Global & Public Health (all articles)
A Global Review of Food-Based Dietary Guidelines
3 May, 2019 | 07:23h | UTCA Global Review of Food-Based Dietary Guidelines – Advances in Nutrition (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
What do dietary guidelines truly tell? Global comparison of 90 countries. As an example, 84% of countries recommend limiting the intake of [added] sugars to <10E% and only 19% of countries have included any key message on nuts. https://t.co/vhFy4cIFmf
— Reijo Laatikainen (@Reijo_RD_FIN) May 2, 2019
Copenhagen Consensus statement 2019: Physical Activity and Ageing
3 May, 2019 | 07:17h | UTC
WHO Report: Urgent Action Needed to Avert Antimicrobial Resistance Crisis
30 Apr, 2019 | 02:49h | UTCReport: No Time to Wait: Securing the future from drug-resistant infections – World Health Organization (free PDF)
News Release: New report calls for urgent action to avert antimicrobial resistance crisis – World Health Organization (free)
Commentary: UN report calls for urgent action against antimicrobial resistance – CIDRAP (free)
Global Burden of Diseases Study: Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors in Child and Adolescent Health
30 Apr, 2019 | 02:42h | UTCCommentaries: Childhood mortality declining globally but disability on the rise – Reuters (free) AND Child and adolescent deaths decreased by half worldwide since 1990 – Journalist’s Resource (free)
Relate Commentary on Twitter
Our latest study, "Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors in Child and Adolescent Health, 1990 to 2017," was just published in @JAMAPediatrics. Read the full study online: https://t.co/3K0l08WzpF pic.twitter.com/TIRksZBiD6
— Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) (@IHME_UW) April 29, 2019
Position Paper: Emerging Respiratory Infections Threatening Public Health in the Asia‐Pacific Region
30 Apr, 2019 | 01:59h | UTC
Randomized Trial: Community-wide vs. School-based Treatment Strategies for Soil-transmitted Helminths
28 Apr, 2019 | 13:37h | UTCCommentary: Community-wide soil-transmitted helminth treatment is equity-effective (free)
WHO World Immunization Week
26 Apr, 2019 | 02:12h | UTCWorld Immunization Week, 24 – 30 April 2019 – World Health Organization (free resources)
See also: #vaccineswork (free text and infographics)
Sitting Time, Physical Activity, and Risk of Mortality in Adults
26 Apr, 2019 | 01:54h | UTCCommentaries: How much do sedentary people really need to move? It’s less than you think – The Conversation (free) AND Physical Activity May Offset Mortality Risk Caused by Too Much Sitting – American College of Cardiology (free) AND Sitting Kills, in a Dose-Response Fashion, but Regular Physical Activity Attenuates Risks – TCTMD (free) AND Computers, not TV, are to blame for increase in US sitting time, study says – CNN (free)
WHO Guidelines on Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior and Sleep for Children Under 5 years of Age
25 Apr, 2019 | 07:11h | UTCNews Release: To grow up healthy, children need to sit less and play more (free)
Commentaries: WHO recommends one-hour maximum screen time per day for under-5s – Reuters (free) AND Expert reaction to guidance on physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep for children under 5 years of age – Science Media Centre (free) AND No sedentary screen time for babies, WHO says – BBC (free)
Related Guidelines: Media and Young Minds – Recommendations from The American Academy of Pediatrics (free) AND Media devices in pre-school children: the recommendations of the Italian pediatric society – Italian Journal of Pediatrics (free) AND UK CMO commentary on screen time and social media map of reviews – Department of Health and Social Care (free PDF)
See also: Children, Adolescents and Screens: What We Know and What We Need To Learn (Pediatrics Supplement with free articles)
Position Paper: Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages in Pediatric Age
25 Apr, 2019 | 06:49h | UTCRelated: AAP/AHA Policy Statement: Public Policies to Reduce Sugary Drink Consumption in Children and Adolescents (free)
WHO: Malaria Vaccine Pilot Launched
25 Apr, 2019 | 06:35h | UTCMalaria vaccine pilot launched in Malawi – World Health Organization (free)
Commentaries: World’s first malaria vaccine to go to 360,000 African children – CNN (free) AND Widespread Testing Begins on Malaria Vaccine That Is Only Partly Effective – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Meta-Analysis: Associations of Public Transportation Use with Cardiometabolic Health
25 Apr, 2019 | 02:04h | UTC
Study: Water Intake Among Children Linked to Reduced Caloric Intake from Sugar-Sweetened Beverages
