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The International Diet-Health Index: a novel tool to evaluate diet quality for cardiometabolic health across countries

BMJ Global Health, 2020
Introduction Diet is a major modifiable risk factor for cardiometabolic disease; however, interpretable measures capturing impacts of overall diet on health that can be easily used by policymakers at the global/national levels are not readily available ...
Dariush Mozaffarian, Jifan Wang, William A Masters, Yan Bai, Elena N Naumova, Gitanjali M Singh   +5 more
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A pilot and feasibility study to assess children’s consumption in quick-service restaurants using plate waste methodology

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background Children regularly consume foods from quick-service restaurants (QSR), but little is known about the foods that children order, the calories and nutrients consumed, the accuracy of stated calorie information, or the ability to assess food ...
Juliana F. W. Cohen, Susan B. Roberts, Stephanie Anzman-Frasca, Madeleine M. G. Gamache, Vanessa M. Lynskey, Emilia Matthews, Megan P. Mueller, Shanti Sharma, Christina D. Economos   +8 more
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Using participatory epidemiology to investigate women’s knowledge on the seasonality and causes of acute malnutrition in Karamoja, Uganda

Pastoralism, 2023
The Karamoja region of northeast Uganda had been characterized by high levels of acute malnutrition (AM) for decades, despite substantial aid investment in nutrition programmes.
Andy Catley, Raphael Lotira Arasio, Charles Hopkins   +2 more
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DPF-Nutrition: Food Nutrition Estimation via Depth Prediction and Fusion [PDF]

arXiv, 2023
A reasonable and balanced diet is essential for maintaining good health. With the advancements in deep learning, automated nutrition estimation method based on food images offers a promising solution for monitoring daily nutritional intake and promoting dietary health.
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The Role of Public Nutrition Research Organizations in the Construction, Implementation and Evaluation of Evidence-Based Nutrition Policy: Two National Experiences in Mexico

Nutrients, 2019
Malnutrition and poor diet are the largest risk factors responsible for the global burden of disease. Therefore, ending all forms of malnutrition by 2030 is a global priority.
Juan A. Rivera Dommarco, Teresita González de Cosío, C. G. García-Chávez, M. A. Colchero   +3 more
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Trends in chronic kidney disease and calories from ultra-processed foods: NHANES at the highly granular level

Discover Public Health
Background Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a significant public health challenge influenced by genetic predispositions and lifestyle factors, including unhealthy diets.
Kristin E. Leonberg, Manish R. Maski, Tammy M. Scott, Yutong Chen, Bingjie Zhou, Elena N. Naumova   +5 more
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Joining the dots: the role of brokers in nutrition policy in Australia

BMC Public Health, 2017
BackgroundPoor diet is the leading preventable risk factor contributing to the burden of disease in Australia. A range of cost-effective, comprehensive population-focussed strategies are available to address these dietary-related diseases.
K. Cullerton, T. Donnet, Amanda J. Lee, D. Gallegos   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Causal effects of intervening variables in settings with unmeasured confounding [PDF]

arXiv, 2023
We present new results on average causal effects in settings with unmeasured exposure-outcome confounding. Our results are motivated by a class of estimands, e.g., frequently of interest in medicine and public health, that are currently not targeted by standard approaches for average causal effects.
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Using cluster analysis on municipal statistical data to configure public policies about Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Venezuela [PDF]

arXiv, 2023
Objective: The aim of this research is to demonstrate how the use of hierarchical cluster analysis on 366 municipalities and other minor entities (parishes) of Venezuela, could be useful to consider regional differences and similarities between territorial entities when designing national public policies of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) based on
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School District Wellness Policies: Evaluating Progress and Potential for Improving Children's Health Three Years After the Federal Mandate [PDF]

, 2010
Analyzes data on written wellness policies on nutrition, nutrition education, and physical activity and education from the 2006-09 school years.

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