OBJECTIVES To determine the effect of using the NHS Choices website on primary care consultations in England and Wales. We examined the hypothesis that using NHS Choices may reduce the frequency of primary care consultations among young, healthy users. DESIGN Two cross-sectional surveys of NHS Choices users. SETTING Survey of NHS Choices users using an online pop-up questionnaire on the NHS...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether advertising for food influences choices made by children, the strength of these influences, and whether they might be easily undone by parental influences. STUDY DESIGN Children between 3 and 8 years of age (n=75) were randomized to watch a series of programs with embedded commercials. Some children watched a commercial for a relatively healthy food item, the oth...

listening skill and speaking skill, according language didactics, have close interaction in lingual communications. therefore, measuring listening comprehension without considering other language skills seems to be difficult. the present study is an effort to compare the effectiveness of oral and written multiple-choice listening tests for persian language learners. in fact, this study answers ...

Benefits of a healthy diet are well known; hence many have the intention to eat healthier. However, the intention to change behavior may not always lead to action. As a support to people to reduce this often seen gap between intentions and behavior regarding healthy food choices we created an intelligent, easy-to-use nutritional support system that provides guidance on personal food choices and...