Public('s) nutrition.

Thyroid Hormones Status in Iron Deficient Adolescent Girls

Background: Iron deficiency is the most common single-nutrient deficiency disease in the world and is a major concern for about 15% of the world population.  It has been shown that iron deficiency may affect thyroid hormones. Objective: To determine thyroid hormone status in iron deficient adolescent girls. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in Lar Province and its’ vicinity in So...

Regression of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease with Zinc and Selenium Co-supplementation after Disease Progression in Rats

Background: Studies have shown that zinc and selenium deficiency is common in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). However, the effects of zinc and selenium co-supplementation before and/or after disease progression on NAFLD are not clear enough. The aim of this study was to compare the effects of zinc and selenium co-supplementation before and/or after disease progression on NAFLD prognos...

Impact of food advertising on food purchases by students in primary and secondary schools in south-eastern Poland- Corrigendum.

PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION AND EPIDEMIOLOGY ‘Health and happiness is more important than weight’: a qualitative investigation of the views of parents receiving written feedback on their child’s weight as part of the National Child Measurement Programme

Health Behaviour Research Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK Biomedical Research Unit in Nutrition, Diet and Lifestyle, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK Child Health Unit, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK Departmen...

Public health nutrition workforce composition, core functions, competencies and capacity: perspectives of advanced-level practitioners in Australia.

OBJECTIVES To investigate the attitudes, experiences and beliefs of advanced-level public health nutritionists with respect to public health nutrition workforce composition, core functions, competency requirements and existing workforce capacity. DESIGN Qualitative study using structured interviews. SETTING Australia. SUBJECTS Forty-one advanced-level public health nutritionists employed ...