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  1. As Generation Z two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/trans, queer, intersex, asexual and others who identify as part of sexual and gender diverse communities (2SLGBTQIA +) enter adulthood, contempla...

    Authors: Caitlin I. T. Ennis, Nurasha G. Fernando and Karen P. Phillips
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2025 44:13
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  2. Globally, obesity trends are a serious public health concern. Adolescent obesity is associated with cardiometabolic risk and metabolic disorders in adolescence and may persist into adulthood. The current study...

    Authors: Maryam Behrooz, Alireza Ostadrahimi, Samaneh Hajjarzadeh, Mirhadi Mousavi, Afshin Ghalegolab Behbahani and Siamak Shiva
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2025 44:12
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  3. Rabies spreads to people and animals via saliva, usually through bites, scratches, or direct contact with mucosa (e.g. eyes, mouth, or open wounds). Rabies remains a major public health problem in Egypt, with ...

    Authors: Samia Ibrahim Mabrouk Baraka, Rania Abd Elmohsen Abo El Nour, M. A. Abdelzaher and Eman Mahmoud Seif El–Nasr
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2025 44:11
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  4. Food neophobia, characterized by the fear of unfamiliar foods, can be influenced by environmental, cultural, and genetic factors, leading to decreased consumption of novel or diverse foods. Understanding the i...

    Authors: Nilufer Ozkan and Fatma Hazan Gul
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2025 44:10
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  5. Evidence concerning the effect of cardiovascular health (CVH) on the risk of metabolic dysfunctional-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is scarce. This study aimed to investigate the association betwee...

    Authors: Lian-Zhen Huang, Ze-Bin Ni, Wei-Feng Huang, Li-Ping Sheng, Yan-Qing Wang and Jin-Yan Zhang
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2025 44:9
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  6. Socioeconomic inequality in nutritional status as one of the main social determinants of health can lead to inequality in health outcomes. In the present study, the socioeconomic inequality in the burden of nu...

    Authors: Mohsen Bayati, Elham Arkia and Mehrnoosh Emadi
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2025 44:8
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  7. The Thai government’s initial response to the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) led to confusion and food insecurity in quarantined low-income communities. Although free food programs were initiated, n...

    Authors: Areeya Jirathananuwat, Suteera Saenmontrikul, Arunee Hengyotmark and Krittanan Pensirisomboon
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2025 44:7
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  8. This study aims to evaluate the current state of family function and self-management abilities in patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and analyze the correlation betw...

    Authors: Yueying Zhu, Ru Chen, Hang Han, Xiuli Lin and Meichun Shu
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2025 44:6
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  9. Iron overload increases fasting blood glucose level in mice, leading to insulin insensitivity. However, no such relationship has been shown in the population. The relationship between whole blood iron levels a...

    Authors: Shu-Zi-Qi Chen, Rou-Jun Pan, Meng-Yan Sun, Lian-Ping He and Cui-Ping Li
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2025 44:5
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  10. Malnutrition, wasting, and obesity among children under 6 years old pose a serious global health concern, increasing the risk of various infectious and non-infectious diseases. Therefore, regular monitoring of...

    Authors: Maryam Tadayyon, Masoumeh Hoseini, Samira Rahmanian, Pegah Abdollahzadeh and Razieh Zahedi
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2025 44:4
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  11. Gallstone disease (GSD) is a common and costly health issue with a multifactorial etiology linked to obesity. The Weight-Adjusted-Waist Index (WWI) is a novel anthropometric measure that incorporates both weig...

    Authors: Jian Wang, Zixuan Zheng, Hongyu Tan, Shan Wei, Yufeng Gu, Yingsheng Cheng, Chengyan Xu and Wei Wang
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2025 44:3
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  12. Despite all the advances in our knowledge regarding obesity, our understanding of its etiology is still far from complete. This study aimed to evaluate the association of serum irisin levels with physical acti...

    Authors: Jalal Hejazi, Bijan Ghobadian, Nasrin Ghasemi, Hossein Sadeh, Nasim Abedimanesh and Mehran Rahimlou
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2025 44:2
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  13. Physicians faced increased workloads during the COVID-19 pandemic, which exposed them to considerable physical and psychological stress. Gaining insight into shapers of job morale of physicians can help health...

