Victoria Miller, Andrew Mente, Mahshid Dehghan, Sumathy Rangarajan et al.
BACKGROUND The association between intake of fruits, vegetables, and legumes with cardiovascular disease and deaths has been investigated extensively in Europe, the USA, Japan, and China, but little or no data are available from the Middle East, South America, Africa, or south Asia. METHODS We did a...
Victoria Miller, Salim Yusuf, Clara K Chow, Mahshid Dehghan et al.
BACKGROUND: Several international guidelines recommend the consumption of two servings of fruits and three servings of vegetables per day, but their intake is thought to be low worldwide. We aimed to determine the extent to which such low intake is related to availability and affordability. METHODS:...
Clara Calvert, Meredith Brockway, Helga Zoëga, Jessica E. Miller et al.
Preterm birth (PTB) is the leading cause of infant mortality worldwide. Changes in PTB rates, ranging from -90% to +30%, were reported in many countries following early COVID-19 pandemic response measures ('lockdowns'). It is unclear whether this variation reflects real differences in lockdown impac...
Mahshid Dehghan, Andrew Mente, Sumathy Rangarajan, Viswanathan Mohan et al.
BACKGROUND Higher intake of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) has been associated with increased risk of CVD and mortality in observational studies from Western countries but data from non-Western countries are limited. OBJECTIVES We aimed to assess the association between consumption of UPFs and risk of...
Victoria Miller, David Jenkins, Mahshid Dehghan, Kristie Srichaikul et al.
BACKGROUND The association between the glycaemic index and the glycaemic load with type 2 diabetes incidence is controversial. We aimed to evaluate this association in an international cohort with diverse glycaemic index and glycaemic load diets. METHODS The PURE study is a prospective cohort study ...
Bruce Tulloh, Stephen Clifforth, Iain Miller
BACKGROUND: Despite increasing specialization within general surgery, many general surgeons, particularly in rural practice, continue to treat a wide range of conditions. The aim of the present paper was to provide accurate information on three rural surgeons' case-loads to illustrate the spectrum o...
Logan Manikam, Alexandra Robinson, Jia Ying Kuah, Hrisheekesh J Vaidya et al.
BACKGROUND: Sub-optimal nutrition among children remains a problem across South Asia (SA). Appropriate complementary feeding practices (CFP) can greatly reduce this risk. The primary objective of this systematic review (SR) of CF studies was to assess timing, dietary diversity, meal frequency and in...
Victoria Miller, Lavanya Nambiar, Malvika Saxena, Darryl P. Leong et al.
BACKGROUND: Health-system barriers and facilitators associated with cardiovascular medication adherence have seldom been studied, particularly in low- and middle-income countries where uptake rates are poorest. OBJECTIVES: This study sought to explore the major obstacles and facilitators to the use ...
Victoria Miller, Patrick Webb, Frederick Cudhea, Jianyi Zhang et al.
Animal-source foods (ASF) provide nutrition for children and adolescents' physical and cognitive development. Here, we use data from the Global Dietary Database and Bayesian hierarchical models to quantify global, regional and national ASF intakes between 1990 and 2018 by age group across 185 countr...
Zhu‐Nan Li, Jessica F. Trost, Kimberly M. Weber, Elizabeth LeMasters et al.
BACKGROUND: Detections of influenza A subtype-specific antibody responses are often complicated by the presence of cross-reactive antibodies. We developed two novel multiplex platforms for antibody detection. The multiplexed magnetic fluorescence microsphere immunoassay (MAGPIX) is a high-throughput...
Darryl P. Leong, Rita Yusuf, Romaina Iqbal, Álvaro Avezum et al.
BACKGROUND: Current strategies to prevent adverse cardiovascular outcomes focus primary prevention in high-risk groups and secondary prevention in people with known cardiovascular disease. We aimed to determine the proportion of events occurring in lower-risk groups globally. METHODS: We included pe...
Julia Reedy, Frederick Cudhea, Peilin Shi, Jianyi Zhang et al.
Adequate macronutrient intake is critical for child growth and health and the prevention of non-communicable diseases. Presently, the global distributions of macronutrient intake are not well established. Our objective was to comprehensively estimate daily intakes of total, animal, and plant protein...
Finlay Dick, Victoria J. Bourne, Sean Semple, Helen Catherine Fox et al.
OBJECTIVES: Organic solvent exposure may be associated with cognitive impairment in later life although the evidence for this association is inconsistent. This study sought to examine the association between organic solvent exposure and cognitive function in later life. METHODS: A prospective longit...
Laura Helen Marks
In April 2014, just over a year before her untimely death from ovarian cancer, trailblazing pornographer Candida Royalle did an in-depth interview with the Rialto Report. She stated:Her lament made me profoundly sad. How can it be that a feminist filmmaker so groundbreaking and important to a media ...
Logan Manikam, Alexandra Robinson, Isabel Lever, Jia Ying Kuah et al.
<h3>Aims</h3> Sub-optimal nutrition among children remains a problem across South Asia (SA). Appropriate complementary feeding practices (CFP) can greatly reduce this risk. We aimed to undertake a systematic review of studies assessing CFP in SA children aged 0– 2 years in Bangladesh, India and Paki...