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Background The WHO recommends ≥150 min/week of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) for older adults, while the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare suggests ≥6000 steps/day.
Objective: To provide the first valid and reliable estimate of the health status of Gypsies and Travellers in England by using standardised instruments to compare their health with that of a UK ...
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Institute of Social Medicine and Epidemiology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria Correspondence to Dr Erwin Stolz, Institute of Social Medicine and Epidemiology, Medical University of Graz, ...
Background The latest meta-analysis from the World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research concluded that red meat was a probable cause and processed meat a convincing cause of ...
STUDY OBJECTIVE To estimate the impact of passive smoking at work on use of health care services and absenteeism. DESIGN Cross sectional survey. SETTING A workforce in Hong Kong. PARTICIPANTS 5142 ...
This narrative review summarises recently published epidemiological and in vivo experimental studies on exposure to environmental chemicals and their potential role in the development of type 1 ...
Background With an increase in ageing population, cognitive decline represents a major reason of concern. Alcohol has been shown to have a differential impact on cognitive decline according to the ...
Correspondence to Dr Marianna Virtanen, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, University of Uppsala, Uppsala 752 36, Sweden; marianna.virtanen{at}ttl.fi Background Although long working ...
Background This study investigated whether self-reported race/skin colour and perceived racial discrimination predict higher obesity incidence after approximately 4-year follow-up of the Brazilian ...