Sentences with phrase «least moderate its effects»

The times we feel we can't avoid sugar we can at least moderate its effects.

Not exact matches

S&P noted that it expected that the breach will have a «somewhat lingering effect on customer traffic at least through the first half of fiscal 2014, but this should moderate over time.»

While «most studies (90 %) demonstrated significant improvements on at least one outcome indicator,» with effect sizes «moderate to large,» several limitations of the studies are also discussed.

The team ranked the strength of the evidence of a given policy's effectiveness as limited (at least one study showed an effect, which wasn't contradicted by other studies), moderate (two or more studies showed the same effect, no contradictory studies) or supported (three or more studies with at least two independent datasets found an effect with no contradictory studies).

To minimize the confounding effect and test for potential modification by an overall lifestyle pattern, we further performed a stratified analysis according to a priori — defined healthy lifestyle pattern, as characterized by never smoking or ever smoking for fewer than 5 pack - years, never or moderate alcohol intake (< 14 g / d in women and < 28 g / d in men), body mass index (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared) of at least 18.5 and less than 25.0, and physical activity of at least 150 min / wk at a moderate level or at least 75 min / wk at a vigorous level (equivalent to ≥ 7.5 metabolic equivalent h / wk) as recommended.18 Likewise, given the previous report that protein intake was associated with a higher risk for diabetes - related mortality, 8 we examined the protein - mortality association according to the history of diabetes.

In contrast, ESSA defines four levels of «evidence - based» practices: «strong,» with at least one well - designed and well - implemented experimental study with a statistically significant, positive effect; «moderate,» with at least one well - designed and well - implemented quasi-experimental study such as a matched - comparison group; «promising,» with at least one well - designed and well - implemented correlational study with statistical controls for selection bias.

A priori power calculations demonstrated power > 80 % with a sample of at least N = 90 based on previous work with small to moderate effects (β ranging from 0.38 to 0.51; ΔR2 ranging from 0.04 to 0.54) for associations between MBSR participation and outcomes of coping and psychological symptoms.