Examining changes of adolescent physical habitus-a retrospective study of physical capital networks.

Introduction: In recent years, massive studies have examined sport from the standpoint of cultural capital. However, these studies have not examined cultural capital in relation to habitus within specific fields.

Methods: This article utilized a multivariate latent growth curve model to analyze changes of participants' physical habitus.

Do the various leisure forms have equal effects on mental health? A longitudinal analysis of self-selected leisure activities.

The deteriorating trends of unbalanced income, progressive age-related health problems, and loss of traditional ties necessitate ever-flexible interventions that are helpful to overcome a decline in Chinese adults' mental health. This study aimed to test whether engagement in different domains of leisure is associated with a composite index of mental health, both concurrently and subsequently. Longitudinal data including 10,968 participants (females = 5,804) with a mean age of 46.

Environmental Status and Human Health: Evidence from China.

In recent years, there have been growing concerns about the environment and its effect on human health. In this paper, we measure human health by mortality. Firstly, we use the method of deviation decomposition to investigate the different changes of mortality in eastern, central and western regions of China.