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Journal articles on the topic "Unhealthy lifestyle"
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AlQuaiz, AlJohara M., Ambreen Kazi, Turky H. Almigbal, Ali M. AlHazmi, Riaz Qureshi, and Khaled M. AlHabeeb. "Factors Associated with an Unhealthy Lifestyle among Adults in Riyadh City, Saudi Arabia." Healthcare 9, no. 2 (February 17, 2021): 221. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9020221.
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Background: Unhealthy lifestyles are a global concern. This study measured the prevalence and factors associated with an unhealthy lifestyle in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia. Methods: An interview-based, cross-sectional study was conducted with 968 males and 2029 females, aged 30–75 years, covering 18 primary health care centers in Riyadh. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted to identify the significant determinants associated with an unhealthy lifestyle. Results: Overall, men were 1.49 (1.28, 1.74) times at higher risk of an unhealthy lifestyle compared to women. Men reporting unhealthy lifestyle were 2.1 (1.3, 3.4) and 1.5 (1.0, 2.6) times more likely than men with healthy lifestyle to cite not enjoying physical activity, lack of social support, and not having enough information about a healthy diet [1.5 (1.0, 2.0)], whereas those ≥ 45 years age group were 30 times less likely to report unhealthy lifestyle [0.7 (0.5, 0.9)]. In contrast, in women aged ≥ 45 years [1.3 (1.1, 1.7)], lack of motivation [1.3 (1.1, 1.7)], feeling conscious while exercising [2.0 (1.4, 2.9)], not enjoying healthy food [1.6 (1.3, 2.1)], and no family support to prepare healthy food [1.4 (1.1, 1.8)] were significantly associated with an unhealthy lifestyle. Conclusions: In a Saudi sample, younger men and older women are at higher risk of an unhealthy lifestyle. In addition to self-motivation, combined strategies to promote physical activity and healthy eating are required to improve lifestyle.
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van Trier, T. J., N. Mohammadnia, M. Snaterse, R. J. G. Peters, H. T. Jørstad, W. A. Bax, and J. D. Mackenbach. "An appeal to our government for nationwide policies in the prevention of cardiovascular disease." Netherlands Heart Journal 30, no. 1 (October 4, 2021): 58–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12471-021-01628-w.
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AbstractThe high prevalence and burden of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) is largely attributable to unhealthy lifestyle factors such as smoking, alcohol consumption, physical inactivity and unhealthy food habits. Prevention of CVD, through the promotion of healthy lifestyles, appears to be a Sisyphean task for healthcare professionals, as the root causes of an unhealthy lifestyle lie largely outside their scope. Since most lifestyle choices are habitual and a response to environmental cues, rather than rational and deliberate choices, nationwide policies targeting the context in which lifestyle behaviours occur may be highly effective in the prevention of CVD. In this point-of-view article, we emphasise the need for government policies beyond those mentioned in the National Prevention Agreement in the Netherlands to effectively reduce the CVD risk, and we address the commonly raised concerns regarding ‘paternalism’.
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van Trier, T. J., N. Mohammadnia, M. Snaterse, R. J. G. Peters, H. T. Jørstad, W. A. Bax, and J. D. Mackenbach. "An appeal to our government for nationwide policies in the prevention of cardiovascular disease." Netherlands Heart Journal 30, no. 1 (October 4, 2021): 58–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12471-021-01628-w.
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AbstractThe high prevalence and burden of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) is largely attributable to unhealthy lifestyle factors such as smoking, alcohol consumption, physical inactivity and unhealthy food habits. Prevention of CVD, through the promotion of healthy lifestyles, appears to be a Sisyphean task for healthcare professionals, as the root causes of an unhealthy lifestyle lie largely outside their scope. Since most lifestyle choices are habitual and a response to environmental cues, rather than rational and deliberate choices, nationwide policies targeting the context in which lifestyle behaviours occur may be highly effective in the prevention of CVD. In this point-of-view article, we emphasise the need for government policies beyond those mentioned in the National Prevention Agreement in the Netherlands to effectively reduce the CVD risk, and we address the commonly raised concerns regarding ‘paternalism’.
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Hâncu, Anca, Florin Mihălţan, and Gabriela Radulian. "Lifestyle Medicine – Lifestyle Partnership." Internal Medicine 16, no. 1 (January 1, 2019): 67–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/inmed-2019-0054.
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AbstractHigh prevalence of noncommunicable diseases with their associated costs are related more and more to unhealthy behaviours such as unappropriated diets, lack of physical activity and smoking. Lifestyle medicine is now more and more scientific and with evidence-based fundament. The key in lifestyle change is negotiation and cooperation. Physicians should do more than education, should empower and motivate the patient in planning a healthy lifestyle leading to sustained change.
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White, James, Giles Greene, Mika Kivimaki, and G. David Batty. "Association between changes in lifestyle and all-cause mortality: the Health and Lifestyle Survey." Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 72, no. 8 (March 30, 2018): 711–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2017-210363.
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BackgroundTo examine the combined influence of changes in physical activity, diet, smoking and alcohol consumption on all-cause mortality.MethodsHealth behaviours were assessed in 1984/1985 and 1991/1992 in 8123 adults from the UK (4666 women, median age 41.0 years). An unhealthy lifestyle score was calculated, allocating one point for smoking, fruits and vegetables <3 times a day, physical activity <2 hours a week and >14 units (women) or >21 units of alcohol (men) per week.ResultsThere were 2003 deaths over a median follow-up of 6.6 years (IQR 5.9–7.2) following the resurvey. The modal change in the unhealthy lifestyle score was zero, 41.8% had the same score, 35.5% decreased and 22.7% increased score between surveys. A one unit decrease in the unhealthy lifestyle score was not associated with a beneficial effect on mortality (HR 0.93; 95% CI 0.83 to 1.04). A one unit increase in the unhealthy lifestyle score increased the risk of mortality (adjusted HR 1.09; 95% CI 1.01 to 1.18).ConclusionsIn this general population sample, the adoption of an unhealthy lifestyle was associated with an increased risk of mortality.
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Kato, Suzuka, Sei Harada, Miho Iida, Kazuyo Kuwabara, Daisuke Sugiyama, Ayano Takeuchi, Aya Hirata, et al. "320 Effect of accumulated unhealthy behaviors on insomnia―lifestyle-related disease differences in a Japanese community population." Sleep 44, Supplement_2 (May 1, 2021): A128. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsab072.319.
