Weight Gain in Adolescents and Their Peers [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2008 Despite the urgent public health implications, relatively little is yet known about the effect of peers on adolescent weight gain. We describe trends and features of adolescent BMI in a nationally representative dataset and document correlations in weight gain among peers.
Halliday, Timothy, Kwak, Sally
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Temporal trends in pregnancy weight gain and birth weight in Bavaria 2000-2007: slightly decreasing birth weight with increasing weight gain in pregnancy [PDF]
, 2009 Aims: To assess temporal trends in birth weight and pregnancy weight gain in Bavaria from 2000 to 2007. Methods: Data on 695,707 mother and infant pairs (singleton term births) were available from a compulsory reporting system for quality assurance ...
Beyerlein, Andreas +3 more
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Nutrient Digestion and Body Weight Gain of Balinese Cows Getting Basic Ration of Spear Grass and Rosewood Leaves Supplemented with Falcata Tree Leaves [PDF]
, 2018 A study had been conducted to find out nutrient digestion and body weight gain of Balinese cows getting a basic ration of spear grass and Rosewood leaves supplemented with Falcata tree leaves.
Sikone, H. Y. (Hilarius) +2 more
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Preventing weight gain with calorie-labeling [PDF]
, 2014 Objective: Calorie-labeling has been suggested as an anti-obesity measure but there is no evidence for its effect, to date. Early adulthood is a critical life-cycle period for unwanted weight gain and obesity development.
Hankey, Catherine Ruth +2 more
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High fat diet causes rebound weight gain [PDF]
, 2012 Acknowledgements This work was funded by a grant from Action Medical Research (SP4581).
McNay, David E. G., Speakman, John R.
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Prevention and management of excessive gestational weight gain: a survey of overweight and obese pregnant women [PDF]
, 2013 Background - Excessive gestational weight gain is associated with adverse infant, childhood and maternal outcomes and research to develop interventions to address this issue is ongoing. The views of women on gestational weight gain and the resources they
A Fraser +39 more
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Pregnancy weight gain and childhood body weight: a within-family comparison. [PDF]
PLoS Medicine, 2013 BackgroundExcessive pregnancy weight gain is associated with obesity in the offspring, but this relationship may be confounded by genetic and other shared influences. We aimed to examine the association of pregnancy weight gain with body mass index (BMI)
David S Ludwig +2 more
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Postnatal weight gain in very low birth weight infants in Beijing and the risk of retinopathy of prematurity [PDF]
International Journal of Ophthalmology, 2015 To analyze the low weight gain (WG) from birth to 4 and 6wk of life to predict the development of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) among very low birth weight (VLBW) preterm babies. Three hundred and three newborns with VLBW were analyzed.
Zong-Hua Wang +3 more
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Weight gain at 3 months of antiretroviral therapy is strongly associated with survival: evidence from two developing countries [PDF]
, 2009 BACKGROUND: In developing countries, access to laboratory tests remains limited, and the use of simple tools such as weight to monitor HIV-infected patients treated with antiretroviral therapy should be evaluated.
Arnaud Fontanet +33 more
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Relation of Birth Weight with Maternal Pre-pregnancy Weight and Weight Gain during Pregnancy [PDF]
Indian Journal of Neonatal Medicine and Research, 2018 Introduction: Birth weight is an important factor which determines the outcome in neonate and also affects the chances of survival. There is a need to identify the modifiable factors which can impact the birth weight. Aim: To evaluate the relation of
Sunil Gavhane +2 more
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