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  1. Interventions to reduce and prevent overweight, obesity and T2D has been advocated worldwide. In Norway, Healthy Life Centres have been established to help individuals to reduce and prevent diseases, offering ...

    Authors: Thea Ingebjørg Gjertsen, Anne-S. Helvik and Ingrid S. Følling
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1315
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  2. The benefits to health of a physically active lifestyle are well established and there is evidence that a sedentary lifestyle plays a significant role in the onset and progression of chronic disease. Despite a...

    Authors: Simon Murphy, Larry Raisanen, Graham Moore, Rhiannon Tudor Edwards, Pat Linck, Nefyn Williams, Nafees Ud Din, Janine Hale, Chris Roberts, Elaine McNaish and Laurence Moore
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:352
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  3. This study examines the relationships between childhood food allergy and parental unhealthy food choices for their children across attitudes towards childhood obesity as mediators and parental gender, income a...

    Authors: Ali B. Mahmoud, Dieu Hack-Polay, Leonora Fuxman, Dina Naquiallah and Nicholas Grigoriou
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1453
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  4. Information regarding dietary nutrient intake during tuberculosis disease is lacking. We established the relationship between disease severity or wasting during pulmonary tuberculosis and nutrient intake.

    Authors: Ezekiel Mupere, Isabel M Parraga, Daniel J Tisch, Harriet K Mayanja and Christopher C Whalen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:1050
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  5. The aim of the Boost study was to produce a persistent increase in fruit and vegetable consumption among 13-year-olds. This paper describes the development, implementation and evaluation of a school-and commun...

    Authors: Rikke Krølner, Thea Suldrup Jørgensen, Anne Kristine Aarestrup, Anne Hjøllund Christiansen, Anne Maj Christensen and Pernille Due
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:191
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  7. This study aims to determine the maximum price at which HIV vaccination is cost-effective in the Thai healthcare setting. It also aims to identify the relative importance of vaccine characteristics and risk be...

    Authors: Pattara Leelahavarong, Yot Teerawattananon, Pitsaphun Werayingyong, Chutima Akaleephan, Nakorn Premsri, Chawetsan Namwat, Wiwat Peerapatanapokin and Viroj Tangcharoensathien
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:534
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  8. India currently has more than 60 million people with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) and this is predicted to increase by nearly two-thirds by 2030. While management of those with T2DM is important, preventing...

    Authors: Thirunavukkarasu Sathish, Emily D Williams, Naanki Pasricha, Pilvikki Absetz, Paula Lorgelly, Rory Wolfe, Elezebeth Mathews, Zahra Aziz, Kavumpurathu Raman Thankappan, Paul Zimmet, Edwin Fisher, Robyn Tapp, Bruce Hollingsworth, Ajay Mahal, Jonathan Shaw, Damien Jolley…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:1035
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  9. Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are amongst the leading causes of death worldwide. Risk factors of CVD develop during childhood and adolescence, and dietary quality has been linked to the development of CVD itse...

    Authors: Angélica Ochoa-Avilés, Roosmarijn Verstraeten, Carl Lachat, Susana Andrade, John Van Camp, Silvana Donoso and Patrick Kolsteren
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:939
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  10. We aimed to evaluate the association of sedentary behavior (SB) and moderate to vigorous leisure-time physical activity (MVPA) with sleep quality during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Authors: Luiz Antônio Alves de Menezes-Júnior, Samara Silva de Moura, Amanda Gonçalves Miranda, Amanda Cristina de Souza Andrade, George Luiz Lins Machado-Coelho and Adriana Lúcia Meireles
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:1116
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  12. Asthma is a major cause of disability, health resource utilization and poor quality of life world-wide. We set out to generate estimates of the global burden of asthma in adults, which may inform the developme...

    Authors: Teresa To, Sanja Stanojevic, Ginette Moores, Andrea S Gershon, Eric D Bateman, Alvaro A Cruz and Louis-Philippe Boulet
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:204
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  13. Policy advisers are seeking robust evidence on the effectiveness of measures, such as promoting walking and cycling, that potentially offer multiple benefits, including enhanced health through physical activit...

