Dehydration Impairs Attention in Middle-Aged Adults

Researchers discovered that even mild dehydration can impair sustained attention in middle-aged and older adults.

The study, involving 78 participants aged 47 to 70, revealed that typical everyday dehydration reduced

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Fun to chat about our recent paper on #hydration and cognitive performance in Human Biology Association & Amer J Hum Biol w/ Penn State HHD Penn State Research
Maybe staying better hydrated will help when reading that one colleague's emails that go on and on 😂
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🌊🌊New paper PLOS Digital Health led by Dr. Abbie Pauley Rennell: Every sip counts: Understanding #hydration behaviors & user-acceptability of digital tools to promote adequate intake during early and late #pregnancy Danielle Downs Healthy Mom Zone David Conroy Penn State Center for Childhood Obesity Research dx.plos.org/10.1371/journa…

Anthropologists have made big contributions to global health

Rachel Hall-Clifford, PhD, MPH, MSc's UNDERBELLY is a good example

After 'observing many global health and development failures, I can see that only projects defined by and shaped by communities are successful'

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excited to be featured alongside the amazing Wilson Kwamogi Okello, Ph.D.!!

Extreme weather events have severe long-term health impacts - often ones not immediately visible - as they get under the skin. 1 way they work is thru heightened stress people suffer due to disruptions in water & food insecurity. Read my Scientific American article: scientificamerican.com/article/extrem…

A statement from a number of us individual environmental health researchers at US universities.

We agree that militarized police presence has no place on our campuses.

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Two rising stars in PSU EdPolicyStudies, Wilson Kwamogi Okello, Ph.D. and Kelly Ochs Rosinger, are tackling the issues of centering Black voices in education and making college admissions more equitable, respectively. bit.ly/4bpW1VF

#WeAre #changED #EPSImpact

Congratulations Penn State HHD Penn State class of 2024 - special shout out to Water, Health, & Nutrition Lab RAs Carey, Zee, & Zoë!

One paper resubmitted today and another big one just got a v. minor R&R! Nice to see hard work rewarded and great to see reviewers deeply engage with papers. It's nice when the peer review process works well

Our food systems are extremely vulnerable to the impacts of water scarcity, pollution, floods & the ever-evolving physical and geopolitical landscape.

To help feed a growing population, water must be considered central in the design of food systems: wrld.bg/pqy650RnCQc

On the heels of a historic drought from 2020-2023, now Kenya and other countries in E Africa are suffering severe flooding. Not enough water and then too much too fast - #ClimateCrisis
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Check out Lauren M.T. Broyles's new commentary in NatureClimate discussing how extreme weather imperils informal settlements, which has large implications for their health rdcu.be/dFvsY

At least 155 killed in Tanzania as heavy rains pound East Africa. Climate Crisis is here whether people believe it or not. aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/25…

Last Global Health Equity class Biobehavioral Health this evening! Lots of great takeaways