    Authors: Alina Kuandyk, Mariya Dmitriyeva, Nazerke Toleukhanova, Maev Conneely, Timur Suleimenov, Dauren Sarssenov, Raimzhan Mamytkhan, Madiyar Sakhayev, Arman Tleubergenov and Medet Toleubayev
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2025 44:1
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  14. The association between nutritional risk status assessment and hospital mortality in older patients remains controversial. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between nutritional risk on admis...

    Authors: Jie-Qiong Liu, Meng-Jun He, Xue-Qing Zhang, Feng-Hua Zeng, Hui Mo and Jin-Hua Shen
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2024 43:229
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  15. The aim of the study was to determine the level of dietary self-efficacy, physical activity and obesogenic environment in several districts of Istanbul and to examine the relationship between them.

    Authors: Mehmet Akif Sezerol, Zeynep Meva Altaş, Melek Nur Aslan and Şeyma Halaç
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2024 43:228
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  16. Anemia is a disorder of decreased erythrocyte mass. Indonesia is one of the countries with the highest (31.2%) prevalence of anemia among women of childbearing age in Southeast Asia in 2019. Women currently pl...

    Authors: Sandra Fikawati, Ahmad Syafiq, Andini Septiani, Angga P. Putra and Rian Erisman
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2024 43:227
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  17. The link between regional body fat distribution and overactive bladder (OAB) in prior epidemiological research has been uncertain. Our objective is to assess the relationship between increased regional body fa...

    Authors: Yuan-Zhuo Du, Hong-Ji Hu, Jia-Qing Yang, Qian Yuan, Rong Huang, Qian-Xi Dong, Biao Guo, Ying Cao and Ju Guo
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2024 43:226
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  18. Foodborne illness is a significant public health concern, particularly in developing countries like Bangladesh. Young adults, aged 18–26 (including undergraduates and recent graduates), are especially vulnerab...

    Authors: Sadia Afrin, Nahid Salma, Sabina Yeasmin, Sabah Tarin Promy, Samira Salam and Majid Khan Majahar Ali
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2024 43:225
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  19. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) or metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is a significant global public health dilemma with wide-ranging social and economic implications. Di...

    Authors: Azam Doustmohammadian, Farhad Zamani, James R. Hébert, Maziar Moradi-Lakeh, Sepideh Esfandyiari, Bahareh Amirkalali, Nima Motamed, Mansooreh Maadi, Sherry Price, Esmaeel Gholizadeh and Hossein Ajdarkosh
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2024 43:224
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  20. Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global health challenge, with 1.3 million deaths in 2022. Ten countries in the European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) accounted for 88.3% of TB cases, of which 23.8% w...

    Authors: Rupa Ramachandran, Andreea Dumitrescu, Dragos Baiceanu, Cristina Popa, Antonela Dragomir, Beatrice Mahler, Michael Hoelscher, Christoph Lange, Jan Heyckendorf, Andrea Rachow, Elmira Ibraim and Olena Ivanova
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2024 43:223
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  21. Food insecurity is an important aspect of human suffering during wartime. Besides its ferocity, the Gaza conflict of 2023–2024 has been marked by severe food and medication shortages that exacerbated the human...

    Authors: Asem Alnabih, Nour-Alhuda Alnabeh, Yousef Aljeesh and Belal Aldabbour
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2024 43:222
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  22. Individuals can learn their HIV status through voluntary HIV counseling and testing (VCT), which also serves as a crucial access point for prevention, treatment, care, and support programs. VCT has grown in si...

    Authors: Bewuketu Terefe, Masresha Asmare Techane, Nega Tezera Assimamaw and Adane Kebede
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2024 43:221
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  23. Although many studies shown that the risk of congenital heart disease (CHD) was closely related to genetic and environmental factors, the exact mechanism was still unclear. This study was to assess the associa...

    Authors: Liuxuan Li, Jun Ou, Yige Chen, Qian Chen, Manjun Luo, Tingting Wang, Yingfan Zhang and Jiabi Qin
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2024 43:220
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  24. Malnutrition among children remains a critical public health challenge in India. WHO’s IYCF model recommends that children should feed on five out of eight food categories daily. The objective of the study is ...

    Authors: Kamalesh Kumar Patel, Jyoti Vijay and Arunesha Babu Saroja
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2024 43:219
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  25. Middle-aged adults, defined as individuals between the ages of 45 and 64, represent a significant yet under researched group of healthcare service users. This scoping review aimed to provide a comprehensive ov...

