The Influence of Income Level, Marriage and Health Behavior Factors (Smoking, Drinking, and Exercise) on Diabetes of Adult Men and Women Over 40 Years Old

Structural differences in dietary fatty acids modify their rate of oxidation and effect on satiety, endpoints that may influence the development of obesity. This study tests the hypothesis that meals containing fat sources with elevated unsaturated fats will result in greater postprandial energy expenditure, fat oxidation, and satiety than meals containing fats with greater saturation. In a randomized, 5-way crossover design, healthy men and women (n = 23; age: 25.7 ± 6.6 years; BMI: 27.7 ± 3.8 kg/m2) consumed liquid meals containing 30 g of fat from heavy cream (HC), olive oil (OO), sunflower oil (SFO), flaxseed oil (FSO), and fish oil (FO). Energy expenditure and diet-induced thermogenesis (DIT) were determined by metabolic rate over a 240 min postprandial period. Serum concentrations of ghrelin, glucose, insulin, and triacylglycerol (TAG) were assessed. DIT induced by SFO was 5% lower than HC and FO (p = 0.04). Energy expenditure and substrate oxidation did not differ between fat sources. Postprandial TAG concentrations were significantly affected by fat source (p = 0.0001). Varying fat sources by the degree of saturation and PUFA type modified DIT but not satiety responses in normal to obese adult men and women.

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A longitudinal study over 40 years to study the metabolic syndrome as a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/s41598-021-82398-8 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Lars Lind ◽

Johan Sundström ◽

Johan Ärnlöv ◽

Ulf Risérus ◽

Erik Lampa

Keyword(s):

Metabolic Syndrome ◽

Risk Factor ◽

Longitudinal Study ◽

Clinical Intervention ◽

The Elderly ◽

Adult Men ◽

The Metabolic Syndrome ◽

The Impact ◽

Over 40 Years

AbstractThe impact of most, but not all, cardiovascular risk factors decline by age. We investigated how the metabolic syndrome (MetS) was related to cardiovascular disease (CVD) during 40 years follow-up in the Uppsala Longitudinal Study of Adult Men (ULSAM, 2,123 men all aged 50 at baseline with reinvestigations at age 60, 70, 77 and 82). The strength of MetS as a risk factor of incident combined end-point of three outcomes (CVD) declined with ageing, as well as for myocardial infarction, ischemic stroke and heart failure when analysed separately. For CVD, the risk ratio declined from 2.77 (95% CI 1.90–4.05) at age 50 to 1.30 (95% CI 1.05–1.60) at age 82. In conclusion, the strength of MetS as a risk factor of incident CVD declined with age. Since MetS was significantly related to incident CVD also at old age, our findings suggest that the occurrence of MetS in the elderly should not be regarded as innocent. However, since our data were derived in an observational study, any impact of MetS in the elderly needs to be verified in a randomized clinical intervention trial.

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Suicidal ideation among Métis adult men and women – associated risk and protective factors: findings from a nationally representative survey

International Journal of Circumpolar Health ◽

10.3402/ijch.v71i0.18829 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 71 (1) ◽

pp. 18829 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Mohan B. Kumar ◽

Melissa Walls ◽

Teresa Janz ◽

Peter Hutchinson ◽

Tara Turner ◽

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Keyword(s):

Suicidal Ideation ◽

Protective Factors ◽

Risk And Protective Factors ◽

Representative Survey ◽

Men And Women ◽

Adult Men ◽

Nationally Representative

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Body Image and Voluntary Gaze Behaviors towards Physique-Salient Images

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18052549 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (5) ◽

pp. 2549

Author(s):

April Karlinsky ◽

Holly Howe ◽

Melissa de Jonge ◽

Alan Kingstone ◽

Catherine M. Sabiston ◽

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Keyword(s):

Body Image ◽

Media Consumption ◽

Negative Consequences ◽

Body Appreciation ◽

Men And Women ◽

Physical Strength ◽

Adult Men ◽

Self Perceptions ◽

Before And After ◽

Image Variables

The purpose of this study was to explore body image correlates of voluntary consumption of physique-salient media. A secondary aim was to assess changes in affect following media consumption. Young adult men (n = 47; mean age = 20.2 years) and women (n = 87; mean age = 19.5 years) were discretely exposed to images of same-sex models with idealized- and average-physiques while completing an irrelevant computer task. Voluntary gaze at the images was covertly recorded via hidden cameras. Participants also completed measures of affect before and after the computer task. Measures of body-related envy, body appreciation, and self-perceptions of attractiveness, thinness, and physical strength were completed. Men and women did not differ in how often nor for how long they looked at the images overall, but body image variables were differentially associated with their voluntary gaze behaviors. For men, higher body-related envy and lower body appreciation were correlated with more looks at the average-physique model. Although women reported higher body-related envy than men, envy and body appreciation were not significant correlates of gaze behaviors for women. Both men and women experienced a general affective decrease over time, but only for men was the change in negative affect associated with their time spent looking at the ideal-physique image. Overall, these findings suggest that body-related envy and body appreciation influence how men choose to consume physique-salient media, and that media consumption may have negative consequences for post-exposure affect. Body image factors appear to be more strongly associated with behavior in men, perhaps because men are generally less often exposed to physique-salient media and, in particular, to average-physique images.

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