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Optimization-based dietary recommendations for healthy eating

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Study: Searching for a Potential Blue Zone in the Nordics: A Study on Differences in Lifestyle and Health in Regions Varying in Longevity in Western Finland. Image Credit: Trygve Finkelsen / Shutterstock

Finnish study reveals why the longest-lived region doesn’t follow Blue Zone rules

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In Western Finland, the longest-lived region thrives without following classic Blue Zone habits, while another community shows promising lifestyle patterns, challenging the idea that there’s only one path to a long and healthy life. Study: Searching for a Potential Blue Zone in the Nordics: A Study on Differences in Lifestyle and Health in Regions Varying…

Kindness in childhood predicts healthy eating habits in teens

Cs news6 days ago07 mins

A new analysis using data from a longitudinal study that followed children between the ages of 5 and 17 has revealed a surprising association; kids who engaged in kind, caring, and helpful behaviors (being prosocial), were more likely to sustain healthy eating habits as teenagers. The findings from the study appearing in the American Journal…

Hongkongers aged 18 to 49 with chronic illnesses can soon receive subsidised flu jabs

Cs news1 week ago02 mins

Hong Kong residents aged 18 to 49 who have chronic illnesses can receive a subsidised flu jab later this year under health authorities’ plan to expand the city’s vaccination programme, the Post has learned. The new move would help to identify the city’s hidden population with chronic illnesses and provide them with stronger community healthcare…

Evaluation of Bangladesh Healthy Eating Index (BD-HEI) | BMC Nutrition

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Conduction of community nutrition survey and dietary assessment Study design, sample size, and sampling Following a two-stage cluster sampling procedure, this cross-sectional survey covered 1080 reproductive-aged women from different rural and urban areas of Bangladesh. The whole country was categorized into four distinct regions based on agricultural productivity and composite scores: low, moderately low, moderately…

Bill Gates’ big investment in women’s health

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Bill Gates has committed to giving away nearly all of his wealth over the next 20 years through his namesake foundation. This week, he announced that part of that spending would be a $2.5 billion investment into women’s health across the globe. STAT spoke to Gates this week about the new funding, how this money…

Rising anti-vaccine sentiment in U.S. will exact heavy toll overseas

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Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates expressed concern Monday about growing vaccine skepticism in the United States, suggesting that the exporting of claims by the anti-vaccine movement will likely extract a bigger death toll internationally than domestically and could also put the possibility of ridding the world of measles permanently out of reach. “Vaccine skepticism in the…

Explainer | What you should know about Chikungunya fever, the illness surging in China

Cs news2 weeks ago02 mins

The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said it was considering a travel notice for China because of rising numbers of Chikungunya infections in the country. This followed a surge in the mosquito-borne disease in China, which has recorded over 5,000 cases since the beginning of last month, with most of them in…

A mobile app intervention to support nutrition education for heart failure management: co-design, development and user-testing | BMC Nutrition

Development of the Saudi healthy eating index (SHEI): a first step toward national diet quality monitoring | BMC Nutrition

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Hu FB. Diet strategies for promoting healthy aging and longevity: an epidemiological perspective. J Intern Med. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1111/joim.13728. Article PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Reedy J, Krebs-Smith SM, Miller PE, Liese AD, Kahle LL, Park Y, et al. Higher diet quality is associated with decreased risk of all-cause, cardiovascular disease, and cancer mortality among older…

8 critical insights: How U.S. healthcare policy threatens global vaccine effort, public health

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NEARLY 35 U.S. STATES are grappling with outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases like measles and whooping cough. A recent American Community Media (ACom) press briefing highlighted concerns from physicians and scientists about the impact of these healthcare challenges on American families and global communities. This article distills the key concerns raised by medical experts, providing a…