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Associations between self-reported and objectively measured physical activity and overweight/obesity among adults in Kota Bharu and Penang, Malaysia

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background For the past decades, Malaysia has seen an increased prevalence of overweight and obesity which leads to significant health threats. Physical activity is beneficial in maintaining healthy body weight. The objective of this study was to measure
Yi Yi Lee, Khairil Shazmin Kamarudin, Wan Abdul Manan Wan Muda   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Participant Journey Map: Understanding the Design of Interactive Augmented Play Spaces

Frontiers in Computer Science, 2021
Augmented Play Spaces (APS) are (semi-) public environments where playful interaction is facilitated by enriching the existing environment with interactive technology.
Danica Mast, Danica Mast, Danica Mast, Sanne I. de Vries, Joost Broekens, Fons J. Verbeek   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Effect of Daily Avocado Intake on Food and Nutrient Displacement in a Free-Living Population with Abdominal Obesity

Current Developments in Nutrition
Background: Avocado intake has been associated with improvements in diet quality. Whether this response is because of avocado intake, per se, or combined with a food and/or nutrient displacement (D) has yet to be determined.
Abigail E Clarke, Kristie S LeBeau, Keiji Oda, Gina Segovia-Siapco, Michael Paalani, David M Reboussin, Alice H Lichtenstein, Sujatha Rajaram, Joan Sabaté   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Explanatory Model Based on the Type of Physical Activity, Motivational Climate and Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet of Anxiety among Physical Education Trainee Teachers

Applied Sciences, 2022
It has now been shown that an active and healthy lifestyle among university students helps to channel disruptive states arising from the academic environment.
Eduardo Melguizo-Ibáñez, Gabriel González-Valero, Pilar Puertas-Molero, Félix Zurita-Ortega, José Luis Ubago-Jiménez, José Manuel Alonso-Vargas   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Gut microbiome and aging—A dynamic interplay of microbes, metabolites, and the immune system

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Age‐dependent shifts in microbial communities engender shifts in microbial metabolite profiles. These in turn drive shifts in barrier surface permeability of the gut and brain and induce immune activation. When paired with preexisting age‐related chronic inflammation this increases the risk of neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative diseases.
Aaron Mehl, Eran Blacher
wiley   +1 more source

Ayurveda and lifestyle modification: research to practice [PDF]

, 2017
The global burden of non-communicable diseases is rapidly increasing, and the essential management strategy is to follow a healthy lifestyle. Ayurveda can play a major role in this aspect, as the primary aim of Ayurveda is to prevent diseases by ...
Chattopadhyay, Kaushik
core   +1 more source

Next‐generation proteomics improves lung cancer risk prediction

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
This is one of very few studies that used prediagnostic blood samples from participants of two large population‐based cohorts. We identified, evaluated, and validated an innovative protein marker model that outperformed an established risk prediction model and criteria employed by low‐dose computed tomography in lung cancer screening trials.
Megha Bhardwaj, Clara Frick, Ben Schöttker, Bernd Holleczek, Hermann Brenner   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Monitoring of child-specific activities in ambulatory children with and without developmental disabilities

BMC Pediatrics
Background Pediatric healthcare professionals facilitate children to enhance and maintain a physically active lifestyle. Activity monitors (AM) can help pediatric healthcare professionals assess physical activity in everyday life.
Barbara Engels, Manon A. T. Bloemen, Richard Felius, Karlijn Damen, Eline A. M. Bolster, Harriët Wittink, Raoul H. H. Engelbert, Jan Willem Gorter   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Healthy lifestyle in teachers

Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 2012
The role of individual healthy behaviors like physical activity, nutrition and stress management on reduction of rate of disease mortality and morbidity is well known. The aim of this study is to determine healthy life style in teachers employed in district No.4 in Isfahan, Iran, in 2010.The participants of this cross-sectional study were 96 teachers ...
Pirzadeh, Asiyeh, Sharifirad, Gholamreza, Kamran, Aziz   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Model of Community Health Nursing Care to Accelerate MDGs on Health Sanitation Behavior Sector [PDF]

, 2015
Introduction: Health promotion have an important role in order to improve community's independency on health and healthy lifestyle which influenced by socio-cultural around them.
Martono, M. (Martono), Satino, S. (Satino)   +1 more
core   +2 more sources