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Infant weight gain and childhood overweight status in a multicenter, cohort studyNicolas Stettler
The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 4399, USA
Pediatrics 109:194-9. 2002..To determine whether a rapid rate of weight gain in early infancy is associated with overweight status in childhood...- Energy expenditure of children and adolescents with severe disabilities: a cerebral palsy modelV A Stallings
Division of Gastroenterology, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 64:627-34. 1996..The nonbasal energy expenditure, such as for physical activity and spasticity, of children with SQCP was low. The nutrition-related growth failure and abnormal pattern of REE are likely related to inadequate energy intake... 
Evidence-based practice recommendations for nutrition-related management of children and adults with cystic fibrosis and pancreatic insufficiency: results of a systematic reviewVirginia A Stallings
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, 3535 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 108:832-9. 2008..These Registry data-based recommendations are presented...- Adolescent development and energy expenditure in females with cystic fibrosisVirginia A Stallings
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Clin Nutr 24:737-45. 2005..Relationships between sexual maturity, nutrition, resting energy expenditure (REE), and pulmonary status in females with CF and pancreatic insufficiency (PI) were evaluated... - Childhood cancer and vitamins: prevention and treatmentVirginia A Stallings
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Pediatr Blood Cancer 50:442-4; discussion 451. 2008..Vitamin D has potential anti-cancer activity and vitamin D status is suboptimal in many children in North America. Each of these issues is briefly presented from a perspective of prevention and treatment of childhood cancer... - Evaluation of formulas for calculating total energy requirements of preadolescent children with cystic fibrosisJillian Trabulsi
Divisions of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 85:144-51. 2007..Care providers use one of several empirically derived formulas to calculate energy requirements, yet the validity of these formulas has seldom been tested... - Risk factors for low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations in otherwise healthy children and adolescentsFrancis L Weng
Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 86:150-8. 2007..Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] concentrations serve as a biomarker for vitamin D stores. Prior studies have not examined the risk factors for low vitamin D concentrations in a multiethnic sample of US youth across a broad age range... - Rethinking growth failure in Alagille syndrome: the role of dietary intake and steatorrheaAlisha J Rovner
Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 35:495-502. 2002..Intervention studies to increase energy and nutrient intake are needed to determine the effect of improved dietary intake on growth and nutritional status of children with AGS... - Bone area and bone mineral content deficits in children with sickle cell diseaseAnne M Buison
Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Pediatrics 116:943-9. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: Children with SCD-SS have significant deficits in WBBMC that persist despite adjustment for poor growth and decreased lean mass. These children may be at increased risk for fragility fractures and suboptimal peak bone mass... - Nutrient intake of children with intractable epilepsy compared with healthy childrenStella L Volpe
Division of Biobehavioral and Health Sciences, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 6096, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 107:1014-8. 2007..Health care professionals caring for children with intractable epilepsy should be aware of this pattern of decreased nutrient intake and educate families to provide an adequate diet and/or consider vitamin/mineral supplementation... - Fecal elastase: pancreatic status verification and influence on nutritional status in children with cystic fibrosisJacqueline R Cohen
Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 40:438-44. 2005..Children with residual FE had greater fat absorption and improved growth and nutritional status over 24 months. FE assessment should be used to verify pancreatic status in patients with cystic fibrosis... - Low vitamin D status in children with sickle cell diseaseAnne M Buison
Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, 19104, USA
J Pediatr 145:622-7. 2004..05). CONCLUSIONS: Low serum vitamin D status was highly prevalent in black children with SCD-SS. Vitamin D status was associated with season and dietary intake... - Self-assessment of sexual maturity status in children with Crohn's diseaseJoan I Schall
Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
J Pediatr 141:223-9. 2002..CONCLUSIONS: Self-assessment of SMS was a reliable and valid method in children with CD and is useful in screening for maturational delay in children with chronic disease... - Vitamin B6 status of children with sickle cell diseaseMelissa C Nelson
Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 4399, USA
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 24:463-9. 2002..The purpose of this study was to assess vitamin B(6) status of children with SCD-SS ages 3 to 20 years and determine its relationship to growth, dietary intake, and disease severity... - Secondary sexual characteristics in children with cerebral palsy and moderate to severe motor impairment: a cross-sectional surveyGordon Worley
Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
Pediatrics 110:897-902. 2002.... - Mild to moderate cystic fibrosis is not associated with increased fracture risk in children and adolescentsAlisha J Rovner
