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McMaster Plus Public Health + comes to you via the McMaster Health Knowledge Refinery. Every article from over 120 medical and allied health academic journals is critically appraised to identify those that are methodologically sound. Articles that pass this process are rated (maximum 7) by clinicians for relevance and newsworthiness, and are then sent to this website. The articles are updated weekly and a searchable archive is kept on this website.

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A low-cost reinforcement procedure improves short-term weight loss outcomes.
Source: Am J Med. 2011 Nov;124(11):1082-5. Epub 2011 Aug 17.
Relevance Rating: 5
Newsworthiness Rating: 4

Effects of Nordic walking on health-related quality of life in overweight individuals with Type 2 diabetes mellitus, impaired or normal glucose tolerance.
Source: Diabet Med. 2011 Nov;28(11):1362-72. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2011.03348.x.
Relevance Rating: 5
Newsworthiness Rating: 6

Adaptive e-learning to improve dietary behaviour: a systematic review and cost-effectiveness analysis.
Source: Health Technol Assess. 2011 Oct;15(37):1-160.
Relevance Rating: 5
Newsworthiness Rating: 5

Four-year weight losses in the Look AHEAD study: factors associated with long-term success.
Source: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2011 Oct;19(10):1987-98. doi: 10.1038/oby.2011.230. Epub 2011 Jul 21.
Relevance Rating: 7
Newsworthiness Rating: 5

Translating cholesterol guidelines into primary care practice: a multimodal cluster randomized trial.
Source: Ann Fam Med. 2011 Nov;9(6):528-37.
Relevance Rating: 6
Newsworthiness Rating: 5

A brief sleep intervention improves outcomes in the school entry year: a randomized controlled trial.
Source: Pediatrics. 2011 Oct;128(4):692-701. Epub 2011 Sep 2.
Relevance Rating: 5
Newsworthiness Rating: 4

Utility of routine viral load, CD4 cell count, and clinical monitoring among adults with HIV receiving antiretroviral therapy in Uganda: randomised trial.
Source: BMJ. 2011 Nov 9;343:d6792. doi: 10.1136/bmj.d6792.
Relevance Rating: 6
Newsworthiness Rating: 5

Exposure to anti-infective drugs during pregnancy and the risk of small-for-gestational-age newborns: a case-control study.
Source: BJOG. 2011 Oct;118(11):1374-82. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2011.03041.x. Epub 2011 Jul 12.
Relevance Rating: 5
Newsworthiness Rating: 5

Household obesity prevention: Take Action--a group-randomized trial.
Source: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2011 Oct;19(10):2082-8. doi: 10.1038/oby.2010.328. Epub 2011 Jan 6.
Relevance Rating: 5
Newsworthiness Rating: 6

CD4 cell count and viral load monitoring in patients undergoing antiretroviral therapy in Uganda: cost effectiveness study.
Source: BMJ. 2011 Nov 9;343:d6884. doi: 10.1136/bmj.d6884.
Relevance Rating: 5
Newsworthiness Rating: 4

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