A Better Life style Can Give You More

With the progress of society and the increasing pace of life, many people are slowly developing
bad living habits in an invisible way, including high-fat diet, staying up too late, sedentary, lack of
exercise, etc. We all know what we will pay for those bad habits and a better life style indeed can
be beneficial to our health. This post compiled a number of research reports to tell you the
importance of lifestyle to your health.

Healthy food is key to a healthy mind

Recently, researchers from Swinburne found that the risk of developing depression is directly
linked to diet, lifestyle and exercise. The Risk Index for Depression (RID) developed by Swinburne
lecturer Dr Joanna Dipnall revealed that an individual is more likely to develop depression if their
diet is poor, their lifestyle is erratic and they seldom do exercise.

Source: medicalxpress.com

Gene-environment interaction study for BMI reveals interactions between genetic factors and
physical activity, alcohol consumption and socioeconomic status

Previous genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified hundreds of genetic loci to be
associated with body mass index (BMI) and risk of obesity. Genetic effects can differ between
individuals depending on lifestyle or environmental factors due to gene-environment interactions.
In this study, we examine gene-environment interactions in 362,496 unrelated participants with
Caucasian ancestry from the UK Biobank resource.
Our analyses indicate that many lifestyle factors modify the genetic effects on BMI with some
groups of individuals having more than double the effect of the genetic score. However, the
underlying causal mechanisms of gene-environmental interactions are difficult to deduce from
cross-sectional data alone and controlled experiments are required to fully characterise the causal
factors.

Source: journals.plos.org

Genetic Risk, Adherence to a Healthy Lifestyle, and Coronary Disease

Across four studies involving 55,685 participants, genetic and lifestyle factors were independently
associated with susceptibility to coronary artery disease. Among participants at high genetic risk,
a favorable lifestyle was associated with a nearly 50% lower relative risk of coronary artery
disease than was an unfavorable lifestyle. (Funded by the National Institutes of Health and
others.)

Source: nejm.org

Only 2.7% of US Adults Meet All Four Science-Backed Criteria For a Healthy Lifestyle
New research has found that only 2.7 percent of the US adult population meets all four basic
criteria that scientists agree constitutes a 'healthy lifestyle'.

While that might be great news for your self esteem if you're one of the select few, it's pretty
terrible in terms of public health. "The behaviour standards we were measuring for were pretty
reasonable, not super high," said lead researcher Ellen Smit from Oregon State University. "We
werent looking for marathon runners."

The four criteria the researchers were looking for were: being a non-smoker, having a
recommended body fat percentage, having a good diet, and doing moderate exercise - which the
researchers classified as getting at least 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity
each week.

Source: sciencealert.com

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