Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Tinu M. Samuel, Mickael Hartweg, Jowena D. Lebumfacil, Katherine B. Buluran, Rachel B. Lawenko, Elvira M. Estorninos, Aristea Binia, Norbert Sprenger
Summary: This study examines the role of human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) in infant growth and appetitive traits, finding modest associations between certain HMOs and infant growth parameters. These findings suggest that specific HMOs, as proxies for milk groups, may be associated with head circumference and length, particularly in populations at the lower end of the WHO growth curve.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Meixi Liu, Chunguang Yi, Tianying Chang, Di Zou, Shoulin Zhang
Summary: This study investigated the relationship between weight gain and IgA nephropathy (IgAN) in the Asian population, and conducted a meta-analysis of associated risk factors. The results will provide more insights and treatment options for the prevention and treatment of IgAN in the future.
Article
Oncology
Sofia Christakoudi, Panagiota Pagoni, Pietro Ferrari, Amanda J. Cross, Ioanna Tzoulaki, David C. Muller, Elisabete Weiderpass, Heinz Freisling, Neil Murphy, Laure Dossus, Renee Turzanski Fortner, Antonio Agudo, Kim Overvad, Aurora Perez-Cornago, Timothy J. Key, Paul Brennan, Mattias Johansson, Anne Tjonneland, Jytte Halkjaer, Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault, Fanny Artaud, Gianluca Severi, Rudolf Kaaks, Matthias B. Schulze, Manuela M. Bergmann, Giovanna Masala, Sara Grioni, Vittorio Simeon, Rosario Tumino, Carlotta Sacerdote, Guri Skeie, Charlotta Rylander, Kristin Benjaminsen Borch, J. Ramon Quiros, Miguel Rodriguez-Barranco, Maria-Dolores Chirlaque, Eva Ardanaz, Pilar Amiano, Isabel Drake, Tanja Stocks, Christel Haggstrom, Sophia Harlid, Merete Ellingjord-Dale, Elio Riboli, Konstantinos K. Tsilidis
Summary: The study found that weight gain in middle adulthood was positively associated with multiple cancers, supporting avoiding weight gain and encouraging weight loss.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER
(2021)
Review
Nutrition & Dietetics
Junxiang Miao, Yan Chen, Xiaoling Liu, Changxiang Ye, Xuan Zhou, Ziqi Yang, Ziqiang Gong, Lizhang Chen, Tingting Wang
Summary: This research conducted a systematic and comprehensive meta-analysis to determine the association between maternal body mass index (BMI) and gestational weight gain (GWG) and the risk of cancer in offspring. The results suggest that high GWG may increase the risk of total cancer in offspring, while low GWG is not associated with the risk. There is no significant association between maternal underweight, overweight/obesity, and the risk of total cancer in offspring. Further research is needed to clarify the potential relevance of maternal BMI and GWG on offspring cancer, especially for specific cancers.
Article
Immunology
Rebecca A. Abelman, Thuy Trang J. Nguyen, Yifei Ma, Peter Bacchetti, Geralyn Messerlian, Audrey L. French, Anjali Sharma, Howard Minkoff, Michael Plankey, Carl Grunfeld, Phyllis C. Tien
Summary: Menopausal transition in women with HIV (WWH) was associated with BMI and WC trajectories that were mostly negative and opposite from women without HIV (WWOH), after adjusting for age, indicating that HIV may blunt weight gain during the menopausal transition.
CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Kevin C. Mathias, Yuchen Wu, Donald F. Stewart, Denise L. Smith
Summary: This study found that younger firefighters tend to gain weight more significantly compared to older firefighters, with younger firefighters also being more likely to gain weight and less likely to lose weight. Smaller weight gains were associated with age and BMI, with the smallest increases observed in overweight and obese firefighters over 45 years old.
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Gabriela Milhassi Vedovato, Sofia Vilela, Milton Severo, Sara Rodrigues, Carla Lopes, Andreia Oliveira
Summary: The study found that there was a level of stability in ultra-processed food consumption between ages 4 and 7, and consumption at 4 years old was associated with appetitive traits at 7 years old and BMI at 10 years old. However, appetitive traits were not powerful mediators of the association between consumption at 4 years old and BMI at 10 years old.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Anna Faldt, Sahar Nejat, Sofia Edvinsson Sollander, Natalie Durbeej, Anton Holmgren
Summary: A study found that overweight and obesity increased among 3- and 4-year-old children in Sweden during the COVID-19 pandemic. This was especially pronounced in children attending child health centers in lower socioeconomic areas. It highlights the need for efforts to prevent childhood obesity, particularly in disadvantaged areas, due to the potential negative impact of the pandemic on health behaviors in Swedish preschool children.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
Review
Nutrition & Dietetics
Dimitra Rafailia Bakaloudi, Rocco Barazzoni, Stephan C. Bischoff, Joao Breda, Kremlin Wickramasinghe, Michail Chourdakis
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting lockdowns have significantly impacted people's lifestyles and eating habits. Studies have shown that during the lockdown period, there was an overall increase in body weight and BMI, particularly among younger individuals, while older adults may experience weight loss.
