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A POMC variant implicates beta-melanocyte-stimulating hormone in the control of human energy balance

scientific article published in February 2006

A description of an 'obesogenic' eating style that promotes higher energy intake and is associated with greater adiposity in 4.5year-old children: Results from the GUSTO cohort.

scientific article published on 14 February 2017

A diagnostic curiosity of isolated androstenedione elevation due to autoantibodies against horseradish peroxidase label of the immunoassay

scientific article published on 23 November 2017

A distinctive type of metaphyseal chondrodysplasia with characteristic thickening of the distal ulna and radius: possible metaphyseal chondrodysplasia-Rosenberg

scientific article published on 01 May 2003

A vegetable, fruit, and white rice dietary pattern during pregnancy is associated with a lower risk of preterm birth and larger birth size in a multiethnic Asian cohort: the Growing Up in Singapore Towards healthy Outcomes (GUSTO) cohort study

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ANRIL Promoter DNA Methylation: A Perinatal Marker for Later Adiposity

scientific article published on 26 April 2017

Abdominal adipose tissue compartments vary with ethnicity in Asian neonates: Growing Up in Singapore Toward Healthy Outcomes birth cohort study

scientific article published on 06 April 2016

Adherence to a healthy eating index for pregnant women is associated with lower neonatal adiposity in a multiethnic Asian cohort: the Growing Up in Singapore Towards healthy Outcomes (GUSTO) Study.

scientific article published in January 2018

Applying the design-build-test paradigm in microbiome engineering.

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Association Between Early Life Weight Gain and Abdominal Fat Partitioning at 4.5 Years is Sex, Ethnicity, and Age Dependent

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Association between maternal mid-gestation vitamin D status and neonatal abdominal adiposity

scientific article published on 9 March 2018

Association of raised liver transaminases with physical inactivity, increased waist-hip ratio, and other metabolic morbidities in severely obese children

scientific article published in August 2008

Association of sugar-sweetened beverage intake at 18 months and 5 years of age with adiposity outcomes at 6 years of age: the Singapore GUSTO mother-offspring cohort

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

Associations Between Ethnicity, Body Composition, and Bone Mineral Density in a Southeast Asian Population

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Associations between inhibitory control, eating behaviours and adiposity in 6-year-old children

scientific article published on 28 March 2019

Associations of Maternal Dietary Patterns during Pregnancy with Offspring Adiposity from Birth Until 54 Months of Age.

scientific article published on 22 December 2016

Associations of gestational glycemia and prepregnancy adiposity with offspring growth and adiposity in an Asian population

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Associations of infant milk feed type on early postnatal growth of offspring exposed and unexposed to gestational diabetes in utero.

scientific article published on 28 September 2015

Associations of maternal macronutrient intake during pregnancy with infant BMI peak characteristics and childhood BMI.

scientific article published on 8 February 2017

Associations of maternal retinal vasculature with subsequent fetal growth and birth size.

scientific article published on 24 April 2015

Author Correction: Engineered commensal microbes for diet-mediated colorectal-cancer chemoprevention

scientific article published on 16 June 2020

Automated segmentation of visceral and subcutaneous (deep and superficial) adipose tissues in normal and overweight men.

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Body fat in Singaporean infants: development of body fat prediction equations in Asian newborns

scientific article published on 3 April 2013

Body fat partitioning does not explain the interethnic variation in insulin sensitivity among Asian ethnicity: the Singapore adults metabolism study

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Body mass index trajectories in the first two years and subsequent childhood cardio-metabolic outcomes: a prospective multi-ethnic Asian cohort study

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COVID-19 and Pediatric Orthopaedics: What's Different?

scientific article published on 01 July 2020

Choice of surrogate tissue influences neonatal EWAS findings

scientific article published on 5 December 2017

Cohort profile: Singapore Preconception Study of Long-Term Maternal and Child Outcomes (S-PRESTO)

scientific article published on 21 November 2020

Comparison of customized and cohort-based birthweight standards in identification of growth-restricted infants in GUSTO cohort study

scientific article published on 14 September 2015

Correlation between genotype, phenotype and sex of rearing in 111 patients with partial androgen insensitivity syndrome.

