Elisabeth Kylberg
Biographic Data
| ID | 7550134 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elisabeth Kylberg |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elisabeth |
| FAMILY NAME | Kylberg |
| SIGNATURE | KYLBERG E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Uppsala University Hospital |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3276-756X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
An intervention of sustainable weight change
BACKGROUND: Obesity is one of the most challenging public health problems in Western societies. Group activities are a way to empower individuals to make sustainable lifestyle changes. Self-help groups enable individuals to share expectations and experiences on an equal basis. OBJECTIVE: The aim was to find a model for sustainable weight reduction for people with obesity and to evaluate the importance of expectations before entering the weight re…
Breast-feeding in Europe – rationale and prevalence, challenges and possibilities for promotion
The status reports and other information collected showed that interpretation of the data on breast-feeding prevalence and duration collected at national or regional level within European countries is difficult, since this information is not collected in every country or it is gathered under different criteria. However, there seem to be vast differences in prevalence of breast-fed children and breast-feeding duration between European countries an…
Breast-feeding in sub-Saharan Africa
A recent paper in Public Health Nutrition reviewed the breast-feeding situation in Africa 1 . Although this review raised many important points, we disagree with its main message, that `the outlook for breast-feeding in African mothers in general is one of gloom
Exclusive breast-feeding is rarely practised in rural and urban Morogoro, Tanzania
Objective: To investigate and compare feeding practices among infants of less than 7 months of age in a rural and an urban area in Tanzania. Design: Cross-sectional, questionnaire-based interview of mothers and focus group discussions with extension workers and community leaders. Setting: Eleven villages in a rural district and 10 wards in an urban district in the Morogoro region, Tanzania, west of Dar es Salaam. Subjects: Probability samples of …
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Breast-feeding in Europe – rationale and prevalence, challenges and possibilities for promotion
The status reports and other information collected showed that interpretation of the data on breast-feeding prevalence and duration collected at national or regional level within European countries is difficult, since this information is not collected in every country or it is gathered under different criteria. However, there seem to be vast differences in prevalence of breast-fed children and breast-feeding duration between European countries an…
Breast-feeding in sub-Saharan Africa
A recent paper in Public Health Nutrition reviewed the breast-feeding situation in Africa 1 . Although this review raised many important points, we disagree with its main message, that `the outlook for breast-feeding in African mothers in general is one of gloom
Exclusive breast-feeding is rarely practised in rural and urban Morogoro, Tanzania
Objective: To investigate and compare feeding practices among infants of less than 7 months of age in a rural and an urban area in Tanzania. Design: Cross-sectional, questionnaire-based interview of mothers and focus group discussions with extension workers and community leaders. Setting: Eleven villages in a rural district and 10 wards in an urban district in the Morogoro region, Tanzania, west of Dar es Salaam. Subjects: Probability samples of …
An intervention of sustainable weight change
BACKGROUND: Obesity is one of the most challenging public health problems in Western societies. Group activities are a way to empower individuals to make sustainable lifestyle changes. Self-help groups enable individuals to share expectations and experiences on an equal basis. OBJECTIVE: The aim was to find a model for sustainable weight reduction for people with obesity and to evaluate the importance of expectations before entering the weight re…
Medicine (4 works) · Breastfeeding Practices and Influences (3 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Breast feeding (2 works) · Child and Adolescent Health (2 works) · Pediatrics (2 works) · Action (physics (1 work) · Behavior change (1 work) · Behaviour change (1 work) · Breast milk (1 work)