Stili di vita e salute dei giovani in età scolare: rapporto sui dati della regione sicilia HBSC (Health behaviour in school-aged children - comportam…

2012

Mapping inequalities in exclusive breastfeeding in low- and middle-income countries, 2000-2018

2021

Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF)—giving infants only breast-milk for the first 6 months of life—is a component of optimal breastfeeding practices effective in preventing child morbidity and mortality. EBF practices are known to vary by population and comparable subnational estimates of prevalence and progress across low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are required for planning policy and interventions. Here we present a geospatial analysis of EBF prevalence estimates from 2000 to 2018 across 94 LMICs mapped to policy-relevant administrative units (for example, districts), quantify subnational inequalities and their changes over time, and estimate probabilities of meeting the World Health …

Analisi dei determinanti di sovrappeso ed obesità in Italia

2016

Introduzione: Sovrappeso ed obesità rappresentano un problema di crescente interesse nell’ambito dei programmi sanitari nazionali dei Paesi industrializzati, sia perché la prevalenza è in costante aumento, sia perché l’eccesso ponderale è associato al rischio di sviluppare altre patologie quali diabete, malattie cardiovascolari, e alcune forme di tumore. Obiettivi: Descrivere un profilo di prevalenza del sovrappeso e dell’obesità in Italia utilizzando i dati derivanti dall’indagine Multiscopo Istat sulle “Condizioni di Salute e ricorso ai servizi sanitari” per gli anni 2005 e 2013, ed analizzare il contributo che i principali fattori di rischio hanno nel determinare una diversa distribuzion…

Prevalenza di sovrappeso e obesità in Italia: questione meridionale o disagio sociale?

2016

Overweight and obesity represent a topic of growing interest for most of the national healthcare plans of developed countries, mainly due to the increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity, and to their presence as a risk factor for many other noncommunicable diseases. The present work aims at providing a profile of overweight and obesity in Italy, and to analyze the impact of different territorial and socioeconomic risk factors. Data derived from Istat survey on “Health conditions and healthcare utilization” 2005 and 2013 are used, and Prevalence Risk Ratio estimates are derived through modified Poisson regression models. The results show higher prevalence of overweight and obesity in …