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synthesized from dimensionsHealth is a multifaceted and dynamic state that transcends the mere absence of disease, encompassing a comprehensive sense of physical, mental, and social well-being health as complete well-being. From a biological perspective, health is increasingly understood through the lens of network physiology, which posits that it arises from the coordinated interactions among various organ systems and physiological networks rather than the isolated function of any single organ coordinated organ networks maintain health health from physiological networks. Evolutionarily, this state represents an organism's ability to effectively manage pathological complexity evolutionary health definition.
The determinants of health are broad and interconnected, spanning lifestyle, socioeconomic, and environmental factors. Nutrition serves as a primary pillar, with dietary patterns—including the consumption of traditional and indigenous foods—profoundly shaping health outcomes Indigenous foods link health. Modern dietary trends, particularly those characterized by high inflammatory potential, are recognized as significant threats to long-term well-being modern foods inflame health. Furthermore, sleep is essential for cognitive and physical maintenance; chronic sleep deprivation and disorders are linked to adverse health outcomes, creating a bidirectional relationship between rest and physiological stability sleep deprivation harms health bidirectional sleep-health link.
Beyond individual biology, health is deeply embedded in social and environmental contexts. Social support mechanisms influence health outcomes directly and indirectly social support influences health via direct and indirect mechanisms, while socioeconomic inequality remains a critical driver of health disparities socioeconomic health inequality. The concept of Sustainable Healthy Diets (SHDs) highlights the necessity of integrating health with environmental sustainability, affordability, and cultural acceptability sustainable diets definition. Despite these connections, there is a noted lack of integrated metrics that simultaneously account for environmental, economic, and social dimensions of health, leaving a significant gap in current research no integrated measures.
The significance of maintaining good health extends to individual longevity, economic prosperity, and societal productivity good health boosts productivity. Because health is multifactorial, its maintenance requires a diverse array of interventions, including balanced nutrition, hygiene, physical activity, vaccination, and environmental management health maintenance requirements. While the definition of health has evolved from mystical to scientific frameworks scientific and social processes, it remains a complex, non-unified concept that demands holistic, interdisciplinary approaches to fully understand and promote.
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Health is defined by Longdom Publishing as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, beyond mere absence of disease health as complete well-being. Good health enhances work efficiency, productivity, economic prosperity, and longevity while lowering infant and maternal mortality, according to Longdom Publishing good health boosts productivity. Maintaining it demands balanced diet, hygiene, exercise, disease awareness, vaccinations, waste disposal, vector control, and clean food/water, per the same source health maintenance requirements. Traditional and Indigenous foods strongly support health: urban Native Elders eating them report better overall health, quality of life, and socialization (International Council on Active Aging) traditional foods aid elders, while resurgence ties to healing and identity (Frontiers) Indigenous foods link health, and Wabanaki Tribes see ancestral foodways restoring health post-colonialism (Montana State University; Kaylah Kilby). Sustainable healthy diets (SHDs), defined by Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems as patterns promoting all health dimensions with low environmental impact, affordability, and cultural acceptability, integrate health with sociocultural, economic, and environmental factors sustainable diets definition SHDs encompass components. Modern food systems with high inflammatory potential worsen health amid climate challenges, as stated by James Hébert (Medical Xpress) modern foods inflame health. Research gaps persist: scoping reviews find few studies assessing health alongside environmental, economic, social factors (Frontiers) no integrated measures, lacking composite health metrics beyond specific diseases health metric gaps. Dietary indices undervalue component impacts on health/environment (medRxiv), and future diet-health evidence needs diverse studies (BMJ).
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Health emerges as a complex, multifaceted state influenced by physiological networks, lifestyle factors, diet, sleep, and socioeconomic conditions, according to various studies. Network Physiology researchers, such as those in Frontiers publications, posit that health arises from coordinated interactions among organ systems and physiological networks, advocating a paradigm shift from organ-centric to network-focused views coordinated organ networks maintain health health from physiological networks shift to network paradigm. Sleep is critical, with disorders and deprivation adversely affecting health, well-being, and cognition, as shown by Nissenbaum, Aramini, and Hanning (2012) in Noise & Health and Zee and Turek (2006) sleep disorders impact health sleep deprivation harms health bidirectional sleep-health link. Diet and nutrition profoundly shape health outcomes, with research by Johnston et al. (2014), Hosseinpoor et al. (2012) in BMC Public Health, and others linking dietary patterns, biodiversity, and socioeconomic inequality to health domains socioeconomic health inequality. Mental and physical well-being are equally vital equal mental-physical importance, and from an evolutionary perspective, health measures an organism's management of pathological complexity evolutionary health definition. Self-rated health measurements, like 60.39% poor/passable in Tessekere (Senegal), highlight regional variations.
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Health emerges from the facts as a multifaceted concept intertwined with diet, sleep, social factors, and sustainability. According to Frontiers in Nutrition, average dietary energy requirement balances energy expenditure for long-term good health. Sustainable diets promote health for individuals and the planet, as defined by Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, with the Planetary Health Diet (PHD) targeting both health and environmental impacts per Springer research. Dietary Diversity Score (DDS) correlates positively with self-reported good health, showing higher scores among those rating health as “good” to “excellent” (Springer). Sleep disorders affect up to 70 million in the US, impacting daily functioning and health (Dove Press; Goran Medic et al.). Social support influences health via direct and indirect mechanisms (CUNY Pressbooks), while drug and alcohol abuse adversely affects health (Longdom Publishing). Integrating health with environmental, economic, and social facets in diets poses methodological challenges (Frontiers), and policies for sustainable food systems must consider nutrition, health, and environment (Frontiers in Nutrition). Coordinated network interactions among physiological systems are essential for health states like sleep and stress (Frontiers). Historical evolution of health concepts spans mystic to modern practices driven by scientific and social processes (Open Access Pub).
