Sentences with phrase «only measure of health»

Through articles, online programs, courses, and a body positive community, More To Love teaches women how to not focus on weight loss as the only measure of health.

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But other than the feature that tracks sexual activity, the rest of the «reproductive health» measures are female - only.

Fairbanks said the ballot measure would only cover «12 percent of Californians, who are in certain health - care programs.»

Measuring 29 health outcomes using three - level (good, intermediate, or bad) scoring, the prayer group suffered fewer newly diagnosed ailments on only six of them.

Measuring 29 health outcomes using three - level (good, intermed.iate, or bad) scoring, the prayer group suffered fewer newly diagnosed a.ilments on only six of them.

Although billions of dollars are being expended annually on family planning services in less - developed countries, and such programs have been promoted by various governments at the national level for four decades, there are only a few studies that have attempted to measure the demographic and health impact of family planning against a «control group» — a similar area which lacks the service.

Gay men have vigorously fought off the only public health measures that could significantly contain the spread of AIDS — contact tracing and testing of partners — methods long used for syphilis and other sexually transmitted afflictions.

It wasn't the only message being disseminated, of course: Merely suggesting abstinence as a public health measure was viewed by some as an irresponsible intrusion of religious fundamentalism into politics.

While Hikind and Felder accuse the Board of Health of «thrust [ing] the city deeper into a nanny - ocracy,» one can only wonder whether it is the forces resisting this new measure that seek to impose their own worldview on a less - than informed constituency.

Moreover, the study only measured dietary behaviors at the very beginning of the study, yet makes conclusions about health outcomes over 12 years.»

The measure of this risk lies not only in the well - documented precariousness of Lindros's health (he suffered six concussions between March 1998 and May 2000, the last time he played in an NHL game before this preseason), but also in the high stakes at hand.

The first and only FDA - approved concussion - specific tool designed for individuals ages 5 - 11, ImPACT Pediatric provides health care professionals with objective measures of neurocognitive functioning for evaluation and management of concussion in younger children.

Absolute inequality measures reflect not only inequalities across socioeconomic subgroups but also public health importance of the outcome in consideration, and they could provide different, even contradictory, patterns of inequalities from relative measures in a given outcome.21, 22 However, measuring absolute inequality is often neglected in health inequalities research.23 Relative risks (RRs) and absolute risk differences (RDs) of discontinuing breastfeeding among mothers with lower education compared with mothers with complete university education (reference category) were separately estimated in the intervention and in the control group and then compared between the two groups.

Only 1.5 % of newborns had a low Apgar score (a measure of newborn health in the first five minutes following birth)

Industrial action in health, education, transport and fire services will only be possible with the support of at least 40 % of all eligible union members under new measures which will be included in the Conservative manifesto.

Meantime, Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer of New York — who will lead the Democrats» fight to try to kill the GOP health bill — stressed that the Collins - Faso amendment is only one part of a much larger measure that includes deeper Medicaid cuts than the House health bill.

Now, researchers from Imperial College London and the World Health Organization (WHO) have developed a new model to quantify yellow fever dynamics across Africa using not only annual averages of these climatic measures, but seasonal dynamics.

When the kids ate only organic fruits, veggies, juice, pasta, cereal and salsa, the levels of several organophosphate pesticides in their bodies plummeted (as measured by urine analysis), scientists reported in 2006 in Environmental Health Perspectives.

In a linked editorial, Kenneth Johnson, Adjunct Professor at the University of Ottawa outlines the major public health implications of these results, and says «only complete cessation is protective and should be emphasised by all prevention measures and policies.»

Health data was available for only about half of the measured chemicals.

«Measures should be taken not only to eliminate impunity for perpetrators, but also to respond to the health and safety needs of all victims.

Lung function and asthma are two different measures of respiratory health and are only partly related.

Fewer than one - third of them believed that current quality measures were up to the task; only a little more than one - third were convinced that health plans and the government would «try hard to make such measures accurate.»

The researchers only measured heart health at the beginning of the study, and the heart - disease risk factors of some participants may have changed significantly in the following decade, potentially skewing the results.

Today's real cool fact of the day is that holistic medicine is used by about half the world's population and that the WHO, the World Health Organization, which is not a friend of alternative medicine or quite often stuff that works, other then very basic sanitary measures, but they're estimating that between 65 - 80 % of the world's population uses what they call alternative medicine as their primary from of healthcare compared to only 10 - 30 % of people who use conventional medicine, which actually means that since the vast majority of people use alternative medicine that's conventional medicine, and what they call conventional medicine is actually a radical alternative, if only 10 % of the world is using the burn and poison model of medicine, which is the one that's quite often promoted that way.

While health insurers currently subsidize yoga «only» as a preventive measure, the current study may prove a milestone in the recognition of yoga as an effect form of treatment for mental disorders.

