Lancet
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Observational Study
Changes in diet and physical activity after a pilot intervention to tackle childhood obesity in a deprived inner-London community: an observational cohort study.
Local authorities in England are uniquely positioned to modify obesogenic local environments contributing to childhood obesity. Evaluating the effects of local authority-led, community-wide approaches is challenging. This study examines changes in diet and physical activity in children aged 6-11 years after a 4-year, complex, community-based, pilot intervention in Golborne, one of the most deprived areas in London. ⋯ Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. CB is funded by the School for Public Health Research of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (grant reference PD-SPH-2015). CJ is partly funded by Public Health at the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and by the National Institute for Health and Care Research Applied Research Collaborative. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the National Institute for Health and Care Research or the Department of Health and Social Care.
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COVID-19 has highlighted severe health inequities experienced by certain migrants. Despite evidence suggesting that migrants are at risk of under-immunisation, data are limited for migrants' COVID-19 vaccine uptake in England. ⋯ Wellcome Trust and UK Research and Innovation.
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Adolescent physical activity is influenced by biological, psychological, sociocultural, and environmental factors; however, no systematic review to date has explicitly explored the effect of family structure. This systematic review aims to identify and synthesise evidence for the effect of family structure on adolescent physical activity levels. ⋯ None.
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Exposure to fast-food outlets (FFOs) is thought to relate to childhood obesity, but evidence is mixed and might be explained by imprecision in exposure measurement. We explored the effect of these differences by using novel geospatial analysis methods to study obesity rates of children living in a multi-ethnic, deprived location in the north of England. ⋯ UK Medical Research Council, UK Economic and Social Science Research Council, British Heart Foundation, ActEarly UK Prevention Research Partnership Consortium, and the National Institute for Health and Care Research.
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A supportive urban environment can prevent or delay the progress of cognitive decline. There is evidence for the existence of mechanistic pathways between the urban environment and cognitive decline, but the interrelations between these pathways are unclear. In this study, we aimed to map the mechanistic pathways by which urban environment factors affect cognitive decline in adults older than 50 years. ⋯ UK Research and Innovation.