Lifestyle predictors of successful aging: A 20-year prospective HUNT study.

Background: Lifestyle factors predicting successful aging as a unified concept or as separate components of successful aging are important for understanding healthy aging, interventions and preventions. The main objective was to investigate the effect of midlife predictors on subsequent successful aging 20 years later.

Materials And Methods: Data were from a population-based health survey, the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT), with an average follow-up of 22.

Physical activity in adolescents who later developed schizophrenia: A prospective case-control study from the Young-HUNT.

Background: Adults suffering from schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders report low levels of physical activity. In addition, these patients have an increased risk of overweight and poor nutritional habits. Less is known about patterns and levels of physical activity before the onset of disease.

ADHD symptoms are differentially related to specific aspects of quality of life.

Objective: The objectives of this study were to investigate the relationships between ADHD symptoms and specific domains of the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) mental component.

Method: A sample of 149 adults participated in the study. Data were collected from the participant's medical records and from self-report questionnaires.