Journal of public health
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Journal of public health · Mar 2011
Comparative StudySweet and salty: nutritional content and analysis of baby and toddler foods.
To critically examine baby and toddler food products sold in Canada for their sugar and sodium content, and to assess these in light of current recommendations. ⋯ Baby and toddler foods are currently overlooked in the public, and public policy, discussions pertaining to dietary sodium and sugar. Yet these products are clearly of concern and should be closely monitored, since they promote a taste for 'sweet' and 'salty' in our youngest consumers.
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Journal of public health · Mar 2011
Estimating the future healthcare costs of an aging population in the UK: expansion of morbidity and the need for preventative care.
The healthcare costs of an aging population have major consequences for healthcare organizations and have major implication for strategic planning of services. An impending freeze in budgets in the UK makes these consequences especially significant. ⋯ The importance of being able to accurately predict demand and costs of health care within the NHS cannot be underestimated. Making over simplistic assumptions and not using well-established principles in these models leads to greatly different outcomes that have the potential to have massive organizational consequences in terms of short-to-medium term strategic planning.