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Cyclic pamidronate infusion improves bone mineralisation and reduces fracture incidence in osteogenesis imperfecta

scientific article published in November 2001

Demographic Characteristics, Health Behaviors Before and During Pregnancy, and Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes in Mothers with Different Pregnancy Planning Status

scientific article published on 31 August 2016

Determinants of intramyocellular lipid accumulation in early childhood

scientific article published on 28 August 2019

Developmental pathways to adiposity begin before birth and are influenced by genotype, prenatal environment and epigenome

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Dietary Pattern Trajectories from 6 to 12 Months of Age in a Multi-Ethnic Asian Cohort.

scientific article published on 15 June 2016

Dietary disinhibition modulates neural valuation of food in the fed and fasted states.

scientific article published on 3 April 2013

Differences in AMY1 Gene Copy Numbers Derived from Blood, Buccal Cells and Saliva Using Quantitative and Droplet Digital PCR Methods: Flagging the Pitfall

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Dynamics of infant gut microbiota are influenced by delivery mode and gestational duration and are associated with subsequent adiposity

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Early-life factors affect risk of pain and fever in infants during teething periods

scientific article published on 23 November 2015

Eating behaviors moderate the associations between risk factors in the first 1000 days and adiposity outcomes at 6 years of age

scientific article published on 27 March 2020

Eating in the absence of hunger: Stability over time and associations with eating behaviours and body composition in children

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Effect of maternal glycemia on neonatal adiposity in a multiethnic Asian birth cohort.

scientific article published on 20 December 2013

Effects of infant weight gain on subsequent allergic outcomes in the first 3 years of life

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Engineered commensal microbes for diet-mediated colorectal-cancer chemoprevention

scientific article published on 10 January 2018

Engineered probiotic Escherichia coli can eliminate and prevent Pseudomonas aeruginosa gut infection in animal models

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Estimation of fat-free mass in Asian neonates using bioelectrical impedance analysis

scientific article published on 9 February 2016

Ethnic Differences in Effects of Maternal Pre-Pregnancy and Pregnancy Adiposity on Offspring Size and Adiposity.

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Ethnic Differences in the Role of Adipocytokines Linking Abdominal Adiposity and Insulin Sensitivity Among Asians.

scientific article published on 26 August 2015

Ethnic differences in insulin sensitivity and beta-cell function among Asian men

scientific article published on 20 July 2015

Evidence of autoantibodies to glutamic acid decarboxylase in oral fluid of type 1 diabetic patients

scientific article published on 01 September 2002

Exogenous Cushing syndrome: a lesson of diaper rash cream

scientific article published on 08 October 2014

Familial male-limited precocious puberty in neurofibromatosis type I.

scientific article published on 28 August 2013

Faster eating rates are associated with higher energy intakes during an ad libitum meal, higher BMI and greater adiposity among 4·5-year-old children: results from the Growing Up in Singapore Towards Healthy Outcomes (GUSTO) cohort

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Functional characterization of variants in MC4R gene promoter region found in obese children

scientific article published on 10 February 2014

Genetics of nonsyndromic obesity

scientific article published on December 2013

Genital anomalies in Klinefelter's syndrome

scientific article published on 19 July 2007

Glycaemic and insulin responses, glycaemic index and insulinaemic index values of rice between three Asian ethnic groups

scientific article published on 19 March 2015

HIF3A association with adiposity: the story begins before birth

scientific article published on 26 May 2015

Health Promotion Board-Ministry of Health Clinical Practice Guidelines: Obesity

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High Maternal Circulating Cotinine During Pregnancy is Associated With Persistently Shorter Stature From Birth to Five Years in an Asian Cohort