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Health emerges from the facts as a multifaceted concept heavily influenced by diet, environment, nutrition, culture, and lifestyle factors. According to UCLA Health, human physical and cognitive development, health, and disease are shaped by specific foods, consumption timing, and eating methods. Numerous studies link dietary patterns to health outcomes, such as the Dietary Patterns Methods Project (DPMP) initiated in 2012 to strengthen evidence on dietary indices and health (ScienceDirect), and analyses by Springmann et al. (2016) on health co-benefits of dietary change (PNAS). Environmental and sustainability interconnections are prominent, with Frontiers articles noting cross-cutting indicators for health and environment like carbon footprint per nutrient score, and no proportional growth correlation between greenhouse gas emissions and health variables. Traditional and indigenous practices contribute, including exotic Silk Road plants in Chinese medicine (dokumen.pub) and wild edible plants' role in nutrition and health in Eastern Ethiopia (Tropical Medicine and Health). Self-rated health measurements appear, such as 60.39% poor/passable in Tessekere, Senegal (Springer). Broader influences include genetics, with SNPs in taste receptors linked to eating behaviors and health (Bragazzi et al., Elsevier), and organizations like the True Health Initiative promoting nutrition for disease prevention (NutritionFacts.org). Health applications extend to frameworks like the Integrated Knowledge-Enhanced Decision Support extending SNOMED CT (Nature).
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The concept of health emerges across diverse contexts in the provided facts, often intertwined with environmental, agricultural, dietary, lifestyle, occupational, and social factors, primarily from sources like Frontiers, Springer, and others. A Frontiers scoping review no integrated env-health studies found no papers simultaneously measuring environmental, health, economic, and social concerns. Environmental variables tied to sugarcane and fertilizers share growth with health vars exhibit similar growth rates as health and agricultural production variables (Frontiers). Psychedelics are posited to enhance health through adaptive effects on mental states, social bonding, and decision-making psychedelics aid health fitness, potentially boosting fitness via distress management and social interaction (Frontiers). Dietary links predominate, as in the Frontiers article on Western Diet implications for agricultural production and health Western Diet health impacts, Strid et al.'s finding that health-climate diets longevity (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition), and Leakey's claim that rebooted tropical agriculture benefits health tropical ag health benefits (Nature Food). Sleep research emphasizes longitudinal studies for mechanistic insights into sleep, cognition, and health sleep research needs bursts (Springer), with Grandner's overview sleep-health society links (Sleep Medicine Clinics). Occupational health appears in seafarer studies by Hjarnoe and Leppin seafarer lifestyle health (BMC Public Health) and Sliškovíc and Penezíc seafarer stress health (Work, Springer). Broader influences include music music health well-being (International Journal of Qualitative Studies), financial capability (Allmark, Elsevier BV), and childhood EITC exposure EITC health outcomes (Braga et al., Journal of Public Economics). Health lacks a unified definition but reflects multifactorial determinants requiring integrated approaches.
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Homeostasis and Health: From Balance to Change | Biological Theory link.springer.com Oct 14, 2025 48 facts
claimAaron Antonovsky's work posits that the sense of coherence functions as a fundamentally individual and collective social capability that plays a central role in health.
perspectiveThe authors of the article argue that applying homeostasis to health promotes a dynamic view of health, where a healthy organism responds to challenges by mobilizing internal resources.
perspectiveThe authors of 'Homeostasis and Health: From Balance to Change' define health as an adaptive process occurring in interaction with the environment, rather than a fixed state of well-being or absence of disease.
perspectiveThe framework for the relationship between homeostasis and health posits that living systems must continuously undergo internal and behavioral changes to maintain viability.
perspectiveThe authors of 'Homeostasis and Health: From Balance to Change' argue that health should be viewed as adaptive change rather than a state based on stability and balance.
claimA complete state of health is an ideal, and a biological system is always in movement along the health continuum by deploying strategies that are suboptimal and constantly revised.
claimHomeostatic equilibrium is considered a prerequisite for health, whereas disrupted equilibrium, or dyshomeostasis, characterizes disease.
claimDussault and Gagné-Julien (2015) argue that homeostasis can ground a naturalization of health that avoids reliance on population statistics and accounts for situation-specificity.
claimThe cybernetic interpretation of homeostasis characterizes the environment primarily as a source of perturbations that an organism must block or compensate for, which limits the understanding of health in relation to the environment.
claimThe cybernetic model of homeostasis assumes that health coincides with a state of equilibrium, stability, or balance.
claimHealth is characterized by adaptivity and versatility, which is the capacity of an organism to recruit physiological resources to modify itself to maintain viability in changing circumstances.
perspectiveLemoine (2025) views health as the imperfect balance and integration of various homeostatic mechanisms across different levels of biological organization, and defines disease as the impairment of this state.
claimThe concept of health within the framework discussed in 'Homeostasis and Health: From Balance to Change' is not univocal, as an individual's position along the health continuum depends on specific individual, populational, environmental, and social factors.
perspectiveThe authors of 'Homeostasis and Health: From Balance to Change' argue that employing the notion of homeostasis fosters a dynamic view of health, which contrasts with common views that define health as a complete state of well-being or the absence of disease.
referenceThe role of the environment in health has been emphasized by researchers including Bechtel (1985), Dussault and Gagné-Julien (2015), and Menatti et al. (2022).
claimThe concept of health comprises two primary elements: maintaining physiological functions despite perturbations or recovering them after disease, and coordinating and integrating different physiological functions or systems.
