Tarzia Choudhury
A5036330545- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Diet and metabolism studies
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
- Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
- Fatty Acid Research and Health
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Global Health Care Issues
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Circadian rhythm and melatonin
- Sleep and related disorders
Independent University
2019-2021
The association between intake of fruits, vegetables, and legumes with cardiovascular disease deaths has been investigated extensively in Europe, the USA, Japan, China, but little or no data are available from Middle East, South America, Africa, south Asia.We did a prospective cohort study (Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology [PURE] 135 335 individuals aged 35 to 70 years without 613 communities 18 low-income, middle-income, high-income countries seven geographical regions: North America...
BackgroundHypertension is considered the most important risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, but its control poor worldwide. We aimed to assess availability and affordability of blood pressure-lowering medicines, association with use these medicines pressure in countries at varying levels economic development.MethodsWe analysed availability, costs, data recorded from 626 communities 20 participating Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiological (PURE) study. Medicines were available if they...
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of death globally. In 2014, United Nations committed to reducing premature mortality from NCDs, including by burden healthcare costs. Since Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology (PURE) Study has been collecting health expenditure data households with NCDs in 18 countries.Using PURE Study, we estimated risk catastrophic spending impoverishment among at least one person (cardiovascular disease, diabetes, kidney cancer respiratory...
<h3>Importance</h3> Obesity is a growing public health threat leading to serious consequences. Late bedtime and sleep loss are common in modern society, but their associations with specific obesity types not well characterized. <h3>Objective</h3> To assess whether timing napping behavior associated increased obesity, independent of nocturnal length. <h3>Design, Setting, Participants</h3> This large, multinational, population-based cross-sectional study used data participants from 60 centers...
Depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide. However, it under recognized and undertreated. Self-rated health a one-item question that has been used for population monitoring. It was aimed to examine prospect using ‘self-rated health’ (SRH) in identifying people with depression among adult community-based Bangladesh over one-year period controlling socio-demographic, chronic diseases symptoms, physical disability, smoking, life events. We examined data from 3455 participants aged...