Following a 2019 workshop led by the Center for Global Health Studies at the Fogarty
International Center on the topic of childhood obesity prevention and research synergies …

Background Few studies have examined the independent and combined relationships of
body mass index (BMI) peak and rebound with adiposity, insulin resistance and metabolic …

Importance The American Academy of Pediatrics currently recommends weight for length
(WFL) for assessment of weight status in children younger than 2 years but body mass index …

Objective To determine whether tight glycemic control of neonatal hyperglycemia changes
neurodevelopment, growth, and metabolism at school age. Study design Children born very …

En el 2019, en seguimiento a un taller dirigido por el Global Health Studies del Fogarty
International Center sobre el tema de la prevención de la obesidad infantil y las sinergias de …

Objectives Leptin is a hormone produced by adipose tissue that promotes satiety, and some
evidence suggests that greater early life leptin exposure prevents excessive adiposity gain …

Obesity is associated with higher cardio-metabolic risk even in childhood and adolescence;
whether this association is mediated by epigenetic mechanisms remains unclear. We …

Objective To evaluate the association between growth trajectories from birth to adolescence
and cardiovascular risk marker levels at age 18 years in a population-based cohort. In order …

Objective Several cross‐sectional studies have shown that height in childhood is correlated
with BMI and with body fatness, and two longitudinal studies have reported that childhood …

Materials and methods. A total of 109 obese children aged 6–18 years were examined.
Based on the recommendations of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), 2 …