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Abstract Introduction Some studies reported that health behaviors and lifestyles are related to sleep disorder; obesity, drinking, smoking and lack of physical exercise are risk factors for insomnia. However, it’s unclear the association between accumulated unhealthy behaviors and insomnia in consideration of lifestyle-related diseases. Therefore, this study was to examine the effect of accumulated unhealthy behaviors on insomnia in a Japanese community population. Methods The subjects included 1,1002 participants aged 35–74 years. Sleep quality was assessed by the Athens Insomnia Scale. Unhealthy behaviors were classified into smoking, drinking, no habit of exercising, obesity, and skipping breakfast. We examined the impact of unhealthy behaviors accumulation, which was stratified into three categories, i.e., 0-1,2-3,4 or more, on insomnia. The association between accumulated unhealthy behaviors and insomnia was estimated by logistic regression analysis. Further analysis after stratification by lifestyle-related diseases was also performed. Results The overall prevalence of insomnia was 14.6% for men and19.3% for women. Men with unhealthy behaviors were more likely to have insomnia after adjusting for potential confounders, compared with the least unhealthy groups (trend p=0.017). Women with 4 or more unhealthy behavior factors were more likely to have the suspected insomnia, compared with the lowest groups (ORs 1.176 95% CI 1.079–1.282). Then, we analyzed to stratify by lifestyle-related disease. Insomnia has an association with unhealthy behaviors among men with the absence of diabetes (trend p=0.015) and dyslipidemia (trend p=0.032). Women without hypertension were more likely to have the suspected insomnia, compared with the lowest groups (ORs 1.215 95% CI 1.102–1.340), but the odd for those with the hypertension was 1.031(95%CI 0.855–1.243). Conclusion Accumulated unhealthy behaviors were associated with increased rates of insomnia in the Japanese community population. According to stratification by lifestyle-related disease, men showed the associations by the presence or absence of diabetes. Women showed the associations by the absence of hypertension. These associations were nearly similar regardless of the presence or absence of lifestyle-related disease. Support (if any) This research was supported by research funds from the Yamagata Prefectural Government and the city of Tsuruoka and the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (JP24390168, JP15H04778 and JP19K19441) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
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Paramastri, Rathi, Chien-Yeh Hsu, Yung-Kun Chuang, Hsiu-An Lee, Bayu Satria Wiratama, and Jane C. J. Chao. "Synergistic Interaction of Dietary Pattern and Concordance Lifestyle with Abnormal Liver Function among Young Adults in Taiwan: A Population-Based Longitudinal Study." Nutrients 13, no. 10 (October 14, 2021): 3591. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13103591.
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While diet and lifestyle are independently implicated in the etiology of liver disease, the interaction of diet and lifestyle may be more helpful for determining the risk of liver abnormality. Thus, our study aimed to evaluate the interaction between the dietary pattern associated with liver biomarkers and lifestyle factors among Taiwanese adults with abnormal liver enzymes. A liver-associated dietary pattern, generated using reduced rank regression, was characterized by high intake of soy sauce or other dips, sugar sweetened beverages, and preserved and processed foods, but low intake of seafood, fruits, eggs, and dark-colored vegetables. In the fully adjusted model, liver-associated dietary patterns or unhealthy concordance lifestyle factors were associated with an increased risk of having liver function abnormality (OR = 1.08, 95% CI: 1.04, 1.12 and OR = 1.42, 95% CI: 1.31, 1.53, respectively). Moreover, the interaction between liver-associated dietary pattern and unhealthy concordance lifestyle factors showed more significant correlation, with an elevated risk of abnormal liver function (OR = 2.14, 95% CI: 2.02, 2.26). Therefore, our study suggests that participants who have a strong liver-associated dietary pattern along with unhealthy concordance lifestyles are likely to have increased odds of abnormal liver function.
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De Marco, Gabriel, Thomas Douglas, and Julian Savulescu. "Healthcare, Responsibility and Golden Opportunities." Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 24, no. 3 (June 14, 2021): 817–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10677-021-10208-1.
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AbstractWhen it comes to determining how healthcare resources should be allocated, there are many factors that could—and perhaps should—be taken into account. One such factor is a patient’s responsibility for his or her illness, or for the behavior that caused it. Policies that take responsibility for the unhealthy lifestyle or its outcomes into account—responsibility-sensitive policies—have faced a series of criticisms. One holds that agents often fail to meet either the control or epistemic conditions on responsibility with regard to their unhealthy lifestyles or their outcomes. Another holds that even if patients sometimes are responsible for these items, we cannot know whether a particular patient is responsible for them. In this article, we propose a type of responsibility-sensitive policy that may be able to surmount these difficulties. Under this type of policy, patients are empowered to change to a healthier lifestyle by being given what we call a ‘Golden Opportunity’ to change. Such a policy would not only avoid concerns about patients’ fulfilment of conditions on responsibility for their lifestyles, it would also allow healthcare authorities to be justified in believing that a patient who does not change her lifestyle is responsible for the unhealthy lifestyle. We conclude with a discussion of avenues for further work, and place this policy in the broader context of the debate on responsibility for health.
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BROWN, S., J. BIRTWISTLE, L. ROE, and C. THOMPSON. "The unhealthy lifestyle of people with schizophrenia." Psychological Medicine 29, no. 3 (May 1999): 697–701. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0033291798008186.
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Background. Schizophrenia has a high natural mortality of a largely environmental aetiology. There is, however, little research about possible risk factors. This study measured the diet, cigarette and alcohol use, exercise and obesity of a cohort of people with schizophrenia and compared results to general population rates.Methods. Semi-structured interview using validated research instruments on 102 middle-aged subjects with a diagnosis of schizophrenia, living in the community. Results were compared to general population norms using standard statistical tests.Results. The subjects ate a diet higher in fat and lower in fibre than the general population. They took little exercise but were not significantly more obese. They smoked heavily but drank less alcohol. Most differences remained significant after controlling for social class.Conclusions. People with schizophrenia have an unhealthy lifestyle, which probably contributes to the excess mortality of the disease. They are therefore an appropriate target group for health promotion interventions.
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Zukerman, Wendy. "Mice pass on unhealthy lifestyle through sperm." New Scientist 212, no. 2843 (December 2011): 12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0262-4079(11)63066-2.
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Weber, Timothy H. "Unhealthy lifestyle practices and medical-care costs in the military." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1994. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA279580.
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Thesis (M.S. in Systems Management) Naval Postgraduate School, March 1994.Thesis advisor(s): James Scaramozzino, Ronald Weitzman. "March 1994." Includes bibliographical references. Also available online.
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Lundahl, Nathalie. "The recipe for a healthy lifestyle to an unhealthy population : A qualitative content analysis of exercise on Swedish morning tv." Thesis, Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation, Högskolan i Jönköping, HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-40518.
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This study examines Swedish morning TV’s framing of the phenomenon of exercising. Morgonstudion in SVT, and Nyhetsmorgon in TV4, is the morning shows that has been investigated. The aim of the study is to enlighten and enhance the understanding of how the phenomenon of exercising are framed in Swedish morning television, as well as to contribute to the theorization of media’s representation of exercise. A qualitative content analysis has been used to capture the language, to see how they present exercising and if they legitimate it. Theoretical framework applied are framing theory, representation, legitimize, healthism and public service vs commercial television. The research fields are health communication, exercise in media and morning television journalism. The result shows that Swedish morning television, through different methods and lexical choices, legitimize the phenomenon of exercise. SVT is more focused on exercise that suits everyone and that viewers can change their lifestyle by making small changes in their everyday life. For example, they have an idea of how to get the pulse up by exercises in the garden while TV4 is aiming at reaching out to those that is already exercising and specifies types of exercising during the show. They give advice on how to find out what training tools you need to complete a triathlon for example. Lexical choices reinforce that exercise is something positive and both the guests and hostess sees exercise as a norm. The elements of exercise differ between the programs, as well as the studio environment and the content. On the other hand, there are similarities such as the language that is used and they are both visited by experts.
