Childhood body mass index trajectories: modeling, characterizing, pairwise correlations and socio-demographic predictors of trajectory characteristics [PDF]
, 2012 Background: Modeling childhood body mass index (BMI) trajectories, versus estimating change in BMI between specific ages, may improve prediction of later body-size-related outcomes.
Elsie M Taveras +4 more
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 BackgroundElective cesarean section (ECS) primarily contributes to the rising cesarean section (CS) rate, and much attention has been attracted to its health consequences.
Shanshan Zhang +7 more
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BMI-For-Age Cut-Off as an Indicator of Adiposity among In-School Children (Age 4-11 Years) in Obio/Akpor LGA, Rivers State, Nigeria [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Childhood overweight and obesity has been an issue of great concern to developing and developed nation where as degenerative underweight has ravaged the underdeveloped and war turn countries.
Aigbogun EO Jr, Ibeachu PC, Ikechukwu E
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Bi-directional relationships between body mass index and height from three to seven years of age: an analysis of children in the United Kingdom Millennium Cohort Study [PDF]
, 2016 Adiposity and height are known to correlate in childhood but it is less clear whether height and weight gain occur in synergy. We investigate the bidirectional relationships between measures of height and body mass index (BMI) – an indicator of adiposity
Bécares, Laia +3 more
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Age at adiposity rebound is associated with fat mass in young adult males-the GOOD study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 ObjectiveAge at adiposity rebound (AR) is associated with obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in adults. The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of age at AR in adult fat mass, fat distribution and pubertal timing for a Swedish cohort.Patients ...
Claes Ohlsson +3 more
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The sitting-height index of build, (body mass)/(sitting height)³, as an improvement on the body mass index for children, adolescents and young adults [PDF]
, 2018 The body mass index (BMI) is unsatisfactory in being affected by both relative leg length and height, and, for use with children and adolescents, therefore needs to be interpreted in relation to age. The sitting-height index of build (body mass)/(sitting
Burton, Richard
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The Relationship of Early Adiposity Rebound With Accelerated Bone Age and Breast Development in Girls: A Prospective Cohort Study [PDF]
Journal of the Endocrine Society, 2021 Abstract Introduction: Adiposity rebound (AR) refers to the increase in body mass index (BMI) that follows the BMI nadir in childhood. Earlier AR increases the likelihood of being overweight/obese and may lead to early pubertal advancement, especially in girls.
Hae Woon Jung +7 more
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Childhood and Adolescent Obesity: A Review
Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2021 Obesity is a complex condition that interweaves biological, developmental, environmental, behavioral, and genetic factors; it is a significant public health problem.
Alvina R. Kansra +2 more
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Adiposidade em pacientes tratados por câncer na infância: entendendo a fisiopatologia da obesidade [PDF]
, 2009 As childhood cancer treatment has become more effective, survival rates have improved, and a number of complications have been described while many of these patients reach adulthood. Obesity is a well-recognized late effect, and its metabolic effects may
Guerra-Junior, Gil +2 more
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Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Diabetes, 2021 The risk factors for the development of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes present in childhood and adolescence -obesity, family history of type-2 diabetes, and association with other variables, such as arterial hypertension, dyslipidemia acanthosis, and ...
Carmen Mazza
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