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| Bruce A BartonSummaryAffiliation: Maryland Medical Research Institute Country: USA Publications
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Hydroxyurea and sickle cell anemia: effect on quality of lifeSamir K Ballas
Cardeza Foundation, Department of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Health Qual Life Outcomes 4:59. 2006..The morbidity associated with this disease is known to have serious negative impact on the overall quality of life(QOL) of affected individuals...
The Hip Impact Protection Project: design and methodsBruce A Barton
Maryland Medical Research Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA
Clin Trials 5:347-55. 2008..Nearly 340,000 hip fractures occur each year in the U.S. With current demographic trends, the number of hip fractures is expected to double at least in the next 40 years...
Relation between the changes in physical activity and body-mass index during adolescence: a multicentre longitudinal studySue Y S Kimm
Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM 87131 0001, USA
Lancet 366:301-7. 2005..We examined changes in activity in relation to changes in body-mass index (BMI) and adiposity in a cohort of 1152 black and 1135 white girls from the USA, who were followed up prospectively from ages 9 or 10 to 18 or 19 years...- The relationship of breakfast and cereal consumption to nutrient intake and body mass index: the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Growth and Health StudyBruce A Barton
Maryland Medical Research Institute, Baltimore 21210, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 105:1383-9. 2005..Days eating cereal was predictive of lower BMI. CONCLUSIONS: Cereal consumption as part of an overall healthful lifestyle may play a role in maintaining a healthful BMI and adequate nutrient intake among adolescent girls... - Self-reported symptoms of depression in late adolescence to early adulthood: a comparison of African-American and Caucasian femalesDebra L Franko
Department of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Adolesc Health 37:526-9. 2005..Caucasian girls' scores decreased over time, whereas scores for African-American girls were fairly consistent. Future studies are needed to examine age-specific risk factors in adolescent girls... - Development of the metabolic syndrome in black and white adolescent girls: a longitudinal assessmentJohn A Morrison
Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Pediatrics 116:1178-82. 2005..The metabolic syndrome, associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease, begins to develop during adolescence... - Fruit and vegetable intake: Few adolescent girls meet national guidelinesRuth H Striegel-Moore
Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, 207 High Street, Middletown, CT 06459, USA
Prev Med 42:223-8. 2006..To examine longitudinal changes in daily fruit and vegetable consumption among black and white adolescent girls and calculate the percent of girls who met the Healthy People 2010 recommendations... - Correlates of beverage intake in adolescent girls: the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Growth and Health StudyRuth H Striegel-Moore
Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, 207 High Street, Middletown, CT 06459 0408, USA
J Pediatr 148:183-7. 2006.... - Pubertal correlates in black and white girlsFrank M Biro
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and Division of Adolescent Medicine, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
J Pediatr 148:234-40. 2006..Since pubertal maturation is an important covariate in studies that evaluate physical and social changes that occur during the teen years, we examined pubertal parameters in a group of US girls... - Breakfast consumption by African-American and white adolescent girls correlates positively with calcium and fiber intake and negatively with body mass indexSandra G Affenito
Department of Nutrition, Saint Joseph College, West Hartford, CT, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 105:938-45. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: Dietetics professionals need to promote the importance of consuming breakfast to all children and adolescents, especially African-American girls... - Childhood overweight and cardiovascular disease risk factors: the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Growth and Health StudyDouglas R Thompson
Maryland Medical Research Institute, Baltimore, MD 21210, USA
J Pediatr 150:18-25. 2007..To estimate the prevalence and incidence of overweight in African-American and Caucasian girls, and to examine associations between adolescent overweight and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors... - Influence of intervention on beverage choices: trends in the dietary intervention study in children (DISC)Lisa Aronson Friedman
Maryland Medical Research Institute, 600 Wyndhurst Ave, Baltimore, MD 21210, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 107:586-94. 2007.... - Decline in physical activity in black girls and white girls during adolescenceSue Y S Kimm
Department of Family Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
N Engl J Med 347:709-15. 2002..Physical activity declines during adolescence, but the underlying reasons remain unknown... - Obesity development during adolescence in a biracial cohort: the NHLBI Growth and Health StudySue Y S Kimm
Department of Family Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
