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Editorial

Published on 25 Aug 2025

Editorial: X-raying Zero Hunger (SDG2) targets in Africa and other regions: progress, synergies, opportunities, and challenges, volume II

in Public Health and Nutrition

Olutosin Ademola Otekunrin
Mojisola Olanike Kehinde
Oluwaseun Ariyo
Barbara Sawicka

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1655507

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Original Research

Published on 25 Aug 2025

Soft drink consumption among Saudi women: patterns and influencing factors

in Public Health and Nutrition

Fatmah Almoayad
Abeer Salman Alzaben
Eman M. Mortada
Rasha Alshaalan
Nada Benajiba
Nahla Bawazeer
Shahd Alabdulkader

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1584809

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Policy and Practice Reviews

Accepted on 22 Aug 2025

National Strategies for Screening Neural Tube Defects in Saudi Arabia: Activating Prevention and Early Intervention

in Public Health and Nutrition

Mariam Aleissa
Wejdan Hakami
Andreas Dimopoulos
Saleha Abdul Rab
Noor Alsaadoun
Zohaib Asim
Cham Jazieh
Khadijah Ateq
Noara Alhusseini

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1507446

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Perspective

Accepted on 22 Aug 2025

Nutrition as Preventive Medicine: A Call for Integration into Medical Education

in Public Health and Nutrition

Shirley Kalwaney
Elizabeth Cerceo

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1653382

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Original Research

Published on 22 Aug 2025

A machine learning model for predicting obesity risk in patients with diabetes mellitus: analysis of NHANES 2007–2018

in Public Health and Nutrition

Wenqiang Wang
Ruiqing Mo
Xingyu Chen
Sijie Yang

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1606751

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Original Research

Accepted on 21 Aug 2025

Is Vigorous Physical Activity Effective for Preventing Kidney Stones?

in Public Health and Nutrition

Yuanfu Wang
Qing Wei
Yue Dai
Sisi Chen
BO Cheng

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1612347

Original Research

Published on 21 Aug 2025

Nutritional knowledge, sociodemographic, and lifestyle factors as determinants of diet quality – a Polish population-based study

in Public Health and Nutrition

Alicja Kucharska
Beata Irena Sińska
Mariusz Panczyk
Piotr Samel-Kowalik
Filip Raciborski
Aneta Czerwonogrodzka-Senczyna
Iwona Boniecka
Iwona Traczyk

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1613598

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Study Protocol

Accepted on 20 Aug 2025

STUDY PROTOCOL: POST-HARVEST LOSSES OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN

in Public Health and Nutrition

Benedicta Twum -Dei
Herman Lutterodt
Reginald Adjetey Annan
Linda Nana Esi Aduku

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1654786

Policy and Practice Reviews

Accepted on 20 Aug 2025

Development and Results of the German National Strategy for the Promotion of Breastfeeding: a participatory process

in Public Health and Nutrition

Anna-Kristin Brettschneider
Jana Steindl
Beate Matthes-Bolz
Iris Lehmann
Jennifer Hilger-Kolb
Elena Roskosch
Gabriele Strauß
Mariell Hoffmann
Regina Ensenauer

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1555139

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Review

Accepted on 19 Aug 2025

Modifiable Lifestyle and Metabolic Risk Factors for Colorectal Polyps: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

in Public Health and Nutrition

Yue Lei
Zihong Cai
Mengli Zheng
Shirui Li
Yunfan Deng
Xiuyang Li
Sheng Dai

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1655750

Original Research

Accepted on 19 Aug 2025

Prevalence of Ultra-Processed Foods and Beverages in Newly Launched Products across the Americas: A Comparison between the United States and Latin American Countries from 2018 to 2023

in Public Health and Nutrition

Gabriela Vatavuk-Serrati
Katie A Meyer
Donna R Miles
Lindsey Taillie

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1659915

Original Research

Published on 19 Aug 2025

Determinants of fruit and vegetable consumption among Saudi adults: an extended Theory of Planned Behavior approach

in Public Health and Nutrition

Eman A. Abduljawad
Buthaina M. Aljehany
Haya Aljadani
Howeida Abusalih

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1593625

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Review

Published on 18 Aug 2025

Social enterprise interventions to tackle food insecurity in Sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping literature review

in Public Health and Nutrition

Victoria von Salmuth
Thomas Phillips
Anindita Bhattacharjee
Albert Kwansa
Robert Akparibo

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1604405

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Original Research

Published on 15 Aug 2025

Wealth and regional disparities in child undernutrition: insights from national demographic and health survey

in Public Health and Nutrition

Lijing Tan
Muhammad Shahid
Jiayi Song
Hafiz Muhammad Naveed
Itbar Khan

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1654403

540 views

Original Research

Published on 14 Aug 2025

Ranges, temporal trend, and determinants of novel obesity indices in middle-aged and older Chinese population: insights from a nationally representative and longitudinal study

in Public Health and Nutrition

Liufang Huang
Yifan Zhou
Kaiweisa Abuduxukuer
Chuchu Wang
Ya’nan Hou
Wenming Shi
Jianfeng Luo
Jin Wei
Yuhang Yue

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1571254

524 views

Original Research

Published on 13 Aug 2025

Household barriers and facilitators to healthy eating in a U.S. census-representative sample of the general population and a low-income sample: a cross-sectional survey

in Public Health and Nutrition

Kayla E. Tate
Angel Bassett
Heather Gavras
Cheryl D. Toner
Kristina S. Petersen

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1648218

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