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A community engagement process identifies environmental priorities to prevent early childhood obesity: the Children's Healthy Living (CHL) program for remote underserved populations in the US Affiliated Pacific Islands, Hawaii and Alaska

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A comparison of breast density measures between mothers and adolescent daughters

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A food store intervention trial improves caregiver psychosocial factors and children's dietary intake in Hawaii

scientific article published on 01 February 2010

Acculturation is Not Related to Physical Activity Stage of Change for Children in Hawai'i

scientific article published on February 2016

Adolescent dairy consumption and physical activity associated with bone mass

scientific article published on August 2004

Anthropometric measurement standardization in the US-affiliated pacific: Report from the Children's Healthy Living Program

scientific article published on 12 October 2015

Areca (Betel) Nut Chewing Practices in Micronesian Populations

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Areca (betel) nut chewing practices of adults and health behaviors of their children in the Freely Associated States, Micronesia: Findings from the Children's Healthy Living (CHL) Program

scientific article published in October 2017

Asian Ethnicity is Associated With a Higher Trunk/Peripheral Fat Ratio in Women and Adolescent Girls

scientific article published on February 11, 2012

Asian adolescents have a higher trunk:peripheral fat ratio than Whites

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Asian ethnicity is associated with a higher trunk/periphery fat ratio in women and adolescent girls

scientific article published on March 2006

Assessing intervention fidelity in a multi-level, multi-component, multi-site program: the Children's Healthy Living (CHL) program.

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Association of maternal and intrauterine characteristics with age at menarche in a multiethnic population in Hawaii

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Associations between weight-related eating behaviors and adiposity in postmenopausal Japanese American and white women

scientific article published on May 4, 2012

BMI and waist circumference as indicators of health among Samoan women

scientific article published on 01 August 2007

Baseline results from Hawaii's Nā Mikimiki Project: a physical activity intervention tailored to multiethnic postpartum women

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Behavioral Intervention in Adolescents Improves Bone Mass, Yet Lactose Maldigestion Is a Barrier

scientific article published on 28 March 2018

Bioimpedence to Assess Breast Density as a Risk Factor for Breast Cancer in Adult Women and Adolescent Girls

scientific article published on January 2016

Birth size and later central obesity among adolescent girls of Asian, White, and Mixed ethnicities

scientific article published on February 1, 2013

Breast density assessment in adolescent girls using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry: a feasibility study.

scientific article published on July 2008

Breastfeeding is associated with lower body mass index among children of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

scientific article published on 01 October 2007

Calcium intake of Asian, Hispanic and white youth

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Challenges and Lessons Learned from Multi-Level Multi-Component Interventions to Prevent and Reduce Childhood Obesity

scientific article published on 24 December 2018

Children's Healthy Living (CHL) Program for remote underserved minority populations in the Pacific region: rationale and design of a community randomized trial to prevent early childhood obesity

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Children's Healthy Living Program (CHL) Indigenous Workforce Training to Prevent Childhood Obesity in the Underserved U.S. Affiliated Pacific Region

scientific article published on 01 May 2015

Collecting wrappers, labels, and packages to enhance accuracy of food records among children 2-8 years in the Pacific region: Children's Healthy Living Program (CHL).

scientific article published on 23 April 2017

Comparison of breast density measured by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry with mammographic density among adult women in Hawaii.