In fact, when the Feskanich group analyzed the Nurses» Health Study using only the data from the first FFQ, the association between the fifth and first quintiles of retinol intake fell from a statistically significant (meaning consistent and unlikely to be due to chance) 89 percent increased risk to a non-statistically significant (meaning inconsistent, with a high probability of being due to chance) 17 percent increased risk.9 This suggests that one one - week FFQ does not measure retinol intake with sufficient accuracy to detect an association, and that, had the intake data more accurately estimated real intake of retinol, the Lim team might have found such an association.

The effect of a health intervention on surrogate measures of risk is of only academic, nonclinical interest if the treatment does not reduce subsequent major health events such as the onset of diabetes, dementia, and CAD.

1) Holistically Weight is a great way of measuring progress, but it's only part of the health story.

It is not only the cornerstone of long term health, but can also act as a preventative measure against many diseases and illnesses.

Success here is not only measured through finances, but includes all facets of life, from relationships to health to emotional fitness.

Evaluating teachers based on the student test results is bad for everyone: «It's like if the measure of your health and wellness were what you weighed every day — and so, if you were held accountable only for what you weighed, you'd be tempted to take diet pills,» he says.

Additional measures that have a critical impact on student achievement are reported only (not included in schools» ratings) such as access to quality state - funded preschool; half - day vs. full - day kindergarten; the percentage of first - year teachers; teacher turnover; teachers with certifications in their specialized area; career counselors / coaches; out - of - school suspensions; and whole child supports such as access to a school - based counselor or mental health services provider; nurse or health services provider; librarian / media specialist; and a family resource / youth service center.

As Congress begins preparing for debate over the reauthorization of No Child Left Behind, state schools chief Tom Torlakson has joined the chorus of voices calling for the replacement of Adequate Yearly Progress with a new growth system - one that not only measures student academic progress but also health and wellness, and school dropout rates.

Just as your weight is only one (very important) measure of your overall physical health, credit card independence is one (very important) measure of your overall financial health.

Vaccinations are typically part of the strategy, but they are certainly not the only preventative health measure that should be taken.

«Among other key findings, we were surprised to learn that only half of respondents routinely track payroll expenses as a measure of financial health,» said Edward L. Blach, DVM, MS, MBA, equine veterinary market research specialist and practice management consultant.

The New Jersey measure (A-1586) will allow surgical silencing to be performed by a veterinarian only in cases to protect the life or health of a dog.

Getting compliance with health initiatives can be difficult and frustrating, but draconian measures will only drive people out of your community, if not out of your breed.

«Veterinarians see the value of independent programs like Canine Care Certified ™ and understand that physical health is only one measure of a dog's overall well - being.»

Specific treatment approaches can resolve an underlying cause, but some supportive measures as the use of natural remedies such as Ear Dr. can not only resolve symptoms such scratching by soothing the ear, but can also help to maintain the health of ear; preventing any possibility of recurrence as most of ear problems are caused by a compromised immune system that becomes weakened, allowing a population of microorganisms to take route and grow more then would occur in a healthy dog.

It's noteworty that the World Health Organization's «Framework Convention on Tobacco Control» has these two measures at the top of its list of desiderata — and that the U.S., though it has signed the treaty, is one of only a handful of countries not to have ratified it.

Sea ice area isn't the only way to measure the health of Arctic sea ice; the thickness of the sea ice has also suffered during the repeated incursions of warmth.

when it comes down to it, the only two things we need to assess is a LCA for total energy, and toxicity measured for individual health and toxicity of the manufacturing process.

Currently, there's only a handful of smart clothing on the market that measures various aspects of health and fitness.

Not only will the phone still have the heartbeat monitor, but Samsung partnered with the UCSF School of Medicine to better measure how hard the user's heart is working when using the Samsung Health app.

Along with an age limit on firearms purchases that currently only applies to handguns, the bill would spend $ 100 million on school building security measures plus hundreds of millions more on additional school safety and mental health programs.

This proportion is approximately double that of children found to be at high risk in the general New South Wales population (15 %) 27 but similar to the proportion noted in other studies of Aboriginal children (24 %, 5 22.5 % 28 and among Aboriginal participants in the New South Wales Population Health Survey).27 There is only one other study to date that has measured the factors associated with Aboriginal child and adolescent mental health.5 SEARCH makes an important, new contribution to this emerging area of research by considering, for the first time, the impact of carer psychological disHealth Survey).27 There is only one other study to date that has measured the factors associated with Aboriginal child and adolescent mental health.5 SEARCH makes an important, new contribution to this emerging area of research by considering, for the first time, the impact of carer psychological dishealth.5 SEARCH makes an important, new contribution to this emerging area of research by considering, for the first time, the impact of carer psychological distress.

While this is a shared goal of all who work in our hospitals and health services, racism is not only what can be seen, heard or measured — it's also about experience and perceptions.

Existing research usually used the subject well - being and the meaning in life as the metric of positive mental health [18][19], this research only used GHQ - self - affirmation to measure positive mental health.