scholarly journals Trends of Healthy Lifestyles Among Adolescents: An Analysis of More Than Half a Million Participants From 32 Countries Between 2006 and 2014

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Priscila Marconcin ◽  
Margarida G. Matos ◽  
Andreas Ihle ◽  
Gerson Ferrari ◽  
Élvio R. Gouveia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Vegetable Consumption ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Healthy Lifestyles ◽  
Lifestyle Behaviors ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
Final Sample ◽  
Lifestyle Measures ◽  
Abstinence From Alcohol

The purpose of this study was to provide data regarding the prevalence and trends of adolescents' healthy lifestyles from 32 countries between 2006 and 2014 by sex and age interval. The data used in the present study were derived from the Health Behavior in School-aged Children (HBSC) 2006, 2010, and 2014 international database. Healthy lifestyle was assessed using the combination of daily physical activity, daily fruit and vegetable consumption, <2 h daily on screen-based behaviors, abstinence from alcohol, and abstinence from tobacco products. Healthy lifestyle measures were based on self-report. The final sample comprised 519,371 adolescents (aged between 10 and 16 years old). The prevalence of healthy lifestyle behaviors increased between 2006 and 2014. The healthy lifestyle score worsened with advancing age for boys and girls. Comparing countries, for boys, the highest values were observed in adolescents from Ireland (5.2%, 95% CI: 3.9, 6.4), and for girls, the highest values were observed in adolescents from Iceland (4.2%, 95% CI: 3.6, 4.7). The present study showed a slight trend to an improved healthy lifestyle among adolescents, although much more has to be done. A joint effort from multiple areas of knowledge must be made to improve adolescent health policies, since lifestyles in adolescence play an important role for the development of vulnerability and health in later life.

Factors Affecting for Lifestyle Adoption in Patients with Myocardial Infarction

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
hossein mohsenipouya ◽  
Yadollah Jannati ◽  
Ali Ghaemian ◽  
Jamshid Yazdani-Charati
Keyword(s):  
Myocardial Infarction ◽  
Linear Models ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Lifestyle Changes ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Analysis Tool ◽  
Lifestyle Behaviors ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Study Results

Abstract Background Epidemiological transition of acute and infectious diseases to non-communicable ones, aging population, together with rapid lifestyle changes all have given rise to prevalence rate of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Thus, it is of utmost importance to reflect on lifestyles especially in this period. The main purpose of this study was to assess lifestyle in patients affected with myocardial infarction (MI). Methods This cross-sectional study was examining health-related lifestyle behaviors in patients with MI in 2019. To this end, a total number of 176 patients were selected using purposive and convenience sampling methods. The research instrument was also the Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile II (HPLP-II) as a standardized self-report questionnaire. To analyze the data, the IBM SPSS Statistics software (version 22) software and the generalized linear models were used. Moreover, the level of significance was set at 0.05 in this study. Results The results of Wilks’ lambda distribution revealed that the effect of gender on the linear combination of the dependent variable (i.e. lifestyle) was significant and 11.4% of changes in this variable had resulted from variation in gender. Besides, the results demonstrated that health responsibility scores in men were on average 2.703 lower than those obtained by women. This relationship was also significant and its effect size was by 3.3% (p = 0.016). Conclusions and recommendations: It was concluded that the concept of lifestyle can be an analysis tool to better understand differences between genders, as an effective variable in adopting a healthy lifestyle, especially in patients suffering from MI.

scholarly journals Lifestyle Medicine-Related Cardiovascular Risk Factor Changes in Employees Participating in a Pharmacist-Run Risk Reduction Program

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas L. Lenz ◽  
Nicole D. Gillespie ◽  
Michele A. Faulkner ◽  
Maryann Z. Skrabal ◽  
Jessica J. Skradski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vegetable Intake ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Vegetable Consumption ◽  
Employee Health ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Lifestyle Behaviors ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable ◽  
Cvd Risk ◽  
Medication Therapy ◽  
One Year

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of death among American adults accounting for approximately one-third of all deaths. It has been shown, however, that the actual causes of death are related to lifestyle behaviors such as tobacco use, poor diet and physical activity and alcohol consumption. A pharmacist-run employee health program, started in 2008, sought to lower CVD risk through the use of individualized lifestyle behavior programming, medication therapy management, and care coordination activities. Following one year of participation in the program, employee participants were shown to significantly increase exercise quantity (p < 0.001), fruit and vegetable consumption (p < 0.001), and decrease self-reported stress level (p = 0.006). The percentage of program participants simultaneously adherent to the recommended levels of exercise, combined fruit and vegetable intake and tobacco abstinence at one-year was 34.5% vs. 5.5% at baseline. This compares with only 5.1% of the U.S. population adherent to the same three behaviors. Pharmacists can positively impact healthy lifestyle behaviors when working in an employee health setting.   Type: Original Research

