The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about profound changes to social behaviour. While
calls to identify mental health effects that may stem from these changes should be heeded …

Background Physical activity (PA), sedentary behaviour (SB) and diet play an important role
in the physical and mental health of young people. Understanding how these behaviours …

Background Preclinical studies have identified certain probiotics as psychobiotics–live
microorganisms with a potential mental health benefit. Lactobacillus rhamnosus (JB-1) has …

Background With increasing numbers of people living into old age, health functioning and
good quality of life are central to public health policy in aging. However, quality of life for …

Background Depression is the most frequent psychiatric disorder among the older adults,
the purpose of this study is to explore the mediation effect of health promoting lifestyle on the …

Studies have shown an association between depression and both antioxidant levels and
oxidant stress, but generally have not included intakes of antioxidants and antioxidant-rich …

Background Health behaviours do not occur in isolation. Rather they cluster together. It is
important to examine patterns of health behaviours to inform a more holistic approach to …

Background Identifying healthy lifestyle behaviours that promote psychological wellbeing is
crucial to preventing mental disorders. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the …

Non-communicable diseases (ie, chronic diseases including cardiovascular disease,
cancer, chronic respiratory disease, diabetes and obesity) result in 36 million deaths each …

Objectives The COVID-19 virus has resulted not only in high rates of morbidity and mortality
across the globe, but in widespread mental health problems and sleep disruption, likely as a …