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Early life predictors of body composition trajectories from adolescence to mid-adulthood. [PDF]

Am J Hum Biol, 2023
Abstract Objectives Guatemala has experienced rapid increases in adult obesity. We characterized body composition trajectories from adolescence to mid‐adulthood and determined the predictive role of parental characteristics, early life factors, and a nutrition intervention.
Poveda NE, Adair LS, Martorell R, Patel SA, Ramirez-Zea M, Stein AD.   +5 more
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Perinatal intervention strategies providing food with micronutrients to pregnant and breastfeeding women in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review. [PDF]

Matern Child Nutr
There is great heterogeneity in the types of balanced energy protein (BEP) supplementation provided to pregnant and breastfeeding women in studies and programme evaluations. Many trials demonstrated positive effects of BEP on birth outcomes; however, data on gestational weight gain, duration of gestation, and infant/child growth are sparse. Abstract In
McDonald CM, Wessells KR, Stewart CP, Dewey KG, de Pee S, Rana R, Hafeez-Ur-Rehman H, Mwangi MN, Hess SY.   +8 more
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Do maternal grandmothers influence breastfeeding duration and infant nutrition? Evidence from Merida, Mexico

American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 179, Issue 3, Page 444-459, November 2022., 2022
Abstract Objectives Breast‐feeding is sensitive to somatic, hormonal, behavioral and psychological components of maternal capital. However, through grandmothering, older women may also influence breast‐feeding by transferring informational resources to their daughters.
Adriana del Pilar Vázquez‐Vázquez, Mary S. Fewtrell, Hidekel Chan‐García, Carolina Batún‐Marrufo, Federico Dickinson, Jonathan C. K. Wells   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development of a model‐based clinical trial simulation platform to optimize the design of clinical trials for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

CPT: Pharmacometrics &Systems Pharmacology, Volume 11, Issue 3, Page 318-332, March 2022., 2022
Abstract Early clinical trials of therapies to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a fatal genetic X‐linked pediatric disease, have been designed based on the limited understanding of natural disease progression and variability in clinical measures over different stages of the continuum of the disease. The objective was to inform the design of DMD
Karthik Lingineni, Varun Aggarwal, Juan Francisco Morales, Daniela J. Conrado, Diane Corey, Camille Vong, Jackson Burton, Jane Larkindale, Klaus Romero, Stephan Schmidt, Sarah Kim, the Cooperative International Neuromuscular Research Group investigators and Duchenne Regulatory Science Consortium members, C McDonald, E Henricson, M Cregan, L Johnson, J Han, N Joyce, A Nicorici, D Reddy, J Mah, A Chiu, T Haig, M Harris, M Kornelsen, N Rincon, K Sanchez, L Walker, M Tulinius, A Alhander, A Ekstrom, A Gustafsson, A Kroksmark, U Sterky, L Wahlgren, R Leshner, N Brody, B Drogo, M Leach, C Tesi‐Rocha, M Birkmeier, B Tadese, A Toles,, M Thangarajh, A Kornberg, K Carroll, K DeValle, R Kennedy, V Rodriguez, D Villano, Y Nevo, R Adani, A BarLeve, L Chen‐Joseph, M Daana, V Panteleyev‐Yitshak, E Simchovitz, D Yaffe, L Andreone, F Bonaudo, J Corderi, L Levi, L Mesa, P Marco, P Clemens, H Abdel‐Hamid, R Bendixen, C Bise, A Craig, K Karnavas, C Matthews, G Niizawa, A Smith, J Weimer, J Anger, T Christenson, J Florence, R Gadeken, P Golumbak, B Malkus, A Pestronk, R Renna, J Schierbecker, C Seiner, C Wulf, J Teasley, S Blair, B Grillo, E Monasterio, T Bertorini, M Barrett‐Adair, C Benzel, K Carter, J Clift, B Gatlin, R Henegar, J Holloway, M Igarashi, F Kiphut, A Parker, A Phillips, R Young, K North, K Cornett, N Gabriel, M Harman, C Miller, K Rose, S Wicks, H Kolski, L Chen, C Kennedy, M Beneggi, L Capone, A Molteni, V Morettini, T Lotze, A Gupta, A Knight, B Lott, R McNeil, G Orozco, R Schlosser, G Chambers, J Day, J Dalton, A Erickson, M Margolis, J Marsh, C Naughton, K Coleman‐Wood, A Hoffman, W Korn‐Petersen, N Kuntz, B Deliz, S Espada, P Fuste, C Luciano, J Torres, Lauren Morgenroth, M Ahmed, A Arrieta, N Bartley, T Brown‐Caines, C Carty, T Duong, J Feng, F Hu, L Hunegs, Z Sund, W Tang, A Zimmerman, Glen Nuckolls, Emily Carifi   +153 more
wiley   +1 more source

