Data-driven Personalisation in Markets, Politics and the Law. Edited by Uta Kohl Jacob Eisler. [Cambridge University Press, 2021. xvi + 316 pp. Hardback £85.00. ISBN 978-1-10-883569-5.] - Volume 81 Issue 2

The significant increase in life expectancy and the process of population ageing are aspects that generate important social and economic changes and influence the health and research policies throughout the world. The ageing phenomenon represents a natural, slow and irreversible process, which affects all body tissues, being determined by a multitude of factors that contribute in different prop...

During this session, Joanne Lupton of Texas A&M University, former chair of the panel on macronutrients, discussed selected research recommendations covering the five types of nutrients in the Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI) Macronutrients Report (IOM, 2002/2005). Harold Kohl of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) addressed research recommendations pertaining to physical activi...

Tobias Kohl, Gunnar Weninger, Ran Zalk, Philip Eaton, and Stephan E. Lehnart Heart Research Center Göttingen, Clinic of Cardiology & Pulmonology, University Medical Center & Georg-August-University, 37099 Göttingen, Germany; The National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel; King’s College London, Cardiovascular Division, The Bri...

Purpose Traditional Indian or Ayurvedic medicines and cosmetics may contain lead. The relationship between cosmetic use (e.g. kohl) and blood lead levels (BLLs) in children has been well documented; however the impact of Ayurvedic use on BLL remains unclear. To begin to address this question, we conducted a pilot study to assess the feasibility of collecting BLLs in children attending Ayurvedic...