Greater fructose consumption is associated with cardiometabolic risk markers and visceral adiposity in adolescentsNorman K Pollock
Department of Pediatrics, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, GA, USA
J Nutr 142:251-7. 2012
..05). In adolescents, higher fructose consumption is associated with multiple markers of cardiometabolic risk, but it appears that these relationships are mediated by visceral obesity...
- Adolescent fiber consumption is associated with visceral fat and inflammatory markers
Samip Parikh
Department of Pediatrics, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia 30912, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 97:E1451-7. 2012
..The link between adolescent fiber consumption, inflammation, and body fat distribution has not been investigated...
- Lower uncarboxylated osteocalcin concentrations in children with prediabetes is associated with beta-cell function
Norman K Pollock
Department of Pediatrics, Georgia Prevention Institute, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia 30912, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 96:E1092-9. 2011
..Although animal studies suggest that it is the uncarboxylated rather than carboxylated form of osteocalcin that affects glucose homeostasis, the human data are scant and equivocal...
- Lower bone mass in prepubertal overweight children with prediabetes
Norman K Pollock
Department of Pediatrics, Georgia Prevention Institute, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, USA
J Bone Miner Res 25:2760-9. 2010
..Prepubertal overweight children with prediabetes may be at risk for poor skeletal development. In addition, it appears that greater levels of central rather than total adiposity may be deleterious for developing bone...
- Adolescent obesity, bone mass, and cardiometabolic risk factors
Norman K Pollock
Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
J Pediatr 158:727-34. 2011
..To compare bone mass between overweight adolescents with and without cardiometabolic risk factors (CMR). Associations of bone mass with CMR and adiposity were also determined...
- Exercise dose and diabetes risk in overweight and obese children: a randomized controlled trial
Catherine L Davis
Georgia Prevention Center, Institute for Public and Preventive Health, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Georgia, 1120 15th St, Ste 1640, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
JAMA 308:1103-12. 2012
..Pediatric studies have shown that aerobic exercise reduces metabolic risk, but dose-response information is not available...
Comparisons of trabecular and cortical bone in late adolescent black and white femalesNorman K Pollock
Department of Pediatrics, Georgia Prevention Institute, Medical College of Georgia, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
J Bone Miner Metab 29:44-53. 2011
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- Adenovirus 36, adiposity, and bone strength in late-adolescent females
Emma M Laing
Department of Foods and Nutrition, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
J Bone Miner Res 28:489-96. 2013
..These data support an association of adiposity and cortical bone strength at the radius with the presence of neutralizing antibodies to Ad36 in late-adolescent females...
- A 16-week randomized clinical trial of 2000 international units daily vitamin D3 supplementation in black youth: 25-hydroxyvitamin D, adiposity, and arterial stiffness
Yanbin Dong
Georgia Prevention Institute, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia 30912, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 95:4584-91. 2010
..Vitamin D insufficiency/deficiency is commonly observed in black youth...
