Egbe, Manfred Grant, Amy Waddington, Madeleine Terashima, Mikiko MacAulay, Rita Johnson, Christine Kholina, Ksenia Williams, Patricia L
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The present study aimed to examine the availability and price of healthier compared with less healthy foods by geography, store category and store type for convenience stores, and by store size for grocery stores in Nova Scotia. A cross-sectional study that examined differences in the overall availability and price of healthier compared to less hea...
Law, Kwok Hong Dimmock, James A Thornton, Ashleigh L Nicholas, Joanna C Ho, Gordon Gucciardi, Daniel F Guelfi, Kym J Jackson, Ben
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Little is known about parents' compensatory health beliefs (CHB) surrounding their children's engagement in physical activity (PA). Our aim was to provide evidence regarding the nature of, and factors underpinning, parents' PA-related compensatory beliefs for their children. A qualitative descriptive approach and thematic content analysis were empl...
Brito, Alice Divina Melo de Hermsdorff, Helen Hermana Miranda Filgueiras, Mariana De Santis Vieira-Ribeiro, Sarah Aparecida Franceschini, Sylvia do Carmo Castro Novaes, Juliana Farias de
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To propose cut-off points for the TAG-glucose (TyG) index in Brazilian children and evaluate the link to cardiometabolic risk. A cross-sectional study with children from a municipality in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Anthropometric (weight, height, waist circumference and waist:height ratio), biochemical (lipid and glucose profile) and blood pressure (BP)...
Critselis, Elena Kontogianni, Meropi D Georgousopoulou, Ekavi Chrysohoou, Christina Tousoulis, Dimitrios Pitsavos, Christos Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B
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To compare the Mediterranean and Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diets in deterring 10-year CVD. Prospective cohort (n 2020) with a 10-year follow-up period for the occurrence of combined (fatal or non-fatal) CVD incidence (International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10). Baseline adherence to the Mediterranean and DASH diets was ...
Buja, Alessandra Grotto, Giulia Montecchio, Laura De Battisti, Elisa Sperotto, Milena Bertoncello, Chiara Cocchio, Silvia Baldovin, Tatjana Baldo, Vincenzo
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To collect and summarise all current data from observational studies, generating evidence of the association between health literacy (HL) and the dietary intake of sugar, salt and fat, to analyse intervention studies on the promotion of an appropriate dietary intake of the above-mentioned nutrients and to ascertain whether HL moderates the efficacy...
Ao, Deng Zhao, Qian Song, Jie-Yun Liu, Zheng Wang, Yan Wang, Hai-Jun Yang, Hui-Xia
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To identify the association of the glucokinase gene (GCK) rs4607517 polymorphism with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and determine whether sweets consumption could interact with the polymorphism on GDM in Chinese women. We conducted a case-control study at a hospital including 1015 participants (562 GDM cases and 453 controls). We collected th...
Pedraza, Lilia S Popkin, Barry M Adair, Linda Robinson, Whitney R Taillie, Lindsey Smith
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To examine patterns of taxed and untaxed food and beverage shopping across store types after Mexico's sugary drink and non-essential food taxes, the nutritional quality of these patterns and the socio-economic characteristics associated with them. We performed k-means cluster analyses using households' percentage of food and beverage purchases from...
Silva, Osvaldinete Lopes de Oliveira Rea, Marina Ferreira Sarti, Flávia Mori Buccini, Gabriela
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To analyse the cost-effectiveness of Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) in promoting breast-feeding during the first hour of life (BFFHL) and reducing late neonatal mortality. Cost-effectiveness economic assessment from the health system perspective, preceded by a prospective cohort of mother-baby followed from birth to 6 months of life. The ...
Oostenbach, Laura H Lamb, Karen E Dangerfield, Fiona Poelman, Maartje P Kremers, Stef Thornton, Lukar
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To explore differences in proportion of food budget and total food expenditure by dwelling type. A cross-sectional study using data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2015-2016 Household Expenditure Survey. Food expenditure was examined on multiple categories: fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, pre-prepared meals, meals in restaurants, hotels an...
Mohammadi, Shooka Su, Tin Tin Papadaki, Angeliki Jalaludin, Muhammad Yazid Dahlui, Maznah Mohamed, Mohd Nahar Azmi Jago, Russell Toumpakari, Zoi Johnson, Laura Majid, Hazreen Abdul
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To conduct formative research using qualitative methods among stakeholders of secondary schools to explore their perceptions, barriers and facilitators related to healthy eating and physical activity (PA) among Malaysian adolescents. A qualitative study involving eight focus groups and twelve in-depth interviews. Focus groups and interviews were re...
