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Mediated effects of LIFE4YOUth—a mobile health intervention for multiple lifestyle behavior change among high school students in Sweden: findings from a randomized controlled trial | BMC Public Health

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GBD 2017 Diet Collaborators. Health effects of dietary risks in 195 countries, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the global burden of disease study 2017. Lancet. 2019;393(10184):1958–72. Article Google Scholar GBD 2021 Risk Factors Collaborators. Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis…

The open health-promoting activities programme: redefining health promotion and family dynamics by engaging parents in socioeconomically deprived Swedish communities | BMC Public Health

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Bull FC, Al-Ansari SS, Biddle S, Borodulin K, Buman MP, Cardon G, et al. World Health Organization 2020 guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour. Br J Sports Med. 2020;54(24):1451–62. Article PubMed Google Scholar Chaput J-P, Willumsen J, Bull F, Chou R, Ekelund U, Firth J, et al. 2020 WHO guidelines on physical activity and…

Food choice motivations and perceptions of healthy eating: a cross-sectional study among consumers in the UAE | BMC Public Health

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This study explored perceptions of healthy eating and food choice motivations among a sample of adults in the UAE. It also segmented participants based on their food choice motivations to allow for tailored interventions and communication strategies to promote healthier dietary habits. The present study highlighted the prevalence of the internet and social media as primary…

Exploring motivation, goals, facilitators, and barriers to adopt health behaviors at retirement age: a focus group study | BMC Public Health

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Facilitators and barriers Participants identified various facilitators and barriers for a healthy lifestyle in general, most of them observed for both diet and physical activity, but some were specific to each. Usually, facilitators and barriers overlapped. For example, participants identified having more time as an expected facilitator, and lack of time as a barrier (additional…

Evaluating the differences in healthy lifestyle behaviors between Chinese urban and rural residency after the termination of social distancing: analysis based on propensity score matching | BMC Public Health

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WHO. Global Recommendations on Physical Activity for Health. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2010. Valenzuela PL, Carrera-Bastos P, Gálvez BG, Ruiz-Hurtado G, Ordovas JM, Ruilope LM, et al. Lifestyle interventions for the prevention and treatment of hypertension. Nat Rev Cardiol. 2021;18:251–75. Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar Li Y, Schoufour J, Wang DD, Dhana K, Pan A,…

Lifestyle scores and their potential to estimate the risk of multiple non-communicable disease-related endpoints: a systematic review | BMC Public Health

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Allen L. Non-communicable disease funding. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2017;5(2):92. Article PubMed Google Scholar Vos T, Lim S S, Abbafati C, et al. Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the global burden of disease study 2019. Lancet. 2020;396(10258):1204–22. Lehtisalo J, Rusanen M, Solomon A, Antikainen…

The effectiveness of a 10-week family-focused e-Health healthy lifestyle program for school-aged children with overweight or obesity: a randomised control trial | BMC Public Health

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Pinhas-Hamiel O, Hamiel U, Bendor CD, Bardugo A, Twig G, Cukierman-Yaffe T. The global spread of severe obesity in toddlers, children, and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Obes Facts. 2022;15(2):118–34. Article PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Spinelli A, Buoncristiano M, Kovacs VA, Yngve A, Spiroski I, Obreja G, et al. Prevalence of severe obesity…

Developing and assessing the “MultiLife” intervention: a mobile health-based lifestyle toolkit for cardiometabolic multimorbidity in diabetes and hypertension management – a type 1 hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial protocol | BMC Public Health

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Our protocol adheres to the Standard Protocol Items: Recommendations for Interventional Trials (SPIRIT) guidelines, with the completed SPIRIT checklist available in Supplementary file S1 [31]. The trial is registered with the Clinical Trial Registry of India [(CTRI/2024/10/074559) (https://www.ctri.nic.in/Clinicaltrials/login.php)]. Study design We will conduct a two-arm, parallel-group, community-based, multi-centre, cluster randomized controlled trial with a 1:1 allocation…

The impact of early adversity on later life health, lifestyle, and cognition | BMC Public Health

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ELSA dataset In the ELSA dataset, most of the early adversities (with the exception of sexual assault, which was not associated with cognition, and deprivation, which was only associated with cognition) were associated with BMI, subjective health, depressive symptoms, smoking status, alcohol consumption, and cognition (i.e., immediate memory and verbal fluency). Specifically, in line with…

Health promoting resources and lifestyle factors among higher education students in healthcare and social work programmes: a survey with a longitudinal multicentre design | BMC Public Health

Associations of an overall healthy lifestyle with the risk of metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease | BMC Public Health

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Study population The UK Biobank study is a prospective cohort of more than 500,000 adults aged 37–73 years recruited from 22 assessment centers across the UK between 2006 and 2010 (instance 0) [36]. At enrollment, participants completed a questionnaire, a verbal interview, and a physical assessment for anthropomorphic data and vital signs. The blood specimens…