Research Paper Title Outdoor Advetising, Obesity and Soda Consumption: A Cross-sectional Study. Background Recent research has shown that neighborhood characteristics are associated with obesity prevalence. While food advertising in periodicals and television has been linked to overweight and obesity, it is unknown whether outdoor advertising is related to obesity. Methods To test the association between… Read More
Research: Employee Wellness Programmes
Research Paper Title The Impact of an Employee Wellness Programme in Clothing/Textile Manufacturing Companies: A Randomised Controlled Trial. Background The prevalence of health risk behaviours is growing amongst South African employees. Health risk behaviours have been identified as a major contributor to reduced health related quality of life (HRQoL) and the increased prevalence of non-communicable… Read More
Research: Diet & Colorectal Cancer
Research Paper Title Dietary Patterns and Risk of Colorectal Cancer in Tehran Province: A Case-control Study. Background Colorectal cancer is the third and fourth leading cause of cancer incidence and mortality among men and women, respectively in Iran. However, the role of dietary factors that could contribute to this high cancer incidence remains unclear. The… Read More
New Sub-section: Military Medical Journals
You can find a new sub-section entitled ‘Medical Journals: Military, Medicine & Fitness’ under the main heading page of ‘Literature’.
Research: BMI & Well-being
Research Paper Title: Body Mass Index and Subjective Well-being in Young Adults: A Twin Population Study. Abstract Background: Body mass index (BMI) is associated with subjective well-being. Higher BMI is believed to be related with lower well-being. However, the association may not be linear. Therefore, we investigated whether a nonlinear (U-shaped) trend would better describe… Read More
Research: Work Stress & Risk of Cancer
Research Paper Title: Work Stress and Risk of Cancer: Meta-analysis of 5700 Incident Cancer Events in 116,000 European Men and Women. Study Question: Does work related stress increase the risk of common cancers? Summary Answer: Work related stress, measured and defined as job strain, is not associated with incident colorectal, lung, prostate, or breast cancers.… Read More
Prevention & Rehabilitation: Military Persepctive
Learn about the military perspective of prevention and rehabilitation under the main page haeding of ‘Injury’.
Boot Camp & Military Fitness Institute 