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.

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Background The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the population’s mental health. However, its impact on the consumption of anxiolytics, sedatives, hypnotics and antidepressants remains ...

Background In conflict-affected settings, women and girls are vulnerable to gender-based violence (GBV). GBV is associated with poor long-term mental health such as anxiety, depression and ...

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 ...

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Background In 2011, England introduced the Public Health Responsibility Deal (RD), a public-private partnership (PPP) which gave greater freedom to the food industry to set and monitor targets for ...

Background People with multiple long-term conditions (MLTC) face health and social care challenges. This study aimed to classify people by MLTC and social care needs (SCN) into distinct clusters and ...

Background The UK Government’s ‘welfare reform’ programme included reductions to social security payments, phased in over the financial years 2011/2012–2015/2016. Previous studies of social security ...

Background Extending the number of active working years is an important goal both for maintaining individual quality of life and safeguarding social security systems. Against this background, we ...

Correspondence to Professor Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, University of Glasgow MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Glasgow G3 7HR, UK; vittal.katikireddi{at}glasgow.ac.uk Minority ethnic ...

Correspondence to Dr Jo Leonardi-Bee, Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Nottingham, Clinical Sciences Building, Nottingham City Hospital, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK; ...