Fig. 4.1 Body size trajectories in the development of cardio-metabolic health Clearly, the three trajectories in Fig. 4.1 are conceptual. While we split this section into life course stages for convenient…
Fig. 2.1 Country-level prevalence of overweight/obesity in children in the European Union Prevalence is shown separately for males (dark grey) and females (light grey) for countries in the European Union…
Bartley, M., Sacker, A., & Clarke, P. (2004). Employment status, employment conditions, and limiting illness: Prospective evidence from the British household panel survey 1991–2001. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health,…
Learning objectives In this chapter you will learn: to estimate a population statistic using a sample statistic; to calculate and interpret 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for means and proportions; to…
Learning objectives In this chapter you will learn: what inequalities in health are and why they are amenable to change; different axes of inequalities in health, how to measure them…
Learning objectives In this chapter you will learn: how we classify different types of variables; to recognise and define measures of central tendency, variability and range; four measures of disease…
Learning objectives In this chapter you will learn: What are the global burdens of disease and how they differ between low-middle income and high income countries? What are the wider…
Learning objectives In this chapter you will learn to: define a systematic review, and explain why it provides more reliable evidence than a traditional narrative review; succinctly describe the steps…
Learning objectives In this chapter you will learn: to define public health and distinguish between public health and individual health care; to identify how public health is measured or diagnosed;…
Learning objectives In this chapter you will learn: why randomised controlled trials provide the best evidence of effectiveness of treatment; the possible sources of bias in a randomised controlled trial;…
