do que oferecer conclusões simples, cada obra procura ampliar a compreensão do leitor e ajudá-lo a observar com mais clareza aquilo que muitas vezes acontece de forma silenciosa dentro de si e ao seu redor.

Hermes Socraticus: livros para compreender o comportamento humano, questionar o presente e enxergar com mais clareza a si mesmo e o mundo.

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