More than 30 years ago, the older of us published a paper with the proposal that all scientific papers should start with a statement along the lines of: “These are the opinions on which I base my ...

Objective: To provide the first valid and reliable estimate of the health status of Gypsies and Travellers in England by using standardised instruments to compare their health with that of a UK ...

Background Policy initiatives such as WHO Age Friendly Cities recognise the importance of the urban environment for improving health of older people, who have both low physical activity (PA) levels ...

Background The detrimental impact of social isolation has been reported for several individual outcomes, but less evidence has explored the association between isolation and multi-dimensional measures ...

1 Population Health Research Institute and MRC-PHE Centre for Environment and Health, St George's, University of London, London, UK 4 National Institute for Health Research Comprehensive Biomedical ...

6 Kuopio Welfare Research Centre (KWRC), The University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland 7 Department of Social Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland 8 University of Eastern ...

Background Falls are a significant cause of morbidity after stroke. The aim of this review was to identify, critically appraise and summarise risk prediction models for the occurrence of falling after ...

This narrative review summarises recently published epidemiological and in vivo experimental studies on exposure to environmental chemicals and their potential role in the development of type 1 ...

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Background The WHO recommends ≥150 min/week of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) for older adults, while the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare suggests ≥6000 steps/day.

Background There is increasing pressure to tackle the wider social determinants of health through the implementation of appropriate interventions. However, turning these demands for better evidence ...