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  1. The global trend of increased life expectancy and increased prevalence of chronic and degenerative diseases will impact on health systems. To identify effective intervention and prevention strategies, greater ...

    Authors: Alan James, Michael Hunter, Leon Straker, John Beilby, Romola Bucks, Tim Davis, Robert H Eikelboom, David Hillman, Jennie Hui, Joe Hung, Matthew Knuiman, David A Mackey, Robert U Newton, Lyle J Palmer and AW Bill Musk
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:936
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  2. Disparities in health status among ethnic groups favor the Caucasian population in the United States on almost all major indicators. Disparities in exposure to health-related mass media messages may be among t...

    Authors: Susan C Duerksen, Amy Mikail, Laura Tom, Annie Patton, Janina Lopez, Xavier Amador, Reynaldo Vargas, Maria Victorio, Brenda Kustin and Georgia Robins Sadler
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2005 5:85
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  3. The impacts of multicomponent school water, sanitation, and hygiene (WaSH) interventions on children’s health are unclear. We conducted a cluster-randomized controlled trial to test the effects of a school WaS...

    Authors: Stephanie O. Sangalang, Allen Lemuel G. Lemence, Zheina J. Ottong, John Cedrick Valencia, Mikaela Olaguera, Rovin James F. Canja, Shyrill Mae F. Mariano, Nelissa O. Prado, Roezel Mari Z. Ocaña, Patricia Andrea A. Singson, Ma. Lourdes Cumagun, Janine Liao, Maria Vianca Jasmin C. Anglo, Christian Borgemeister and Thomas Kistemann
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:2034
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2024 24:984

  4. Health care policies in many countries aim to enable people with dementia to live in their own homes as long as possible. However, at some point during the disease the needs of a significant number of people w...

    Authors: Hilde Verbeek, Gabriele Meyer, Helena Leino-Kilpi, Adelaida Zabalegui, Ingalill Rahm Hallberg, Kai Saks, Maria Eugenia Soto, David Challis, Dirk Sauerland and Jan PH Hamers
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:68
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  5. The prevalence of hyperuricemia has doubled worldwide during the last few decades. The substantial increase in sweetened beverage (SB) consumption has also coincided with the secular trend of hyperuricemia. Re...

    Authors: Joacim Meneses-Leon, Edgar Denova-Gutiérrez, Susana Castañón-Robles, Victor Granados-García, Juan O Talavera, Berenice Rivera-Paredez, Gerardo G Huitrón-Bravo, Margarita Cervantes-Rodríguez, Manuel Quiterio-Trenado, Samantha E Rudolph and Jorge Salmerón
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:445
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  8. As an illustrative example of COVID-19 pandemic community-based participatory research (CBPR), we describe a community-academic partnership to prioritize future research most important to people experiencing h...

    Authors: Michael Hoerger, Seowoo Kim, Brenna Mossman, Sarah Alonzi, Kenneth Xu, John C. Coward, Kathleen Whalen, Elizabeth Nauman, Jonice Miller, Tracey De La Cerda, Tristen Peyser, Addison Dunn, Dana Zapolin, Dulcé Rivera, Navya Murugesan and Courtney N. Baker
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:1939
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    The Research highlight to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2024 24:841

  9. Ugandans have endured the HIV epidemic for three decades. Now, with the availability of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and early diagnosis, those living with HIV can live longer and can enjoy the same life expec...

    Authors: Doris Mutabazi-Mwesigire, Janet Seeley, Faith Martin and Achilles Katamba
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:343
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  10. Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) has become a major public health challenge in India. Factors relevant to the development and implementation of diabetes prevention programmes in resource-constrained countries, ...

    Authors: Meena Daivadanam, Pilvikki Absetz, Thirunavukkarasu Sathish, K R Thankappan, Edwin B Fisher, Neena Elezebeth Philip, Elezebeth Mathews and Brian Oldenburg
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:95
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  11. Tuberculosis (TB) care can be costly for patients and their families. The End TB Strategy includes a target that zero TB affected households should experience catastrophic costs associated with TB care. Costs ...

    Authors: Kerri Viney, Noel Itogo, Takuya Yamanaka, Ridha Jebeniani, Anupama Hazarika, Fukushi Morishita, Nobuyuki Nishikiori and Susana Vaz Nery
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1928
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2021 21:2333

  12. The dietary environment promoting adiposity keeps evolving and of interest is the significance of dietary branched-chain amino acids (BCAA). This study assessed the association between dietary BCAA intakes and...

    Authors: Akinkunmi Paul Okekunle, Heejin Lee, Sherlyn Mae P. Provido, Grace H. Chung, Sangmo Hong, Sung Hoon Yu, Chang Beom Lee and Jung Eun Lee
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:654
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  13. The lockdown and social distancing caused by Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may have changed Physical Activity Level (PAL), eating behavior, and health habits due to long-term confinement worldwide.

