Background The WHO recommends ≥150 min/week of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) for older adults, while the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare suggests ≥6000 steps/day.

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This narrative review summarises recently published epidemiological and in vivo experimental studies on exposure to environmental chemicals and their potential role in the development of type 1 ...

Correspondence to Dr C Ni Mhurchu, Clinical Trials Research Unit, School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand; c.nimhurchu{at}ctru.auckland.ac.nz.

Background Investment in schools is a potentially important determinant of both educational attainment and health. However, little is known about the consequences of the significant changes to school ...

Background: The extensive literature on the area-level association between socioeconomic characteristics and suicide indicates that the more deprived and socially fragmented an area, the higher its ...

3 Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand Correspondence to Jennie Connor, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, PO Box 913 ...

Correspondence to: Dr K Sundquist Karolinska Institutet, Family Medicine Stockholm, Alfred Nobels allé 12, SE-141 83 Huddinge, Sweden; Kristina.Sundquistklinvet.ki.se Study objective: To examine ...

Correspondence to: Dr S Hales, Department of Public Health, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, PO Box 7343, Mein Street, Wellington, New Zealand; shales{at}wnmeds.ac.nz Study objective ...

Correspondence to: Dr D Lawlor, Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, Whiteladies Road, Bristol BS8 2PR, UK; d.a.Lawlor{at}bristol.ac.uk It has been suggested that rural ...

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3 Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Seoul, Korea 4 Institute of Health Policy and Management, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea ...