Sentences with phrase «diminished physical and mental health»

He said studies show children who spend less than 35 percent of their time with a parent have diminished physical and mental health.

The findings add to a growing list of health consequences associated with hearing loss, including increased risk of dementia, falls, hospitalizations, and diminished physical and mental health overall.

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High rates of unemployment have a budgetary cost to governments, from direct spending on employment insurance to a rise in health care costs as chronic unemployment diminishes mental and physical health.

Studies have shown the ability to detect smells can modify mental, social and physical health, but some people — those who live near factories or mining communities, for instance — are at greater risk of a diminished sense of smell and all of the attendant problems that can spark, she said.

I believe that what we eat has a lot to do with the health of our brains, though of course mental illness (like physical illness) has multifactorial causes, and by no means should we diminish the importance of addressing all the causes in each individual.

You may be concerned that your ability to make decisions may diminish in the future due to ill health (both physical and mental); making such arrangements ensures — if and when you lose mental capacity -, that your best interests are taken into account even if you can't make such decisions for yourself.