The upsurge in the US national prevalence and incidence rates of childhood obesity (95th
age-and gender-specific body mass index [BMI] percentile) over the last 3 decades has led …

Purpose There is a growing interest in the co-occurring natures of adverse childhood
experiences (ACEs) and unmeasured types of adversity. The current body of knowledge …

Evidence is growing that highly processed (HP) foods (ie, foods high in refined
carbohydrates and fat) are highly effective in activating reward systems and may even be …

Background Childhood maltreatment is associated with adverse health outcomes and this
risk can be transmitted to the next generation. We aimed to investigate the association …

Background Knowledge on the long-term development of adiposity throughout childhood/
adolescence and its prenatal determinants and health sequelae is lacking. We sought to (1) …

METHODS: Bayesian hierarchical piecewise regression modeling was used to analyze the
BMI trajectories of 2717 young adults who had up to 8 measures of BMI from childhood …

Background Reports on body mass index (BMI) trajectories from childhood into late
adolescence, their determinants, and subsequent cardiometabolic risk markers, particularly …

Objectives. To identify body mass index (BMI) trajectories in Chinese children and to
compare the risk of incident high blood pressure (HBP) across trajectory groups. Methods. A …

METHODS: We used latent class analysis to derive BMI trajectories by using data collected
at ages 3, 5, 7, and 11 years on 16 936 participants from the Millennium Cohort Study …

Objective Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a complex and heterogeneous
childhood disorder that often coexists with other psychiatric and somatic disorders. Recently …