Nutrition & Wellbeing Research
Michele Chevellay Hedge is a research-aholic. She loves evidence-based research and for good reason! She does not like pseudo science. Here are some links to research you will find referenced in her books, speaking engagements and The Science Of Workplace Wellbeing Workshops (CPD/CE courses).
Michele Chevellay Hedge is a research-aholic. She loves evidence-based research and for good reason! She does not like pseudo science. Here are some links to research you will find referenced in her books, speaking engagements and The Science Of Workplace Wellbeing Workshops (CPD/CE courses).
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- Western diet and shrinking hippocampus
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4563885/ - Junk food shrinks the brain
https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/on-medicine/2015/09/17/can-much-junk-food-shrink-brains-qa-felice-jacka/ - Healthy dietary/depressive: a systematic review and meta-analysis
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41380-018-0237-8 - Gut brain axis-biome, mood and mental health
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6469458/
- Sugar and lower immunity
http://www.ghrnet.org/index.php/JT/article/view/1340/1795#:~:text=When%20we%20eat%20sugar%20it,system%20by%20decreasing%20WBCs%20reactivity - Sugar and cholesterol
https://www.webmd.com/cholesterol-management/sugar-and-cholesterol#:~:text=When%20you%20eat%20too%20much,role%20in%20your%20cholesterol%20health
- Mentally Healthy Workplace ROI
https://www.headsup.org.au/docs/default-source/resources/beyondblue_workplaceroi_finalreport_may-2014.pdf - Link between food and mental health
https://www.apa.org/monitor/2017/09/food-mental-health - Birth control use linked to depression
https://news.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Teen-birth-control-use-linked-to-depression-risk-in-adulthood.pdf - Exercise and depression
https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/bjsports/56/23/1375.full.pdf - Antidepressant foods
https://www.wjgnet.com/2220-3206/full/v8/i3/97.htm - Processed food and depression 2023
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165032723006092 - Effect of micro-breaks on wellbeing and performance
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36044424/
Michele is passionate about Mental Wellbeing.
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Workplace conditions can affect employees at the physical, mental, or emotional level and enhance or harm their well-being. Studies have found differences among occupational groups in the prevalence of obesity, cardiovascular conditions (eg, elevated blood pressure and cholesterol), and other health indicators, including physical activity and diet quality. Work environment can also influence employees’ mental health and stress levels.
University of Oxford research links workplace wellbeing to business performance.
ResearchGate: IMPACT OF EMPLOYEE WELL BEING ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN WORKPLACE