CLINICAL NUTRITION
(2022)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Gregorio Scerrino, Giuseppe Salamone, Alessandro Corigliano, Pierina Richiusa, Maria Pia Proclama, Stefano Radellini, Gianfranco Cocorullo, Giuseppina Orlando, Giuseppina Melfa, Nunzia Cinzia Paladino
Summary: Thyroidectomy may lead to weight gain and asthenia, with weight gain mainly related to changes in habits after surgery and asthenia possibly linked to unclear endocrine mechanisms.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Pablo Dominguez-Castano, Amanda Marchi Maiorano, Jose Eduardo Silva Lopes, Matheus Henrique Vargas de Oliveira, Andre Michel Castilhos, Josineudson Augusto II Vasconcelos Silva
Summary: Evaluating traits for increasing production efficiency is important in beef production systems. The mouth size (MS) score is an easily measurable and implementable trait. Our study found that MS in Nelore cattle is heritable and positively associated with growth traits. Animals with larger mouth size have higher weight at weaning and greater weight gain on pasture. Further research is needed to explore the complexity of MS score and its inclusion in breeding programs.
JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Pediatrics
Daniele Tessaris, Patrizia Matarazzo, Gerdi Tuli, Antonella Tuscano, Ivana Rabbone, Alessandra Spinardi, Antonella Lezo, Giorgia Fenocchio, Raffaele Buganza, Luisa de Sanctis
Summary: A multidisciplinary approach was used to treat overweight or obese children and adolescents with hypothalamic disease, leading to a significant reduction in weight gain and stabilization of weight and BMI standard deviation scores over a 6-month period. Patients treated with metformin also showed improved weight outcomes. Further analysis and longer follow-up are needed to confirm these initial results.
Review
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Jixing Zhou, Fu Zhang, Shanshan Zhang, Peixuan Li, Xiaoyun Qin, Mengting Yang, Yuzhu Teng, Kun Huang
Summary: The timing of daughter's puberty onset is influenced by maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) and gestational weight gain (GWG). Maternal overall overweight/obesity and excessive GWG are associated with earlier pubertal development in daughters. This study provides evidence of the prenatal factors that affect the onset of puberty in offspring.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Kerri N. Boutelle, Dawn M. Eichen, Carol B. Peterson, David R. Strong, Dong-Jin Eastern Kang-Sim, Cheryl L. Rock, Bess H. Marcus
Summary: The study found that the Regulation of Cues (ROC) intervention and ROC combined with Behavioral Weight Loss (BWL) (ROC+) provide alternative weight loss approaches for adults. These models could be particularly effective for individuals who struggle with food responsiveness (FR) and can be used as a precision approach for weight loss.
Article
Business
Rajagopal Raghunathan, Deepa Chandrasekaran
Summary: This research introduces a previously undocumented attitude related to food wastage, termed food-waste-aversion, and develops a 6-item scale to measure this attitude. The study provides evidence of convergent validity by correlating the food-waste-aversion scale with related constructs and BMI, as well as discriminant validity by distinguishing it from general waste aversion and meal-cessation rules.
JOURNAL OF CONSUMER PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Pediatrics
Farah Qureshi, Izzuddin M. Aris, Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman, Wei Perng, Emily Oken, Janet Rich-Edwards, Andres Cardenas, Andrea A. Baccarelli, Michelle Bosquet Enlow, Mandy B. Belfort, Henning Tiemeier
Summary: This study investigated the association between leukocyte telomere length (LTL) at birth and markers of adiposity growth linked with cardiometabolic health later in life. The results suggest that LTL may be an early biomarker of altered adiposity growth, with shorter LTL being related to a later age of peak BMI for females and an earlier age of BMI rebound for both males and females.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Shirong Cai, Desiree Y. Phua, Elaine K. H. Tham, Daniel Y. T. Goh, Oon H. Teoh, Lynette P. C. Shek, Kok H. Tan, Fabian Yap, Yap-Seng Chong, Helen Chen, Birit F. P. Broekman, Michael S. Kramer, Michael J. Meaney
Summary: Perinatal depression and anxiety are common and associated with sleep problems in the offspring. Our study examined the associations of maternal mental health with infant sleep during the first year of life. Poorer mid-pregnancy, but not postpartum, maternal mental health was associated with longer wake after sleep onset duration across the first year of life. Poor maternal mental health during mid-pregnancy is linked to longer period of night awakening in the offspring during infancy.
