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Journal articles on the topic "Western lifestyle"
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Husić-Mehmedović, Melika, Muris Čičić, and Emir Agić. "Regional Lifestyle Segmentation in the Western Balkans." South East European Journal of Economics and Business 9, no. 2 (March 1, 2015): 46–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/jeb-2014-0007.
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Abstract With this paper the authors aim not only to investigate the lifestyle specifics of the Western Balkan market, but also to define common lifestyle segments for the entire region. The question addressed in this research is whether current political issues and economic differences have led to dissimilar ways of living, or whether cultural similarities have prevailed and lifestyles can be defined accordingly. Based on the research conducted using six underlying factors, three lifestyle clusters are identified. Analysis shows that there are three almost identical lifestyles for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia, and they are applicable to the entire region. These findings have significant managerial implications, as potential investors can apply identical marketing strategies to target the approximately 20 million consumers in the region.
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Shafia Baber, Furrakh Abbas, Dr Azhar Majeed Qureshi. "IMPACT OF WESTERN CULTURE ON UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ LIFESTYLE." Psychology and Education Journal 58, no. 1 (January 15, 2021): 4677–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.17762/pae.v58i1.1627.
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Western culture has an extreme consequence of students’ lifestyles in both positive and negative ways (Riaz & Arif, 2017; Sibani, 2018). There is a deficiency in common apprehension about ways a culture impact students’ education and lifestyle (Kang & Chang, 2016). This research study was conducted to understand the impacts of Western culture on students' lifestyles on various campuses of the University of Education, Lahore. This descriptive study aimed to the perceptions of students about the impacts of cultural imperialism during university life. The target population in this study was both male and female undergraduate students of the University of Education in Lahore. A questionnaire based on likert scale was the tool of data collection. The data collection was through cross-sectional survey. The data collected through 130 questionnaires which were distributed and collected personally. The data analyzed through descriptive statistics (standard deviation) and inferential statistics (Chi-Square Test). The findings of the study indicate that Western culture has exceedingly impacting university students’ lifestyles and social perceptions. Western culture has significantly inclined every part of university life, ranging from social adaptation to cultural preferences. The findings showed that even the slight details of daily university routines have been impacted by Western culture with mostly negative lifestyle choices.
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Matveeva, Olga, Jeroen F. J. Bogie, Jerome J. A. Hendriks, Ralf A. Linker, Aiden Haghikia, and Markus Kleinewietfeld. "Western lifestyle and immunopathology of multiple sclerosis." Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1417, no. 1 (January 27, 2018): 71–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nyas.13583.
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Thorburn, Alison N., Laurence Macia, and Charles R. Mackay. "Diet, Metabolites, and “Western-Lifestyle” Inflammatory Diseases." Immunity 40, no. 6 (June 2014): 833–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.immuni.2014.05.014.
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Ahmadi, Abas, and Mostafa Abasi Moghadam. "Comparing the lifestyle of Islamic and Western Students Based on the School of Secularism." Journal of Social Sciences Research, no. 53 (March 28, 2019): 811–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.32861/jssr.53.811.819.
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Aim: The Aim of this article was to compare the lifestyle of Islamic and Western students based on the school of secularism. Lifestyle is a category that has been attended by scientists from different schools in the new age. Western scholars from the Renaissance later on have provided many articles on this subject and considered it a new category. Western scholars differed in their worldview and ideology, of which, including the secular school of thought. The secularist insight, which is a special and evolved form of nouns such as materialist and humanistic, has been devoted to the world and its followers. Methodology: The research method was a field study and a library study. By expressing concepts related to lifestyle by Western scholars, students turned into a particular lifestyle that they considered desirable according to their type of thinking. Because the kind of insight and type of ideology plays a very important role in choosing a lifestyle. But in traditional and religious societies such as Islamic society, Islamic lifestyle is based on Islamic worldview and ideology, and it has conflicts and differences with Western lifestyle and secularism. This article tries to "compare the lifestyle of Islamic and Western students based on the secularist school". Results and conclusion: western Secular Student Involves Four Characteristics in Lifestyle: 1) The human-centered worldview 2) A wise man in the world 3) Man is limited to the material world 4) Originality of consumption in determining lifestyle. But the characteristics of the student lifestyle from the perspective of the Quran and hadith are as follows: 1) Godliness and belief in the position of human caliphate on earth 2) Sense, Reason and Revelation, Elements of Human Knowledge 3) The close relationship between the individual and the community 4) The Origin of Spirituality and Humanity in Determining the Lifestyle 5) Component Science for Evolution. The principles of difference in these two are: 1) Differences in the type of worldview 2) Differences in the source and factors determining the type of lifestyle 3) Differences in anthropology 4) Difference in attitude towards science.
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Herbert, Oliver Ch, Ross StC Barnetson, Wolfgang Weninger, Ursula Krämer, Heidrun Behrendt, and Johannes Ring. "Western Lifestyle and Increased Prevalence of Atopic Diseases." World Allergy Organization Journal 2, no. 7 (2009): 130–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/wox.0b013e3181accf27.
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Christ, Anette, and Eicke Latz. "The Western lifestyle has lasting effects on metaflammation." Nature Reviews Immunology 19, no. 5 (March 25, 2019): 267–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41577-019-0156-1.
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Li, Wenhua, and Jiaxin Xiao. "Advertising in pervasive computing age: Understanding the lifestyles of the new middle class in emerging markets." Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems 40, no. 4 (April 12, 2021): 8613–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/jifs-189680.
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Computing and Artificial Intelligent technology has changed the ecosystem of advertising industry and social economy. Observations on social changes can help enterprises and advertisers better adapting to this pervasive computing age. This study aims to examine the lifestyles of the new urban middle class in emerging market and their attitudes towards advertising. We carried out an investigation in four Tier-1 cities in China and identified six comprehensive lifestyle factors: trendy and success-driven, “Western is best,” petty bourgeoisie lifestyle, money conscious, lifestyle of health and sustainability, and pragmatic struggling lifestyle; and further segmented new urban middle-class consumers into four groups: experiencers, strivers, trendy achievers, and pragmatists. The attitudes of four lifestyle segments towards advertising have been examined. The study provides precise user portraits of the growing middle-class consumers and intra-class differences in the emerging market.
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Meredith Butcher, Lucy, Miranda Rose Chester, Leisha Michelle Aberle, Vanessa Jo-Ann Bobongie, Christina Davies, Stephanie Louise Godrich, Rex Alan Keith Milligan, Jennifer Tartaglia, Louise Maree Thorne, and Andrea Begley. "Foodbank of Western Australia's healthy food for all." British Food Journal 116, no. 9 (August 26, 2014): 1490–505. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bfj-01-2014-0041.
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Purpose – In Australia, the Foodbank of Western Australia (Foodbank WA) has a reputation for being at the forefront of health promotion. The purpose of this paper is to describe Foodbank WA's innovative food bank plus approach of incorporating healthy lifestyle initiatives (i.e. nutrition and physical activity education) into its core food bank business, so as to target priority issues such as food insecurity, poor food literacy, overweight, obesity, poor nutrition and physical inactivity. Design/methodology/approach – A case study approach was utilised to explore Foodbank WA's Healthy Food for All® (HFFA) strategy. HFFA is a comprehensive state wide, school and community based strategy, including the School Breakfast Programme, Food Sensations® and Choose to Move initiatives, designed to promote healthy lifestyles to low socioeconomic and vulnerable groups – a major target group of food banks. Findings – Since its inception in 2007, the delivery of food, education and resources has increased across all of Foodbank WA's HFFA initiatives. Evaluation results from feedback surveys demonstrate the success of these interventions to positively impact upon food security, health and wellbeing of participants. Originality/value – HFFA is a unique, effective and novel strategy that addresses a number of health and nutrition issues. Food banks are well placed to deliver food literacy and healthy lifestyle initiatives. Foodbank WA's holistic approach and demonstrated success provides other food banks with a best practice model and knowledge base for the development of similar health promotion strategies and interventions.
