Measuring Nutrition Security Using the Consumer Food Data System Datasets
ABSTRACT Nutrition security is an emerging concept lacking a consensus definition, conceptualization, or standardized measure. This perspectives manuscript synthesizes findings from two previously published analyses to assess the feasibility of using available measures of key dimensions of nutrition security from two Consumer Food Data System (CFDS ...
Vibha Bhargava +2 more
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Young Muslim Women Living with Asthma in Denmark: A Link between Religion and Self-Efficacy
Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease that can be controlled with appropriate medicinal treatment. Adherence to pharmacological treatment is therefore critical.
Louise C. Druedahl +4 more
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When can Muslims withdraw or withhold life support? A narrative review of Islamic juridical rulings
When it is ethically justifiable to stop medical treatment? For many Muslim patients, families, and clinicians this ethical question remains a challenging one as Islamic ethico-legal guidance on such matters remains scattered and difficult to interpret ...
Afshan Mohiuddin +3 more
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Morbidity Among the Aging Population in Northern Bangladesh: An Epidemiological Study
Multimorbidity (≥ 2 chronic diseases) is common among aging populations, yet evidence from Bangladesh remains limited. A cross‐sectional survey of 540 older adults in Northern Bangladesh (June–August 2022) assessed multimorbidity using interviews and logistic regression analysis. Multimorbidity prevalence was 75.74% (95% CI: 71.9%–79.3%).
Md. Abu Sayem +3 more
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Religiousness and mental health: a review
OBJECTIVE: The relationship between religiosity and mental health has been a perennial source of controversy. This paper reviews the scientific evidence available for the relationship between religion and mental health.
Moreira-Almeida Alexander +2 more
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New Age Healing: Origins, Definitions, and Implications for Religion and Medicine
This paper discusses the concept of New Age healing. Its emergence into popular culture in the 1980s can be traced to burgeoning interest in human potential and holistic health in the 1960s and 1970s.
Jeff Levin
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Food Tastes in the United States: Convergence or Divergence?
ABSTRACT This study investigates how food consumption tastes have changed in recent decades across the United States. Using NielsenIQ data for over 77 million transactions, there is evidence of divergence in food tastes across regions from 2007 to 2016 and across households of different income, education, and race/ethnicity groups.
Michael DeDad
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Medical Pluralism in the Coronavirus Epidemic: A Study of Controversy over Islamic Medicine [PDF]
Medical pluralism refers to the coexistence of different medical traditions in a society, and on this basis, alternative and complementary medicine have found their way into the health care systems of different countries.
simin kazemi
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Philosophical Perspectives on Medicine and Religion
In this chapter, I survey the literature concerning selected metaphysical, epistemological, and ethical issues surrounding the intersection of spirituality and religion with medicine.
James A. Marcum
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Traceability of Agri‐Food Products: The Key to Conscious Trade
ABSTRACT Globalization and growing concerns about sustainability have led to improvements in product traceability, quality, and sustainability. Traceability contributes to environmental protection and supports sustainable development by fostering transparency in agricultural practices and encouraging the responsible use of resources.
Scarlett Queen Almeida Bispo +5 more
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