Karen E Peterson

..Students' response to such screening is unexplored, however. In this study we evaluated the perceived comfort, utility and impact of school-based weight screening from the perspective of middle school-aged students...

..Similar differences in weight gain were not statistically significant. Although succimer lowers blood lead in moderately lead-poisoned children, it does not have a beneficial effect on growth and may have an adverse effect...

..Biases in FVS estimates may reflect participants' lifestyles and sociodemographic characteristics and require further examination in longitudinal samples representative of diverse populations...

..This association should be thoroughly examined in future studies...

..We examined the relationship between comprehensive fitness tests and overweight using a school surveillance system in a racially diverse city in the United States...

..To examine longitudinal associations of prenatal, infancy, and early childhood lead exposure during sensitive periods with height and body mass index (BMI)...

..The findings have implications for targeting food assistance as well as health and nutrition education strategies in low-income families undergoing the nutrition transition in north-east Brazil...

..Persistent disparities suggest that multiple aspects of social context may influence leisure-time physical activity levels and weight status in multiethnic, working-class populations...

..To examine maternal beliefs and practices related to weight status, child feeding, and child overweight in the Latino culture that may contribute to the rising rates of overweight among preschool Latino children in the United States...

..To examine prospectively the association between beverage consumption (fruit juice, fruit drinks, milk, soda, and diet soda) and changes in weight and body mass index among preschool children...

..Prevention and treatment of parasitic infections and improvement of nutritional status are likely to enhance the pattern of gestational weight gain among HIV-infected women...

..Findings have important implications in developing nutrition education strategies for child health promotion that account for the social and cultural context of minority, low-income caregivers...

..The delay was produced by increased physical activity, reduced television viewing and changes in BMI and fat distribution. These findings may have implications for the primary prevention of breast cancer...

..To examine overweight trends over a 22-year period among preschool-aged children from primarily middle-income families enrolled in a health maintenance organization...

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..Monounsaturated fatty acids did not modify the relationship between lead levels in patella and breast milk. In conclusion, higher maternal dietary intake of PUFA may limit the transfer of lead from bone to breast milk...

..We examined the distribution and determinants of ethnic and gender disparities in DWCB in early adolescents...

..Health promotion efforts addressing obesity trends in Latino children must account for organizational and environmental influences on the day-to-day social context of young immigrant families...

..Cumulative prenatal lead exposure, as measured by maternal bone lead burden, has been associated with smaller weight of offspring at birth and 1 month of age, but no study has examined whether this effect persists into early childhood...

..We also observed differences between our intervention sites. Social context can play an important role in promoting changes in fruit and vegetable consumption...

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..White women consumed 1 serving less than Latinas, and those speaking both English and Spanish at home consumed 1.4 servings more than English-only speakers after adjusting for other covariates...

..The impact of breastfeeding counselling programs for HIV-infected African women should consider individual maternal, social and health contexts...

..Methods commonly used to assess weight gain incorporate assumptions that are usually not borne out, such as a linear weight gain, or do not account for differential length of gestation...

..To examine associations between use of school vending machines and fast-food restaurants and youth intake of sugar-sweetened beverages...

..Prenatal lead exposure is associated with deficits in fetal growth and neurodevelopment. Calcium supplementation may attenuate fetal exposure by inhibiting mobilization of maternal bone lead and/or intestinal absorption of ingested lead...

..Thoughtful improvements to proven strategies, coupled with careful evaluation, can contribute to accumulation of evidence needed to design and implement the next generation of optimal interventions...

..To monitor annual changes in weight status, we determined incidence and remission rates of overweight among school-aged children with longitudinal school-based surveillance...

..Further research is needed to characterize how urban environments contribute to children's risks of obesity in developing countries...

..We assessed whether maternal depressive symptoms and parenting self-efficacy were associated with child growth delay...

..To assess the impact of an obesity prevention intervention on use of self-induced vomiting/laxatives (purging) and diet pills to control weight in girls in early adolescence...

..Multivitamin supplementation was shown to be effective in preventing adverse pregnancy outcomes among HIV-positive women. These protective effects could be mediated in part by an improvement in the pattern of gestational weight gain...

..The Healthy Directions intervention studies were designed to increase multivitamin use, fruit and vegetable consumption, and physical activity in working-class, multiethnic populations...

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..2 lower average HAZ. Maternal depression was not associated with child growth. It is concluded that inadequate growth in children may be sensitive to maternal social support...

..Television viewing is hypothesized as a contributing factor because of its documented role in encouraging consumption of highly advertised foods that may lead to the replacement of fruits and vegetables...

..To examine significance of missing data and describe physical activity patterns using recall and accelerometer measures among youth in a nonlaboratory setting...

..Breastfeeding and weaning practices are important determinants of growth and development not only in infancy but also later in life...

..This study examined the relationship of social support, and of social networks, to symptoms of depression in a multiethnic sample of women having recently given birth...

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..We hypothesize that vitamin A supplementation could ameliorate the adverse effect of these infections on child growth...

..To examine the socio-economic and lifestyle determinants of cooking oil choice in Costa Rica during the last decade (1994-2004)...

..To describe the operation of growth monitoring and promotion (GMP) clinic and longitudinal growth patterns of children...

..Along with other stakeholders, soft drink manufacturers must acknowledge the problem of rising rates of overweight in children and work within their spheres of influence to limit access to soft drinks in schools...

..01, 1.04 per microgram lead/gm bone mineral). Odds ratios did not vary substantially after the authors adjusted for birth weight and other important determinants of head circumference...

..Pregnancy and breastfeeding mobilize lead stored in bone, which may be a hazard for the fetus and infant. We tested the hypothesis that in lactating women a dietary calcium supplement will lower blood lead levels...

..This paper provides the overall framework and descriptive information and serves as the reference for the BCC NWG special supplement...

..This research sought to understand physical and economic access to food, from both 'individual' and 'community' perspectives...

..11 servings in women. Alternative FVS scoring procedures and a 1-item screener lowered correlations with 24HR as well as serum carotenoids but alternate scoring procedures generally improved estimations of servings...

..The results of this study suggest that patterns of dietary supplement use are complex and support the use of SDM to identify possible population characteristics for targeted and tailored health communication interventions...

..This intervention can serve as a basis for future organizational partnerships to benefit the health of populations who are low income...

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..To assess test-retest reliability and validity of the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) items for moderate and vigorous physical activity in middle school students...

..Few studies document longitudinal changes in physical activity from prepregnancy to the postpartum period...

..To assess whether child care arrangements influence infant feeding practices and weight gain among US infants...

..However, little empirical research has focused on women and even less has focused on how the neighborhood residential environment is associated with these health differences, particularly in the area of diet...