Obesity as a social phenomenon: A narrative review.

Background: obesity is one of the most prevalent diseases all over the world. Because of its high social impact, the broadest possible approach on several levels - and not limited only to clinical aspect - is needed to better understand and face the challenges obesity poses to public health.

Objectives: to analyse, through the main evidence, the social impact of weight excess in the general population and the actions aimed at mitigating its negative effects.

Night Shift Working Is Associated With an Increased Risk of Thyroid Nodules.

Objectives: To study thyroid alterations in health care workers according to their working status.

Methods: We performed a retrospective study including 299 hospital employers who underwent in 2016 a periodic health surveillance checks in the Service of Occupational Medicine. According to the working status (rotating night-shift working [no.

The civil liability of paediatric dentists in Italy. Trains of thought on novelties introduced by law n. 24/2017 ("Gelli-bianco" law).

This study offers an overview regarding news and main themes which have been introduced by Law n. 24/2017 (the so called "Gelli-Bianco" law) in Italy. The normative content deals with the features of civil liability for healthcare professionals.

Frailty as the Future Core Business of Public Health: Report of the Activities of the A3 Action Group of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP on AHA).

The prevalence of frailty at population-level is expected to increase in Europe, changing the focus of Public Health. Here, we report on the activities of the A3 Action Group, focusing on managing frailty and supporting healthy ageing at community level. A three-phased search strategy was used to select papers published between January 2016 and May 2018.

Frailty as a predictor of mortality and hospital services use in older adults: a cluster analysis in a cohort study.

Background: Lowering mortality and hospitalization of older adults is one of the main goals of public health to improve both health systems' sustainability and older adults' quality of life. The aim of this study is to identify the determinants associated with mortality and the use of hospital services in the population older than 64 years of age.

Methods: A randomized sample from the population of the Lazio region (Italy) above the age of 64 was enrolled in 2014 by the administration of a questionnaire to assess frailty; the rates of use of hospital services and mortality in the year following the enrolment have been retrieved by the regional database.