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Direct and indirect influences of objective socioeconomic position on adolescent health: the mediating roles of subjective socioeconomic status and lifestyles [PDF]

, 2019
The use of composite indices and subjective measures to evaluate socioeconomic position, taking into account the effect of inequalities on adolescent health-related behaviors, can contribute to understanding the effect of inequalities on health during ...
Moreno Maldonado, Concepción, Moreno Rodríguez, María del Carmen, Ramos Valverde, Pilar, Rivera de los Santos, Francisco José   +3 more
core   +1 more source

What’s important to you? Socioeconomic inequalities in the perceived importance of health compared to other life domains

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background Pressing issues, like financial concerns, may outweigh the importance people attach to health. This study tested whether health, compared to other life domains, was considered more important by people in high versus low socioeconomic positions,
Sanne E. Verra, Maartje P. Poelman, Andrea L. Mudd, Emely de Vet, Sofie van Rongen, John de Wit, Carlijn B.M. Kamphuis   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding Football as a Vehicle for Enhancing Social Inclusion: Using an Intervention Mapping Framework

Social Inclusion, 2015
This article outlines a partnership between an academic institute and a third sector organisation attached to a professional football club in the United Kingdom. The partnership concerns a sport for development intervention. The purpose of the article is
Daniel Parnell, Andy Pringle, Paul Widdop, Stephen Zwolinsky   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Experience Centred Design for a Robotic Eating Aid [PDF]

, 2011
We discuss how an experience centred approach to robotic design might lead to new design spaces and products that are more engaging and better meet users' needs and lifestyles.
Jiménes Villarreal, Javier, Ljungblad, Sara   +1 more
core   +2 more sources

The Effects of Nudges: One-Shot Only? Exploring the Temporal Spillover Effects of a Default Nudge

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
Nudges, such as defaults, are generally found to be effective in guiding immediate behavioural decisions. However, little is known about whether the effect of a nudge can be lasting, meaning that it spills over to subsequent similar choices without the ...
Merije Van Rookhuijzen, Emely De Vet, Marieke A. Adriaanse   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Leisure in the later years [PDF]

, 2007
It is evident that the changing demographic structure of the population along with the emergence of a consumer culture will have implications with regards to leisure for people in later life.
Grant, Bevan C.
core   +1 more source

Phosphatidylinositol 4‐kinase as a target of pathogens—friend or foe?

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This graphical summary illustrates the roles of phosphatidylinositol 4‐kinases (PI4Ks). PI4Ks regulate key cellular processes and can be hijacked by pathogens, such as viruses, bacteria and parasites, to support their intracellular replication. Their dual role as essential host enzymes and pathogen cofactors makes them promising drug targets.
Ana C. Mendes, Guilherme M. Azevedo, Amanda P. Barcellos, Diana Bahia   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Creating a healthy and sustainable food environment to promote plant-based food consumption: clear barriers and a gradual transition

BMC Public Health
Background A shift away from diets high in animal-based foods towards diets high in plant-based foods is desirable considering human health, environmental sustainability, and animal welfare.
Ward S. van Hoeven, Monique Simons, Melina T. Czymoniewicz-Klippel, Harm Veling   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The sustainable lifestyles accelerator: opportunities for fostering sustainability transition on municipal level [PDF]

, 2019
The paper describes and analyzes the cooperation of the Sustainable Lifestyles Accelerator with Finnish and Spanish municipalities. The Sustainable Lifestyles Accelerator is a three-year program for upscaling sustainable lifestyles in Finland, Spain ...
Lettenmeier, Michael, Masseck, Torsten, Toivio, Viivi   +2 more
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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