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Kvernsjöli, Ida. "Mat, människokroppen och hälsa i förskolan : Pedagogers syn på lärandet om maten och kroppen." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Fakulteten för hälsa, natur- och teknikvetenskap (from 2013), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-31012.
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The purpose of this study was to investigate what knowledge teachers in kindergarten have about nutrition and human metabolism and which education shall be made at mealtimes. I also wanted to investigate if preschool teachers know about the Swedish National Food Agency's advice for good food in kindergarten. This was done by a quantitative questionnaire answered by 47 teachers. My results show that the teachers feel that their knowledge is usually sufficient but that they would like to have more knowledge with a focus on imparting knowledge to the children. During mealtime education about origin of the food, how the body reacts to the food we eat and how we should live in a healthy way be made. This combined with physical activity and social skills training. The Swedish society has increasing problems with diseases caused by an unhelthy lifestyle, people are also more sedentary today and a lots of them are suffering by overweight.Therefore it is important to learn about how we care for our bodies in a healthy way early in life. Few teachers now about the Swedish National Food Agency's advice for good food in kindergarten, the advicese can be a good suppert in this learning and consequently the advices need to be highlighted and become a important complement to the policy documents and curriculum that are guiding the activites in the Swedish preschool.Syftet med denna undersökning var att undersöka vilken kunskap pedagogerna har om näringslära och ämnesomsättning samt vilket lärande de anser ska ske vid måltiderna i förskolan. Jag ville också undersöka om pedagogerna känner till Livsmedelsverkets råd för bra mat i förskolan. Metoden för undersökningen var kvantitativ genom enkäter som besvarades av 47 pedagoger. Svaret på mina forskningsfrågor blev att pedagogerna känner att deras kunskap för det mesta räcker till men att de gärna vill ha fortbildning i ämnet och då gärna med fokus på att förmedla kunskapen till barnen. Vid måltiden kan lärande om matens ursprung, om hur kroppen reagerar på den mat vi äter samt hur vi ska leva på ett hälsosamt sätt ske. Detta i kombination med motorisk och social träning. Det svenska samhället har problem med sjukdomar som orsakas av en ohälsosam kost och en mer stillasittande livsstil. Därför är det viktigt att människor tidigt i livet får lära sig hur de ska ta hand om sin kropp på bästa möjliga sätt. Eftersom min undersökning visar att få pedagoger känner till Livsmedelsverkets råd som kan vara ett stöd i detta arbete kan de behöva lyftas fram och bli ett tydligare komplement till de dokument och läroplaner som styr verksamheten i den svenska förskolan.
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Jurgaitytė, Armina. "Kauno ir Šiaulių gimnazijų 11-12 klasių moksleivių fizinio aktyvumo, žalingų įpročių ir subjektyvaus sveikatos vertinimo sąsajos." Bachelor's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2014. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2014~D_20140619_105610-71049.
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Tyrimo objektas - 16-19 m. Kauno ir Šiaulių gimnazijų moksleivių fizinio aktyvumo, žalingų įpročių ir subjektyvaus sveikatos vertinimo sąsajos.
Tyrimo tikslas: įvertinti Kauno ir Šiaulių gimnazijų 16-19 m. moksleivių fizinio aktyvumo, žalingų įpročių ir subjektyvaus sveikatos vertinimo sąsajas.
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1. Nustatyti moksleivių fizinį aktyvumą lyties, amžiaus ir gyvenamosios vietos aspektu.
2. Nustatyti moksleivių žalingų įpročių paplitimą lyties, amžiaus ir gyvenamosios vietos aspektu.
3. Atskleisti moksleivių fizinio aktyvumo, žalingų sveikatai įpročių ir subjektyvios sveikatos vertinimo tarpusavio ryšį.
Hipotezė: fiziškai pasyvesni moksleiviai labiau linkę į žalingus įpročius ir skundžiasi prastesne sveikata.
Tyrimo imtis ir organizavimas. Anketinė apklausa buvo vykdoma 2013 m. lapkričio 2014 m. sausio mėnesiais Kaune ir Šiauliuose, kiekvienam tiriamajam taikant anketavimo metodą. Iš viso apklausta 316 moksleivių. Iš jų 161 Kauno mieste ir 155 Šiauliuose.
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1. Pakankamai fiziškai aktyvūs buvo tik 28,9 proc. visų apklaustų moksleivių. Buvo nustatyta, kad vaikinų dalis, kurie laisvalaikio metu mankštindavosi kasdien arba beveik kasdien buvo dvigubai didesnė dalis negu merginų. 18-19 m. amžiaus moksleiviai rečiau buvo fiziškai aktyvūs kasdien ar beveik kasdien negu 16-17 m. amžiaus mokiniai. Nustatyta, kad Šiaulių mieste kiekvieną dieną fizine veikla užsiiminėjo 33,8 proc., tuo tarpu Kauno mieste kasdien ar beveik kasdien aktyvių moksleivių buvo tik 24,2 proc.
2... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]Subject – the relationships between physical activity, unhealthy lifestyle-related habits and self-rated health of 16-19 year old students of gymnasium schools of Kaunas and Šiauliai cities. Aim of the study: to assess the relationship between physical activity, unhealthy lifestyle-related habits and self-rated health of 16-19 year old students of gymnasium schools of Kaunas and Šiauliai cities. Objectives: 1. To evaluate physical activity of the students according to age, gender and place of residence. 2. To assess the prevalence of unhealthy lifestyle-related habits of the students in respect of the aspect of age, gender and place of residence. 3. To reveal the relationships between physical activity, unhealthy lifestyle-related habits and self-rated health. Hypothesis: those students who are physically passive tend to have more of unhealthy lifestyle-related habits and worse perceived health. Sample and organization. A questionnaire survey was conducted in the period of November, 2013, – January, 2014 in Kaunas and Šiauliai with the questionnaire survey method applied to each of the responder. In total 316 students were surveyed, of which 161 – In Kaunas and 155 – in Šiauliai city. Conclusions: 1. Only 28.9 % of all the responders met the WHO physical activity criteria. The part of boys who during their leisure time did exercises on a daily or almost daily basis was twice bigger than the one of girls. 18-19 year old students appeared to be less frequently physically active... [to full text]
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Kardakis, Therese. "Strengthening lifestyle interventions in primary health care : the challenge of change and implementation of guidelines in clinical practice." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Epidemiologi och global hälsa, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-141323.