claimThe authors of the article 'Homeostasis and Health: From Balance to Change' argue that health should be conceived not as a fixed state of well-being or absence of disease, but as an adaptive process occurring in interaction with the environment.
perspectiveHuber et al. (2011) criticize the 1948 World Health Organization definition of health as 'a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being' because it describes a static state, minimizes the role of the individual, and is difficult to operationalize.
claimDussault and Gagné-Julien (2015) define health as the ability to homeostatically maintain the normal functions of an organism's organs and body to ensure survival.
perspectiveBoorse (1977) criticizes the use of homeostasis to naturalize health, arguing that while homeostatic processes are important for physiology, they are insufficient to define health and disease.
perspectiveThe authors of the article advocate for a shift in the perspective on health from one based on stability to one focused on the capability for change, arguing that biological systems often respond to perturbations by changing themselves rather than returning to an initial or normal state.
claimAdvocates of homeostatic medicine, such as Wang and Qin (2022), explicitly link the concept of health as homeostasis and disease as dyshomeostasis to Galenic and traditional Chinese medicine.
claimThe traditional cybernetic interpretation of homeostasis defines health as the maintenance of stability and balance, where physiological states are preserved or returned to a setpoint after a perturbation.
claimAdaptivity, versatility, and change are the three defining features of the framework for the relationship between homeostasis and health.
claimBechtel (1985) proposes an account of health as homeostasis, conceptualizing health as the capacity to perform the functions of life, which allows a system to survive and replicate despite environmental fluctuations.
claimAyres (2020) characterizes health as 'vigor,' a property maintained over time by evolved homeostatic control mechanisms that constantly operate to control an organism's plasticity.
claimSaad and Prochaska (2020) define health as a maintainable ease of functioning, while defining disease as a state of prolonged dysfunction that prevents that ease.
claimThe normative value of homeostatic mechanisms for health lies in establishing and modulating conditions necessary for the functioning of parts, so those parts can contribute to the maintenance of the whole system.
claimThe alternative view of health presented in 'Homeostasis and Health: From Balance to Change' defines health as the capability for adaptive change, specifically the ability to realize different viable physiological regimes adapted to the internal and external conditions an organism faces at a given time.
claimVeen et al. (2020) define health as the ability to maintain homeostasis, which they describe as the maintenance of specific variables within an optimal range regardless of external stimuli.
claimEberl (2016) defines health in the field of immunology as a homeostatic equilibrium between different types of immune activities, while an unhealthy state is defined as one exhibiting disequilibrium.
claimThe concept of health within the framework discussed in the source text is not univocal, as an individual's position along the health continuum depends on the specificity of individual, populational, environmental, and social factors.
perspectiveThe authors of the article argue that current accounts connecting health with homeostasis share common limits because they rely, to varying degrees, on a cybernetic perspective of homeostasis based on feedback and setpoints.
claimThe view of health based on adaptivity and change operationalizes health by identifying multiple mechanisms involved in physiological regulation, rather than relying on classical accounts of health as well-being and the absence of disease.
claimDussault and Gagné-Julien (2015) advocate for a notion of health defined as the homeostatic maintenance or restoration of design.
perspectiveAyres argues that classic accounts of health as a state of 'well-being' or 'absence of disease' are passive or reactive, and that simply removing an insult or antagonizing a disease pathogenesis pathway is insufficient to promote health.
claimIn medicine, the cybernetic interpretation of homeostasis characterizes health as a stable physiological state that an organism must preserve or return to following a perturbation.
claimHuber et al. (2011) propose replacing the 1948 World Health Organization definition of health with the definition: 'the ability to adapt and to self-manage.'
claimSumrall and O’Malley (2024) argue that the modern medical tendency to equate health with balance and disease with unbalance may be an inheritance from pre-modern medicine, such as Galenic medicine's focus on the balance of humors, and lacks scientific grounding.
claimThe view of health based on adaptivity and change rejects the assumption that balance is the core of health and avoids the limitations associated with the cybernetic view of health.
claimThe cybernetic view of homeostasis implicitly assumes that balance, stability, and equilibrium are inherently good and associated with health, while unbalance, disequilibrium, and instability are associated with pathology.
claimHealth can be defined as adaptive variation along a continuum, with an ideal state of health and death as the two poles, defined by the action of regulatory mechanisms and environmental conditions.
claimHealth is defined by two primary elements: maintaining physiological functions despite perturbations or recovering them after disease, and coordinating and integrating different physiological functions or systems.
referenceMenatti, Bich, and Saborido (2022) propose a situated relational account of health and environment, moving from the concept of adaptation to adaptivity.
claimIn medicine, homeostasis is utilized to support the concept of health as a regime that requires maintenance.
referenceDussault and Gagné-Julien (2015) discussed health, homeostasis, and the situation-specificity of normality in Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics.
referenceThe maintenance of the capacity to perform the functions of life, which is associated with health, requires continuous modification of ongoing physiological regimes (Bechtel 1985).
claimMenatti et al. (2022) argue that health is not merely an intrinsic property of a system, but requires focusing on both the organism and the environment to which the system adapts and responds homeostatically.
