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  2. Sedentary lifestyle - Wikipedia

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    Sedentary behavior enables less energy expenditure than active behavior. Sedentary behavior is not the same as physical inactivity: sedentary behavior is defined as "any waking behavior characterized by an energy expenditure less than or equal to 1.5 metabolic equivalents (METs), while in a sitting, reclining or lying posture".

  3. Attachment in children - Wikipedia

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    Attachment in children is "a biological instinct in which proximity to an attachment figure is sought when the child senses or perceives threat or discomfort. Attachment behaviour anticipates a response by the attachment figure which will remove threat or discomfort".

  4. Behavior analysis of child development - Wikipedia

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    It has also been shown that modeling is more effective than "preaching" in developing pro-social behavior in children. [77] [78] Rewards have also been closely studied in relation to the development of social behaviors in children. The building of self-control, empathy, and cooperation has all implicated rewards as a successful tactic, while ...

  5. Human - Wikipedia

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    The typical height of an adult human is between 1.4 and 1.9 m (4 ft 7 in and 6 ft 3 in), although this varies significantly depending on sex, ethnic origin, and family bloodlines. [239] [240] Body size is partly determined by genes and is also significantly influenced by environmental factors such as diet, exercise, and sleep patterns. [241]

  6. Sedentism - Wikipedia

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    Not all contemporary sites during a certain period (after the first sedentism occurred at one site) were sedentary. Evaluation of habitational sites in northern Sweden indicates that less than 10 percent of all the sites around 4000 BC were sedentary. At the same time, only 0.5–1 percent of these represented villages with more than 3–4 houses.

  7. Breastfeeding - Wikipedia

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    Breastfeeding or introduction of gluten while breastfeeding does not protect against celiac disease among at-risk children. Breast milk of healthy human mothers who eat gluten -containing foods presents high levels of non-degraded gliadin (the main gluten protein).

  8. Behavioral risk - Wikipedia

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    The management of behavioral risk encompass the study of organization and individual behavior from two primary roots: risk management and organizational behavior.With regard to its risk management roots, this type of management analyzes the effect of practices, cultures and behaviors as well as their associated risk of negative outcomes within an individual and/or an organization ().

  9. Effects of climate change on human health - Wikipedia

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    SPM-32 Biking reduces greenhouse gas emissions [115] while reducing the effects of a sedentary lifestyle at the same time [116] According to PLoS Medicine: "obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer, which are in part related to physical inactivity, may be reduced by a switch to low-carbon transport—including walking and cycling." [117]