Abstract P211: Impact of Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors and Education Level on Cardiovascular Mortality: The Japan Collaborative Cohort Study

Circulation ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 133 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eri Eguchi ◽  
Hiroyasu Iso ◽  
Kaori Honjo ◽  
Akiko Tamakoshi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Cardiovascular Mortality ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Population Attributable Fraction ◽  
Reference Population ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Healthy Lifestyles ◽  
Lifestyle Behaviors ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors ◽  
Lower Education

Introduction: Magnitude of impact of healthy lifestyle behaviors and education level on cardiovascular mortality is uncertain. Hypothesis: Impact of education on cardiovascular mortality is explained mostly by lifestyle behaviors Methods: The survey cohort was a total of 42,647 subjects (18,442 men and 24,205 women) aged 40-79 years with satisfactory information from 1988 to 1990, and followed up until the end of 2009. Education levels were sub-grouped into higher education (last school age of ≥16 years old) and lower education (<16). We defined the healthy lifestyle score (fruits ≥1/day, fish ≥1/day, milk almost every day, exercise ≥5h/week and/or walking ≥0.5h/day, BMI 21-25kg/m2, ethanol intake <46.0g/day, non-smoker, and sleep 5.5-7.5h/day, ranging 0 to 8), and calculated multivariable hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) to determine the magnitude of impacts of healthy lifestyle behaviors and education level on cardiovascular mortality with persons who have lower education and 0-3 lifestyle score category as reference. Population attributable fraction (PAF) of lifestyle behaviors on cardiovascular mortality stratified by education level were also calculated. Results: During the 19.3 median years of follow-up, there were 8,314 total deaths and 2,377 CVD deaths. Compared with persons with lower education and 0-3 healthy lifestyle score category, those with lower education and 7-8 healthy lifestyles score category and those with higher education and 7-8 healthy lifestyle score category showed lower risk of mortality from total CVD. The respective multivariable-adjusted HRs (95% CI) were 0.37 (0.28-0.48) for those with lower education and 7-8 lifestyle score category, and 0.37 (0.30-0.46) for those with higher education and 7-8 lifestyle score category in total men and women, 0.25 (0.14-0.44) and 0.43 (0.31-0.59), respectively, for men, and 0.43 (0.31-0.60) and 0.36 (0.27-0.49), respectively, for women. PAF of CVD mortality for those who were not in the category of 7-8 lifestyle behavior were 40.1% in higher education group and 68.5% in lower education. Conclusions: More than 50% of risk reduction of cardiovascular mortality for those who have 7-8 healthy lifestyle score category compared to those who have 0-3 healthy lifestyles were found irrespective of education level which suggests large part of impact of education on cardiovascular mortality is explained by lifestyle behaviors.

Linking health information seeking to patient-centered communication and healthy lifestyles: an exploratory study in China

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lianshan Zhang ◽  
Shaohai Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Health Information ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Vegetable Consumption ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Mediation Process ◽  
Healthy Lifestyles ◽  
Health Information Seeking ◽  
Lifestyle Behaviors ◽  
Patient Centered ◽  
Mobile Health Applications

Abstract The existing research routinely measures the influence of health information-seeking behavior (HISB) as a whole, which does not capture the complexity and diversity of media channel usage in HISB. The influence of HISB on patient’s lifestyle behaviors and the mediation process through patient-centered communication (PCC) in medical encounters has been understudied in previous literature. Drawing from Street’s three-stage model, this study conducted a secondary analysis of the Health Information National Trends Survey in China to investigate the influences of HISB across five different media outlets (e.g. information-oriented media, entertainment-oriented media, search engines, social media and mobile health applications) on two types of healthy lifestyles (e.g. physical activity, fruit and vegetable consumption), by the mediation of PCC. PROCESS path-analysis with bootstrapping estimation was used to test the hypothesized relationships. The results revealed that HISB is positively related to PCC, and PCC positively predicts frequent engagement in healthy lifestyles. Moreover, PCC partially mediates the effect of information-oriented media HISB on healthy lifestyles and fully mediates the effect of HISB through the other four media sources. This study highlights the essential stage of PCC transferring HISB to engagement in healthy lifestyles and draws attention to the varying influences of media channels carrying different characteristics.

scholarly journals The Association of Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors with Overweight and Obesity among Older Adults from 21 Countries

Nutrients ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 315
Author(s):  
Priscila Marconcin ◽  
Andreas Ihle ◽  
André O. Werneck ◽  
Elvio R. Gouveia ◽  
Gerson Ferrari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Vegetable Consumption ◽  
European Social Survey ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Lifestyle Behaviors ◽  
Protective Behavior ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors

