Lancet
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Alcohol is a major cause of poor health but few studies have examined the contexts in which people consume alcohol. We aimed to develop a typology of British alcohol drinking occasions in 2019, and estimate how the population's alcohol consumption and heavy drinking (>6 units for women, >8 units for men) is distributed across occasion types. ⋯ Economic and Social Research Council Grant Number ES/R005257/1.
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Meta Analysis
Prenatal alcohol prevention in the UK: mapping the landscape through systematic collaborative review.
UK policy makers have called for urgent action to reduce prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE), but evidence on what is effective is scarce. We aimed to identify, evaluate, and synthesise evidence on content, process aspects, and effectiveness of UK PAE prevention initiatives. ⋯ The National Institute for Health and Care Research.
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Maternal socioeconomic disadvantage and ethnic minority status are linked to increased risk of adverse neonatal outcomes. Neighbourhoods are structural and contextual conditions in which babies are born, but associations between area deprivation and neonatal outcomes in ethnically diverse areas are seldom examined. We examined spatial variations in neonatal outcomes using area deprivation at small-area levels in an ethnically diverse maternal cohort in the east of England. ⋯ Wellbeing of Women, in partnership with the Burdett Trust for Nursing (grant reference RG2245).
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There has been a rise in food insecurity in Europe since the 2008 global financial crisis and households with children are particularly vulnerable. We aimed to explore families' experiences of food insecurity and how these experiences affect children's nutritional health and wellbeing. ⋯ The Economic and Social Research Council.
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British children have the highest ultra-processed food (UPF) intake in Europe, concerning as UPF is linked to adverse health outcomes. Schools are a potential setting for intervention, yet the rate of UPFs consumed at schools is currently unknown. This study aimed to describe the UPF content of school food in the UK and to explore differences in UPF content by meal type (school meals and packed lunches [food from home]) and children's household income. ⋯ This study was funded by the National Institute for Health Research School for Public Health Research.