    Authors: Hiwa Ahmed Rahim, Rastegar Hoseini, Zahra Hoseini, Eman Najemaldeen Abbas and Dashni Anwer Kareem
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:1046
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  14. There is a need for effective population-based physical activity interventions. The internet provides a good platform to deliver physical activity interventions and reach large numbers of people at low cost. P...

    Authors: Stephanie Alley, Cally Jennings, Ronald C Plotnikoff and Corneel Vandelanotte
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:738
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  15. There has been lack of evidence on the association between healthy dietary patterns and metabolic health status of adolescents. The present study aimed to evaluate the association between alternative healthy e...

    Authors: Donya Poursalehi, Ghazaleh Bahrami, Saeideh Mirzaei, Ali Asadi, Masoumeh Akhlaghi and Parvane Saneei
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:42
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  16. There is a strong association between stillbirth and fetal growth restriction. Early detection and management of IUGR can lead to reduce related morbidity and mortality. In this paper we have reviewed effectiv...

    Authors: Aamer Imdad, Mohammad Yawar Yakoob, Saad Siddiqui and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11(Suppl 3):S1
    Content type: Review Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 11 Supplement 3

  17. The Three Gorges Dam in China is the world’s largest hydro-electric scheme in the contemporary world. After the construction of the Dam, great changes took place on the residents’ lifestyles characterized by r...

    Authors: Li Qi, Liangui Feng, Xianbin Ding, Deqiang Mao, Yulin Wang and Hongyan Xiong
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:1152
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  18. Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), especially hypertension and diabetes mellitus are on the increase in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Informal settlement dwellers exhibit a high prevalence of behavioural risk factor...

    Authors: Ibrahim Franklyn Kamara, Sia Morenike Tengbe, Abdulai Jawo Bah, Innocent Nuwagira, Desta Betula Ali, Fanny F. Koroma, Rugiatu Z. Kamara, Sulaiman Lakoh, Santigie Sesay, James B. W. Russell, Sally Theobald and Mary Lyons
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:783
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  19. Effective interventions to prevent overweight and obesity in children are urgently needed especially in inner-city neighbourhoods where prevalence of overweight and inactivity among primary school children is ...

    Authors: Wilma Jansen, Hein Raat, Evelien Joosten-van Zwanenburg, Ivo Reuvers, Ron van Walsem and Johannes Brug
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2008 8:257
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  20. Early diagnosis is crucial to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with breast cancer (BC). Awareness of BC symptoms plays a key role in this. This study aimed to evaluate the Palestinian women’s awar...

    Authors: Mohamedraed Elshami, Ibrahim Al-Slaibi, Roba Jamal Ghithan, Mohammed Alser, Nouran Ramzi Shurrab, Islam Osama Ismail, Ibtisam Ismail Mahfouz, Aseel AbdulQader Fannon, Malak Ayman Qawasmi, Mona Radi Hawa, Narmeen Giacaman, Manar Ahmaro, Heba Mahmoud Okshiya, Rula Khader Zaatreh, Wafa Aqel AbuKhalil, Faten Darwish Usrof…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:801
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  21. Non-communicable diseases (NCD) accounts for more than a third (37%) of all deaths in South Africa. However, this burden of disease can be reduced by addressing risk factors. The aim of this study was to deter...

    Authors: Tracy L Kolbe-Alexander, Chris Buckmaster, Craig Nossel, Liezel Dreyer, Fiona Bull, Timothy D Noakes and Estelle V Lambert
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2008 8:228
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  22. Systematic reviews have identified a range of brief interventions which increase physical activity in previously sedentary people. A randomised controlled trial is needed to assess whether providing motivation...

    Authors: Emma J Scott, Munyaradzi Dimairo, Daniel Hind, Elizabeth Goyder, Robert J Copeland, Jeff D Breckon, Helen Crank, Stephen J Walters, Amanda Loban and Cindy L Cooper
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:129
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  23. Adolescent’psychosocial problems associate with unhealthy behaviors, but data on co-occurring patterns is sparse. We investigated 1) whether adolescents could be categorized into meaningful subgroups with resp...

    Authors: Eveliina Heikkala, Jouko Remes, Markus Paananen, Simo Taimela, Juha Auvinen and Jaro Karppinen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:542
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  24. While the aetiology of fibromyalgia syndrome (FM) remains unknown, lifestyle factors have been linked to the disorder. However, there are few studies on the association between lifestyle factors and FM, thus w...

