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| Paul VeugelersSummaryAffiliation: University of Alberta Country: Canada Publications
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Diet quality and academic performanceMichelle D Florence
Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
J Sch Health 78:209-15; quiz 239-41. 2008..This study examines the association between overall diet quality and academic performance...- Medication use in normal weight and overweight children in a nationally representative sample of Canadian childrenStefan Kuhle
School of Public Health, University of Alberta, 350 University Terrace, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Arch Dis Child 97:842-7. 2012..Consequently, the differential healthcare costs between obese and normal weight children may be even greater if medication use is considered... 
From "best practice" to "next practice": the effectiveness of school-based health promotion in improving healthy eating and physical activity and preventing childhood obesityChristina Fung
School of Public Health, University of Alberta, 6 50 University Terrace, 8303 112 St, Edmonton, AB T6G 2 T4, Canada
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 9:27. 2012..The present study examines the effectiveness of a CSH program adopted from a "best practice" example in another setting by evaluating temporal changes in diets, activity levels and body weight...- Should public health interventions aimed at reducing childhood overweight and obesity be gender-focused?Aline Simen-Kapeu
School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
BMC Public Health 10:340. 2010.... - Body satisfaction and body weight: gender differences and sociodemographic determinantsS Bryn Austin
Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Children s Hospital, Boston, USA
BMC Public Health 9:313. 2009.... - Neighborhood characteristics in relation to diet, physical activity and overweight of Canadian childrenPaul Veugelers
School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada
Int J Pediatr Obes 3:152-9. 2008.... - Prevalence of and risk factors for childhood overweight and obesityPaul J Veugelers
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
CMAJ 173:607-13. 2005..We investigated the association between childhood overweight and obesity and risk factors relating to dietary habits, activities, parents and schools... 
Comprehensive school health in CanadaPaul J Veugelers
Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
Can J Public Health 101:S5-8. 2010..This evidence is essential to justify devoting more school time to promote HEAL and more resources to implement and support CSH to the benefit of both learning and health...- Inequalities in health and health services delivery: a multilevel study of primary care and hypertension controlPaul J Veugelers
Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Chronic Dis Can 25:101-7. 2004.... - Effectiveness of school programs in preventing childhood obesity: a multilevel comparisonPaul J Veugelers
Department of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Room 13 106D, Clinical Sciences Bldg, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G3, Canada
Am J Public Health 95:432-5. 2005..In light of the alarming increase in childhood obesity and lack of evidence for the effectiveness of school programs, we studied the effects of school programs in regard to preventing excess body weight... - Comparison of ICD code-based diagnosis of obesity with measured obesity in children and the implications for health care cost estimatesStefan Kuhle
School of Public Health, University of Alberta, 650 University Terrace, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2T4, Canada
BMC Med Res Methodol 11:173. 2011..The objective of the current study was to investigate the sensitivity and specificity of an ICD code-based diagnosis of obesity from administrative health data relative to the gold standard measured BMI... - Associations between household food insecurity and health outcomes in the Aboriginal population (excluding reserves)Noreen Willows
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2T4
Health Rep 22:15-20. 2011..Aboriginal people are more vulnerable to food insecurity and morbidity than is the Canadian population overall. However, little information is available about the association between food insecurity and health in Aboriginal households... - Prevalence and sociodemographic risk factors related to household food security in Aboriginal peoples in CanadaNoreen D Willows
Alberta Institute of Human Nutrition, Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Public Health Nutr 12:1150-6. 2009..The Canadian Community Health Survey, Cycle 2.2 Nutrition, was used to compare the prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of food insecurity between non-Aboriginal and off-reserve Aboriginal households... - Perinatal and childhood risk factors for overweight in a provincial sample of Canadian Grade 5 studentsStefan Kuhle