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Background: Lifestyle habits like tobacco use, hazardous use of alcohol, unhealthy eating habits and insufficient physical activity are risk factors for developing non-communicable diseases, which are the leading, global causes of death. Furthermore, ill health and chronic diseases are costly and put an increased burden on societies and health systems. In order to address this situation, governmental bodies and organizations’ have encouraged healthcare providers to reorient the focus of healthcare and undertake effective interventions that support patients to engage in healthy lifestyle habits. In Sweden, national clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) on lifestyle interventions were released in 2011. However, the challenges of changing clinical practice and introducing guidelines are well documented, and health interventions face particular difficulties. The overall purpose of this thesis is to contribute towards a better understanding of the complexities of shifting primary health care to become more health oriented, and to explore the implementation environment and its effect on lifestyle intervention CPGs. The specific aims are to investigate how implementation challenges were addressed during the guideline development process (Study I), to investigate several dimensions of readiness for implementing lifestyle intervention guidelines, including aspects of the intervention and the intervention context (Study II), to explore the extent to which health care professionals are working with lifestyle interventions in primary health care, and to describe and develop a baseline measure of professional knowledge, attitudes and perceived organizational support for lifestyle interventions (Study III), and to assess the progress of implementing lifestyle interventions in primary care settings, as well as investigate the uptake and usage of the CPGs in clinical practice (Study IV). Methods and results: Interviews were conducted with national guideline-developers (n=7). They were aware of numerous implementation challenges, and applied strategies and ways to address them during the guideline development process. The strategies adhered to four themes: (a) broad agreements and consensus about scope and purpose, (b) systematic and active involvement of stakeholders, (c) formalized and structured development procedures, and (d) openness and transparent development procedures. At the same time, the CPGs for lifestyle interventions challenged the development-model at the National Board of Health and Welfare (NBHW) because of their preventive and non-disease specific focus (I). A multiple case study was also conducted, using a mixed methods approach to gather data from key organizational individuals that were accountable for planning the implementation of CPGs (n=10), as well as health professionals and managers (n=340). Analysis of this data revealed that conditions for change were favorable in the two organizations that served as case studies, especially concerning change focus (health orientation) and the specific intervention (national guidelines on lifestyle interventions). Somewhat limited support was found for change and learning, and change format (national guidelines in general). Furthermore, factors in the outer context were found to influence the priority and timing of the intervention, as well as considerable inconsistencies across the professional groups (II). A cross-sectional study among physicians and nurses (n=315) in Swedish primary healthcare showed that healthcare professionals have a largely positive attitude and thorough overall knowledge of lifestyle intervention methods. However, both the level of knowledge and the involvement in patients’ lifestyle change, differed between professional groups. Organizational support like CPGs and the development of primary health care (PHC) collaborations with other stakeholders were identified as potential strategies for enhancing the implementation of lifestyle interventions in PHC (III). In addition to interviews and case studies, a longitudinal survey among health professionals (n=150; n=73) demonstrated that their use of methods to encourage patients to reduce or eliminate tobacco or alcohol use, had increased. The survey also indicated that nurses had increased the extent to which they addressed all four lifestyle habits. The progress of the implementation of CPGs on lifestyle interventions in PHC was somewhat limited, and important differences in physicians and nurses’ attitudes, as well as their use of the guidelines, were found (IV). Conclusions: Health orientation differs in many ways from more traditional fields in medicine. To strengthen the implementation of this very important (but not “urgent”) field in health care, it needs, first of all, to be prioritized at all levels! The results of the studies demonstrate relatively slow adoption of lifestyle intervention CPGs in clinical practice, and indicate room for improvement. The findings of this thesis can inform healthcare policy and research on further development of the health orientation perspective, as well as on the challenges of implementing CPGs on lifestyle interventions in primary care. In summary, this thesis presents important lessons learned regarding health orientation - from the development of CPGs in the field, via assessing healthcare organizations’ readiness to change and health professionals’ attitudes to methods to support patients with lifestyle changes.Bakgrund: Levnadsvanor som tobaksbruk, riskbruk av alkohol, ohälsosamma matvanor och otillräcklig fysisk aktivitet är riskfaktorer för att utveckla kroniska sjukdomar, vilka orsakar de flesta dödsfallen i världen. Ohälsa och dess följdsjukdomar utmanar också samhällen och hälsosystem världen över p.g.a. de höga kostnader som de medför. För att förbättra situationen så försöker regeringar och organisationer förändra hälso- och sjukvårdens perspektiv till att fokusera mer på hälsa och att arbeta med effektiva interventioner för att förebygga och att förändra människors ohälsosamma vanor. År 2011 i Sverige, publicerades nationella kliniska riktlinjer för vårdens arbete med att förebygga sjukdom genom att stödja förändring av patienters ohälsosamma levnadsvanor. Det är dock välkänt hur svårt det är att förändra klinisk praxis och att introducera riktlinjer, och interventioner på området hälsa i sjukvården brottas med specifika utmaningar. Det övergripande syftet med den här avhandlingen har varit att bidra till en bättre förståelse av komplexiteten i att hälsoorientera primärvården, och att utforska förutsättningarna till att implementera kliniska riktlinjer för att stödja förändring av patienters levnadsvanor. De mer specifika syftena var: att (I) utforska hur implementeringsutmaningarna behandlades i utvecklingsprocessen av riktlinjerna ; att (II) undersöka dimensioner av beredskapen för förändring i primärvården för att implementera riktlinjerna om levnadsvanor inkluderande aspekter av interventionen själv samt kontexten ; att (III) utforska i vilken utsträckning hälsoprofessionerna arbetar med levnadsvanor i primärvården, och att beskriva deras kunskap, attityder och uppfattat organisatoriskt stöd för livsstilsinterventioner ; att (IV) i en två-årig uppföljning utvärdera utvecklingen av arbetet med levnadsvanor i primärvården, och användningen av de specifika nationella riktlinjerna för levnadsvanor. Metod och resultat: En intervjustudie med riktlinjeutvecklare på nationell nivå (n = 7) visade att många utmaningar för implementeringen av riktlinjerna identifierades och bemöttes under utvecklingsprocessen i fyra teman av strategier: breda överenskommelser och konsensus om inriktning och syfte, systematiskt och aktivt inkluderande av stakeholders, formaliserad och strukturerad utvecklingsprocess, öppenhet och insyn utvecklingsprocess. Samtidigt utmanade dock riktlinjerna om livsstilsinterventioner Socialstyrelsens utvecklingmodell p.g.a. deras förebyggande och icke sjukdomsspecifika fokus (I). En multipel fallstudie med nyckelpersoner ansvariga för implementeringen av riktlinjerna i sjukvårdsorganisationerna (n = 10) samt vårdpersonal och chefer (n = 340), visade på gynnsamma villkor för förändring i båda organisationerna rörande förändringsfokus (d.v.s. hälsoorientering) och den specifika interventionen (d.v.s. riktlinjer om metoder för att stödja förändring av ohälsosamma levnadsvanor). Stödet för förändring och lärande visade på något svagare resultat, likaså formen för förändringen d.v.s. nationella riktlinjer i allmänhet. Faktorer i den yttre kontexten visade sig kunna påverka prioritering av och optimalt val av tidpunkt för interventionen, likaså betydande skillnader i uppfattningar mellan yrkesgrupperna (II). En tvärsnittsstudie bland läkare och sjuksköterskor (n = 315) i primärvården visade att de har en positiv attityd och en god kunskapsnivå om metoder för livsstilsförändring. Både kunskapsnivå och i vilken utsträckning man arbetar med patienters livsstil skiljer sig mellan yrkesgrupper. Organisatoriskt stöd som nationella riktlinjer och utvecklandet av primärvårdens samarbete med intressenter i närområdet identifierades som viktigt för att förbättra arbetet med livsstil interventioner (III). En longitudinell undersökning bland vårdpersonal visade att användning av metoder för att förändra patientens vanor beträffande tobaksbruk och riskbruk av alkohol har ökat över tid, och att sjuksköterskorna arbetar i högre utsträckning med alla fyra levnadsvanorna än i tidigare. Implementeringen av de nationella riktlinjerna för levnadsvanor hade inte kommit så långt vid det andra mättillfället, och stora skillnader visade sig i hur läkare och sköterskor ser på riktlinjer och i vilken utsträckning de använder dem (IV). Slutsats: Hälsofrämjande och prevention skiljer sig på många sätt från mer traditionella fält inom medicinen. För att stärka implementeringen av det här viktiga (men ej akuta) fältet i hälso- och sjukvården, så måste det först av allt prioriteras på alla nivåer! Resultatet visar på ett svagt upptag av riktlinjerna för livsstilsinterventioner i klinisk praxis, och lämnar utrymme till förbättring. Aspekter av resultatet som presenteras i avhandlingen kan vägleda fortsatt utveckling och implementering av hälsoorientering och riktlinjer för livsstilsinterventioner inom primärvården, samt användas för att påverka policy, praxis och framtida forskning. Det gäller framför allt aspekter av utveckling av nationella riktlinjer på området; hälso- och sjukvårdsorganisationernas beredskap till förändring; hälsoprofessionernas attityder, kunskap och i vilken utsträckning de arbetar med livsstilsinterventioner och riktlinjer.
