Nonvalidated home blood pressure devices dominate the online marketplace in Australia: major implications for cardiovascular risk management

DS Picone, RA Deshpande, MG Schultz, R Fonseca… - …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Self-home blood pressure (BP) monitoring is recommended to guide clinical decisions on
hypertension and is used worldwide for cardiovascular risk management. People usually …

Changes in the behavioural determinants of health during the COVID-19 pandemic: gender, socioeconomic and ethnic inequalities in five British cohort studies

D Bann, A Villadsen, J Maddock, A Hughes… - J Epidemiol …, 2021 - jech.bmj.com
Background The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to have far-reaching consequences on
population health. We investigated whether these consequences included changes in …

[HTML][HTML] Co-benefits of air pollution control and climate change mitigation strategies in Pakistan

KA Mir, P Purohit, S Cail, S Kim - Environmental Science & Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Pakistan's urban air pollution is among the world's worst, wreaking havoc on public health
and the economy. Although the country's environmental protection act and the climate …

The transition to modernity and chronic disease: mismatch and natural selection

S Corbett, A Courtiol, V Lummaa, J Moorad… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract The Industrial Revolution and the accompanying nutritional, epidemiological and
demographic transitions have profoundly changed human ecology and biology, leading to …

Regional prevalence and determinants of exclusive breastfeeding in India

FA Ogbo, MV Dhami, AO Awosemo… - International …, 2019 - Springer
Background Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) has important benefits for both the mother and
child. In India, no nationwide studies have examined patterns of EBF in the past decade to …

Application of multiple-path particle dosimetry model for quantifying age specified deposition of particulate matter in human airway

N Manojkumar, B Srimuruganandam… - … and Environmental Safety, 2019 - Elsevier
Particulate matter (PM) is crucial among six criteria air pollutants, and it is frequently
associated with human morbidity and mortality. According to the aerodynamic diameter, PM …

Strategies to improve the implementation of workplace‐based policies or practices targeting tobacco, alcohol, diet, physical activity and obesity

L Wolfenden, S Goldman, FG Stacey… - Cochrane Database …, 2018 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Given the substantial period of time adults spend in their workplaces each day,
these provide an opportune setting for interventions addressing modifiable behavioural risk …

Consumption of sweet beverages and cancer risk. a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

F Llaha, M Gil-Lespinard, P Unal, I de Villasante… - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
The consumption of sweet beverages, including sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB),
artificial-sweetened beverages (ASB) and fruit juices (FJ), is associated with the risk of …

Global estimation of exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) from household air pollution

M Shupler, W Godwin, J Frostad, P Gustafson… - Environment …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Exposure to household air pollution (HAP) from cooking with dirty fuels is a
leading health risk factor within Asia, Africa and Central/South America. The concentration of …

Awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension and related factors in adult Iranian population

M Mirzaei, M Mirzaei, B Bagheri, A Dehghani - BMC Public Health, 2020 - Springer
Background Hypertension, known as the silent killer, is a major risk factor for cardiovascular
disease. Awareness and treatment of hypertension is not appropriate in the world, and this …