Division of Gastroenterology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
J Pediatr 147:327-31. 2005..96, 95% CI: 0.68, 1.30, P = .82). CONCLUSION: Children and adolescents with CF, PI, and mild-to-moderate lung disease were not at an increased risk of fracture... - Vitamin D insufficiency in children, adolescents, and young adults with cystic fibrosis despite routine oral supplementationAlisha J Rovner
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 86:1694-9. 2007..Cystic fibrosis (CF) with pancreatic insufficiency is associated with poor absorption of fat and fat-soluble vitamins, including vitamin D. Pancreatic enzyme supplementation does not completely correct fat malabsorption in CF patients... - Parental feeding attitudes and styles and child body mass index: prospective analysis of a gene-environment interactionMyles S Faith
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Pediatrics 114:e429-36. 2004..Parental feeding styles were linked to child weight in cross-sectional studies, which were unable to test the direction of effect. Prospective studies can best establish causal relationships among such variables... - Weight gain in the first week of life and overweight in adulthood: a cohort study of European American subjects fed infant formulaNicolas Stettler
Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, 36th St and Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104 4399, USA
Circulation 111:1897-903. 2005..Rapid infancy weight gain is associated with childhood obesity, whereas low infancy weight is associated with coronary heart disease. Our aim was to identify during which periods in infancy weight gain is associated with adult obesity... - Resting energy expenditure is not increased in prepubertal children with Alagille syndromeAlisha J Rovner
Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
J Pediatr 148:680-2. 2006..We evaluated 16 subjects with AGS and 37 healthy controls and did not find a significant difference in REE (101% +/- 12%, 105% +/- 13%, respectively)... - Growth of children at high risk of obesity during the first 6 y of life: implications for preventionRobert I Berkowitz
Departments of Psychiatry and the Division of GI and Nutrition, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 81:140-6. 2005..The contribution of familial factors to adiposity in children is poorly understood... 
Leptin levels among prepubertal children with Down syndrome compared with their siblingsSheela N Magge
Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
J Pediatr 152:321-6. 2008....- Vitamin D status in children, adolescents, and young adults with Crohn diseaseTimothy A Sentongo
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Children s Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60614, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 76:1077-81. 2002..Crohn disease (CD) and vitamin D deficiency are associated with decreased bone mineralization... - Vitamin D status in children and young adults with perinatally acquired HIV infectionRichard Rutstein
Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of General Pediatrics, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Clin Nutr 30:624-8. 2011..To assess vitamin D (Vit-D) [serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OHD) concentrations] in children and young adults with perinatally acquired HIV compared to geographically similar healthy children... - Deficits in bone mineral content in children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis are related to height deficitsAndrea Kelly
Division of Endocrinology Diabetes, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
J Clin Densitom 11:581-9. 2008..BMC deficits are related to altered body size, reduced LBM, and pulmonary function in children with CF. Interventions targeting improved growth, muscle mass, and pulmonary function may benefit bone health in CF... - Growth and health in children with moderate-to-severe cerebral palsyRichard D Stevenson
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Kluge Children s Rehabilitation Center and Research Institute, 2270 Ivy Rd, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA
Pediatrics 118:1010-8. 2006..The purpose of this study was to describe observed growth patterns and their relationship to health and social participation in a representative sample of children with moderate-severe cerebral palsy... - Energy balance and the accuracy of reported energy intake in preadolescent children with cystic fibrosisJillian Trabulsi
Division of Gastroenterology, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 84:523-30. 2006..Suboptimal growth and nutritional status are common among children with cystic fibrosis (CF) and pancreatic insufficiency (PI). A better understanding of energy balance is required to improve prevention and treatment of malnutrition... - Meal patterns, dietary fat intake and pancreatic enzyme use in preadolescent children with cystic fibrosisJoan I Schall
Division of Gastroenterology, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 43:651-9. 2006..To describe the usual pattern of intake and adherence to cystic fibrosis (CF) food and pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) recommendations in preadolescent children with CF and pancreatic insufficiency (PI)... - Suboptimal vitamin K status despite supplementation in children and young adults with cystic fibrosisKelly A Dougherty
Department of Pediatrics, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 92:660-7. 2010..For children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis (CF) and pancreatic insufficiency, the efficacy of routine vitamin K supplementation to normalize vitamin K status remains unclear... - Vitamin D status in children with intractable epilepsy, and impact of the ketogenic dietA G Christina Bergqvist
