Author(s): Vieira AM; Szczepanik G; de Waure C; Tricco AC; Oliver S; Stojanovic J; Ribeiro PAB; Pollock D; Akl EA; Lavis J; Kuchenmuller T; Bragge P; Langer L; Bacon S;

Introduction: Rapid systematic reviews (RRs) have the potential to provide timely information to decision-makers, thus directly impacting healthcare. However, consensus regarding the most efficient approaches to performing RRs and the presence of several unaddressed methodological issues pose cha ...

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Author(s): Hayashi D; Carvalho SDL; Ribeiro PAB; Rodrigues RCM; São-João TM; Lavoie K; Bacon S; Cornélio ME;

Background: Ambivalence towards food and diet, which favours behavioural inertia, might be a barrier to adopting healthier eating behaviours. Measuring it can help researchers to better understand its relationship with behaviour change and design interventions aimed at resolving it. In this scopi ...

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Author(s): Wu N; Joyal-Desmarais K; Ribeiro PAB; Vieira AM; Stojanovic J; Sanuade C; Yip D; Bacon SL;

Background: Synthesising evidence on the long-term vaccine effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines (BNT162b2 [Pfizer-BioNTech], mRNA-1273 [Moderna], ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 [AZD1222; Oxford-AstraZeneca], and Ad26.COV2.S [Janssen]) against infections, hospitalisations, and mortality is crucial to making eviden ...

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Author(s): Hayashi Neto D; Carvalho SDL; Ribeiro PAB; Lavoie KL; Bacon SL; Cornélio ME;

Objective: This scoping review aims to identify and understand the different tools and methods used in studies in the field of human eating behavior to assess, measure, or classify participants' ambivalence towards food and diet, as well as to identify which tools and methods are most frequently employed. Introduction: People's attitudes towards ...

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Author(s): Larue F; Tasbih T; Ribeiro PAB; Lavoie KL; Dolan E; Bacon SL;

Background: Electronic cigarettes (e-cigs) are widely used devices that were initially created to aid in smoking cessation. However, their acute physiological effects are unclear and there have been a number of E-cig and Vaping Acute Lung Injury (EVALI) events reported.
Research question: What are the immediate physi ...

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Author(s): Stojanovic J; Boucher VG; Gagne M; Gupta S; Joyal-Desmarais K; Paduano S; Aburub AS; Sheinfeld Gorin SN; Kassianos AP; Ribeiro PAB; Bacon SL; Lavoie KL;

The success of large-scale COVID-19 vaccination campaigns is contingent upon people being willing to receive the vaccine. Our study explored COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and its correlates in eight different countries around the globe. We analyzed convenience sample data collected between March 202 ...

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Author(s): Julien CA, Lavoie KL, Ribeiro PAB, Dragomir AI, Mercier LA, Garneau PY, Pescarus R, Bacon SL

Metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) yields unprecedented clinical outcomes, though variability is high in weight change and health benefits. Behavioral weight management (BWM) interventions may optimize MBS outcomes. However, there is a lack of an evidence base to inform their use in practice, ...

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