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Said, Yusuf. "The effectiveness of diabetes self-management education training among individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus in rural Nigeria." University of Western Cape, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/8338.
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Philosophiae Doctor - PhDType 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) constitutes the highest percentage of diabetes cases. It has become a serious global problem due to rapid cultural and social changes, ageing, increasing urbanisation, dietary changes, reduced physical activity and unhealthy behavioural lifestyles. Furthermore, unidentified diabetes has been found to be common in many parts of Africa, including rural Nigeria, due to factors such as poor accessibility to health facilities, cultural barriers and high rates of health illiteracy. The overall aim of this study is to determine the effectiveness of the Diabetes Self Management Education (DSME) programme among individuals with T2DM in Jigawa State, Nigeria.
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Málková, Simona. "Proměna české kuchyně z dob Magdaleny Dobromily Rettigové po současné trendy zdravého životního stylu." Master's thesis, 2018. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-372525.
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The thesis focuses on the topic of changing eating habits from the time of Magdalena Dobromila Rettigová to contemporary trends of healthy lifestyle. It is a gradual development of eating from the late 18th century to the present. In the thereoretic part there is a discription of the contrast of the Czech writer's life and a present-day lifestyle. We can find a chapter about a life of Magdalena Dobromila Rettigová, background information leading up to, writing the cook book "Cooking at home", which became a convenient handbook for women, containing instructions and directions for kitchen guidance and complex advice for women how to manner as a wife, mother and patriot and also their influence on education of young girls. Next chapter deal with the development of kitchen and cooking, habits connected with dining and lifestyle of that time. In the end of the theoretic part is compared the cuisine of the first half ofthe 19 th century to contemporary eating habits and lifestyle. In the empirical part we can find the results of the questionnaires, which were answered in Střední odborné učiliště Toužim and Střední zdravotnická škola a vyšší odborná škola zdravotnická v Karlových Varech. I wanted to find out how far the students follow the rules of lifestyle, what does their wholeday dining look like. The overall...
Books on the topic "Unhealthy lifestyle"
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Regulating Lifestyle Risks: The EU, Alcohol, Tobacco and Unhealthy Diets. Cambridge University Press, 2015.
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America's Unhealthy Lifestyle: Supersize It! (Obesity Modern Day Epidemic) (Obesity Modern Day Epidemic). Mason Crest Publishers, 2004.
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Yalin, Nefize, Danilo Arnone, and Allan Y. Young. Bidirectional relationships between general medical conditions and bipolar disorder: treatment considerations. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198748625.003.0019.
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Increased medical co-morbidity is one of the underlying causes of excess and premature mortality in bipolar disorder. This increased prevalence of medical conditions is likely to result from a range of different factors. Some attention in recent years has been devoted to intrinsic illness factors resulting in excessive allostatic load and oxidative stress potentially predisposing to physical morbidity. Some other contributors have also been identified as unhealthy lifestyle habits and unwanted effects of pharmacological treatment. Irrespective of causality, risk minimization can be obtained by systematically addressing physical needs into the management of bipolar disorder. This can be achieved with a range of interventions including regular monitoring of physical health, tailored management of unhealthy lifestyle choices, and pharmacological optimization.
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Sheehy-Skeffington, Jennifer. Decision-Making Up Against the Wall. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190492908.003.0005.
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This chapter provides an overview of research on the behavioral dimension of low socioeconomic status and a set of theoretical and empirical principles for better understanding it. In particular, the chapter focuses on those behaviors that are claimed to exacerbate a situation of poverty or deprivation, such as poor academic performance, myopic financial decisions, early child-bearing, consumption of unhealthy foods, and engaging in unhealthy lifestyle habits. Though such behavioral patterns have been used to make claims as to the defective values or motives of the poor, the chapter argues that studying them rigorously, aided by the experimental method, leads to a more nuanced and accurate picture, in which psychology is systematically shaped by socioeconomic position. After reviewing evidence from education, public health, and behavioral economics concerning the behavioral dimension of low socioeconomic status, the chapter suggests an organizing set of mechanisms that might structure a comprehensive explanatory account of it.
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Porst, Hartmut. Erectile dysfunction. Edited by David John Ralph. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199659579.003.0103.
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Erectile dysfunction (ED) can be improved by changing certain lifestyle factors such as sedentary lifestyle, unhealthy food, nicotine and alcohol abuse, or optimal management of risk factors/concomitant diseases causing or aggravating ED such as dyslipidaemia, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, depression, BPH/LUTS, or hypogonadism.First choice in the medical therapy of ED are PDE-5 inhibitors such as sildenafil, vardenafil, and tadalafil used p.r.n, or on a daily low-dose regimen regarding tadalafil, especially in patients suffering from ED and BPH/LUTS. Yohimbine and L-arginine may be considered in patients with mild PE, which also applies for topical alprostadil. Both transurethral alprostadil and self-injection therapy with alprostadil, papaverine/phentolamine, or the trimix combination consisting of all three compounds is mostly reserved for those patients non-or poorly responding to PDE-5 inhibitors. Finally, combination therapy with PDE-5 inhibitors and transurethral alprostadil or intracavernous self-injection therapy can be able to rescue non-responders to either monotherapy.
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Beattie, R. Mark, Anil Dhawan, and John W.L. Puntis. Obesity. Oxford University Press, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198569862.003.0020.
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Definitions 150Epidemiology 150Evaluation 151Treatment 152Complications 153Weight gain in an individual is the result of an energy intake from food in excess of energy expenditure. Unhealthy diets and lack of physical activity are considered to be the leading causes of avoidable illness and premature death in Europe, and the rising prevalence of obesity is a major public health concern. There is a strong tendency for excess weight to continue to accumulate from childhood through to middle age. While 40–70% of the variation in fat mass between individuals may be genetically determined, environmental factors remain crucial. Important lifestyle choices predetermining health risks in adulthood are made during childhood and adolescence. Schools must come to play a key role in promoting healthy diets and enjoyment of physical activity....
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O’Flaherty, Martin, Susanna Sans-Menendez, Simon Capewell, and Torben Jørgensen. Epidemiology of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: scope of the problem and its determinants. Oxford University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199656653.003.0001.
