Publications by authors named "Karolina Lewandowska"

Climate, diet and health are closely connected. The food system is one of the largest contributors to climate change, making it crucial to address dietary choices. This review summarises the current dietary state in Denmark with emphasis on climate and health.

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Background: Anxiety about gaining weight is strongly related to body image. Evidence indicates that body dissatisfaction is a strong predictor of eating disorder development. Although not included in DSM-V diagnostic criteria, body image dissatisfaction, and concern are clearly relevant also for individuals with binge-eating disorder (BED).

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A well-staffed and an efficient primary healthcare sector is beneficial for a healthcare system but some countries experience problems in recruitment to general practice. This study explored factors influencing Danish junior doctors' choice of general practice as their specialty. This study is based on an online questionnaire collecting quantitative and qualitative data.

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The diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates, collected from a single hospital, was analyzed by ligation-mediated PCR techniques: FLiP and FLAP, and hybridization technique, IS6110-RFLP. The isolated strains were divided in terms of location (3 towns of Podkarpackie voivodeship differing in population size) and relationship (8 members of 4 families, each represented by 2 patients). Within each family identical DNA profiles, as well as drug resistance patterns were identified indicating a great chance of transmission of strains within the same family.

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