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    The impact of fast food marketing on brand preferences and fast food intake of youth aged 10–17 across six countries

    Consumption of fast food, which is associated with poor diet, weight gain and the development of noncommunicable diseases, is high amongst youth. Fast food marketing, a modifiable determinant of excess weight ...

    Mariangela Bagnato, Marie-Hélène Roy-Gagnon, Lana Vanderlee in BMC Public Health (2023)

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    Utilization of key preventive measures for pregnancy complications and malaria among women in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia

    In Ethiopia, malaria infections and other complications during pregnancy contribute to the high burden of maternal morbidity and mortality. Preventive measures are available, however little is known about the ...

    Mariame Ouedraogo, Jaameeta Kurji, Lakew Abebe, Ronald Labonté in BMC Public Health (2019)

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    Factors associated with human West Nile virus infection in Ontario: a generalized linear mixed modelling approach

    West Nile Virus (WNV) is a mosquito-borne pathogen that has become established in North America. Risk for human infection varies geographically in accordance with climate and population factors. Though often a...

    Shruti Mallya, Beate Sander, Marie-Hélène Roy-Gagnon in BMC Infectious Diseases (2018)

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    Identifying risk profiles for childhood obesity using recursive partitioning based on individual, familial, and neighborhood environment factors

    Few studies consider how risk factors within multiple levels of influence operate synergistically to determine childhood obesity. We used recursive partitioning analysis to identify unique combinations of indi...

    Andraea Van Hulst, Marie-Hélène Roy-Gagnon in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrit… (2015)