    Authors: Ralph Chapman, Philippa Howden-Chapman, Michael Keall, Karen Witten, Wokje Abrahamse, Alistair Woodward, Dylan Muggeridge, Jean Beetham and Mark Grams
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:935
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  15. Anaemia is a major global public health problem, considerably affects young women in resource limited countries. The available researches on anaemia focused on children, pregnant women, or all women of reprodu...

    Authors: Mehari Woldemariam Merid, Dagmawi Chilot, Adugnaw Zeleke Alem, Fantu Mamo Aragaw, Melaku Hunie Asratie, Daniel Gashaneh Belay and Anteneh Ayelign Kibret
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:1292
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  16. The prevalence of hypertension is increasing in much of the South Asian region, including Nepal. This paper reports the prevalence and risk factors of hypertension and pre-hypertension among adult women in a r...

    Authors: Rumana J Khan, Christine P Stewart, Parul Christian, Kerry J Schulze, Lee Wu, Steven C LeClerq, Subarna K Khatry and Keith P West Jr
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:55
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  17. The prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is increasing globally, and understanding the association between CKD and employment status is crucial. This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the associ...

    Authors: Seoyeong Choi, Suk-Yong Jang, Eunjeong Choi and Yu shin Park
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:216
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  18. Breastmilk is the ideal nutrition for infants, and breastfeeding protects infants and mothers from a range of adverse health outcomes. In Denmark, most mothers initiate breastfeeding but many cease within the ...

    Authors: Henriette Knold Rossau, Ingrid Maria Susanne Nilsson, Marianne Busck-Rasmussen, Claus Thorn Ekstrøm, Anne Kristine Gadeberg, Jonas Cuzulan Hirani, Katrine Strandberg-Larsen and Sarah Fredsted Villadsen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:450
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  19. People with low socioeconomic status (SES) and some ethnic minorities are often underrepresented in lifestyle programmes. Therefore, a lifestyle programme was developed especially targeting these groups. Devel...

    Authors: Dorit Teuscher, Andrea J Bukman, Agnes Meershoek, Reint Jan Renes, Edith JM Feskens and Marleen A van Baak
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:125
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  20. When formulating and evaluating COVID-19 vaccination strategies, an emphasis has been placed on preventing severe disease that overburdens healthcare systems and leads to mortality. However, more conventional ...

    Authors: Lander Willem, Steven Abrams, Nicolas Franco, Pietro Coletti, Pieter J. K. Libin, James Wambua, Simon Couvreur, Emmanuel André, Tom Wenseleers, Zhuxin Mao, Andrea Torneri, Christel Faes, Philippe Beutels and Niel Hens
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:1171
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  21. Most health economic evaluations of childhood vaccination only capture the health and short-term economic benefits. Measuring broader, long-term effects of vaccination on productivity and externalities could p...

    Authors: Rohan Deogaonkar, Raymond Hutubessy, Inge van der Putten, Silvia Evers and Mark Jit
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:878
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  22. Mental health disorders impact approximately one in four US adults. While their causes are likely multifactorial, prior research has linked the risk of certain mental health disorders to prenatal and early chi...

    Authors: Kate Hoffman, Ann Aschengrau, Thomas F. Webster, Scott M. Bartell and Verónica M. Vieira
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:688
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  23. Immigrants to the United States are usually healthier than their U.S.-born counterparts, yet the health of immigrants declines with duration of stay in the U.S. This pattern is often seen for numerous health p...

    Authors: Gilbert C. Gee, A. B. de Castro, Catherine M. Crespi, May C. Wang, Karen Llave, Eleanor Brindle, Nanette R. Lee, Maria Midea M. Kabamalan and Anna K. Hing
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:771
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  24. High food insecurity has been demonstrated in rural American Indian households, but little is known about American Indian families in urban settings or the association of food insecurity with diet for these fa...

    Authors: Emily J. Tomayko, Kathryn L. Mosso, Kate A. Cronin, Lakeesha Carmichael, KyungMann Kim, Tassy Parker, Amy L. Yaroch and Alexandra K. Adams
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:611
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  26. Cardiovascular diseases are among the most common causes of hospital admissions and deaths in Zanzibar. This study assessed prevalence of, and antecedent factors and care access for the two common cardiovascul...