Measurement of diets that are healthy, environmentally sustainable ... frontiersin.org 11 facts
claimThe scoping review identified no papers that simultaneously included measures relevant to environmental, health, economic, and social concerns.
referenceSpringmann et al. (2016) analyzed and valued the health and climate change co-benefits of dietary change in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
perspectiveResearchers should adopt novel, complex frameworks that facilitate the simultaneous evaluation of environmental, health, economic, and social measures in dietary studies.
claimThere is a lack of composite metrics in the sustainable diets literature that reflect overall 'health' rather than specific disease outcomes, with only one composite health indicator identified: the rate advancement period, which incorporates all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease, breast cancer, and type 2 diabetes.
referenceAleksandrowicz et al. (2016) conducted a systematic review on the impacts of dietary change on greenhouse gas emissions, land use, water use, and health.
referenceStrid et al. published 'Diets benefiting health and climate relate to longevity in northern Sweden' in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in 2021.
claimThere are significant methodological challenges in integrating the four fundamental facets of sustainability (environmental, health, economic, and social) where diets link human and planetary health.
claimA review of nutrition, health, and agriculture research concluded that while most studies consider inequity as a concept, the underlying drivers of inequity from social, economic, environmental, and health standpoints remain understudied.
claimMost indicators used in modeling diet and health focus on specific dietary exposures in relation to a small number of outcomes, such as all-cause mortality risk, Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs), or diet-related non-communicable diseases like cardiovascular disease (CVD), certain cancers, and type 2 diabetes (T2D).
referenceFresán, Martínez-González, Sabaté, Bes-Rastrollo, and colleagues analyzed the global sustainability (health, environment, and monetary costs) of three dietary patterns in a Spanish cohort known as the SUN project, published in BMJ Open in 2019.
referenceLeakey published 'A re-boot of tropical agriculture benefits food production, rural economies, health, social justice and the environment' in Nature Food in 2020.
Associations between dietary diversity and self-rated health in a ... link.springer.com Feb 28, 2025 10 facts
referenceA.R. Hosseinpoor, J.A. Stewart Williams, L. Itani, and S. Chatterji published the study 'Socioeconomic inequality in domains of health: results from the World health surveys' in BMC Public Health in 2012 (Volume 12, Issue 1, article 198).
measurement60.39% of participants from Tessekere (Senegal) rated their health as “poor” or “passable,” which was the highest proportion among all regions studied.
measurementIn the study, 41.11% of participants reported 'good' health, 6.67% reported 'bad' health, and 9.33% reported 'excellent' health.
claimMeal preparation activities are related to self-rated time pressure, stress, and health in Canada, according to a 2021 study by Widener et al. using a time-use approach.
claimEstarreja (Portugal) had the highest number of participants reporting 'good' health, while Oyapock (French Guiana) had the highest number of participants reporting 'excellent' health.
referenceRapinski et al. published a study in 2023 titled 'Local Food Systems under Global Influence: the case of Food, Health and Environment in Five Socio-Ecosystems' in the journal Sustainability.
referenceEd Diener and M.Y. Chan published the study 'Happy people live longer: Subjective Well-Being contributes to Health and Longevity' in the journal Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being in 2011 (Volume 3, Issue 1, pages 1–43).
measurementA one-tailed t-test showed that Dietary Diversity Score (DDS) was lower among participants who declared “bad” health (p < 0.01) after dichotomizing the responses.
measurement77.13% of participants from the Caribbean Coast (Guadeloupe) reported “good”, “very good”, or “excellent” health, which was the highest percentage among all regions studied.
claimDietary Diversity Score (DDS) was significantly higher among participants who declared their health as “good”, “very good”, or “excellent”.
A Scoping Review of Indicators for Sustainable Healthy Diets frontiersin.org Jan 12, 2022 8 facts
referenceJohnston et al. (2014) provided a descriptive analysis of the determinants and processes that influence diets and their impact on health, food security, and environmental sustainability.
measurementOf the 11 cross-cutting indicators identified in the review, 8 (72%) cut across the two aspects of health and environment, including measures such as carbon footprint per nutrient score, nutrient GHGE efficiency, and nutritional water productivity.
claimThe scoping review mapped indicators used to assess the sustainability of diets across the 103 included articles to three main aspects: health, environmental, and sociocultural.
claimIn the scoping review, 14 articles (14% of the sample) offered alternative definitions of sustainable diets, which often focused on health and environmental aspects while neglecting the sociocultural aspect.
claimSustainability scores and the sustainability index are indicators that cut across the three aspects of health, environment, and sociocultural factors.
referenceMayton et al. (2020) identify 'alignment with national policy priorities' as a criterion for selecting indicators, assessing whether the indicator aligns with national priorities for health and sustainability.
measurementIn a scoping review of indicators for sustainable healthy diets, less than 25% of the articles assessed diet sustainability across health, environmental, and sociocultural aspects.
measurementFewer than 25% of the 103 studies reviewed measured concepts across all three aspects of sustainability, which are defined as health, environment, and sociocultural aspects.
Measuring Adherence to Sustainable Healthy Diets - R Discovery discovery.researcher.life Dec 26, 2022 6 facts
claimSustainable Healthy Diets (SHDs) encompass sociocultural, economic, and environmental components of nutrition and health.
claimSustainable healthy diets are defined as dietary patterns that promote all dimensions of individuals' health and well-being, have low environmental pressure and impact, are accessible, affordable, safe, and equitable, and are culturally acceptable.
claimTailoring dietary advice to an individual's metabolic phenotype shows promise for improving health and diet quality.
claimAlternative protein products must be affordable, locally sustainable, and culturally acceptable to improve diet quality and health in low- and middle-income countries.
claimThe four dimensions of sustainable diets are health, society, economics, and the environment.
claimSustainable diets are defined as diets that should promote good health for both the planet and the individual.