Division of Neurology, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Pediatrics and Neurology, University of Pannsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Epilepsia 48:66-71. 2007..The aim of this study was to describe vitamin D status in children with intractable epilepsy prescribed newer antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) before initiation of and during 15-month treatment with the ketogenic diet (KD)... - Genetic factors are important determinants of impaired growth after infant cardiac surgeryNancy Burnham
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Center, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 140:144-9. 2010..We sought to estimate the prevalence and identify the predictors of impaired growth after infant cardiac surgery... - Effects of delayed pubertal development, nutritional status, and disease severity on longitudinal patterns of growth failure in children with sickle cell diseaseBabette S Zemel
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
Pediatr Res 61:607-13. 2007..Growth failure and maturational delay remain significant chronic problems in children with SCD-SS and are related to potentially modifiable factors such as nutritional status... - Adequacy of dietary intake declines with age in children with sickle cell diseaseDeborah A Kawchak
Nutrition and Growth Laboratory, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 107:843-8. 2007..Dietary intake was particularly poor in adolescents. Efforts are needed to ensure dietary adequacy in children with sickle cell disease, type SS and to understand the etiology of poor dietary intake... - Identification of an obese eating style in 4-year-old children born at high and low risk for obesityRobert I Berkowitz
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 18:505-12. 2010..Thus, a rapid eating style, characterized by increased mouthfuls of food/min, may be a behavioral marker for the development of childhood obesity... - Vitamin A intake and elevated serum retinol levels in children and young adults with cystic fibrosisAsim Maqbool
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
J Cyst Fibros 7:137-41. 2008..Individuals with cystic fibrosis (CF) and pancreatic insufficiency (PI) are at risk for fat-soluble vitamin deficiency, including vitamin A. Recent evidence suggests current practices of vitamin A intake results in elevated serum retinol... - Sex-based prevalence of growth faltering in an urban pediatric populationAdda Grimberg
Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
J Pediatr 154:567-572.e2. 2009..To determine the sex-based prevalence of growth faltering in a pediatric primary care setting... - Progressive bone mineral content loss in children with intractable epilepsy treated with the ketogenic dietA G Christina Bergqvist
Division of Neurology, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 88:1678-84. 2008..The ketogenic diet (KD) is a high-fat, low-carbohydrate, and protein diet that effectively treats intractable epilepsy (IE)... - Growth failure in children with intractable epilepsy is not due to increased resting energy expenditureA G Christina Bergqvist
Division of Neurology, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Dev Med Child Neurol 50:439-44. 2008..016). In children with IE, energy intake was also a statistically significant predictor of REE. CP largely explained the suboptimal growth status and lower REE of children with IE compared with healthy children... - Effect of zinc supplementation on growth and body composition in children with sickle cell diseaseBabette S Zemel
Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, 19104 4399, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 75:300-7. 2002..Poor growth and delayed maturation in children with sickle cell disease (SCD) may be due, in part, to mild zinc deficiency... - Serum linoleic acid status as a clinical indicator of essential fatty acid status in children with cystic fibrosisAsim Maqbool
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 47:635-44. 2008..Children with cystic fibrosis (CF) and pancreatic insufficiency (PI) are at increased risk for essential fatty acid (EFA) deficiency... - Update on fat-soluble vitamins in cystic fibrosisAsim Maqbool
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Curr Opin Pulm Med 14:574-81. 2008..We review and critique recent scientific advances in the understanding of fat-soluble vitamins and the care of people with cystic fibrosis... - Elevated vitamin A intake and serum retinol in preadolescent children with cystic fibrosisRose C Graham-Maar
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104 4399, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 84:174-82. 2006..Long-standing vitamin A supplementation may increase the risk of vitamin A toxicity... - Plasma zinc and growth status in preadolescent children with cystic fibrosisAsim Maqbool
Divisions of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 43:95-101. 2006..To investigate plasma zinc status in relation to dietary and supplemental zinc intake, growth and pulmonary status in preadolescent children with cystic fibrosis (CF) and pancreatic insufficiency (PI)... - Body-composition alterations consistent with cachexia in children and young adults with Crohn diseaseJon M Burnham
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Rheumatology, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 82:413-20. 2005..Crohn disease (CD) in children is associated with low body mass index (BMI), poor growth, and delayed maturation; alterations in lean and fat mass, however, are poorly characterized... - Vitamin A status, hospitalizations, and other outcomes in young children with sickle cell diseaseJoan I Schall
Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, 19104, USA
J Pediatr 145:99-106. 2004..To determine the relation of serum vitamin A status to growth, nutritional and hematologic status, and to the number of hospitalizations in children with sickle cell disease-SS (homozygous for the S allele, SCD-SS)... - Long-term, high-dose glucocorticoids and bone mineral content in childhood glucocorticoid-sensitive nephrotic syndromeMary B Leonard
