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Energy imbalance underlying the development of childhood obesityNancy F Butte
USDA ARS Children s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, 1100 Bates Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 15:3056-66. 2007....
Evaluation of the feasibility of international growth standards for school-aged children and adolescentsNancy F Butte
USDA ARS Children s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Nutr 137:153-7. 2007....- Impact of infant feeding practices on childhood obesityNancy F Butte
Department of Pediatrics, USDA ARS Children s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
J Nutr 139:412S-6S. 2009..Nevertheless, other genetic and environmental determinants such as socioeconomic status, parental obesity, smoking, birth weight, and rapid infancy weight gain far supersede infant-feeding practices as risk factors for childhood obesity... - Viva la Familia Study: genetic and environmental contributions to childhood obesity and its comorbidities in the Hispanic populationNancy F Butte
US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Children s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 84:646-54; quiz 673-4. 2006..Genetic and environmental contributions to childhood obesity are poorly delineated... - Evaluation of the feasibility of international growth standards for school-aged children and adolescentsNancy E Butte
Nancy F Butte is affiliated with the USDA ARS Children s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
Food Nutr Bull 27:S169-74. 2006.... - Metabolic and behavioral predictors of weight gain in Hispanic children: the Viva la Familia StudyNancy F Butte
US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service Children s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 85:1478-85. 2007..Despite the high prevalence of overweight among Hispanic children in the United States, definitive predictors of weight gain have not been identified in this population... - Assessing physical activity using wearable monitors: measures of physical activityNancy F Butte
US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Children s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 44:S5-12. 2012..New sensors and methods for quantitatively assessing physical activity should be validated in laboratory and free-living populations using criterion methods of calorimetry or doubly labeled water... - Physical activity in nonoverweight and overweight Hispanic children and adolescentsNancy F Butte
USDA ARS Children s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 39:1257-66. 2007..Despite the high prevalence of childhood obesity among U.S. Hispanic children and adolescents, quantitative, objective data on their patterns and levels of physical activity are scarce... - Body size, body composition, and metabolic profile explain higher energy expenditure in overweight childrenNancy F Butte
USDA Agricultural Research Service Children s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Nutr 137:2660-7. 2007..Alterations in EE, energetic efficiency, and substrate utilization were not evident in the overweight children... 
Validation of cross-sectional time series and multivariate adaptive regression splines models for the prediction of energy expenditure in children and adolescents using doubly labeled waterNancy F Butte
USDA Agricultural Research Service Children s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Nutr 140:1516-23. 2010....- Nutrient intakes of US infants, toddlers, and preschoolers meet or exceed dietary reference intakesNancy F Butte
Department of Pediatrics, Children s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 110:S27-37. 2010.... - Resequencing of IRS2 reveals rare variants for obesity but not fasting glucose homeostasis in Hispanic childrenNancy F Butte
Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Children s Nutrition Research Center, Houston, TX, USA
Physiol Genomics 43:1029-37. 2011..Rare but not common IRS2 variants may play a role in the regulation of body weight but not an essential role in fasting glucose homeostasis in Hispanic children... - Energy requirements of women of reproductive ageNancy F Butte
US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Children s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 77:630-8. 2003..The energy requirements of women have been based on total energy expenditure (TEE) derived from the factorial approach or as multiples of basal metabolic rate (BMR)... - Risk for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in Hispanic youth with BMI > or =95th percentileRuben E Quiros Tejeira
University of Texas Medical School, Department of Pediatrics, Houston, TX, USA
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 44:228-36. 2007..To characterize children at risk for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and to explore possible mechanisms underlying the development of NAFLD in Hispanic youth with a body mass index > or =95th percentile... - A genetic contribution to circulating cytokines and obesity in childrenGuowen Cai
