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Br J Nutr
November 2024
Neuroscience and Cardiovascular Physiology Research Center, Federal University of Goiás, GO, Brazil.
Childhood and puberty can affect metabolism, leading to tissue injury and malfunction later in life. The consumption of high-processed foods rich in salt and sugar is increasing in middle- and high-income countries, especially among young people. It is necessary to evaluate the effects of high salt and sugar levels in the youth on most injured organs during metabolic challenges.
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September 2024
Department of Dermatology, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA. Electronic address:
PLoS One
July 2024
1 Department of Sociology of Education, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
We aim to uncover grading bias by gender, socio-economic status, ethnic/migration background as well as body weight in the German secondary school system. Following an intersectional approach, we test whether-controlling for ability-students receive different grades depending on (the specific combination of) ascriptive characteristics. Using data from the fourth starting cohort (SC4, 13.
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March 2024
School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
Objective: To synthesise current evidence on knowledge, perceptions and practices towards type 2 diabetes risk in sub-Saharan Africa.
Design: Mixed-methods scoping review, which included 101 studies (seventy-three quantitative, twenty qualitative and eight mixed methods) from seven electronic databases.
Setting: Sub-Saharan Africa, 2000-2023.
Body Image
September 2023
Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom; Department of Health Sciences, University of York, United Kingdom.
British South Asian women may experience unique appearance pressures associated with their intersecting (racialised and gendered) identities; yet qualitative investigations of intersectional understandings of their body image are scarce. The aim of this study was to explore sociocultural factors influencing British South Asian women's body image using an intersectional framework. Seven focus groups were conducted with 22 women of South Asian heritage living in the UK between the age of 18 and 48 years old who were comfortable speaking in English.
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