Sentences with phrase «health burden linked»

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Illnesses linked to consumption of formula milk place a burden on health service, claims academic

For decades, indigenous people in the U.S. and Canada have been burdened with health problems linked to environmental pollutants.

And now that more than 35 percent of U.S. adults are currently obese, researchers have been searching for potential links between the two conditions, in hopes of reducing the increasing health and economic burden of obesity.

The research suggests that the improvement in health may be linked to greater access to and use of health services by children whose families received Medicaid, and a decreased economic burden on families from medical expenses and debt.

New data on the links between diet and health show that replacing refined grains with whole grains globally could reduce the burden of chronic disease more than any other change — including better - known approaches such as reducing sodium, eliminating trans fats or even cutting sugar - sweetened beverages.

Specifically, the ACE Study model relies strongly on the idea that adverse childhood experiences create a burden of psychological stress that changes behavior, cognitions, emotions, and physical functions in ways that promote subsequent health problems and illness.22 Among the hypothesized pathways, adverse childhood experiences lead to depression and posttraumatic stress disorder, which in turn can lead to substance abuse, sleep disorders, inactivity, immunosuppression, inflammatory responses, and inconsistent health care use, possibly leading to other medical conditions later in life.23, 24 Therefore, childhood behavioral and emotional symptoms very likely represent a crucial mediator linking adverse childhood experiences and the longer term health - related problems found in the ACE substudies.