Sökning: "middle-aged adults"

Visar resultat 16 - 18 av 18 uppsatser innehållade orden middle-aged adults.

  1. 16. Sömnens relevans för viktkontroll : en litteraturstudie

    Kandidat-uppsats, Sektionen för hälsa och samhälle

    Författare :Gunilla Lundgren; Anna Thornberg; [2012]
    Nyckelord :body mass index; health preventive; middle-aged adults; sleep; obesity; weight; body mass index; fetma; hälsoprevention; medelålders vuxna; sömn; vikt;

    Sammanfattning : Bakgrund: Sömnens påverkan på viktkontroll har större betydelse än vad forskarna tidigare trott. God sömn innebär återhämtning av livsnödvändiga funktioner och är en grund för god hälsa. Studier visar att människor sover mindre idag jämfört med tidigare. LÄS MER

  3. 17. Private Matters: The Effects of Privatization on Adult Mortality in the former Eastern Bloc

    Magister-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Ekonomihögskolan; Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Författare :Joseph Molitoris; [2011]
    Nyckelord :Privatization; mortality; communism; Eastern Europe; Soviet Union; crisis; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : The post-communist mortality crisis of the former Eastern Bloc was one of the largest peacetime mortality increases in modern history. Not without controversy, an increasingly large body of research has attributed this mortality surge to stress at the societal level. LÄS MER

  4. 18. Waking Up in Dharamsala : An Inquiry into the Stories of Young Westerners Who Have Sought Buddhist Wisdom in Northern India

    Magister-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Författare :Adam Peot; [2005]
    Nyckelord :India; Dharamsala; Buddhism; spiritual exploration; spiritual vacation; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : This is a brief inquiry into the stories of young Westerners who have chosen to travel to Dharamsala India and participate in activities related to self-inquiry and spirituality, as presented through a Buddhist context. The main question to be researched in this thesis is WHY would a diverse group of international young and middle-aged adults choose to spend time, money and comfort traveling to a Buddhist retreat center in northern India? There are several motivations for taking such a "spiritual vacation", and all are interdependently related to living in today's complex Post Modern, Global environment. LÄS MER