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Wafaie Fawzi
Wafaei Fawzi is a Sudanese-American epidemiomologist currently the Richard Saltonstall Professor of Population Sciences at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He is also Professor of Nutrition, Epidemiology, and Global Health and the Chair of the Department of Global Health and Population. Provided by Wikipedia-
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Food environment around schools and adolescent consumption of unhealthy foods in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Published 2025-07-01Get full textAbstract Adolescent diets may be influenced by the retail food environment around schools. However, international research to examine associations between the proximity of retail food outlets to schools and diet provides equivocal support for an association. This study aims to understand the school...
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School health and nutrition services for children and adolescents in Tanzania: A review of policies and programmes
Published 2025-07-01Get full textAbstract School health and nutrition programmes are effective strategies to address the health problems among school‐going children and adolescents. We examined the policy environments, successes and bottlenecks associated with school health and nutrition programmes in Tanzania. We used the ‘policy...
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Delayed breastfeeding initiation and infant survival: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Published 2017-01-01Get full text<h4>Objective</h4>To assess the existing evidence regarding breastfeeding initiation time and infant morbidity and mortality.<h4>Study design</h4>We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis. We searched Pubmed, Embase, Web of Science, CINAHL, Popline, LILACS, AIM, and...
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Anaemia among school‐going adolescents in Burkina Faso: Prevalence and associated factors
Published 2025-07-01Get full textAbstract Adolescence, a stage of growth between 10 and 19 years, is a transitional period of intense cognitive, emotional and physical development. Though iron deficiency is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among this age group, nutritional interventions targeting adolescents are rare. T...
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Determinants of substance use among adolescents aged 10-19 years in Tanga Region, Eastern Tanzania: A cross-sectional analysis.
Published 2025-01-01Get full text<h4>Background</h4>Despite adolescents making up a significant part of the global population, they have high rates of substance use, linked to various health problems and risky behaviours and increased risk of negative social, cognitive, and physical consequences. Studies on substance us...
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