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High placental inositol content associated with suppressed pro-adipogenic effects of maternal glycaemia in offspring: the GUSTO cohort

scientific article published on 20 May 2020

Identification of Caries Risk Determinants in Toddlers: Results of the GUSTO Birth Cohort Study

scientific article published on 25 May 2017

Implication of gut microbiota in the association between infant antibiotic exposure and childhood obesity and adiposity accumulation

scientific article published on 22 April 2020

In-vitro function of upstream visfatin polymorphisms that are associated with adverse cardiometabolic parameters in obese children

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Infant Feeding Practices in a Multi-Ethnic Asian Cohort: The GUSTO Study

scientific article published on 13 May 2016

Infant body mass index peak and early childhood cardio-metabolic risk markers in a multi-ethnic Asian birth cohort

scientific article published on 20 September 2016

Infant dietary patterns and early childhood caries in a multi-ethnic Asian cohort

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Influence of metabolic-linked early life factors on the eruption timing of the first primary tooth

scientific article published on December 2015

Influences of the perinatal diet on maternal and child health: insights from the GUSTO study

scientific article published on 24 January 2020

Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, gestation duration, and birth size: a Mendelian randomization study using fatty acid desaturase variants

scientific article published on 01 July 2018

Longitudinal Analysis Between Maternal Feeding Practices and Body Mass Index (BMI): A Study in Asian Singaporean Preschoolers

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MC3R gene polymorphisms are associated with early childhood adiposity gain and infant appetite in an Asian population

scientific article published on 11 December 2015

Maternal Blood Pressure During Pregnancy and Early Childhood Blood Pressures in the Offspring: The GUSTO Birth Cohort Study

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Maternal Macronutrient Intake during Pregnancy Is Associated with Neonatal Abdominal Adiposity: The Growing Up in Singapore Towards healthy Outcomes (GUSTO) Study

scientific article published on 06 July 2016

Maternal Night-Fasting Interval during Pregnancy Is Directly Associated with Neonatal Head Circumference and Adiposity in Girls but Not Boys.

scientific article published on 7 June 2017

Maternal Protein Intake during Pregnancy Is Not Associated with Offspring Birth Weight in a Multiethnic Asian Population

scientific article published on 6 May 2015

Maternal adiposity and blood pressure in pregnancy: varying relations by ethnicity and gestational diabetes

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Maternal feeding practices and children's food intake during an ad libitum buffet meal: Results from the GUSTO cohort

scientific article published on 16 July 2019

Maternal feeding practices in relation to dietary intakes and BMI in 5 year-olds in a multi-ethnic Asian population

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Maternal folate status, but not that of vitamins B-12 or B-6, is associated with gestational age and preterm birth risk in a multiethnic Asian population

scientific article published on 12 November 2014

Maternal plasma phosphatidylcholine polyunsaturated fatty acids during pregnancy and offspring growth and adiposity

scientific article published on 9 June 2017

Maternal thyrotoxicosis causing central hypothyroidism in infants

scientific article published in April 2002

Melanocortin 3 receptor gene and melanocortin 4 receptor gene mutations: the Asian Perspective

scientific article published on December 1, 2012

Microbiome engineering: Current applications and its future.

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Molecular pathways reflecting poor intrauterine growth are found in Wharton's jelly-derived mesenchymal stem cells.

scientific article published on 16 August 2014

Mutations in the amino-terminal region of proopiomelanocortin (POMC) in patients with early-onset obesity impair POMC sorting to the regulated secretory pathway

scientific article published on 12 August 2008

Novel melanocortin 4 receptor gene mutations in severely obese children

scientific article published on 17 October 2007

Oral processing behaviours that promote children's energy intake are associated with parent-reported appetitive traits: Results from the GUSTO cohort

scientific article published on 15 March 2018

Ovarian germinoma accelerating the presentation of diabetes mellitus

scientific article published in January 2015

Phenotypic variability in 17beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase-3 deficiency and diagnostic pitfalls.

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Plasma Vitamin D Deficiency Is Associated With Poor Sleep Quality and Night-Time Eating at Mid-Pregnancy in Singapore.

