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...

Background: Food prices influence food choices. Purchasing foods with higher nutritional quality for their price may help improve the diet quality of socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals. Objective: This study aimed to describe the co-construction and evaluation of the Opticourses prevention program, which promotes healthy eating among participants in socioeconomically deprived situation...

BACKGROUND Vitality at work is an important factor for optimal functioning and sustainable employability. To date, knowledge on how to promote vitality at work is fragmented. OBJECTIVE Contribute to knowledge on how to promote vitality at work. METHODS Determinants of vitality at work are identified from three scientific fields, and used in a comprehensive model. Regression analyses on cros...

This article presents the approach of Jewish law to the major issue of medical confidentiality and patient privacy. For an extensive discussion of Jewish medical ethics and an in-depth presentation of the Jewish view of 39 major issues in medical ethics, the reader is referred elsewhere [15]. Briefly, the Jewish view toward medical ethical subjects is predicated on the general principle of the ...

AIM The aim of the study was to assess the oral health behavior and its relationship with dental caries status and periodontal status among 12-13 year old school children in Udaipur, India. MATERIAL AND METHODS In a cross-sectional study, a total of 514 children of 12-13 years old (306 (59.5%) Boys and 208 (40.5%) Girls) were surveyed using a Performa prepared with help of a self administered...

Background and Aim: As maternal periodontal disease can increase the risk of preterm birth and low birth weight, this study aimed to investigate the oral health status of pregnant women considering the circumstances during pregnancy and the necessity to keep the mother and baby healthy.   Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 200 pregnant women referred to perin...

Background and objectives:Traditional medicine is an important approach to achieve new therapeutic strategies in basic and clinical pharmacology. Allium hirtifolium Boiss. and Astragalus hamosus L. have been mentioned in Iranian Traditional Medicine references for a kind of dementia with features and symptoms similar to those of Alzheimer's disease (AD). In th...

OBJECTIVES To provide opportunities for intergenerational knowledge sharing for healthy lifestyles; to facilitate youth and Elder mentorship; and to increase the self-esteem of youth by celebrating identity, cultural practices and community connection through the creation and sharing of digital stories. PARTICIPANTS A youth research team (8 youth) aged 13-25, youth participants (60 core parti...

The aims of this study were to investigate the associations between work stress defined by the effort-reward imbalance (ERI) model and diet quality and to examine the potential role of over-commitment (OC) personality in ERI-diet relationships. A cross-sectional study was conducted in random population samples of 6340 men and 5792 women (age 45-69 years) from the Czech Republic, Russia and Pola...