    Authors: Faith Owunari Benebo, Marko Lukic, Monika Dybdahl Jakobsen and Tonje Bjørndal Braaten
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:1967
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  25. Typhoons greatly threaten human life and property, especially in China. Therefore, it is important to make effective policy decisions to minimize losses associated with typhoons.

    Authors: Xiangxue Zhang, Juan Nie, Changxiu Cheng, Chengdong Xu, Xiaojun Xu and Bin Yan
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1260
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  26. South Africa has several national surveys with body weight-related data, but they are not conducted regularly. Hence, data on longitudinal trends and the recent prevalence of adolescent obesity are not readily...

    Authors: Emmanuel Nwosu, Anne-Siri Fismen, Arnfinn Helleve, Charles Hongoro, Ronel Sewpaul, Priscilla Reddy, Olufunke Alaba and Janetta Harbron
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:2287
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  27. Obesity is mainly attributed to environmental factors. In developed countries, the time spent on physical activity tasks is decreasing, whereas sedentary behaviour patterns are increasing.

    Authors: Noemi Serra-Paya, Assumpta Ensenyat, Jordi Real, Iván Castro-Viñuales, Amalia Zapata, Gisela Galindo, Eduard Solé-Mir, Jordi Bosch-Muñoz, Jose Maria Mur and Concepció Teixidó
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:1000
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  28. The aim of the ACE-Obesity study was to determine the economic credentials of interventions which aim to prevent unhealthy weight gain in children and adolescents. We have reported elsewhere on the modelled ef...

    Authors: Rob Carter, Marj Moodie, Alison Markwick, Anne Magnus, Theo Vos, Boyd Swinburn and Michele M Haby
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2009 9:419
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  29. The relationship between socioeconomic position and obesity has been clearly established, however, the extent to which specific behavioural factors mediate this relationship is less clear. This study aimed to ...

    Authors: Emma Gearon, Kathryn Backholer, Allison Hodge and Anna Peeters
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:1214
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  30. In Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, more than one-third of admissions to the two paediatric hospitals are attributable to four infectious syndromes: dengue, diarrhoeal disease, acute respiratory infection, and hand,...

    Authors: Katherine L Anders, Nguyet Minh Nguyen, Nguyen Thi Van Thuy, Nguyen Trong Hieu, Hoa L Nguyen, Nguyen Thi Hong Tham, Phan Thi Thanh Ha, Le Bich Lien, Nguyen Van Vinh Chau and Cameron P Simmons
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:937
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  31. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy have longer-term implications, increasing women’s lifetime cardiovascular disease risk. The Blood Pressure Postpartum study is a multi-centre randomised three-arm trial of i...

    Authors: Chris Rossiter, Amanda Henry, Lynne Roberts, Mark A. Brown, Megan Gow, Clare Arnott, Justine Salisbury, Annette Ruhotas, Angela Hehir and Elizabeth Denney-Wilson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1259
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  32. Childhood obesity has been a serious public health problem. An effective school-based physical activity (PA) intervention is still lacking in China. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of a school-bas...

    Authors: Xiao-Hui Li, Shenting Lin, Hongxia Guo, Yanli Huang, Lijing Wu, Zilong Zhang, Jun Ma and Hai-Jun Wang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:1282
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  33. In Italy the proportion of cases of tuberculosis in persons originating from high-prevalence countries has been increasing in the last decade. We designed a study to assess adherence to and yield of a tubercul...

    Authors: Monica Sañé Schepisi, Gina Gualano, Claudia Fellus, Nazario Bevilacqua, Marco Vecchi, Pierluca Piselli, Giuliana Battagin, Giulia Silvestrini, Andrea Attanasio, Alberto Vela, Giorgia Rocca, Alessandro Rinaldi, Pietro Benedetti, Salvatore Geraci, Francesco Nicola Lauria and Enrico Girardi
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:872
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  34. Previous studies have found associations between various health factors and behaviors and mental disorders. However, knowledge of such associations with disability pension (DP) due to mental diagnoses is scarc...

    Authors: Åsa Samuelsson, Annina Ropponen, Kristina Alexanderson and Pia Svedberg
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:621
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  35. India currently has more than 74.2 million people with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM). This is predicted to increase to 124.9 million by 2045. In combination with controlling blood glucose levels among those ...

    Authors: Tilahun Haregu, T. R. Lekha, Smitha Jasper, Nitin Kapoor, Thirunavukkarasu Sathish, Jeemon Panniyammakal, Robyn Tapp, Kavumpurathu Raman Thankappan, Ajay Mahal, Pilvikki Absetz, Edwin B. Fisher and Brian Oldenburg
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:539
    Content type: Study Protocol Published on:

  36. Few animal experiments and volunteer-based intervention studies have showed a controversial effect of spicy foods on abdominal obesity. We aimed to examine the association between spicy food frequency, spicy f...

