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"Whatever average is:" understanding African-American mothers' perceptions of infant weight, growth, and health

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20-Year Trends in Filipino Women's Weight Reflect Substantial Secular and Age Effects ⬇️

scientific article published on February 16, 2011

A Study of the Birth Weight-Obesity Relation Using a Longitudinal Cohort and Sibling and Twin Pairs ⬇️

scientific article published on August 5, 2010

A comparison of the socio-economic determinants of growth retardation in South African and Filipino infants

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A lipid-based nutrient supplement mitigates weight loss among HIV-infected women in a factorial randomized trial to prevent mother-to-child transmission during exclusive breastfeeding

scientific article published on 18 January 2012

A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for adiponectin levels in East Asians identifies a novel locus near WDR11-FGFR2.

scientific article published on 08 October 2013

Adiposity and Chronic Inflammation in Young Women Predict Inflammation during Normal Pregnancy in the Philippines

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Adiposity and pathogen exposure predict C-reactive protein in Filipino women

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Adolescent physical activity and sedentary behavior

Age, period and cohort effects on adult body mass index and overweight from 1991 to 2009 in China: the China Health and Nutrition Survey

scientific article published on 14 June 2013

An alternative to dietary data exclusions

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Antibiotic treatment of diarrhoea is associated with decreased time to the next diarrhoea episode among young children in Vellore, India

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Antioxidant and DNA methylation-related nutrients and risk of distal colorectal cancer

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Antiretroviral Treatment Is Associated With Iron Deficiency in HIV-Infected Malawian Women That Is Mitigated With Supplementation, but Is Not Associated With Infant Iron Deficiency During 24 Weeks of Exclusive Breastfeeding

scientific article published in July 2015

Antiretroviral therapy provided to HIV-infected Malawian women in a randomized trial diminishes the positive effects of lipid-based nutrient supplements on breast-milk B vitamins

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Are Adolescents Who Were Breast-fed Less Likely to Be Overweight?

scientific article published on 01 March 2005

Are child eating patterns being transformed globally?

scientific article published on July 2005

Are gestational age, birth weight, and birth length indicators of favorable fetal growth conditions? A structural equation analysis of Filipino infants

scientific article published on 12 March 2013

Assessing the net effect of young maternal age on birthweight ⬇️

scientific article published on November 1, 2003

Association Between Early Life Growth and Blood Pressure Trajectories in Black South African Children

scientific article published on 26 September 2016

Association analyses of East Asian individuals and trans-ancestry analyses with European individuals reveal new loci associated with cholesterol and triglyceride levels

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Association of FTO with obesity-related traits in the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey (CLHNS) Cohort

scientific article published on 21 April 2008

Association of socioeconomic status change between infancy and adolescence, and blood pressure, in South African young adults: Birth to Twenty Cohort

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Associations between multiple indicators of socioeconomic status and obesity in young adult Filipinos vary by gender, urbanicity, and indicator used

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Associations of linear growth and relative weight gain during early life with adult health and human capital in countries of low and middle income: findings from five birth cohort studies

scientific article published on 28 March 2013

Associations of red meat, fat, and protein intake with distal colorectal cancer risk

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Atherogenic lipid profiles in Filipino adolescents with low body mass index and low dietary fat intake

scientific article published on September 2003

Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids

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Birth weight, postnatal weight gain, and adult body composition in five low and middle income countries

scientific article published on 28 November 2011

Blood pressure tracking in urban black South African children: birth to twenty cohort

scientific article published on 15 July 2015

Body mass index gain, fast food, and physical activity: effects of shared environments over time

scientific article published in April 2006

Breast-feeding influences cognitive development in Filipino children

scientific article published in November 2005

Breastfeeding modifies the impact of diarrhoeal disease on relative weight: a longitudinal analysis of 2-12 month-old Filipino infants

scientific article published on 6 April 2016

C-reactive protein response to influenza vaccination as a model of mild inflammatory stimulation in the Philippines

