Topic · Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health · Medicine

Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

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3 papers

Environment-wide and epigenome-wide association study of adiposity in "Children of 1997" birth cohort

Jie V. Zhao, Bohan Fan, Jian V. Huang, Benjamin John Cowling, Shiu Lun Au Yeung, Andrea Baccarelli, Gabriel Matthew Leung, Catherine Mary Schooling

This study identifies modifiable factors and epigenetic markers associated with adiposity in adolescents from Hong Kong using EWAS and EWAS.

eLife · May 5, 2023Peer-reviewedGenetics

Relating neighborhood deprivation to childhood obesity in the ABCD Study(R): evidence for theories of neuroinflammation and neuronal stress

Shana Adise, Andrew T. Marshall, Eric Kan, Marybel R. Gonzalez, Elizabeth R. Sowell

The paper examines how neighborhood deprivation relates to childhood obesity and brain structure, supporting neuroinflammation and neuronal stress theories.

Health Psychology · Dec 5, 2022Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Body mass index trajectories and adiposity rebound during the first 6 years in Korean children: based on the National Health Information Database, 2008-2015

Il Tae Hwang, Young‐Su Ju, Hye Jin Lee, Young Suk Shim, Hwal Rim Jeong, Min Jae Kang

The paper analyzes BMI growth trajectories and adiposity rebound timing in Korean children using longitudinal data from 2008-2015, finding strong correlations between BMI at 57 months and AR timing, as well as lifestyle factors.

PLoS ONE · Oct 30, 2020Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology