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Dominant modifiable risk factors for stroke in Ghana and Nigeria (SIREN): a case-control study
Publication date: Available online 26 February 2018 Source:The Lancet Global Health Author(s): Mayowa O Owolabi, Fred Sarfo, Rufus Akinyemi, Mulugeta Gebregziabher, Onoja Akpa, Albert Akpalu, Kolawole Wahab, Reginald Obiako, Lukman Owolabi, Bruce Ovbiagele Background Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest incidence, prevalence, and fatality from stroke globally. Yet, only little information about context-specific risk factors for prioritising interventions to reduce the stroke burden in sub-Saharan Africa is available. We aimed to identify and characterise the effect of the top modifiable risk factors for stroke in sub-Sahara...
Source: The Lancet Global Health - February 27, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Stroke and food groups: an overview of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
CONCLUSIONS: The current overview provided a high level of evidence to support the beneficial effect of specific foods on stroke outcome. Clinicians and policy makers could inform clinical practice and policy based on this overview. PMID: 29143697 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Public Health Nutrition - November 16, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Deng C, Lu Q, Gong B, Li L, Chang L, Fu L, Zhao Y Tags: Public Health Nutr Source Type: research

Risk factors preparation of stroke incidence in health institution employees who check up at the Health Service EXPO Event Indonesia
CONCLUSIONS: Relationship between family history, smoking habits with the incidence of stroke.PMID:33832626 | DOI:10.1016/j.gaceta.2020.12.014
Source: Gaceta Sanitaria - April 9, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: None Syarfaini None Nildawati Syahratul Aeni None Surahmawati A Syamsiah Adha Munawir Amansyah Source Type: research

Lifestyle Assessment in Young Adults with Ischemic Stroke: One Cross-Sectional Study in Iran
Conclusion: According to the association between inappropriate lifestyle and ischemic stroke in young adults, it is recommended to set preventive medicine and health promotion units with insurance coverage in all clinics for risk assessment of stroke in healthy general population specialty young adults.
Source: International Journal of Preventive Medicine - January 2, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Association between dietary patterns and stroke in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in China: a propensity score-matched analysis
CONCLUSION: This study provides sufficient evidence to support the dietary intervention strategies to prevent stroke effectively. Maintaining a Balanced dietary pattern, especially with moderate consumption of foods rich in quality protein and fresh vegetables in T2DM patients, might decrease the risk of stroke in China.PMID:35356874 | DOI:10.1017/S1368980022000763
Source: Public Health Nutrition - March 31, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Chenlu He Wei Wang Qian Chen Ziyuan Shen Enchun Pan Zhongming Sun Peian Lou Xunbao Zhang Source Type: research

‘Salty’ Concern: Tackling High Salt Consumption in China
Veena S. Kulkarni, Associate Professor, Department of Criminology, Sociology and Geography, Arkansas State University, USA; and Raghav Gaiha, (Hon.) Professorial Research Fellow, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, England.By Veena S. Kulkarni and Raghav GaihaNEW DELHI, India and JONESBORO, US, Oct 7 2019 (IPS) China’s almost meteoric transition from a being a low income to a middle income country within a span of four decades is often perceived as a miracle analogous to the post Second World War Japanese economic development experience. China’s GDP rose from $200 current United States dollars (US$ ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - October 7, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Veena Kulkarni and Raghav Gaiha Tags: Asia-Pacific Development & Aid Economy & Trade Food & Agriculture Food Sustainability Globalisation Headlines Health Labour TerraViva United Nations Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition Foundation (BCFN) Source Type: news

Eating habits in the population of the Aeolian Islands: an observational study.
CONCLUSIONS: Study findings show the eating habits and health status of the Aeolian people in an interesting setting of low incidence of cerebrovascular disease. This nutrition regimen has been proved to be protective against cerebrovascular disease. Nutrition is likely to contribute to the low incidence of stroke in this population. PMID: 30585144 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Public Health Nutrition - December 26, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: La Spina P, Savica R, Ciacciarelli A, Cotroneo M, Dell'Aera C, Grillo F, Casella C, Fazio MC, Trimarchi G, Musolino RF Tags: Public Health Nutr Source Type: research

Cost Effectiveness of Subsidizing Fruit and Vegetable Purchases Through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Conclusions The model suggests nationwide SNAP FV subsidies would reduce chronic disease morbidity, mortality, and costs over long time horizons that are unlikely to be observed in short-term community-based trials.
Source: American Journal of Preventive Medicine - April 19, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research

Availability, affordability, and consumption of fruits and vegetables in 18 countries across income levels: findings from the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study
Publication date: Available online 23 August 2016 Source:The Lancet Global Health Author(s): Victoria Miller, Salim Yusuf, Clara K Chow, Mahshid Dehghan, Daniel J Corsi, Karen Lock, Barry Popkin, Sumathy Rangarajan, Rasha Khatib, Scott A Lear, Prem Mony, Manmeet Kaur, Viswanathan Mohan, Krishnapillai Vijayakumar, Rajeev Gupta, Annamarie Kruger, Lungiswa Tsolekile, Noushin Mohammadifard, Omar Rahman, Annika Rosengren, Alvaro Avezum, Andrés Orlandini, Noorhassim Ismail, Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo, Afzalhussein Yusufali, Kubilay Karsidag, Romaina Iqbal, Jephat Chifamba, Solange Martinez Oakley, Farnaza Ariffin, Katarzyna Zato...
Source: The Lancet Global Health - August 23, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research

Up to 10 portions of fruit and vegetables a day may prevent 7.8 million premature deaths
(Imperial College London) A fruit and vegetable intake above five-a-day shows major benefit in reducing the chance of heart attack, stroke, cancer and early death.This is the finding of new research, led by scientists from Imperial College London, which analyzed 95 studies on fruit and vegetable intake.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - February 22, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

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