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Change in waist circumference over 11 years and current waist circumference independently predict elevated CRP in Filipino women

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Changes in soluble transferrin receptor and hemoglobin concentrations in Malawian mothers are associated with those values in their exclusively breastfed, HIV-exposed infants

scientific article published on 31 December 2013

Child and adolescent obesity: epidemiology and developmental perspectives

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Childhood dual burden of under- and overnutrition in low- and middle-income countries: a critical review

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Cluster analysis reveals important determinants of cardiometabolic risk patterns in Filipino women

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Clustering and determinants of cardiometabolic risk factors among Filipino young adults

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Co-trimoxazole prophylaxis, asymptomatic malaria parasitemia, and infectious morbidity in HIV-exposed uninfected infants in Malawi: The BAN study

scientific article published on 21 April 2017

Coconut oil is associated with a beneficial lipid profile in pre-menopausal women in the Philippines ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2011

Cohort profile: the Cebu longitudinal health and nutrition survey

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Cohort profile: the consortium of health-orientated research in transitioning societies

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Common variants associated with plasma triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease

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Comparative insights into the regulation of inflammation: levels and predictors of interleukin 6 and interleukin 10 in young adults in the Philippines

scientific article published on 24 August 2011

Comparison of ENCODE region SNPs between Cebu Filipino and Asian HapMap samples

scientific article published on 18 July 2007

Comparison of US Birth Weight References and the International Fetal and Newborn Growth Consortium for the 21st Century Standard

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Consumption of key food groups during the postpartum period in low-income, non-Hispanic black mothers

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Correction: Genome-wide physical activity interactions in adiposity - A meta-analysis of 200,452 adults

scientific article published on 23 August 2017

C‐reactive protein by pregnancy and lactational status among Filipino young adult women ⬇️

scientific article published on November 24, 2012

Depressive symptoms are not associated with inflammation in younger and older adults in the Philippines

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Development and validation of the Infant Feeding Style Questionnaire

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Developmental determinants of blood pressure in adults

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Diet Quality Is Linked to Insulin Resistance among Adults in China

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

Dietary Patterns and Cognitive Decline Among Chinese Older Adults

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Dietary patterns and maternal anthropometry in HIV-infected, pregnant Malawian women

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Dietary patterns, food groups, and rectal cancer risk in Whites and African-Americans

scientific article published on May 2009

Disadvantages of having an adolescent mother

scientific article published in November 2016

Discordant risk: overweight and cardiometabolic risk in Chinese adults

scientific article published in January 2013

Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels

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Do environments in infancy moderate the association between stress and inflammation in adulthood? Initial evidence from a birth cohort in the Philippines ⬇️

scientific article published on August 31, 2012

Does childhood diarrhea influence cognition beyond the diarrhea-stunting pathway?

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Dramatic rise in overweight and obesity in adult filipino women and risk of hypertension

scientific article published on August 2004

Early Life Antibiotic Exposure Is Not Associated with Growth in Young Children of Vellore, India

scientific article published on 11 September 2015

Early childhood length-for-age is associated with the work status of Filipino young adults

scientific article published on 06 February 2009

Early life height and weight production functions with endogenous energy and protein inputs

scientific article published on 11 March 2016

Early origins of inflammation: microbial exposures in infancy predict lower levels of C-reactive protein in adulthood

scientific article published on 9 December 2009

Effects of Pre-Pregnancy Body Mass Index and Gestational Weight Gain on Infant Anthropometric Outcomes ⬇️

scientific article published on September 22, 2010

Eighteen year weight trajectories and metabolic markers of diabetes in modernising China

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Eighteen year weight trajectories and metabolic markers of diabetes in modernising China: which timescale is most relevant? Reply to Vistisen D and Færch K [letter].

scientific article published on 30 September 2014

Environmental, Dietary, and Behavioral Factors Distinguish Chinese Adults with High Waist-to-Height Ratio with and without Inflammation

scientific article published on 6 May 2015

Erratum to: Eighteen year weight trajectories and metabolic markers of diabetes in modernising China.

