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Harmonisation of exposure assessment: a comparison between pan-European classification FoodEx-1 and national codes

Authors: Yasmina Akhandaf, Isabelle Sioen and Stefaan De Henauw

Risk – benefit perception and consumption of seafood in European consumers

Authors: Silke Jacobs, Isabelle Sioen, Stefaan De Henauw, Núria Tous, Ana Luísa Maulvault, Gabriella Fait, Federico Cardona Pons and Wim Verbeke

Foodborne cereulide causes beta cell dysfunction and apoptosis

Authors: Roman Vangoitsenhoven, Dieter Rondas, Inne Crèvecoeur, Wannes D'Hertog, Matilde Masini, Mirjana Andjelkovic, Joris Van Loco, Christophe Matthys, Chantal Mathieu, Lut Overbergh and Bart Van der Schueren

Can the supplementation of a digestive enzyme complex offer a solution for common digestive problems?

Authors: Thomas Quinten, Jean-Michel Philippart, Thomas De Beer, Stefaan Vervarcke and Mieke Van Den Driessche

Supplementation with crude rhubarb extract lessens liver inflammation and hepatic lipid accumulation in a model of acute alcohol-induced steato-hepatitis

Authors: Audrey M Neyrinck, Usune Etxeberria, Alexandra Jouret and Nathalie M Delzenne

Inulin-type fructan degradation capacity of interesting butyrate-producing colon bacteria and cross-feeding interactions of Faecalibacterium prausnitzii DSM 17677^T with bifidobacteria

Authors: Frédéric Moens, Audrey Rivière, Marija Selak and Luc De Vuyst

Exploring future opportunities and barriers for business model concepts in personalized nutrition

Authors: Jo Goossens

Influence of birth weight on calcaneal bone stiffness in Belgian pre-adolescent children

Authors: Karen Van den Bussche, Nathalie Michels, Luis Gracia-Marco, Diana Herrmann, Gabriele Eiben, Stefaan De Henauw and Isabelle Sioen

Do Roux-en-Y gastric bypass patients meet the dietary guidelines?

Authors: Ina Gesquiere, Kelly Van Meerbeeck, Veerle Foulon, Patrick Augustijns, Matthias Lannoo, Ann Meulemans, Bart Van der Schueren and Christophe Matthys

Alternatives for nitrate and nitrite in fermented meat products: potential contribution of the nitric oxide synthase activity of coagulase-negative staphylococci

Authors: María Sánchez Mainar, Stefan Weckx, Luc De Vuyst and Frédéric Leroy

Nutrigenetics and personalised/stratified approaches to the provision of dietary advice

Authors: Anne-Marie Minihane

Genetic and phenotypic determinants of flavonoid absorption and metabolism: the COB study

Authors: Sumanto Haldar, Noemí T Hernandez, Luisa Ostertag, Peter Curtis, Aedín Cassidy and Anne Marie Minihane

The gut microbiome - a new target for understanding, diagnosing and treating disease

Authors: Jeroen Raes

Riboflavin lowers blood pressure in hypertensive people with the MTHFR677TT genotype

Authors: Helene McNulty, JJ Strain and Mary Ward

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Genes and nutrition, is personalised nutrition the next realistic step

Authors: Christophe Matthys, Stefaan De Henauw, Patrick Kolsteren, Carl Lachat, John Van Camp, Kristin Verbeke and Nathalie Delzenne

Children’s stress influences their diet, physical activity and adiposity: longitudinal behavioural and hormonal pathways

Authors: Nathalie Michels, Isabelle Sioen, Liesbet Boone, Caroline Braet, Els Clays, Inge Huybrechts, Barbara Vanaelst and Stefaan De Henauw

Epigenetic aspects of pancreatic beta cell function in type 2 diabetes

Authors: Miriam Cnop

Is the different time trend (1997–2008) of the obesity prevalence among adults in the three Belgian regions associated with lifestyle changes?