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Ewomazino Akokuwebe, Monica, Clifford Odimegwu, and Femi Omololu. "Prevalence, risk-inducing lifestyle, and perceived susceptibility to kidney diseases by gender among Nigerians residents in South Western Nigeria." African Health Sciences 20, no. 2 (July 22, 2020): 860–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v20i2.40.
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Background: Kidney disease (KD) is increasingly recognized as a major public health problem worldwide with rising inci- dence and prevalence. Early identification of KD risk factors will slow down progression to kidney failure and death.
Objective: To determine the prevalence, risk-inducing lifestyle and perceived susceptibility among Nigerians in South-west- ern Nigeria.
Methods: A pretested structured questionnaire was employed to draw information on socio-demographic, knowledge, risk-inducing lifestyle and perceived susceptibility to conventional risk factors of KD from 1757 residents aged ≥15 years.
Results: The mean age of the respondents was 47.61±13.0 years with a male-female ratio of 1.13:1. Knowledge of KD was low (mean score 2.29; 95% CI: 2.18, 2.32). The prevalence of some established KD risk factors was regular use of herbal medications, 26.8% and physical inactivity, 70.0%. Females with factors such as use of herbal drink [RRR: 1.56; CI=1.06- 2.30; p=0.02] and smoking [RRR: 2.72; CI=1.37-5.37; p=0.00] predicted increased odds of perceived susceptibility to KD than their male counterparts.
Conclusion: The prevalence of KD risk-inducing lifestyles was high. More emphasis should be placed on effective public health programmes towards behavioural change in order to adopt lifestyle modification as well as to reduce the tendency to develop KD.
Keywords: Kidney disease; risk-inducing lifestyles; perceived susceptibility.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Western lifestyle"
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Parker, Whadi-ah. "Lifestyle modification education in chronic diseases of lifestyle : insight into counselling provided by health professionals at primary health care facilities in the Western Cape, South Africa." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/2742.
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The aim of this study is to conduct a formative assessment to explore health professionals’ capacity as well as the conditions within primary health care facilities in the Western Cape Metropole that facilitate or impede the provision of lifestyle modification education and counselling to patients with chronic diseases of lifestyle in order to make recommendations for an intervention programme that utilises available resources.
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Fernandez, Ritin. "Development and evaluation of a health-related lifestyle self-management intervention for patients with acute coronary syndrome." View thesis, 2007. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/32586.
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Thesis (Ph.D) -- University of Western Sydney, 2007.A thesis submitted to the University of Western Sydney, College of Health and Science, School of Nursing, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Includes bibliographical references.
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Clifford, Susan Amanda. "The effects of fly-in/fly-out commute arrangements and extended working hours on the stress, lifestyle, relationships and health characteristics of Western Australian mining employees and their partners." University of Western Australia. School of Anatomy and Human Biology, 2010. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2010.0018.
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The Western Australian (WA) mining industry directly employs approximately 56,000 people. Almost half work Fly-in/Fly-out commute arrangements (FIFO, e.g. employees living in a city are flown to a remote worksite where they live and work during their work roster) and approximately half work more than 50 hours per week, on average. There are many anecdotal claims that FIFO has negative impacts on WA mining employees, leading to an elevated risk of high stress levels, depression, binge drinking, recreational drug use and relationship break-ups. Previous studies found FIFO can be stressful, and have negative impacts on WA employees 'and partners' lifestyles and relationships. This project investigated the long-term (Study One) and short-term (Study Two) impacts of FIFO and extended working hours on a representative sample of WA FIFO mining employees and partners. In Study One, a total of 222 FIFO and Daily Commute (DC) mining employees and partners completed an anonymous questionnaire investigating long-term impacts on work satisfaction, lifestyle, relationships and health. A subgroup of 32 Study One FIFO employees and partners also participated in Study Two; a detailed study of the short-term impacts of FIFO and extended working hours and how these impacts fluctuate in intensity during the mining roster. Study Two participants completed a diary and provided saliva samples each day throughout a complete mining roster. The main findings of the study were that FIFO and extended working hours had negative impacts on employees work satisfaction and FIFO was frequently reported to be disruptive to employees 'and partners' lifestyle, in the long-term. However, FIFO and extended working hours did not lead to poor quality relationships, high stress levels or poor health, on average in the long-term; there were generally no significant differences in these characteristics between FIFO and DC employees, or between the FIFO sample and the wider community. There were minor differences between FIFO and DC employees in long-term health characteristics, and Study One employees had similar, or in some cases poorer health outcomes than other community samples.
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Davids, Eugene Lee. "A model examining the relationship between parenting styles and decision making styles on healthy lifestyle behaviour of adolescents in the rural Western Cape." University of the Western Cape, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4893.
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Philosophiae Doctor - PhDThe Health Promotion Model provides a theoretical framework exploring the relationships between healthy lifestyle behaviours of individuals. The three behavioral determinants affecting healthy lifestyle behaviours as posited by the model are (i) individual characteristics, (ii) behaviour-specific cognitions and affects, and (iii) behavioural outcomes that promote health. Research indicates that a number of health risk behaviours are established in adolescence and affect health and well-being in later life. In South Africa where young people account for more than 9 million of the population, and with adolescence being a period where the development of health risk behaviours is prevalent, it becomes important to research the associations that aid in healthy lifestyle behaviours of adolescence in this country, particularly in rural communities where research on adolescents remains limited. This study therefore aimed to develop and test a model that examined the effects of the interaction between perceived parenting styles and adolescent decision making styles on healthy lifestyle behaviours of adolescents in the rural Western Cape. The study employed a mixed methodological sequential exploratory design, using (i) systematic reviews and (ii) a quantitative methodology with a cross-sectional research design. Systematic reviews established the associations in existing empirical studies that examined the associations of parenting approaches with (a) healthy lifestyle behaviours and (b) decision making styles. Quantitative data was collected using a self-report questionnaire that consisted of four sections, demographical information, Parenting Style and Dimension Questionnaire, Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile II and the Melbourne Decision Making Questionnaire among 457 Grade 9 learners in the Overberg Education District in the Western Cape, South Africa. The quantitative data was analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences V23 (SPSS) for descriptive and inferential statistics (correlations and multivariate analysis of variance) and the Analysis of Moment Structures (AMOS) for confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling. The systematic reviews suggested that empirical studies have found parenting approaches to be associated with (i) healthy lifestyle behaviours and (ii) decision making styles of children and adolescents in existing literature. The quantitative studies showed that perceived authoritative parenting, vigilant decision making styles, and frequent engagement in healthy lifestyle behaviours were the most prevalent among adolescents in the rural Western Cape. No significant main effects were established on the basis of participant gender or family structure. The model developed and tested, guided by the Health Promotion Model, suggests that a significant positive relationship exists between maternal parenting styles and decision making styles of adolescents. In addition, the findings demonstrated that paternal parenting styles positively affect the decision making styles of adolescents as well as their engagement in healthy lifestyle behaviours. Overall, the study suggested the important role that parents play in adolescent decision making styles and healthy lifestyle behaviours, and even more the role of paternal parental figures in the development of children and adolescents.
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Schelling, Johannes. "Untersuchung von bekannten Risikofaktoren und von einem neuen Risikofaktor, dem sogenannten "Western Lifestyle", für die Entstehung von atopischen Erkrankungen in einer baden-württembergischen Population." [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2003. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=96938159X.
