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BMC Public Health: 2016 in Review
Larger wine glasses may lead people to drink more Alcohol consumption ranks 5th among the 20 leading risk factors for global burden of disease and BMC Public Health has published an array of articles...
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Evidence from health interventions at food store settings and the way forward
One of the most recurrent New Year’s resolutions is to lose weight. Nevertheless, year after year only very few of us achieve this noble objective despite our good intentions. As a result, obesity and...
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The effectiveness of an increase in fuel excise taxation as a potential...
Obesity is a complex, ‘wicked’ problem now affecting billions of people around the world. Obesity occurs when energy intake exceeds energy expenditure over time, leading to rising body mass index...
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Pet ownership as a social determinant of health
In a study published today in BMC Public Health, Megan Kiely Mueller (Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine) and colleagues used data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), an...
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What role does branding play in the smoking experience?
In a study recently published in BMC Public Health, Melanie Wakefield et al. from the Cancer Council Victoria employed a within-subjects design to test their hypothesis that the presence of a premium...
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Drug related deaths: learning from the past
2016 saw, for the third consecutive year, the highest number of drug related deaths ever recorded in Scotland. In that year, 867 people lost their lives to drugs. This amounts to a 23% rise on 2015,...
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Celebrating Pride while recognizing the mental health challenges of the LGBTQ...
When I decided to write this blog, my hope was to write something uplifting since Pride month is a time of celebration. I was determined to find recently published articles on the advancements in...
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Empowering women from low socioeconomic backgrounds to combat obesity:...
Obesity is a global threat and it is one of the risk factors associated with diabetes, hypertension and heart disease. It is a growing problem among women in Malaysia and other Asian countries, where...
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Eliminating vertical transmission of HIV: This last mile needs more than...
I remember 1994: South Africa became a democracy and the entire nation, regardless of race, color, religion, or creed went to the polls. At this time, pediatric HIV infection was an emerging and...
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Introducing the BMC Series SDG Editorial Board Members: Maha El Tantawi and...
After a successful call for papers, BMC Oral Health is delighted to announce the publication of a Collection of articles on water fluoridation and oral health. Professor Maha El Tantawi and Professor...
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