Pediatrics 110:e54. 2002..The purpose of this report was to examine changes in the annual prevalence rates of overweight and obesity in the NGHS cohort from ages 9 to 19 years... - A summary of results of the Dietary Intervention Study in Children (DISC): lessons learnedLinda Van Horn
Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, 680 North Lake Shore Drive, 1102, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Prog Cardiovasc Nurs 18:28-41. 2003..Highlights of key lessons learned from DISC and translational applications of potential interest to nurses and other health care providers are presented... - Macronutrient intake of black and white adolescent girls over 10 years: the NHLBI Growth and Health StudyShari S Kronsberg
Maryland Medical Research Institute, Baltimore, MD 21210, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 103:852-60. 2003.... - Obesity and the development of insulin resistance and impaired fasting glucose in black and white adolescent girls: a longitudinal studyDavid J Klein
Division of Endocrinology and Cardiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, USA
Diabetes Care 27:378-83. 2004..The development of IFG appears to be a function of the rate of increase of BMI in white girls and early obesity in black girls... - Longitudinal assessment of micronutrient intake among African-American and white girls: The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Growth and Health StudySandra G Affenito
Department of Nutrition, Saint Joseph College, West Hartford, CT, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 107:1113-23. 2007..This report describes intake of key micronutrients relative to the Dietary Reference Intakes in a sample of African-American and white girls... - Higher self-reported physical activity is associated with lower systolic blood pressure: the Dietary Intervention Study in Childhood (DISC)Samuel S Gidding
Nemours Cardiac Center, A I duPont Children s Hospital and Thomas Jefferson University, Wilmington, Delaware 19899, USA
Pediatrics 118:2388-93. 2006.... - What's love got to do with it? Family cohesion and healthy eating behaviors in adolescent girlsDebra L Franko
Department of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115 5000, USA
Int J Eat Disord 41:360-7. 2008..To examine the association between family cohesion and behaviors linked to health or overweight in adolescents... - A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of metformin treatment of weight gain associated with initiation of atypical antipsychotic therapy in children and adolescentsDavid J Klein
Division of Endocrinology, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, ML 7012, 3333 Burnet Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
Am J Psychiatry 163:2072-9. 2006..Second-generation, or atypical, antipsychotics effectively treat psychiatric illness in children and adolescents. However, weight gain and abnormalities in insulin sensitivity, including diabetes, complicate this therapy... - Metformin for weight loss in pediatric patients taking psychotropic drugsJohn A Morrison
Division of Cardiology, Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinatti, Ohio 45229, USA
Am J Psychiatry 159:655-7. 2002..Metformin was assessed as a treatment for weight gain in children taking olanzapine, risperidone, quetiapine, or valproate... - Prevalence and comorbidity of major depressive disorder in young black and white womenDebra L Franko
Department of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology, Northeastern University, 203 Lake Hall Boston, MA 02115 5000, USA
J Psychiatr Res 39:275-83. 2005..This study reports the prevalence and comorbidity of depression in two large samples of black and white young adult women... - Expanding our understanding of the relationship between negative life events and depressive symptoms in black and white adolescent girlsDebra L Franko
Department of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115 5000, USA
Psychol Med 34:1319-30. 2004..Little is known about the extent to which negative life events predict depressive symptoms in ethnically diverse groups or whether this relationship is proximal or enduring... - Measuring eating concerns in Black and White adolescent girlsDebra L Franko
Department of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115 5000, USA
Int J Eat Disord 35:179-89. 2004..Few instruments exist to measure eating concerns in adolescent girls from diverse ethnic backgrounds... - Pubertal maturation in girls and the relationship to anthropometric changes: pathways through pubertyFrank M Biro
Department of Pediatrics, Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
J Pediatr 142:643-6. 2003..We examined the relationship of the initial manifestation of puberty in girls with anthropometric measures, as well as age at menarche... - Sex hormones and the changes in adolescent male lipids: longitudinal studies in a biracial cohortJohn A Morrison
Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medial Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
J Pediatr 142:637-42. 2003..To determine the role of increasing free testosterone and estradiol in pubertal changes in male lipids... - Concern over ready-to-eat breakfast cerealsDouglas Thompson
J Am Diet Assoc 108:1617-8; author reply 1619-20. 2008
Research Grants
- Silent Cerebral Infarct Multi-Center Clinical Trial -SCCBruce Barton; Fiscal Year: 2007..We anticipate results of this study could lead to a change in standard care practices for children affected with both Sickle Cell disease and Silent Cerebral Infarcts. ..
- Occluded Artery Trial: Long-Term Follow up-Data Coordinating CenterBruce Barton; Fiscal Year: 2007..End of Abstract) ..