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Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman
Pediatrics
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Open AccessAssociations of prenatal maternal depressive symptoms with cord blood glucocorticoids and child hair cortisol levels in the project viva and the generation R cohorts: a prospective cohort study
Prior studies have reported conflicting results regarding the association of prenatal maternal depression with offspring cortisol levels. We examined associations of high levels of prenatal depressive symptoms...
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Open AccessCesarean delivery and metabolic health and inflammation biomarkers during mid-childhood and early adolescence
We assessed differences in plasma levels of metabolic health and inflammation biomarkers during mid-childhood and early adolescence between children born by cesarean section vs. vaginal delivery.
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Correction: Maternal obesity and offspring cognition: the role of inflammation
Following publication of this article, the authors noted that the name of the last author was incorrectly displayed as ‘Sen Sarbattama’. This authors name has now been corrected to ‘Sarbattama Sen’. This has b...
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Open AccessThe Linked CENTURY Study: linking three decades of clinical and public health data to examine disparities in childhood obesity
Despite the need to identify the causes of disparities in childhood obesity, the existing epidemiologic studies of early life risk factors have several limitations. We report on the construction of the Linked ...
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Open AccessFeasibility and impact of Creciendo Sanos, a clinic-based pilot intervention to prevent obesity among preschool children in Mexico City
Mexico has the highest adult overweight and obesity prevalence in the Americas; 23.8% of children <5 years old are at risk for overweight and 9.7% are already overweight or obese. Creciendo Sanos was a pilot i...
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Open AccessCorrelations among adiposity measures in school-aged children
Given that it is not feasible to use dual x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) or other reference methods to measure adiposity in all pediatric clinical and research settings, it is important to identify reasonable alte...