scientific article published on 3 July 2014

Estimates of burden and consequences of infants born small for gestational age in low and middle income countries with INTERGROWTH-21st standard: analysis of CHERG datasets

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Estimating body fat from anthropometry and isotopic dilution: a four-country comparison

scientific article published in December 2003

Ethnic differences in physical activity and inactivity patterns and overweight status

scientific article published on March 2002

Ethnic differences in the association between body mass index and hypertension

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Evaluating measurement error in readings of blood pressure for adolescents and young adults

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Evaluating nurses' implementation of an infant-feeding counseling protocol for HIV-infected mothers: The Ban Study in Lilongwe, Malawi

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Evaluating the Indirect Effect of Infant Weight Velocity on Insulin Resistance in Young Adulthood: A Birth Cohort Study From the Philippines ⬇️

scientific article published on February 11, 2011

Examination of facilitators and barriers to home-based supplemental feeding with ready-to-use food for underweight children in western Uganda

scientific article published on 19 July 2010

Exome-Derived Adiponectin-Associated Variants Implicate Obesity and Lipid Biology

scientific article published on 06 June 2019

Exome-Derived Adiponectin-Associated Variants Implicate Obesity and Lipid Biology

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

Fish intake is associated with slower cognitive decline in Chinese older adults

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Genetic association with lipids in Filipinos: waist circumference modifies an APOA5 effect on triglyceride levels

scientific article published on 10 September 2013

Genetic epidemiology of BMI and body mass change from adolescence to young adulthood

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Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

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Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk

scientific article published on 6 October 2011

Genome-wide Association with C-Reactive Protein Levels in CLHNS: Evidence for the CRP and HNF1A Loci and their Interaction with Exposure to a Pathogenic Environment ⬇️

scientific article published on April 1, 2012

Genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies novel variants associated with fasting plasma glucose in East Asians

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Genome-wide association studies in East Asians identify new loci for waist-hip ratio and waist circumference

scientific article published on 20 January 2016

Genome-wide association study for adiponectin levels in Filipino women identifies CDH13 and a novel uncommon haplotype at KNG1–ADIPOQ ⬇️

scientific article published on September 27, 2010

Genome-wide association study meta-analysis reveals transethnic replication of mean arterial and pulse pressure loci

scientific article published on 03 September 2013

Genome-wide association study of homocysteine levels in Filipinos provides evidence for CPS1 in women and a stronger MTHFR effect in young adults

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Genome-wide associations for birth weight and correlations with adult disease

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Genome-wide meta-analysis of 241,258 adults accounting for smoking behaviour identifies novel loci for obesity traits.

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Genome-wide physical activity interactions in adiposity - A meta-analysis of 200,452 adults

scientific article published on 27 April 2017

Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility

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Genome‐Wide Association Study of Anthropometric Traits and Evidence of Interactions With Age and Study Year in Filipino Women ⬇️

scientific article published on October 21, 2010

Global nutrition transition and the pandemic of obesity in developing countries

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Growth patterns in early childhood and final attained stature: data from five birth cohorts from low- and middle-income countries

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Growth patterns of Filipino children indicate potential compensatory growth

Height-for-age z scores increase despite increasing height deficits among children in 5 developing countries

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High prevalence of low HDL-c in the Philippines compared to the US: population differences in associations with diet and BMI.

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Hip circumference and incident metabolic risk factors in Chinese men and women: the People's Republic of China study

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Impact of breastfeeding duration on age at menarche

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Impact of lipid-based nutrient supplementation (LNS) on children's diet adequacy in Western Uganda

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Infant overweight is associated with delayed motor development

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Infant temperament contributes to early infant growth: A prospective cohort of African American infants

scientific article published on 05 August 2009

Infants perceived as "fussy" are more likely to receive complementary foods before 4 months