Obesity is a major public health issue with increasing prevalence among adults. However, in Belgium the regional time trends (1997–2008) differed: the prevalence of obesity increased in the Flemish and Brussel...

Authors: Sabine Drieskens, Johan Van der Heyden, Stefaan Demarest and Jean Tafforeau

Prevalence and determinants of Campylobacter infection among under five children with acute watery diarrhea in Mwanza, North Tanzania

Campylobacteriosis, a zoonotic bacterial disease observed world-wide, is becoming the most commonly recognized cause of bacterial gastroenteritis in humans. This study was done to determine the prevalence and ...

Authors: Anna-Pendo Deogratias, Martha F Mushi, Laurent Paterno, Dennis Tappe, Jeremiah Seni, Rogatus Kabymera, Benson R Kidenya and Stephen E Mshana

Isolation and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of Staphylococcus aureus in patients with surgical site infection at Debre Markos Referral Hospital, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Staphylococcus aureus, especially Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) is a major health problem recognized as the most important nosocomial pathogen, often causing postoperative wound infections. ...

Authors: Amlsha Kahsay, Adane Mihret, Tamrat Abebe and Tebkew Andualem

Health literacy among university students in Greece: determinants and association with self-perceived health, health behaviours and health risks

Health literacy is widely considered as a key determinant of health and a priority in the public health policy agenda. Low health literacy has been associated with poorer health states, broader inequalities an...

Authors: Athanassios Vozikis, Kyriakos Drivas and Kostantinos Milioris

Self-rated literacy level does not explain educational differences in health and disease

Although literacy is increasingly considered to play a role in socioeconomic inequalities in health, its contribution to the explanation of educational differences in health has remained unexplored. The aim of...

Authors: Mirjam P Fransen, Gillian Rowlands, Karlijn EF Leenaars and Marie-Louise Essink-Bot

Is health literacy related to health behaviors and cell phone usage patterns among the text4baby target population?

Text4baby provides educational text messages to pregnant and postpartum women and targets underserved women. The primary purpose of this study is to examine the health behaviors and cell phone usage patterns o...

Authors: Elisabeth Poorman, Julie Gazmararian, Lisa Elon and Ruth Parker

Judgment skills, a missing component in health literacy: development of a tool for asthma patients in the Italian-speaking region of Switzerland

Health literacy has been recognized as an important factor influencing health behaviors and health outcomes. However, its definition is still evolving, and the tools available for its measurement are limited i...

Authors: Ana Maria Moreno Londoño and Peter J Schulz

Is low health literacy associated with overweight and obesity in adolescents: an epidemiology study in a 12–16 years old population, Nanning, China, 2012

The problem of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents is considered an epidemic in both developed and developing world by the WHO. There has been little study on the relationship between health lit...

Authors: Lawrence T Lam and Li Yang

Health literacy: a critical concept for public health

Authors: Stephan Van den Broucke

Cognitive function, body mass index and mortality in a rural elderly Chinese cohort

Previous studies have shown that poor cognition and low body mass index were associated with increased mortality. But few studies have investigated the association between cognition and mortality across the en...

Authors: Sujuan Gao, Yinlong Jin, Frederick W Unverzagt, Yibin Cheng, Liqin Su, Chenkun Wang, Feng Ma, Ann M Hake, Carla Kettler, Chen Chen, Jingyi Liu, Jianchao Bian, Ping Li, Jill R Murrell, Daniel O Clark and Hugh C Hendrie

Interventions for physical activity promotion applied to the primary healthcare settings for people living in regions of low socioeconomic level: study protocol for a non-randomized controlled trial

Regular physical activity practice has been widely recommended for promoting health, but the physical activity levels remain low in the population. Therefore, the study of interventions to promote physical act...

