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COVID-19’s Impact on Youth Un/employment and Social Policy in Turkey

The COVID-19 crisis is an unprecedented one in terms of its reach and pervasiveness, and it exposed the vulnerabilities of the global social, political, and economic system. That said, its impact on countries has been uneven and this unevenness depended heavily on the position countries were in immediately prior to the crisis. In Turkey, the key issue of youth un/employment emerged as one of the long-lasting ones since it was a major challenge before the crisis. Policy-making emerged as another key issue as the ability to generate long-term planning escaped Turkey and countries alike for a while. Regardless of when we will get past the pandemic, the post-COVID-19 world will be an extremely difficult one.

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Parasitic nematodes simultaneously suppress and benefit from coccidian coinfection in their natural mouse host

The latest Paper of the Month for Parasitology is ‘Parasitic nematodes simultaneously suppress and benefit from coccidian coinfection in their natural mouse host’ by Melanie Clerc, Andy Fenton, Simon A Babayan, Amy B Pedersen Infections with parasitic nematodes are a major threat to global health and affect millions of people across the globe.…

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New meta-analysis supports almonds’ role in heart health

A new systematic review and meta-analysis published in the Journal of Nutritional Science found that eating almonds results in significant reductions in total cholesterol, adding to the weight of evidence that supports the consumption of almonds as part of a healthy diet to help maintain healthy blood lipid levels and reduce the risk of heart disease.

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Help at hand for people watching their weight

Hands can be used to estimate portion size following the development of a portable and easy-to-use method according to research by the University of Sydney’s Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise & Eating Disorders and published in the Journal of Nutritional Science.

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The Protein Effect: Association of Protein Intake with the Change of Lean Mass Among Elderly Women

In recent years, there has been growing attention around skeletal lean mass in elderly health. The Nutrition Paper of the Month for April is from Journal of Nutritional Science and is entitled 'Association of protein intake with the change of lean mass among elderly women: The Osteoporosis Risk Factor and Prevention – Fracture Prevention Study (OSTPRE-FPS)'.

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Public Health Nutrition study found that with or without children, American adults value family meals

Even Without Children, Couples Eat Frequent Family Meals Study represents first comprehensive look at adult-only family meal patterns Couples and other adult family members living without minors in the house are just as likely as adults living with young children or adolescents to eat family meals at home on most days of the week, new research from Public Health Nutrition suggests.…

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Eating home or away: Effects on BMI and dietary intake

A study, conducted by Ilana Nogueira Bezerra and colleagues at the University of Fortaleza and the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, demonstrated that there was no significant difference between non-consumers and consumers of away-from-home food (AFHF) in prevalence of overweight and obesity among men.…

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Text messaging as a form of smoking support

The Journal of Smoking Cessation has published a new review of evidence that texting can be integrated in to smoking cessation programmes, which can help to maintain instant contact with clients and provide useful guidance for relapse prevention.…

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