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Hill, Jillian. "Process evaluation of the healthkick action planning process in disadvantaged schools in the Western Cape." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2010. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_1351_1299225304.
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In this study a process evaluation of the action planning process of the HealthKick programme in disadvantaged primary school settings in the Western Cape was conducted. A qualitative methodology was adopted to best determine the experiences of the participants and the underlying factors involved. Four schools were randomly selected to participate. Four focus group discussions were conducted with educators, and four in-depth interviews were conducted with principals and champions at schools, (champions are either an educator or school governing body member selected to be the driver of the project at each school, as well as the liaison person between the school and the HealthKick project team). Semi-structured interview guides were used to steer the discussions. Interviews and focus groups were audio taped and transcribed verbatim. The data was thematically analysed with the assistance of Atlas ti computer software. The results of this study indicated that the action planning process did not take place as designed by the project team. Several challenges were identified and experienced by participants. The results further indicated that the challenges of time, workload and competing priorities were intrinsically linked. Positive experiences were also reported and various enablers to the process were identified, such as the facilitation process, the receipt of the resource toolkit as well as the complementary nature of the HealthKick curriculum to the normal academic curriculum.
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Maroun, Karam Joanne. "Comparison of lifestyles among mediterranean populations: eastern vs western." Doctoral thesis, TDX (Tesis Doctorals en Xarxa), 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/671245.
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[eng] Introduction: The Mediterranean diet was proved to be beneficial in the prevention
and prognosis of chronic diseases. Older adults are the age group with the highest
incidence of chronic disease. The study was conducted in Spain and Lebanon.
Research content: In Mallorca, the nutritional content of the food consumed by 211
older adults was researched using two non-consecutive recall diets. The mean daily
intake of polyphenols was 332.7 mg/d. Polyphenol intake was highest among alcohol
drinkers, high educational level, high income, and physically active people Flavonoids were the highest ingested polyphenols. Alcoholic beverages were the
major contributors to the total polyphenol intake, mainly red wine. Mean daily intake
of lipids was 68.6 g/day. Sex, age and educational level influenced fat intake. MUFA
was the highest ingested fatty acid, and “oils & seeds” was the food group with
highest contribution to lipid intake; both were in accordance with the Mediterranean
diet pattern. However, the fatty acid intake did not abide by the recommendations in
Mediterranean older adults. Calcium, copper, magnesium and iron were consumed in
quantities lower than DRI. Female sex and an income ≥900euros were associated
respectively with an increased and decreased probability of compliance with the DRI
on a 5points scale. The intake of minerals should be adjusted to abide by the
recommendations. Along with the nutritional content of food, the correlation
between age, body composition and biomarker variables on one hand and the physical
fitness variables on the other hand were researched. Many physical fitness
measurement variables correlated negatively with predictors of cardiovascular
disease. Physical fitness might be essential in healthy aging. Overall, 36.8%, 24.5%
and 0.3% of participants had low maximum 8-f TUG score, low maximum HGS and
sarcopenia, respectively. Prevalence of these low values varies according to
sociodemographic and body composition variables. In Lebanon, adherence to
Mediterranean diet was assessed in 525 university students and 125 older adults
using MEDAS. Among university students, the mean Mediterranean score estimated
was 7.96. Men had a slightly higher adherence to the Mediterranean diet than
women. Nonsmokers had higher score than those who smoke. 59.05% of the sample
had a score lower than adequate adherence but this did not affect their will to
participate in research to ameliorate their health. 0.7% of the willingness to change
diet depended on the score of adherence to Mediterranean diet and 28.58% of the
participants were primarily worried about their health. Stratification of the
questionnaire revealed a relatively high spread of olive oil usage in cooking (86.3%)
although only 50.3% consume more than 4 teaspoons per day. The percentage of
participants consuming food according to the Mediterranean diet standards was
higher than 50% except for wine and fish. Positive correlations were found between
the different components of MEDAS, in addition the percentage of participants who
had an adequate score was higher in non-smokers. Among older adults, mean
Mediterranean score estimated was 8.48. Men had a slightly higher adherence to the
Mediterranean diet than women. Those who work had a higher adherence to
Mediterranean diet than those who don’t. 52% of the sample had a higher score than
adequate adherence and the highest percentage of participants who had adequate
score were primarily worried about their health and were willing to engage in
physical activity, diet and research for a better health. The percentage of participants consuming food according to the Mediterranean diet standards was higher than 50%
except for wine and fish.
Conclusion: More studies must be conducted to compare between Lebanon and Spain
and develop strategies to increase adherence to Mediterranean diet in Lebanon for a
better health.[spa] Introducción: Se ha demostrado que la dieta mediterránea es beneficiosa para la prevención y el pronóstico de las enfermedades crónicas. Los adultos mayores son el grupo de edad con mayor incidencia de enfermedades crónicas. Este estudio se realizó en España y Líbano. Contenido de la investigación: En Mallorca, la composición nutricional de los alimentos consumidos por 211 adultos mayores se investigó utilizando dos recordatorios de 24h en días no consecutivos. La ingesta diaria media de polifenoles fué de 332.7 mg/d. La ingesta de polifenoles fué más alta entre los bebedores de alcohol, alto nivel educativo, altos ingresos y personas físicamente activas. Los flavonoides fueron los polifenoles que se ingirieron en más cantidad. Las bebidas alcohólicas fueron las principales contribuyentes a la ingesta total de polifenoles, principalmente el vino tinto. La ingesta diaria media de lípidos fué de 68.6 g/día. El sexo, la edad y el nivel educativo influyeron en la ingesta de grasas. MUFA fueron el tipo de ácido graso más altamente ingerido, y "aceites y semillas" fué el grupo de alimentos con mayor contribución a la ingesta de lípidos. La ingesta de ácidos grasos no cumplió con las recomendaciones en adultos mayores. El calcio, el cobre, el magnesio y el hierro se consumieron en cantidades inferiores a las IDR. La ingesta de minerales debe ajustarse para cumplir con las recomendaciones. Muchas variables de medición de la aptitud física se correlacionaron negativamente con los predictores de enfermedad cardiovascular. La aptitud física podría ser esencial para un envejecimiento saludable. Se evaluó la condición física y su asociación con los hábitos sociodemográficos, la composición corporal y el estilo de vida. 36.8%, el 24.5% y el 0.3% de los participantes tenían una puntuación TUG máxima inferior a 8-f, un HGS máximo bajo y sarcopenia, respectivamente. En Líbano, se evaluó la adherencia a la dieta mediterránea en 525 estudiantes universitarios y en 125 adultos mayores usando el MEDAS. Entre los estudiantes universitarios, la puntuación media estimada de adherencia a la dieta mediterránea fué 7.96. Los hombres tuvieron una adherencia ligeramente mayor a la dieta mediterránea que las mujeres. Los no fumadores tenían una puntuación más alta que aquellos que fuman. El 59,05% de la muestra tenía una puntuación inferior a la adecuada. El 0.7% de la voluntad de cambiar la dieta dependía del grado de adherencia a la dieta mediterránea y el 28.58% de los participantes estaban preocupados principalmente por su salud. La estratificación del cuestionario reveló una difusión relativamente alta del uso de aceite de oliva en la cocina, aunque solo el 50.3% consumía más de 4 cucharaditas por día. El porcentaje de participantes que consumían alimentos de acuerdo con los estándares de la dieta mediterránea era superior al 50% a excepción del vino y el pescado. Se encontraron correlaciones positivas entre los diferentes componentes de MEDAS. Entre los adultos mayores, la puntuación promedio estimada de adherencia a una dieta mediterránea fué de 8.48. Los hombres tenían una adherencia ligeramente mayor a la dieta mediterránea que las mujeres. El 52% de la muestra tenía una puntuación en adherencia superior a la adecuada y la mayor parte de participantes que tenían una puntuación adecuada estaban preocupados principalmente por su salud y estaban dispuestos a participar en intervención para mejorar la salud. El porcentaje de participantes que consumían alimentos de acuerdo con los estándares de la dieta mediterránea fué superior al 50% a excepción del vino y el pescado. Conclusión: Se deben realizar más estudios en el futuro para comparar Líbano y España, así como desarrollar estrategias para aumentar la adherencia a un patrón de dieta mediterránea en Líbano, con el fin de mejorar la salud de la población.