    Authors: Yong Ng, Abigail Jia Ai Low, Clement Chan, Yu Liang Lim, Chien Earn Lee, Hiang Khoon Tan and Qin Xiang Ng
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2024 43:218
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  26. Childhood obesity is a growing global health issue. The World Health Organization identifies obesity as a significant risk factor for Non-Communicable Diseases and considers it a pandemic. This study aimed to ...

    Authors: Mohamed Saleh, Maryam Ba-Break and Asma Abahussin
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2024 43:217
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  27. Pakistan is a multi-cultural country with different ethnic groups living in both rural and urban communities. There is a significant occurrence of congenital and hereditary neurodevelopmental disorder (NDD) co...

    Authors: Muhammad Sheraz, Maria Iqbal, Sumaiya Khan, Sabeena Majeed, Zahid Hameed, Ikram Ullah Khan, Sami Ullah and Amjad Khan
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2024 43:216
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  28. Hypertension and muscle strength are known to be associated; however, identifying simple clinical indicators of this relationship is challenging. Relative muscle strength (RMS), defined as strength per unit mu...

    Authors: M. Yogesh, Jay Nagda, Nirmalkumar Shaileshbhai Patel and Jay Varu
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2024 43:215
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  29. An estimated 40% of the world’s population lives in malaria-prone areas, there are 300–500 million malaria episodes worldwide, and at least one million malaria fatalities occur each year which makes malaria is...

    Authors: Eshetu Mesfin Tadesse, Yirgalem Shibiru Baruda and Telila Mesfin Tadesse
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2024 43:214
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  31. Serum glucose, cholesterol, triglycerides and high-density lipoproteins (HDL) are established cardiovascular disease (CVD) markers, however accessibility to these markers is less in individuals from low-middle...

    Authors: Nikhil Gopal Naik, Baskaran Chandrasekaran, Rakshith N. Patil and Saritha U. Kamath
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2024 43:212
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  32. Despite years of a national deworming campaign, the incidence of intestinal parasitic infections (IPIs) remains relatively high among certain ethnic groups, with lifestyle factors distinct from those of the ge...

    Authors: Jitendra Gautam, Rajendra Prasad Parajuli and Kishor Pandey
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2024 43:211
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  33. Approximately 1 in 8 children under the age of 6 in Tamil Nadu are diagnosed with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD), yet only a fraction of these children receives proper medical care. The unequal distributio...

    Authors: Vadivelan Kanniappan, Prakash Muthuperumal, P. Venkataraman, T. S. Veeragoudhaman, Balaji Chinnasami, Manikumar Muthiah, Abishek Jayapal Rajeswari, Manju Bashini Manoharan, Shrisruthi Suresh and Ashok Natesan
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2024 43:210
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  34. Inflammation and nutrition are strongly linked to respiratory diseases, but the link between inflammation and nutrition-based indicators and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and its mortality has n...

    Authors: Kaiqiang Cao, Xiaoyang Miao and Xiaorong Chen
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2024 43:209
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  35. Short-term exposure to air pollution has been demonstrated in previous studies to correlate with respiratory disease (RD) in children. Due to regional heterogeneity, our objective was to explore the correlatio...

    Authors: Ruoqi Zhang, Jiawei Chen, Mengru Wang, Zhengrong Chen and Hongpeng Sun
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2024 43:208
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  37. This study sought to determine the accuracy of several anthropometric parameters in association with serum Vit. D concentrations and to compare the novel indices with the conventional ones.

    Authors: Haleh Ashraf, Nastaran Maghbouli, Maryam Abolhasani, Nadia Zandi, Mehran Nematizadeh, Negar Omidi, Gholamreza Davoodi, Mohammad Ali Boroumand and Jemal Haidar Ali
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2024 43:206
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  38. High protein sources especially animal protein is being used widely in people’s diet. Ensuring a healthy and sustainable diet should be a global priority. Compared to diets rich in animal products, plant-based...

    Authors: Kimia Haji Ali Pashaei, Kiyavash Irankhah, Zahra Namkhah and Seyyed Reza Sobhani
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2024 43:205
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  39. The intricate association between nutrition and osteoporosis has garnered increasing attention, and approximately 3000 articles have been published in the past 20 years. However, there are currently very few c...

    Authors: Min Li, Binyang Yu, Haiyan Yang, Haiyan He, Ning Li, Aili Lv, Xiaoling Zhou and Rui Gao
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2024 43:204
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  40. To investigate the effects of a 16-week Baduanjin exercise programme on the psychological status and heart rate variability (HRV) of college students in a sports-disadvantaged group, offering a theoretical bas...