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Inflammatory profiles in the non-pregnant state predict offspring birth weight at Cebu: Evidence for inter-generational effects of low grade inflammation ⬇️

scientific article published on June 13, 2012

Interactive Effects of Early Exclusive Breastfeeding and Pre-Pregnancy Maternal Weight Status on Young Children's BMI - A Chinese Birth Cohort

scientific article published on 7 December 2015

Intergenerational profiles of socioeconomic (dis)advantage and obesity during the transition to adulthood

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Intermittent Preventive Therapy in Pregnancy and Incidence of Low Birth Weight in Malaria-Endemic Countries

scientific article published on 18 January 2018

Involving communities in the design of clinical trial protocols: the BAN Study in Lilongwe, Malawi

scientific article published on 11 August 2006

Large-scale association analyses identify new loci influencing glycemic traits and provide insight into the underlying biological pathways

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Leptin in a lean population of Filipino adolescents

scientific article published in April 2007

Less traditional diets in Chinese mothers and children are similarly linked to socioeconomic and cohort factors but vary with increasing child age ⬇️

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Lipid-based nutrient supplements are feasible as a breastmilk replacement for HIV-exposed infants from 24 to 48 weeks of age.

scientific article published on 06 March 2013

Long-term consequences of nutrition and growth in early childhood and possible preventive interventions

scientific article published on 27 January 2014

Longitudinal analysis of dietary patterns in Chinese adults from 1991 to 2009.

scientific article published on 13 December 2013

Longitudinal associations of away-from-home eating, snacking, screen time, and physical activity behaviors with cardiometabolic risk factors among Chinese children and their parents

scientific article published on 24 May 2017

Longitudinal trends in obesity in the United States from adolescence to the third decade of life

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Longitudinal, cross-cohort comparison of physical activity patterns in Chinese mothers and children

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Low income Russian families adopt effective behavioral strategies to maintain dietary stability in times of economic crisis

scientific article published in November 2003

Macronutrient and selected vitamin intakes from complementary foods of infants and toddlers from Cebu, Philippines

scientific article published on February 2004

Malaria, malnutrition, and birthweight: A meta-analysis using individual participant data

scientific article published on 08 August 2017

Maternal Characteristics and Perception of Temperament Associated With Infant TV Exposure ⬇️

scientific article published on January 6, 2013

Maternal and child undernutrition: consequences for adult health and human capital

scientific article published on 26 January 2008

Maternal and fetal genetic effects on birth weight and their relevance to cardio-metabolic risk factors

Maternal and fetal genetic effects on birth weight and their relevance to cardio-metabolic risk factors

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Maternal and infant antiretroviral regimens to prevent postnatal HIV-1 transmission: 48-week follow-up of the BAN randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 26 April 2012

Maternal autonomy is inversely related to child stunting in Andhra Pradesh, India

scientific article published on January 2009

Maternal mid-upper arm circumference is associated with birth weight among HIV-infected Malawians

scientific article published on 16 April 2012

Maternal obesity is associated with younger age at obesity onset in U.S. adolescent offspring followed into adulthood

scientific article published in November 2007

Maternal obesity, psychological factors, and breastfeeding initiation

scientific article published on 14 April 2011

Maternal weight loss during exclusive breastfeeding is associated with reduced weight and length gain in daughters of HIV-infected Malawian women

scientific article published on 22 May 2013

Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies eight new loci for type 2 diabetes in east Asians

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Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies in East Asian-ancestry populations identifies four new loci for body mass index

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Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of adult height in East Asians identifies 17 novel loci

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Methods appropriate for studying the relationship of breast-feeding to obesity

scientific article published on 23 December 2008

Microbial exposures in infancy predict levels of the immunoregulatory cytokine interleukin‐4 in filipino young adults ⬇️

scientific article published on February 5, 2012

Modifications of a large HIV prevention clinical trial to fit changing realities: a case study of the Breastfeeding, Antiretroviral, and Nutrition (BAN) protocol in Lilongwe, Malawi

scientific article published on 07 September 2008

Mortality risk in preterm and small-for-gestational-age infants in low-income and middle-income countries: a pooled country analysis

scientific article published on 06 June 2013

Multilevel examination of the association of urbanization with inflammation in Chinese adults

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National and regional estimates of term and preterm babies born small for gestational age in 138 low-income and middle-income countries in 2010.

