Background To quantify inequalities in obesity-related complication (ORC) prevalence and differences in healthcare costs ...

Background Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) represent a significant cause of morbidity and mortality globally. Despite a ...

Background Behaviours across a 24-hour day, including physical activity, sedentary time and sleep, are disrupted following ...

2 Journalism and Media Studies Centre, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China 3 Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China 4 Department of Social ...

Background Reports on socioeconomic inequalities in cancer mortality are limited in East Asia. We investigated educational inequalities in cancer mortality in Japan, serving as an advanced example of ...

Observational studies aiming to estimate causal effects often rely on conceptual frameworks that are unfamiliar to many researchers and practitioners. We provide a clear, structured overview of key ...

Correspondence to Professor Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, University of Glasgow MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Glasgow G3 7HR, UK; vittal.katikireddi{at}glasgow.ac.uk Minority ethnic ...

Background The most direct way in which climate change is expected to affect public health relates to changes in mortality rates associated with exposure to ambient temperature. Many countries ...

Background Food marketing exposure has the potential to influence children’s dietary behaviours and health status, however, few studies have identified how ‘obesogenic’ the outdoor food marketing ...

a Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland, b Quality of Care Unit, Geneva University Hospitals Dr Etter, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University ...

4 Department of Psychology and Health Sciences Research Institute, Warwick Medical School, The University of Warwick, Coventry, UK Correspondence to Dr Yvonne Kelly, Department of Epidemiology and ...