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View more >Effect of school based physical activity programme (KISS) on fitness and adiposity in primary schoolchildren: cluster randomised controlled trial
Obesity in children has been increasing at a remarkable rate in the last decade in both developed and developing countries. This article presents the assessment of a school based, multi-component physical activity intervention which improved physical activity and fitness and reduced adiposity in children...
Reaching Spanish-speaking smokers: State-level evidence of untapped potential for Quitline utilization.
Telephone quitline, rarely available in developing countries, are proving to be a successful and cost-effective way in aiding smokers to quit. As this study reveals, a media campaign targeting a specific ethnic group can be effective in increasing quit rates and quitline calls...
For children, Mediterranean diet not enough
Adherence to the Mediterranean diet was inversely associated with obesity in children, but other factors such as maternal obesity, gender, physical activity status, and dietary beliefs and behaviors were more significantly associated with obesity....
Physician training and home health education to lower BP in Pakistan
Twin strategies of health education delivered at home by trained community health workers and training of local GPs in hypertension management was found to significantly lower blood pressure as well as increase the proportion of hypertensives with controlled blood pressure...
Nurse-managed, lay-led tobacco cessation in a poor setting
This study highlights the potential important role of nurses and non-health professionals in overall chronic disease risk reduction strategies in developing countries with scarce resources...
