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The fluoride debate

Your Local Epidemiologist

Preventing cavities is good for many things, including cardiovascular health. In 2007, Juneo, Alaska, voted to stop adding fluoride. Afterward, the average number of cavity procedures per child increased to almost one more procedure per year (1.55 Public Health Service recommends a fluoride concentration of 0.7

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The beginning and end of Monday Morning

Monday Morning

Messonnier is eminently qualified by virtue of her training, including the Epidemiologic Intelligence Service, her more than 20 years’ experience of leadership in infectious diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and her recent leadership of pandemic preparedness and health systems at the Skoll Foundation.

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Have smartphones and ubiquitous internet access affected sedentary time among children and adolescents?

International Journal of Epidemiology Blog

The public health consequences of this increase in sedentary time are uncertain. Sedentary time appears to be unrelated to metabolic health in youth, when moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity is taken into consideration. His research interests focus on the health effects of physical activity on non-communicable diseases.