This study aimed to analyze the association of healthy lifestyle behaviors with overweight and obesity among Europeans aged 65+ years. Data were from the 2014 European Social Survey, analyzing 21 countries. Five lifestyle behaviors (physical activity, fruit and vegetable consumption, sleep quality, drinking alcohol, and smoking) were analyzed. Binary logistic regressions were performed. A total of 8938 participants (4099 men) 65 years and older, mean age—73.6 (SD: 6.6) presented prevalence of overweight of 42.3% (95% CI: 41.3 to 43.3) and obesity of 20.9% (95% CI: 20.1 to 21.8). Adopting five healthy behaviors was associated with lower odds of obesity (OR = 0.50, 95% CI: 0.39 to 0.63), but not overweight (OR: 0.93; 95% CI: 0.79 to 1.10). Physical activity (≥5 days/week) was the most protective behavior, reducing by 42% the odds of obesity. Sex moderated the association of fruits and vegetables consumption, alcohol use, and smoking with obesity. Strategies aiming to reduce obesity levels in older adults should focus on the promotion of multiple lifestyle health behaviors, particularly physical activity in order to decrease vulnerability risk in old age.

scholarly journals Technology-Enhanced Health Promotion for College Students: A Seed Development Project

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-151
Author(s):  
Carol A. Fackler ◽  
Nancy Baugh ◽  
Ann A. Lovegren ◽  
Carol Nemeroff ◽  
Janet Whatley Blum
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Adult Students ◽  
Seed Development ◽  
Eating Behaviors ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Vegetable Consumption ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Readiness For Change ◽  
Post Intervention

Obesity is an issue for young adults in the U.S. This population is particularly vulnerable to weight gain as they move from adolescence to young adulthood, especially as they transition from high school to college. Adopting a health promotion approach, a university-based cluster of researchers, community advocates, and a technology partner embarked on a two-year seed development project that focused on development, implementation, and evaluation of a web-based healthy lifestyle intervention for college students. Using a mixed-method design, two convenience samples of residential university students were recruited to participate in a 4-week intervention called Eat, Move, Live, in which they interacted with a newly-created comprehensive website about management of a healthy lifestyle. Participants’ post-intervention readiness for change increased by 15% (eating and life balance behaviors) to 23% (moving behaviors). Participants reported increased awareness of eating behaviors, and feelings of engagement in tracking their fruit and vegetable consumption. Findings suggest that technology may be utilized to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of achieving students’ individual goals related to healthy living. These preliminary findings have implications for increasing the development and implementation of technological approaches to health promotion for young adult students.

scholarly journals Parental Self-Efficacy to Promote Children’s Healthy Lifestyles: A Pilot and Feasibility Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 4794
Author(s):  
Cayetana Ruiz-Zaldibar ◽  
Inmaculada Serrano-Monzó ◽  
Olga Lopez-Dicastillo ◽  
María Jesús Pumar-Méndez ◽  
Andrea Iriarte ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Parenting Styles ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Parenting Practices ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Positive Parenting ◽  
Parenting Programs ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Healthy Lifestyles

Positive parenting programs are a key strategy to promote the development of parental competence. We designed a pilot study based on parental self-efficacy to promote healthy lifestyles in their children aged between 2 to 5 years old. In this pilot study, we aimed to assess the effects of a parenting program on parental self-efficacy and parenting styles. Twenty-five parents were allocated into intervention (N = 15) and control group (N = 10). Parents from the intervention group received four group sessions (120 mi per session) to develop a positive parenting, parenting styles and parenting skills regarding to children’s diet, exercise, and screen time, and two additional sessions about child development and family games. Parents from the control group received these two latter sessions. Parental self-efficacy, parenting styles, and meal-related parenting practices were measured before and after the intervention and at 3-month follow-up. Acceptability and feasibility of the program was also measured. Quantitative data were analyzed using the repeat measures ANOVA and ANCOVA tests and the effect size calculation. Content analysis was used to analyse open questions. Positive trends were found regarding parental self-efficacy and the use of authoritative parenting style. Parents also reported a great acceptability of the program getting high satisfaction. According to the feasibility barriers and facilitators aspects were identified. The positive trends founded in this study support the development of parenting programs to promote healthy lifestyle in children.

scholarly journals Profile Groups Based on Lifestyle and Differences in Mental Health and Cognition

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 404-404
Author(s):  
Joseph Kim ◽  
Kyuree Kim
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Mail Survey ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Self Rated Health ◽  
Final Sample ◽  
Group 2 ◽  
Mean Differences