[cat] Introducció: S'ha demostrat que la dieta mediterrània és beneficiosa en la prevenció i prognòstic de malalties cròniques. Els adults majors són el grup d'edat amb major incidència de malalties cròniques. L'estudi s’ha portat a terme a Espanya i el Líban, dos països mediterranis. Continguts de recerca: A Mallorca, s’ha investigat la composició nutricional dels aliments consumits per 211 adults majors utilitzant dos recordatoris de 24h de dies no consecutius. La ingesta mitjana diària de polifenols va ser de 332.7 mg/d. La ingesta de polifenols va ser més elevada entre els bevedors d'alcohol, nivell educatiu elevat, ingressos elevats i persones físicament actives. Els flavonoides van ser els polifenols més ingerits. Les begudes alcohòliques van ser els principals contribuents a la ingesta total de polifenols, principalment el vi negre. La mitjana de consum diari de lípids va ser de 68.6 g/dia. El sexe, l'edat i el nivell educatiu van influir en la ingesta de lípids. MUFA van ser el tipus d’àcid gras més consumit, i "olis i llavors" va ser el grup alimentari amb major contribució a la ingesta de lípids. No obstant això, la ingesta d'àcids grassos no va complir amb les recomanacions per adults majors mediterranis. El calci, el coure, el magnesi i el ferro es van consumir en quantitats inferiors a les IDR. La ingesta de minerals s'hauria d'ajustar per complir amb les recomanacions. Moltes variables de mesura d'aptitud física es van correlacionar negativament amb els predictors de malaltia cardiovascular. L'aptitud física pot ser essencial en l'envelliment saludable. En total, el 36.8%, el 24.5% i el 0.3% dels participants tenien una puntuació màxima de TUG inferior a 8-f, HGS màxim baix i sarcopenia, respectivament. La prevalença d'aquests valors baixos varia segons les variables sociodemogràfiques i de composició corporal. Al Líban, l'adhesió a la dieta mediterrània es va avaluar en 525 estudiants universitaris i 125 adults majors utilitzant MEDAS. Entre els estudiants universitaris, la mitjana de la puntuació d’adherència a un patró de dieta mediterrània va ser de 7.96. Els homes tenien un grau d’adherència a la dieta mediterrània lleugerament superior a les dones. Els no fumadors tenien una puntuació més alta que els fumadors. El 59.05% de la mostra tenia una puntuació inferior a l'adherència adequada. El 0.7% de la voluntat de canviar de dieta depenia de la puntuació d'adhesió a la dieta mediterrània i el 28.58% dels participants es preocupaven principalment per la seva salut. L'estratificació del qüestionari va revelar una distribució relativament alta de l'ús de l'oli d'oliva en la cuina tot i que només el 50.3% consumia més de 4 culleradetes diàries. El percentatge de participants que consumien aliments d’acord amb un patró de dieta mediterrània era superior al 50%, excepte pel vi i el peix. Es van trobar correlacions positives entre els diferents components de MEDAS. A més, el percentatge de participants que tenien una puntuació adequada era major en els no fumadors. Entre els adults majors, la puntuació d’adhesió mitjana a un patró de dieta mediterrània va ser de 8.48. Els homes tenien una adherència lleugerament superior a la dieta mediterrània que les dones. Els que treballaven tenien una major adhesió a la dieta mediterrània que els que no treballaven. El 52% de la mostra tenia una puntuació per sobre de l'adherència adequada. El percentatge de participants que consumien aliments d’acord amb un patró de dieta mediterrània era superior al 50%, excepte pel vi i el peix. Conclusió: Cal fer més estudis en el futur per comparar el Líban amb Espanya i desenvolupar estratègies per augmentar l'adhesió a la dieta mediterrània al Líban per a una millor salut.
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Bambrick, Hilary Jane, and Hilary Bambrick@anu edu au. "Child growth and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in a Queensland Aboriginal Community." The Australian National University. Faculty of Arts, 2003. http://thesis.anu.edu.au./public/adt-ANU20050905.121211.
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Globally, the prevalence of Type 2 diabetes is rising. The most affected populations are those that have undergone recent and rapid transition towards a Western lifestyle, characterised by energy-dense diets and physical inactivity.¶
Two major hypotheses have attempted to explain the variation in diabetes prevalence, both between and within populations, beyond the contributions made by adult lifestyle. The thrifty genotype hypothesis proposes that some populations are genetically well adapted to surviving in a subsistence environment, and are predisposed to develop diabetes when the dietary environment changes to one that is fat and carbohydrate rich. The programming hypothesis focuses on the developmental environment, particularly on prenatal and early postnatal conditions: nutritional deprivation in utero and early postnatal life, measured by low birthweight and disrupted child growth, is proposed to alter metabolism permanently so that risk of diabetes is increased with subsequent exposure to an energy-dense diet. Both hypotheses emphasise discord between adaptation (genetic or developmental) and current environment, and both now put forward insulin resistance as a likely mechanism for predisposition.¶
Diabetes contributes significantly to morbidity and mortality among Australia’s Indigenous population. Indigenous babies are more likely to be low birthweight, and typical patterns of child growth include periods of faltering and rapid catch-up. Although there have been numerous studies in other populations, the programming hypothesis has not previously been tested in an Australian Indigenous community. The framework of the programming hypothesis is thus expanded to consider exposure of whole populations to adverse prenatal and postnatal environments, and the influence this may have on diabetes prevalence.¶
The present study took place in Cherbourg, a large Aboriginal community in southeast Queensland with a high prevalence of diabetes. Study participants were adults with diagnosed diabetes and a random sample of adults who had never been diagnosed with diabetes. Data were collected on five current risk factors for diabetes (general and central obesity, blood pressure, age and family history), in addition to fasting blood glucose levels. A lifestyle survey was also conducted. Participants’ medical records detailing weight growth from birth to five years were analysed with regard to adult diabetes risk to determine whether childhood weight and rate of weight gain were associated with subsequent diabetes. Adult lifestyle factors were
xiialso explored to determine whether variation in nutrition and physical activity was related to level of diabetes risk.¶
Approximately 20% of adults in Cherbourg have diagnosed diabetes. Prevalence may be as high as 38.5% in females and 42% in males if those who are high-risk (abnormal fasting glucose and three additional factors) are included. Among those over 40 years, total prevalence is estimated to be 51% for females and 59% for males.¶
Patterns of early childhood growth may contribute to risk of diabetes among adults. In particular, relatively rapid weight growth to five years is associated with both general and central obesity among adult women. This lends some qualified support to the programming hypothesis as catch-up growth has previously been incorporated into the model; however, although the most consistent association was found among those who gained weight more rapidly, it was also found that risk is increased among children who are heavier at any age.¶
No consistent associations were found between intrauterine growth retardation (as determined by lower than median birthweight and higher than median weight growth velocity to one and three months) and diabetes risk among women or men. A larger study sample with greater statistical power may have yielded less ambiguous results.¶
Among adults, levels of physical activity may be more important than nutritional intake in moderating diabetes risk, although features of diet, such as high intake of simple carbohydrates, may contribute to risk in the community overall, especially in the context of physical inactivity. A genetic component is not ruled out. Two additional areas which require further investigation include stress and high rates of infection, both of which are highly relevant to the study community, and may contribute to the insulin resistance syndrome.¶
Some accepted thresholds indicating increased diabetes risk may not be appropriate in this population. Given the relationship between waist circumference and other diabetes risk factors and the propensity for central fat deposition among women even with low body mass index (BMI), it is recommended that the threshold where BMI is considered a risk be lowered by 5kg/m2 for women, while no such recommendation is made for men.¶
There are a number of social barriers to better community health, including attitudes to exercise and obesity, patterns of alcohol and tobacco use and consumption of fresh foods. Some of these barriers are exacerbated by gender roles and expectations.¶
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Ferreira, de Medeiros Gabriela. "Impact of CBG deficiency on emotional and cognitive processes." Thesis, Bordeaux, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016BORD0072/document.
