The global increase of dental caries among school-age children has become a significant concern in the public health field worldwide. This phenomenon is also present in the Philippines at a high prevalence. This problem ...

The prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCD) are increasing rapidly in both developed and developing countries leading to unprecedented preventable deaths. Over 117 million people suffer from NCDs while 70% of deaths ...

In the Philippines, the epidemic of overweight and obesity noiselessly permeates the nation (Food and Nutrition Research Institute [FNRI], 2014). Among the multifactorial risk factors for the genesis of the problem, physical ...

Lifestyle has become an important element in terms of health and well-being or the risk of developing a chronic disease. One of these disease conditions is hypertension, which is a real and huge epidemic around the world. ...

Dietary knowledge and dietary practices are essentially important today especially in preventing lifestyle diseases such as breast cancer. The identified areas are timely and important to be addressed because of the rising ...

Physical activity and adequate sleep have many health benefits. Improvement in cognition is one of the mental health benefits. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to analyze physical activity, sleep, and their association ...

A healthy lifestyle promotes good health (Beezhold, Johnston, & Daigle, 2010; Orlich et al., 2013; Orlich & Fraser, 2014). Conversely, an unhealthy lifestyle provokes poor health with ailments such as chronic diseases ...

Adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) is necessary for improving the wellbeing of its users. Little is known about ART adherence barriers in northern Nigeria. The aim of this study is to determine adherence barriers ...

The safety of children should be the primary concern of all parents and caregivers. Injuries are believed to happen from patterns that can be prevented. A high number of child injuries observed in the hospitals’ emergency ...

Mental health has been a serious problem in the society throughout the last years. It is estimated that every year, approximately one fourth of the world’s population suffers from mental diseases (Halliwell, Main, & ...