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... longer had use for my XL and XXL clothes!” Shannyn also found the health benefits have flowed to his whole family, as well as a ... Professor Morgan said. Being overweight or obese increases the risk of developing a range of health problems including heart disease, ... so do the kids. “Through dads improving their own health behaviours and outcomes, we found that their children became more ...
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... the connection between caring duties and the cardiovascular health of female carers, specifically women who are caring for people ... how to support female carers to live well and engage in behaviours important for a healthy heart, brain and blood vessels is an important first step in reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease in female carers," Heidi says. With ...
Category: Research
Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and ... community through population health interventions to promote healthy behaviours and enable effective, integrated and equitable health care ... Examining when and the way people use health care, people’s health risk behaviours and the social and environmental factors that affect ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
What are your research interests? Chronic disease prevention Physical health equity for people with a mental health condition and other ... practitioners to support mental health consumes to modify key health risk behaviours - tobacco smoking, poor nutrition, harmful alcohol ...
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Building the capacity of community mental health services to provide preventive care to people with a mental ... preventable chronic disease and a higher prevalence of modifiable risk factors, including poor nutrition and inadequate physical ... to make positive changes to their nutrition and physical risk behaviours.” Professor Bowman said existing clinician and systems ...
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Australia’s largest and longest operating women’s health survey has secured $8.5m in funding. The Federal Government ... - GP, specialist and other visits, access, satisfaction Health behaviours and risk factors - diet, exercise, smoking, alcohol, other drugs Time use - ...
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... activity in their working weeks, which compounds their overall health risks. Confirming this, data from the Teachers Health Foundation ... and a support package to those diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes or at risk of developing the disease. Surprisingly, there is very little ... study groups and all groups will be assessed on physical activity behaviours and clinical measures including blood biomarkers and ...
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... government funding to help solve some of the nation’s most pressing health issues. Seven University of Newcastle teams have secured more ... are the leading cause of death and disability in Australia. Health risk behaviours established during youth track into adulthood. Sustained ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
What are your research interests? Digital health intervention for the prevention and treatment of chronic disease: ... have determined that an intervention is effective in improving health behaviours, how do we ensure that it is rolled-out so that as many ... that develop in childhood affects our adult eating patterns and risk of disease and illness. As such, childhood is a critical period to ...
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... each year could be prevented by eliminating or reducing common risk factors such as smoking, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity and ... fruit and vegetable intake and physical inactivity. (Source - World Health Organisation ) Prevention can be primary, i.e. reducing risk of ... prevention including implementing programs to reduce unhealthy behaviours such as smoking, promote healthy behaviours like eating well ...