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La grande diversité des réponses de stress observée entre individus a pour origine des facteurs génétiques en interaction avec des facteurs environnementaux. Certaines réponses peuvent être moins adaptées et accroitre la vulnérabilité de l’individu aux divers troubles et pathologies liées au stress. La CBG est une glycoprotéine plasmatique impliquée dans la biodisponibilité des glucocorticoïdes, un des principaux médiateurs de la réponse au stress. Des études génétiques ont montré que des polymorphismes du gène codant la CBG ont un impact significatif sur la réponse des glucocorticoïdes au stress. Pour comprendre les mécanismes de l’impact de la CBG sur l’action des glucocorticoïdes et les conséquences sur les réponses endocriniennes et comportementales de stress, notre équipe a développé un modèle de souris déficiente pour le gène Cbg. Ces souris présentent une réponse diminuée des glucocorticoïdes au stress, associée à un niveau élevé de comportement émotionnel de type dépressif. Cette thèse a pour but d’explorer plus en profondeur les altérations physiologiques et comportementales des souris Cbg ko. Nous avons montré que le niveau plus faible de glucocorticoïdes observé chez la souris Cbg ko provient d’une élimination plasmatique plus importante. Une étude chez la souris Cbg ko femelles a montré que les estrogènes se surimposent à la déficience en CBG pour induire des comportements de type dépressif. Nous avons également démontré que la déficience en CBG conduit a une atténuation de la sensibilité comportementale et endocrinienne au stress chronique. Enfin, nous avons observé une détérioration de la mémoire long terme de ces souris. Par ailleurs, nous montrons que dans des conditions de stress chronique associé à un régime alimentaire déséquilibré le métabolisme du glucose était altéré chez les animaux déficients en CBG. Ces résultats renforcent l’importance du rôle de la CBG influençant l’ensemble des mécanismes d’actions des glucocorticoïdes par la modulation de leurs niveaux et de leur disponibilitéThe great diversity in the response to stress observed among individuals originates from their genetic background in interaction with environmental factors. Some responses can be less adaptive and increase the vulnerability to develop stress-associated disorders. CBG is a plasma glycoprotein that regulates the bioavailability of glucocorticoids, one of the main mediators of the stress response. Genetic studies pointed out variations in the gene coding for CBG as a major factor influencing the glucocorticoid response to stress. To better understand the mechanisms involved and the consequences on endocrine and behavioral responses to stress, our team has developed a mouse model of CBG deficiency. These mice present blunted glucocorticoid response to stress associated with increased despair-like behaviors. This thesis aimed at further exploring the physiological and behavioral alterations presented by the Cbg ko mice. We showed that the lower glucocorticoid levels observed in Cbg ko mice stems from their higher clearance from plasma. A study performed on Cbg ko female mice revealed that estrogens outpass CBG deficiency in inducing despair-like behavior. Additionally, we evidenced that CBG deficiency leads to lower behavioral and endocrine sensitivity to chronic stress, and we observed impairment of hippocampal-dependent long-term memory in these mice. Finally, we found that chronic stress combined to high-fat diet leads to alteration in glucose metabolism in CBG deficient animals. These findings reinforce the important role of CBG influencing the broad range of actions of glucocorticoids by modulating their levels and availability
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Zhu, Mei. "A Preliminary Analysis of Health Lifestyles Between International Students and American Students at Western Kentucky University." TopSCHOLAR®, 1997. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/361.
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The purpose of this research was to assess the lifestyle of international students at Western Kentucky University (WKU) and to compare the lifestyles of international and American students and subgroups of international students. The Lifestyle Questionnaire (LSQ), was a 26-item personal health lifestyle test, which had six sections (nutrition, exercise, smoking, alcohol and drugs, safety, and stress). The test-retest reliability of LSQ was evaluated by Pearson Correlation Coefficient (r) and was .89. During October and November 1997, 55 international students and 64 American students at WKU finished the LSQ. Significant differences were found between the American student group and the international student group on the total LSQ score (t=3.47) and the scores on the sections of Smoking (t=2.17), Alcohol and Drugs (2.91), and Safety (3.91) after analysis by a t-test. International students had higher scores on the above areas. No significant differences were indicated between the two groups in nutrition, exercise, and stress. The above results were discussed and analyzed on possible causes, consistency with previous research, and limitations of this study. Recommendations about the potential use of LSQ and the work effectiveness of international student health services were also presented.
Books on the topic "Western lifestyle"
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Western, Health and Social Services Board Northern Ireland Department of Public Health Medicine. Health and lifestyle in the Western Board area. [Londonderry]: Blue Moon Publishing, 1994.
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Peterson, Gary J. Ski bummin' in the Rockies: A profile of 20 western resorts and the ski bum lifestyle. Steamboat Springs, CO: Champagne Enterprises, 1997.
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Misgaswetr, Thanvadee. Exposure of Thai adolescences in Bangkok to Western culture in Thai mass media and has this impact on their perception and lifestyle. Birmingham: University of Central England in Birmingham, 2002.
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Peterson, Richard H. Bonanza rich: Lifestyles of the western mining entrepreneurs. Moscow, Idaho: University of Idaho Press, 1991.
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Kraus, Blahoslav, Leona Stašová, and Iva Junová. Contemporary Family Lifestyles in Central and Western Europe. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48299-2.
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Fabiano, Patricia M. WWU Lifestyles Project follow-up: Patterns of alcohol and drug consumption and consequences among Western Washington University students. Bellingham, Wash: Office of Institutional Assessment and Testing, Western Washington University, 1996.
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Hana, Friedlaenderová, ed. Europe at the gates of union: A data-based assessment of markets and consumer lifestyles across Eastern and Western Europe. Praha [Prague]: Median, 2002.
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Café culture in Pune: Being young and middle class in urban India. New Delhi, India: Oxford University Press, 2014.
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Vengeance road. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2015.
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Hager, Ron, and Barbara Lockhart. Foundations for a Healthy Lifestyle - Western Michigan University. Perceivant, 2020.
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O’Dea, Kerin. "The Therapeutic and Preventive Potential of the Hunter-Gatherer Lifestyle." In Western Diseases, 349–80. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press, 1994. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8136-5_11.
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Jin, Ying. "Lifestyle advice-giving and reception." In Doctor–patient Communication in Chinese and Western Medicine, 97–124. London: Routledge, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003161929-6.
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Hakim, Catherine. "Women’s Lifestyle Preferences in the 21st Century: Implications for Family Policy." In The Future of Motherhood in Western Societies, 177–95. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8969-4_12.
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Kraus, Blahoslav. "A Look at the Contemporary Family’s Life." In Contemporary Family Lifestyles in Central and Western Europe, 1–20. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48299-2_1.
