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Influence of the home environment on the development of obesity in childrenR S Strauss
Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903, USA
Pediatrics 103:e85. 1999..Obesity is the most common health problem facing children. The most recent data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III suggest that 22% of children and adolescents are overweight and that 11% are obese...
Childhood obesityRichard S Strauss
Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
Pediatr Clin North Am 49:175-201. 2002....
Epidemic increase in childhood overweight, 1986-1998R S Strauss
Childhood Weight Control Program, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, One Robert Wood Johnson Place, CN 19, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA
JAMA 286:2845-8. 2001..Data for adults suggest that overweight prevalence has increased by more than 50% in the last 10 years. Data for children also suggest that the prevalence of overweight continues to increase rapidly...
Smoking and weight loss attempts in overweight and normal-weight adolescentsR S Strauss
Department of Pediatrics, UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903 0019, USA
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 25:1381-5. 2001..To explore the relationship between smoking and dieting in a cross-sectional nationally representative sample of young adolescents...
Psychosocial correlates of physical activity in healthy childrenR S Strauss
Childhood Weight Control Program, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School UMDNJ, One Robert Wood Johnson Place, New Brunswick, NJ 08903 0019
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 155:897-902. 2001..Understanding the determinants of physical activity in children is critical for the treatment and prevention of childhood obesity. Social-cognitive theory has been used to understand behavioral patterns in children...
Adult functional outcome of those born small for gestational age: twenty-six-year follow-up of the 1970 British Birth CohortR S Strauss
Department of Pediatrics, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine, New Brunswick 08903 0019, USA
JAMA 283:625-32. 2000..The need exists for long-term studies of such children to assess functional outcomes not measurable with standardized testing...
Childhood obesity and self-esteemR S Strauss
Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
Pediatrics 105:e15. 2000..In addition, the social and emotional effects of decreased self-esteem in obese children are unknown...
Comparison of measured and self-reported weight and height in a cross-sectional sample of young adolescentsR S Strauss
Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine, New Brunswick 08903, USA
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 23:904-8. 1999..To explore the relationship between self-reported weight and height to actual weight and height in a cross-sectional nationally representative sample of young adolescents...
Social marginalization of overweight childrenRichard S Strauss
Department of Pediatrics, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine, New Brunswick, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 157:746-52. 2003..Although the correlation among overweight, low self-esteem, and depression is well known, social isolation among overweight children and adolescents has not been studied...
Chronic abdominal pain and depressive symptoms: analysis of the national longitudinal study of adolescent healthNader N Youssef
Center for Pediatric Irritable Bowel and Motility Disorders, Goryeb Childrens Hospital at Atlantic Health, Morristown, New Jersey, USA
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 6:329-32. 2008..Abdominal pain is common in adolescence. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of depressive symptoms in a large cohort of patients with frequent abdominal pain...
Environmental tobacco smoke and serum vitamin C levels in childrenR S Strauss
Department of Pediatrics, UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903 0019, USA
Pediatrics 107:540-2. 2001..The association of ETS to serum ascorbic acid in children is unknown...
Self-reported weight status and dieting in a cross-sectional sample of young adolescents: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey IIIR S Strauss
Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine, New Brunswick 08903, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 153:741-7. 1999..To explore the relationship of self-reported weight status and dieting to actual weight and height in a cross-sectional nationally representative sample of young adolescents...
Gastric bypass surgery in adolescents with morbid obesityR S Strauss
Department of Pediatrics, St Peter's University Hospital, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903-0019, USA
J Pediatr 138:499-504. 2001..The procedure was well tolerated, with few unanticipated side effects. Gastric bypass remains a last resort option for severely obese adolescents for whom other dietary and behavioral approaches to weight loss have been unsuccessful...
Self-reported height and weight and the definition of obesity in epidemiological studiesElizabeth Goodman
J Adolesc Health 33:140-1; author reply 141-2. 2003
