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Open AccessDual burden of malnutrition in US Affiliated Pacific jurisdictions in the Children’s Healthy Living Program
Few data are available on dual burden of under and over nutrition of children in the Pacific region. The objective was to examine prevalence of stunting at birth and current stunting and their relationship to ...
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Open AccessMonitoring and accountability for the Pacific response to the non-communicable diseases crisis
Non-communicable diseases (NCD) are the leading cause of premature death and disability in the Pacific. In 2011, Pacific Forum Leaders declared “a human, social and economic crisis” due to the significant and ...
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Open AccessQuality assurance of data collection in the multi-site community randomized trial and prevalence survey of the children’s healthy living program
Quality assurance plays an important role in research by assuring data integrity, and thus, valid study results. We aim to describe and share the results of the quality assurance process used to guide the data...
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Growth in bone and body size among Asian and white girls in the Female Adolescent Maturation (FAM) study
Rationale: This study intends to identify differences in growth of Asian and White girls. Main result: Asian girls gained bone at similar rates to White girls. Physical activity was important to bone growth. E...
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Open AccessScreening for oral potentially malignant disorders among areca (betel) nut chewers in Guam and Saipan
The Mariana Islands, including Guam and Saipan, are home to many ethnic subpopulations of Micronesia. Oral cancer incidence rates vary among subpopulations, and areca (betel) nut chewing, a habit with carcinog...
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Open AccessA Community Engagement Process Identifies Environmental Priorities to Prevent Early Childhood Obesity: The Children’s Healthy Living (CHL) Program for Remote Underserved Populations in the US Affiliated Pacific Islands, Hawaii and Alaska
Underserved minority populations in the US Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI), Hawaii, and Alaska display disproportionate rates of childhood obesity. The region’s unique circumstance should be taken into acco...
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Open AccessChildren’s Healthy Living (CHL) Program for remote underserved minority populations in the Pacific region: rationale and design of a community randomized trial to prevent early childhood obesity
Although surveillance data are limited in the US Affiliated Pacific, Alaska, and Hawaii, existing data suggest that the prevalence of childhood obesity is similar to or in excess of other minority groups in th...
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Overweight and obesity are major health concerns of our time. Body fat has been found to be more predictive of health and disease than overall body mass, central or upper body fat has been more predictive than...
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Open AccessA comparison of breast density measures between mothers and adolescent daughters
Based on the importance of breast density as a predictor of breast cancer risk, we examined the heritable component of breast measures in mothers and daughters using Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA).
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Association of maternal and intrauterine characteristics with age at menarche in a multiethnic population in Hawaii
This study seeks to further elucidate the mother–daughter hormonal relationship and its effects on daughter’s breast cancer risk through the association with early age at menarche. Four hundred and thirty-eigh...