Implications of the Western Diet for Agricultural Production, Health ... frontiersin.org 5 facts
claimEnvironmental variables related to sugarcane and synthetic fertilizers share the same growth rate as variables related to health and agricultural production.
perspectiveThe authors of the article "Implications of the Western Diet for Agricultural Production, Health and Climate Change" state that all claims expressed in the article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of their affiliated organizations, the publisher, the editors, or the reviewers.
referenceLustig et al. (2012) published 'The Toxic Truth about Sugar,' which discusses the health impacts of sugar.
claimThe article titled "Implications of the Western Diet for Agricultural Production, Health and Climate Change" was published in the journal Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems on December 20, 2018.
claimThere is no proportional growth correlation between greenhouse gas emissions (GHGe) and health/production variables.
The New Field of Network Physiology: Building the Human ... frontiersin.org 5 facts
claimCoordinated network interactions among organs are essential for generating distinct physiological states and maintaining health.
claimNetwork Physiology researchers posit that health emerges as a result of network interactions among physiological systems.
perspectiveResearchers in Network Physiology argue that the current paradigm for defining physiological states, health, and disease should shift from a focus on single organs to a focus on the network of physiological interactions.
claimGlobal behaviors at the organism level, including different physiologic states and functions, arise from networked interactions among organ systems that generate health or disease.
claimHaving structurally intact and functioning systems is insufficient to maintain health; coordinated network interactions among systems and sub-systems are required to generate distinct physiologic states and behaviors at the organism level, such as wake, sleep and sleep stages, rest and exercise, stress and anxiety, cognition, consciousness, and unconsciousness.
Sleep Across the Lifespan: A Neurobehavioral Perspective link.springer.com Feb 5, 2025 5 facts
referenceZee and Turek (2006) discussed the bidirectional relationship between sleep and health in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
claimLongitudinal burst-designed studies allow for the direct identification of causal effects between sleep, aging, and health, which is vital for designing effective interventions and improving public well-being.
perspectiveThe authors of the article 'Sleep Across the Lifespan: A Neurobehavioral Perspective' propose that longitudinal burst-designed studies are necessary to advance the field of sleep research from simple descriptors to mechanistic insights by capturing quantifiers across sleep domains in relation to age, cognition, and health.
perspectiveFuture research on sleep, health, cognition, physiology, and neurobiology can benefit from multi-wave longitudinal, measurement burst designs that capture temporal progression and interplay.
referenceGrandner (2022) provided an overview of the relationship between sleep, health, and society in Sleep Medicine Clinics.
Biopsychosocial disequilibrium - Rehabilitation Matters rehabilitationmatters.com Nov 14, 2025 4 facts
perspectiveThe author of 'Biopsychosocial disequilibrium' hypothesizes that health can be equated to achieving and sustaining a state of biopsychosocial equilibrium.
quoteFabio Leonardi defines health as 'the capability to react to all kinds of environmental events having the desired emotional, cognitive, and behavioral responses and avoiding those undesirable ones.'
claimLaura Menatti et al. (2022) highlight that Hippocrates referenced the environment as a core aspect of health.
quoteJohannes Bircher defines health as 'a dynamic state of wellbeing characterized by a physical, mental and social potential, which satisfies the demands of a life commensurate with age, culture, and personal responsibility.'
Modern Diet and its Impact on Human Health - Longdom Publishing longdom.org 4 facts
claimGood health contributes to increased work efficiency, productivity, economic prosperity, and longevity, while reducing infant and maternal mortality.
claimMaintaining good health requires a balanced diet, personal hygiene, regular exercise, awareness of diseases, vaccination against infectious diseases, proper waste disposal, vector control, and the maintenance of hygienic food and water resources.
claimHealth is defined as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, rather than just the absence of disease or physical fitness.
claimDrug and alcohol abuse adversely affect human health.
Global overview of dietary outcomes and dietary intake assessment ... link.springer.com Aug 21, 2021 4 facts
referenceLawrie T., Matheson C., Ritchie L., Murphy E., and Bond C. authored 'The health and lifestyle of Scottish fishermen: a need for health promotion', published in Health Education Research in 2004, volume 19, issue 4, pages 373–379.
referenceA 2012 historical study by de Almeida analyzed body, health, and nutrition in the Brazilian Navy during the post-abolition period from 1890 to 1910, published in História, Ciências, Saúde-Manguinhos.
referenceA 2013 study by Hjarnoe and Leppin examined the challenges and possibilities for changing lifestyle behavior and health among seafarers in the Danish maritime setting, published in BMC Public Health.
referenceA 2017 study by Sliškovíc and Penezíc investigated how lifestyle factors relate to health and stress among Croatian seafarers on board ships, published in the journal Work.
Psychedelics, Sociality, and Human Evolution frontiersin.org 4 facts
claimIf psychedelics engendered mental states with adaptive effects on health, social bonding, and decision-making, this would have led to subsequent genetic and cultural selection for the ability and motivation to alter consciousness through non-drug means that promote salutogenesis, sociality, and creativity.
claimPsychedelics could have increased adaptability and fitness in hominins by serving as instruments to enhance performance in non-drug-related behaviors, specifically managing psychological distress, treating health problems, improving social interaction, facilitating collective ritual and religious activities, and enhancing group decision-making.
referenceThe review 'Music, health, and well-being: a review' was published in the International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being in 2013.
claimRitual chanting, music, and dance were developed to induce euphoria and ecstasy, known as altered states of consciousness (ASC), which enhance health, well-being, social bonding, and creativity even without the ingestion of psychedelics.
A Consensus Proposal for Nutritional Indicators to Assess ... - Frontiers frontiersin.org 4 facts
claimThe assessment and development of sustainable diet models requires awareness among consumers, producers, and governments that agriculture, food, nutrition, health, culture, environment, and sustainability are strongly interdependent.
claimSustainability in the context of nutrition, health, and culture requires the integration of three main domains: economic, social, and environmental.
formulaAverage dietary energy requirement is defined as the amount of food energy in kilocalories per capita per day needed to balance energy expenditure to maintain body size, body composition, and a level of physical activity consistent with long-term good health.
claimDeveloping policies for sustainable food systems requires an integrated approach that considers nutrition, health, lifestyle, society, culture, economy, environment, and agro-biodiversity.