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AbstractThis introductory chapter approaches two basic categories of the whole monography which is a family and a lifestyle. The first subchapter deals with the complexity around the definition of the term family nowadays and difficulties with its definition. Furthermore, there is a description of post-war family development in Europe up to now, changes of the functions and further changes in the families’ lives differentiated in Western and Eastern part. It turns out that changes in society have caused significant changes in family lives (democratization, individualism, pluralism of family forms, dynamization, adaptability). The term lifestyle, as different concepts, is depicted in the next part of this chapter. It is perceived as a concept of multidimensional and multidisciplinary. The second subchapter contains several researches related to lives of the families. The project of our research and its goals, methods, selected sample (in total of 2437 respondents) and research process is described in the conclusion of the whole chapter.
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Stašová, Leona. "Media in the Lives of Contemporary Families." In Contemporary Family Lifestyles in Central and Western Europe, 87–109. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48299-2_5.
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AbstractThe chapter on media in family life highlights the aspects of lifestyle of contemporary families in the context of the saturation of households with modern means of communication, their usage and attitudes towards them. Considerable attention was paid to the issue of family-related media in current research, as evidenced by a wide range of studies and research surveys. This chapter is devoted to several partial aspects of this attention and is based on the data of two surveys. The first research is the European representative survey Eurobarometer 88 (Eurobarometer 2017), and the other one is our research on the Lifestyle of the Contemporary Family (further LSCF, 2012–2015). These data shows an extension of selected media facilities in families, their usage and media leisure time activities and attitudes towards media. The studied countries are in some respects very similar to each other (relatively strong media saturation of households, most common daily use of television and computers, positive perception of media as a way to facilitate communication and negotiation). In other respects (joint media activities, strength of perception of negative aspects of media, usage of media by parents and by children), the countries differ.
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Vollset, Stein E., Ottar Nygård, Gunnar Kvåle, Per M. Ueland, and Helga Refsum. "The Hordaland Homocysteine Study: Lifestyle and Total Plasma Homocysteine in Western Norway." In Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, 177–82. Boston, MA: Springer US, 1997. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5771-5_24.
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Kraus, Blahoslav. "Socioeconomic Situation and Satisfaction in the Family Life." In Contemporary Family Lifestyles in Central and Western Europe, 49–63. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48299-2_3.
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AbstractIn this chapter, the attention is paid to two fields which are linked with family lifestyle. The first one concerns socioeconomic situations in a family and shows that the economic side of family functioning is actually very essential these days. The importance of family economic situation is affirmed also in the results of our international survey. We asked what was the main family income, experience with unemployment and whether our respondents had possibility to save some money. Furthermore, we were interested in expenditure items and in evaluation of an overall standard of living by respondents. The Germans and then Czechs evaluated it as the best, the worst was found in families in Latvia. The second part monitors life satisfaction as a subjective feeling of well-being and is understood as a part of quality of life. To the question “How do you imagine a satisfied family?”, the most frequent response was—harmonic coexistence without conflicts, well-being, good health of all family members and material security. For the question “What do you lack to your satisfaction?” respondents stated—financial security and lack of free time for the family. However, there were specific differences among individual surveyed countries.
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Juntunen, Marko, and Špela Kalčić. "Constructing mobile lifestyles between Europe and Africa." In Migration in the Western Mediterranean, 161–82. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017. | Series: Routledge advances in Mediterranean studies ; 5: Routledge, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315656724-9.
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Semple, Tara. "Overview." In Kultur und gesellschaftliche Praxis, 1–34. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-39536-0_1.
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AbstractYoung adults and their conceptions and reactions to modernity, capitalism and consumerism constitute a fundamental building block to understanding society. Little sociological work has been done in the field of Hipsterism, although it can function as a paradigm for western, affluent societies. Drawing on qualitative research from two subsequent field stays in Berlin, this work utilizes Hipsterism to demonstrate contradictions of modernity, progress and counter culture in highly individualised societies, analysed through the lens of Modernity (Bauman/Giddens), Consumerism (Bauman), the New Spirit of Capitalism (Boltanski/Chiapello), and shows contradictions of urban space in reference to Lefebvre. Hipsterism demonstrates modes of identity, conceptions and a whole spectrum of activities with varying degrees of commitment. With tools such as conscious consumption, conversations and ethical or creative work within an intentional lifestyle, Hipsterism emerges as an attempt to navigate between individualism and collectivity and thus forms a kind of citizenship based on an imagined global 15 community that individuals empathize with and feel solidarity towards. Resulting from these circumstances are a variety of forms of action, while searching for better ways to contribute and engage at the same time. Attempts to try to construct spaces where milieus dissolve might fail in spatial practice, but the practices in sum still leave a trace in (consumer) culture. All these activities hint at the potential of transformative and negotiating power that Hipsterism could have.
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AlZaabi, Adhari. "Colorectal Cancer in the Arab World." In Cancer in the Arab World, 363–79. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7945-2_23.
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AbstractThe recent rapid modernization of life in the Arab region has led to major changes in the lifestyle and attitude of Arab people. This has subsequently resulted in an obvious change in the disease burden profile where the Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) exert a huge burden in the region. The main factors that have been attributed to this increase in NCDs are the increased incidence of obesity, physical inactivity, stressful busy life, smoking, and dietary habits. Cancer is among the top NCDs that has increased at an alarming pace in the past ten years in the region. It is projected that there will be a 1.8-fold increase in cancer incidence by 2030 among Arabs. Colorectal Cancer (CRC) is among one of the most common cancers that showed a dramatic increase in annual incidence rate among Arabs. Despite the fact that the figures reported for colorectal cancer among Arabs is lower than that for western countries, the incidence is increasing in this region. Across the cancer continuum, CRC care in the region is up to date as it follows international guidelines from board-certified healthcare providers. The CRC screening system is not well developed and not well accepted by the society due to several religious, cultural, unfamiliarity, and distrust issues. This explains the advanced stage of CRC diagnosis in the region that subsequently leads to unfavorable outcomes. This chapter highlights the incidence of CRC and its clinicopathological parameters with molecular profile and preventive measures in the region.
Conference papers on the topic "Western lifestyle"
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Andersén, Heidi, Pinja Ilmarinen, Leena Tuomisto, Päivi Piirilä, Anssi Sovijärvi, Helena Backman, Bo Lundbäck, Eva Rönmark, Lauri Lehtimäki, and Hannu Kankaanranta. "Difference in Dyspnea between Swedish and Finnish Speaking Persons in Western Finland: Association with Lifestyle." In ERS International Congress 2019 abstracts. European Respiratory Society, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/13993003.congress-2019.pa3330.
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Li, Wenhua, and Ziqi Ye. "Advertising and Values: A Study on Cultural values Manifested in Advertising Targeting the Urban Middle Class in China." In 13th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2022). AHFE International, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1001850.
