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Serum leptin concentration poorly reflects growth and energy and nutrient intake in young childrenMaarit Hakanen
The Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Pediatrics 113:1273-8. 2004..We studied whether the serum leptin concentration at age 2 years predicts changes in relative body weight by age 8 and whether the serum leptin concentration is associated with intake of energy and nutrients at age 5...
Development of overweight in an atherosclerosis prevention trial starting in early childhood. The STRIP studyM Hakanen
The Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Int J Obes (Lond) 30:618-26. 2006..Recent data indicate a marked increase in the prevalence of obesity among school-aged children. Thus, efficacious programmes that prevent overweight development in children are urgently needed...
FTO genotype is associated with body mass index after the age of seven years but not with energy intake or leisure-time physical activityMaarit Hakanen
The Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 94:1281-7. 2009..A common variant in the FTO gene, rs9939609, associates with body mass index (BMI) in adults and in children aged 7 yr or older...
Dietary and lifestyle counselling reduces the clustering of overweight-related cardiometabolic risk factors in adolescentsM Hakanen
The Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Acta Paediatr 99:888-95. 2010....
Effects of diet on the neurologic development of children at 5 years of age: the STRIP projectLeena Rask-Nissila
Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku, Finland
J Pediatr 140:328-33. 2002..To evaluate the effects of diet, serum cholesterol concentrations, and apolipoprotein E phenotype on neurodevelopment of 5-year-old children...
High sucrose intake is associated with poor quality of diet and growth between 13 months and 9 years of age: the special Turku Coronary Risk Factor Intervention ProjectSoile Ruottinen
Research Center of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 10, FI 20520 Turku, Finland
Pediatrics 121:e1676-85. 2008..Previous studies have suggested that interventions to lower dietary fat content and improved fat quality lead to a compensatory increase in sucrose content...
Growth patterns and obesity development in overweight or normal-weight 13-year-old adolescents: the STRIP studyHanna Lagström
Turku Institute for Child and Youth Research, Turku, Finland
Pediatrics 122:e876-83. 2008..Our goal was to study childhood growth patterns and development of overweight in children who were overweight or normal weight at 13 years of age...