Department of Pediatrics, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
N Engl J Med 351:868-75. 2004..We determined the effects of long-term treatment with glucocorticoids on bone mineral content in children with glucocorticoid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome, a disorder with minimal known independent effects on bone... - Rapid weight gain during infancy and obesity in young adulthood in a cohort of African AmericansNicolas Stettler
Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 19104, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 77:1374-8. 2003..Obesity is increasing in the United States. Evidence-based prevention is a public health priority and should target well-defined risk factors and critical periods... - Selenium deficiency associated with cardiomyopathy: a complication of the ketogenic dietA G Christina Bergqvist
Division of Neurology, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Epilepsia 44:618-20. 2003..The KD is known to be deficient in most vitamins and minerals and may be deficient in trace minerals. We report biochemical selenium deficiency in nine patients on the KD, including one who developed cardiomyopathy... - Fasting versus gradual initiation of the ketogenic diet: a prospective, randomized clinical trial of efficacyA G Christina Bergqvist
Division of Neurology, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
Epilepsia 46:1810-9. 2005..The purpose of the study was to compare the efficacy of a gradual KD initiation with the standard KD initiation preceded by a 24- to 48-h fast... - Medically underserved girls receive less evaluation for short statureAdda Grimberg
Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Pediatrics 127:696-702. 2011..To determine if gender is associated with diagnostic evaluation by primary care pediatricians caring for children with growth-faltering... - Vitamin E status in children with cystic fibrosis and pancreatic insufficiencyShirley H Huang
Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4399, USA
J Pediatr 148:556-559. 2006.... - Statistical validation of air-displacement plethysmography for body composition assessment in childrenRichard F Ittenbach
Biostatistics and Data Management Core, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, PA 19104, USA
Ann Hum Biol 33:187-201. 2006..Existing validation studies of air-displacement plethysmography (ADP) have been based on small, narrowly defined samples, using simple linear regression or Bland-Altman analyses... - Clinical and genetic correlates of exercise performance in young children with cystic fibrosisMichael G McBride
Division of Cardiology, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Percept Mot Skills 110:995-1009. 2010..Rather, the extent of pulmonary disease and undernutrition were associated with functional performance... - Whole body BMC in pediatric Crohn disease: independent effects of altered growth, maturation, and body compositionJon M Burnham
Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania, 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
J Bone Miner Res 19:1961-8. 2004..Adjustment for lean mass eliminated the bone deficit in CD. Steroid exposure was associated with short stature but not bone deficits relative to height... - Revised pediatric reference data for the lateral distal femur measured by Hologic Discovery/Delphi dual-energy X-ray absorptiometryBabette S Zemel
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104 4399, USA
J Clin Densitom 12:207-18. 2009.... - Attenuated maximal muscle strength and peak power in children with sickle cell diseaseKelly A Dougherty
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 33:93-7. 2011.... - Child-feeding practices in children with down syndrome and their siblingsJustine Shults
Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, 19104, USA
J Pediatr 146:234-8. 2005..Perceived child overweight and concern were positively associated with BMIZ, whereas pressure was inversely associated with BMIZ. CONCLUSIONS: Differences in child-feeding practices may play a role in the development of obesity in DS... - Age, sex, ethnicity, body composition, and resting energy expenditure of obese African American and white children and adolescentsAndrew M Tershakovec
Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 75:867-71. 2002..Differences in bone density and trunk lean body mass may account for some of these measured differences in REE... - Randomized clinical trial of behavioral intervention and nutrition education to improve caloric intake and weight in children with cystic fibrosisLori J Stark
Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 163:915-21. 2009.... - Daily food intake in relation to dietary energy density in the free-living environment: a prospective analysis of children born at different risk of obesityTanja V E Kral
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 86:41-7. 2007..Young children adjust their short-term intake in response to variations in energy density (ED; kcal/g) from preloads in laboratory studies. It remains unknown whether this compensation also occurs under free-living conditions... - Methodological agreement between two-compartment body-composition methods in childrenAnne M Buison
Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
Am J Hum Biol 18:470-80. 2006..Further development of body-composition techniques for young children need to account for variability in age, gender, and level of fatness... - Eating in the absence of hunger: a genetic marker for childhood obesity in prepubertal boys?Myles S Faith
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 14:131-8. 2006..The primary aim of this study was to compare children born at high vs. low risk for obesity with respect to EAH at 5 years of age... - Quantifying calcium intake in school age children: development and validation of the Calcium Counts! food frequency questionnaireBabette S Zemel