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The epidemic of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the twentieth century prompted many population-based surveys. Now, a huge number of epidemiological studies provide a clear picture of the risk for CVD. Approximately 80% of CVD can be explained by smoking, high blood pressure, and deterioration of lipid and glucose metabolism, the two latter mediated through an unhealthy diet (high intake of salt, saturated fat, and refined sugar) and physical inactivity. A causal web for CVD shows that the influence is seen throughout the life course, and that ‘upstream‘ factors like socioeconomic status, health policies, and industrial influences all have a powerful impact on the more downstream parameters like lifestyle and biomarkers. This emphasizes that population-level interventions represent the most effective options for future strategies for the prevention of CVD.
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Greenlee, Heather, Kathleen Sanders, and Zelda Moran. An Integrative Preventive Medicine Approach to Primary Cancer Prevention. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190241254.003.0015.
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Cancer is a major cause of morbidity and mortality, with the number of new global cases estimated to reach 21.4 million in 2030. The increase in cancer incidence is due not only to aging populations and increased life expectancies but also to unhealthy lifestyle practices, environmental exposures, and a lack of effective and accessible prevention programs. Knowledge of evidenced-based cancer prevention strategies is crucial for healthcare providers and patients. This chapter describes both conventional medical and integrative medicine approaches to primary cancer prevention. Integrative medicine is an emerging field within cancer prevention and control. This chapter describes what is and is not known about the effectiveness of integrative medicine approaches to cancer prevention. An optimal preventive healthcare approach should include cancer prevention programs that integrate all evidence-based conventional and integrative medicine treatment approaches and options.
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Ismail, Khalida, Calum D. Moulton, Andrea Danese, and Brenda W. Penninx. A life course approach to understanding the association between depression and type 2 diabetes. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198789284.003.0002.
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The relationship between depression and type 2 diabetes is bidirectional and poorly explained by behavioural factors alone. Chronic activation of the innate immune system provides a promising mechanism by which both conditions could develop concurrently across the life course. Genetically, overlap between depression and type 2 diabetes has been reported by twin studies, although not yet at the genome-wide significance level. In utero, activation of inflammatory processes may impact on neurodevelopment of appetite and mood regulation. In early childhood, prolonged adversity is associated with subsequent elevated inflammation, depression, and obesity, which may be amplified by unhealthy lifestyle choices in adolescence. Finally, prolonged low socioeconomic status into adulthood is associated with chronically elevated inflammation and incident type 2 diabetes. In sum, a lifespan approach to the comorbidity of depression and type 2 diabetes offers novel opportunities for timely intervention and even for the primary prevention of type 2 diabetes.
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The Psychology of Unhealthy Lifestyles: Theory and Interventions for Health Promotion. Routledge, 2008.
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Mønsted, Troels. "A Matter of Distance? A Qualitative Study of Data-Driven Early Lifestyle Assessment in Preventive Healthcare." In Quantifying Quality of Life, 467–81. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94212-0_19.
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AbstractAn essential objective of preventive healthcare is to assess the lifestyle of citizens and identify those with health risk behaviors long time before they develop a lifestyle-related disease. In spite of lasting attempts to support preventive healthcare services in reaching individuals at risk through information campaigns, systematic health check programs, and more recently, data-driven approaches, citizens remain at a distance to the preventive healthcare services. The purpose of this chapter is to investigate the reasons for this distance between citizens and preventive care offers and the potential of quantified-self technologies for decreasing this. The analysis shows that while data-driven approaches to lifestyle assessment do assist preventive care services in screening a large population, they do not solve the fundamental challenge; that citizens are often challenged in relating to the risk assessment and in the consequences of their current behaviors on a long timescale. Based on these findings, two design implications are elicited to guide design of systems based on quantified-self to support early assessment and improvement of potentially unhealthy lifestyle, potentially improving health and quality of life in the long term.
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Zong, Xin’nan, and Bo Xi. "Unhealthy Lifestyle Behaviors During Pregnancy and Offspring Health Risks at Birth and Early Childhood." In Integrated Science, 1–10. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85357-0_1.
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Scisney-Matlock, Margaret, Elizabeth Brough, Olubunmi Daramola, Markia Jones, Lenette Jones, and Susan Holmes. "Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes to Decrease Unhealthy Eating Patterns and Improve Blood Pressure in African Americans." In Hypertension in High Risk African Americans, 35–58. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2010-5_3.
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Lopez, Violeta, and Piyanee Klainin-Yobas. "Health Promotion Among Cancer Patients: Innovative Interventions." In Health Promotion in Health Care – Vital Theories and Research, 227–44. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63135-2_17.
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AbstractThere are growing interests in promoting health of patients with cancer targeting on prevention and control as there are several modifiable risk factors that can be controlled to prevent cancer such as smoking, sedentary lifestyle, and unhealthy behaviors. Once diagnosis of cancer has been determined, health promotion interventions can be targeted on helping patients overcome the physiological and psychological effects of the diagnosis. Health promotion interventions should continue during treatment, survivorship, and for those receiving palliative care. More specifically is the promotion of psychological health of patients with cancer. Introduction of the incidence of cancer, cancer risk protection interventions and innovative health promotion interventions along these different periods in the life of patients with cancer are presented. Some theoretical frameworks used in health promotion research with examples of studies are discussed.
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Burti, Lorenzo, Loretta Berti, Elena Bonfioli, and Irene Fiorini. "Meeting the challenge of physical comorbidity and unhealthy lifestyles." In Improving Mental Health Care, 114–30. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118337981.ch8.
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Luzak, Joasia. "Is All Fair in War Against Unhealthy and Unsustainable Lifestyles? The Right to Privacy vs. Modern Technology in Consumer Contracts." In The Constitutional Dimension of Contract Law, 39–59. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49843-0_2.
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Thakare, Anuradha, Sonal Gore, and Prajakta Kulkarni. "An Intelligent Approach for Prediction of Life Style Conditions in Adolescent Girls by Analyzing Health Parameters." In Advances in Healthcare Information Systems and Administration, 17–30. IGI Global, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7709-7.ch002.
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Monitoring health parameters has become a challenging task due to unpredictable diseases and related symptoms. Lifestyle is a crucial factor to decide to be healthy, in adolescent girls especially. This chapter presents a work in progress on prediction of lifestyle of adolescent girls based on problems like unhealthy routines of eating habits, sleep patterns, stress, etc. Therefore, an IT-enabled system is presented to assess current lifestyle of adolescent girls in an easy and faster way. A systematic survey is conducted with specially designed survey form by consulting medical practitioners and physical trainers. Twenty-one factors related to age, diet habits, exercise habits, sleeping habits, health history, etc. are included in the expert-guided form. One hundred fifty-five individual responses are collected and assessed manually by medical experts to annotate as healthy or unhealthy types. The healthy lifestyle prediction accuracy with support vector machine is 83.87% whereas it is 80.64% using logistic regression.
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Martinez, David A., and Sofie L. Champassak. "Lifestyle Changes and Motivational Interviewing." In Motivational Interviewing in HIV Care, edited by Antoine Douaihy and K. Rivet Amico, 89–96. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190619954.003.0009.
