Browsing Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine by Subject "public health"
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Cross-sectional comparisons of sodium content in processed meat and fish products among five countries: potential for feasible targets and reformulation.
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2021-10-14)INTRODUCTION: Reducing sodium intake has been identified as a highly cost-effective strategy to prevent and control high blood pressure and reduce cardiovascular mortality. This study aims to compare the sodium content in ... -
Developing a policy to reduce the salt content of food consumed outside the home in Malaysia: protocol of a qualitative study.
(2021-07-23)INTRODUCTION: Current salt intake in Malaysia is high. The existing national salt reduction policy has faced slow progress and does not yet include measures to address the out of home sector. Dishes consumed in the out of ... -
Individual socio-demographic factors and perceptions of the environment as determinants of inequalities in adolescent physical and psychological health: the Olympic Regeneration in East London (ORiEL) study.
(BioMed Central, 2015)Populations living in urban areas experience greater health inequalities as well as higher absolute burdens of illness. It is well-established that a range of social and environmental factors determine these differences. ... -
Rationale and design of the Prevent Anal Cancer Self-Swab Study: a protocol for a randomised clinical trial of home-based self-collection of cells for anal cancer screening.
(2021-06-29)INTRODUCTION: Squamous cell carcinoma of the anus is a common cancer among sexual minority men, especially HIV-positive sexual minority men; however, there is no evidenced-based national screening protocol for detection ... -
A town level comprehensive intervention study to reduce salt intake in China: protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial.
(2020-01-09)INTRODUCTION: Salt intake in China (≈12 g/day) is more than twice the upper limit recommended by the WHO (5 g/day). To reduce salt intake, Action on Salt China (ASC) was launched in 2017. As one of four randomised controlled ...