Sweden: Students do not have enough time for lunch
If children are not given enough time to eat their lunch in schools, they can easily lose control of food intake and overeat, according to new research... Prevention News
Gaza strip: CVD risk among children with chronic kidney disease
Cardiovascular disease risk factors - such as hypertension, dyslipidemia, physical inactivity, anemia, and albuminuria - were significantly associated with chronic kidney disease among children, according to new research... Prevention NewsLatin America, Caribbean: Increasing rates of NCDs
Population aging, urbanization, and changes in lifestyles are driving the increased numbers of NCDs in the region, according to new research... Prevention News
US: Harder for women to quit smoking
Environmental and social factors, rather than nicotine dependence, makes it harder for women to quit smoking, according to new research... Prevention News
South Korea: Physical activity improves academic performance
Vigorous physical activity for boys and moderate physical activity for girls two to four times per week improved academic performance, according to new research involving more than 75,000 students... Prevention News
Global: Tobacco kills five million a year
Five million adults over age 30 years die annually, according to a new WHO report that includes data from 2004, the year before the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control came into effect... Prevention News
Nigeria: Mass media exposure and smoking
Listening to the radio was strongly associated with tobacco use among men, according to new research involving almost 48,000 people... Prevention News
Pakistan: Physical activity level is top determinant of obesity
More than any other behavior or risk factor, physical activity levels are a key predictor of overweight and obesity among primary school children, according to new research... Prevention News
Global: Reducing children's heart disease risk through moderate to vigorous physical activity
Children, adolescents, and for that matter, young and middle-aged adults should maintain a modicum of moderate to vigorous physical activities in order to promote cardiovascular health... Journal Review
South Africa: Double burden of undernutrition and overweight
The double burden of undernutrition in children and overweight/obesity in women is getting worse because of increased childhood wasting and the high number of urban women who are obese, according to new research... Prevention News
US: Processed meat linked to Native American diabetes risk
Native Americans who frequently consume processed meat in a can - more commonly known as "spam" - were twice as likely to develop diabetes, according to new research... Prevention News
US: CVD and lifetime risk
Estimates of the lifetime risk of developing CVD provide a comprehensive measure of the burden of CVD in the general population and can be useful in developing public health policies to reduce the overall burden of CVD... Journal Review
US: Statins equally effective for men and women
Statins are just as effective for women as they are for men, according to new research involving more than 140,000 people... Prevention News
US: New lunch guidelines for schoolchildren
The US Department of Agriculture recently revised the guidelines on school lunches in an effort to increase the quality of federally subsidized meals for more than 32 million schoolchildren... Prevention News
US: Children obesity a growing concern
While the unduly high frequency of overweight and obesity in US adults remains an important clinical and public health concern and area of intense interest and discussion, childhood obesity is a major focus of current public health efforts in the US... Journal Review
US: Obesity rates remain unchanged
Obesity rates for adults and children have either remained the same or increased for some populations over the last ten years, according to new research... Prevention News
UK: Children obesity rates increasing
The number of children age 10-11 years who are obese is increasing, according to a new report... Prevention News
Global: WHO sets monitoring targets for NCD prevention
The WHO recently released a discussion paper that outlines a comprehensive global monitoring framework and voluntary global targets for the prevention and control of NCDs, and is now under consultation by Member States... Prevention News
Brazil: Childhood obesity higher than developed countries
The prevalence of overweight and obesity for children living in an urban area of Brazil is higher than in developed countries such as Australia, Germany, and the US, according to new research... Prevention News
Bangladesh: IAPs are a major source of chronic disease diagnoses
Informal Allopathic Providers (IAPs) - such as medicine shopkeepers and village doctors - play a large role in diagnosing chronic diseases in rural areas, according to new research involving more than 32,000 people... Prevention News
