Cardiovascular Health and Diet Quality among Vegetarians, Vegans and Omnivores: Insights from a Large Urban Population in Poland.

Dietary habits are among the most significant determinants of health. The aim of this study was to assess the nutritional quality and cardiovascular profiles of individuals following plant-based diet. The study population comprised 199 individuals (136 women, 63 men; mean age 33.

Vitamin D - dietary intake, supplementation and metabolic status of Polish adults.

Objectives: Contrary to popular opinion on the preventive properties of vitamin D, results of previous studies have been inconclusive. The aim of this research was to evaluate the associations between the intake of vitamin D and metabolic abnormalities in a representative sample of Polish adults.

Material And Methods: Within the framework of the Multi-Center National Population Health Examination Survey (referred to as WOBASZ), a random sample of 2381 adult residents of Poland (53.

Foodborne infections and intoxications in Poland in 2014.

Aim: The purpose of the study is to assess the epidemiological situation of food poisonings and infections in Poland in 2014.

Materials And Methods: The evaluation was based on the analysis of information sent to Department of Epidemiology NIPH-NIH through ROE (Pol. Rejestr Ognisk Epidemicznych)- an electronic system created for uploading, transfer and analysis of data acquired during the outbreak investigations).

Yersiniosis in Poland in 2014.

Objective: The aim of the study is to present the epidemiological situation of yersiniosis in Poland in 2014 and compare it with the situation in the previous years.

Material And Methods: The evaluation was based on analysis of data from the annual bulletins “Infectious diseases and poisoning in Poland” for the period 2009-2014 (MP Czarkowski et al., National Institute of Hygiene and GIS – Chief Sanitary Inspectorate), interviews of individual yersiniosis cases, sent by the sanitary-epidemiological stations from the whole country and the data on deaths from the Department of Demographic Studies of the Central Statistical Office.

Occurrence and maintenance of hantavirus infections among rodent populations in their natural habitat--results of a field study from Podkarpackie province, Poland 2010-2012.

Unlabelled: Human cases of hantavirus infection have been reported annually in Poland's Podkarpackie province, since 2007. In 2014 the number of cases reported significantly increased prompting a rise in studies focusing on the infection.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence, maintenance and the dynamics of hantavirus infection among rodent species, including the bank vole (Myodes glareolus) and yellow-necked mouse (Apodemus flavicollis) which act as reservoirs of hantavirus in the environment.

Yersiniosis in Poland in 2013.

Aim: The aim of this paper was to assess the epidemiological situation of yersiniosis in Poland in 2013 against previous years.

Materialand Methods: We reviewed surveillance data published in the annual bulletin "Infectious diseases and poisonings in Poland" from 2008 to 2013 (MP Czarkowski et al., NIH and GIS) and individual yersiniosis case reports from 2013 sent by the Sanitary-Epidemiological Stations.

Lessons from Norovirus Outbreak in Warsaw, Poland, December 2012.

Efficient foodborne outbreak investigations are important for identification of gaps in food safety and public health practice. This article reports on an investigation of a gastroenteritis outbreak linked to catering food following a Christmas reception at the National Institute of Public Health-National Institute of Hygiene (NIPH-NIH) in Warsaw in December 2012. Of 192 employees eating food at the catering event, 97 (50.

Yersiniosis in Poland in 2012.

Aim: The aim of this study is to assess the epidemiology of yersiniosis in Poland in 2012 compared to previous years.

Material And Methods: We reviewed surveillance data published in the annual bulletin "Infectious diseases and poisonings in Poland" from 2007 to 2012 (MP Czarkowski et al., NIH and GIS) and individual yersiniosis case reports from 2012 sent by the Sanitary-Epidemiological Stations.