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| Jennifer B HillmanSummaryAffiliation: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Country: USA Publications
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Early pubertal development and insulin sensitivity among school-aged girls: mediation via adiposityJennifer B Hillman
Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Division of Adolescent Medicine and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol 26:47-50. 2013..To examine whether the known association between early pubertal breast maturation and insulin sensitivity (SI) is mediated by adiposity...- Obesity and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in adolescent girlsJennifer B Hillman
Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Division of Adolescent Medicine and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
Metabolism 61:341-8. 2012..We conclude that obesity is associated with altered HPA activity in adolescent girls. The clinical implications of our findings require further investigation... - Pediatricians and screening for obesity with body mass index: does level of training matter?Jennifer B Hillman
Division of Adolescent Medicine, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45236, USA
Public Health Rep 124:561-7. 2009..This study sought to (1) determine the proportion of children screened for obesity with BMI, and (2) test whether attending physicians are more likely than resident physicians to document and plot BMI... - Perceived competence and contraceptive use during adolescenceJennifer B Hillman
Division of Adolescent Medicine, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
Contraception 81:249-53. 2010..Little is known about psychosocial correlates of different contraceptive methods in adolescence... - Association of anxiety and depressive symptoms and adiposity among adolescent females, using dual energy X-ray absorptiometryJennifer B Hillman
Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 49:671-7. 2010..Symptoms of anxiety and depression are associated with percentage body fat among adolescent females, linking psychological distress with a physiological measure of adiposity... - Menstrual concerns and intrauterine contraception among adolescent bariatric surgery patientsJennifer B Hillman
Division of Adolescent Medicine, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 20:533-8. 2011..This study is designed to determine the acceptance rate of the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device (IUD) and describe common menstrual problems in obese adolescent bariatric surgery patients... - Bone mass, depressive, and anxiety symptoms in adolescent girls: variation by smoking and alcohol useLorah D Dorn
Division of Adolescent Medicine, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, USA
J Adolesc Health 49:498-504. 2011..Previously published data have not examined these issues in adolescence, a period when more than 50% of bone mass is accrued... 
The measurement of menstrual symptoms: factor structure of the menstrual symptom questionnaire in adolescent girlsSonya Negriff
Division of Adolescent Medicine, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Ave MLC 4000, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
J Health Psychol 14:899-908. 2009..Future research should explore potential associations in multiple areas of functioning as menstrual symptoms may alter healthy developmental processes during adolescence...
Ghrelin biology and its role in weight-related disordersJennifer B Hillman
Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Ohio 45229, USA
Discov Med 11:521-8. 2011..The disorders that will be discussed include obesity, cachexia, PWS, and AN. Within each disorder we will review relevant ghrelin physiology, recent studies, and potential modes of intervention with ghrelin analogues...