Obesity is increasingly prevalent worldwide. Associated risk factors, including depression, socioeconomic stress, poor diet, and lack of physical activity, have all been impacted by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)...
BACKGROUND:Self-selection into residential neighbourhoods is a widely acknowledged, but under-studied problem in research investigating neighbourhood influences on physical activity and diet. Failure to handle neighbourhood...
The Caribbean island of Barbados has a high burden of diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Dietary habits were last described in 2005. A representative population-based sample (n = 363, aged 25-64 years) provided two...
BACKGROUND:Preliminary evaluations of behavioral interventions, referred to as pilot studies, predate the conduct of many large-scale efficacy/effectiveness trial. The ability of a pilot study to inform an efficacy/effectiveness...
The establishment of the Determinants of Diet and Physical Activity (DEDIPAC) Knowledge Hub, 2013–2016, was the first action taken by the ‘Healthy Diet for a Healthy Life’ European Joint Programming Initiative. DEDIPAC aimed to...
High dietary sodium intake triggers increased blood pressure (BP). Animal studies show that dietary salt loading results in dermal Na+ accumulation and lymphangiogenesis mediated by VEGF-C (vascular endothelial growth factor C)...
Ambystoma mexicanum, or the Axolotl, possesses an intriguing ability to regenerate many structures, including but not limited to vertebral structures, organs, and even portions of their brains. Previous research has shown that...
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Taking a linguistic approach to the clean eating movement, this paper focuses on the language of diet culture and how it influences behavior such as restricting certain foods, demonizing carbohydrates, and placing moral value on...
Superoxide dismutase (SOD) is an antioxidant enzyme in the body that is used as a first line of defense against the free radicals that are naturally produced. If these free radicals (unstable atoms) were not neutralized by...
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This essay seeks to contribute to this conversation in an ethically applicable way, addressing specifically the Kantian vein of animal welfare discussed by Dr. Jens Timmermann in his essay When the Tail Wags the Dog: Animal...
Afro-Caribbean migrants account for 50% of the Black immigrant population in the U.S. Despite this, little is known about their social and economic outcomes as they are often aggregated with all immigrants or American-born...
The human body is constantly trying to keep itself in equilibrium while performing activities of daily living. Oxidative stress is an accumulation of free radicals, which are unstable molecules with one unpaired valence...
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With increasing rates of urban expansion, interactions between humans and wildlife become inevitable. These urban environments present novel situations to native species, frequently resulting in their displacement or...