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Postnatal height and adiposity gain, childhood blood pressure and prehypertension risk in an Asian birth cohort

scientific article published on 10 February 2017

Predominantly nighttime feeding and weight outcomes in infants

scientific article published on 6 July 2016

Prepubertal diagnosis of X-linked congenital adrenal hypoplasia presenting after infancy

scientific article published on 01 September 2000

Prospective associations between parental feeding practices and children's oral processing behaviours

scientific article published on 27 July 2018

Prospective associations of appetitive traits at 3 and 12 months of age with body mass index and weight gain in the first 2 years of life

scientific article published on 12 October 2015

Prospective associations of maternal betaine status with offspring weight and body composition at birth: the Growing Up in Singapore Towards healthy Outcomes (GUSTO) cohort study

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Prospective associations of maternal choline status with offspring body composition in the first 5 years of life in two large mother–offspring cohorts: the Southampton Women’s Survey cohort and the Growing Up in Singapore Towards healthy Outcomes

scientific article published on 11 January 2019

Psychometric Properties of the Problem Areas in Diabetes (PAID) Instrument in Singapore

scientific article published on 3 September 2015

Psychometric analysis of an eating behaviour questionnaire for an overweight and obese Chinese population in Singapore.

scientific article published on 2 March 2016

Rate of establishing the gut microbiota in infancy has consequences for future health.

scientific article published on 20 August 2015

Relationships of maternal folate and vitamin B12 status during pregnancy with perinatal depression: The GUSTO study

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Relative Contribution of Risk Factors for Early-Onset Myopia in Young Asian Children

scientific article published in December 2015

Sex-specific longitudinal associations of screen viewing time in children at 2-3 years with adiposity at 3-5 years

scientific article published on 02 April 2019

Singaporean Mothers' Perception of Their Three-year-old Child's Weight Status: A Cross-Sectional Study

scientific article published on 28 January 2016

Sleep duration and growth outcomes across the first two years of life in the GUSTO study.

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Smaller size of high metabolic rate organs explains lower resting energy expenditure in Asian-Indian Than Chinese men.

scientific article published on 16 November 2015

Targeted Approaches for In Situ Gut Microbiome Manipulation

scientific article published on 12 July 2018

The Development and Evaluation of a Diet Quality Index for Asian Toddlers and Its Perinatal Correlates: The GUSTO Cohort Study

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The association between chronotype and sleep problems in preschool children.

scientific article published on 5 December 2016

The association between maternal blood pressures and offspring size at birth in Southeast Asian women.

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The association of a nucleobindin 2 gene (NUCB2) variant with childhood adiposity

scientific article published on December 22, 2012

The association of maternal vitamin D status with infant birth outcomes, postnatal growth and adiposity in the first 2 years of life in a multi-ethnic Asian population: the Growing Up in Singapore Towards healthy Outcomes (GUSTO) cohort study.

scientific article published on 24 June 2016

The relationship between growth spurts and myopia in Singapore children

scientific article published on 03 December 2012

The role of digestive factors in determining glycemic response in a multiethnic Asian population.

scientific article published on 10 July 2015

The role of melanocortin 3 receptor gene in childhood obesity

scientific article published on 16 July 2007

The transcription factor SOX6 contributes to the developmental origins of obesity by promoting adipogenesis

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Transcriptome changes affecting Hedgehog and cytokine signalling in the umbilical cord: implications for disease risk

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Tyrosine phosphatase-like protein (IA-2) and glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD65) autoantibodies: a study of Chinese patients with diabetes mellitus

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Validation of a semi-quantitative FFQ for 18-month-old toddlers: the Growing Up in Singapore Towards Healthy Outcomes (GUSTO) study

scientific article published on 03 April 2019

Validation of the Children's Eating Behavior Questionnaire in 5 and 6 Year-Old Children: The GUSTO Cohort Study

scientific article published on 11 April 2019