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View article: Prioritizing food systems interventions to reduce adolescents’ nutrition insecurity and malnutrition in low-income settings: protocol for the Dishi Fiti Ishi Fiti (Eat Well Live Well) mixed-methods study
Prioritizing food systems interventions to reduce adolescents’ nutrition insecurity and malnutrition in low-income settings: protocol for the Dishi Fiti Ishi Fiti (Eat Well Live Well) mixed-methods study Open
Introduction Adolescents in informal urban communities, defined as settlements that fall outside of formal governmental planning and regulatory frameworks, are at increasing risk of poor-quality diets and malnutrition in all its forms. The…
View article: Large Scale Modelling: The Rippling Effects of Interrupted Imports on Scottish Farming
Large Scale Modelling: The Rippling Effects of Interrupted Imports on Scottish Farming Open
Key Points: Veterinary medicines, crop protection products, and synthetic fertilisers are all almost wholly reliant on imports. We have found that interruption to the supply of these products would have negative rippling effects across the…
View article: Still eating like there's no tomorrow? A qualitative study to revisit attitudes and awareness around sustainable diets after 10 years
Still eating like there's no tomorrow? A qualitative study to revisit attitudes and awareness around sustainable diets after 10 years Open
There is growing realisation that changes to the food system are needed to prevent the worst scenarios for future climatic change. One of these changes is for people to consume sustainable diets, which are healthy, do not place overwhelmin…
View article: Large Scale Modelling: Government Influence On The Rural Social-environmental System
Large Scale Modelling: Government Influence On The Rural Social-environmental System Open
This project is split into two interacting components 1. A business-to-business simulation of nutrient production and supply 2. An optimisation model of nutrient supply given different subsidy scenarios with the objectives of: - understand…
View article: Large Scale Modelling: Farm Activities in Scotland
Large Scale Modelling: Farm Activities in Scotland Open
We describe Scottish farming as a network of resources and farm enterprises. Resources move between enterprises as inputs and outputs. The network of farming activities was taken from the SRUC Farm Management Handbook. The network is fragi…
View article: Bowel complications and anastomotic leak after ileocolic anastomosis in urinary diversion surgery: a comparative 12-year retrospective single-center study
Bowel complications and anastomotic leak after ileocolic anastomosis in urinary diversion surgery: a comparative 12-year retrospective single-center study Open
This study establishes ileocolic anastomotic leak rates in a large urologic patient population. Our findings highlight the protective role of double-layered ileocolic anastomosis reinforced with hand-sewn sutures in reducing bowel complica…
View article: Revisiting attitudes and awareness around sustainable diets after 10 years
Revisiting attitudes and awareness around sustainable diets after 10 years Open
While the impact of high meat consumption on the environment (1) and health (2) have been studied for decades, public knowledge of these issues is less well understood. The aim of this study was to assess the awareness and knowledge of the…
View article: Have Public Attitudes Towards Sustainable Diets Changed In The Last 10 Years?
Have Public Attitudes Towards Sustainable Diets Changed In The Last 10 Years? Open
The FAO defines a sustainable diet as one that has low environmental impact, is beneficial for human health, and is culturally and socially acceptable and economically attainable. One step that has been suggested to improve the sustainabil…
View article: What Do Young People Think About Sustainable Diets?
What Do Young People Think About Sustainable Diets? Open
Switching to more sustainable diets can have positive impacts on human health and are a vital step in reaching Scotland’s Net Zero commitments. Understanding the attitudes and actions of young people are crucial if future climate change mi…
View article: Pathways to healthy and sustainable diets: behaviour and attitudes towards meat consumption
Pathways to healthy and sustainable diets: behaviour and attitudes towards meat consumption Open
The Scottish diet is nutritionally poor and places an unsustainable burden on the environment. One part of the solution to both problems is a dietary shift away from high- meat diets to ones that are rich in plant-based foods such as whole…
View article: Pathways to healthy and sustainable diets: meat-eating context
Pathways to healthy and sustainable diets: meat-eating context Open
Building on earlier work that examined the situational context of meat consumption, we examine if situational differences influence the consumption patterns of different types of meat. Meats are not alike in terms of their impacts on healt…
View article: Pathways To Healthy and Sustainable Diets: The Context People Eat Meat and Meat Replacements (NDNS Data)
Pathways To Healthy and Sustainable Diets: The Context People Eat Meat and Meat Replacements (NDNS Data) Open
Food choices are context dependent. Where, when and who we are with can all have an impact on our food-related decisions. From our previous work we know that meat is more likely to be eaten at the weekend and when there are more co-eaters …
View article: Healthy and Sustainable Diets: Facilitators, Barriers & Consequences
Healthy and Sustainable Diets: Facilitators, Barriers & Consequences Open
The Scottish diet is unsustainable both in terms of health and environmental impacts. Poor diets in Scotland are associated with the high prevalence of obesity and non- communicable diseases and are contributing to global warming. Moving t…
View article: Pathways to healthy and sustainable diets: the role of meat in meal composition
Pathways to healthy and sustainable diets: the role of meat in meal composition Open
Foods are not eaten in isolation, and understanding how changes to one component impact others is vital. The recommendation to reduce meat consumption, e.g., from the Climate Change Committee, does so without reference to the wider diet. T…
