To Plan or Not to Plan? Experiences and Challenges of Older Swiss Adults Facing End-of-Life Decisions.

End-of-life (EoL) planning and the drafting of advance care directives (ACD) are challenging for older adults. As part of a mixed study, the content of 18 semi-structured interviews with Swiss community-dwelling older adults was analyzed to investigate contextual and interactional aspects that might influence their choice to complete ACD. Results show that EoL planning vary greatly.

A Battle of Words: "Dignity" and "Peace" in the Writings of Elisabeth Kübler-Ross.

This article analyzes the writings of Elisabeth Kübler-Ross through the discursive lens of the phrase "dying with dignity." For her, the phrase meant allowing someone to die comfortably his/her own death. This phrase has to be understood in relationship with the final "stage of acceptance" of her model.

Higher intakes of energy and grain products at 4 years of age are associated with being overweight at 6 years of age.

This study examined dietary factors associated with overweight in a population-based sample of 6-y-old children. Analyses of data from the Québec Longitudinal Study of Child Development (QLSCD) included a representative sample (n = 1014) of children born in 1998 in the province of Québec, Canada. Dietary intake was measured by using a 24-h dietary recall administered at 4 y of age.

Arguments at mealtime and child energy intake.

Objective: To examine how arguments at mealtimes relate to children's daily energy intake.

Design: A cross-sectional study using data obtained through the Québec Longitudinal Study of Child Development 1998-2010 (QLSCD), a representative sample of children born in 1998, in the province of Québec, Canada.

Setting: Face-to-face interviews, questionnaires, and 24-hour dietary recall interviews addressed to children's parents.

Parental overweight/obesity, social factors, and child overweight/obesity at 7 years of age.

Background: This study used gender-based analyses to examine whether child overweight/obesity is related to parental overweight/obesity and sociodemographic factors, in a representative population-based cohort of 7-year-old children.

Methods: Data from the Québec Longitudinal Study of Child Development 1998-2010 was used. Children (n= 1336) were randomly selected from each public health region of Québec.

Household food insecurity and childhood overweight in Jamaica and Québec: a gender-based analysis.

Background: Childhood overweight is not restricted to developed countries: a number of lower- and middle-income countries are struggling with the double burden of underweight and overweight. Another public health problem that concerns both developing and, to a lesser extent, developed countries is food insecurity. This study presents a comparative gender-based analysis of the association between household food insecurity and overweight among 10-to-11-year-old children living in the Canadian province of Québec and in the country of Jamaica.

Demographic and socio-economic factors related to food intake and adherence to nutritional recommendations in a cohort of pre-school children.

Objective: To examine: (i) children's food intake and adherence to both Canada's Food Guide for Healthy Eating and Dietary Reference Intakes; and (ii) the social and demographic factors related to children's food intake.

Design: A cross-sectional study.

Setting: Data were obtained through the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Child Development 1998-2010, a representative sample (n 2103) of children born in 1998 in the province of Quebec, Canada.