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Physical activity and lifestyle of older adults in the context of diseases of affluence
Фізичне виховання, спорт і культура здоров’я у сучасному суспільстві, 2019 Introduction. In this study, we focused on physical activity of older adults and their lifestyle in the context of diseases of affluence. We monitored the most common physical activity performed by older adults, weekly frequency of the chosen physical ...
Alena Buková +3 more
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Non-alcoholic and alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - two Diseases of Affluence associated with the Metabolic Syndrome and Type 2 Diabetes: the FIN-D2D Survey [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2010 Background Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is known to be associated with the metabolic syndrome (MetS) and abnormal glucose tolerance. Whether alcoholic fatty liver disease (AFLD) is associated with similar metabolic abnormalities has not been
Saltevo Juha +10 more
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Microbiome, 2023 Background During the course of history, various important lifestyle changes have caused profound transitions of the gut microbiome. These include the introduction of agriculture and animal husbandry, a shift from a nomadic to a more sedentary lifestyle,
Eduard W. J. van der Vossen +8 more
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Affluence, Obesity and Non-Communicable Diseases in India [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2011 Recent high rates of economic growth in India have been accompanied by major dietary transitions. Using a nationwide household survey, India Human Development Survey 2005, this paper estimates the impact of such transitions on the incidence of non communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes, coronary heart disease and cancer in India.
Gaiha, Raghav +2 more
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The Epistemic Usefulness of Race in Approximating Diseases in Medical Genetics
Revista Opinião Filosófica, 2022 This paper critically investigates whether there is a racial scheme that is epistemically useful in approximating disease in biomedicine. Quayshawn Spencer, Risch et al. and Burchard et al. argue that racial schemes are classified based on the different
Edmund Terem Ugar
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Health promotion and prevention in occupational health systems in Europe
International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 2019 Objectives In the contemporary Western culture, working population health issues, stressed in various publications, have been perceived as a crucial part of public health.
Piotr Sakowski, Andrzej Marcinkiewicz
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Spatial Econometric Approach to Modelling of Selected Western Diseases
Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Oeconomica, 2017 For years now, developed countries face an epidemic of high blood pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol, risk factors related to heart and circulatory disease, and a suite of psychological disorders ranging from depression, anxiety, to compulsive ...
Alicja Anna Olejnik, Agata Żółtaszek
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Advances in Clinical Neuroscience & Rehabilitation, 2020 Pellagra has largely been forgotten. This is unfortunate as important lessons are to be learnt for the diseases and social consequences of poverty (and of affluence) that often involve dietary nicotinamide and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD ...
Adrian, Williams
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Gut Microbiota in Nutrition and Health with a Special Focus on Specific Bacterial Clusters
Cells, 2022 Health is influenced by how the gut microbiome develops as a result of external and internal factors, such as nutrition, the environment, medication use, age, sex, and genetics.
Lucas R. F. Bresser +3 more
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Eating Behaviors, 2021 The stereotype that eating disorders (ED) primarily present among individuals of higher socioeconomic status (SES) has long persisted in popular and professional perception. This belief has likely contributed to disparities in ED identification and treatment, particularly among those of lower SES backgrounds.
Kathryn M, Huryk +2 more
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