Agribusiness perpetuates dirty, mean, exploitative and environmentally deleterious practices because executives' definition of the "best" way to farm is driven by competitive pressures and the bottom line (read: most profitable).
Some of the dangers identified in the literature include the risk of severe complications due to delayed diagnosis and treatment, deleterious practices involving the use of ineffective and toxic herbal remedies, and undermining the effectiveness of biomedical management of disease (28).
Type 2 diabetes is widely considered a lifestyle disease because of its strong links to deleterious lifestyle practices associated with industrialisation.
To investigate the factors related to overweight and obesity among Latina/o immigrants, it is important to consider the context of the participants' country of origin, as weight gain may not simply be associated with the attainment of deleterious, Western dietary practices in the US, but could also result from conditions in their sender country [ 38- 40].
Deleterious reproductive health practices or differential treatment may also account for the female disadvantage in life expectancy at ages 15 and 60 for Benin, Mali and Sierra Leone in earlier periods than the 1990s and beyond when the possibility of AIDS-reducing life expectancy cannot be ruled out in some African countries with high HIV infection rates.
And so, it is not the rational thinker in me, nor the professional in me, nor the student in me that decries the deleterious and neglectful practice of waiving the treatment of our nation's children with proven vaccinations.
But consistent with the very metamodernism that drives Milo's parasitic practices and deleterious effect on global culture is the premise that what strengthens you simultaneously weakens you.
For instance, in addition to genomic genetics as factors in NPC causation, there are two other main candidate categories: (1) infection with, and altered immune responsiveness to, EBV [28]– [30]; and (2) deleterious dietary substances and practices [31]– [31].
Increased unemployment has also been associated with increased practice of deleterious health behaviors, such as smoking [ 4], heavy drinking [ 5], and reduced amounts of physical activity [ 6].
Although there are limited data on the use of NAC in ICU patients, it is important for clinicians to recognize the potential deleterious effects of this practice.
Because fungal populations perform key ecological processes, there is interest in forestry practices that minimize deleterious effects on their habitats.