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To adequately manage and prevent HIV disease, it is important to address lifestyle behaviors such as substance use and risky sexual behaviors, which are considered as sexual behaviors that increase the risk of negative outcomes, such as condomless sex, multiple partners, sex under the influence of drug and alcohol, IV drug use, paying for sex, and untreated sexually transmitted illness, among others. Motivational interviewing (MI) has been shown to be effective in helping patients in HIV care reduce substance use and risky sexual behaviors. Using MI skills and strategies helps facilitate discussions and minimize barriers that prevent patients from having open conversations with their practitioners about stigmatized or “unhealthy” behaviors. MI is not a comprehensive intervention, but it is a tool that combines strategies and spirit to produce conversations that can help patients resolve their ambivalence in the direction of change and can be used in combination with other practical interventions approaches when addressing other areas of health promotion.
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van Duijnhoven, Fränzel J. B., and Ellen Kampman. "Aetiology and progression of cancer." In Oxford Textbook of Oncology, 155–59. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199656103.003.0018.
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Worldwide, there is a large difference in cancer rates. These rates may change over generations when people move from one part of the world to another. This occurs because these generations adapt their lifestyle to that of the host country, indicating that lifestyle factors are important in the aetiology of cancer. In this chapter an overview of established associations between body fatness, physical activity, diet, and other lifestyle factors and the development of cancer is given. About one-third of all cancers worldwide are caused by an unhealthy lifestyle. Evidence-based recommendations for the general population to decrease their risk of cancer have been set. Guidelines for individuals who are diagnosed with cancer, however, are lacking, due to limited evidence on the role of lifestyle during and after cancer treatment. Research should now be directed towards the role of body fatness, physical activity, diet, and other lifestyle factors in cancer progression.
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van Duijnhoven, Fränzel J. B., and Ellen Kampman. "Aetiology and progression of cancer." In Oxford Textbook of Oncology, 155–59. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199656103.003.0018_update_001.
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Worldwide, there is a large difference in cancer rates. These rates may change over generations when people move from one part of the world to another. This occurs because these generations adapt their lifestyle to that of the host country, indicating that lifestyle factors are important in the aetiology of cancer. In this chapter an overview of established associations between body fatness, physical activity, diet, and other lifestyle factors and the development of cancer is given. About one-third of all cancers worldwide are caused by an unhealthy lifestyle. Evidence-based recommendations for the general population to decrease their risk of cancer have been set. Guidelines for individuals who are diagnosed with cancer, however, are lacking, due to limited evidence on the role of lifestyle during and after cancer treatment. Research should now be directed towards the role of body fatness, physical activity, diet, and other lifestyle factors in cancer progression.
Conference papers on the topic "Unhealthy lifestyle"
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Ilham. "A algorithm hybrid model of Bayesian for detection performance in unhealthy lifestyle." In 2017 International Conference on Sustainable Information Engineering and Technology (SIET). IEEE, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/siet.2017.8304119.
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Yakti, Fatima alzahra Hasan, Hissa Al-Mannai, Dana Saad, Abdelhamid Kerkadi, Grace Attieh, and Hiba Bawadi. "Clustering of lifestyle risk factors among Algerian adolescents: Comparison between urban and rural area." In Qatar University Annual Research Forum & Exhibition. Qatar University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.29117/quarfe.2021.0140.
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Background: Lifestyle behavior risk factors (LBRs) such as sedentary behavior, physical inactivity, smoking, unhealthy eating patterns and being overweight/obese play a major role in the development or prevention of NCDs. Objective: Compare the clustering of LBRs between urban and rural Algerian adolescents. We expect differences in LBRs between urban and rural area. Design: Data of this cross-sectional study was derived from GSHS. Self-administered, anonymous questionnaire was filled out by 4532 adolescents (11–16 years), which addressed LBRs of NCDs. LBRs clustering was measured by the ratios of observed (O) and expected (E) prevalence of one or more simultaneously occurring LBRs for urban and rural area separately. Multivariate logistic regression was performed to examine the association of LBRs as dependent variable with demographic variables (location, age, gender). Results: The most common LBR was physical inactivity (84.6%: 50.9% for urban and 49.1% for rural). Adolescents in urban area had a higher prevalence of two (56.8% vs. 43.2%) and three and more (61.3 vs. 38.7%) LBRs than rural. In urban area, a significant positive association was found between: (low fruits and vegetables + physical inactivity) [2.06 (1.61-2.64)] and (high SB + smoking) [2.10 (1.54-2.76)], while (physical inactivity + high SB) [0.70 (0.54-0.91)] showed a significant negative association. In rural area, (high SB + overweight/obesity) [1.49 (1.09-2.04)] had a significant positive association. While, (low fruits and vegetables + high SB) [0.75 (0.60-0.94)], (physical inactivity + high SB) [0.65 (0.49-0.86)] and (physical inactivity + smoking) [0.70 (0.49-0.99)] had a negative association. Conclusions: Several socio-demographic factors have been identified to play a role in LBRs clustering among Algerian adolescents. Results of the study suggest the development of intervention aiming to tackle different LBRs rather than focusing on a single LBR.
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McGarrigle, SA, EM Guinan, J. Hussey, J. O'Sullivan, T. Boyle, Y. Hanhauser, D. Al-azawi, MJ Kennedy, DJ Gallagher, and EM Connolly. "Abstract P3-09-02: Unhealthy lifestyle patterns are prevalent in unaffected BRCA mutation carriers & are associated with increased oxidative stress and telomere length alterations." In Abstracts: 2016 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; December 6-10, 2016; San Antonio, Texas. American Association for Cancer Research, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs16-p3-09-02.
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Gabriel Gutiérrez B, Luis, María Alexandra Malagón, and Jaime Tobón. "Correlational Analysis Between Work Absenteeism and Aspects of Human Behavior." In Intelligent Human Systems Integration (IHSI 2022) Integrating People and Intelligent Systems. AHFE International, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1001038.
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This research aims to determine the relationship between medical absenteeism, sociodemographic characteristics and human behavior of the workers of a Colombian mining company. A quantitative study with correlational scope was developed, composed of 832 absenteeism records from 2020. To associate the study variables, bivariate tables are considered, using statistics according to parametric behavior. It was evidenced that injuries and poisonings correspond to more than 51% of the total causes of absences, within a predominantly male population (90%) aged between 40 and 50 years with a low educational level, a population that has developed a large part of their working life in activities related to mining. On the other hand, it is considered that absenteeism is significantly related to lifestyle, such as smoking, alcohol consumption, excess body mass index, low physical activity and unhealthy eating habits, aspects that explain a substantial proportion of the absence from work of the personnel working in this company, and also obey to adaptive and self-organized human behaviors, which were learned from generation to generation, as well as the learned processes to the development of the technical skills of the mining labor.
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Tayyem, Reema. "Dietary Patterns and Risk of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Findings from a Case-Control Study." In Qatar University Annual Research Forum & Exhibition. Qatar University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.29117/quarfe.2021.0082.
