Stress Levels in Mothers of Preschoolers Increased During Pandemic by Hannah Joy on May 5, 2021 at 5:05 PM
Twice as many of the mothers reported loss of sleep and increased stress levels during the COVID-19 outbreak, reveals a new study. Moms of young children are already less likely to get the recommended amount of sleep and physical activity than women who don t have children. These shortfalls could raise the risk for obesity and poor health, and the lockdown worsened the situation by increasing the levels of stress and household chaos, said Chelsea Kracht, Ph.D., a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Pediatric Obesity and Health Behavior Laboratory at Pennington Biomedical Research Center.
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Bullying and other forms of aggression could seriously affect a person. A new study found that people who suffered bullying as adolescents or young adults tend to have violent thoughts or fantasies of hurting or killing someone.
Aggressive Behavior, showed that significant numbers of people who experienced bullying fantasize about inflicting harm.
The researchers from the University of Cambridge tracked the self-reported thoughts and experiences of 1,465 adolescents from schools across Zurich, Switzerland, at ages 15, 17, and 20.
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Violent Thoughts Worse Among Bullying Victims
The researchers recorded whether the participants had violent thoughts in the past 30 days or whether they have experienced or what types of bullying and aggression they experienced over the past year. In the study, bullying is defined as interpersonal, intentionally harm-doing.
Beauty Regime: 4 Tips to Follow During Hectic Schedules and Stress by Hannah Joy on April 13, 2021 at 2:22 PM
Work from home during the pandemic has made our schedules extremely hectic and stressful. It has also brought changes in our lifestyle, such as no time for beauty regime, unhealthy sleeping and dietary habits. Therefore, here are few tips just for you to bring back the glow.
Experts from across the world suggest that this is when you need to take more care of your skin as the stress, lack of rest and irregular food habits quicken the process of ageing and skin degeneration.
by Hannah Joy on April 7, 2021 at 5:04 PM
Women who experience stress during conception are twice as likely to give birth to a girl than a boy, reveals a new study.
A total of 108 women participated in the research from the first weeks of pregnancy to delivery, having recorded their stress levels before, during, and after conception (via the concentration of cortisol in hair) and performed different psychological tests.
A study carried out by scientists from the University of Granada (UGR) has revealed that women who experience stress both before becoming pregnant and during conception are almost twice as likely to have a girl as a boy.