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28 Mar 2010
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Regular leisure-time physical activity reduces job strain
In young adults (aged 24-39 yrs), persistently inactive leisure-time physical activity participants had four-fold higher job strain compared with persistently active participants, independent of other factors. The inactive also had three-fold higher job demands and two-fold lower job control…Read more>>
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28 Mar 2010
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Even adult brains can grow better
A key part of the adult brain can grow new nerve cells that help with learning and mood control. Their rate of formation can be helped with physical activity and environmental enrichment and hindered with stress and premature aging…Read more>>
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21 Mar 2010
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Social network and depression
Network effects appear to be at play with depression. For example, being depressed in a given period is linked with a similar state in one’s friends and neighbours. This link extended up to three degrees of separation (to one’s friends’ friends’ friends). The social network effect was shown for both low and high depression scores…Read more>>
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21 Mar 2010
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Excess pregnancy kilos increase risk of long-term overweight
Australian women who gained excess weight during pregnancy had two to four times the odds of being overweight or obese 21 years later, independent of other risk factors…Read more>>
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14 Mar 2010
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Good health linked to a better sex life
In adults, sexual activity has been linked with health benefits. Sexual partnership, frequency of sexual activity, a good quality sex life, and interest in sex are positively linked with health among middle aged and older adults.
At age 55, men and women in very good or excellent health on average gained 5-7 and 3-6 yrs of sexually active life, respectively, compared with theirs peers in poor or fair health…Read more>>
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14 Mar 2010
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Overweight men with risky alcohol intake have much higher risk of dying from liver disease
The combination of a high body mass index (>25 kg/m2) and risky alcohol intake (15 or more standard drinks per week) adds an extra five-fold to the risk of dying from liver disease…Read more>>
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7 Mar 2010
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Psychological distress linked to physical inactivity
In adult men and women, psychological distress was linked to physical inactivity. E.g. By limiting day-to-day activities in general due to emotional problems…Read more>> In Australia, about 1 in 7 adults experience high or very high psychological distress. Reducing their distress may help improve their level of physical activity.
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7 Mar 2010
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Adolescent screen time reduces attachment to family and friends
High levels of screen time were linked to poor attachment to parents and peers. E.g. More time spent television viewing and less time spent reading and doing homework were linked with low attachment to parents. Attachment to parents and peers is important for adolescent health and development. Activities that reduce high levels of screen time may help prevent poor attachment...Read more>>
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