... PhD, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School ... study supports policy recommendations and public health efforts to reduce the intake of liquid calories, ...
... based on a randomized trial with those reported in previous observational studies should prove helpful in encouraging further public health efforts to promote, protect and support breastfeeding.”
... be good news—a sign that recent public health efforts in raising awareness of childhood obesity are ... , childhood obesity must remain on the population health agenda for years to come. We need much more ...
... information about outbreaks, even from areas relatively invisible to traditional global public health efforts."
However, information overload and difficulties in distinguishing "signal from noise" ...
... TB or MDR-TB) and the World Health Organization has called for a massive scale up in public health efforts to tackle these cases. In this week's PLoS Medicine, a group of MDR-TB experts outlines its ...
... published in the July 11, 2008 issue of PLoS Genetics, highlights the importance of public health efforts to reduce the number of youth who begin smoking. These common gene variations, called single ...
... , while providing better treatment for the mother," Kassaye said. "Public health efforts should continue to expand combination therapy so that mothers and babies aren't left vulnerable ...
... City and Massachusetts." The reductions in these areas were likely associated with focused public health efforts to eliminate the packs, the authors note.
"Exclusive breastfeeding rates among young ...
... authors conclude. "These findings emphasize the important role of physical activity in public health efforts to combat obesity, particularly in genetically susceptible individuals." The results of the ...
... acculturation.
"Intervention programs must be tailored to the audience," the authors conclude. "Public health efforts to reduce child obesity in disadvantaged populations are an important long term ...
... were 20 years old, is the largest surveillance effort of youth with diabetes conducted in the United States to ... 2 diabetes annually. Targeted public health efforts to address obesity and prevent type 2 ...
... loss, but were not statistically significant. Our study supports policy recommendations and public health efforts to reduce intakes of liquid calories, particularly from sugar-sweetened beverages, in ...
... 'hot spots' where new killer viruses frequently emerge. We remain committed to this important public health effort as it represents a unique opportunity to prevent the next pandemic, be it a threat ...
... Americans over the past 20 years has undermined public health success at reducing risk for heart ... risk factors.
"Despite focused public health efforts, there is no net improvement in the overall ...
... ," said Dr. Ross. "Our study is an analytic approach that can be used to inform public health efforts. Comprehensive, rigorous analysis of clinical trial data allows the earlier identification of drug ...
