Ben Johnston’s research while affiliated with Health New Zealand and other places

... 30 A cohort of specialised occupational pilots revealed a statistically significant inverse correlation between BMI, WC, PBF and SBP, DBP, mean arterial pressure (p < 0.001). 31 The results of this study have implications for nutritional interventions. In older women, diets rich in meat, vegetables, dairy products, fruit and eggs have been linked to increased bone mineral density, whereas beverages and fried foods have been associated with decreased L1−4 32 In a Japanese study related to dietary intervention for visceral fat in male patients, it was found that Optimized Nutri-Dense Meals without strict control of total energy, limiting saturated fatty acids only to 6.2 grams per two meals is beneficial for visceral fat reduction. ...

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Relationship Between Body Composition and Hypertension in Postmenopausal Women with Osteoporosis—A Single-Center Cross-Sectional Study

... While pharmacological treatments are commonly used, there is growing interest in non-drug therapies and lifestyle modifications. The current findings examine the effectiveness of these interventions, focusing on behavioral therapies, sleep hygiene, physical activity, dietary changes, and other complementary approaches (Briguglio et al. 2020;Wilson et al. 2022Wilson et al. , 2023. ...

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Integrative sleep management: from molecular pathways to conventional and herbal treatments

... Among the general population, a large body of evidence suggests that lifestyle behaviors physical activity, nutrition, sleep, alcohol consumption, and smoking are independently associated with mental health, yet the direct relationship of each behavior with mental health has not been sufficiently explored among airline pilots. Recent reports from clinical trials suggest improvements in health behaviors are associated with elevated perceived mental health, improved cardiometabolic fitness, and decreased fatigue [18][19][20][21][22][23]. Further, diet management and physical exercise have been reported as the most prevalent coping mechanisms for work-related stress among airline pilots [15]. ...

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Association Between Health Behaviors and Mental Health Among Airline Pilots

... While pharmacological treatments are commonly used, there is growing interest in non-drug therapies and lifestyle modifications. The current findings examine the effectiveness of these interventions, focusing on behavioral therapies, sleep hygiene, physical activity, dietary changes, and other complementary approaches (Briguglio et al. 2020;Wilson et al. 2022Wilson et al. , 2023. ...

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Integrative sleep management: from molecular pathways to conventional and herbal treatments

... These factors contribute to hypertension, hyperlipidemia, obesity, obstructive sleep apnea and diabetes. In a systematic review by Wilson et al., even though there tended to be less smokers among pilots, more than half of pilots have been found to be overweight or obese, with low physical activity levels, and frequently exhibit high levels of alcohol intake [8]. High quality epidemiologic studies specific to pilot cardiometabolic health risk, are lacking. ...

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Impact of the recent advances in coronary artery disease imaging on pilot medical certification and aviation safety: current state and future perspective

... In fact, aviation pilots tend to be a healthy cohort as they undergo regular medical examinations to renew their flight license. Any parameter out of range may cause the withdrawal of the flight license, fact that makes them concern about their health and take steps to preserve it, one of them being physical activity [50,51]. This might be in line with a higher animal-based protein intake that could justify the higher serum vitamin B 12 levels found in this cohort, although the amount of protein intake was not analyzed. ...

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Serum homocysteine is a biomarker for hearing loss associated with or without cardiovascular risk: a cross-sectional study in men

... Additionally, it facilitates interactions in a community setting, encouraging the adoption of a healthy lifestyle. Numerous studies have validated the efficacy of lifestyle interventions in lowering BP and preventing or delaying hypertension (18,19). Research has also demonstrated a positive correlation between HbA 1c and BP (20). ...

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Factorial design study of self-management using Dnurse App in T2DM patients

... Wu et al. [58] found that pilots from countries dominated by Western cultural traditions tended to have a lower prevalence of depression. The high prevalence of depression and anxiety in pilots can be attributed to multiple reasons, such as occupational stress (i.e., high workload and shift work) [7], unhealthy lifestyle [61], low income level [5], and adverse working or life experiences (e.g., substance abuse and verbal or sexual abuse) [6]. For example, there is evidence that pilots with longer hours of duty were more likely to report feeling depressed or anxious [4]. ...

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The Association of Sleep Duration and Sleep Quality With Depression and Anxiety Among Chinese Commercial Pilots