Darques, Regis Trottier, Julie Gaudin, Raphael Ait-Mouheb, Nassim
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Background With more than 160 000 confirmed COVID-19 cases and about 30 000 deceased people at the end of June 2020, France was one of the countries most affected by the coronavirus crisis worldwide. We aim to assess the efficiency of global lockdown policy in limiting spatial contamination through an in-depth reanalysis of spatial statistics in Fr...
Gagnon-Dufresne, Marie-Catherine Gautier, Lara Beaujoin, Camille Lamothe, Ashley Savard Mikanagu, Rachel Cloos, Patrick Ridde, Valéry Zinszer, Kate
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Evidence continues to demonstrate that certain marginalised populations are disproportionately affected by COVID-19. While many studies document the impacts of COVID-19 on social inequalities in health, none has examined how public health responses to the pandemic have unfolded to address these inequities in Canada. The purpose of our study was to ...
Hamann, Virginie Deruelle, Philippe Enaux, Christophe Deguen, Séverine Kihal-Talantikite, Wahida
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Background Now that excessive weight gain during pregnancy is recognized as leading to complications during pregnancy that affect foetal growth, limiting weight gain during pregnancy has become a public health concern. Our aim was to perform a systematic review to assess whether observational studies reported associations between Physical Activity ...
Van Dam, Iris Vandevijvere, Stefanie
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Background This study benchmarked and quantitatively assessed the transparency, specificity and comprehensiveness of nutrition-related commitments and related practices of the major companies within the French food industry. Methods To evaluate the nutrition-related commitments and practices across policy domains such as product reformulation, labe...
Clark, Stephen Lomax, Nik Birkin, Mark Morris, Michelle
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Casanova, Clémence Ramier, Clémence Fortin, Davide Carrieri, Patrizia Mancini, Julien Barré, Tangui
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Background Cannabidiol (CBD), a safe, non-intoxicating cannabis component, is growing in popularity in Europe and worldwide. However, CBD EU regulation is blurry, and consequent labelling and product quality issues may have implications for public health. There is therefore a need to assess the prevalence and perceived harmfulness of CBD use in EU ...
Wismans, Annelot van der Zwan, Peter Wennberg, Karl Franken, Ingmar Mukerjee, Jinia Baptista, Rui Marín, Jorge Barrientos Burke, Andrew Dejardin, Marcus Janssen, Frank
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During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, governments imposed numerous regulations to protect public health, particularly the (mandatory) use of face masks. However, the appropriateness and effectiveness of face mask regulations have been widely discussed, as is apparent from the divergent measures taken across and within countries over time, including ma...
Jemna, Dănuț-Vasile David, Mihaela Depret, Marc-Hubert Ancelot, Lydie
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Background A growing need and focus on preventing and controlling the diseases and promoting a healthier lifestyle is more evident at global, regional, and national levels. In this respect, it is well-known the positive association between physical activity and population’s health, but also its negative association with the demand of healthcare, wh...
Marchi, Mattia Magarini, Federica Maria Chiarenza, Antonio Galeazzi, Gian Maria Paloma, Virginia Garrido, Rocío Ioannidi, Elisabeth Vassilikou, Katerina de Matos, Margarida Gaspar Gaspar, Tania
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Background The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionately hard impact on refugees and other migrants who are often exposed to the virus with limited means to protect themselves. We tested the hypothesis that during the COVID-19 pandemic, refugees and other migrants have suffered a negative impact on mental health and have been unjustly discrimi...
Fischer, Vinicius Jobim Bravo, Raquel Gómez Brunnet, Alice Einloft Michielsen, Kristien Tucker, Joseph D. Campbell, Linda Vögele, Claus
Aim To identify the impact of COVID-19 measures on sexual behaviors and sexual satisfaction in Luxembourg residents. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional online survey of adults (> 18 years of age) residing in Luxembourg, while COVID-19 restrictions were in place. The survey was available from January 15 to February 12, 2021 in four languages (Fr...