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Tai Hing Lam
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Open AccessDevelo** community-based preventive interventions in Hong Kong: a description of the first phase of the family project
This paper describes the development of culturally-appropriate family-based interventions and their relevant measures, to promote family health, happiness and harmony in Hong Kong. Programs were developed in t...
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Open AccessWho wants a slimmer body? The relationship between body weight status, education level and body shape dissatisfaction among young adults in Hong Kong
Body shape dissatisfaction has been thought to have an indispensable impact on weight control behaviors. We investigated the prevalence of body shape dissatisfaction (BSD) and explored its association with wei...
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Open AccessThree versions of Perceived Stress Scale: validation in a sample of Chinese cardiac patients who smoke
Smoking causes heart disease, the major cause of death in China and Hong Kong. Stress is one major trigger of smoking and relapse, and understanding stress among smoking cardiac patients can therefore help in ...
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Open AccessFamily structure, parent-child conversation time and substance use among Chinese adolescents
The family plays a vital role in sha** adolescent behaviours. The present study investigated the associations between family structure and substance use among Hong Kong Chinese adolescents.
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Open AccessHealth-related physical fitness and weight status in Hong Kong adolescents
This study was designed to investigate the relation between health-related physical fitness and weight status in Hong Kong adolescents.
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Open AccessAdolescents' experience of comments about their weight – prevalence, accuracy and effects on weight misperception
Weight comments are commonly received by adolescents, but the accuracy of the comments and their effects on weight misperception are unclear. We assessed the prevalence and accuracy of weight comments received...
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Open AccessAlcohol and cardio-respiratory deaths in Chinese: a population-based case-control study of 32,462 older Hong Kong adults
In observational studies moderate alcohol use reduces cardio-respiratory mortality. However observational studies may be biased by many factors including residual confounding by unmeasured differences between ...
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Open AccessDoes economic development contribute to sex differences in ischaemic heart disease mortality? Hong Kong as a natural experiment using a case-control study
The male excess risk of premature ischemic heart disease (IHD) mortality may be partially due to an unknown macro-environmental influence associated with economic development. We examined whether excess male r...