    Authors: Zhiping Wang, Zhaoxiang Zhang and Yingqing Wu
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2024 43:203
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  41. The prison population has been increasing globally, and prisoner health is an important issue of global health. However, it has not received sufficient attention, especially in developing countries and regions...

    Authors: Zhu Liduzi Jiesisibieke, Ping Tao, Yen-Chun Wang, Ching-Wen Chien and Tao-Hsin Tung
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2024 43:202
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  42. Previous researches on the effect of low-fat diet (LF) on insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), and its binding proteins (IGFBPs) did not reach a consensus result, and there is no study summarizing these findi...

    Authors: Zohreh Sadat Sangsefidi, Sepideh Soltani, Fatemeh Meshkini, Kimia Torabynasab, Sheida Zeraattalab-Motlagh, Elham Razmpoosh, Mahdi Hejazi, Masoumeh Khalighi Sikaroudi and Shima Abdollahi
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2024 43:201
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  43. Inadequate knowledge of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is underscored as a key factor contributing to the HIV epidemic. Nonetheless, current data on HIV knowledge in Malaysia are still scarce. Therefore, t...

    Authors: Muhammad Azri Adam Adnan, Norhafizah Sahril, Mohamad Aznuddin Abd Razak, Norliza Shamsuddin, Mohd Hazrin Hasim Hashim and Mohd Hatta Abdul Mutalip
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2024 43:200
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  44. Few studies have reported hyperglycemia and diabetic ketoacidosis in patients on dolutegravir (DTG) treatment. This study determined the effect of DTG on fasting blood glucose levels in a cohort of persons liv...

    Authors: Margaret Lartey, Ernest Kenu, Vincent Ganu, Stephen Ayisi Addo, Kofi Agyabeng, Delia Bandoh, Marijanatu Abdulai, Prince Tsekpetse and Kwasi Torpey
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2024 43:199
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  45. Metabolic syndrome (MetS) contributes to an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases. Traditional metrics like body mass index (BMI) have limitations in discerning fat distribution. The purpose of this study ...

    Authors: Arash Rahimi, Shideh Rafati, Abnoos Azarbad, Hoda Safa, Mehdi Shahmoradi, Ali Salimi Asl, Mahtab Niazi, Salma Ahi, Shahrzad Tabasi and Masoumeh Kheirandish
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2024 43:198
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  46. Kenya has ratified and enacted several frameworks and laws in a bid to reduce the incidence of IPV and improve disclosure of violence experience. With these legal and structural mechanisms in place, women’s di...

    Authors: Joshua Okyere, Abigail Kabukie Dosoo, Castro Ayebeng and Kwamena Sekyi Dickson
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2024 43:197
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  47. Health is a key driver of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. This study examined the relationships between economic indicators, demographic metrics, and health system factors and morbidity due t...

    Authors: Olzhas Zhamantayev, Nurlan Smagulov, Gulmira Tykezhanova, Maira Kenzhekeyeva and Gulden Karshalova
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2024 43:196
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  49. The manufacturing sector in Malaysia has been severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This is further exacerbated by Long COVID-19 symptoms among the manufacturing workers, which are proven to influence wo...

    Authors: Hanizah Mohd Yusoff, Norfariha Che Mohamed, Sheng Qian Yew, Azmawati Mohammed Nawi, Ohnmar Htwe Rashidah Ismail, Noorlaili Mohd Tohit, Zuraida Mohamed, Muhamad Ariff Muhamad Noordin, Fazlin Hazirah Mohd, Mohammad Izzat Akmal Shariff, Muaz Haqim Shaharum, Anita Abd. Rahman and Rahmat Dapari
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2024 43:194
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  50. The emergence of a new pandemic SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) resulted in a high mortality rate across the world. This study sought to comprehensively analyze the Case Fatality Rate (CFR) associated with COVID-19 in t...

    Authors: Mohammad-Navid Bastani, Manoochehr Makvandi, Maryam Moradi, Somayeh Biparva Haghighi, Maryam Rostami, Sepideh Nasimzadeh, Homayoun Amiri, Seyed Mohammad Alavi, Mohammad Rashno, Ahmadreza Mohtadi, Farid Yousefi, Abbas Fayezi, Mohammadreza Mirkarimi, Maryam Haddadzadeh Shoushtari, Masoud Zadkarami, Negin Balar…
    Citation: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2024 43:193
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