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Contribution of dietary supplements to nutrient adequacy among children in Hawaii.

scientific article published in November 2008

Cumulative Incidence Rates of Breast Cancer by Age for Filipinos and Chamorros in Guam

scientific article published on 01 June 2020

Dairy intake is associated with lower body fat and soda intake with greater weight in adolescent girls

scientific article published in August 2004

Development and implementation of a food system intervention to prevent childhood obesity in rural Hawai'i

scientific article published on July 1, 2011

Development and validation of a quantitative FFQ for Guam

scientific article published on 21 June 2021

Development of a food frequency questionnaire to estimate calcium intake of Asian, Hispanic, and white youth

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Diet and obesity among Chamorro and Filipino adults on Guam

scientific article published on January 2008

Dietary intake among Native Hawaiian, Filipino, and White children and caregivers in Hawai'i

scientific article published on December 1, 2012

Dietary patterns change over two years in early adolescent girls in Hawai'i

scientific article published in January 2018

Dietary patterns of adolescent girls in Hawaii over a 2-year period

scientific article published on 01 June 2007

Dietetics Practice in the Unique, Culturally Diverse Pacific Island Region.

scientific article published in June 2018

Dual burden of malnutrition in US Affiliated Pacific jurisdictions in the Children's Healthy Living Program

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Effect of the Children's Healthy Living Program on Young Child Overweight, Obesity, and Acanthosis Nigricans in the US-Affiliated Pacific Region: A Randomized Clinical Trial

scientific article published on 05 October 2018

Effectiveness of a 12-month randomized clinical trial to increase physical activity in multiethnic postpartum women: results from Hawaii's Nā Mikimiki Project.

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Epidemiology of areca (betel) nut use in the mariana islands: Findings from the University of Guam/University of Hawai`i cancer center partnership program

scientific article published in October 2017

Estimating intervention dose of the multilevel multisite children's healthy living program intervention

scientific article published on 22 May 2019

Ethnicity and nutrition of adolescent girls in Hawaii

scientific article published in February 2006

Evaluation of a computerized food frequency questionnaire to estimate calcium intake of Asian, Hispanic, and non-Hispanic white youth

scientific article published in March 2008

Examining the Influence of Cultural Immersion on Willingness to Try Fruits and Vegetables among Children in Guam: The Traditions Pilot Study

scientific article published on 20 December 2019

Factors affecting healthy eating and physical activity behaviors among multiethnic blue- and white-collar workers: a case study of one healthcare institution

scientific article published on September 2013

Greater obesity among breast cancer cases compared to controls from the Breast Cancer Risk Model in Pacific Islander Study in Guam and Saipan (628.8)

scientific article published on 16 June 2021

Growth in bone and body size among Asian and white girls in the Female Adolescent Maturation (FAM) study

scientific article published on 15 September 2015

Head Start Wellness Policy Intervention in Hawaii: A Project of the Children's Healthy Living Program.

scientific article published on 15 January 2016

Higher percent body fat in young women with lower physical activity level and greater proportion Pacific Islander ancestry

scientific article published on November 1, 2011

Hispanic and Asian pubertal girls have higher android/gynoid fat ratio than whites

scientific article published on June 2007

Influence of Teachers' Personal Health Behaviors on Operationalizing Obesity Prevention Policy in Head Start Preschools: A Project of the Children's Healthy Living Program (CHL)

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Maternal pelvic size, measured by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry, predicts infant birthweight

scientific article published in July 2000

Multi-Level, Multi-Component Approaches to Community Based Interventions for Healthy Living-A Three Case Comparison

scientific article published on 20 October 2016

Nutritional characteristics and body mass index of children in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

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PS2-27: Birth Size, Gestational Age, and BMI at Age 5y.

scientific article published in August 2012

Pacific Tracker 2 - expert system (PacTrac2-ES) behavioural assessment and intervention tool for the Pacific Kids DASH for Health (PacDASH) study.

scientific article published on 19 November 2012

Pacific kids DASH for health (PacDASH) randomized, controlled trial with DASH eating plan plus physical activity improves fruit and vegetable intake and diastolic blood pressure in children

scientific article published on 11 February 2015

Para I Famagu'on-Ta: Fruit and Vegetable Intake, Food Store Environment, and Childhood Overweight/Obesity in the Children's Healthy Living Program on Guam

scientific article published on August 2017

Perspectives on intake of calcium-rich foods among Asian, Hispanic, and white preadolescent and adolescent females