Authors: Emanuel P Salvador, Evelyn H Ribeiro, Leandro MT Garcia, Douglas R Andrade, Vanessa MV Guimaraes, Marcelo S Aoki and Alex A Florindo

Creating healthy food environments through global benchmarking of government nutrition policies and food industry practices

Unhealthy processed food products are increasingly dominating over healthy foods, making food and nutrition environments unhealthier. Development and implementation of strong government healthy food policies i...

Authors: Stefanie Vandevijvere and Boyd Swinburn

The high-cost, type 2 diabetes mellitus patient: an analysis of managed care administrative data

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) affects 25.8 million individuals in the United States and exerts a substantial economic burden on patients, health care systems, and society. Few studies have categorized costs ...

Authors: Juliana L Meyers, Shreekant Parasuraman, Kelly F Bell, John P Graham and Sean D Candrilli

What socio-demographic factors influence poverty and financial health care access among disabled people in Flanders: a cross-sectional study

Current literature shows that people with a disability have a lower income than people without a disability. Disabled people often experience difficulties with health care access.

Authors: Margo Adams, Nele Augustyns, Herman Janssens, Bart Vriesacker and Guido Van Hal

Role of antenatal care and iron supplementation during pregnancy in preventing low birth weight in Nepal: comparison of national surveys 2006 and 2011

Low birth weight (LBW) is a major cause of neonatal deaths in developing countries including Nepal. Its social determinants in Nepal have rarely been identified. This study aimed to identify the factors associ...

Authors: Vishnu Khanal, Yun Zhao and Kay Sauer

School based interventions versus family based interventions in the treatment of childhood obesity- a systematic review

The prevalence of childhood obesity, which has seen a rapid increase over the last decade, is now considered a major public health problem. Current treatment options are based on the two important frameworks o...

Authors: Saravana Kumar Kothandan

Enhancing capacity for risk factor surveillance at the regional/local level: a follow-up review of the findings of the Canadian Think Tank Forum after 4 years

National health surveys are sometimes used to provide estimates on risk factors for policy and program development at the regional/local level. However, as regional/local needs may differ from national ones, a...

Authors: Bernard CK Choi, Mary Lou Decou, Drona Rasali, Patricia J Martens, Michelina Mancuso, Ronald C Plotnikoff, Cory Neudorf, Joanne Thanos, Lawrence W Svenson, Keith Denny, Heather Orpana, Paula Stewart, Michael King, Jane Griffith, Tannis Erickson, Renate van Dorp…

Development of a theory- and evidence-based intervention to enhance implementation of physical therapy guidelines for the management of low back pain

Systematic planning could improve the generally moderate effectiveness of interventions to enhance adherence to clinical practice guidelines. The aim of our study was to demonstrate how the process of Interven...

Authors: Geert M Rutten, Janneke Harting, Leona K Bartholomew, Jozé C Braspenning, Rob van Dolder, Marcel FGJ Heijmans, Erik JM Hendriks, Stef PJ Kremers, Roland PS van Peppen, Steven TJ Rutten, Angelique Schlief, Nanne K de Vries and Rob AB Oostendorp

Assessment of pattern for consumption and awareness regarding energy drinks among medical students

Energy drink is a type of beverage which contains stimulant drugs chiefly caffeine and marketed as mental and physical stimulator. Coffee, tea, soft drinks and other caffeinated beverages are not considered as...

Authors: Hafiz Muhammad Aslam, Anum Mughal, Muhammad Muzzammil Edhi, Shafaq Saleem, Masood Hussain Rao, Anum Aftab, Maliha Hanif, Alina Ahmed and Agha Muhammad Hammad Khan

Distorted self-perceived weight status and its associated factors among civil servants in Tamale, Ghana: a cross-sectional study

Obesity has been described as an epidemic and a major public health concern globally. Distorted self-perceived weight status can negatively impact an individual’s decision to lose weight as well as adoption of...

Authors: Victor Mogre, Prosper P Mwinlenna and Jeremiah Oladele

Socio-demographic correlates of six indicators of alcohol consumption: survey findings of students across seven universities in England, Wales and Northern Ireland

This study assessed the prevalence of six alcohol consumption indicators in a sample of university students. We also examined whether students’ sociodemographic and educational characteristics were associated ...

