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Improvement in Physical Fitness of Two Middle-Aged Adults
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Perceptions of type 2 diabetes self-management among middle-aged adults
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2027-08-01
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Effects of Leucine on Skeletal Muscle During 14 d Bed Rest in Middle-aged Adults
… muscle mass and strength, particularly in older adults. Exercise, a potent countermeasure to such losses, is often impractical in acutely ill patients. The essential amino acid leucine has been shown to acutely stimulate muscle protein synthesis (MPS), a decrease in which mechanistically drives …
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COMBINING EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION & A PEDOMETER-BASE PROGRAM TO REDUCE CVD RISK FACTORS IN MIDDLE-AGED ADULTS
… to determine if either of these interventions in middle-aged adults improves quality of life (QOL). Methods: Forty-two participants (21 males, 21 females) were randomly assigned to one of two groups. Both groups received individualized exercise prescription interventions designed from a …
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COMBINING EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION & A PEDOMETER-BASE PROGRAM TO REDUCE CVD RISK FACTORS IN MIDDLE-AGED ADULTS
… to determine if either of these interventions in middle-aged adults improves quality of life (QOL). Methods: Forty-two participants (21 males, 21 females) were randomly assigned to one of two groups. Both groups received individualized exercise prescription interventions designed from a …
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Differences in Balance and Muscle Activation Strategies during Gait Initiation at Different Speeds between Young and Middle-Aged Adults
<p>Middle-age adults’ (MA) self-report of falls are greater compared to younger adults (YA) during ambulation. A previous study found that MA compared to YA use different strategies taking one-step forward at a fast speed. No other studies have compared the effect of two different speeds on balance …
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Manipulating dietary protein density and its effect on training-induced muscle performance and overall health among middle-aged adults
… muscle strength and performance adaptations in middle-aged men and women. Fourteen healthy middle-aged adults were randomly assigned to consume protein at the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA; 0.8 – 1.0 g • kg BW-1 • day-1) or twice the Recommended Dietary Allowance (2×RDA; 1.6 – 1.8 g • kg …
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Dash 2 Wellness: Effects of a Multi-Component Lifestyle Modification Program on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Blood Pressure in Prehypertensive Middle-Aged Adults, a Randomized Controlled Trial
… behaviors shown to lower blood pressure (BP) in adults with prehypertension (N=23, mean age=54, mean BP=126.7/75.1). Incorporating clinical practices and psychological approaches to behavior change, this intervention used primarily the DASH Eating Plan, coupled with a low-sodium diet and a …
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Reasons for living across the lifespan
… reasons for living, using a sample of 50 young adults (M = 20.2), 53 middle-aged adults (M = 49.3), and 55 older adults ( M = 78.5). Participants completed a combined version of the Reasons for Living Inventory, the Reasons for Living Inventory for Younger Adults, and the Reasons for Living …
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Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Cognitive and Cerebrovascular Function in Hypertensive Adults
<p>The presence of hypertension in middle-age is a major risk factor for later-life development of cognitive and cardiovascular disease. Exercise is widely recommended to combat vascular and brain aging in hypertension. We sought to compare the effects of a single bout of aerobic exercise on 1) …
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Physical activity, sedentary behavior, and perceived stress among adults : an application of the theory of planned behavior.
Background: Young and middle-aged adults engage in low levels of physical activity, high levels of sedentary behavior, and experience high levels of stress. Examining physical activity and sedentary behavior through the theory of planned behavior framework may provide useful insight to help address …
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Women's Perspectives of the Impact of Childhood Parental Divorce On Their Own Marriages
… researchers have explored how children and young adults are impacted by parental divorce, fewer studies have investigated how middle-aged adults, expressly women, experience this increasingly normative event, especially in their own marriages. This qualitative study, through the incorporation of …
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An experimental investigation of the effects of perceived co-consumer age on younger consumers' expectations of service quality
… and three categories of co-consumer age (young, middle-aged, old) were manipulated using a student sample of two hundred and forty-three. Across the three services studied, younger consumers' expectations of service quality did not vary depending on whether co-consumers were young, middle-aged, …
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A mixed methods scoping review of gender and life stage as risk factors of injury-related mortality in the Western Cape, South Africa
… all causes of injury-related mortality, early adults (20 – 34 years) and middle-aged adults (35 – 49 years) accounted for the most deaths. Homicide was the most significant cause of mortality in early adults, adolescents and middle-aged adults, while road traffic deaths were the leading cause …
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Probabilistic Population Projection for Countries with Generalized HIV/AIDS Epidemics
… the mortality pattern is different for young and middle-aged adults, and therefore the effect of AIDS should be considered in estimation and projections. In this thesis, we incorporate HIV impact, including HIV prevalence and anti-retroviral therapy (ART) coverage in projecting life expectancy and …
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Cardiovascular disease risk prediction models: does one-score-fit-all?
… and chronic conditions, including amongst young adults, raises concerns about the continued applicability of existing risk prediction models derived in the general population. Therefore, the overall aim of this thesis was to assess whether the “one-score-fits-all” approach to CVD risk prediction, …
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Key factors influencing nutraceutical purchase decisions
… of nutraceutical consumption among women, middle-aged adults, and individuals with higher levels of education and income. This was consistent with previous studies. Correlation analysis demonstrated positive relationships between fear and consumer attitudes, health consciousness, and …
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Ageing and emotion regulation
… of differences between older and<br/>younger adults’ emotion processing. Socio-emotional selectivity theory is introduced as one account of these age differences. Literature is reviewed which illustrates how certain emotion regulation strategies are utilised differently in older and younger …
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Similarity in personal relationships : associations with relationship regulation between and within individuals
… were examined in four independent studies. Young adults (N = 456; M = 27 years) and middle-aged couples from four different family types (N = 171 couples, M = 38 years) gave answer to a computer-aided questionnaire regarding their ego-centered networks. A subsample of 175 middle-aged adults (77 …
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