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The Africa Food Environment Research Network (FERN): from concept to practice.
Dennis Laryea; Daniel Sellen; Stefanie Vandevijvere; Amos Laar Source: Glob Health Promot (2022) Abstract: BACKGROUND: Africa is contending with unhealthy food environments that are, in part, driving ...
The state of health in Belgium, 1990-2019: a benchmarking analysis based on the Global Burden of Disease 2019 study.
health and care policies are essential. This study aims to assess the health trends in Belgium between 1990 and 2019, to compare the Belgian health status to that of the EU-15 countries, and to identify ...
The European Health Data Space 2: is Europe ready to maximise the re-use of health data?
Publication Type: Scientific poster, presentation or proceeding Authors: L A Abboud; Shona Cosgrove; Irene Kesisoglou Source: European Public Health Conference, European Public Health Association, ...
Noninvasive integrative approach applied to children in the context of recent air pollution exposure demonstrates association between fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) and urinary CC16.
CC16 and CC16 G38A, using noninvasive samples, might be a suitable alternative to assess the impact of air pollution exposure on the respiratory health of children, which is critical for policy ...
Health care costs and lost productivity costs related to excess weight in Belgium.
Brecht Devleesschauwer Source: BMC Public Health, Volume 22, Issue 1 (2022) Keywords: Adult Aged Belgium Body Mass Index Chronic disease health care costs Humans Hypertension middle aged Obesity Overweight ...
Which drugs of choice are on the rise or in decline? A trend analysis of Belgium’s treatment settings (2015-2019)
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Jérôme Antoine; Michaël Hogge; Else De Donder; Geert Verstuyf; E Plettinckx; L. Gremeaux Source: Drugs, Habits and Social Policy (2022) ...
Two countries, similar practices: The political practices of the food industry influencing the adoption of key public health nutrition policies in Guatemala and Panama.
OBJECTIVE: To identify the corporate political activity (CPA) strategies used by food industry actors during the development of two public health nutrition policies in Central America: Law #570 (taxation of ...
An assessment of implementation gaps and priority recommendations on food environment policies: the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI) in Japan
health experts rated the extent of implementation of food environment-related Policy and the Infrastructure-support components, compared with international best practices. Subsequently, the experts ...
Estimating national and subnational nutrient intake distributions of global diets
BACKGROUND: Access to high-quality dietary intake data is central to many nutrition, epidemiology, economic, environmental, and policy applications. When data on individual nutrient intakes are available, they ...
Benchmarking public policies to create healthy food environments compared to best practice: the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index in Guatemala.
validated by Guatemalan government officials. A national civil society expert panel on public health and nutrition performed an online assessment of the implementation of healthy food environment policies ...