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New genetic loci link adipose and insulin biology to body fat distribution

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New loci associated with birth weight identify genetic links between intrauterine growth and adult height and metabolism

scientific article published on 2 December 2012

Novel loci for adiponectin levels and their influence on type 2 diabetes and metabolic traits: a multi-ethnic meta-analysis of 45,891 individuals

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Obesity, race/ethnicity and the multiple dimensions of socioeconomic status during the transition to adulthood: a factor analysis approach

scientific article published on 10 January 2009

Obesogenic clusters: multidimensional adolescent obesity-related behaviors in the U.S.

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Objective physical activity of filipino youth stratified for commuting mode to school

scientific article published on March 2003

Offspring consume a more obesogenic diet than mothers in response to changing socioeconomic status and urbanization in Cebu, Philippines

scientific article published on 27 July 2009

Optimal cutoff values for overweight: using body mass index to predict incidence of hypertension in 18- to 65-year-old Chinese adults

scientific article published on July 2008

Parent-child associations for changes in diet, screen time, and physical activity across two decades in modernizing China: China Health and Nutrition Survey 1991-2009.

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Parental compensatory behaviors and early child health outcomes in Cebu, Philippines ⬇️

scientific article published on November 1, 2009

Pathogenic and obesogenic factors associated with inflammation in Chinese children, adolescents and adults

scientific article published on 07 October 2013

Patterns of body composition among HIV-infected, pregnant Malawians and the effects of famine season

scientific article published on February 2013

Perceptions of the role of maternal nutrition in HIV-positive breast-feeding women in Malawi

scientific article published in April 2005

Plasma Micronutrient Concentrations Are Altered by Antiretroviral Therapy and Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements in Lactating HIV-Infected Malawian Women

scientific article published on 8 July 2015

Plasma and breast-milk selenium in HIV-infected Malawian mothers are positively associated with infant selenium status but are not associated with maternal supplementation: results of the Breastfeeding, Antiretrovirals, and Nutrition study

scientific article published on 05 February 2014

Population differences in associations between C-reactive protein concentration and adiposity: comparison of young adults in the Philippines and the United States

scientific article published on 18 February 2009

Population-specific coding variant underlies genome-wide association with adiponectin level ⬇️

scientific article published on October 18, 2011

Positive antibody response to vaccination in adolescence predicts lower C-reactive protein concentration in young adulthood in the Philippines

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Postpartum nutritional status of Filipino women.

scientific article published in January 1992

Prediction of hypertension by different anthropometric indices in adults: the change in estimate approach

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Predictors of urinary flame retardant concentration among pregnant women

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Pregravid body mass index is associated with early introduction of complementary foods

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Pregravid body mass index, psychological factors during pregnancy and breastfeeding duration: is there a link?

scientific article published on 28 September 2011

Prenatal care and child growth and schooling in four low- and medium-income countries

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Pressuring and restrictive feeding styles influence infant feeding and size among a low‐income African‐American sample ⬇️

scientific article published on March 1, 2013

Prevalence and trends in the childhood dual burden of malnutrition in low- and middle-income countries, 1990-2012

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Quantifying the urban environment: a scale measure of urbanicity outperforms the urban-rural dichotomy

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Rapid weight gain after birth predicts life history and reproductive strategy in Filipino males ⬇️

scientific article published on September 13, 2010

Rare and low-frequency coding variants alter human adult height

scientific article (publication date: February 2017)

