Format:
Online-Ressource
Edition:
Karger eBooks Collection 1997-2009
ISBN:
9783318010299
Series Statement:
Medicine and sport science 47
Content:
In a long follow-up period of 23 years about 600 teenagers were observed till their young adult age in order to investigate the longitudinal relationship between health and lifestyles considering physical activity, diet, smoking and alcohol consumption. Longitudinal studies with a follow-up lasting for a quarter of a century are very rare and the Amsterdam Growth and Health Longitudinal Study (AGAHLS) is indeed unique among them. The focus is multidisciplinary and involves both physical and psychological determinants in relation to a wide range of health outcomes. The multiple measurements were carefully standardized in nine waves of data collection, thus producing a high-quality data set, which has been analyzed by the application of advanced statistical techniques. The monograph provides not only an overview of 23 years of follow-up, it also summarizes over 200 scientific publications and 10 PhD theses. This publication is especially recommended to investigators planning longitudinal research, to health workers, and to authorities who like to implement health promotional activities in their community
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Description based upon print version of record
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""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Genesis of the Study and Acknowledgements to Subjects, Authors, Researchers and Sponsors""; ""General Introduction""; ""Review of AGAHLS and Other Observational Longitudinal Studies on Lifestyle and Health from Adolescence into Adulthood""; ""Longitudinal Data Analysis""; ""Longitudinal Trends, Stability and Error of Biological and Lifestyle Characteristics""; ""Fetal Origins of Musculoskeletal and Cardiovascular Health at Adulthood""; ""Fitness and Fatness in Adolescence and Adulthood as Determinants of Large Artery Properties at Age 36""
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""Genetic and Environmental Factors in Relation to Adult Lumbar Bone Health""""Smoking, Alcohol and Coffee Consumption and Cardiovascular Risk Indicators""; ""Personality, a Determinant of Lifestyle?""; ""Energy Balance in Relation to Body Composition from Adolescence to Adulthood""; ""Is Physical Activity Important for Aerobic Power in Young Males and Females?""; ""Effects of Health Information in Youth on Adult Biological and Lifestyle Risk Factors for Chronic Diseases""; ""Appendix: Publications from the Amsterdam Growth and Health Longitudinal Study""; ""Subject Index""
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783805576529
Language:
English
Keywords:
Amsterdam
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Jugend
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Lebensstil
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Gesundheitsverhalten
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Längsschnittuntersuchung
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