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A
Abdominal fat, 17 , 209
Aboriginal Australians, 132
Accelerometry.seeActigraphy
Actigraphy, 29 , 30 , 32 , 34 , 37 – 38 , 70 – 71 ,
75 – 76 , 87 , 88 , 123 , 155 , 175 , 242 , 317 – 318
Activity, physical, 2 , 67 – 91 , 121 – 123 , 155 ,
256 , 259 , 263
moderate, 67 , 70 – 72 , 74 , 85 – 88
vigorous, 67 , 70 – 72 , 76 , 78 , 87 , 88
Adipocytes, 215
Adiponectin, 216
Adipose tissue, 91 , 186 , 197 , 210 , 212 ,
214 – 217 , 219 , 220 , 244 – 245
Adiposity, 17 , 90 , 91 , 178 , 184 , 220 , 244 , 245 ,
317
Adolescence, 17 , 21 , 48 , 49 , 72 , 82 – 84 , 86 , 89 ,
90 , 129
Adrenal gland, 121 , 123
cortex, 121
medulla, 121
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), 121 ,
219
Aerobic activity, 77 , 87 , 90 – 91
African Americans, 233 , 243
Africans, 76
Age, 31 , 68 , 71 , 74 – 76 , 78 , 79 , 81 – 86 , 88 , 91 ,
160 , 255 , 256 , 261 , 264 , 265 , 267 ,
280 – 285 , 287 , 289 , 290 , 292 , 295
Aging, 2 , 21 , 258 , 277 , 278 , 284 , 286 , 289 ,
295 , 355
Agitation, 60
Agriculture, 88 , 196 , 199
Alcohol, 36 , 132 , 149 , 184 , 206 , 263 , 312
Aldosterone, 157 – 159
Alertness, 31 , 33 , 34 , 37 , 319
Alkylresorcinols, 183 , 185
Allen’s rule, 197
Allodynia, 110

Allostasis, 127 , 149 – 152

Allostatic load, 117 , 127 , 149

Alpha-amylase, 122 , 123

Altitude, 14

Alzheimer’s disease, 277 , 287 , 288

Amazon, 258 , 294

AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), 209

Amygdala, 121 , 122 , 209 – 210 , 213

Amylin, 210 , 217 , 218

Analgesic drugs, 106 , 112

Anger, 5 , 124 , 155 – 157

Angiotensin, 157

Anosognosia, 276 , 295

Antagonistic pleiotropy, 257 – 259

Anxiety, 1 , 4 , 5 , 29 , 34 , 36 , 40 , 42 , 58 , 62 , 90 ,

118 , 120 – 121 , 124 , 131 , 132 , 155 , 157 ,

218 , 234 , 277 , 281 – 283 , 289 , 290 , 306

state, 120

trait, 120

Apnea, 30 , 32 , 34 , 37

Appetite,v, 196 , 200 , 208 – 212 , 214 , 215 ,

216 – 220 , 306

Appraisal, 14 , 39 , 117 – 120 , 122 , 128 , 133 – 134

Arabs, 265 – 267

Arousal, 3 – 5 , 32 , 34 , 119 , 242

Arteries, 144 , 145

Asian Americans, 82

Attention, 33 , 206 , 277 , 279 , 281 – 284 ,

286 – 288 , 290 , 292 – 294 , 307

Auscultation, 145

Australia, 76 – 78

Autism, 356

B

Baby-lag, 29 – 44 , 307

Balance, 264

Baltimore NIMH epidemiological catchment

area (ECA), 280

Bangladeshis,v, 19

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L.L. Sievert and D.E. Brown (eds.),Biological Measures of Human
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