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    Vitamin D and probiotics supplement use in young children with genetic risk for type 1 diabetes

    Vitamin D and probiotics are nutrients of interest in the context of type 1 diabetes (T1D). We assessed the prevalence of and factors associated with vitamin D and probiotic supplementations among young childr...

    J Yang, R N Tamura, U M Uusitalo, C A Aronsson in European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2017)

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    Maternal diet quality in pregnancy and neonatal adiposity: the Healthy Start Study

    Poor maternal diet in pregnancy can influence fetal growth and development. We tested the hypothesis that poor maternal diet quality during pregnancy would increase neonatal adiposity (percent fat mass (%FM)) ...

    A L B Shapiro, J L Kaar, T L Crume, A P Starling in International Journal of Obesity (2016)

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    Timing of complementary food introduction and age at diagnosis of type 1 diabetes: the SEARCH nutrition ancillary study (SNAS)

    The association between timing of complementary food introduction and age at diagnosis of type 1 diabetes was investigated among 1077 children in the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth study. Age at diagnosis was 5 ...

    T L Crume, J Crandell, J M Norris, D Dabelea in European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2014)

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    The impact of neonatal breast-feeding on growth trajectories of youth exposed and unexposed to diabetes in utero: the EPOCH Study

    To evaluate the influence of breast-feeding on the body mass index (BMI) growth trajectory from birth through 13 years of age among offspring of diabetic pregnancies (ODP) and offspring of non-diabetic pregnan...

    T L Crume, L G Ogden, E J Mayer-Davis, R F Hamman in International Journal of Obesity (2012)

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    Implication of European-derived adiposity loci in African Americans

    Recent genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified multiple novel loci associated with adiposity in European-derived study populations. Limited study of these loci has been reported in African Ameri...

    J M Hester, M R Wing, J Li, N D Palmer, J Xu, P J Hicks in International Journal of Obesity (2012)

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    Comparison between omega-3 and omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid intakes as assessed by a food frequency questionnaire and erythrocyte membrane fatty acid composition in young children

    We conducted a dietary validation study in youth aged 1–11 years by comparing dietary intake of omega-3 and omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) as assessed by a parent-completed semiquantitative food f...

    H D Orton, N J Szabo, M Clare-Salzler, J M Norris in European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2008)

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    Genetic map** of a 17q chromosomal region linked to obesity phenotypes in the IRAS family study

    Obesity is widely accepted to be influenced by both environmental and genetic factors. Several recent studies have used the positional cloning approach in an attempt to discover genes contributing to obesity. ...

    B S Sutton, C D Langefeld, J K Campbell, S M Haffner in International Journal of Obesity (2006)

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    Association of adipose tissue deposition and beta-2 adrenergic receptor variants: the IRAS family study

    Adipose tissue distribution (visceral vs subcutaneous) has been shown to be an important predictor of insulin resistance, diabetes and cardiovascular disease, independent of body mass index. The beta-2 adrenergic...

    L A Lange, J M Norris, C D Langefeld, B J Nicklas in International Journal of Obesity (2005)

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    Quantitative trait loci for abdominal fat and BMI in Hispanic-Americans and African-Americans: the IRAS Family Study

    To conduct linkage analysis for body mass index (BMI, kg/m2), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), visceral adipose tissue mass (VAT, cm2) and subcutaneous adipose tissue mass (SAT, cm2) using a whole genome scan.

    J M Norris, C D Langefeld, A L Scherzinger, S S Rich in International Journal of Obesity (2005)