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Maternal smoking during pregnancy and childhood obesity: results from the CESAR Study.

open access: yes, 2009
Childhood obesity is a worldwide public health concern. Recent studies from high income countries have demonstrated associations between maternal smoking during pregnancy and children's excess body weight. We examine associations between maternal smoking
Gorog, Krisztian   +10 more
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Remora‐Inspired Sensing Suction Cup with Adhesion Monitoring and Force Detection

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
A suction cup with integrated liquid metal microchannel sensors enables stable multidirectional force sensing and adhesion monitoring in both air and water. The flexible resistive sensors, placed on the outer lip, transduce deformations into resistance changes under normal and shear loads.
Yuchen Liu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Overweight in Adolescents: Implications for Health Expenditures [PDF]

open access: yes
We consider two compelling research questions raised by the increased prevalence of overweight among adolescents. First, what factors explain variation in adolescent bodyweight and the likelihood of being overweight? Next, do overweight adolescents incur
Alan C. Monheit   +2 more
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Social, economic and demographic correlates of overweight and obesity in primary-school children: preliminary data from the Healthy Growth Study [PDF]

open access: bronze, 2010
George Moschonis   +19 more
openalex   +1 more source

Overweight Is Risking Fate [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 1999
In this paper I have defined obesity and indicated its prevalence, as well as its risks. Body fat and its relation to other body components can be quantitated in many ways. From a practical point of view, the use of body mass or Quetelet index, defined as the ratio of weight (kg) divided by the square of the height (m2) is the most useful.
openaire   +2 more sources

Does the abiotic environment influence the distribution of flower and fruit colors?

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise Color in flowers and fruits carries multiple functions, from attracting animal partners (pollinators, dispersers) to mitigating environmental stress (cold, drought, UV‐B). With research historically focusing on biotic interactions as selective agents, however, it remains unclear whether abiotic stressors impact flower and fruit colors ...
Agnes S. Dellinger   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Georgia's Youth: Overweight and Under-Active [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
A statewide assessment of the physical fitness and physical activity levels of Georgia's 5th and 7th ...

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Growth Standards for Children With Smith–Magenis Syndrome (SMS)

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smith–Magenis syndrome (SMS, OMIM 182290) is a complex syndromic diagnosis marked by neurobehavioral differences and distinct facial dysmorphisms, caused by haploinsufficiency of the retinoic acid‐1 (RAI1) gene either by a pathogenic sequence variant or deletion at chromosome 17p11.2 involving a portion or all of this gene.
Julie Hoover‐Fong   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

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