    Authors: Jutta M. Adelin Jorgensen, Kaya Helene Hedt, Omar Mwalim Omar and Justine I. Davies
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1352
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  27. The reasons for low adherence to cereal dietary guidelines are not well understood but may be related to knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and perceived barriers. This study aims to assess trends in cereal foods c...

    Authors: Christina Mary Pollard, Claire Elizabeth Pulker, Xingqiong Meng, Jane Anne Scott, Felicity Claire Denham, Vicky Anne Solah and Deborah Anne Kerr
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:597
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  28. Iron-deficiency is the most common nutritional deficiency globally. Due to the high iron requirements for pregnancy, it is highly prevalent and severe in pregnant women. There is strong evidence that maternal ...

    Authors: Tanvir M. Huda, Mohammad Masudur Rahman, Shahreen Raihana, Sajia Islam, Tazeen Tahsina, Ashraful Alam, Kingsley Agho, Sabrina Rasheed, Alison Hayes, Mohd Anisul Karim, Qazi Sadequr Rahman, Abu Bakkar Siddique, Md Moinuddin, Morseda Chowdhury, Lucky Ghose, Kaosar Afsana…
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:816
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  29. Effective management of the spread of a novel infectious disease, such as the COVID-19 virus can be achieved through influencing people’s behavior to adopt preventive measures. The public’s perceptions and att...

    Authors: Ghadah Alkhaldi, Ghadeer S. Aljuraiban, Sultana Alhurishi, Roberta De Souza, Kethakie Lamahewa, Rosa Lau and Fahdah Alshaikh
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:1251
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  30. Job boredom has been generally associated with poorer self-rated health but the evidence is mainly cross-sectional and there is a lack of a holistic mental health approach. We examined the temporal relationshi...

    Authors: Jie Li, Janne Kaltiainen and Jari J. Hakanen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:907
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  31. With increases in inactive lifestyles and mounting pressure for academic excellence in Chinese younger populations, lack of physical activity and increased prevalence of obesity have become a major public heal...

    Authors: Zheng Zhu, Yan Tang, Jie Zhuang, Yang Liu, Xueping Wu, Yujun Cai, Lijuan Wang, Zhen-Bo Cao and Peijie Chen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:197
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  33. Facility-based delivery has gained traction as a key strategy for reducing maternal and perinatal mortality in developing countries. However, robust evidence of impact of place of delivery on maternal and peri...

    Authors: Jobiba Chinkhumba, Manuela De Allegri, Adamson S Muula and Bjarne Robberstad
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:1014
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  34. The relationship between the triglyceride glucose (TyG) index and osteoarthritis (OA) remains unclear. The objective of this study was to examine potential associations between an elevated TyG index and an inc...

    Authors: Jie Huang, Rigbat Rozi, Jingbo Ma, Bensheng Fu, Zhengcao Lu, Jiang Liu and Yu Ding
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:758
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  35. Little is known about the effects of personal and other characteristics of care recipients on the behaviour of carers. The aim of this study is to examine the association between the main chronic (disabling) c...

    Authors: Deborah Schofield, Michelle Cunich, Rupendra Shrestha, Megan Passey, Simon Kelly, Robert Tanton and Lennert Veerman
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:561
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  37. Perceived health is a well-known, low-cost measure in public health, and has been used in several studies on individuals with impairment. Although many studies have related impairment to self-rated health (SRH...

    Authors: Paula Anderle, Patrícia Klarmann Ziegelmann and Bárbara Niegia Garcia de Goulart
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:580
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  38. Few studies have examined the impact of ‘sit less, move more’ interventions on workplace performance. This study assessed the short and mid-term impacts of and patterns of change within, a 19-week workplace we...

    Authors: Anna Puig-Ribera, Judit Bort-Roig, Maria Giné-Garriga, Angel M. González-Suárez, Iván Martínez-Lemos, Jesús Fortuño, Joan C. Martori, Laura Muñoz-Ortiz, Raimon Milà, Nicholas D. Gilson and Jim McKenna
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:455
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  39. Withdrawal as a method of birth control is still used in Iran. The aim of this study was to explore married women's perspectives and attitudes on withdrawal use instead of oral contraceptive (OC) in Tehran, Iran.

