Scottsdale Health July 2019

news
/ complied by Kelly Potts
Scheduling
Matters
Researchers recently
studied the relationship
between
variability of sleep
pattern and the
development of
metabolic risk factors,
finding that
having a regular pattern
of going to bed
and waking up could
be protective of
metabolic health. The
study, published in
the journal Diabetes
Care, examined
2,003 people aged
between 45 and 84
years. The report
found that for every
hour of day-to-day
variation in bedtime
or length of sleep,
there was a 27%
raised risk of developing
metabolic risk
factors. Metabolic
syndrome is a cluster
of health conditions
that can increase
the risk of developing
Type 2 diabetes,
stroke, heart
disease, and other
serious illnesses.
Source: www.
meticalnewstoday.com.
Animal
Behavior
New research suggests that a dog’s stress
mirrors its owner’s stress, especially within
dogs and humans who compete together. The
new study, published in Nature’s Scientific
Reports, surveyed 58 dogs and their owners
over the course of months to see how stress
hormones in both changed over time. The
owners answered questions about their traits
and the traits of their dogs, and researchers
also looked at hair samples from the dogs
and their owners. They found that dog cortisol
levels seemed to mirror the personality
traits of their owners. The research brings
the question: Could dogs also influence
human stress levels over time?
Source: www.npr.org.
Women Woes
Depression is just
the start of it for
women, according
to research done by
The University of
Queensland. A study
conducted there
found that women
who experience
symptoms of depression
are at risk of
developing multiple
chronic diseases,
such as diabetes,
heart disease, stroke
and cancer. The
research suggests
depression and chronic
diseases share a
similar genetic or biological
pathway.
Source: www.sciencedaily.com.
Fashion Fallout
Cupcakes, cookies, donuts – oh my! When looking around
the children’s clothing section in any given store, you may
find shirts displaying dancing, happy cupcakes or slices
of pizza riding skateboards. A new analysis published in
a pediatric journal revealed that when kids see or wear
clothing depicting these unhealhty treats as having fun, or
“being cool,” they are more likely to associate the foods as
fun. The more these foods are seen as accepted, the more
concerned researchers are that children will be more likely
to reach for the unhealthy foods over fruits and veggies.
Source: www.sciencedaily.com.
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