View article: Modeling the Contribution of Mobile Food Vendors to Food Choices and Body Weight Dynamics Among People Living With HIV in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Modeling the Contribution of Mobile Food Vendors to Food Choices and Body Weight Dynamics Among People Living With HIV in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania Open
Objectives: As the life expectancy of people living with HIV (PLHIV) has increased, chronic cardiometabolic co-morbidities have become a greater burden for this population. This population may experience both generic risk factors such as a…
View article: Elderly Male With Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)-Induced Pure Red Cell Aplasia
Elderly Male With Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)-Induced Pure Red Cell Aplasia Open
Pure red cell aplasia (PRCA) is a rare hematologic disorder presenting with symptomatic normocytic anemia with preservation of other bone marrow cell lineages that may be acquired in adulthood due to malignancy, autoimmune disease, and inf…
View article: Short‐term dynamics of linear growth among Peruvian infants in the first year of life in a population with linear growth faltering
Short‐term dynamics of linear growth among Peruvian infants in the first year of life in a population with linear growth faltering Open
Objectives Infant growth is recognized to vary over the short term, with periods of greater and lesser linear growth velocity. Our objectives were to (1) examine the potential differences in overall growth profiles between children who exp…
View article: Iron Deficiency is Related to Depressive Symptoms in United States Nonpregnant Women of Reproductive Age: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of NHANES 2005-2010
Iron Deficiency is Related to Depressive Symptoms in United States Nonpregnant Women of Reproductive Age: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of NHANES 2005-2010 Open
These nationally representative data indicate that nonpregnant WRA with ID (based on high TfR) in the United States have higher prevalence of somatic depressive symptoms scores than those with iron sufficiency, especially if they are of lo…
View article: Adequacy of Iodine Status and Associations with Gut Health: A Prospective Cohort Study among Infants in 8 Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Adequacy of Iodine Status and Associations with Gut Health: A Prospective Cohort Study among Infants in 8 Low- and Middle-Income Countries Open
This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in The Journal of Nutrition following peer review. The version of record [Adequacy of Iodine Status and Associations with Gut Health: A Prospective Cohort…
View article: Modelling population responses to workplace minimum dietary standards introduced as workers return after social lockdowns
Modelling population responses to workplace minimum dietary standards introduced as workers return after social lockdowns Open
Background Diet norms are the shared social behaviours and beliefs about diets. In many societies, including the UK, these norms are typically linked to unhealthy diets and impede efforts to improve food choices. Social interactions that c…
View article: Trends in Risk Factors and Symptoms Associated With SARS-CoV-2 and Rhinovirus Test Positivity in King County, Washington, June 2020 to July 2022
Trends in Risk Factors and Symptoms Associated With SARS-CoV-2 and Rhinovirus Test Positivity in King County, Washington, June 2020 to July 2022 Open
Importance Few US studies have reexamined risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 positivity in the context of widespread vaccination and new variants or considered risk factors for cocirculating endemic viruses, such as rhinovirus. Objectives To eval…
View article: Association of Prior COVID-19 Infection With Newly Diagnosed Erectile Dysfunction: Evaluation of 42,406 COVID-19 Recovered Men
Association of Prior COVID-19 Infection With Newly Diagnosed Erectile Dysfunction: Evaluation of 42,406 COVID-19 Recovered Men Open
We sought to assess if COVID-19 infection recovery is associated with increased rates of newly diagnosed erectile dysfuncton(ED). Using IBM MarketScan, a commercial claims database, men with prior COVID-19 infection were identified using I…
View article: Trends in risk factors and symptoms associated with SARS-CoV-2 and Rhinovirus test positivity in King County, Washington: A Test-Negative Design Study of the Greater Seattle Coronavirus Assessment Network
Trends in risk factors and symptoms associated with SARS-CoV-2 and Rhinovirus test positivity in King County, Washington: A Test-Negative Design Study of the Greater Seattle Coronavirus Assessment Network Open
Importance Few US studies have reexamined risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 positivity in the context of widespread vaccination and new variants or considered risk factors for co-circulating endemic viruses, such as rhinovirus. Objective To unde…
View article: Determinants of vaccine coverage and timeliness in a northern Pakistani village
Determinants of vaccine coverage and timeliness in a northern Pakistani village Open
The incidence of vaccine preventable disease in Pakistan remains high despite a long-standing Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI). We describe vaccine completeness, timeliness and determinants of coverage from a remote rural cohort (201…
View article: Determinants of vaccine coverage and timeliness in a northern Pakistani village
Determinants of vaccine coverage and timeliness in a northern Pakistani village Open
Data to support analysis of the determinants of vaccine coverage and timeliness in Oshikhandass, a village in northern Pakistan
View article: Determinants of vaccine coverage and timeliness in a northern Pakistani village
Determinants of vaccine coverage and timeliness in a northern Pakistani village Open
Data to support analysis of the determinants of vaccine coverage and timeliness in Oshikhandass, a village in northern Pakistan
View article: Full breastfeeding protection against common enteric bacteria and viruses: Results from the MAL-ED cohort study
Full breastfeeding protection against common enteric bacteria and viruses: Results from the MAL-ED cohort study Open
Abstract Background Breastfeeding is known to reduce risk of enteropathogen infections, but protection from specific enteropathogens is not well characterized. Objective To estimate the association between full breastfeeding (days fed brea…