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14. From biology to behavior: a cross‐disciplinary seminar series surrounding added sugar and low‐calorie sweetener consumption

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Sylvetsky, A. C., primary, Hiedacavage, A., additional, Shah, N., additional, Pokorney, P., additional, Baldauf, S., additional, Merrigan, K., additional, Smith, V., additional, Long, M. W., additional, Black, R., additional, Robien, K., additional, Avena, N., additional, Gaine, C., additional, Greenberg, D., additional, Wootan, M. G., additional, Talegawkar, S., additional, Colon‐Ramos, U., additional, Leahy, M., additional, Ohmes, A., additional, Mennella, J. A., additional, Sacheck, J., additional, and Dietz, W. H., additional

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2019
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18. Obesity:Preventing and managing the global epidemic

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Akram, D. S., Astrup, A. V., Atinmo, T., Boissin, J. L., Bray, George A, Carroll, K., Chitson, P., Chunming, C., Dietz, W. H., Hill, J. O., Jéquier, E., Komodiki, C., Matsuzawa, Y., Mollentze, W. F., Moosa, K., Noor, M.I., Reddy, K.S., Seidell, J., Tanphaichitr, V., Uauy, R, and Zimmet, P.Z.

Subjects
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
Published
2000

38. CDC Grand Rounds: Childhood Obesity in the United States.

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Bell, J., Rogers, V. W., Dietz, W. H., Ogden, C. L., Schuler, C., and Popovic, T.

Subjects
CHILDHOOD obesity, OBESITY, DISEASE prevalence, REGIONAL medical programs
Abstract

The article deals with childhood obesity in the U.S. The prevalence of obesity among children and adults is discussed. The challenges and strategies to combat childhood obesity are given, including identification of effective interventions and policies and systems changes. Information on the Maine Youth Overweight Collaborative program is presented.

Published
2011

40. IgM levels and IgM-mediated immune responses in patients with acute hepatitis A, acute hepatitis b and chronic HB antigenaemia.

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Dietz, W. H., Porcell, O., Moon, T. E., Peters, C. J., and Purcell, R. H.

Subjects
*IMMUNOGLOBULIN M, *IMMUNE response, *IMMUNOLOGY, *AGGLUTININS, *HEPATITIS B, *LIVER diseases, *RHEUMATOID arthritis
Abstract

Immunoglobulin M (IgM) levels and their relationship to isohaemagglutinins, febrile agglutinins, sheep cell agglutinins, and rheumatoid factor were measured in patients with acute hepatitis A. acute hepatitis B, chronic hepatitis B antigenaemia, and normal control populations. Significant IgM elevations were observed in both types of acute hepatitis, but not in chronic hepatitis B antigenaemia. There was no correlation of the IgM level with either the prevalence or titre of any IgM-mediated immune response studied. These data suggest that the IgM elevations in both types of hepatitis may reflect virus-specific IgM synthesis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
1976

41. Childhood weight affects adult morbidity and mortality.

Author

Dietz, William H. and Dietz, W H

Subjects
*OBESITY, *OBESITY complications, *BREAST tumors, *CARDIOVASCULAR diseases, *CHILD nutrition, *COLON tumors, *COMPARATIVE studies, *DISEASES, *RESEARCH methodology, *MEDICAL cooperation, *NUTRITIONAL requirements, *RESEARCH, *RESEARCH funding, *SEX distribution, *EVALUATION research, *ODDS ratio, RECTUM tumors
Abstract

Few studies have examined the long-term effects of childhood obesity on adult disease. Nonetheless, obesity present in childhood or adolescence seems to increase the likelihood of adult morbidity and mortality. In men who were obese during adolescence, all-cause mortality and mortality from cardiovascular disease and colon cancer were increased. In both men and women obese during adolescence, rates of cardiovascular disease and diabetes were increased. Among women but not men obese during adolescence, obesity has a variety of adverse psychosocial consequences. These include completion of fewer years of education, higher rates of poverty, and lower rates of marriage and household income. These effects seem related both to the persistence of obesity and to the effects of childhood or adolescent obesity on the quantity and location of body fat deposition. Approximately 50% of obese adolescents with a body mass index at or above the 95th percentile become obese adults. Furthermore, the risk factors for adult disease that are associated with obesity in children and adolescents persist into adulthood or increase in prevalence if weight gain occurs. Although both total body fat and regional fat deposition could account for the association of childhood or adolescent obesity with adult disease, no studies to date have examined cardiovascular risk factors and related them to visceral fat, controlled for total body fat. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
1998
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48. Remote recall of childhood height, weight, and body build by elderly subjects.

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Must, A, Willett, W C, and Dietz, W H

Abstract

The long-term recall of height, weight, and body build was examined as part of a 1988 follow-up of the Boston-based Third Harvard Growth Study (1922-1935). By design, approximately 50 percent of subjects had body mass indices during adolescence of greater than the 75th percentile, and approximately 50 percent of subjects had body mass indices between the 25th and 50th percentiles. Interviewed subjects, aged 71-76 years (n = 181) were asked to recall their high school height and weight and to select outline drawings that best reflected their body size at ages 5, 10, 15, and 20 years. Reports at ages 71-76 years were compared with measurements obtained during childhood and adolescence. High school weight was overestimated by men who were lean as adolescents (mean recalled minus measured difference = 2.5 kg, 95 percent confidence interval 0.78-4.3) and underestimated by women who were obese as adolescents (mean difference = -2.3 kg, 95 percent confidence interval -4.8 to 0.21). Pearson crude correlations between recalled body build and body mass index measured at approximately the same ages were between 0.53 and 0.75 for all ages studied except for a correlation of 0.36 among males at age 5 years. Adjustment for current body mass index only slightly reduced the correlations between adolescent body mass index and recalled build. Adolescent obesity classifications based on indicators derived from recalled weight and build had moderate sensitivities (37-57 percent) and high specificities (98-100 percent). These results indicate that the remote recall of height, weight, and body size can contribute useful information independent of current weight status.

Published
1993
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50. Caloric imbalance and public health policy.

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Koplan, Jeffrey P., Dietz, William H., Koplan, J P, and Dietz, W H

Subjects
OBESITY, CHILDHOOD obesity, DIABETES risk factors, HEART disease risk factors, PHYSICAL fitness, HEALTH, PREVENTION of obesity, EXERCISE, INGESTION, HEALTH policy
Abstract

Editorial. Discusses the epidemic of obesity in the United States. How obese people are more prone to chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease; Factors that contribute to obesity in adults and children; Need for more public awareness about the dangers of obesity; Why strategies to increase physical fitness must be implemented for the entire population.

Published
1999
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