USDA ARS Children s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, 1100 Bates Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Cytokine 44:242-7. 2008.... - Comment on "Obesity and the environment: where do we go from here?"Nancy F Butte
Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, 1100 Bates Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Science 301:598; author reply 598. 2003 - A quantitative trait locus on chromosome 13q affects fasting glucose levels in Hispanic childrenGuowen Cai
United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Children s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, 1100 Bates Street, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 92:4893-6. 2007..The objective of this study was to localize quantitative trait loci influencing fasting serum glucose levels in Hispanic children participating in the Viva La Familia Study... - Characterization of adult ghrelin and ghrelin receptor knockout mice under positive and negative energy balanceYuxiang Sun
Huffington Center on Aging, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Endocrinology 149:843-50. 2008..These results support our hypothesis that the primary metabolic function of ghrelin in adult mice is to modulate glucose sensing and insulin sensitivity, rather than directly regulate energy intake and energy expenditure... - Metabolic adaptation to high-fat and high-carbohydrate diets in children and adolescentsMargarita S Treuth
US Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston 77030, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 77:479-89. 2003..01) and in the subsequent feeding period (P = 0.05). CONCLUSION: Healthy, nonobese children and adolescents adapt appropriately to HF and HC diets... - Composition of gestational weight gain impacts maternal fat retention and infant birth weightNancy F Butte
U S Department of Agriculture Agriculture Research Service, Children s Nutrition Research Center, 1100 Bates Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 189:1423-32. 2003..The purpose of this study was to evaluate how changes in gestational weight and body composition affect infant birth weight and maternal fat retention after delivery in underweight, normal-weight and overweight women... - Energy requirements during pregnancy based on total energy expenditure and energy depositionNancy F Butte
US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Children s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 79:1078-87. 2004..Energy requirements during pregnancy remain controversial because of uncertainties regarding maternal fat deposition and reductions in physical activity... - Energy requirements of infantsNancy F Butte
USDA ARS Children s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Public Health Nutr 8:953-67. 2005..To estimate the energy requirements of infants from total energy expenditure and energy deposition during growth... - Bivariate linkage confirms genetic contribution to fetal origins of childhood growth and cardiovascular disease risk in Hispanic childrenGuowen Cai
Department of Pediatrics, USDA ARS Children s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Hum Genet 121:737-44. 2007..09 and 2.85, respectively. Chromosome 10q22 harbors genes influencing both birth weight and childhood body size and cardiovascular disease risk in Hispanic children... - Effects of dietary macronutrient content on glucose metabolism in childrenAgneta L Sunehag
Children s Nutrition Research Center, USDA Agricultural Research Service, 1100 Bates Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 87:5168-78. 2002..In the adolescents, the high carbohydrate diet resulted in increased insulin sensitivity, thus facilitating insulin-mediated glucose uptake... - DXA: can it be used as a criterion reference for body fat measurements in children?Roman J Shypailo
USDA ARS Children s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:457-62. 2008..1) will affect whole-body bone mineral results for subjects weighing <40 kg. We wished to reanalyze pediatric whole-body scans in order to assess the impact of the new software on pediatric soft-tissue body composition estimates... - Overestimation of infant and toddler energy intake by 24-h recall compared with weighed food recordsJennifer O Fisher
Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, USDA ARS Children s Nutrition Research Center, Houston, TX, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 88:407-15. 2008..Twenty-four-hour dietary recalls have been used in large surveys of infant and toddler energy intake, but the accuracy of the method for young children is not well documented... - Nutrient adequacy and diet quality in non-overweight and overweight Hispanic children of low socioeconomic status: the Viva la Familia StudyTheresa A Wilson
US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Children s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 109:1012-21. 2009.... - BOUNCE: a community-based mother-daughter healthy lifestyle intervention for low-income Latino familiesNorma Olvera
Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 18:S102-4. 2010..Similarly, EG mothers reported more strategies to increase fruit/vegetable consumption and reduce fat intake compared to CG mothers. No changes in physical activity or BMI were observed between EG and CG mother-daughter dyads... - Normalization of energy expenditure data for differences in body mass or composition in children and adolescentsIssa Zakeri
U.S. Department of Agriculture/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Nutr 136:1371-6. 2006..In some instances, the exponents for scaling EE by body weight or composition were influenced by gender and weight status, but not by age... - BOUNCE: an exploratory healthy lifestyle summer intervention for girlsNorma Olvera
Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204 6015, USA
Am J Health Behav 34:144-55. 2010..To assess the efficacy of the BOUNCE parent-daughter intervention in promoting selected physical fitness measures and activity... - Evaluating body fat in girls and female adolescents: advantages and disadvantages of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometryWilliam W Wong
US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Children s Nutrition Research Center and Texas Children s Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston 77030, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 76:384-9. 2002..However, DXA has not been fully evaluated against an independent criterion method of measuring body fatness in young females... - Prediction of activity energy expenditure using accelerometers in childrenMaurice R Puyau
USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center Department of Pediatrics Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX 77030, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 36:1625-31. 2004.... - Genetic and environmental factors influencing fasting serum adiponectin in Hispanic childrenNancy F Butte
U S Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Children s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, 1100 Bates Street, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 90:4170-6. 2005..Because of its antiinflammatory and insulin-sensitizing properties, adiponectin may play a role in the development of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes... - Energy requirements during pregnancy and consequences of deviations from requirement on fetal outcomeNancy F Butte
USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
Nestle Nutr Workshop Ser Pediatr Program 55:49-67; discussion 67-71. 2005 - Energy requirements of infants and childrenNancy F Butte
USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
Nestle Nutr Workshop Ser Pediatr Program 58:19-32; discussion 33-7. 2006..Although the basic principles underlying energy requirements have not changed, the recommendations for energy intake have been decreased in infancy and early childhood, and increased in adolescence based on newly available TEE data... - Validation and calibration of physical activity monitors in childrenMaurice R Puyau
US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Obes Res 10:150-7. 2002.... - Energy requirements during pregnancy and lactationNancy F Butte
USDA ARS Children s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Public Health Nutr 8:1010-27. 2005..To estimate the energy requirements of pregnant and lactating women consistent with optimal pregnancy outcome and adequate milk production... - Quantitative genetic analysis of the metabolic syndrome in Hispanic childrenNancy F Butte
Department of Pediatrics, USDA ARS Children s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Pediatr Res 58:1243-8. 2005..Significant heritabilities and pleiotropy seen for the components of the metabolic syndrome indicate a strong genetic contribution to the metabolic syndrome in overweight Hispanic children... - Carbohydrate digestion in humans from a beta-glucan-enriched barley is reducedCarlos H Lifschitz
U S Department of Agriculture ARS Children s Nutrition Research Center and Texas Children s Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Nutr 132:2593-6. 2002..05), whereas there was no difference in CO(2) production. We conclude that absorption of PW is significantly lower than that of BZ, making the modified barley appropriate for obese and diabetic patients... - Heritability of hyperphagic eating behavior and appetite-related hormones among Hispanic childrenJennifer O Fisher
U S Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Children s Nutrition Research Center, 1100 Bates Street, Suite 4004, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 15:1484-95. 2007..Genetic and environmental associations of EAH with overweight, fat mass, and key hormonal regulators of food intake were also evaluated... - Mucosal maltase-glucoamylase plays a crucial role in starch digestion and prandial glucose homeostasis of miceBuford L Nichols
USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Children s Nutrition Research Center and Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030 300, USA
