Joceline Pomerleau
Biographic Data
| ID | 5409072 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joceline Pomerleau |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joceline |
| FAMILY NAME | Pomerleau |
| SIGNATURE | POMERLEAU J |
| AFFILIATIONS | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Potential health gains and health losses in eleven EU countries attainable through feasible prevalences of the life-style related risk factors alcohol, BMI, and smoking
Smoking is still the risk-factor with the largest potential health gains. BMI, however, has comparatively large effects on morbidity. Future research should aim to improve knowledge of how policies can influence and shape individual and aggregated life-style-related risk-factor behavior
Getting children to eat more fruit and vegetables
The burden of cardiovascular disease and cancer attributable to low fruit and vegetable intake in the European Union
Objective To estimate the burden of disease attributable to low fruit and vegetable intake in the 15 countries that were members of the European Union (EU) before May 2004 (EU-15) and the 10 countries that then joined it (EU-10). Design Data on fruit and vegetable intake, target levels of intake and estimates of relative risks, deaths and disability were combined to obtain the burden of ischaemic heart disease, ischaemic stroke and four types of …
Interventions Designed to Increase Adult Fruit and Vegetable Intake Can Be Effective
Prevalence of Smoking in 8 Countries of the Former Soviet Union
Objectives. We sought to provide comparative data on smoking habits in countries of the former Soviet Union. Methods. We conducted cross-sectional surveys in 8 former Soviet countries with representative national samples of the population 18 years or older. Results. Smoking rates varied among men, from 43.3% to 65.3% among the countries examined. Results showed that smoking among women remains uncommon in Armenia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, and Moldova…
The burden of disease attributable to nutrition in Europe
Objective: This review examines the extent to which differences in nutrition could explain the diversity of health in Europe and how dietary patterns might contribute to the overall burden of disease in the region. Setting: Europe. Design: Between-country variations and time trends in dietary and health patterns in Europe are described, taking into account recent evidence on east-west mortality differentials. Existing information on the contribut…
Body weight patterns in a country in transition
Objective: This paper reports the distribution and determinants of body mass index (BMI) and obesity in Tirana City (Albania). Design: Cross-sectional survey conducted in mid-2001. Setting: Tirana City. Subjects: One thousand one hundred and twenty adults aged 25 years and over (response rate 72.7%), selected using multi-stage cluster sampling. Results: Over three-quarters of male and female respondents had an excess body weight. The overall popu…
Food security in the Baltic Republics
Objectives: Food insecurity has become an important issue in many countries of the former Soviet Union following the transition to a market economy. This study examined three aspects of food security in the Baltic Republics: reasons for choosing foods; level of dependence on home-grown or raised foods; and use of home-grown vegetables. Design: Cross-sectional surveys. Setting: Data from surveys conducted in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in the su…
Dietary beliefs in the Baltic republics
Objectives As beliefs and knowledge about the possible effects of foods on health can influence food behaviours, this study examined selected dietary beliefs in the Baltic countries and the association of beliefs related to salt intake and to types of fat with food behaviours. Design A cross-sectional study. Setting Data from three surveys conducted in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in the summer of 1997 were used to describe the prevalence of die…
Patterns of body weight in the Baltic Republics
Objective Previously recorded rates of obesity in the Baltic Republics have been among the highest in the world although little is known about how they vary within the population. This study investigates the distribution of body mass index (BMI) and obesity in these countries. Design Three cross-sectional surveys conducted in the summer of 1997. Setting Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Subjects Representative national samples of adults with measure…
Alcohol consumption in the Baltic Republics
METHODS Between country differences in the frequency of alcohol intake were estimated. The odds of consuming alcohol weekly according to socioeconomic characteristics (age, ethnicity, rural/urban area, education, income) were calculated using multiple logistic regression analyses, adjusting for all variables simultaneously
Le lien entre le lieu de naissance et certaines caractéristiques de santé en Ontario
Prevalence of Smoking in 8 Countries of the Former Soviet Union
Objectives. We sought to provide comparative data on smoking habits in countries of the former Soviet Union. Methods. We conducted cross-sectional surveys in 8 former Soviet countries with representative national samples of the population 18 years or older. Results. Smoking rates varied among men, from 43.3% to 65.3% among the countries examined. Results showed that smoking among women remains uncommon in Armenia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, and Moldova…
