Background Understanding the causes of poor mental health in early childhood and adolescence is important as this can be a significant determinant of mental well-being in later years. One potential ...

Background Little is known about the links between the time that young children go to bed and their cognitive development. In this paper we seek to examine whether bedtimes in early childhood are ...

Paternal discrepancy (PD) occurs when a child is identified as being biologically fathered by someone other than the man who believes he is the father. This paper examines published evidence on levels ...

Study objective: To quantify the burden of ill health in the UK that can be attributed to food (the burden of food related ill health). Design: Review and further analysis of the results of work ...

We have decided to start a new section in JECH . Our culture as a scientific discipline is too much focused on discussing the findings in empirical research following the strong influence on ...

Background: Directed acyclic graphs, or DAGs, are a useful graphical tool in epidemiologic research that can help identify appropriate analytical strategies in addition to potential unintended ...