26 Result(s)

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Sociodemographic correlates of food habits among school adolescents (12–15 year) in north Gaza Strip

There is little information about meal patterns and food consumption of adolescents in Palestine. The objective of this study was to describe the association between sociodemographic factors and food intake, a...

Abdallah H Abudayya, Hein Stigum, Zumin Shi, Yehia Abed… in BMC Public Health (2009)

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Short sleep duration and obesity among Australian children

There is limited information on sleep duration and obesity among Australian children. The objective of the study is to cross-sectionally examine the relationship between sleep duration and obesity in Australia...

Zumin Shi, Anne W Taylor, Tiffany K Gill, Jane Tuckerman, Robert Adams… in BMC Public Health (2010)

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Multimorbidity - not just an older person's issue. Results from an Australian biomedical study

Multimorbidity, the simultaneous occurrence of two or more chronic conditions, is usually associated with older persons. This research assessed multimorbidity across a range of ages so that planners are inform...

Anne W Taylor, Kay Price, Tiffany K Gill, Robert Adams… in BMC Public Health (2010)

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Reactions of Chinese adults to warning labels on cigarette packages: A survey in Jiangsu Province

To compare reactions to warning labels presented on cigarette packages with a specific focus on whether the new Chinese warning labels are better than the old labels and international labels.

Yu Qin, Ming Wu, **aoqun Pan, Quanyong **ang, Jian** Huang… in BMC Public Health (2011)

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Interaction between physical activity and sleep duration in relation to insulin resistance among non-diabetic Chinese adults

It is of a public health interest to explore the relationship between different types of physical activity, sleep duration and diabetes/insulin resistance. However, little is known about such relationship. Thi...

Hui Zuo, Zumin Shi, Baojun Yuan, Yue Dai, Gang Hu, Gaolin Wu… in BMC Public Health (2012)

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Empirically Derived Dietary Patterns and Hypertension

The association between dietary patterns and hypertension or systolic blood pressure/diastolic blood pressure was described in 27 papers identified between January 2008 and December 2011. The majority were cro...

Zumin Shi, Anne W. Taylor, Evan Atlantis, Gary A. Wittert in Current Nutrition Reports (2012)

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The prevalence of childhood asthma in China: a systematic review

It is well known that the prevalence of asthma has been reported to increase in many places around the world during the last decades. Therefore, the aim of this study was to identify and review studies of asth...

Yangzong Yangzong, Zumin Shi, Per Nafstad, Lise Lund Håheim… in BMC Public Health (2012)

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Exposure to the Chinese famine in early life and the risk of anaemia in adulthood

Famine exposure during the early stage of life is related to a number of adulthood diseases. The objective of this study was to examine the association of early life exposure to the famine in China (1959–1961)...

Zumin Shi, Cuilin Zhang, Minghao Zhou, Shiqi Zhen, Anne W Taylor in BMC Public Health (2013)

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Association of dietary pattern and body weight with blood pressure in Jiangsu Province, China

To identify risk factors, associations between dietary patterns, body mass index (BMI), and hypertension in a Chinese population.

Yu Qin, Alida Melse-Boonstra, **aoqun Pan, **kou Zhao, Baojun Yuan… in BMC Public Health (2014)

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Vitamin D levels in an Australian population

Levels of vitamin D in the population have come under increasing scrutiny, however there are only a few studies in Australia which measure levels in the general population. The aim of this study was to measure...

Tiffany K Gill, Catherine L Hill, E Michael Shanahan, Anne W Taylor… in BMC Public Health (2014)

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Effect of social mobility in family financial situation and housing tenure on mental health conditions among South Australian adults: results from a population health surveillance system, 2009 to 2011

To assess the association of socioeconomic position (SEP), measured by family financial situation and housing tenure in childhood and adulthood, with mental health conditions in adulthood.

Eleonora Dal Grande, Catherine R. Chittleborough, **g Wu, Zumin Shi… in BMC Public Health (2015)

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Prevalence and factors associated with stunting and thinness among adolescent students in Northern Ethiopia: a comparison to World Health Organization standards

Adolescence is last chance for curbing the consequences of malnutrition and breaking the intergenerational cycle of malnutrition and poor health. This study aimed to assess the prevalence and the factors assoc...

Yohannes Adama Melaku, Gordon Alexander Zello, Tiffany K. Gill… in Archives of Public Health (2015)

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Dietary pattern transitions, and the associations with BMI, waist circumference, weight and hypertension in a 7-year follow-up among the older Chinese population: a longitudinal study

Few studies explored the effects of nutritional changes on body mass index (BMI), weight (Wt), waist circumference (WC) and hypertension, especially for the older Chinese population.

**aoyue Xu, Julie Byles, Zumin Shi, Patrick McElduff, John Hall in BMC Public Health (2016)

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Burden of disease attributable to suboptimal diet, metabolic risks and low physical activity in Ethiopia and comparison with Eastern sub-Saharan African countries, 1990–2015: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

Twelve of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are related to malnutrition (both under- and overnutrition), other behavioral, and metabolic risk factors. However, comparative evidence on the impact of b...

Yohannes Adama Melaku, Molla Mesele Wassie, Tiffany K. Gill… in BMC Public Health (2018)

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Factors associated with door-in to door-out delays among ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients transferred for primary percutaneous coronary intervention: a population-based cohort study in Ontario, Canada

Compared to ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients who present at centres with catheterization facilities, those transferred for primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) have subst...

Oumin Shi, Anam M. Khan, Mohammad R. Rezai… in BMC Cardiovascular Disorders (2018)

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Decreasing the use of edible oils in China using WeChat and theories of behavior change: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

The consumption of edible oils in China has increased rapidly in recent years, and the total amount of edible-oil intake in the country has ranked first in the world. The choice and intake of edible oils, as a...

Rui Zhu, **anglong Xu, Yong Zhao, Manoj Sharma, Zumin Shi in Trials (2018)

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Author Correction: Epidemic T2DM, early development and epigenetics: implications of the Chinese Famine

In the version of this article published online and in print, there was a mistake in the legend of Fig. 2 regarding the descriptions of the red and blue colours in the Figure. The text should have read ‘The bl...

Paul Zimmet, Zumin Shi, Assam El-Osta, Linong Ji in Nature Reviews Endocrinology (2019)

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Chinese Famine and the diabetes mellitus epidemic

Paul Zimmet, Zumin Shi, Assam El-Osta, Linong Ji in Nature Reviews Endocrinology (2020)

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Design and implementation of an intelligent monitoring system for household added salt consumption in China based on a real-world study: a randomized controlled trial

A high intake of salt is a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. Despite decades of effort to reduce salt consumption, the salt intake in China is still considerably above the recommended level. Thus,...

**li **an, Mao Zeng, Rui Zhu, Zhengjie Cai, Zumin Shi, Abu S. Abdullah… in Trials (2020)