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Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Obesity is a disease commonly defined as a body mass index (BMI) of ≥30 kg/m2. Recent data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey reports that the prevalence of obesity among US adults is 37.7 percent, with more women than men having obesity. Diet, lifestyle and genetics all play a role in the increase of obesity. However, with the conversion of the American workforce from predominately manual labor to desk jobs, this has placed more focus on the workplace as a contributor to the growth of the obesity problem.
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Scientific American
The Trump administration has abruptly halted work on a highly regarded program to help physicians, families and others separate effective “evidence-based” treatments for substance abuse and behavioral health problems from worthless interventions. The National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices was launched in 1997 and is run by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Its website lists 453 programs in behavioral health, aimed at everything from addiction and parenting to HIV prevention, teen depression and suicide-hotline training.
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PsychCentral
Researchers have discovered the shock of noise and light may trigger a deeply learned expectation of danger among veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
The finding suggests that people with PTSD may be affected by events such as fireworks on nights other than holidays. Specifically, scientists at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute have found that people with PTSD have an increased learning response to surprising events.
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Business Matters
Depression, anxiety and stress now account for the majority of days lost due to work-related ill health in the U.K. So how does stress present itself and what are the signs? In truth, the list is significant. Behavioral indicators can include lateness, a drop in workplace performance, incomplete tasks or duties, apathy and diminished motivation, mood swings that can impact relationships at work.
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The Medical News
Belief that mental illness is biological has increased among both health experts and the public in recent years. But campaigns to treat it as a disease and remove stigma may be lacking because other factors, such as bad character and upbringing, are still viewed as playing a role. "Individuals who endorse biological beliefs that mental illness is 'a disease like any other' also tend to endorse other, non-biological beliefs, making the overall effect of biological beliefs quite convoluted and sometimes negative," said lead author Matthew A. Andersson, Ph.D., assistant professor of sociology in Baylor's College of Arts & Sciences.
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Scientific American
Discrimination comes in many forms. Women in STEM jobs report an array of experiences including being treated as if they were not competent (29 percent); earning less than a male colleague for the same job (29 percent); experiencing repeated small slights at work (20 percent); and receiving less support from senior leaders than a man in the same position (18 percent).
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Financial stress can have a serious impact on your employees’ performance, and has been reported to cost businesses an average of $7,000 per employee annually in lost productivity. Cambridge Credit Counseling is a nonprofit agency offering solutions to help your employees eliminate debt and alleviate the stress that debt causes.
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No one should have to deal with sexual harassment, but if 2017 taught us one thing, it’s that for many women in particular, it’s their reality. But the impact of sexual harassment extends far beyond the confines of the workplace (or anywhere else it occurs) — it also has major effects on your mental health. Whether you’re able to report or call out the harasser, the fact that someone demeaned you in that capacity can be truly detrimental and among other things make you question your worth as an employee or person.
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Medical News Today
For people who live with seasonal affective disorder, winter can bring much more than gale force winds and snow; it may trigger feelings of hopelessness and depression. According to new research, women are likely to fare worse than men. Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a form of depression that comes and goes with the seasons. It is estimated that SAD affects approximately 5 percent of people in the United States in any given year.
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