Soldier Health Habits and the Metabolically Optimized Brain
| Autor: | Marion Trousselard, Per Kristian Opstad, Torbjorn J. Breivik, Dieter Leyk, Robert Carter, John Taverniers, Karl E. Friedl |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Gerontology
medicine.medical_specialty Mindfulness Delphi Technique Health Behavior Delphi method Military medicine 03 medical and health sciences Habits 0302 clinical medicine Adaptation Psychological Task Performance and Analysis Medicine Humans Personal health business.industry Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Brain General Medicine 030227 psychiatry Metabolism Military Personnel Physical Fitness Performance enhancement business Health habits 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Military medicine. 181(11) |
| ISSN: | 1930-613X |
| Popis: | Human performance enhancement was the subject of a NATO workshop that considered the direct benefits of individual soldier health and fitness habits to brain health and performance. Some of the important health and fitness include physical activity and purposeful exercise, nutritional intake, sleep and rest behaviors, psychological outlook and mindfulness, and other physiologically based systemic challenges such as thermal exposure. These influences were considered in an integrated framework with insights contributed by each of five participating NATO member countries using representative research to highlight relevant interrelationships. Key conclusions are that (1) understanding the neurobiological bases and consequences of personal health behaviors is a priority for soldier performance research, and this also involves long-term brain health consequences to veterans and (2) health and fitness habits have been underappreciated as reliably effective performance enhancers and these should be preferred targets in the development of scientifically based recommendations for soldier brain health and performance. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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