Sentences with phrase «than a healthy adult»

Puppies are more susceptible to the disease because their immune systems are not developed; older dogs are also more susceptible than healthy adults, particularly as complications of aging compromise their immune systems.

For example, a pregnant bitch will typically require more nutrients than a healthy adult male pitbull owing to the fact that it has several puppies that are depending on the mom to provide them with the necessary nutrients for fetal development.

The ringworm fungus actually lives in soil, so pets are exposed every time they go outside; however, mainly puppies and elderly dogs contract this fungal infection because these groups have weaker immune systems than healthy adult dogs.

Not exact matches

BW, I was fortunate enough to come to faith in a Missouri Synod Lutheran Church that was slightly less fundamentalist than most as an ADULT from a relatively healthy unchurched family.

But it may be healthier for adults than continuing to think like a child and believe in old myths designed to have a person behave decently before they achieve maturity.

According to a 2014 National Restaurant Association study, 71 percent of adults are trying to eat healthier at restaurants than they did two years ago.

They include way more nutrients than the a bagel bite or pizza roll and they make a perfect appetizer for parties and a great healthy snack for kids... and adults!

Of course I knew better than to tell the kids these were «healthy» cupcakes, but the adults couldn't believe it.

In addition to the heart - healthy benefits of exercise, active kids and adults are usually more energetic and happier than those not as active.

Nothing is more natural than a little healthy debate, especially amongst consenting adults who have not been coerced to your blog and force fed information or beliefs.

Since your immune system is surpressed when pregnant, you're up to 20x more susceptible to it than normal, healthy non-pregnant adults.

Prescribing mind - enhancing drugs for healthy children is viewed differently than it is for healthy adults.

Until your child is at least 8, a healthy portion size is usually less than what an adult eats.

LOVE the notion of considering kids to be future adults rather than fragile creatures incapable of enjoying healthy «adult» foods.

Research from the Harvard Men's Health Watch showed in a survey of 127,545 American adults that men who were married were healthier than those who were unmarried, divorced, or widowed.

On first look, children born to mothers over 35 did appear less healthy as adults than those born to 25 - to 34 - year - old moms.

I've also explained that in most healthy previously exposed adults pertussis appears to be nothing more than the common cold, thus it would be impossible for her to know if she was spreading something much more dangerous.

The truth is that aging adults can be just as healthy as someone younger than them.

From a biological point of view, one question begs answering: why or how could 40 - 60 % of otherwise healthy infants have sleep problems to solve and if this is percentage is anything near the truth then the cultural and or scientific models of normal healthy sleep that underlie our cultural ideologies must reflect far more about adults than they do about babies.

As more than half of U.S. adults are popping vitamins and supplements, the question remains — has it made Americans healthier?

If doctors give the thumbs up for baby products to people who are sensitive to adult versions of the same item, does that mean that baby shampoo is actually healthier for your hair than standard adult shampoo?

I'm on the bandwagon because I believe this method of parenting is revolutionary and more healthy than traditional methods and I also 100 % believe it helps us give our children more of the tools they will need to navigate life when they are adults.

Dr. Garrett believes we should raise healthy kids rather than fix sick adults.

And yet, even though we follow all these rules with a religious fervor not seen since the Crusades, our kids (and adults) aren't any healthier than people in any other developed country.

Similarly, in your comparison with advocating for exercise and healthy eating, of course no one says not to do that, but it is important to advocate in a way that does not marginalize people who are obese (ie talk about the benefits of healthy eating rather than the hurtful ad campaign that recently came out in Georgia with pictures of overweight kids saying things like, «Fat kids become fat adults»).

«One in 11 Americans has diabetes, and in the last 20 years, the number of adults diagnosed with diabetes has more than tripled,» said Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente Jr. «Making small, healthy changes to our diets and lifestyle as we age can go a long way toward preventing the onset of this terrible disease, which is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States.»

Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scientists found that the hippocampus, the brain area responsible for long - term memory, is smaller in people suffering from MS than in healthy adults.

Prices for the fish have skyrocketed as individual bluefin have become fewer and smaller — a single healthy - sized adult today can easily fetch more than $ 100,000 in Tokyo's largest fish market.

The 18 - week study of 318 healthy young adults found that combining physical exercise and mild electric brain stimulation with computer - based cognitive training promoted skill learning significantly more than using cognitive training alone.

People with very mild Alzheimer's disease did worse overall on the task than those in the healthy aging group, who, in turn, did worse than a group of young adults.

