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Setting goals can motivate you to improve your health habits and lifestyle.

References

  • Buyl et al., (2020)
  • Marcolino et al. (2018)
  • 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee

Wearing your hearing aid regularly (as recommended by your hearing care professional) can improve your mood and overall wellbeing

References

  • Vercammen, C., Ferguson, M., Kramer, S.E., et al. (2020)

Healthy adults take between 4,000 and 18,000 steps per day, and recent scientific evidence shows that a lower daily step count of (at least) 7,000 steps is an acceptable daily goal.

References

  • Tudor-Locke et al., (2008)
  • Tudor-Locke et al., (2011)

10,000 steps has become the universally accepted benchmark for daily physical activity since the 1960s, when Japanese walking clubs embraced a pedometer called ‘Manpo-kei’, which translates to ‘10,000 step meter’

References

  • Friedman (2019)

Hearing aid usage has been shown to have a positive effect on quality of life for those who have experienced hearing loss.

References

  • Abrams, H.B., & Kihm, J. (2015)

Regular exercise enhances both mental and physical wellbeing

References

  • WHO (2020)

People with hearing loss may notice greater levels of fatigue due to the increased listening effort required for daily life. This effort can be eased by using hearing aids, allowing for a more restful daily experience.

References

  • Hornsby, B.W.Y. (2013)

Each person’s heart rate is unique and can be influenced by many things, such as age, physical and mental health, body temperature, or certain medications.

References

  • Lister (2020)

It is normal for a person’s heart rate to fluctuate throughout the day. Your heart rate is usually lowest when lying down. Heart rate increases during physical activity, with vigorous exercise producing a higher heart rate than lighter exercise.

References

  • Lister (2020)

Scientific studies show that a typical resting heart rate for adults lies between 60 and 90 beats per minute (bpm)

References

  • Gillum et al., (1992)
  • Kannel et al., (1987)
  • Mason et al., (2007)

Medical guidelines describe a ‘normal’ resting heart rate as a heart rate greater than 50 beats per minute (bpm) and less than 100 beats per minute (bpm)

References

  • Kusumoto et al., (2019)
  • Page et al., (2016)

Typically, a lower resting heart rate is associated with better health over the long- term.

References

  • Fox et al., (2007)
  • Larsson et al., (2019)

People with physically active lifestyles tend to have lower resting heart rates. Indeed, regular physical activity lowers resting heart rate, partly because the heart muscle becomes stronger and more efficient at pumping bloodthroughout the body. 

References

  • Lister (2020)

1 minute of vigorous exercise counts for 2 minutes of moderate exercise 

References

  • WHO (2020)

The World Health Organization recommends that adults should do at least 150 - 300 minutes of moderate exercise, or at least 75 - 150 minutes of vigorous exercise per week.

References

  • WHO (2020)

To maintain, lose or gain body weight, it’s important to balance the energy gained from food and drink with the energy burned through active and passive activity. To lose weight, the energy you burn must be greater than the energy you’ve consumed, and vice versa if you’re looking to gain weight.

References

  • FAO/WHO/UNU (2004)

The amount of energy a person should consume to stay healthy varies greatly from one person to the next, depending on their age, sex, body weight, body composition and how physically active they are.

Health uses this data to estimate the calories you burn based on your personal profile.

References

  • FAO/WHO/UNU (2004)

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Full references

2018 Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee. 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee Scientific Report. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2018.

Buyl, R., Beogo, I., Fobelets, M., Deletroz, C., van Landuyt, P., Dequanter, S., Gorus, E., Bourbonnais, A., Bourbonnais, A., Giguère, A., Giguère, A., Giguère, A., Lechasseur, K., Gagnon, M. P., Gagnon, M. P., & Gagnon, M. P. (2020). E-Health interventions for healthy aging: A systematic review. Systematic Reviews, 9(1), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-020-01385-8

FAO/WHO/UNU. World Health Organization, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, United Nations University. Human energy requirements: Report of a Joint FAO/WHO/UNU Expert Consultation; FAO Food and Nutrition Technical Report Series 1. 2004

Friedman D (2019). Prescribing physical activity: the written prescription. Brukner P, Khan K. Brukner P, & Khan K(Eds.),Eds. Peter Brukner, and Karim Khan. Brukner & Khan’s Clinical Sports Medicine: The Medicine of Exercise, Volume 2, 5e. McGraw-Hill.

Fox, K., Borer, J. S., Camm, A. J., Danchin, N., Ferrari, R., Sendon, J. L. L., ... & Heart Rate Working Group. (2007). Resting heart rate in cardiovascular disease. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 50(9), 823-830.

Gillum, R. F. (1992). Epidemiology of resting pulse rate of persons ages 25-74--data from NHANES 1971-74. Public Health Reports, 107(2), 193.

Kannel, W. B., Kannel, C., Paffenbarger, R. S. J. & Cupples, L. A. (1987). Heart rate and cardiovascular mortality: the Framingham Study. Am. Heart J. 113, 1489–1494.

Kusumoto, F. M., Schoenfeld, M. H., Barrett, C., Edgerton, J. R., Ellenbogen, K. A., Gold, M. R., ... & Lee, R. (2019). 2018 ACC/AHA/HRS guideline on the evaluation and management of patients with bradycardia and cardiac conduction delay: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 74(7), e51-e156.

Larsson, S. C., Drca, N., Mason, A. M., & Burgess, S. (2019). Resting Heart Rate and Cardiovascular Disease: Mendelian Randomization Analysis. Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine, 12(3), e002459.

Lister, S., Hofland, J., & Grafton, H. (Eds.). (2020). The Royal Marsden manual of clinical nursing procedures. John Wiley & Sons.

Marcolino, M. S., Oliveira, J. A. Q., D’Agostino, M., Ribeiro, A. L., Alkmim, M. B. M., & Novillo-Ortiz, D. (2018). The impact of mHealth interventions: Systematic review of systematic reviews. JMIR MHealth and UHealth, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.2196/mhealth.8873

Mason, J. W. et al. (2007). Electrocardiographic reference ranges derived from 79,743 ambulatory subjects. J. Electrocardiol. 40, 228–234.

Page RL, Joglar JA, Caldwell MA, Calkins H, Conti JB, Deal BJ, Estes NAM 3rd, Field ME, Goldberger ZD, Hammill SC, Indik JH, Lindsay BD, Olshansky B, Russo AM, Shen W-K, Tracy CM, Al-Khatib SM. 2015 ACC/AHA/ HRS guideline for the management of adult patients with supraventricular tachycardia: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society. J Am Coll Cardiol 2016; 67;e27–115.

Tudor-Locke C, Hatano Y, Pangrazi RP et al (2008). Revisiting ‘how many steps are enough?’. Med Sci Sports Exerc; 40(7 Suppl):S537–43.

Tudor-Locke C, Craig CL, Brown WJ et al (2011). How many steps/day are enough? For adults. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act; 8:79.

Vercammen, C., Ferguson, M., Kramer, S. E., Meis, M., Singh, G., Timmer, B., ... & Pelosi, A. (2020). Well-Hearing Is Well-Being. Hearing Review, 27(3), 18-22.

WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2020. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.