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Advertising is the mirror that reflects social and cultural trends and is capable of shaping society (Sivulka, 2012). We are influenced subtly by the meanings advertisers create in advertisements; in turn, our lifestyles and value priorities can affect the strategies of advertising design and branding. However, this mirror is distorted since advertising reflects only selected attitudes, values, lifestyles, and philosophies that work for sellers’ interests (Pollay, 1987). This paper examined the advertisements launched in nine of the most popular lifestyle magazines in China, to identify the frequently used values manifested in advertising, and its influences on the lifestyles of Chinese consumers. Two key theories are adopted in the value and advertising study: Hofstede’s five dimensions of national culture (1984) and Schwartz’s theory of basic values (1992). 525 print advertisements were selected. The advertising appeals were coded to identify the values that appeared most frequently in the advertisements. Pollay’s measurement of values manifest in advertising (1983) is used as the basic measurement guide. The value theme categories selected for content analysis were based on Schwartz’s value system. 12 values are finally adopted in the coding process: Family, Kinship affection, Accomplishment, Enjoyment, Social status, Love, Sense of belonging, Social responsibility, Utility, Self-fulfillment, Economic value, Authority power. After content analysis, we found that “utility,” “enjoyment,” “social status,” “accomplishment,” and “authority power” are the top five most frequently used values in advertisements targeting the Chinese middle and elite classes. This finding suggests that advertisements in China still play an important role in delivering utility information in product functions and effectiveness. Enjoyment is the second most frequently used value in these advertisements. Enjoyment is considered a typical western value (Cheng, 1997), which was forbidden in Confucian tradition. In Confucian tradition, enjoyment is discouraged. Working hard and not spending more than necessary are considered virtues (Hofstede and Bond, 1988). Nowadays, enjoyment is legitimated by mass media, western movies, and advertisements. Pursuing good quality life and enjoying it is considered a reward for hard work. The value of social status is the third frequently used value theme in magazine advertisements. As elite magazines are targeting the Chinese middle class, their audiences are readers who desire to move upward to a higher social status. These people are likely to have status consumption. They want to express their social status through consumer goods. The status meanings of consumer goods are usually delivered via advertisements using “social status” value. The frequent use of social status value in advertisements shows the strong need of Chinese consumers for social status. When values of consumers are consistent with the values reflected in advertising, the likeability toward advertisements, products, and brands will increase, and consequently, advertising will be more effective (Polegato and Bjerke, 2006). This study examines value and lifestyle issues from the perspective of advertising in emerging markets. The mediating role of advertising enables us to better understand the formation of and changes in the values and lifestyles of the new middle class in emerging markets, such as China. The findings of this study can also contribute to advertisers and designers by enabling them to understand the value themes in advertisements that attract them the most.
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Amirjani, Rahmatollah. "Labour Housing and the Normalisation of Modernity in 1970s Iran." In The 38th Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand. online: SAHANZ, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.55939/a4020p1tmw.
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In the 1970s, rapid modernisation fuelled population displacement and increased the number of workers in the large cities of Iran, in particular Tehran. In response, the Imperial Government initiated several housing programs focusing on the provision of megastructures on a large scale. Consequently, a new opposition formed among some sectors of society, regarding the dissemination of gigantic buildings in the International or Brutalist styles. Critics and clerics argued that the radical government interventions not only polarised the image of Islamic identity in cities, but also affected the behaviour of people towards, and their opinions concerning, the Islamic lifestyle. Additionally, some claimed the state aimed to normalise its project of modernity and rapid westernisation for the mid- and lower classes using housing. In this regard, this article investigates the 1970s imperial government social housing programs to verify these claims. Using an extensive literature review, documentary research, observation, and descriptive data analysis, this article argues that, despite the government politics and modernisation tendencies in the 1970s, consumerism, political competition, the state of Cold War, and the emergence of new construction techniques, all resulted in the emergence of mass-produced megastructures offering a new luxurious lifestyle to residents. While the life and hygiene of the different classes were improved, these instant products inevitably facilitated the normalisation of Western lifestyle among the mid- and low-income groups of the society. Eventually, this visible social transition was utilised by opposition leaders as another excuse to topple the Pahlavi regime under the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
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Selimov, Mazay. "THE IMAGE OF THE IDEAL WOMAN IN TANIZAKI JUN’ICHIRŌ’S NOVEL BLUE FLOWER." In 9th International Conference ISSUES OF FAR EASTERN LITERATURES. St. Petersburg State University, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.21638/11701/9785288062049.42.
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This paper is about the Tanizaki Jun’ichirō’s (1886–1965) experience of creating a 1920–1950s Japanese woman image inspired by the urban environment of Yokohama — the city as a mirror of the Western culture in Japan. The writer who had combined the images of European and Oriental women in order to obtain the architype of new Japanese woman in his early works no longer wanted to do this. He began to portray a new-age woman — his new ideal, which writer observed in Hollywood movies. Tanizaki Jun’ichirō anticipated the appearance of Modan gāru on the Japanese stage, women who became objects of public attention because they followed Western fashion trends and lifestyle. Precisely this kind of woman occupied Tanizaki’s mind for the first half of the 1920s. The novel Blue Flower (Aoi hana, 青い花, 1921) was the first Tanizaki Jun’ichirō’s work, in which we meet the modan garu, a new type of Japanese woman of the first half of the XX c. In this novel, he presents the West as a source of femininity, and western attributes now as being able to change both the exterior and interior of a human. Blue Flower is the result of Tanizaki Jun’ichirō’s research of these new women in his quest for their physical perfection.
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Jayaratne, N. N., and I. Rajapaksha. "CHALLENGES ON URBAN AGEING IN HIGH DENSITY SETTLEMENTS: Relationship of built-environment attributes and lifestyle of elderly in Western province, Sri Lanka." In Beyond sustainability reflections across spaces. Faculty of Architecture Research Unit, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.31705/faru.2021.22.
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Urbanization and population aging are two key phenomena in the twenty-first century that concerns the elders living in cities, especially those in low- and middle-income countries like Sri Lanka. In such a setting, understanding the responsiveness of the built environment for active aging is crucial. However, even the few available studies are prioritized on health rather than the built environment attributes. Therefore, this study aims to assess the built environment attributes related to elders, for the first time, in developing countries like Sri Lanka. The assessment method composes of two case studies in Colombo, Sri Lanka with a questionnaire survey, an axial map, and a frequency analysis using the SPSS software. The case studies comprise of a middle-income and a low-income settlement both with high population density. The analysis results explicitly informed that, in comparison, the middle-income settlement is more adversely affected by the built environment response related to health and social relationships. This finding is further supported by the prominence in health-related issues of loneliness (ρ-value .042) and lack of freedom (ρ-value .014) in the middle-income settlement. The built environment attributes were ranked based on their significance in correlation with the Quality-of-Life measures and the individual age-related characteristics. This was further developed for an appraisal that assesses health-related aspects of built environment response for vulnerable age groups like elders. The findings and the appraisal could support the future decision-making process of the National health budget and future urban design interventions since Sri Lanka has the highest South Asian aging population.
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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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Jannah, Putri Isriyatil, Eti Poncorini Pamungkasari, and Hanung Prasetya. "Meta-Analysis: Effect of Physical Activity on the Incidence of Obesity in Female Adolescents." 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.01.60.
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Background: The increasing prevalence of obesity in female adolescents is a global health problem. It is may caused by the adoption of a Western lifestyle (decrease in physical activity and an increase in the consumption of energy-dense food, high in fats and refined sugar). The purpose of this study was to investigate effect of physical activity on the incidence of obesity in female adolescents. Subjects and Method: This was meta-analysis and systematic review. The study was conducted by collecting articles from Google Scholar, PubMed, and Science Direct databases, published from 2002 to 2020. Keywords were searched using the terms “physical activity” OR “physical fitness” AND obesity AND “cross sectional” AND girls OR adolescent. The study subject was female adolescents. The intervention was low physical activity with comparison high physical activity. The study outcome was obesity. Collected articles were screened using PRISMA flowchart. The quantitative data were analyzed by Revman 5.3. Results: 6 studies from China, New York, Netherlands, Korea, Taiwan, and United States, reported that low physical activity increased the risk of obesity in female adolescents (aOR= 1.74; 95% CI= 1.11 to 2.72; p= 0.010). Conclusion: Low physical activity increased the risk of obesity in female adolescents. Keywords: obesity, physical activity, female adolescents Correspondence: Putri Isriyatil Jannah. Masters Program in Public Health, Universitas Sebelas Maret. Jl. Ir. Sutami 36A, Surakarta 57126, Central Java. Email: putriisriyatil@gmail.com. Mobile: 089634956745.
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Karunarathne, Tharushika, and Niranga Amarasingha. "Travel Issues of Sri Lankan Females." In The SLIIT International Conference on Engineering and Technology 2022. Faculty of Engineering, SLIIT, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.54389/ozsd1985.