JOURNAL OF SLEEP RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Shirong Cai, Elaine Kwang Hsia Tham, Hai-Yan Xu, Xiuju Fu, Rick Siow Mong Goh, Peter D. Gluckman, Yap-Seng Chong, Fabian Yap, Lynette Pei-Chi Shek, Oon Hoe Teoh, Joshua J. Gooley, Daniel Yam-Thiam Goh, Michael J. Meaney, Nora Schneider, Anne Rifkin-Graboi, Birit F. P. Broekman
Summary: This study examines the association between different trajectories of reported sleep duration and early childhood cognition. The results show that compared to short variable night sleep trajectory, a long consistent night sleep trajectory is associated with higher cognition scores. Moderate/long consistent night sleep trajectories are also associated with higher verbal and composite scores. Children with a long consistent total sleep trajectory have higher cognition and expressive language scores. A moderate consistent total sleep trajectory is associated with higher language and verbal scores relative to a short variable total trajectory. Children with a long variable day sleep have lower cognition and fine motor scores.
Article
Allergy
Rachel L. Miller, Holly Schuh, Aruna Chandran, Izzuddin M. Aris, Casper Bendixsen, Jeffrey Blossom, Carrie Breton, Carlos A. Camargo Jr, Glorisa Canino, Kecia N. Carroll, Sarah Commodore, Jose F. Cordero, Dana M. Dabelea, Assiamira Ferrara, Rebecca C. Fry, Jody M. Ganiban, James E. Gern, Frank D. Gilliland, Diane R. Gold, Rima Habre, Marion E. Hare, Robyn N. Harte, Tina Hartert, Kohei Hasegawa, Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey, Daniel J. Jackson, Christine Joseph, Jean M. Kerver, Haejin Kim, Augusto A. Litonjua, Carmen J. Marsit, Cindy McEvoy, Eneida A. Mendonca, Paul E. Moore, Flory L. Nkoy, Thomas G. O'Connor, Emily Oken, Dennis Ownby, Matthew Perzanowski, Katherine Rivera-Spoljaric, Patrick H. Ryan, Anne Marie Singh, Joseph B. Stanford, Rosalind J. Wright, Robert O. Wright, Antonella Zanobetti, Edward Zoratti, Christine C. Johnson
Summary: This study found that the incidence rates of asthma with recurrent exacerbations (ARE) are influenced by time, geography, age, race and ethnicity, sex, and parental history. Children aged 2-4 years, Hispanic Black and non-Hispanic Black children, and those with a parental history of asthma had the highest rates of ARE.
JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY
(2023)
Letter
Allergy
Zhao Xiang Choa, Gaik Chin Yap, Ruochen Du, Evelyn Xiu Ling Loo, Anne Eng Neo Goh, Oon Hoe Teoh, Hugo P. S. Van Bever, Lynette Pei-Chi Shek, Bee Wah Lee, Kok Hian Tan, Keith M. Godfrey, Johan Gunnar Eriksson, Yap Seng Chong, Shiao Yng Chan, Elizabeth Huiwen Tham
PEDIATRIC ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Pediatrics
Delicia Shu Qin Ooi, Siong Gim Ong, Jace Ming Xuan Chia, Yvonne Yijuan Lim, Cindy Wei Li Ho, Veronica Tay, K. Vijaya, Kah Yin Loke, Andrew Anjian Sng, Konstadina Griva, Yung Seng Lee
Summary: This study compared health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and psychosocial outcomes between children with metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) and metabolically unhealthy obesity (MUO) using validated questionnaires. The results showed that children with MUO and prior knowledge of existing metabolic conditions had lower HRQoL, higher depression, and stress than children with MHO. Additionally, the metabolic health status of fathers was found to influence HRQoL in children with MUO.
PEDIATRIC RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Jun S. Lai, Marjorelee T. Colega, Keith M. Godfrey, Kok Hian Tan, Fabian Yap, Yap Seng Chong, Yung Seng Lee, Johan G. Eriksson, Shiao-Yng Chan, Mary F. F. Chong
Summary: Adopting a healthy diet during and after pregnancy is important for women's cardiometabolic health. Changes in diet quality from pregnancy to 6 years postpregnancy were related to cardiometabolic markers 8 years postpregnancy in a study of 652 women. Improving or preventing a decline in diet quality postpregnancy may improve lipid profile and insulin resistance.
