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Environmentally Sustainable Healthy Food Production

Environmentally Sustainable Healthy Food Production
Healthy foods have less environmental impact than unhealthy foods We’ll need to change what we eat to have a livable planet Nine of the top 15 risk factors for illness globally arise from poor quality diets. Diseases linked to poor diets account for 40 percent of deaths globally. Food production creates about 30 percent of…
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Urban Greenness and Your Health

Urban Greenness and Your Health
More biodiversity, birds, butterflies, better health More trees, greater greenness, greater well-being Natural environments and green spaces can improve several aspects of human health, including better mental health, diminished allergies, and reduced mortality risk. The biophilia hypothesis proposed by the late E. O. Wilson asserts that humans have an innate affinity for the natural world,…
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Frailty and Dementia

Frailty predicts greater risk of dementia Healthy lifestyle choices can reduce risk of frailty and dementia Frailty can be regarded as the progressive accumulation of health deficits, such as mobility and hearing limitations, and depressive symptoms. Consequences of frailty may include loss of physiological reserve and increased risk of dementia. Would frailty predict risk of…
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Whole Grains Can Lower Your Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

Whole Grains Can Lower Your Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
Eat more whole grains Oats and barley may be especially beneficial Increased consumption of whole grains predicts reduced risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, obesity, and certain cancers. The presence of dietary fiber, antioxidants, and phytochemicals in whole grains may account for their health-promoting properties. Researchers at Harvard studied the health benefits of selected…
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