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, 3535 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Am J Hum Biol 22:180-6. 2010..The CCFFQ is especially well-suited as a tool to identify children with low calcium intakes... - Interpretation of whole body dual energy X-ray absorptiometry measures in children: comparison with peripheral quantitative computed tomographyMary B Leonard
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Bone 34:1044-52. 2004..Therefore, normalizing whole body DXA bone area for height and BMC for height provided the best measures of bone dimensions and strength. DXA BMC normalized for bone area and lean mass were poor indicators of bone strength... - Beverage consumption patterns of children born at different risk of obesityTanja V E Kral
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:1802-8. 2008..Increased intake of sugar-sweetened beverages and fruit juice has been associated with overweight in children... - Cardiovascular disease risk factor (CVDRF) associated waist circumference patterns in obese-prone childrenKaren L Leibowitz
The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 4399, USA
Int J Pediatr Obes 4:150-9. 2009.... - Deficits in size-adjusted bone mass in children with Alagille syndromeIrene E Olsen
Center for Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Division of Neonatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Cente, The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 40:76-82. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: Children with AGS have deficits in bone size and bone mass relative to body size. Modifiable factors, such as treatment of malabsorption should be explored as an early focus of AGS care to prevent bone fragility... - Gender, death and cystic fibrosis: is energy expenditure a component?Virginia A Stallings
J Pediatr 142:4-6. 2003 - Relationship of nutritional status to health and societal participation in children with cerebral palsyLisa Samson-Fang
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA
J Pediatr 141:637-43. 2002..Further studies are needed to determine the nature of these associations and how to manage nutrition in children with CP to optimize growth and health outcomes... - Markers of bone turnover are associated with growth and development in young subjects with sickle cell anemiaEllen B Fung
Department of Hematology, The Children s Hospital and Research Center, Oakland, California, USA
Pediatr Blood Cancer 50:620-3. 2008..Markers of bone turnover correlated with growth velocity and pubertal development but not with changes in bone mass... - Bone density and metabolism in children and adolescents with moderate to severe cerebral palsyRichard C Henderson
Department of Orthopaedics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
Pediatrics 110:e5. 2002..The purpose of this study was to provide a detailed evaluation of bone mineral density (BMD) and metabolism in this population and to assess the relationship of these measures to multiple other clinical, growth, and nutrition variables... - High risk of vitamin D deficiency in children with sickle cell diseaseAlisha J Rovner
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Rockville, MD, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 108:1512-6. 2008..However, children with SCD-SS were at greater risk for vitamin D deficiency than healthy African-American children... - Body composition in children with sickle cell diseaseElizabeth M Barden
Department of Public Health, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 76:218-25. 2002..These body-composition abnormalities suggest that the nutritional needs of the African American children with SCD were not being met... - Gastrointestinal outcomes and confounders in cystic fibrosisDrucy Borowitz
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 41:273-85. 2005 - Feeding dysfunction is associated with poor growth and health status in children with cerebral palsyEllen B Fung
Department of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Children's Hospital Oakland, CA 94609, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 102:361-73. 2002..Parental report of feeding dysfunction with a structured questionnaire may be useful in screening children for nutritional risk... - Brief report: parent perspectives of nutritional status and mealtime behaviors in children with sickle cell diseaseMonica J Mitchell
Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, USA
J Pediatr Psychol 29:315-20. 2004..To qualitatively evaluate parent perspectives of eating problems, nutritional status, and the potential for nutritional intervention in children with sickle cell disease (SCD)... - Adult obesity and growth in childhood. Association of birth weight with adult weight is confounded by maternal body mass indexNicolas Stettler
BMJ 324:674. 2002 - Nutrition: role in health and therapyVirginia A Stallings
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1054:522. 2005
Research Grants
- NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF CF PULMONARY DISEASEVirginia Stallings; Fiscal Year: 2001..These data will provide the scientific basis for early and effective nutritional intervention to promote normal growth and body composition as standard CF care. ..
- NUTRITION IN SICKLE CELL DISEASEVirginia Stallings; Fiscal Year: 2002..These three projects will be first of their kind in determining whether nutrition intervention improves growth, nutritional status and dietary intake in children with sickle cell disease. ..
- Safe and Effective Vitamin D Supplementation in HIVVirginia A Stallings; Fiscal Year: 2010..Inexpensive and easy to administer, vitamin D supplementation may prove to be an effective and feasible treatment for symptoms and prevention of side effects for people of all ages living with HIV/AIDS in the US and around the world. ..