School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Int J Pediatr Obes 5:88-96. 2010..The risk of obesity is determined by a complex interaction of prenatal, lifestyle, genetic, and environmental factors... - Geographic variation in health services use in Nova ScotiaPaul J Veugelers
Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, 5790 University Avenue, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 1V7
Chronic Dis Can 24:116-23. 2003.... - Nutrition and body weights of Canadian children watching television and eating while watching televisionTina Liang
School of Public Health, Population Health Intervention Research Unit, University of Alberta, 6 50 University Terrace, 8303 112 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Public Health Nutr 12:2457-63. 2009..To examine whether eating while watching television poses a risk for poor nutrition and excess body weight over and above that of time spent watching television... - Racial discrimination experienced by aboriginal university students in CanadaCheryl L Currie
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Can J Psychiatry 57:617-25. 2012.... - Body mass index and childhood asthma: a linear association?Fortune Sithole
School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
J Asthma 45:473-7. 2008..This association was independent of allergies, sex, and socioeconomic factors. Girls from socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods were less likely to be asthmatic as were boys from well-educated and wealthy families... - Geographic differences in childhood overweight, physical activity, nutrition and neighbourhood facilities: implications for preventionAline Simen-Kapeu
Population Health Intervention Research Unit, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
Can J Public Health 101:128-32. 2010..We sought to identify the factors underlying the overweight differentials by examining physical activity and nutrition behaviours as well as neighbourhood characteristics of urban areas, towns and rural areas across Alberta... - Use of vitamin and mineral supplements among Canadian adultsXiaoyan Guo
School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
Can J Public Health 100:357-60. 2009..To estimate the prevalence and determinants of use of vitamin and mineral supplements among adult Canadians... - Diet quality and cancer incidence in Nova Scotia, CanadaAngela L Fitzgerald
Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 4H7
Nutr Cancer 43:127-32. 2002.... - Why does the social gradient in health not apply to overweight?Stefan Kuhle
School of Public Health, University of Alberta, 650 University Terrace, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2T4
Health Rep 19:7-15. 2008..This is contrasted by a weak, absent or even positive gradient for overweight. The objective of this study was to investigate why overweight does not follow the social gradient... - Effectiveness of an HIV prevention program for secondary school students in MongoliaRosario G Cartagena
Department of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
J Adolesc Health 39:925.e9-16. 2006..Peer education programs, particularly those that are managed by small teams, appear effective and should be implemented more broadly... - Dietary iron as a risk factor for myocardial infarction. Public health considerations for Nova ScotiaDarshaka Malaviarachchi
Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University
Can J Public Health 93:267-70. 2002..Lean meat, a primary source of iron and hemeiron, is promoted because it is lower in fat and cholesterol. Does lean meat put us at risk for myocardial infarction, and should we reconsider its promotion?.. - Parent and child reports of children's activityFortune Sithole
School of Public Health, University of Alberta, 13 106D Clinical Sciences Building, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Health Rep 19:19-24. 2008..This article compares child reports of their physical and sedentary activities with those of their parents... - Socioeconomic determinants of mortality in two Canadian provinces: multilevel modelling and neighborhood contextLeslie L Roos
Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, University of Manitoba, 408 727 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg, Man, R3E 3P5, Canada
Soc Sci Med 59:1435-47. 2004..The findings are discussed in the context of differences in health and health care among Canada, the United States, and other OECD countries... - Effectiveness of HIV prevention in Ontario, Canada: a multilevel comparison of bisexual menChad A Leaver
Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Am J Public Health 94:1181-5. 2004..The study also demonstrates the suitability of multilevel methods for examining the effectiveness of community-level public health programs... - Dietary intake and risk factors for poor diet quality among children in Nova ScotiaPaul J Veugelers
Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
Can J Public Health 96:212-6. 2005..INTERPRETATION: Dietary intake among children in Nova Scotia is relatively poor. Explicit public health policies and prevention initiatives targeting children, their parents and schools may improve diet quality and prevent obesity... - Reflections on community-based population health intervention and evaluation for obesity and chronic disease prevention: the Healthy Alberta Communities projectKim D Raine
