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Nutrition Policies in Mediterranean Europe

open access: yesNutrition Reviews, 2009
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Serra-Majem, L.   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

The Nutrition Elite: Do Only the Highest Levels of Caloric Knowledge, Obesity Knowledge, and Motivation Matter in Processing Nutrition Ad Claims and Disclosures? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This study examines the role of the highest levels of caloric knowledge, obesity consequences knowledge, and motivation to search for nutrition information in the processing of relative nutrient content claims in advertisements, such as “half the ...
Andrews, J. Craig   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Education and micronutrient deficiencies: an ecological study exploring interactions between women’s schooling and children’s micronutrient status

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2018
Background Formal education can be a nutrition-sensitive intervention that supports the scale-up and impact of nutrition-specific actions. Maternal education has long been linked to child survival, growth, and development while adult earnings and ...
Kassandra L. Harding   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spatiotemporal and Demographic Trends and Disparities in Cardiovascular Disease Among Older Adults in the United States Based on 181 Million Hospitalization Records

open access: yesJournal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2019
Background The US population is aging, with concurrent increases in cardiovascular disease (CVD) burdens; however, spatiotemporal and demographic trends in CVD incidence in the US elderly have not been investigated in detail.
Gitanjali M. Singh   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Remuneration systems of community health workers in India and promoted maternal health outcomes: a cross-sectional study

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background This study assessed the association of remuneration systems of paid-for-performance Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) and salaried Anganwadi workers (AWWs) on seven maternal health outcomes in four states in India: Andhra Pradesh (AP),
Hannah J. Koehn   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The One Nutrition in Complex Environments (ONCE) study protocol: a cluster-randomized multi-level multi-sectoral intervention to improve nutrition in Uganda

open access: yesTrials, 2022
Objective To implement and measure the effects of a multi-level multi-sectoral social behavior change (SBC) intervention in Agago District of Northern Uganda and to determine the potential for scale-up.
Stacy P. Griswold   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Social and behaviour change communication to improve child feeding practices in Ethiopia

open access: yesMaternal and Child Nutrition, 2021
Social and behaviour change communication (SBCC) interventions can positively affect optimal nutritional practices. This study evaluated the added value of a virtual facilitator tool to an enhanced community conversation (ECC) programme to improve infant
Abdulhalik Workicho   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Predictors of anemia in pregnant women residing in rural areas of the Oromiya region of Ethiopia

open access: yesBMC Nutrition, 2017
Background Anemia in pregnancy is associated with higher risk of low birth weight and both maternal and perinatal mortality. While previous studies in Ethiopia have examined factors associated with anemia, which factors are the most important ...
Krista Zillmer   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Beat osteoporosis — nourish and exercise skeletons (BONES): a group randomized controlled trial in children

open access: yesBMC Pediatrics, 2020
Background Lifelong healthy habits developed during childhood may prevent chronic diseases in adulthood. Interventions to promote these habits must begin early. The BONES (Beat Osteoporosis – Nourish and Exercise Skeletons) project assessed whether early
Christina D. Economos   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Health, Nutrition, and Public Policy [PDF]

open access: yesFood and Nutrition Bulletin, 2010
The relationship between health and the economy is complex and hardly a matter of unidirectional cause and consequence. With health increasingly being understood as a stimulus for the economy, nutrition directly assumes the status of an economic identifier.
Frenk, J.   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

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