Meaning Is Healthier Than Happiness

Does happiness lie in feeling good, as hedonists think, or in doing and being good, as Aristotle and his intellectual descendants, the virtue ethicists, think?

From the evidence of a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), it seems that feeling good is not enough. People need meaning to thrive. In the words of Carl Jung, “The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it.” Jung’s wisdom certainly seems to apply to our bodies, if not also to our hearts and our minds.

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Coca-Cola, contra la obesidad en su última campaña publicitaria

Coca-Cola ha lanzado en España el segundo spot publicitario de la campaña ¿Y si nos levantamos? en el que invita a "levantarse" contra las estadísticas que auguran un alto grado de sedentarismo y obesidad para el año 2030. 

Además, Coca-Cola  ha puesto en marcha la página web "cambialasestadisticas.com" en la que expone los vídeos de la campaña así como varias sugerencias de acciones concretas y actividades lúdicas o deportivas para llevar una vida activa: Utilizar más las escaleras en lugar del ascensor;  Ir a trabajar en bicicleta; Probar a "dominar el skate"; Hacer excursiones; Probar el parapente o el patinaje.

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Social determinants of health and well-being among Young people

Through this international report on the results of its most recent survey, the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study supplies the up-to-date information needed by policy-makers at various levels of government, nongovernmental organizations, and professionals in sectors such as health, education, social services, justice and recreation.

Responding to the survey, the young people described their social context (relations with family, peers and school), physical health and satisfaction with life, health behaviours (patterns of eating, tooth brushing and physical activity) and risk behaviours (use of tobacco, alcohol and cannabis, sexual behaviour, fighting and bullying). Statistical analyses were carried out to identify meaningful differences in the prevalence of health and social indicators by gender, age group and levels of family affluence.

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