000			01678 a2200265 4500
008			040419s xx 000 0 eng
022			_a1522-3213;
050			_aAC1.S5
082			_a050
100			_aStearns, Matt,
245		0	_aDiet, Exercise Government Prescription for Health Care for Elderly. _cMatt Stearns.
260			_bKansas City Star, _c2003.
440			_aSIRS Enduring Issues 2004. _nArticle 46, _pFamily, _x1522-3213;
500			_aArticles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004.
500			_aOriginally Published: Diet, Exercise Government Prescription for Health Care for Elderly, March 31, 2003; pp. n.p..
520			_a"Medicare is financially strapped. Coverage for ever-more-expensive prescription drugs is somewhere down the road--maybe. And the number of elderly Americans keeps increasing, putting more pressure on the health-care system. While Congress deals with the myriad health-care issues facing the elderly, policy-makers and advocates for the aged are studying ways to contain costs and help older Americans live healthier lives. Their efforts center on that age-old clean-living mantra: Diet and exercise." (KANSAS CITY STAR) This article stresses how a healthier lifestyle for older Americans could "help save hundreds of millions of dollars a year" in managing chronic diseases.
599			_aRecords created from non-MARC resource.
650			_aAged _xHealth and hygiene
650			_aDiet therapy
650			_aExercise _xHealth aspects
650			_aMedical policy
650			_aMedicine _xPreventive
710			_aProQuest Information and Learning Company _tSIRS Enduring Issues 2004, _pFamily. _x1522-3213;
942			_c UKN
999			_c35203 _d35203