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Scientific evidence shows that dietary patterns are associated with the risk of IBD, particularly among unhealthy and Western dietary patterns. However, Western dietary patterns are not exclusive to Western countries, as Jordanians are steadily moving towards a Western lifestyle, which includes an increased consumption of processed foods. This study aims to investigate the association between dietary patterns and the risk factors for IBD cases among Jordanian adults. This case-control study was conducted between November 2018 and December 2019 in the largest three hospitals in Jordan. Three hundred and thirty-five Jordanian adults aged between 18–68 years were enrolled in this study: one hundred and eighty-five IBD patients who were recently diagnosed with IBD (n = 100 for ulcerative colitis (UC) and n = 85 for Crohn’s disease (CD)) and 150 IBD-free controls. Participants were matched based on age and marital status. In addition, dietary data was collected from all participants using a validated food frequency questionnaire. Factor analysis and principal component analysis were used to determine the dietary patterns. Odds ratios (OR) and their 95% confidence interval (CI) were calculated using a multinomial logistic regression model. Two dietary patterns were identified among the study participants: high-vegetable and high-protein dietary patterns. There was a significantly higher risk of IBD with high-protein intake at the third and fourth quartiles in the non-adjusted model as well as the other two adjusted models. In contrast, the high-vegetable dietary pattern shows a significantly protective effect on IBD in the third and fourth quartiles in all the models. Thus, a high-vegetable dietary pattern may be protective against the risk of IBD, while a high-protein dietary pattern is associated with an increased risk of IBD among a group of the Jordanian population.
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Rahmi, Auliah, and Doni Hikmat Ramdhan. "Development of Health Program Using Rapcriec Method in Company X to Reduce Employees Hypercholesterolemia, Hypertriglyceridemia, Hypertension, Obesity, and Hyperuricemia." In The 7th International Conference on Public Health 2020. Masters Program in Public Health, Universitas Sebelas Maret, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.26911/the7thicph.04.02.
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ABSTRACT Background: Company X is a company engaged in drilling mud, due to the high intensity of work and an unhealthy lifestyle, occupational health and safety (OHS) becomes a problem. In 2018, employees were facing cholesterol, triglycerides, hypertension, obesity and hyperuricemia problems and in addition, there were three employees experiencing heart attacks, one stroke, two employees experiencing kidney dysfunction, and one employee experiencing gallstones. Meanwhile, the OHS program in the company has not been implemented optimally. There was a decline in the trend of sports programs participation from January 2018 (75%) to January 2019 (25%). It is necessary to improve and develop OHS based on the RAPCRIEC method (Recognition, Analysis, Planning, Communication, Preparation, Implementation, Evaluation, and Continuity) to reduce the percentage of employees who experience cholesterol, triglycerides, hypertension, and obesity. Subjects and Methods: This was a quantitative design carried out at PT X conducted in June-December 2019. The study subjects were all 69 employees of PT X. The independent variable of the study was the health program. The dependent variables of the study were cholesterol levels, triglycerides, hypertension, obesity and employee hyperuricemia. Data on cholesterol, triglycerides, hypertension, obesity and hyperuricemia were obtained from medical check-ups. Data were analyzed using the percentage reduction in the number of employees who experience cholesterol, triglycerides, hypertension, obesity and hyperuricemia. Results: In the results of the medical check-up in 2018, it was found that the most health problems were cholesterol (37%), triglycerides (22%), hypertension (11.5%), obesity (7.5%), and hyperuricemia (7.2%). After the using of RAPCRIEC method, in December 2019 a medical check-up was conducted and showed the decrease health problems percentage among workers. They were experienced cholesterol (21.7%), triglycerides (11.6%), hypertension (7.2%), obesity (5.7%) and hyperuricemia (2.8%). Conclusion: The development of a health program using the RAPCRIEC method at company X has reduced the percentage of employees who experience cholesterol, triglycerides, hypertension, and obesity. Keywords: RAPCRIEC, cholesterol, triglycerides, hypertension, obesity Correspondence: Auliah Rahmi. Masters Program of Occupational Health and Safety, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Indonesia. Email: auliah.rahmi33@gmail.com. Mobile: 08111082609. DOI: https://doi.org/10.26911/the7thicph.04.02
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"Promoting Healthy Nutrition through Educational Escape Games." In InSITE 2019: Informing Science + IT Education Conferences: Jerusalem. Informing Science Institute, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.28945/4362.
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Aim/Purpose: The increased production of processed food, rapid urbanization, and changing lifestyles have led to a shift in dietary patterns so people are now consuming more unhealthy foods. To change unhealthy dietary patterns, there is a need to educate the individuals to keep a balanced diet that is rich in nutritional requirements. One way to educate a heterogeneous population, from preschool to adults, is by learning through games. Background: In recent years, the use of games as a pedagogical method is gaining momen-tum. Game-based learning (GBL) refers to any learning environments or activities that use games to support learning and teaching. GBL enables learners to practice skills that traditional teaching may not offer and promote more efficient learning. GBL includes various types of games; one of them is escape games (EG), which have become a popular trend in the world. Because EG are a relatively new phenomenon, the research on their development and educational value is still in its initial stages. Methodology: The current study is set to develop a methodology for ‘educational EG’ and to examine its role in promoting knowledge, awareness, and motivation toward a healthy nutrition. The study’s theoretical framework is guided by the situated learning theory, as EG are situated in a unique setting that instigates interactions between the players and between them and the learning environment. The research questions are 1. What is the educational potential of escape games? 2. Whether and how can EG promote knowledge, awareness, and motivation toward a healthy nutrition? 3. What are the predicting factors of knowledge, awareness, and motivation toward a healthy nutrition, in the context of educational EG? Contribution: The research’s contributions are in three levels: In the theoretical level, the study contributes a layer of knowledge on situated learning environments, offering a new model for the development and implementation of educational EG. In the methodological level, the study presents valid and reliable research tools for examining the effectiveness of educational EG. In the practical level, the study provides a tangible EG kit on healthy nutrition. Findings: Initial findings indicated on an overall increase in the participants’ positive views about EG as a situated learning environment. The findings also indicated that participation in an EG has a potential to promote knowledge and awareness of nutrition-related issues. The players’ motivation to learn about nutrition increased after participating in the game, mainly due to an increase in their sense of self-efficacy.
Reports on the topic "Unhealthy lifestyle"
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Gupta, Shweta. Obesity: A Lifestyle Choice or a Disease? Nature Library, October 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.47496/nl.blog.07.
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Obesity isn’t an overnight phenomenon but slowly develops from poor lifestyle choices and an unhealthy diet, which increases the risk of other health problems such as cardiovascular diseases, high blood pressure, diabetes and even cancer.
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Chauvin, Juan Pablo. Cities and Public Health in Latin America. Inter-American Development Bank, October 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003692.
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This paper presents an overview of how health outcomes vary across cities in Latin America and discusses some of the known drivers of this variation. There are large disparities in outcomes across cities and across neighborhoods of the same city. Because health is closely related to the socioeconomic conditions of individuals, part of the spatial variation reflects residential segregation by income. Local characteristics also have a direct effect on health outcomes, shaping individuals' access to health services and the prevalence of unhealthy lifestyles. In addition, urban environments affect health through natural atmospheric conditions, through local infrastructure in particular water, sanitation, and urban transit and through the presence of urban externalities such as traffic congestion, pollution, crime, and the spread of transmissible diseases. The COVID-19 pandemic illustrates many of these patterns, since the impact of the disease has differed sharply across cities, and much of this variation can be explained by observable local characteristics particularly population, connectivity with other cities and countries, income levels, and residential overcrowding.
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A school-based lifestyle intervention didn’t help children avoid unhealthy weight gain. National Institute for Health Research, February 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.3310/signal-000553.
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