Expectancy

New research highlights the health and environmental benefits of substituting animal proteins with plant-based alternatives in Canadian diets, finding significant gains in life expectancy and reductions in carbon footprint, especially when replacing red and processed meats. Benefits vary by the type of animal protein replaced and show a sex difference in health outcomes.Researchers at McGill have discovered that substituting plant protein foods for red and processed meats can extend life expectancy and reduce the impact…

It's never too late to reap the benefits of a smoke-free life.No matter at what age a person quits smoking cigarettes, they are likely to add years to their life expectancy, according to a large new analysis from researchers in Canada and Norway."Quitting smoking is ridiculously effective in reducing the risk of death, and people can reap those rewards remarkably quickly," says public health scientist Prabhat Jha from the Center for Global Health Research at Unity Health Toronto.If a smoker can stay away from the highly…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The cost of climate change may take six months off the average human lifespan, according to a study published January 18, 2024, in the open-access journal PLOS Climate by Amit Roy from Shahjalal University of Science and Technology and The New School for Social Research, U.S. Temperature and rainfall—two telltale…

Recent research reveals a widening gap in life expectancy between American men and women, now at its largest since 1996. The COVID-19 pandemic, opioid overdose epidemic, and other factors like accidents and suicide have contributed to this disparity. The study suggests the need for specialized healthcare, particularly in mental health for men, and stresses the importance of future research and public health interventions to reverse this declining trend.Analysis reveals that COVID-19 and increasing ‘deaths of despair’…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Life expectancy for people aged over 50 has started to fall, according to new research from Bayes Business School (formerly Cass) and the International Longevity Center (ILC). The research reveals changes to the health and life expectancy of people over 50 will have a significant impact on the economy, with a…

Americans' life expectancy rose in 2022 after two years of sharp decline, although it did not return to pre- pandemic levels, health officials said Wednesday.Life expectancy at birth in the United States rose by 1.1 years between 2021 and 2022, and stood at 77.5 years, according to initial estimates from the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC)."The increase… primarily resulted from decreases in mortality due to Covid-19," the CDC said in a statement.However, the gain "does not fully offset the loss of 2.4…

Women have outlived men for more than a century in the U.S. Demographers have largely attributed this well-known statistical gap to differences in behaviors in areas such as smoking and drinking habits, risk of injury and drug use. Overall U.S. life expectancy had been slowly improving for decades, but data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show some of this progress has recently been overturned—especially among men.In 2010 women were projected to live 4.8 years longer than men. By 2021 this gap widened…

Gender equality refers to the equal rights, responsibilities, and opportunities for all individuals regardless of their gender. This includes equal access to education, employment, healthcare, and political representation.The world’s first study to examine the correlation between gender equality and life expectancy has revealed that both women and men live longer as gender equality improves.However, variations in the results between countries grouped by socioeconomic development and geographic proximity indicate that…

Improve Article Save Article Like Article Improve Article Save Article Human resources are considered to be the most important asset for any organization. Any organization can have the best physical assets but having great human resources actually creates a difference. So, to enhance the overall productivity of the organization, it is essential to keep its human resources or employees motivated and happy. Now, for the employees to feel productive and content, they need to have constant motivation. Motivation is a…

Improve Article Save Article Like Article Improve Article Save Article The Expectancy Theory of Motivation was developed by Victor Vroom. This theory proposes that individuals are motivated to perform a specific behaviour or task based on their belief that the effort they put in will lead to a certain level of performance, and that the performance will lead to a specific outcome or reward that they value. As per this theory, motivation is determined by three key factors: Expectancy, Instrumentality, and Valence. …