How the intersection of modern diets, climate, and food systems is ... medicalxpress.com Nov 17, 2025 3 facts
quoteJames Hébert stated: "Modern food systems, which are designed to produce convenience foods that tend to have high inflammatory potential, exacerbate environmental degradation and shape the interwoven challenges of climate, nutrition and health."
referenceJames R Hébert et al. published the article 'Perspective: Food Environment, Climate Change, Inflammation, Diet, and Health' in Advances in Nutrition in 2025 (DOI: 10.1016/j.advnut.2025.100504).
quote"The intricate relationship between individual behavior, environmental influences, and broader systemic factors shapes our understanding of health, well-being, and sustainability. These interactions have cascading effects on human and environmental health, and we must take proactive steps forward to protect both."
A Copernican Approach to Brain Advancement: The Paradigm of ... frontiersin.org Apr 25, 2019 3 facts
claimHomeostasis conceptualizes the cause of health as the absence of abnormality in the factors of homeostasis.
claimThe Predictive Anticipatory Oscillation (PAO) model defines the cause of health as the state of the brain that is most conducive to generating rapid and context-sensitive variations in brain activity.
referencePeter Sterling defined health as 'optimal predictive fluctuation' in 2004, a concept that serves as a predecessor to optimal anticipatory oscillation and challenges the traditional view of health as merely a capacity for reactive or corrective feedback.
Sustainable and healthy diet index (SHDI) unveils regional ... link.springer.com Sep 11, 2025 3 facts
claimThe integration of health and environmental impacts within the Planetary Health Diet (PHD) prevents the separate assessment of these two factors.
claimThe Planetary Health Diet (PHD) serves as a science-based target for investigating diet quality because it accounts for both health and environmental impacts.
claimThe Sustainable and Healthy Diet Index (SHDI) provides an indication of the dietary impact on both health and the environment, though it lacks certain social and economic dimensions such as wellbeing, accessibility, and affordability.
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referenceThe study titled 'Indigenous perspectives of a culturally tailored dietary intervention' explored participant perceptions regarding three core areas: Traditional Food Experiences, Health, and Land Connection.
claimThe Paleolithic diet movement posits that humans can achieve better health and well-being by returning to the diet consumed by pre-agriculture, Paleolithic ancestors.
claimWild foods can enhance human diets and promote health, longevity, and sustainability.
The Evolutionary Impact of Dietary Shifts on Physical and Cognitive ... ouci.dntb.gov.ua 3 facts
claimThere are associations between single nucleotide polymorphisms in taste receptors, eating behaviors, and health.
referenceCrane-Kramer (Int. J. Paleopathol., 2022) documented changes in health associated with the rise of industry.
referenceKoletzko et al. (Annu. Rev. Nutr., 2019) established that FADS1 and FADS2 polymorphisms modulate fatty acid metabolism and the dietary impact on health.
Homeostasis: The Underappreciated and Far Too Often ... - Frontiers frontiersin.org 3 facts
quoteHealth is the equality of rights of the functions, wet-dry, cold-hot, bitter-sweet and the rest; but single rule of either pair is deleterious.
claimFreeman (1948) uses a political analogy to define health and disease, asserting that inequality of power leads to tyranny in a political system and disease in the body.
quoteHealth is primarily that state in which these constituent substances are in correct proportion to each other, both in strength and quantity and are well mixed. Pain occurs when one of these substances presents either a deficiency or excess, or is separated in the body and not mixed with the others.
Short- and long-term health consequences of sleep disruption dovepress.com May 19, 2017 2 facts
referenceNissenbaum, Aramini, and Hanning (2012) published a study in Noise & Health titled 'Effects of industrial wind turbine noise on sleep and health' which investigates the impact of environmental noise on sleep quality.
measurementUp to 70 million people in the US and approximately 45 million people in Europe have a chronic sleep disorder that impacts daily functioning and health.
How do the indices based on the EAT-Lancet recommendations ... medrxiv.org May 14, 2024 2 facts
claimCurrent dietary indices assign equal weights to all food components despite variations in their impact on health and the environment, suggesting a potential improvement by assigning different weights to better reflect their relative impact.
claimFood systems encompass all aspects of feeding and nourishing people, from production to consumption, and involve multiple resources and their impact on nutrition, health, the economy, society, and the environment.
An ethnobotanical study on wild edible plants in Taishan County ... frontiersin.org Jul 10, 2025 2 facts
referenceJohns T. and Eyzaguirre P. B. (2006) published 'Linking biodiversity, diet and health in policy and practice' in the Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, volume 65, pages 182–189.
referenceV. H. Heywood published the chapter 'Overview of agricultural biodiversity and its contribution to nutrition and health' in the book 'Diversifying food and diets' in 2013.
Future of Food Series Part IV: The Evolution of Diet harmonyvalleyfarm.blogspot.com Sep 11, 2014 2 facts
claimThe author of the Harmony Valley Farm blog post asserts that a diet consisting of local fruits, vegetables, some meat, fish, and whole grains, combined with one hour of daily exercise, serves as a recommended framework for individual health.
quoteGibbons stated: "If most of the world ate more local fruits and vegetables, a little meat, fish, and some whole grains, and exercised an hour a day, that would be good news for our health—and for the planet."
