With just weeks to live, these marsupials prioritize sex over sleep
If you only had 3 weeks left to live, what would you do? For a fuzzy little Australian marsupial, the answer is clear: Have as much sex as possible—even at the cost of sleep. During the single mating season that caps off the brief life span of a male antechinus (pictured above), these animals
forgo shuteye to carve out more time for lovemaking
, researchers report today in
Current Biology
.
The work starkly illustrates “the trade-offs animals have to make between sleeping and doing something more directly related to survival [of the species],” says Paul-Antoine Libourel, an ecophysiologist a...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - January 25, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Do financial constraint and perceived stress modify the effects of food tax schemes on food purchases: moderation analyses in a virtual supermarket experiment
CONCLUSION: Further studies with larger samples are recommended to assess whether food-related taxes differentially affect food purchases of subgroups.PMID:38224250 | DOI:10.1017/S1368980024000077 (Source: Public Health Nutrition)
Source: Public Health Nutrition - January 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sanne K Djojosoeparto Maartje P Poelman Michelle Eykelenboom Mari ëlle A Beenackers Ingrid Hm Steenhuis Maartje M van Stralen Margreet R Olthof Carry M Renders Frank J van Lenthe Carlijn Bm Kamphuis Source Type: research
The effects of health-related food taxes on the environmental impact of consumer food purchases: secondary analysis of data from a randomised controlled trial in a virtual supermarket
CONCLUSIONS: A nutrient profiling tax based on Nutri-Score reduced the environmental impact of consumer food purchases. An SSB tax did not affect the environmental impact in this study.PMID:38224101 | DOI:10.1017/S1368980024000090 (Source: Public Health Nutrition)
Source: Public Health Nutrition - January 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Michelle Eykelenboom Derek Mersch Alessandra C Grasso Reina E Vellinga Elisabeth Hm Temme Ingrid Hm Steenhuis Margreet R Olthof PEN Consortium Source Type: research
Can environmental protection tax force enterprises to improve green technology innovation?
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2024 Jan 8. doi: 10.1007/s11356-023-31736-6. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe introduction of an environmental protection tax enables a smooth shift from the sewerage charge system to the environmental protection tax scheme. This, in turn, promotes a more sustainable development of enterprise growth, emphasizing eco-friendliness. This is of immense importance in advancing environmentally aware practices and sustainability. Based on data collected from A-share listed companies in Shanghai and Shenzhen from 2014 to 2021, this paper investigates the influence of environmental protection taxes on t...
Source: Environmental Science and Pollution Research International - January 8, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Cong Li Yao Teng Yunxu Zhou Xueting Feng Source Type: research
Quantifying digital economy and green initiatives for carbon neutrality targets: a Kilian bias-adjusted bootstrap model evaluation of China economy
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2024 Jan 9. doi: 10.1007/s11356-023-31445-0. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDigitalization has emerged as a new hope for low-carbon sustainable economic growth after its successful trial during the COVID-19 measures. Therefore, both developed and developing economies focus on digitalization to cope with carbon neutrality targets. Thus, this study attempted to generate a meaningful relationship between the digital economy and green energy, innovation, and environmental tax policy to capture the role of factors in acquiring carbon neutrality. For the abovementioned objectives, modern econometric me...
Source: Environmental Science and Pollution Research International - January 8, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Shengyang Zhong Jie Chen Zia Ur Rahman Faiz Nayab Source Type: research
Can environmental protection tax force enterprises to improve green technology innovation?
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2024 Jan 8. doi: 10.1007/s11356-023-31736-6. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe introduction of an environmental protection tax enables a smooth shift from the sewerage charge system to the environmental protection tax scheme. This, in turn, promotes a more sustainable development of enterprise growth, emphasizing eco-friendliness. This is of immense importance in advancing environmentally aware practices and sustainability. Based on data collected from A-share listed companies in Shanghai and Shenzhen from 2014 to 2021, this paper investigates the influence of environmental protection taxes on t...
Source: Environmental Science and Pollution Research International - January 8, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Cong Li Yao Teng Yunxu Zhou Xueting Feng Source Type: research
Lifecycle model-based evaluation of infant 4CMenB vaccination in the UK
ConclusionsHALM-based CBA provides an empirically richer, more utility –theoretically grounded approach to vaccine evaluation than CUA, demonstrating good value for money for legislatures (based on private values) and for all decision-makers (based on social values). (Source: The European Journal of Health Economics)
Source: The European Journal of Health Economics - January 5, 2024 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
The impact of taxing sugar-sweetened beverages on diabetes: a critical review
AbstractThe global burden of type 2 diabetes is increasing at an alarming rate, fuelled by the obesity epidemic, with significant associated health and economic consequences and apparent inequalities. Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) are a major source of added sugars in diets worldwide and have been linked to an increased risk of type 2 diabetes through a variety of mechanisms, including excess weight. Taxing SSBs has become a promising public health strategy to reduce consumption and mitigate the burden of type 2 diabetes. A substantial body of evidence suggests that SSB taxes lead to increased prices and subsequent redu...
Source: Diabetologia - January 4, 2024 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research
A Narrative Review of Public Health Interventions for Childhood Obesity
AbstractPurpose of ReviewPublic health interventions that intervene on macrolevel systems hold the promise of reducing childhood obesity at the population level through prevention. The purpose of this review is to highlight some of the recent and best scientific evidence related to public health interventions for the prevention of childhood obesity. We provide a narrative review of scientific evidence for six categories of public health interventions and their impact on childhood obesity: federal nutrition assistance programs, programs implemented in early care and education centers, interventions to support healthy nutrit...
Source: Current Obesity Reports - January 3, 2024 Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Source Type: research