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Jaz Lyons-Reid, Leigh C. Ward, Jose G. B. Derraik, Mya Thway-Tint, Cathriona R. Monnard, J. Manuel Ramos Nieves, Benjamin B. Albert, Timothy Kenealy, Keith M. Godfrey, Shiao-Yng Chan, Wayne S. Cutfield
Summary: The lack of validated equations for bioimpedance measurements in preschool children limits their application in measuring body composition accurately.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman, Izzuddin M. Aris, Karen M. Switkowski, Jessica Young, Abby F. Fleisch, Tamarra James-Todd, Ami R. Zota, Wei Perng, Marie-France Hivert, Janet W. Rich-Edwards, Melissa Perez Capotosto, Jorge E. Chavarro, Emily Oken
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Jia Zhu, Anders U. Eliasen, Izzuddin M. Aris, Sara E. Stinson, Jens-Christian Holm, Torben Hansen, Marie-France Hivert, Klaus Bonnelykke, Rany M. Salem, Joel N. Hirschhorn, Yee-Ming Chan
Summary: Genetic risk factors for PCOS are associated with alterations in metabolic, growth, and developmental traits in childhood.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
(2023)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Jun S. Lai, Keith M. Godfrey, Choon Nam Ong, Kok Hian Tan, Fabian Yap, Yap Seng Chong, Jerry K. Y. Chan, Shiao-Yng Chan, Mary F. -F. Chong
Summary: This study examined the associations between perinatal plasma carotenoids and E vitamers concentrations and glycemia, insulin resistance, and gestational and type 2 diabetes mellitus in GUSTO women. The findings suggest that higher concentrations of alpha- and beta-carotene and lutein may be beneficial for gestational fasting glycemia, while higher concentrations of vitamin E may increase gestational and post-pregnancy glycemia.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
V. Vien Lee, Smrithi Vijayakumar, Wei Ying Ng, Ni Yin Lau, Qiao Ying Leong, Delicia Shu Qin Ooi, Lin Lin Su, Yung Seng Lee, Shiao-Yng Chan, Agata Blasiak, Dean Ho
Summary: This study aimed to understand the needs and expectations of women before, during and after pregnancy for digital health interventions (DHIs) in order to inform and optimize future DHI developments. Through interviews and thematic analysis, personalization and localization of DHIs emerged as key concepts, with corresponding themes and subthemes identified.
NPJ DIGITAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Anne H. Y. Chu, Natarajan Padmapriya, Shuen Lin Tan, Claire Marie J. L. Goh, Yap-Seng Chong, Lynette P. Shek, Kok Hian Tan, Peter D. Gluckman, Fabian K. P. Yap, Yung Seng Lee, See Ling Loy, Jerry K. Y. Chan, Keith M. Godfrey, Johan G. Eriksson, Shiao-Yng Chan, Jonathan Y. Bernard, Falk Muller-Riemenschneider
Summary: This study examined longitudinal changes in physical activity and sedentary behavior patterns from preconception to postpartum. The findings showed that walking time increased during late pregnancy, while vigorous-intensity physical activity and moderate to vigorous physical activity decreased but partially returned to preconception levels postpartum. Sedentary time remained stable during pregnancy but decreased postpartum. Individual characteristics such as ethnicity, body mass index, employment, parity, and self-rated general health significantly influenced women's activity patterns.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY & HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Guan Yuan Loh, Terence Buan Kiong Chua, Kok Hian Tan, Benny Kai Guo Loo, Phaik Ling Quah, Michael Yong Hwa Chia
Summary: This study examines the prevalence of Singapore infants and toddlers who meet the new activity guidelines and its association with well-being. The results show that infants who meet more guidelines have a higher level of well-being, but the number of guidelines met is not associated with well-being.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY & HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Biology
Yeshe M. Kway, Kashthuri Thirumurugan, Navin Michael, Kok Hian Tan, Keith M. Godfrey, Peter Gluckman, Yap Seng Chong, Kavita Venkataraman, Eric Yin Hao Khoo, Chin Meng Khoo, Melvin Khee-Shing Leow, E. Shyong Tai, Jerry KY. Chan, Shiao-Yng Chan, Johan G. Eriksson, Marielle Fortier, Yung Seng Lee, S. Sendhil Velan, Mengling Feng, Suresh Anand Sadananthan
Summary: By using a convolutional neural network to segment abdominal adipose tissue, it is possible to accurately divide subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) into superficial and deep subgroups, and internal adipose tissue (IAT) into intraperitoneal, retroperitoneal, and paraspinal subgroups.
COMPUTERS IN BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
(2023)