Public health nutrition
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Public health nutrition · Feb 2021
Food insecurity measurement and prevalence estimates during the COVID-19 pandemic in a repeated cross-sectional survey in Mexico.
To validate the telephone modality of the Latin American and Caribbean Food Security Scale (ELCSA) included in three waves of a phone survey to estimate the monthly household food insecurity prevalence during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico. ⋯ Telephone surveys were a feasible strategy to monitor reductions in food security during the COVID-19 lockdown.
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Public health nutrition · Feb 2021
Body shape trajectories and risk of breast cancer: results from the SUN ('Seguimiento Universidad De Navarra') Project.
The aim of this study was to assess body shape trajectories in childhood and midlife in relation to subsequent risk of breast cancer (BC) in a Mediterranean cohort. ⋯ Our results suggest a role for lifetime adiposity in breast carcinogenesis.