Alcohol consumption in the Baltic Republics
METHODS Between country differences in the frequency of alcohol intake were estimated. The odds of consuming alcohol weekly according to socioeconomic characteristics (age, ethnicity, rural/urban area, education, income) were calculated using multiple logistic regression analyses, adjusting for all variables simultaneously
Le lien entre le lieu de naissance et certaines caractéristiques de santé en Ontario
Le lien entre le lieu de naissance et certaines caractéristiques de santé en Ontario
Patterns of body weight in the Baltic Republics
Objective Previously recorded rates of obesity in the Baltic Republics have been among the highest in the world although little is known about how they vary within the population. This study investigates the distribution of body mass index (BMI) and obesity in these countries. Design Three cross-sectional surveys conducted in the summer of 1997. Setting Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Subjects Representative national samples of adults with measure…
Alcohol consumption in the Baltic Republics
METHODS Between country differences in the frequency of alcohol intake were estimated. The odds of consuming alcohol weekly according to socioeconomic characteristics (age, ethnicity, rural/urban area, education, income) were calculated using multiple logistic regression analyses, adjusting for all variables simultaneously
Dietary beliefs in the Baltic republics
Objectives As beliefs and knowledge about the possible effects of foods on health can influence food behaviours, this study examined selected dietary beliefs in the Baltic countries and the association of beliefs related to salt intake and to types of fat with food behaviours. Design A cross-sectional study. Setting Data from three surveys conducted in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in the summer of 1997 were used to describe the prevalence of die…
Food security in the Baltic Republics
Objectives: Food insecurity has become an important issue in many countries of the former Soviet Union following the transition to a market economy. This study examined three aspects of food security in the Baltic Republics: reasons for choosing foods; level of dependence on home-grown or raised foods; and use of home-grown vegetables. Design: Cross-sectional surveys. Setting: Data from surveys conducted in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in the su…
The burden of disease attributable to nutrition in Europe
Objective: This review examines the extent to which differences in nutrition could explain the diversity of health in Europe and how dietary patterns might contribute to the overall burden of disease in the region. Setting: Europe. Design: Between-country variations and time trends in dietary and health patterns in Europe are described, taking into account recent evidence on east-west mortality differentials. Existing information on the contribut…
Body weight patterns in a country in transition
Objective: This paper reports the distribution and determinants of body mass index (BMI) and obesity in Tirana City (Albania). Design: Cross-sectional survey conducted in mid-2001. Setting: Tirana City. Subjects: One thousand one hundred and twenty adults aged 25 years and over (response rate 72.7%), selected using multi-stage cluster sampling. Results: Over three-quarters of male and female respondents had an excess body weight. The overall popu…
Prevalence of Smoking in 8 Countries of the Former Soviet Union
Objectives. We sought to provide comparative data on smoking habits in countries of the former Soviet Union. Methods. We conducted cross-sectional surveys in 8 former Soviet countries with representative national samples of the population 18 years or older. Results. Smoking rates varied among men, from 43.3% to 65.3% among the countries examined. Results showed that smoking among women remains uncommon in Armenia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, and Moldova…
Interventions Designed to Increase Adult Fruit and Vegetable Intake Can Be Effective
Getting children to eat more fruit and vegetables
The burden of cardiovascular disease and cancer attributable to low fruit and vegetable intake in the European Union
Objective To estimate the burden of disease attributable to low fruit and vegetable intake in the 15 countries that were members of the European Union (EU) before May 2004 (EU-15) and the 10 countries that then joined it (EU-10). Design Data on fruit and vegetable intake, target levels of intake and estimates of relative risks, deaths and disability were combined to obtain the burden of ischaemic heart disease, ischaemic stroke and four types of …
Potential health gains and health losses in eleven EU countries attainable through feasible prevalences of the life-style related risk factors alcohol, BMI, and smoking
Smoking is still the risk-factor with the largest potential health gains. BMI, however, has comparatively large effects on morbidity. Future research should aim to improve knowledge of how policies can influence and shape individual and aggregated life-style-related risk-factor behavior
Medicine (9 works) · Environmental health (8 works) · Population (8 works) · Demography (7 works) · Geography (6 works) · Nutritional Studies and Diet (6 works) · Demography (5 works) · European union (3 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (3 works) · Logistic regression (3 works)