Abstract Mobile health (mHealth) technologies for self-monitoring health-relevant parameters such as heart frequency, sleeping patterns or exercise regimes aim at fostering healthy behavior change and increasing the individual users to promote maintain their health. We argue that this aspect of mHealth supports healthism, shift from institutional responsibility public toward engagement in maint...

BACKGROUND Interpretive front-of-pack nutrition labels are better understood than non-interpretive labels. However, robust evidence on the effects of such labels on consumer food purchases in the real-world is lacking. Our aim is to assess the effects of two interpretive front-of-pack nutrition labels, compared with a non-interpretive label, on the healthiness of consumer food purchases. METH...

Background: A child's oral health is critical to his or her general as well well-being, and it one of the foundations for a disease-free life. Because parent caregiver plays such significant part in life, their understanding together with attitude toward will have influence on healthiness.
 Aim: The goal this research assess expertise among parents children within age group 6–12 years Haza...

Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, and Ancylostoma duodenale are soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) medically neglected in Iraq country spite of their effect on the public health. A cross-sectional study was performed Maternity Childhood Teaching Hospital General Education Al-Dewanyia Province, included 850 tool samples collected from patients who attended to O & P Lab. stool examina...

Food choices determine consumers’ dietary and energy intakes, in turn their risk of obesity diet-related diseases. Factors affecting food are complex, varied, inter-connected. The aims this study were to assess the relative importance four factors influencing (taste, price, healthiness, convenience) identify segments consumers according ratings. Australian (n = 1,558) aged 18 + years completed ...

• Participants evaluated meat substitute (MS) products less environmentally friendly than meat. MS as unhealthier Compared to traditional goods like meat, cheese and fish, were more unnatural. Consumers seemed question the benefits provided over In an attempt move consumers toward a sustainable healthy diet, have flooded market. However, tend be conservative about new food technologies that are...