World Food Day 2017

New Content ItemThe Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations celebrates World Food Day each year on 16 October to promote awareness and action for those who suffer from hunger and for the need to ensure food security and nutritious diets for all.

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BMC Public Health is recruiting new Associate Editors

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We are recruiting new Associate Editors to join our international editorial board, helping to provide expertise on a wide range of different subject disciplines.

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Are you holding on to data that you've not yet published? You can get recognition for it by publishing a data note in BMC Research Notes.

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Featured article: Raising tobacco taxes could reduce smoking and associated deaths across the EU

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Raising tobacco taxes to increase cigarette prices could reduce cigarette consumption and smoking-associated deaths in all 28 EU countries.

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Featured article: Sexual harassment from work colleagues causes more harm

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Sexual harassment by work colleagues seems to have a greater impact on mental health than the same actions by clients or customers.

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BMC Public Health is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on the epidemiology of disease and the understanding of all aspects of public health. The journal has a special focus on the social determinants of health, the environmental, behavioral, and occupational correlates of health and disease, and the impact of health policies, practices and interventions on the community.

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Dianne Stanton Ward, Section Editor

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Dianne S. Ward, EdD, is an experienced researcher in the area of child health; specifically, obesity prevention. She has published more than 189 research articles, 10 book chapters, and a book about physical activity interventions for children and adolescents.  She joined the editorial board of BMC Public Health in 2015.

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