Prospective study on long-term dietary patterns and incident depression in middle-aged and older women

As health is a major event in life, almost as a kind of urbanites’ Consensus, and spending money on health, taking the time to exercise has become a must of some people in life. In order to better guide the middle-aged women in scientific fitness training, this paper plans to analyze the following issues: the physical status of infrequent exercise of older women, fitness exercises on the impact of middle-aged women, the comparison about different types of fitness training methods on the impact of middle-aged women. The results shows long-term exercise can delay and change in body shape and quality of the middle-aged women on the law of aging, and can prevent the aging state such as being fat early, gaining weight, decreasing physical fitness. Physical exercise has enhanced the middle-aged women’s function of cardio-cerebral-vascular system and respiratory system. The exercisers who insist for a long time have obviously higher cardiopulmonary load ability than those who have no exercise.

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Su1612 - A Prospective Study of Long-Term Intake of Dietary Fiber and Risk of Fecal Incontinence in Older Women

Gastroenterology ◽

10.1016/s0016-5085(18)32034-1 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 154 (6) ◽

pp. S-547

Author(s):

Kyle Staller ◽

Mingyang Song ◽

William E. Whitehead ◽

Catherine Matthews ◽

Francine Grodstein ◽

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Keyword(s):

Fecal Incontinence ◽

Prospective Study ◽

Older Women ◽

Dietary Fiber ◽

A Prospective Study

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The Creative Benefits Scale as a Predictor of Attitudes About Aging in Middle-Aged and Older Women

Innovation in Aging ◽

10.1093/geroni/igaa057.1458 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽

pp. 450-451

Author(s):

Sarah Israel ◽

Carolyn Adams-Price

Keyword(s):

Older Women ◽

Women's Development ◽

Psychological Benefits ◽

Middle Aged ◽

Negative Attitudes ◽

Moderation Effect ◽

Positive Attitudes ◽

Sense Of Identity ◽

Positive Traits

Abstract Expectations about aging are connected with both positive traits (e.g., wisdom) and negative traits (e.g., physical frailty). Adams-Price et al. (2016) created the Personal Longevity Scale (PLS), which measures positive expectations (Hope) and negative expectations (Dread). The purpose of this study was to examine how psychological benefits gained from participating in creative hobbies may positively impact middle-aged and older women’s attitudes about aging. In addition, we examined if participant age moderated this relationship. A total of 198 women, aged 50 to 82 years old, completed the Personal Longevity Scale (Hope and Dread subscales) and the Creative Benefits Scale (CBS; used to measure psychological benefits that people may experience as a result of long-term participation in a creative hobby). The CBS includes four subscales: gaining a sense of identity (Identity), getting a sense of relaxation (Calming), feeling closer to God or nature (Spirituality), and receiving recognition from others for one’s hobby (Recognition). Single moderation models suggest that higher Identity scores were linked to more positive attitudes about aging but did not significantly predict negative attitudes. Age provided a marginally significant moderation effect to this relationship such that older women who received more of a sense of identity from their hobby reported the most positive attitudes about aging. Spirituality was linked to more positive attitudes about aging but did not significantly predict negative attitudes. Neither Calming nor Recognition were predictive of either positive or negative attitudes about aging. Implications for women’s development will be discussed from an Eriksonian perspective.

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