Preventive medicine
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Preventive medicine · Feb 2008
ReviewKnowledge about infection with human papillomavirus: a systematic review.
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a necessary cause of cervical cancer and genital warts. The aim of this systematic literature review was to provide an overview of knowledge about HPV infection among the public, students, patients and health professionals. ⋯ Overall, the knowledge of the general public about HPV infection is poor. Efforts should be increased to give sufficient and unbiased information on HPV infection to the general public.
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Preventive medicine · Feb 2008
ReviewA birth of inactivity? A review of physical activity and parenthood.
To review the existing research on physical activity and parenthood in order to establish direction for future research. ⋯ Parents with dependent children are clearly more inactive than non-parents and the topic has received disproportionably scant research considering the size of the effect. Current research has largely been focused on mothers, and has relied heavily on cross-sectional designs and self-report measures. Future work should focus on longitudinal designs across family development, gender and role interactions, and include social ecological frameworks and objective physical activity measurement.
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Preventive medicine · Feb 2008
Eating fast leads to insulin resistance: findings in middle-aged Japanese men and women.
To examine relationships between speed of eating and insulin resistance. ⋯ Our results suggest that eating fast is independently associated with insulin resistance in middle-aged Japanese men and women.