Reduction in diarrhoeal rates through interventions that prevent unnecessary antibiotic exposure early in life in an observational birth cohort

scientific article published on 30 November 2015

Response to the letter by Gedela

scientific article published in October 2015

Risk of childhood undernutrition related to small-for-gestational age and preterm birth in low- and middle-income countries

scientific article published on 06 August 2013

Screen time and physical activity during adolescence: longitudinal effects on obesity in young adulthood

scientific article published on 8 June 2007

Single-nucleotide polymorphisms at five loci are associated with C-reactive protein levels in a cohort of Filipino young adults ⬇️

scientific article published on September 22, 2011

Size at birth and growth trajectories to young adulthood

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Size at birth, weight gain in infancy and childhood, and adult blood pressure in 5 low- and middle-income-country cohorts: when does weight gain matter?

scientific article published on 18 March 2009

The acceptance and feasibility of replacement feeding at 6 months as an HIV prevention method in Lilongwe, Malawi: results from the BAN study

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The association between body mass index and hypertension is different between East and Southeast Asians

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The association between diet and height in the postinfancy period changes with age and socioeconomic status in Filipino youths

scientific article published in September 2005

The association between impaired glucose tolerance and birth weight among black and white women in central North Carolina

scientific article published in March 2003

The association of nutrition behaviors and physical activity with general and central obesity in Caribbean undergraduate students

scientific article published in October 2015

The association of trajectories of protein intake and age-specific protein intakes from 2 to 22 years with BMI in early adulthood

scientific article published on 28 March 2017

The associations of birth intervals with small-for-gestational-age, preterm, and neonatal and infant mortality: a meta-analysis

scientific article published on 17 September 2013

The associations of parity and maternal age with small-for-gestational-age, preterm, and neonatal and infant mortality: a meta-analysis

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The declining prevalence of overweight among Russian children: income, diet, and physical activity behavior changes

scientific article published on 26 July 2011

The effect of early life antibiotic exposures on diarrheal rates among young children in Vellore, India

scientific article published on June 2015

The effects of a lipid-based nutrient supplement and antiretroviral therapy in a randomized controlled trial on iron, copper, and zinc in milk from HIV-infected Malawian mothers and associations with maternal and infant biomarkers

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The genetics of blood pressure regulation and its target organs from association studies in 342,415 individuals

scientific article published on 12 September 2016

The health of HIV‐exposed children after early weaning ⬇️

scientific article published on November 20, 2011

The interactive association of dietary diversity scores and breast-feeding status with weight and length in Filipino infants aged 6-24 months

scientific article published on 02 March 2015

The relationship between pregnancy weight gain and glucose tolerance status among black and white women in central North Carolina

scientific article published on 5 July 2006

The underweight/overweight household: an exploration of household sociodemographic and dietary factors in China

scientific article published on February 2002

Thiamin and Riboflavin in Human Milk: Effects of Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplementation and Stage of Lactation on Vitamer Secretion and Contributions to Total Vitamin Content

scientific article published on 17 February 2016

Trans-ancestry genome-wide association study identifies 12 genetic loci influencing blood pressure and implicates a role for DNA methylation

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Trans-ethnic fine-mapping of lipid loci identifies population-specific signals and allelic heterogeneity that increases the trait variance explained

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Understanding the role of mediating risk factors and proxy effects in the association between socio-economic status and untreated hypertension

scientific article published in July 2004

Use of lipid-based nutrient supplements by HIV-infected Malawian women during lactation has no effect on infant growth from 0 to 24 weeks

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Using both principal component analysis and reduced rank regression to study dietary patterns and diabetes in Chinese adults

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Variants in ADCY5 and near CCNL1 are associated with fetal growth and birth weight

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Waist Circumference Change is Associated with Blood Pressure Change Independent of BMI Change

scientific article published on 22 November 2019

Waist circumference and the risk of hypertension and prediabetes among Filipino women ⬇️

scientific article published on June 9, 2012

Weight gain in the first two years of life is an important predictor of schooling outcomes in pooled analyses from five birth cohorts from low- and middle-income countries

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Who's at risk? Factors associated with intimate partner violence in the Philippines

scientific article published on October 2002

Who's feeding baby? Non-maternal involvement in feeding and its association with dietary intakes among infants and toddlers

scientific article published on 12 July 2013

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