Advances in science and medicine have led to increased life expectancy in high-income countries. By 2050, more than one-third of the population in high-income countries is expected to be of age 60 or older [144]. As a leading risk factor for chronic disease, ageing is also associated with...
"These eight passions should be destroyed as follows: gluttony by self-control; unchastity by desire for God and longing for the blessings held in store; avarice by compassion for the poor; anger by goodwill and love for all men; worldly dejection by spiritual joy; listlessness by patience, ...
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high-biodiversity biomass on degraded soils. Perhaps the best example can be seen in forest management, and in particular, the conservation of biodiversity-rich forests. The promotion
The effects of maternal malnutrition on fetal growth have been extensively studied, and the role of poor prenatal diet in elevating lifelong risk of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases has been well characterized. In a recent systematic review, Ainge et al. identified that the risk of developing ...
Deforestation not only eliminated the people’s source of wood, but also further deprived the already poor soil of nutrients and made it impossible to sustain the agriculture that had sustained the island’s civilization. On the dry Great Plains of North America, settlers were convinced that rain...
Poor quality of sleep and too few sleep hours can be both a consequence and a cause of overweight and obesity. Such phenomena cause adverse changes in the endocrine system - in the form of hormonal imbalance affecting appetite, blood glucose level and the development of insulin resistance, what...
• COVID-19 pandemic has changed consumption habits of antidepressants. • Many of the most consumed antidepressants do not have toxicity studies. • Places as the African continent barely have data on antidepressant consumption. • An update of antidepressants´ occurrence data at a global ...
and other cardiometabolic risk factors, mental health, unhealthy dietary habits and eating disorders, and problems in development and child–parent relationships. Sleep, physical activity, eyesight, headaches, and the musculoskeletal system were negatively affected as well. However, the effect of ST was...
although patients consume more fast-acting carbohydrates, there are no differences in total energy intake [1,2]. However, the reason for this change in preference has not yet been explained. Especially for patients, the effect of this change in eating habits on disease progression remains unclear...