This paper focuses on a political economy of humanitarian emergencies, comprising a
human-made crisis in which large numbers of people die from war and state violence. The article …

Purpose: Although low cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), physical inactivity, and obesity are
associated with impaired autonomic function, they are also extensively interrelated. The …

Background Hypertension can be detected at the primary health-care level and low-cost
treatments can effectively control hypertension. We aimed to measure the prevalence of …

Importance Maternal hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism are risk factors for preterm birth.
Milder thyroid function test abnormalities and thyroid autoimmunity are more prevalent, but it …

Background Comparable global data on health and nutrition of school-aged children and
adolescents are scarce. We aimed to estimate age trajectories and time trends in mean height …

The quantity and quality of adolescents’ sleep may have changed due to new technologies.
At the same time, the prevalence of neck, shoulder and low back pain has increased. …

Background Adequate maternal thyroid function is important for an uncomplicated pregnancy.
Although multiple observational studies have evaluated the association between thyroid …

Physical activity (PA) may modify the genetic effects that give rise to increased risk of obesity.
To identify adiposity loci whose effects are modified by PA, we performed genome-wide …

The problem of accounting for domestic political conflict, particularly in the less developed
countries, has become an important global task. In the article, several conflict indicators are …

Low back pain (LBP) is a common health problem already in adolescence. Physical activity
has been suggested as a risk factor for LBP in adolescents, but the current evidence is …