this study aimed to determine the relationship between lifestyle and health locus of control with happiness in college students. this study was descriptive within the framework of a correlation prediction plan. the sample consisted of 331 undergraduate students of talesh pnu (246 females and 85 males) 1393-94 academic years who were selected randomly and completed lifestyle questionnaire, healt...

INTRODUCTION Physical inactivity and lower levels of education are associated with increased risk for obesity and chronic disease. Compared with other racial/ethnic groups in Hawai'i, Native Hawaiians have a higher prevalence of chronic disease, including diabetes, cancer, and cardiovascular disease. In 2000, 72.5% of Native Hawaiians were overweight, 54.4% met national recommendations for phys...

BACKGROUND Although Japanese-Americans and native Japanese share the same genetic predispositions, they live different lifestyles, resulting in insulin resistance in Japanese-Americans. We investigated whether the quantitative and qualitative changes in adiponectin (APN) due to differences in lifestyle contribute to the development of insulin resistance. METHODS We evaluated 325 native Japane...

BACKGROUND Prenatal and early life risk factors are associated with childhood obesity. Alaska Native children have one of the highest prevalences of childhood obesity of all US racial/ethnic groups. METHODS Using the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) and the follow-up survey at 3 years of age (CUBS), we evaluated health, behavioral, lifestyle and nutritional variables in rel...

We have been conducting a medical examination of Japanese migrants or their descendants since 1970 in the Hawaii–Los Angeles–Hiroshima study. This is a long-term epidemiological study on Japanese-Americans genetically identical to native Japanese but whose lifestyle has undergone rapid intense westernization. By comparing Japanese-Americans living in Hawaii and Los Angeles in the United States ...

fecal samples of 60 turkey poults that showed chronic progressive symptoms like unthriftiness, loss ofweight, diarrhea were collected from the most rural areas with high rate of turkey population in north andwest part of country for intestinal protozoan parasites. according to the morphological characteristics, likeshape, presence or absence of micropyle, and/or polar granule, the 5 different t...

Background: Children affected with sickle cell disease (SCD) are at increased risk for severe morbidity and mortality, especially during the first 3-5 years of life. It is suggested that early treatment can improve the condi#on. The aim of this pilot study was to es#mate the incidence of hemoglobin S (HbS) by umbilical cord blood screening in Khorramshahr and Abadan ci#es in southwest of Iran. ...