Sentences with phrase «drinking as a risk factor»

Early onset of drinking as a risk factor for lifetime alcohol - related problems.

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Governments also have addressed harmful drinking as one of the risk factors for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) through instruments such as the WHO Global Action Plan on NCDs and the UN Political Declaration on the Prevention and Control of NCDs.

1 May 2015 Media Statement Australian beverages industry responds to Cambridge University study linking soft drinks and diabetes «Leading health organisations, including the World Diabetes Federation, agree that the known risk factors for type 2 diabetes include lifestyle factors, such as obesity and sedentary behaviour, as well as family history, age and ethnicity — not -LSB-...]

Bedsharing with your infant after several drinks can also be a bad idea, as alcohol has been identified as a risk factor for SIDS.

The risk of SIDS while bed sharing went down as the infant grew older, but other factors including if the parents were smokers or if the mother drank two or more units of alcohol within 24 hours or used illegal drugs, increased the risk.

After adjusting to account for other CRC risk factors, including other dietary components, the researchers narrowed in on high fish and fruit and low soft drinks as the best combo for reduced odds of advanced colorectal polyps.

Several possibilities have been identified; firstly baclofen may reduce craving for alcohol, secondly there are reports that baclofen reduces negative mood states, such as anxiety and depression, which are known risk factors for harmful drinking.

Additional research is needed to determine how questions about peak alcohol consumption levels can be valuable in screening for alcohol misuse, as well as in assessing gender - specific risk factors and harms for drinking at extreme levels.

«Our results show that vitamin C deficiency should be considered a risk factor for this severe type of stroke, as were high blood pressure, drinking alcohol and being overweight in our study,» said study author Stéphane Vannier, MD, with Pontchaillou University Hospital in Rennes, France.

«In addition, primary - care physicians in the community will want to screen regularly for the presence and extent of alcohol drinking, as well as the potential contributing factors of obesity and ethnicity as high risk factors for the development of alcoholic liver disease in their high alcohol - consuming patients.»

This study is the first to determine whether solitary drinking during teenage years impacted the development of alcohol use disorders as young adults, after controlling for other known risk factors.

The call to action from ASCO follows a survey the group commissioned, which found that 70 percent of Americans do not recognize drinking alcohol as a risk factor for cancer.

«But these single factors don't paint a comprehensive picture of what a person is exposed to in their environment — and may not be as helpful in predicting cancer risk, which is impacted by multiple factors including the air you breathe, the water you drink, the neighborhood you live in, and your exposure to myriad toxins, chemicals and pollutants.»

Also, few study participants reported heavy drinking, and the study did not account for some potential risk factors of melanoma, such as sun - protection behaviors.

Most studies assessing the prevalence of alcohol abuse as a risk factor for alcoholic cirrhosis focus on total annual amount drunk per person.

When the researchers accounted for other risk factors for Alzheimer's, such as risk genes, diabetes, heart disease, cholesterol levels and weight, this significant association was lost suggesting that these drinks are not the whole story.

Additionally, this study has shown that strength training can reduce the risk of death by 19 % even among a population of subjects with common health risk factors like drinking and smoking, and suffering from chronic conditions such as hypertension.

After accounting for a variety of factors such as the age, body mass index, exercise and drinking habits of the women, the breast cancer risk was 68 % lower for the extra virgin olive oil group compared with the low - fat group.

The studies have identified important health risk factors including: persistent organic pollutants consumed through contaminated food may be linked to diabetes; eating meat or eggs before pregnancy may raise gestational diabetes risk; taking in less than a single alcoholic drink per day may still raise the risk of breast cancer; daily consumption of the amount of cholesterol found in one egg may shorten a woman's lifespan as much as limited smoking; meat intake may be an infertility risk factor; there's a positive association between teen milk intake, especially skim milk, and teen acne; and nut consumption does not lead to expected weight gain.

Other factors affecting your disease risk include your family and medical history, and lifestyle factors such as whether you smoke or drink too much alcohol.

Interestingly, those who ate mostly meat and fried foods and drank alcohol did not have a higher risk of death than those who ate healthy food after the researchers took into account other factors that could affect the results, such as age, gender, race, education, physical activity and total calorie intake.

A study from the University of Miami found that those who had a daily diet soda habit had a 61 percent increased risk of «cardiovascular event,» including heart attack and stroke, than those who drank no soda — even when factors such as smoking, physical activity, alcohol consumption and diet were controlled.

Yet, a myriad of socioeconomic factors, as well as sex education, also dramatically influence an individual's risk of teen pregnancy, perhaps even more so than underage drinking.

When preparing such a zoning and related regulations, factors like population density, the ecological sensitivity of the area concerned, closeness to polluting industry, closeness to sources of drinking water, etc. should be taken into account as well as the potential risks related to certain types of urban agriculture.

An arrest for drunk driving might serve as a red flag to an insurance underwriter you have other risk factors associated with substance abuse.

Dubbed the one - in - three campaign, its focus is on some of the other risk factors such as poor diet, being overweight, not doing enough physical activity and drinking too much alcohol.

Previous research has shown that depression, anxiety, ADHD or combinations of these conditions are risk factors for hazardous drinking among adolescents because some youth use drinking as a coping strategy for dealing with internal distress.39 — 41 Evidence also shows that adolescents diagnosed with mental disorders, including anxiety, depression and ADHD, have significantly elevated rates of alcohol problems.42, 43