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Declining Childhood Obesity Rates - Where Are We Seeing Signs of Progress? [PDF]

, 2013
In recent years, the national childhood obesity rate has leveled off. However, reports from across the country confirm that childhood obesity rates have declined in some cities, counties, and states.

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BRD4 Signaling Maintains the Differentiated State of β Cells

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
The comprehensive exploration revealed the critical role of BRD4 in β cells. BRD4 plays a fundamental role in maintaining β cell differentiation because both long‐term and acute BRD4 deficiency result in a reduction in insulin secretion and downregulation of differentiation markers.
Fuqiang Liu, Guang Liu, Jia Song, Yujing Sun, Mengmeng Yang, Hualin Liu, Hongkai Zhao, Jiamu Chen, Qincheng Qiao, Siyue Li, Chenglong Yu, Jingru Qu, Ying Zou, Tixiao Wang, Jidong Liu, Lei Zhao, Huihui Tian, Tao Huang, Manna Zhang, Li Chen, Ruxing Zhao, Yuanyuan Du, Xinguo Hou   +22 more
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Content Analysis of Media Coverage of Childhood Obesity Topics in UAE Newspapers and Popular Social Media Platforms, 2014-2017 [PDF]

International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2019
The 2017 prevalence of obesity among children (age 5–17 years) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is 13.68%. Childhood obesity is one of the 10 top health priorities in the UAE.
Niyi Awofeso, Sara Al Imam, Arwa Ahmed
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Risk factors associated with overweight and obesity among urban school children and adolescents in Bangladesh: a case–control study [PDF]

, 2013
Background Childhood obesity has become an emerging urban health problem in urban cities in Bangladesh, particularly in affluent families. Risk factors for obesity in this context have not been explored yet.
Ahmed, Tahmeed, Bhuiyan, Mejbah Uddin, Zaman, Shahaduz   +2 more
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Swedish farmers' approval of nudges

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Interest in the use of behavioral policy approaches, such as nudges, has strongly increased over the past years, including in the domains of food, agricultural and environmental policies. While the approval of nudges among the general public has been studied extensively, we know little about the attitude of farmers toward nudging. Farmers may (
Liesbeth Colen, Leon Englberger, Jens Rommel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of maternal BMI, gestational weight gain, and breastfeeding on early childhood weight: Analysis of a statewide WIC dataset [PDF]

, 2019
Early childhood obesity is a persistent health concern with more frequent and significant impact on low-income families. Maternal weight factors impact offspring weight status, but evidence on whether breastfeeding protects against this impact is mixed ...
Garnier-Villarreal, Mauricio, Ohlendorf, Jennifer M., Robinson, Karen Marie   +2 more
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R‐APEX: A Knowledge Graph–Based Platform for the Elucidation of the Toxicological Mechanisms of Ambient Particulate Matter

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
R‐APEX is a knowledge graph platform developed to investigate how air pollutants such as particularly fine particulate matter (PM2.5) affect human health. By integrating large‐scale biomedical data and using machine learning, it reveals pollutant–gene–disease associations.
Zhixing Zhu, Jingcheng Yang, Xiaofei Li, Zhijie Zheng, Georgi Z. Genchev, Yuchen Ye, Liang Liu, Zihan Ran   +7 more
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Spatial Patterns of Childhood Obesity Prevalence in Relation to Socioeconomic Factors across England

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2020
To examine to what extent spatial inequalities in childhood obesity are attributable to spatial inequalities in socioeconomic characteristics across a country, we aimed to investigate the spatial associations of socioeconomic characteristics and ...
Yeran Sun, Xuke Hu, Ying Huang, Ting On Chan   +3 more
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Truncating Variants in RREB1 Cause a Novel RASopathy Syndrome of Congenital Heart Disease, Genitourinary Malformations, and Developmental Delay

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The interstitial 6p microdeletion syndrome is characterized by dysmorphic facies and structural heart, kidney, brain, and musculoskeletal differences. RREB1 haploinsufficiency and consequent abnormal RAS‐MAPK pathway signaling have been proposed as a driver of the disease phenotype; however, apart from a single case report, the phenotype of ...
Alanna Strong, Caoimhe McKenna, Karen Stals, Antonio Vitobello, Mathilde Renaud, Claudine Rieubland, Michel Guipponi, Christophe Philippe, Paul Vrana, Alisa Gaskell, A. Micheil Innes, Alyssa L. Rippert, Rebecca Ahrens‐Nicklas, Elizabeth Bhoj, Kiersten Keller, Bimal P. Chaudhari, Brandon S. Stone   +16 more
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Addressing the Diagnostic Odyssey for Adults With Neurodevelopmental Disabilities: Case Study of an Individual With Mandibulofacial Dysostosis With Microcephaly

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Whole exome sequencing (WES) has been widely used in the pediatric setting to increase diagnostic yield, provide treatment options, and to estimate reoccurrence risks. However, there is limited knowledge regarding the utility of this technology in adults with neurodevelopmental disabilities.
Ruhi Shah, Neora Shifrin, Mary Ellen Keogh, Elaine Marchi, Maureen Gavin, Karen Amble, Gholson J. Lyon   +6 more
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