Current Insights into Phytochemistry, Nutritional, and Pharmacological Properties of Prosopis Plants

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022
Prosopis is a regional cash crop that is widely grown in arid, semiarid, tropical, and subtropical areas. Compared with other legume plants, Prosopis is underutilized and has great potentialities. Prosopis not only is a good source of timber, construction, fencing material, and gum, but also can be applied for food, beverage, feed, and medicine ...
Jianshu Zhong, Peiyao Lu, Hanjing Wu, Ziyao Liu, Javad Sharifi-Rad, William N. Setzer, Hafiz A.R. Suleria, Hicham Harhar   +7 more
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Effects of vitamin and mineral supplementation during pregnancy on maternal, birth, child health and development outcomes in low‐ and middle‐income countries: A systematic review

Campbell Systematic Reviews, Volume 17, Issue 2, June 2021., 2021
Abstract Background Almost two billion people who are deficient in vitamins and minerals are women and children in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMIC). These deficiencies are worsened during pregnancy due to increased energy and nutritional demands, causing adverse outcomes in mother and child.
Emily C. Keats, Christina Oh, Tamara Chau, Dina S. Khalifa, Aamer Imdad, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta   +5 more
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Breastfeeding practices in Mexico: Results from the National Demographic Dynamic Survey 2006–2018

Maternal &Child Nutrition, Volume 17, Issue 2, April 2021., 2021
Abstract Although actions have been taken to improve breastfeeding in Mexico, trends over the last decade and their associated factors have not been analysed. We estimated trends in breastfeeding practices at the national, rural/urban, and regional level indigenous ethnicity and socio‐economic level, and their associated factors using the National ...
Mishel Unar‐Munguía, Ana Lilia Lozada‐Tequeanes, Dinorah González‐Castell, Manuel A. Cervantes‐Armenta, Anabelle Bonvecchio   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exposure to improved nutrition from conception to age 2 years and adult cardiometabolic disease risk: a modelling study

The Lancet Global Health, 2018
Summary: Background: Low-income and middle-income countries with populations that are chronically undernourished in early life are undergoing a nutrition transition and are experiencing an epidemic of cardiometabolic disease.
Nicole D Ford, PhD, Jere R Behrman, PhD, John F Hoddinott, DPhil, John A Maluccio, PhD, Reynaldo Martorell, PhD, Manuel Ramirez-Zea, PhD, Aryeh D Stein, PhD   +6 more
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Comparative Evaluation of Three-dimensional Skeletal and Dentoalveolar Effects of Sawangi Flexiforce Expander and NiTi Expander in Class II (vertical) Cases with Maxillary Constriction: A Research Protocol [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
Introduction: Maxillary constriction is a very common type of malocclusion found at any age. It is recommended to treat it as early as possible to avoid the worsening of the situation and to re-establish optimal function and aesthetics.
Srushti Atole, Ranjit Kamble
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Extrapolating the bypass potential of treated Madre de agua (Trichanthera gigantea Nees) leaf meal as protein source in Rumen-Fistulated Brahman Cattle

Annals of Tropical Research, 2019
This study assessed the effectiveness of formaldehyde, heat, and tannic acid treatments of madre de agua leaf meal (MALM) in reducing the degradation of dry matter (DMD) and crude protein (CPD) in the rumen for increased supply of bypass protein at the ...
Angelo Francis F. Atole, Lolito C. Bestil   +1 more
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