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Ferraro, Kenneth F.; Nuriddin, Tariqah A. – Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 2006
Does psychological distress increase mortality risk? If it does, are women more vulnerable than men to the effect of distress on mortality? Drawing from cumulative disadvantage theory, these questions are addressed with data from a 20-year follow-up of a national sample of adults ages 25-74. Event history analyses were performed to examine…
Descriptors: Heart Disorders, Death, Adjustment (to Environment), Anxiety
Rankinen, Tuomo; Bouchard, Claude – President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports Research Digest, 2002
This paper categorizes the many benefits of physical activity, offering information concerning the type of dose necessary to get that benefit. In 2000, Health Canada and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, along with other agencies, sponsored a symposium to determine whether there was a dose-response relationship between…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Anxiety, Body Composition, Body Weight