Indigenous Foodways - FSNK - Montana State University montana.edu Nov 11, 2024 2 facts
claimThe Wabanaki Tribes of Maine view the return to ancestral foodways as a path toward health, cultural survival, and the restoration of cultural lifeways following centuries of colonial disruption and land loss.
claimThe Indigenous Nourishment Model is a modern framework that incorporates ancestral foodways to support a holistic approach to health and well-being.
Evolutionary psychology - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 2 facts
claimMagazine centerfolds and double cheeseburgers exploit instincts evolved for an environment where breast development signaled health, youth, and fertility, and fat was a rare, vital nutrient.
claimThe theories and findings of evolutionary psychology have applications in economics, environment, health, law, management, psychiatry, politics, and literature.
the evolutionary impact of dietary shifts on physical and cognitive ... connect.uclahealth.org Jul 29, 2024 2 facts
claimDietary shifts have impacted the physical and cognitive development, health, and disease of humans throughout evolutionary history.
claimHuman physical and cognitive development, health, and disease are influenced by the specific foods humans consume, the timing of consumption, and the methods of eating.
The Long-Term Perceived Effect of Childhood Trauma on Youth's ... rsisinternational.org 2 facts
Homeostatic medicine: a strategy for exploring health and disease link.springer.com Sep 26, 2022 2 facts
claimHealth and disease are interrelated opposites, and homeostasis regulation is the key factor in their mutual transformation.
claimHealth consists of two aspects: the maintenance of normal physiological equilibrium within body systems and the ability of organisms to adapt to environmental changes, external stimuli, and pathogenic factors.
Cellular rejuvenation: molecular mechanisms and potential ... - Nature nature.com Mar 14, 2023 1 fact
referenceDean (2021) published 'Biological rhythm and chronotype: new perspectives in health' in Biomolecules, discussing the impact of biological rhythms on human health.
“The Old Foods Are the New Foods!”: Erosion and Revitalization of ... frontiersin.org 1 fact
claimThe resurgence of Indigenous food systems is interconnected with language, ceremony, identity, and health, involving processes of healing, relearning, and unlearning.
Other-Worldly: Making Chinese Medicine through Transnational ... dokumen.pub 1 fact
claimExotic medicinal plants originating from the Silk Road are utilized in traditional Chinese medicine to promote health.
Consciousness and Altered States: Psychoactive Drugs & Sleep ... studocu.com 1 fact
claimSleep disorders significantly impact individual health and well-being.
Construction of intelligent decision support systems through ... - Nature nature.com Oct 10, 2025 1 fact
measurementThe health application area of the Integrated Knowledge-Enhanced Decision Support framework extended the SNOMED CT ontology with 318 additional administrative concepts and introduced differential privacy mechanisms.
History of modern nutrition science—implications for current ... bmj.com Jun 13, 2018 1 fact
claimFuture conclusions regarding diet and health should rely on complementary evidence derived from controlled interventions of multiple surrogate endpoints, mechanistic studies, prospective observational studies, and clinical trials of disease outcomes.
Memory and Sleep: How Are They Connected? ncoa.org Jun 4, 2025 1 fact
claimSleep deprivation negatively impacts health, including cognitive function.
The Role Of Traditional Foods In Native Elder Health icaa.cc 1 fact
claimUrban Native Elders who consumed traditional foods reported better overall health, higher quality of life, and increased socialization compared to urban Native Elders who did not consume traditional foods.
Disorders/Differences of Sex Development Presenting in ... - Frontiers frontiersin.org 1 fact
referenceThe World Health Organization (WHO) defined health in 1948 as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, rather than merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
A Twist on Paleo: Eat What Your Family Ate—500 Years Ago nationalgeographic.com Mar 2, 2016 1 fact
accountBiologist Stephen Le began researching the relationship between diet and health after his mother passed away from breast cancer in 2010, leading him to question whether a diet based on human evolution was optimal for long-term health.
Self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-transcendence (S-ART) frontiersin.org 1 fact
referenceMcEwen, B. S. (2008) published 'Central effects of stress hormones in health and disease: understanding the protective and damaging effects of stress and stress mediators' in European Journal of Pharmacology, volume 583, pages 174–185, which reviews the impact of stress hormones on health.
The Dietary Patterns Methods Project: Synthesis of Findings across ... sciencedirect.com 1 fact
claimThe Dietary Patterns Methods Project (DPMP) was initiated in 2012 with the goal of strengthening research evidence regarding dietary indices, dietary patterns, and health.
Ethnobotanical study of wild edible plants in Goba District Southwest ... nature.com Jul 29, 2025 1 fact
referenceThe study 'Wild edible plant species and their role in nutrition and health in Korahe Zone, Eastern Ethiopia' was published in Tropical Medicine and Health in 2025.
[PDF] WILKIN_2014_THESIS_Transmi... kar.kent.ac.uk 1 fact
referenceThe 2014 thesis titled 'Transmission and Commoditisation of Medicinal Plant Knowledge' by Wilkin analyzes how Andean people's knowledge of medicinal plants and the relationship between environment and health is represented and transmitted.
Sleep Deprivation, Sleep Disorders, and Chronic Disease - CDC cdc.gov Aug 31, 2023 1 fact
referenceFoster RG published a paper in 2020 in Interface Focus regarding the relationship between sleep, circadian rhythms, and health.
Analysing the behavioural, psychological, and demographic ... - OUCI ouci.dntb.gov.ua 1 fact
referenceAllmark's study, 'Financial capability, health and disability', explores the relationship between financial capability, health, and disability.
Allostasis revisited: A perception, variation, and risk framework frontiersin.org Sep 28, 2022 1 fact
referencePeter Sterling (2020) authored the book 'What is Health? Allostasis and the evolution of human design', published by MIT Press.
