Challenge Resources
Balanced Life Challenge Documents:
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Helpful Tools:
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MyFitnessPal -- health tracker app with free and subscription-based options
Happify by Twill -- subscription-based relaxation app
Waking Up by Sam Harris -- subscription-based meditation app (Including Children's Meditations with Anika Harris)
Happify by Twill -- subscription-based relaxation app
Waking Up by Sam Harris -- subscription-based meditation app (Including Children's Meditations with Anika Harris)
Research:
MEDITERRANEAN DIET
Tang, C., Wang, X., Qin, L. Q., & Dong, J. Y. (2021). Mediterranean Diet and Mortality in People with Cardiovascular Disease: A Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies. Nutrients, 13(8), 2623. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13082623
Morze, J., Danielewicz, A., Przybyłowicz, K., Zeng, H., Hoffmann, G., & Schwingshackl, L. (2020). An updated systematic review and meta-analysis on adherence to mediterranean diet and risk of cancer. European Journal of Nutrition, 60(3), 1561–1586. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-020-02346-6
Soltani, S., Jayedi, A., Shab-Bidar, S., Becerra-Tomás, N., & Salas-Salvadó, J. (2019). Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet in Relation to All-Cause Mortality: A Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies. Advances in Nutrition, 10(6), 1029–1039. https://doi.org/10.1093/advances/nmz041
Rees, K., Takeda, A., Martin, N., Ellis, L., Wijesekara, D., Vepa, A., Das, A., Hartley, L., & Stranges, S. (2019). Mediterranean-style diet for the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2019(3). https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd009825.pub3
Eleftheriou, D., Benetou, V., Trichopoulou, A., La Vecchia, C., & Bamia, C. (2018). Mediterranean diet and its components in relation to all-cause mortality: meta-analysis. British Journal of Nutrition, 120(10), 1081–1097. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0007114518002593
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INTERMITTENT FASTING
de Cabo, R., & Mattson, M. P. (2019). Effects of Intermittent Fasting on Health, Aging, and Disease. New England Journal of Medicine, 381(26), 2541–2551. https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmra1905136
de Cabo, R., & Mattson, M. P. (2019). Effects of Intermittent Fasting on Health, Aging, and Disease. New England Journal of Medicine, 381(26), 2541–2551. https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmra1905136
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EXERCISE
Arciero, P. J., Ives, S. J., Mohr, A. E., Robinson, N., Escudero, D., Robinson, J., Rose, K., Minicucci, O., O’Brien, G., Curran, K., Miller, V. J., He, F., Norton, C., Paul, M., Sheridan, C., Beard, S., Centore, J., Dudar, M., Ehnstrom, K., . . . Yarde, A. (2022). Morning Exercise Reduces Abdominal Fat and Blood Pressure in Women; Evening Exercise Increases Muscular Performance in Women and Lowers Blood Pressure in Men. Frontiers in Physiology, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2022.893783
Arciero, P. J., Ives, S. J., Mohr, A. E., Robinson, N., Escudero, D., Robinson, J., Rose, K., Minicucci, O., O’Brien, G., Curran, K., Miller, V. J., He, F., Norton, C., Paul, M., Sheridan, C., Beard, S., Centore, J., Dudar, M., Ehnstrom, K., . . . Yarde, A. (2022). Morning Exercise Reduces Abdominal Fat and Blood Pressure in Women; Evening Exercise Increases Muscular Performance in Women and Lowers Blood Pressure in Men. Frontiers in Physiology, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2022.893783
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SLEEP
Jike, M., Itani, O., Watanabe, N., Buysse, D. J., & Kaneita, Y. (2018). Long sleep duration and health outcomes: A systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 39, 25–36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smrv.2017.06.011
Yin, J., Jin, X., Shan, Z., Li, S., Huang, H., Li, P., Peng, X., Peng, Z., Yu, K., Bao, W., Yang, W., Chen, X., & Liu, L. (2017). Relationship of Sleep Duration With All‐Cause Mortality and Cardiovascular Events: A Systematic Review and Dose‐Response Meta‐Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies. Journal of the American Heart Association, 6(9). https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.117.005947
Jike, M., Itani, O., Watanabe, N., Buysse, D. J., & Kaneita, Y. (2018). Long sleep duration and health outcomes: A systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 39, 25–36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smrv.2017.06.011
Yin, J., Jin, X., Shan, Z., Li, S., Huang, H., Li, P., Peng, X., Peng, Z., Yu, K., Bao, W., Yang, W., Chen, X., & Liu, L. (2017). Relationship of Sleep Duration With All‐Cause Mortality and Cardiovascular Events: A Systematic Review and Dose‐Response Meta‐Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies. Journal of the American Heart Association, 6(9). https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.117.005947