Authors: Walid El Ansari, Rene Sebena and Christiane Stock

Agreement between physicians and the InterVA-4 model in assigning causes ofdeath: the role of recall period and characteristics specific to the deceasedand the respondent

In the absence of routine death registration, the InterVA model is a newmethodology being used as a physician alternative method to interpret verbalautopsy (VA) data in resource-poor settings. However, various...

Authors: Sebsibe Tadesse

Processing medical data: a systematic review

Medical data recording is one of the basic clinical tools. Electronic Health Record (EHR) is important for data processing, communication, efficiency and effectiveness of patients’ information access, confiden...

Authors: Kasaw Adane, Dagnachew Muluye and Molla Abebe

Prevalence and determinants of obesity among primary school children in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Childhood obesity has increased dramatically and has become a public health concern worldwide. Childhood obesity is likely to persist through adulthood and may lead to early onset of NCDs. However, there is pa...

Authors: Alfa J Muhihi, Rose N M Mpembeni, Marina A Njelekela, Amani Anaeli, Omary Chillo, Sulende Kubhoja, Benjamin Lujani, Mwanamkuu Maghembe and Davis Ngarashi

Public health reasoning: much more than deduction

The deductive paradigm has produced notable successes in epidemiology and public health. But while deductive logic has made a substantial contribution to the public health field, it must be recognized that the...

Authors: Louise Cummings

Methodological basics and evolution of the Belgian health interview survey 1997–2008

The Belgian Health Interview Survey (BHIS) is organised every 4 to 5 years and collects health information from around 10,000 individuals in a face-to-face setting. This manuscript describes the methodological...

Authors: Stefaan Demarest, Johan Van der Heyden, Rana Charafeddine, Sabine Drieskens, Lydia Gisle and Jean Tafforeau

Intention to use condom among students in Agena preparatory school, Guraghe Zone, Ethiopia: with the application of health believe model

HIV/AIDS is affecting the majority of the population, particularly the productive age group between 15–49 years resulting in social and economic crisis. The rate of HIV infection would undoubtedly be lowered i...

Authors: Getachew G/selassie, Negussie Deyessa and Gezahegn Tesfaye

Reflections on tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment outcomes in Ghana

Available evidence in Ghana shows the implementation of tuberculosis (TB) control activities efforts since the beginning of the 1900s. In spite of that, TB continues to be one of the common diseases in the cou...

Authors: Joshua Amo-Adjei and Kofi Awusabo-Asare

How to get started with a systematic review in epidemiology: an introductory guide for early career researchers

Systematic review is a powerful research tool which aims to identify and synthesize all evidence relevant to a research question. The approach taken is much like that used in a scientific experiment, with high...

Authors: Hayley J Denison, Richard M Dodds, Georgia Ntani, Rachel Cooper, Cyrus Cooper, Avan Aihie Sayer and Janis Baird

Do mass media campaigns improve physical activity? a systematic review and meta-analysis

Mass media campaigns are frequently used to influence the health behaviors of various populations. There are currently no quantitative meta-analyses of the effect of mass media campaigns on physical activity i...

Authors: Ajibola I Abioye, Kaveh Hajifathalian and Goodarz Danaei

Reasons for non-vaccination in pediatric patients visiting tertiary care centers in a polio-prone country

The Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) was initiated by World Health Organization (WHO) in 1974 in order to save children from life threatening, disabling vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs). In Pakistan, ...

Authors: Asfandyar Sheikh, Bushra Iqbal, Anabia Ehtamam, Maria Rahim, Hiba Arshad Shaikh, Hina Azhar Usmani, Javeria Nasir, Sheharbano Ali, Muniba Zaki, Tooba Abdul Wahab, Warda Wasim and Ali Akber Aftab