Fresh and healthy?: Well-being, health and performance of young employees with intermediate education

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to gain more insight into the well-being, health and performance of young intermediate educated employees. First, employees with low education (9 years or less), intermediate education (10-14 years of education), and high education (15 years or more) are compared on a number of factors related to well-being...

Work-related fatigue: The specific case of highly educated women in the Netherlands

Purpose: This study aims to establish the prevalence of high work-related fatigue (need for recovery, NFR) among employees and to explain group differences categorized by gender, age, and education. The study particularly aims to clarify prevalence and explanatory factors in highly educated women. Methods: In 2005 and 2006, large representative...

Positive association between the course of vitamin D intake and bone mineral density at 36 years in men

Introduction: Studies on the association of vitamin D and bone mineral density (BMD) in adolescence and young adults have shown contrasting results. None of these studies have examined the course and baseline in vitamin D intake. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between baseline and the course of dietary vitamin D intake...

Concurrent validity of the PAM accelerometer relative to the MTI Actigraph using oxygen consumption as a reference

The purpose of this study was to examine the concurrent validity of the Personal Activity Monitor (PAM) accelerometer relative to the Actigraph accelerometer using oxygen consumption as a reference, and to assess the test-retest reliability of the PAM. Thirty-two fit, normal weight adults (aged 21-54) performed two activities, treadmill walking...

Verschillen tussen de Nationale Enquête Arbeidsomstandigheden en de Nationale Verzuim Statistiek: verzuimmeting via zelfrapportage en registratie

Inleiding In onderzoek naar (arbeidsgerelateerde) determinanten van ziekteverzuim bij werknemers wordt veelal volstaan met zelfgerapporteerd verzuim als uitkomstvariabele. De kritiek op zelfrapportage is over het algemeen dat het wordt beïnvloed door sociale wenselijkheid en recall bias, wat zou leiden tot onderrapportage. Aan de andere kant...

Sensitivity to coffee and subjective health

The question was whether health complaints are associated with coffee consumption and self reported sensitivity to coffee. Participants were 89 men and 107 women, all coffee drinkers. Questionnaires were used at 2 points of time with an interval of 3.7 years. The correlations among coffee consumption, sensitivity and health complaints were...

Macronutrient distribution over a period of 23 years in relation to energy intake and body fatness

The distribution of the four macronutrients is associated with energy intake and body fatness according to short-term interventions. The present study involves macronutrient distribution in relation to energy intake and body fatness over a period of 23 years in individuals who have ad libitum access to food. Eight follow-up measurements have...

De Nationale enquête arbeidsomstandigheden 2007: methodologie en globale resultaten

Eind 2007 voerden TNO en CBS de vierde Nationale Enquête Arbeidsomstandigheden (NEA) uit, met financiële steun van het ministerie van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid. Circa 23.000 werknemers deden mee aan het onderzoek, dat deel uitmaakt van het meerjarenprogramma Innovatie van Arbeid (2007-2010) van TNO. Terwijl eerdere edities van de NEA zich...

Meta-analysis of the relationship between alcohol consumption and coronary heart disease and mortality in type 2 diabetic patients

Aims/hypothesis: This systematic review examines the relationship between alcohol consumption and long-term complications of type 2 diabetes. Meta-analyses could only be performed for total mortality, mortality from CHD, and CHD incidence, because the availability of articles on other complications was too limited. Materials and methods: A...

Moderate alcohol consumption lowers the risk of type 2 diabetes: A meta-analysis of prospective observational studies

OBJECTIVE - This meta-analysis was undertaken to obtain insight regarding the shape and strength of the relationship between alcohol consumption and the risk of type 2 diabetes, the effects of adjustment for confounders, and the effect of modification by type 2 diabetes definition, sex, and BMI. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS - The 15 original...