Nutrition plays a key role in many areas of public health such as pre-term delivery, cancer,
obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular and renal diseases. Government nutrition policy …

Introduction: Cigarette smoking prevalence is more than two times greater among
incarcerated adults, a population usually excluded from national health surveys. African …

Limited existing evidence and health provider perceptions suggest that prevalence of
obesity among incarcerated people residing in US correctional institutions is high …

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a significant health problem and global burden. Research
on antisocial behaviors has identified some groups of offenders as vulnerable to the …

Objective This study aimed to determine how inmates' body weight changed during
incarceration in Canadian federal penitentiaries, based on their history of tobacco use …

Several recent collaborations between correctional facilities and community health
organizations and community education organizations have enabled incarcerated women to …

A total smoking ban in prisons comes into effect from July 2011. The ban, introduced by the
Corrections Minister, Judith Collins, aims to provide a healthier environment for prison staff …

The dramatic increase in incarceration in the past three decades has been driven, in part, by
the failure of the US healthcare system to adequately treat mental illness and addiction. The …

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This study uses foodways theory to build knowledge about the lived experience of
incarceration by analyzing women's narratives about prison food and eating. Semi …