    Authors: Xianxian Yang, Wenge Tang, Deqiang Mao, Xiang Liu, Wen Qian, Yingxue Dai, Liling Chen and Xianbin Ding
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1881
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  37. Although it is well known that obesity is frequently associated with reduced levels of habitual physical activity (HPA), which contributes to determining severe oxidative stress and inflammatory state, this as...

    Authors: Ângela Alves Viegas, Thiago Santos, Juliana Nogueira Pontes Nobre, Jousielle Márcia dos Santos, Vanessa Kelly da Silva Lage, Amanda Cristina Fernandes, Marco Fabrício Dias Peixoto, Rosane Luzia De Souza Morais, Alessandro Sartorio, Vanessa Amaral Mendonça and Ana Cristina Rodrigues Lacerda
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:2353
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  39. Variability in stages of the HIV-1 epidemic and hence HIV-1 prevalence exists in different areas in sub-Saharan Africa. The purpose of this study was to investigate the magnitude of HIV-1 infection and identif...

    Authors: Elia J Mmbaga, Akhtar Hussain, Germana H Leyna, Kagoma S Mnyika, Noel E Sam and Knut-Inge Klepp
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2007 7:58
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  40. In developing countries, overweight prevalence is increasing while underweight prevalence is still high. This situation is known as the double nutrition burden. Both underweight and overweight are related to i...

    Authors: Do TP Ha, Edith JM Feskens, Paul Deurenberg, Le B Mai, Nguyen C Khan and Frans J Kok
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:62
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  41. People experiencing homelessness (PEH) and associated shelter workers may be at higher risk of infection with “Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2” (SARS-CoV-2). The aim of this study was to determ...

    Authors: Alexandra R Röthlin Eriksen, Kamille Fogh, Rasmus B. Hasselbalch, Henning Bundgaard, Susanne D. Nielsen, Charlotte S. Jørgensen, Bibi F. S. S. Scharff, Christian Erikstrup, Susanne G. Sækmose, Dorte K. Holm, Bitten Aagaard, Jonas H. Kristensen, Cecilie A. Bødker, Jakob B. Norsk, Pernille B. Nielsen, Lars Østergaard…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1261
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  43. Developing strategies to change health behaviour is one of the biggest challenges of health promotion programs. Social media, as a popular and innovative communication and education tool, offers opportunities ...

    Authors: Atousa Ghahramani, Maximilian de Courten and Maria Prokofieva
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:2402
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  44. Low relative fat free mass (FFM) is associated with a greater risk of chronic diseases and mortality. Unfortunately, FFM is currently not being measured regularly to allow for individuals therapy.

    Authors: Maximilian Dietzmann, Dörte Radke, Marcello RP Markus, Mats Wiese, Henry Völzke, Stephan B. Felix, Marcus Dörr, Martin Bahls and Till Ittermann
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:1079
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  45. The UK government released Chapter 1 of the ‘Childhood Obesity: a plan for action’ (2016), followed by Chapter 2 (2018) and preliminary Chapter 3 was published for consultation in 2019 (hereon collectively ‘The P...

    Authors: Naomi Griffin, Sophie M. Phillips, Frances Hillier-Brown, Jonathan Wistow, Hannah Fairbrother, Eleanor Holding, Katie Powell and Carolyn Summerbell
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:2284
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  46. It has been well documented that obesity is closely associated with metabolic syndrome (MetS). Although body mass index (BMI) is the most frequently used method to assess overweightness and obesity, this metho...

    Authors: Pengju Liu, Fang Ma, Huiping Lou and Yanping Liu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:629
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  47. Tuberculosis continues to be a serious public health issue. To reduce the transmission of the disease, it is imperative to address the major obstacle of inadequate understanding regarding the causes, risk fact...

    Authors: Ngwanamohuba Mologadi Seloma, Marema Ephraim Makgatho and Eric Maimela
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:1687
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2023 23:1790

  48. Independent of physical activity, sedentary behavior has emerged as a significant risk factor for health. Particularly, older adults spent as high as 13 h daily on sedentary activities, which account for 98% o...

    Authors: Wilson Kin Chung Leung, Jasmine Cheung, Vivian Chin Ching Wong, Kelly Ka Lee Tse, Ruby Wing Yin Lee, Simon Ching Lam and Lorna Kwai Ping Suen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:1201
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  50. Increasing prevalence of obesity and disorders associated with sedentary living constitute a major global public health problem. While previous evaluations of interventions to increase physical activity have i...

    Authors: Kate Williams, A Toby Prevost, Simon Griffin, Wendy Hardeman, William Hollingworth, David Spiegelhalter, Stephen Sutton, Ulf Ekelund, Nicholas Wareham and Ann Louise Kinmonth
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2004 4:48
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:
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