The Role of Taxation in Family Inequality: Possibilities for Reform ncfr.org Dec 20, 2024 1 fact
referenceBraga, B., Blavin, F., & Gangopadhyaya, A. (2020) published 'The long-term effects of childhood exposure to the earned income tax credit on health outcomes' in the Journal of Public Economics, which investigates the health impacts of childhood exposure to the Earned Income Tax Credit.
Cross-cultural similarities and variations in parent-child value ... nature.com Nov 26, 2025 1 fact
referenceThe World Values Survey (WVS) reports on the changing understanding of cultural values, attitudes, and beliefs regarding family, gender, education, health, social tolerance, trust, and security across countries.
Native Life and Food: Food Is More Than Just What We Eat americanindian.si.edu Aug 20, 2020 1 fact
claimTraditional foods support physical, mental, and spiritual health.
Extent and Health Consequences of Chronic Sleep Loss and ... - NCBI ncbi.nlm.nih.gov 1 fact
claimInsomnia is a highly prevalent disorder that frequently remains unrecognized and untreated, despite having an adverse impact on an individual's health and quality of life.
Complexity and the Evolution of Consciousness | Biological Theory link.springer.com Sep 14, 2022 1 fact
claimFrom an evolutionary perspective, health is defined as the measure of how an organism manages the pathological complexity it encounters, serving as the ultimate teleonomic measure of organismal complexity.
Stress, Lifestyle, and Health – Introduction to Psychology open.maricopa.edu 1 fact
referenceWhile some stressors are inherently more threatening than others, such as objective threats to health or safety, cognitive appraisal still plays a role in augmenting or diminishing an individual's reaction to those events, according to Everly & Lating (2002).
Homeostasis vs Allostasis — The Urban Health Council urbanhealthcouncil.com 1 fact
referenceGuidi, J., Lucente, M., Sonino, N. & Fava, G. A. published 'Allostatic Load and Its Impact on Health: A Systematic Review' in Psychother. Psychosom. in 2020.
Advancing U.S.-China Coordination amid Strategic Competition - CSIS csis.org Jan 15, 2025 1 fact
quoteSteve Davis, chair of the project’s advisory council, stated: “game-changing opportunities for social impact across health, climate change, and food security are within reach, but [they] will depend on new mechanisms and narratives that enable collaborations between partners in the United States and China to proceed in smart, informed, and geopolitically sensitive ways.”
Food Consumption Changes in The Ruler Tribal Community bioresscientia.com Feb 15, 2025 1 fact
claimFood practices in tribal communities are influenced by culture, environment, economy, health, and social structure.
True Health Intiative: Scientific Consensus on a Healthy Diet nutritionfacts.org Jul 31, 2025 1 fact
claimThe True Health Initiative is a nonprofit coalition of hundreds of experts from dozens of countries that was conceived to serve as a global guiding resource of sound nutrition information for improved health and disease prevention.
[PDF] Indigenous Peoples' food systems: fao.org 1 fact
referenceThe document titled 'Indigenous Peoples' food systems' examines the dimensions of culture, diversity, and environment in relation to nutrition and health.
The Scientific Consensus on a Healthy Diet - NutritionFacts.org nutritionfacts.org Jun 30, 2021 1 fact
referenceBodai BI, Nakata TE, Wong WT, et al. published the article 'Lifestyle Medicine: A brief review of its dramatic impact on health and survival' in The Permanente Journal in 2018.
The Role of Nutrition in Child Development inspirechildren.com Jul 8, 2024 1 fact
claimHigh-quality school meal programs can significantly impact students’ health and academic performance.
Building Trustworthy NeuroSymbolic AI Systems - arXiv arxiv.org 1 fact
claimThe enforcement of consistency in Large Language Models remains relatively unexplored, particularly in the context of health and well-being applications.
Pharmacological Uses of New Bioactive Compounds from Medicinal ... academia.edu 1 fact
referenceM. Joshi, R. Purwar, S. W. Ali, and S. Rajendran published a 2010 work in Elsevier eBooks regarding the use of eco-friendly natural products for antimicrobial textiles in health and hygiene applications.
Stress, Lifestyle, and Health – Psychology 2e OpenStax pressbooks.cuny.edu 1 fact
claimSocial support affects health through both direct and indirect mechanisms.
The Western Diet: Processed Foods and Meats Are Killing Us sentientmedia.org Jan 10, 2019 1 fact
claimDiet is a critical factor in health that is as important as exercise.
The Children and Screens Guide for Child Development and Media ... childrenandscreens.org 1 fact
procedureEnglander suggests that parents should frame discussions and rules regarding screen use around health rather than online safety, using examples such as questioning if it is healthy to stare at a screen constantly or to lash back at others online.
Investigation Utilization of Medicinal Plants: From Historical ... sciltp.com 1 fact
referenceMashhadi et al. (2013) reviewed the role of ginger in health and physical activity.
Medicinal Plants and their Traditional Uses - Open Access Pub openaccesspub.org 1 fact
claimThe historical development of the concept of health and disease, driven by scientific, technological, and social processes, has led to the emergence of mystic, polypharmacy, aetiology, traditional, and modern medical practices.
Marketing and Consumer Psychology - iResearchNet business-psychology.iresearchnet.com 1 fact
measurement50% of consumers are motivated by health or status when purchasing eco-friendly products, such as organic food, according to Griskevicius et al. (2010).
(PDF) Neurological and Biological Foundations of Children's Social ... academia.edu 1 fact
claimBrunner and Marmot (2006) examined the relationship between social organization, stress, and health.
Health and environmental impacts of diets worldwide globalnutritionreport.org 1 fact
referenceKatz DL and Meller S examined the question of which diet is best for health in a 2014 review published in the Annual Review of Public Health.