In the study of more than 350 adults, those with a psychiatric disorder called Intermittent Explosive Disorder, or IED, were twice as likely to have been infected by the toxoplasmosis parasite compared with healthy individuals with no psychiatric diagnosis.

Studies have shown impaired smell to be even stronger than memory problems as a predictor of cognitive decline in currently healthy adults.

Adult fruit flies given a cancer drug live 12 % longer than average, according to a UCL - led study researching healthy aging.

Three percent of the adults and 21 percent of the children were found to have had a recent mycoplasma infection — which was higher than in healthy control individuals.

They found that older adults who participated in light intensity exercise activities for 300 minutes or more were 18 percent healthier, overall, than peers who did not log that much light activity.

Many U.S. adults consume more added sugar (added in processing or preparing of foods, not naturally occurring as in fruits and fruit juices) than expert panels recommend for a healthy diet, and consumption of added sugar was associated with increased risk for death from cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a study published by JAMA Internal Medicine, a JAMA Network publication.

Dr Kirsten Rennie, from the University of Hertfordshire's Centre for Lifespan and Chronic Illness Research, said: «Consumers may think that foods marketed for children, using cartoon characters and promoted for lunchboxes might be healthier options than the equivalent foods marketed more for adults.

In this research effort, scientists conducted DNA sequencing on more than 500 adults and children with DCM and more than 1,100 healthy controls from several ethnically distinct cohorts to learn about the genetic profile of the disease.

The higher costs are partly because the coverage under the ACA is required to be more comprehensive than many existing plans, and because the premiums paid by young, healthy people are helping to subsidize lower costs for older adults.

Thirty - five adults older than 65 were recruited for the study, including 14 healthy participants, 10 individuals with Parkinson's disease, and 11 adults who had impaired feeling in their legs owing to peripheral neuropathy (nerve damage).

Completion of advance directives was nominally higher among patients with chronic illnesses (38.2 percent) than among healthy adults (32.7 percent), and was much higher among patients age 65 and older (45.6 percent) compared with younger adults (31.6 percent).

Influenza remains a major health problem in the United States, resulting each year in an estimated 36,000 deaths and 200,000 hospitalizations.4 Those who have been shown to be at high risk for the complications of influenza infection are children 6 to 23 months of age; healthy persons 65 years of age or older; adults and children with chronic diseases, including asthma, heart and lung disease, and diabetes; residents of nursing homes and other long - term care facilities; and pregnant women.4 It is for this reason that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that these groups, together with health care workers and others with direct patient - care responsibilities, should be given priority for influenza vaccination this season in the face of the current shortage.1 Other high - priority groups include children and teenagers 6 months to 18 years of age whose underlying medical condition requires the daily use of aspirin and household members and out - of - home caregivers of infants less than 6 months old.1 Hence, in the case of vaccine shortages resulting either from the unanticipated loss of expected supplies or from the emergence of greater - than - expected global influenza activity — such as pandemic influenza, which would prompt a greater demand for vaccination5 — the capability of extending existing vaccine supplies by using alternative routes of vaccination that would require smaller doses could have important public health implications.

Of note, the study by Belshe et al. 2 further shows the potential applicability of this approach in healthy persons older than 60 years of age, despite the fact that the responses in this group were generally somewhat less robust than those in younger adults.

Just as adults might not stay healthy if they only ate liquid baby formula, new tumors have a different set of requirements than more mature, established cancers to thrive and spread.

A study of more than 400 adults with prehypertension, or stage 1 high blood pressure, found that combining a low - salt diet with the heart - healthy...

Several studies have demonstrated that structurally connected cortical regions in the adult, healthy brain exhibit stronger and more consistent functional connectivity than structurally unconnected regions.

A similar study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology observed more than 1,000 healthy adults for five years and found that greater magnesium intake improved insulin sensitivity.

They contain more protein than some of the «eggs» you get in fast - food breakfasts, and also have healthy fats and filling fiber to keep kids (and adults) going until lunch.

Typically, healthy adult men have less than 5 nanograms per milliliter of growth hormone circulating in the blood, while females can produce up to twice of that amount in child - bearing years.

The Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University recommends that healthy adults take 2,000 IU of supplemental vitamin D daily (but not more than 4000 IU of vitamin D from all sources,) that infants have a daily intake 400 to 1000 IU from all sources, and that children and adolescents should have a daily intake of 600 to 1000 IU.