    Authors: Parvin Rahnama, Alireza Hidarnia, Farkhondeh Amin Shokravi, Anoushiravan Kazemnejad, Deborah Oakley and Ali Montazeri
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:289
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  40. Dietary carotenoids have been proven to improve intestinal disorders like inflammatory bowel disease and colon cancer, yet little is known about the link between dietary carotenoids and constipation. This stud...

    Authors: Jiangnan Wang, Wanru Kong, Min Liu, Yuping Wang, Ya Zheng and Yongning Zhou
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:1597
    Content type: Research Published on:

  41. Achieving the blood pressure treatment target in individuals with hypertension is a serious global health challenge. Furthermore, the actual burden of uncontrolled hypertension is poorly understood, especially...

    Authors: Charity Masilela, Brendon Pearce, Joven Jebio Ongole, Oladele Vincent Adeniyi and Mongi Benjeddou
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2020 20:1069
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  42. Given the nature of the spread of SARS-CoV-2, strong regional patterns in the fatal consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic related to local characteristics such as population and health care infrastructures wer...

    Authors: Michał Myck, Monika Oczkowska, Claudius Garten, Artur Król and Martina Brandt
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:177
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  43. Inadequate cognitive and socio-emotional development in children leads to physical and mental illness. We aimed to investigate the status of early childhood development (ECD) and its associated factors. Additi...

    Authors: Mohammad Nayeem Hasan, Md. Rashed Babu, Muhammad Abdul Baker Chowdhury, Mohammad Meshbahur Rahman, Nafiul Hasan, Russell Kabir and Md Jamal Uddin
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:687
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  44. Given the importance of the first 1000 days of a child’s life in terms of laying the foundations for healthy growth and development, parents are a logical target group for supporting health-related practices w...

    Authors: Gülcan Bektas, Femke Boelsma, Meryem Gündüz, Eva N. Klaassen, Jacob C. Seidell, Carline L. Wesdorp and S. Coosje Dijkstra
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:1364
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  45. Low participation in health promotion programs (HPPs) might hamper their effectiveness. A potential reason for low participation is disagreement between needs and preferences of potential participants and the ...

    Authors: Anne Rongen, Suzan J W Robroek, Wouter van Ginkel, Dennis Lindeboom, Martin Pet and Alex Burdorf
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2014 14:1277
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  46. Characterizing and comparing the determinant of cotinine concentrations in different populations should facilitate a better understanding of smoking patterns and addiction. This study describes and characteriz...

    Authors: Marcela Fu, Esteve Fernandez, Jose M Martínez-Sánchez, José A Pascual, Anna Schiaffino, Antoni Agudo, Carles Ariza, Josep M Borràs and Jonathan M Samet
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2009 9:320
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  47. Anaemia among preeclamptic (PE) women is a major undefined health issue in Bangladesh. This study explored the risk factors associated with anaemia and mapped the regional influences to understand the geograph...

    Authors: Ahasan Ali, Jahirul Islam, Ratna Paul, Shahinur Parvin, Abu Taiub Mohammed Mohiuddin Chowdhury, Rafiqul Islam, Sharmina Siddique, Atiqur Rahman, Sayeda Tamanna Tasnim and Suraiya Hasna
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:1650
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  48. Mid to late adolescence is characterised by a vulnerability to problematic substance use since the consumption of alcohol and illicit drugs is frequently initiated and increased in this life period. While the ...

    Authors: Nicolas Arnaud, Sonja Bröning, Magdalena Drechsel, Rainer Thomasius and Christiane Baldus
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2012 12:826
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  49. The practice of regular physical activity can alter the lipid profile in populations according to diverse demographic characteristics.

    Authors: Erika da Silva Maciel, Bhárbara Karolline Rodrigues Silva, Francisco Winter dos Santos Figueiredo, André Pontes-Silva, Fernando Rodrigues Peixoto Quaresma, Fernando Adami and Fernando Luiz Affonso Fonseca
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:542
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  50. Serum potassium levels have been positively associated with cardiovascular mortality, but little is known about the association with cancer mortality and death due to other causes. We examined whether serum le...

    Authors: Ragnhild S. Falk, Trude Eid Robsahm, Jan Erik Paulsen, Tanja Stocks, Isabel Drake and Trond Heir
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:711
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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