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Happiness and health behaviour in Iranian adolescent girls
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The exploratory findings suggest that encouraging children and adolescents to adopt healthy behaviours, providing family time and a smoke-free environment may make them not only healthier but also happier.About:
This article is published in Journal of Adolescence.The article was published on 2013-12-01. It has received 31 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Happiness.read more
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Role of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in the Mental Health of Preschoolers, Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
María Rodriguez-Ayllon,Cristina Cadenas-Sanchez,Fernando Estévez-López,Fernando Estévez-López,Nicolas E Muñoz,Jose Mora-Gonzalez,Jairo H. Migueles,Pablo Molina-Garcia,Pablo Molina-Garcia,Hanna Henriksson,Hanna Henriksson,Alejandra Mena-Molina,Vicente Martínez-Vizcaíno,Vicente Martínez-Vizcaíno,Andrés Catena,Marie Löf,Marie Löf,Kirk I. Erickson,David R. Lubans,Francisco B. Ortega,Francisco B. Ortega,Irene Esteban-Cornejo,Irene Esteban-Cornejo +22 more
TL;DR: Findings from the meta-analysis suggest that physical activity interventions can improve adolescents’ mental health, but additional studies are needed to confirm the effects of physical activity on children’s mental health.
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Eating breakfast, fruit and vegetable intake and their relation with happiness in college students
TL;DR: Healthier behavior pattern was associated with higher happiness scores among medical students andMeasure of happiness was positively associated with eating breakfast, number of meals eaten daily and the amount of fruit and vegetable consumption.
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Effects of physical exercise programme on happiness among older people.
TL;DR: Results showed that an 8-week group physical exercise programme was significantly effective in older adults' happiness, and it can be concluded that PEP had positive effects on happiness among older adults.
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Dietary behaviour, psychological well-being and mental distress among adolescents in Korea
TL;DR: There is strong cross-sectional evidence that healthy dietary behaviours were associated with lower mental distress and higher psychological well-being, and it remains unclear, if a healthier dietary behaviour is the cause or the sequela of a more positiveWell-being.
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Health Benefits of Physical Exercise for Children and Adolescents
TL;DR: It is essential that this noninvasive, nonpharmacological intervention ought to form a part of children’s and adolescents’ long-term health programs.
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The Benefits of Frequent Positive Affect: Does Happiness Lead to Success?
TL;DR: The results reveal that happiness is associated with and precedes numerous successful outcomes, as well as behaviors paralleling success, and the evidence suggests that positive affect may be the cause of many of the desirable characteristics, resources, and successes correlated with happiness.
How important is methodology for the estimates of the determinants of happiness
TL;DR: The authors developed a conditional estimator for the fixed-effect ordered logit model and found that assuming ordinality or cardinality of happiness scores makes little difference, whilst allowing for fixed-effects does change results substantially.
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How Important is Methodology for the estimates of the determinants of Happiness
TL;DR: This paper developed a conditional estimator for the fixed-effect ordered logit model and found that assuming ordinality or cardinality of happiness scores makes little difference, whilst allowing for fixed-effects does change results substantially.
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Comparison of overweight and obesity prevalence in school-aged youth from 34 countries and their relationships with physical activity and dietary patterns
Ian Janssen,Peter T. Katzmarzyk,William F. Boyce,Carine Vereecken,C. Mulvihill,Chris Roberts,Candace Currie,William Pickett +7 more
TL;DR: The adolescent obesity epidemic is a global issue and increasing physical activity participation and decreasing television viewing should be the focus of strategies aimed at preventing and treating overweight and obesity in youth.
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Brain foods: the effects of nutrients on brain function
TL;DR: Understanding the molecular basis of the effects of food on cognition will help to determine how best to manipulate diet in order to increase the resistance of neurons to insults and promote mental fitness.