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Predicting Total, Abdominal, Visceral and Hepatic Adiposity with Circulating Biomarkers in Caucasian and Japanese American Women

scientific article published on August 17, 2012

Prevalence and Predictors of Overweight and Obesity among Young Children in the Children's Healthy Living Study on Guam

scientific article published on 20 August 2020

Prevalence of obesity and acanthosis nigricans among young children in the children's healthy living program in the United States Affiliated Pacific

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Puberty, body fat, and breast density in girls of several ethnic groups

scientific article published on March 28, 2011

Quality assurance of data collection in the multi-site community randomized trial and prevalence survey of the children's healthy living program.

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Race and diet interactions in the acquisition, maintenance, and loss of bone

scientific article published on June 2008

Race/Ethnic Differences in Birth Size, Infant Growth, and Body Mass Index at Age Five Years in Children in Hawaii

scientific article published on 12 November 2015

Recruitment Strategies and Lessons Learned from the Children's Healthy Living Program Prevalence Survey.

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Relative validity and reliability of a quantitative food frequency questionnaire for adults in Guam

scientific article published on 5 May 2015

Risk factors for breast cancer in the breast cancer risk model study of Guam and Saipan

scientific article published in October 2017

Role of social ecological model level on young Pacific children's sugar-sweetened beverage and water intakes: Children's Healthy Living (CHL) intervention

scientific article published on 25 November 2020

Screening for oral potentially malignant disorders among areca (betel) nut chewers in Guam and Saipan

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Serum coenzyme Q₁₀, α-tocopherol, γ-tocopherol, and C-reactive protein levels and body mass index in adolescent and premenopausal females

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Soy intervention in adolescent girls: design and implementation

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Susceptibility Variants for Waist Size in Relation to Abdominal, Visceral, and Hepatic Adiposity in Postmenopausal Women

scientific article published on July 1, 2012

Systematic Review of Prevalence of Young Child Overweight and Obesity in the United States-Affiliated Pacific Region Compared With the 48 Contiguous States: The Children's Healthy Living Program

scientific article published on 01 January 2015

Tanning predicts bone mass but not structure in adolescent females living in Hawaii

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The Affordability of a Thrifty Food Plan-based Market Basket in the United States-affiliated Pacific Region

scientific article published on 01 July 2020

The Pacific Tracker (PacTrac): Development of a dietary assessment instrument for the Pacific

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The relationship between ethnicity and obesity in Asian and Pacific Islander populations: a literature review

scientific article published on January 2004

US Acculturation Is Associated with Health Behaviors and Obesity, but not Their Change, with a Hotel-Based Intervention among Asian-Pacific Islanders

scientific article published on April 25, 2012

US acculturation, food intake, and obesity among Asian-Pacific hotel workers

scientific article published on October 2009

University of Hawai'i Cancer Center Connection: The Pacific Way to Child Wellness: The Children's Healthy Living Program for Remote Underserved Minority Populations of the Pacific Region (CHL).

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University of Hawai'i Cancer Center Connection: bias in self-reported anthropometry in relation to adiposity and adulthood weight gain among postmenopausal Caucasian and Japanese American Women

scientific article published on December 2013

University of Hawai'i Cancer Center connection: The vital role of cancer registries in the recruitment of an understudied minority population into a breast cancer study: Breast Cancer Risk Model for the Pacific.

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Urinary sex steroid excretion levels during a soy intervention among young girls: a pilot study

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Using the ANGELO model to develop the children's healthy living program multilevel intervention to promote obesity preventing behaviors for young children in the U.S.-affiliated Pacific Region

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Validation of the Actical Accelerometer in Multiethnic Preschoolers: The Children's Healthy Living (CHL) Program

scientific article published on April 2016

White rice sold in Hawaii, Guam, and Saipan often lacks nutrient enrichment

scientific article published on October 2009

Women in Guam consume more calories during feast days than during non-feast days

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