24 Apr, 2019 | 06:22h | UTCAssociation of Caloric Intake From Sugar-Sweetened Beverages With Water Intake Among US Children and Young Adults in the 2011-2016 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey – JAMA Pediatrics (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Kids Who Don’t Drink Water, More Likely To Drink Sugar-Sweetened Beverages – MedicalResearch.com (free) AND Not drinking water may boost kids’ consumption of sugary beverages – Penn State (free) AND Drinking water linked to fewer sugary drinks — and calories — in kids – CNN (free) AND Drinking water might help kids limit soda – Reuters (free)
Meta-Analysis: Daylight Saving Time and Acute Myocardial Infarction
23 Apr, 2019 | 01:32h | UTCDaylight Saving Time and Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Meta-Analysis – Journal of Clinical Medicine (free)
Including Lifestyle Medicine in Medical Education
22 Apr, 2019 | 22:29h | UTC
How Long do Vaccines Last? The Surprising Answers May Help Protect People Longer
22 Apr, 2019 | 02:17h | UTCHow long do vaccines last? The surprising answers may help protect people longer – Science (free)
Perspective: Measles in 2019 — Going Backward
22 Apr, 2019 | 02:10h | UTCMeasles in 2019 — Going Backward – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Related: Measles Cases are up Nearly 300% From Last Year. This is a Global Crisis (free commentary and WHO Statement)
Healthcare in The Age Of Personalization
20 Apr, 2019 | 14:29h | UTCHealthcare In The Age Of Personalization – Forbes (free)
Part 2: Identifying The Real Metrics Of Inclusion (free)
Part 3: How Business Models Must Evolve (free)
Part 4: Where Does It Fit With Population Health? (free)
Part 5: Clinical Implications (free)
Part 6: People Experts – We Need You (free)
Review: Optimizing Precision Medicine for Public Health
20 Apr, 2019 | 14:37h | UTCOptimizing Precision Medicine for Public Health – Frontiers in Public Health (free)
Meta-Analysis: Effect of Community-based Programs on Diabetes Prevention in Low- and Middle-income Countries
20 Apr, 2019 | 13:53h | UTC
WHO Guideline: Recommendations on Digital Interventions for Health System Strengthening
18 Apr, 2019 | 08:04h | UTCNews Release: WHO releases first guideline on digital health interventions (free)
Randomized Trial: Smoking Cessation for People with Severe Mental Illness
18 Apr, 2019 | 07:50h | UTCCommentaries: Smoking cessation in people with serious mental illness – The Lancet Psychiatry (free) AND New intervention doubles quit rate among smokers with severe mental illness – University of York (free) AND Smoking cessation for people with severe mental illness? “Oh yes they can!” SCIMITAR+ – The Mental Elf (free)
Randomized Trial: Workplace Wellness Programs do Little to Improve Overall Health or Lower Spending
17 Apr, 2019 | 06:17h | UTCEffect of a Workplace Wellness Program on Employee Health and Economic Outcomes: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Employer Wellness Programs—A Work in Progress (free)
Commentaries: Workplace wellness programs may help people change certain behaviors but do little to improve overall health or lower spending, study shows – Harvard Medical School (free) AND How Well Do Workplace Wellness Programs Work? – NPR (free) AND Harvard Study On Workplace Wellness: Behaviors Change But Health Does Not — So Far – CommonHealth (free) AND Employee Wellness Programs Yield Little Benefit, Study Shows – The New York Times (free)
Related: Workplace Wellness Programs Don’t Work Well. Why Some Studies Show Otherwise (free)
Longitudinal Surveillance Study: Impact of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine on Invasive Pneumococcal Disease
17 Apr, 2019 | 05:48h | UTCCommentaries: Population versus individual protection by pneumococcal conjugate vaccination – The Lancet (free) AND PCV10 pneumococcal vaccine has big impact in Kenya, even among unvaccinated individuals – Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Introduction of 10-valent #pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Kenya, accompanied by a catch-up campaign, substantially reduced invasive pneumococcal disease in children & adults without significant replacement disease: a longitudinal surveillance study https://t.co/pOm7kR2JbQ pic.twitter.com/E1wt2p1waE
— The Lancet (@TheLancet) April 15, 2019
Measles Cases are up Nearly 300% From Last Year. This is a Global Crisis
16 Apr, 2019 | 02:54h | UTCMeasles cases are up nearly 300% from last year. This is a global crisis – CNN (free)
WHO Statement: New measles surveillance data for 2019 – World Health Organization (free)
By Henrietta H Fore (executive director of UNICEF) and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (director general of the World Health Organization).