J Nutr 139:684-90. 2009..In conclusion, mucosal alpha-glucogenic activity of Mgam plays a crucial role in the regulation of prandial glucose homeostasis... - Predictors of body fat gain in nonobese girls with a familial predisposition to obesityMargarita S Treuth
Center for Human Nutrition, The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205 2179, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 78:1212-8. 2003..Conflicting evidence exists on the causal factors underlying the development of excess adiposity in children... - A longitudinal study of fitness and activity in girls predisposed to obesityMargarita S Treuth
Center for Human Nutrition, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 36:198-204. 2004..To determine whether physical activity and fitness change in girls with and without a predisposition to obesity from 8 to 10 yr of age... - Physical activity self-report and accelerometry measures from the Girls health Enrichment Multi-site StudiesMargarita S Treuth
Center for Human Nutrition, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Prev Med 38:S43-9. 2004..Valid and reliable physical activity checklists are needed to assess effectiveness of interventions. This study tested the validity and reliability of the Girls health Enrichment Multi-site Studies (GEMS) Activity Questionnaire... - Chronicle of the Institute of Medicine physical activity recommendation: how a physical activity recommendation came to be among dietary recommendationsGeorge A Brooks
Exercise Physiology Laboratory, Department of Integrative Biology, 5101 Valley Life Sciences Building, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 3140, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 79:921S-930S. 2004..In conclusion, dietary and physical activity recommendations for healthful living are inextricably intertwined. Adequate physical activity provides protection against chronic diseases and helps to balance energy expenditure and intake... - Pregnancy-related changes in physical activity, fitness, and strengthMargarita S Treuth
Center for Human Nutrition, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 37:832-7. 2005..The objective was to examine the pregnancy-related changes in physical activity, fitness, and strength in women of varying body mass indices (BMI)... - Validity and reliability of activity measures in African-American girls for GEMSMargarita S Treuth
Center for Human Nutrition, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 35:532-9. 2003..To determine the reliability and validity of physical activity monitors and self-report instruments suitable for young African-American girls... - Application of cross-sectional time series modeling for the prediction of energy expenditure from heart rate and accelerometryIssa Zakeri
United States Department of Agriculture, USA
J Appl Physiol 104:1665-73. 2008..CSTS modeling provides a useful predictive model for EE and, hence, TEE in children and adolescents on the basis of HR and PA and other observable explanatory subject characteristics of age, sex, weight, and height... - Genome-wide scan for serum ghrelin detects linkage on chromosome 1p36 in Hispanic children: results from the Viva La Familia studyV Saroja Voruganti
Department of Genetics, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, Texas 78227, USA
Pediatr Res 62:445-50. 2007..9), and C-peptide (LOD=2.0). Several family-based studies have reported linkages for obesity-related phenotypes in the region of 1p36. These results indicate the importance of this region in relation to adiposity in children from the VFS...
Research Grants
- Novel Models to Predict Energy Expenditure and Physical Activity in PreschoolersNancy F Butte; Fiscal Year: 2010....
- Obesity and Diabetes Familial Risk in Hispanic ChildrenNancy Butte; Fiscal Year: 2009..The identification of genes that influence childhood obesity and type 2 diabetes will advance the detection and treatment of obesity and its comorbidities in children. ..
- Prediction of Energy Expenditure/Physical Activity in Children and AdolescentsNancy Butte; Fiscal Year: 2007..A new method based on direct ambulatory monitoring of HR and PA will be developed to accurately predict EE, and hence 24-h TEE and AEE in children and adolescents. ..
- Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in Hispanic obese youthNancy Butte; Fiscal Year: 2005..Newly proposed tests include chromogenic assays to measure lipid peroxidation end products and endotoxins, and ELISA and RIA to measure cytokine and markers of systemic inflammation. ..
- GENETICS OF CHILDHOOD OBESITYNancy Butte; Fiscal Year: 2004..This QTL method will be implemented in the program package SOLAR using estimation procedures from FISHER. Lastly, we will test for pleiotropic effects of obesity-related QTLs across phenotypes. ..
- Obesity and Diabetes Familial Risk in Hispanic ChildrenNancy F Butte; Fiscal Year: 2010..The identification of genes that influence childhood obesity and type 2 diabetes will advance the detection and treatment of obesity and its comorbidities in children. ..