Abstract The purpose of this study was to identify the profiles of older adults according to lifestyle. Data for the study were from the 2017 Consumption and Activities Mail Survey (CAMS). CAMS 2017 is a questionnaire mailed to a sub-sample of respondents from the Health and Retirement Study. Participants were limited to older adults 65 and older, and the final sample consisted of 1136 older adults. The sample included 443 men and 693 women. Caucasians comprised 82.0% of the participants. Lifestyle was measured through items assessing the amount of time spent on activities. Due to high skewness, the items were dichotomized, 0=no time spent on activity and 1=time spent on the activity. Latent class analysis (LCA) was performed to identify groups based on lifestyle. LCA is a person-centered approach for identifying unobserved subgroups based on similarity in responses to items. Three lifestyle groups were identified. Group 1 was “Outgoing” with 471 individuals. Group 2 was “Adequate” with 229 individuals. Group 3 was “Inactive” with 436 individuals. An ANOVA was then conducted to assess mean differences in self-rated health, cognition, depressive symptoms, and loneliness for the three lifestyle groups. The “Outgoing” and “Adequate” groups had significantly higher scores on self-rated health and cognition, and in addition, significantly lower scores on depressive symptoms and loneliness compared to the “Inactive” group. No significant differences were observed between the “Outgoing” and “Adequate” groups. An implication from this study is the importance of maintaining an active lifestyle in later life for better mental health and cognition.

scholarly journals Measuring Knowledge, Attitudes, and Barriers to Medication Adherence in Potential Bariatric Surgery Patients

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emanuela Bianciardi ◽  
Claudio Imperatori ◽  
Marco Innamorati ◽  
Mariantonietta Fabbricatore ◽  
Angelica Maria Monacelli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bariatric Surgery ◽  
Binge Eating ◽  
Treatment Effectiveness ◽  
Self Report ◽  
General Level ◽  
Psychiatric Interview ◽  
Obesity Epidemic ◽  
Post Surgery ◽  
Final Sample ◽  
The Status

Abstract Background Bariatric surgery is an effective treatment for the obesity epidemic, but the poor attendance and adherence rates of post-surgery recommendations threaten treatment effectiveness and health outcomes. Preoperatively, we investigated the unique contributions of clinical (e.g., medical and psychiatric comorbidities), sociodemographic (e.g., sex, age, and educational level), and psychopathological variables (e.g., binge eating severity, the general level of psychopathological distress, and alexithymia traits) on differing dimensions of adherence in a group of patients seeking bariatric surgery. Methods The final sample consisted of 501 patients (346 women). All participants underwent a full psychiatric interview. Self-report questionnaires were used to assess psychopathology, binge eating severity, alexithymia, and three aspects of adherence: knowledge, attitude, and barriers to medical recommendations. Results Attitude to adherence was associated with alexithymia (β = ˗2.228; p < 0.001) and binge eating disorder (β = 0.103; p = 0.047). The knowledge subscale was related to medical comorbidity (β = 0.113; p = 0.012) and alexithymia (β = −2.256; p < 0.001); with age (β = 0.161; p = 0.002) and psychiatric comorbidity (β =0.107; p = 0.021) manifesting in the barrier subscale. Conclusion We demonstrated that alexithymia and psychiatric and eating disorders impaired adherence reducing attitude and knowledge of treatment and increasing the barriers. Both patient and doctor can benefit from measuring adherence prior to surgery, with a qualitative approach shedding light on the status of adherence prior to the postsurgical phase when the damage regarding adherence is, already, done.

scholarly journals Workplace Healthy Lifestyle Determinants and Wellbeing Needs across the Preconception and Pregnancy Periods: A Qualitative Study Informed by the COM-B Model

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 4154
Author(s):  
Seonad K. Madden ◽  
Claire A. Blewitt ◽  
Kiran D. K. Ahuja ◽  
Helen Skouteris ◽  
Cate M. Bailey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Intervention Development ◽  
Health Behavior Change ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Specific Reference ◽  
Lifestyle Behaviors ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors ◽  
And Control

Overweight and obesity present health risks for mothers and their children. Reaching women during the key life stages of preconception and pregnancy in community settings, such as workplaces, is an ideal opportunity to enable health behavior change. We conducted five focus groups with 25 women aged between 25 and 62 years in order to investigate the determinants of healthy lifestyle behaviors, weight management, and wellbeing needs during the preconception and pregnancy periods in an Australian university workplace. Discussions explored women’s health and wellbeing needs with specific reference to workplace impact. An abductive analytical approach incorporated the capability, opportunity, and motivation of behavior (COM-B) model, and four themes were identified: hierarchy of needs and values, social interactions, a support scaffold, and control. Findings highlight the requirement for greater organization-level support, including top-down coordination of wellbeing opportunities and facilitation of education and support for preconception healthy lifestyle behaviors in the workplace. Interventionists and organizational policy makers could incorporate these higher-level changes into workplace processes and intervention development, which may increase intervention capacity for success.

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