consequential effects on maternal and newborn health in Mexico for 2008-2015. It models how changes in the obesity level of …This study explores whether hospitals with higher increases in obesity levels have higher CS rates and the … specialization. And it creates a measure of hospital-level obesity, based on the fraction of obesity-related discharges for women of …

Global Health Partner was founded in 2006 as a privately owned health care provider in Sweden serving both public and … saw the potential to provide the most value. This case details the GHP approach to both Spine Care and Obesity Care … demonstrating quality through outcomes reporting. The case also provides a window into the Swedish Health Care System …

overweight and obesity. Methods: Longitudinal data from post- (T2) and follow-up (T3) measurements of a school-based health … childhood overweight and obesity by half. Longitudinal differences were examined with the McNemar test for general WTP and the … income, and those with abdominally obese children were significant predictors of general WTP at T3. Median amount of WTP at T …

Prenatal care is an essential segment of maternal health-care. In this paper an attempt has been made to examine the … sufficient iron supplementation respectively has been taken from Indian Demographic and Health Survey (IDHS) 2005-6. To estimate … into individual characteristics of the woman, household characteristics, health-related characteristics, community …

Implementation of evidence-based interventions to control obesity is regarded as a public health priority. In this … effective and cost-effective intervention for obesity prevention and control. Regarding nutrition labeling, current evidence … index (BMI) and obesity prevalence, nutrition labeling is considered a cost-effective intervention in many settings. Further …

We investigate universalization of access to health in Brazil. We find large reductions in maternal, foetal, neonatal … and post-neonatal mortality, a reduction in fertility and, possibly on account of selection, no change in the quality of … driving mechanisms. We find sharp increases in coverage of primary health facilities with GPs and outreach workers and, in …

obesity epidemics? This report briefly examines the evidence base on unhealthy diets, including the associated burden on … health systems. It then takes stock of current knowledge on the effectiveness of policy instruments to tackle unhealthy diets …