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This research looks into the mobility problems that female travelers undergo, with an emphasis on Sri Lankan women. Males and females have different social and economic roles and obligations in most civilizations, and as a result, there are major gender variations in travel and transportation demands. The aim of this research is to investigate the mobility issues of females while traveling. This research analyzes mobility problems of female travelers with special reference to the Western province of Sri Lanka. This research targets to identify the mobility barriers which affect the females’ lifestyle, the problems, and threats females have faced, and the way they go through these problems. The socioeconomic, perspective of people, and travel behavior data were collected from 450 females by using a paper-based questionnaire in August 2021. Ordinal logistic regression analysis and Chi-square test were used to analyze the data. According to the results, sexual harassment while traveling was a significant problem. Among the respondents, 17% of respondents stated that sexual harassment was the most concerning security risk when traveling and 46.8% of female respondents faced sexual harassment when traveling by buses. Based on the types of harassment 26% of females experienced physical harassment as the most frequent harassment type and 25% experienced verbal harassment in public places or public transportation. Majority 42% of the females were strongly stated that they faced sexual harassment problems after dark. Poor maintenance of open public spaces, overcrowded buses/trains, lack of effective/visible police or civil guards, and lack of regulation on transport safety such as men dealing with or taking alcohol/drugs were factors that contribute to sexual harassment by females in public places and transport. The results of this analysis provide valuable insights into the mobility problems of female travelers in day-to-day life due to various reasons. KEYWORDS: Females, Mobility, Ordinal logistic regression, Sexual harassment, Travel
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Rigaud, S. "A WORLD OF SHAPES AND COLORS: EARLY HOLOCENE CULTURAL AND INDIVIDUAL IDENTITIES EXPLORED THROUGH PERSONAL ORNAMENT ANALYSIS." In Знаки и образы в искусстве каменного века. Международная конференция. Тезисы докладов [Электронный ресурс]. Crossref, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.25681/iaras.2019.978-5-94375-308-4.29.
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It is likely that the adoption of domestication and sedentary life was promoted by new system of beliefs and occurred in the context of a profound reconfiguration of symbolic and social codes. I will present how personal ornaments can inform on the social reorganization of the communities at the dawn of agriculture by tracking the multiple forms of interactions between individuals, the way people materialized their self-identify and the way they recognized each other. The technological and use wear analyzes of personal adornments, combined to the analysis of a georeferenced database of the bead types used by the last foragers and the first farmers in Europe, explores how interactions networks established between populations led to the social and cultural reconfiguration of the groups and reshaped the cultural geography of Europe 8000 years ago (Rigaud, 2014 Rigaud et al., 2015). Personal ornament analysis reveals the long-term stability in contacts networks that enhanced the circulation of social, technical and economic information essential for the diffusion of the farming lifestyle. The persistence of foragers personal attires within farming communities indicates that personal ornaments likely reflected the most entrenched and lasting facets of farmers ethnicity compared to other cultural proxies (Rigaud et al., 2018). Rigaud, S. (2014). Pratiques ornementales des premieres communauts agropastorales de Bavire (Allemagne): Intgration Acculturation Convergence Nouveaux apports de la ncropole de Essenbach-Ammerbreite Personal ornaments of the first agro-pastoral societies in Bavaria (Germany): Integration Acculturation Convergence New insights from Essenbach-Ammerbreite cemetery. Anthropologie (Brno), 52 (2), 207227. Rigaud, S., Manen, C., Garca-Martnez de Lagrn, I. (2018). Symbols in motion: Flexible cultural boundaries and the fast spread of the Neolithic in the western Mediterranean. PLOS ONE, 13 (5), e0196488. https://doi.org/10.1371/ journal.pone.0196488 Rigaud, S., Marian, V., DErrico, F. (2015). Ornaments Reveal Resistance of North European Cultures to the Spread of Farming. PLoS ONE. Retrieved from https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01260969
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Schneider-Skalska, Grażyna, and Paweł Tor. "Residential areas in the structure of the city: case studies from west europe and Krakow." In Virtual City and Territory. Barcelona: Centre de Política de Sòl i Valoracions, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.5821/ctv.8079.
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Once they adopted the sedentary lifestyle, humans set to building settlements which were to protect groups of families and give them the sense of belonging to a material and social community. The settlement unit which could be called a housing complex goes back thousands of years BC. The scale of problems related to housing environment grew considerably with the emergence and development of cities, yet truly distinctive quantitative and qualitative changes occurred in the early 20th century.
Implementation of the programmatic assumptions of the Athens Charter resulted in the emergence of spatial and functional structures based on hierarchic dependence of components. The initial projects reflected the pursuit of a human-scale environment and the structural division into neighbourhood units. Undoubtedly, the second part of the 20th century brought about a change in the trends of development in cities. Large housing estates were abandoned in favour of a much greater diversity of housing complex forms – the revived form of city street, urban block or the classic form of a residential complex with clearly delineated structure, services and – most frequently –some recreational areas. The 21st century draws from well-known patterns, complementing them with new elements and solutions imposed by the requirements of the principles of sustainable development. Due to the limited availability of land in highly urbanized central city parts, contemporary housing development occupies more peripheral areas, often at the border between urban and rural neighbourhoods. The development process involves numerous participants, often with opposing interests – public authorities, whose concern should be sustainable growth of the whole city, and developer firms and investors, whose motivation is to maximize profit. This situation has led in most Polish cities to the emergence of disconnected fenced-away residential ghettos with no spatial order.
Meanwhile, housing development in Western Europe continues to be built as planned urban complexes drawing from the experience of the past and satisfying the needs of the contemporary city dwellers.
The article presents several urban complexes with dominant housing development (Orestad in Copenhagen, Monte Laa and Nordbahnhof-Area in Vienna, Ijburg in Amsterdam and Riem in Munich) built relatively recently.It discusses their functional, spatial and social characteristics, which make them examples of good practice in contemporary urban planning. They demonstrate clearly that only comprehensive planning in a broader scale guarantees creation of high-quality urban spaces, where the welfare of resident communities is a priority.
Reports on the topic "Western lifestyle"
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Rita, WY Ng, Priyanga Dharmaratne, and Ip Margaret. An update of the contemporary donor screening tests used in fecal microbiota transplantation for its future developments: A systematic review. INPLASY - International Platform of Registered Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Protocols, December 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.37766/inplasy2021.12.0063.
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Review question / Objective: Western pacific and South-east Asian region have its own lifestyle and dietary habits, for an example, the prevalence of parasites and the MDR pathogens are different compared to the European region where most consensus documents have been disseminated. Hence, current investigation is being carried out in view of appraising contemporary methods that have been used internationally and to propose rigorous donor screening methods appropriate for the regional requirement. Information sources: EMBASE and MEDLINE through PubMed and WEB of SCIENCE. Additionally, we have reviewed all international consensus documents and local guidelines published in English.
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Xie, Li, and Ci-Song Cheng. Probiotics in the treatment of senile constipation: A systematic review and meta-analysis. INPLASY - International Platform of Registered Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Protocols, March 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.37766/inplasy2022.3.0070.
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Review question / Objective: Is probiotic therapy as effective or more effective than existing treatments in relieving the severity of constipation and improving the patient's mental status and quality of life in elderly patients with constipation? Do probiotic treatments pose greater risks than existing treatments for older patients with constipation? Condition being studied: Constipation is a common digestive disorder with a worldwide prevalence of 14-30%, and the prevalence increases with age. Constipation seriously impairs patients' quality of life, leads to significant medical costs, and places a burden on the healthcare system. For constipation, Western medicine uses lifestyle changes, medication, psychotherapy, biofeedback, and surgery to treat the condition.