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The effect of physical activity on psychological distress, cortisol and obesity: results of the farming fit intervention program

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Public Health, October 2013
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Title
The effect of physical activity on psychological distress, cortisol and obesity: results of the farming fit intervention program
Published in
BMC Public Health, October 2013
DOI 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1018
Pubmed ID
24165391
Authors

Susan Brumby, Ananda Chandrasekara, Peter Kremer, Susan Torres, Scott McCoombe, Paul Lewandowski

Abstract

Rural and regional Australians have a higher likelihood of mental illness throughout their lifetime than people living in major cities, although the underlying reasons are not yet well defined. Additionally, rural populations experience more lifestyle associated co-morbidities including obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Research conducted by the National Centre for Farmer Health between 2004 and 2009 revealed a positive correlation between obesity and psychological distress among the farming community. Chronic stress is known to overstimulate the regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and cortisol secretion which are associated with abdominal adiposity. Increasing physical activity may normalise cortisol secretion and thereby positively impact both physical and mental health. This paper assesses the effects of increasing physical activity on obesity, health behaviors and mental health in Victorian farming men and women.

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Mendeley readers

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Canada 2 <1%
Ethiopia 1 <1%
Australia 1 <1%
Indonesia 1 <1%
Israel 1 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Unknown 221 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 42 18%
Student > Bachelor 35 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 31 14%
Researcher 25 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 14 6%
Other 31 14%
Unknown 50 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 47 21%
Psychology 35 15%
Nursing and Health Professions 27 12%
Social Sciences 19 8%
Sports and Recreations 15 7%
Other 26 11%
Unknown 59 26%

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 December 2013.
All research outputs
#6,081,752
of 22,727,570 outputs
Outputs from BMC Public Health
#6,284
of 14,807 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#55,852
of 212,687 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#132
of 286 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 22,727,570 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 73rd percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 14,807 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 13.9. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 57% of its peers.
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