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EDITORIAL

Trends in smoking of school students
Joav Merrick

ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Documentation of dietary pattern among a group of urban girls aged between 14 and 21 years inhabiting in the state of West Bengal, India
Nadira Mallick, Susmita Mukhopadhyay, and Subha Ray

Vulnerability in slums: A study of education, health, and nutrition of slum children in Delhi
Shradhanvita Singh, Nehal A Farooquee, Varghese Kunjappy, and Bikram K Pattanaik

Self-efficacy of overweight and obese youth participating in a multidisciplinary afterschool program
Victoria N Ivy, Karen L Gaudreault, and Timothy Baghurst

Implementation of the Tin Ka Pin Project in two Chinese cities: Students’ subjective outcome evaluation
Lu Yu and Esther YW Shek

Neck circumference as a screening instrument for overweight and obesity in Nigerian secondary school adolescents in an urban area
Eden E Igbafe, Mike N Ibeabuchi, Elizabeth E Oyenusi, Abiola Oduwole, and James Renner

Serum triglyceride-to-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio: Profile and its use as surrogate for insulin resistance prevalence in overweight/obese adolescents
Alphonsus N Onyiriuka, Nosakhare J Iduoriyekemwen, and Wilson E Sadoh

Alcohol use and misuse among school-going adolescents in Laos: Investigating socio-ecological factors
Supa Pengpid and Karl Peltzer

Infant mortality in Indiana: Perceived beliefs and attitudes of individuals living in the State
Cecilia Obeng, Priscilla A Barnes, Theresa Hunter, and Melissa Weinstein

High carbonated soft drink consumption is associated with externalizing and internalizing behaviour among in-school adolescents in the Seychelles
Supa Pengpid and Karl Peltzer

CASE REPORTS

Pseudohypoparathyroidism: A rare cause of hypocalcaemia
Alphonsus N Onyiriuka and Victor A Esedume