Healthy society

Along with the social and economic challenges posed by an aging society, creating work conditions that allow persons to stay healthy and work into old age has become a major task of Western societies. Retaining employment after returning to work is particularly difficult for individuals with a disability, as evidenced by the high rate of premature labor market dropout.

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Part 2 book "Animals, health, and society - Health promotion, harm reduction, and health equity in a one health world" includes content: Expanding the concept of healthy public policy for animals, health, and society; practical approaches to leadership and one health; bridging the knowing to doing gap to support one health action; complex systems thinking in health; everything is connected - integrating first nations perspectives and connection to land into population health reporting; conserving nature for health protection and climate change resilience,... and other contents.

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The aim of the pilot project “A vending machine for a friend" of the Italian Society for Cardiovascular Prevention (SIPREC) in collaboration with the Lithuanian Heart Association (LHA) and under the aegis and sponsorship of the European Heart Network (EHN), has been to regulate and improve the nutritional quality of food and beverages served in vending machines, cafeterias and school canteens.

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Healthy lifestyle behaviours are associated with protection against health disorders and pain. Exercise participation is one such behaviour, associated with improved outcomes in those experiencing pain. Musculoskeletal pain is highly prevalent in the workplace, particularly in factory workers and associated loss of work function is recognised as having a great impact on individuals, society and the economy.

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Value added healthy instant foods are the requirements of modern society and also are becoming popular day by day. These foods are convenient to use and time saving. Dosa is a popular vegetarian fermented South Indian breakfast food item made from parboiled rice, black gram dhal, fenugreek seeds, edible oil and salt. In the present study the attempts were made to standardize instant kodo millet dosa mix by incorporation of kodo millet flours with parboiled rice at different incorporation levels at 25%, 50%, 75%, 100% and control 100% with rice flour.

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The devastating impact of musculoskeletal injury (MSI) on human lives, the economy, and health services cannot be overemphasised. This has ignited discussion at international fora, as countries have been exhorted to prioritise management of MSI in order to maintain a healthy society.

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In the present fast growing rapidly changing global society, attaining good health has become a challenge for all age groups. Now a day’s consumption of foods made from the leaves increased, but still, few are considered as wastes, but they are actually beneficial for health. The study was made to utilize mulberry leaves in different form in value-added product, thus reducing the wastage and providing inexpensive, healthy product. Mulberry leaves contain a good amount of high protein, vitamin C, beta-carotene and calcium contents.

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The approaches and tools of health promotion can be useful for civil society groups, local and national governments and multilateral organizations that are working to operationalize the 2030 agenda for sustainable development. Health promotion and sustainable development share several core priorities, such as equity, intersectoral approaches and sustainability, that help maximize their impact across traditional sectoral boundaries.

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The study was undertaken to assess the Body Mass Index (BMI) of adolescent students to ascertain nutritional status, nutritional awareness level among the student and provide nutritional education to the vulnerable group. The anthropometric measurements like height and weight were recorded to compute the Body Mass Index (BMI) among 125 students studying in 8th and 9th Standard at one of the Government high school of Shorapur taluk, Yadgir district. The BMI was compared with WHO standards based on which inferences were derived.

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The prevalence of mental strain and stress has increased in modern societies, resulting in increased public health problems. Stress can be measured either by biomarkers or by self-reports. A new biomarker that measures long-term biological stress is cortisol measured in timed hair extracts. Hair grows at approximately 1 cm per month, and retrospectively reflects average stress levels.

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Adolescence is a time of rapid physiological and psychological change of intensive readjustment to the family, school, work and social life and of preparation for adult roles. The term “adolescence” literally means “to emerge”, “to mature” or “achieve identity”. It is a significant phase of transition from childhood to adulthood, which is marked by physical changes accompanied by psychological changes. This is the time to make adolescents aware of and informed about various facets of life in order to promote a healthy way of living.

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Tham khảo sách 'healthy media, vibrant societies - how strengthening the media can boost development in sub-saharan africa', văn hoá - nghệ thuật, báo chí - truyền thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả

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A distinguishing feature of the water quality problem is that environmental damages— that is, the costs to society of pollution—are highly dependent on the location of pollution sources in the hydrological, social, and economic landscape. First, the demand for water quality varies from location to location. Some waterbodies are envisioned as pristine, where recreation and species support is the overriding concern.

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The Holistic Guide to Weight Loss, Anti-Aging and Fat Prevention offers solutions for society’s overweight epidemic and details how you can personally achieve and maintain a healthy weight while having greater energy and feeling more relaxed. You’ll learn how to view weight management as an important aspect of your overall health and take small, doable steps that will produce big results.

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The Women’s Health Study, which included almost 40,000 healthy women at least 45 years of age, found that vitamin E supplements did not reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke, cancer, age-related macular degeneration, or cataracts. Although vitamin E supplements were associated with fewer deaths from cardiovascular causes, they did not reduce the overall death rate of study participants.

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Many societies recognize the reproductive health threats facing young people—especially HIV infection and unwanted pregnancy—and see the schools as an appropriate venue for addressing such threats. They are, however, also concerned with upholding traditions and beliefs, including the expectation that young people abstain from sexual activity until marriage. Thus, traditional and religious leaders—who view themselves as the repository and transmitters of community values and beliefs—are often in the forefront of opposition to sexuality education in the schools.

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Healthy, active living benefits individuals and society in many ways. Positive associations have been found between increased levels of physical activity, good nutrition and physical fitness, and healthy body weight, psychological wellbeing, musculoskeletal health, cognition and readiness to learn. A healthy, active population enhances productivity, pro-social behaviours and personal satisfaction and has the potential to reduce the burden of chronic disease.

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Early-Onset drinkers or ‘Survivors’ are those people who have a continuing problem with alcohol which developed in earlier life. It is thought that two thirds of elderly problem drinkers have had an early onset of alcohol misuse. However, because of the health risks connected to heavy drinking and dependence on alcohol, the chances of reaching old age are reduced - one estimate is that the life span of a problem drinker may be shortened by on average ten to fifteen years.

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Displacing older people as heads of households and depriving them of their autonomy in the name of affection are cultural norms even in countries where the family is the central institution and the sense of filial obligation is strong (11). Such infantilization and overprotection can leave the older person isolated, depressed and demoralized, and can be considered a form of abuse. In some traditional societies, older widows are abandoned and their property seized.

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Sexual and reproductive health (SRH) was given an international consensus def- inition at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in 1994. At its core is the promotion of healthy, voluntary and safe sexual and reproductive choices for individuals and couples, including decisions on family size and timing of marriage, that are fundamental to human well-being. Sexual- ity and reproduction are vital aspects of personal identity and key to creating fulfilling personal and social relationships within diverse cultural contexts.

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