Publications by authors named "A N Zeba"
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- The study evaluates the effectiveness of public policies aimed at creating healthy food environments in Burkina Faso using the Food-EPI tool, focusing on both policy and infrastructure.
- The findings reveal that out of 56 good practice indicators, only 6 are implemented at a high level, while many indicators, especially those related to food labeling and taxation, show low to very low implementation.
- Overall, the results indicate significant room for improvement in policies and infrastructure to effectively promote healthy food environments in the country.
Aims: Liver steatosis prevalence is growing, linked to the current worldwide epidemics of obesity and Type 2 diabetes. In sub-Saharan Africa, data on apparent healthy workers must still be included. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of hepatic steatosis and its associated factors in the workplace.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlabelled: Zika virus (ZIKV) and Dengue virus (DENV) infections cause severe disease in humans and are significant socio-economic burden worldwide. These flavivirus infections are difficult to diagnose serologically due to antigenic overlap. The phylogenetic analysis shows that ZIKV clusters with DENVs at a higher node of the phylogenetic tree with significant genomic and structural similarity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: This study aimed to assess the association between nutrition behavior, food intake, being overweight, and obesity among school-aged children and adolescents aged 9 to 17 years. Additionally, it sought to examine how these factors influence being overweight and obese within this population.
Methods: A population-based cross-sectional study was conducted with a representative multistage cluster sample of 4200 Pakistani school-aged children and adolescents aged 9 to 17 years from 62 schools across seven random districts in Punjab province, Pakistan.
Childhood overweight and obesity are increasingly prevalent in Pakistan, posing significant public health challenges. This study explores the associations of school-level factors and school sports facility parameters with overweight and obesity among children and adolescents in Pakistan. A cross-sectional study across seven random districts in Punjab province, Pakistan, was conducted using a representative multistage random cluster sample.
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