Background During preconception counselling, pregnant women who smoke are advised to quit smoking. While the adverse effects ...

Background One in seven households in England live in accommodation not meeting housing quality standards. Low-quality ...

Background Early cardiovascular disease risk detection opportunities are limited in men, whereas gestational diabetes, ...

Background The mean birth weight of offspring of Bangladeshi, Indian and Pakistani women tends to be among the lowest of any ethnic groups regardless of country of residence. However, it is unclear ...

Correspondence to Dr Jo Leonardi-Bee, Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Nottingham, Clinical Sciences Building, Nottingham City Hospital, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK; ...

Background High ambient summer temperatures have been shown to influence daily mortality in cities across Europe. Quantification of the population mortality burden attributable to heat is crucial to ...

Background The contribution of increasing numbers of deaths from suicide, alcohol-related and drug-related causes to changes in overall mortality rates has been highlighted in various countries. In ...

2 Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Health and Social Care, London, UK 3 Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health, ...

Correspondence to Liam Wright, Department of Behavioural Science and Health, University College London, London, UK, WC1E 7HB; liam.wright.17{at}ucl.ac.uk Background Governments have implemented a ...

Correspondence to Dr Phil J Edwards, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK; phil.edwards{at}LSHTM.ac.uk Background Plans to phase out fossil fuel-powered internal ...

Background Mental health challenges faced by young people are increasing. Women and girls experience higher levels of internalised mental illness, such as depression and anxiety. This may be because ...

Background Physical activity (PA) is important for maintaining health, but there are fundamental unanswered questions on how best it should be measured. Methods We measured PA in the Netherlands ...