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Early Assessment of Environmental Interventions to Prevent Childhood Obesity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Outlines January 2006 discussions on evaluating the plausibility -- clear, shared goals, activities, and expected outcomes -- and feasibility of various environmental interventions to help prevent childhood obesity.

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A cross sectional study investigating the association between exposure to food outlets and childhood obesity in Leeds, UK. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Background: Current UK policy in relation to the influence of the ‘food environment’ on childhood obesity appears to be driven largely on assumptions or speculations because empirical evidence is lacking and findings from studies are inconsistent.
Cooke, CB   +4 more
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Hepatic Glycogen Storage Diseases in Brazil: A Multicenter Study

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT To describe clinical and laboratory characteristics, emphasizing the evolution of patients with hepatic glycogen storage diseases (GSDs) followed in Brazilian reference centers. Multicenter, retrospective study involving 13 centers, using RedCap platform. 132 patients were included: 63 (47.8%) GSD type I (56 Ia, 7 Ib), 13 (9.8%) with type III (
Mariana Pena Costa   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

Decomposing socioeconomic inequalities in childhood obesity: Evidence from Ireland [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The objective of this paper is to quantify and decompose the socioeconomic gradient in childhood obesity in the Republic of Ireland. The analysis is performed using data from the first wave of the Growing Up in Ireland survey, a nationally representative
Cullinan, J., Walsh, B.
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High‐Resolution Genomic Characterization of WAGR Spectrum Disorder: Insights From a Novel Cohort and Literature Synthesis, and Validation of Patient‐Reported Data

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT WAGR spectrum disorder (WAGRSD) is an ultra‐rare congenital disorder caused by heterozygous deletion of chromosome 11p13. While classically associated with Wilms tumor, Aniridia, Genitourinary anomalies, and a Range of developmental delays, accurate delineation of the deletion is critical for prognosis because the phenotypic spectrum extends ...
Andrew M. George   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

An ecological systems approach to examining risk factors for early childhood overweight: findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Objective: To use an ecological systems approach to examine individual-, family-, community- and area-level risk factors for overweight (including obesity) in 3-year-old children. Methods: A prospective nationally representative cohort study conducted in
Cole, T.J.   +3 more
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Unraveling a Diagnostic Enigma: A TECPR2 Case Solved Through Multi‐Omic Genomics

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT TECPR2 is a key regulator of autophagy, encoded by the TECPR2 gene. Pathogenic variants in this gene have been linked to a rare hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy with intellectual disability (HSAN9). We report a teenage female with a syndromic intellectual disability disorder associated with neuromuscular abnormalities.
Teresa Zhao   +122 more
wiley   +1 more source

What Does America Think About Childhood Obesity? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Presents findings from a survey of 1,108 adults that examines current attitudes about childhood obesity and measures support for various childhood obesity prevention ...

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Health‐Related Quality of Life, Everyday Executive Functioning, and Eating Behavior in Adults With Bardet–Biedl Syndrome

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Bardet–Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a rare genetic condition with a broad phenotypic spectrum. Knowledge about quality of life, executive functioning, and eating behavior in adults with BBS remains limited. This study aimed to assess health‐related quality of life (HRQoL), everyday executive functioning, and eating behavior in adults with BBS and ...
Cecilie Fremstad Rustad   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Omega-3 supplementation and cardiometabolic risk factors in obese/overweight children and adolescents: a GRADE assessed systematic review and meta-analysis

open access: yesNutrition & Metabolism
Background Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (ɷ3 PUFA), have been proposed as a supplement to improve cardiometabolic risk factors in obese/overweight children and adolescents. However, findings evidence remains inconsistent.
Vali Musazadeh   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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