Centre for Health Promotion Studies, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, 5 10, 8303 112St, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2T4, Canada
Int J Public Health 55:679-86. 2010.... - Small area comparisons of health: applications for policy makers and challenges for researchersPaul J Veugelers
Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, 5849 University Avenue, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4H7
Chronic Dis Can 23:100-10. 2002.... - Access to care and satisfaction in colorectal cancer patientsGeoffrey A Porter
Department of Surgery, Dalhousie University, 7 007 Victoria Building, QEII Health Sciences Center, 1278 Tower Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 2Y9, Canada
World J Surg 29:1444-51. 2005..Interventions which improve the timeliness of specific components of access to care may not necessarily result in improved patient satisfaction... - The effect of place of residence on access to invasive cardiac services following acute myocardial infarctionAnsar Hassan
Department of Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
Can J Cardiol 25:207-12. 2009..In the present study, the impact of place of residence in Nova Scotia on access to cardiac catheterization and long-term outcomes following an acute myocardial infarction (MI) were examined... - Death in children with epilepsy: a population-based studyCarol S Camfield
Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Halifax, Canada
Lancet 359:1891-5. 2002..Families of children with newly diagnosed epilepsy worry about death during a seizure. We aimed to assess the frequency and causes of death of children with epilepsy... - Individual and neighbourhood determinants of health care utilization. Implications for health policy and resource allocationAlexandra M Yip
Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, 5849 University Avenue, Halifax, NS B3H 4H7, Canada
Can J Public Health 93:303-7. 2002..CONCLUSIONS: Both individual and neighbourhood socioeconomic characteristics determine health care use. Acknowledging this allows better targeting of health policy and planning, and enables more accurate needs-based resource allocation... - Family physician visits and early recognition of melanomaMelanie L Di Quinzio
Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
Can J Public Health 96:136-9. 2005..70% (95% CI, -1.33-25.77) if all patients had consulted their family physician at least once a year. DISCUSSION: Increased awareness of the need for regular medical check-ups could reduce the public health burden of melanoma... - Parents' perception of neighbourhood environment as a determinant of screen time, physical activity and active transportValerie Carson
Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
Can J Public Health 101:124-7. 2010..To study the importance of parents' perception of neighbourhood environment for health behaviours such as screen time, physical activity, and active transport in a Canadian context... - Polymorphisms in DNA repair genes in the molecular pathogenesis of esophageal (Barrett) adenocarcinomaAlan G Casson
Department of Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Carcinogenesis 26:1536-41. 2005..As GERD and BE are highly prevalent in the general population, this protective effect may well explain why only a fraction of individuals with GERD and BE progress into invasive EADC... - Effect of obesity on presentation of breast cancerGeoffrey A Porter
Department of Surgery, Dalhousie University, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Center, 7 007 Victoria Building, 1278 Tower Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 2Y9, Canada
Ann Surg Oncol 13:327-32. 2006..The objective of this study was to examine the effect of obesity on the presentation and pathologic staging of IBC... - Dietary reference intakes: a comparison with the Nova Scotia Nutrition SurveyAngela L Fitzgerald
Dalhousie University
Can J Diet Pract Res 63:176-83. 2002..We recommend that nutrition education campaigns coinciding with the introduction of the dietary reference intakes in Nova Scotia target younger people, those of lower socioeconomic background, smokers, and those who are obese... - Children's preference for large portions: prevalence, determinants, and consequencesCynthia K Colapinto
Health Promotion Division, Sudbury and District Health Unit, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
J Am Diet Assoc 107:1183-90. 2007..Proliferation of large portions of snack and fast foods parallels dramatic increases in childhood obesity. This study investigates the prevalence, determinants, and consequences of large portions in children's diets... - Access to general practitioner services: the disabled elderly lag behind in underserved areasBasile Chaix
Research Unit in Epidemiology and Information Sciences, National Institute of Health and Medical Research INSERM U, France
Eur J Public Health 15:282-7. 2005....