Preventive medicine
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Preventive medicine · Oct 2002
Comparative StudyPositive changes in sun-related behavior in Israel (1994-1998).
Current preventive measures against skin cancer focus on individual sun protection and early detection. Solar radiation in Israel is powerful, and about one-half of its population is fair skinned. We investigated whether public awareness efforts yielded changes in sun-related behaviors in Israel from 1994 to 1998. ⋯ There were positive changes in sun-related awareness and behaviors in Israel between 1994 and 1998. These findings support the conclusion that positive gains were associated with the health promotion efforts conducted by the Israel Cancer Society, Ministry of Health, and other Israeli organizations throughout these years.
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Preventive medicine · Oct 2002
Subjective health of male ex-smokers: relationship with time since smoking cessation, intensity and duration of tobacco consumption.
To examine the relationship of subjective health with time since smoking cessation and amount and duration of tobacco consumption among male ex-smokers. ⋯ Suboptimal health declined with time since smoking cessation, to reach the frequency of never-smokers. Longer duration of tobacco consumption is associated with worse subjective health.
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Brisk walking has been identified as an activity suited to meet American College of Sport Medicine/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations for moderate intensity exercise (55-69% HR(max), 40-59% VO(2)R). However, little is known about whether recreational walkers self-select a pace which elicits this intensity and how they interpret the term "brisk walking." ⋯ The speed and intensity selected by this group of walkers meets current recommendations for moderate intensity exercise. Instructing individuals to "walk briskly" prompts more vigorous activity.
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The objective of the study was to evaluate the degree of clustering of common lifestyle risk factors in a general adult population and to define subgroups with elevated clustering. ⋯ These findings suggest that common lifestyle risk factors cluster among adult subjects. The tendency for risk factors to aggregate has important implications for health promotion. Information on high-risk groups will help in planning future preventive strategies.
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Preventive medicine · Aug 2002
Trends in food locations and sources among adolescents and young adults.
The aim of this study was to determine overall trends of total energy intake by food location and food type in diets of adolescents and young adults. ⋯ To improve the diets of adolescents and young adults, healthy food choices outside the home need to be as readily available as the foods which have increased in popularity over the past 20 years.