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Soda Taxes: The Importance of Analysing Policy Processes; Comment on “The Untapped Power of Soda Taxes: Incentivising Consumers, Generating Revenue, and Altering Corporate Behaviours” [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2018
Sarah A. Roache and Lawrence O. Gostin’s recent editorial comprehensively presents soda taxation rationales from a public health perspective. While we essentially agree that soda taxes are gaining momentum, this commentary expands upon the need for a ...
Yann Le Bodo, Philippe De Wals
doaj   +1 more source

New Directions in Obesity Prevention and Treatment: AcademyHealth 25th Annual Research Meeting [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Summarizes presentations and discussions from a June 2008 conference on the implications of childhood obesity for health services, obesity treatment and prevention, the costs and consequences of adult obesity, and restricting food marketing to ...

core  

The Role of Probiotics and Prebiotics in the Prevention and Treatment of Obesity

open access: yesNutrients, 2019
Obesity is a global pandemic complex to treat due to its multifactorial pathogenesis—an unhealthy lifestyle, neuronal and hormonal mechanisms, and genetic and epigenetic factors are involved.
Tomás Cerdó   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Pioglitazone plus (−)‐epigallocatechin gallate: a novel approach to enhance osteogenic performance in aged bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Aged human bmMSCs are seeded in the scaffold. Osteoblastic induction can slightly increase cell's bone‐forming activity to produce bone‐like tissues, shown as the sporadic xylenol orange‐stained spots (the lower left image). Notably, pioglitazone plus EGCG co‐treatment dramatically increases cell's bone‐forming activity and bone‐like tissue production (
Ching‐Yun Chen   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development and implementation of a local government survey to measure community supports for healthy eating and active living

open access: yesPreventive Medicine Reports, 2017
The ability to make healthy choices is influenced by where one lives, works, shops, and plays. Locally enacted policies and standards can influence these surroundings but little is known about the prevalence of such policies and standards that support ...
Latetia V Moore   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing Laws and Legal Authorities for Obesity Prevention and Control [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This is the first paper in a two part series on the laws and legal authorities for obesity prevention and control, which resulted from the National Summit on Legal Preparedness for Obesity Prevention and Control in 2008. In this paper, the authors apply
Gostin, Lawrence O.   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Television viewing and obesity among Iranian children: The importance of economic status and residential area [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Background: Obesity is a health problem among adolescents worldwide and television (TV) viewing could promote it in several ways. Objective: To determine the association between time spent on TV viewing and obesity considering economic status and ...
Veghari, G.
core   +1 more source

Preventing Obesity through Schools [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 2013
With more than 95% of school-aged youth enrolled in schools for 6 hours per day for up to 13 years, schools offer a broad reach to obesity prevention initiatives. Schools reach students of all races and ethnic backgrounds, income levels, and U.S. regions. Therefore, integrating health promotion activities into schools may equalize health disparities by
Allison, Nihiser   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

The role of lipid metabolism in neuronal senescence

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Disrupted lipid metabolism, through alterations in lipid species or lipid droplet accumulation, can drive neuronal senescence. However, lipid dyshomeostasis can also occur alongside neuronal senescence, further amplifying tissue damage. Delineating how lipid‐induced senescence emerges in neurons and glial cells, and how it contributes to ageing and ...
Dikaia Tsagkari   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Longitudinal Association of Maternity Care Practices with Exclusive Breastfeeding in U.S. Hospitals, 2018–2022

open access: yesChildren
Background/Objectives: Breastfeeding has health benefits for infants and mothers, and hospitals play an important role in supporting breastfeeding. This analysis examines the longitudinal association of hospital maternity care practices and policies with
Lucas Gosdin   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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