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Public Health Nutrition

• A multilevel analysis of the relationship between parental migration and left-behind children’s macronutrient intakes in rural China

  China’s internal migration has left 61 million children living apart from their parent(s) in rural areas. The present study aimed to examine whether the relative contributions of macronutrients (protein,

  • 08/12/2015

  • Public Health Nutrition
  • • Migration
    • Child Health
    • Nutrition
    • China
    • Nutritional Diseases
    • Obesity

• The relationship between childhood adversity and food insecurity: ‘It’s like a bird nesting in your head’

  Adverse childhood experiences, including abuse, neglect and household instability, affect lifelong health and economic potential. The present study investigates how adverse childhood experiences are associated

  • 22/01/2015

  • Public Health Nutrition
  • • Food Security
    • Child Health
    • Nutrition
    • United States Of America (US)
    • Mental Health

• Obesity emergence in the Pacific islands: why understanding colonial history and social change is important

  Between 1980 and 2008, two Pacific island nations – Nauru and the Cook Islands – experienced the fastest rates of increasing BMI in the world. Rates were over four times higher than the mean global BMI

  • 01/09/2014

  • Public Health Nutrition
  • • Obesity
    • History
    • Nauru
    • Islands
    • Lifestyles
    • Consumption Patterns