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Reference List Index 

A Selection of Published Literature

Physiological Factors

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Developmental Stages

In Utero

Metzger B, Plagemann A. In utero exposure to diabetes and subsequent health effects. Presented at the North American Association for the Study of Obesity 2000 Annual Meeting; November 1, 2000; Long Beach, CA. Plenary session conference summary. Medscape, 2001.

Birthweight & Growth

Hediger ML, Overpeck MD, Maurer KR, Kuczmarski RJ, McGlynn A, Davis WW. Growth of infants and young children born small- or large-for-gestational-age: findings from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1998;152:1225-1231.

Hediger ML, Overpeck MD, McGlynn A, Kuczmarski RJ, Maurer KR, Davis WW. Growth and fatness at ages 3 to 6 years of children born small- or large-for-gestational-age. Pediatrics. 1999;104(3):e33.

Overpeck MD, Hediger ML, Ruan WJ, et al. Stature, weight, and body mass among young U.S. children born at full term with appropriate birth weights. J Pediatr. 2000;137:205-214. MEDLINE

Overpeck MD, Hediger ML, Zhang J, Trumble AC, Klebanoff MA. Birth weight for gestational age of Mexican American infants born in the United States. Obstet Gynecol. 1999;93:943-947.

Fall C, Osmond C, Barker D, Clark P, Hales C, Stirling D, Meade T. Fetal and infant growth and cardiovascular risk factors in women. BMJ 1995; 310: 428-432.

Roberts SB, Savage J, Coward WA, Chew B, Lucas A. Energy expenditure and intake in infants born to lean and overweight mothers. New Eng J Med 1988;318:461-6.

Valdez R, Athens M, Thompson G, Bradshaw B, Stern M. Birthweight and adult health outcomes in a biethnic populations in the USA. Diabetologia 1994; 37: 624-631.

Vobecky JS, Vobecky J, Shapcott D, Demers PP. Nutrient intake patterns and nutritional status with regard to relative weight in early infancy. Am J Clin Nutr 1983;38:730-8.

Zhang J, Bowes WA Jr. Birth-weight-for-gestational-age patterns by race, sex, and parity in United States population. Obstet Gynecol. 1995;86:200-208.

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Childhood Growth Patterns

Dietz WH. Critical periods in childhood for the development of obesity. Am J Clin Nutr 1994;59:955-9.

Dietz WH. Periods of risk in childhood for the development of adult obesity – what do we need to learn? J Nutr 1997;127:1884S-1886S.

Dorosty AR, Emmett PM, Cowin SD, Reilly JJ. Factors associated with early adiposity rebound. ALSPAC Study Team. Pediatrics 2000;105:1115-8.

Wisemandle W, Maynard LM, Guo SS, Siervogel RM. Childhood weight, stature, and body mass index among never overweight, early-onset overweight, and late-onset overweight groups. Pediatrics 2000;106:E14.

Whitaker RC, Pepe MS, Wright JA, Seidel KD, Dietz WH. Early adiposity rebound and the risk of adult obesity. Pediatrics 1998;101:E5.

Yajnik C. Interactions of perturbations in intrauterine growth and growth during childhood on the risk of adult-onset disease. Proc Nutr Soc 2000; 59:257-265.

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Maturation

Adair LS, Gordon-Larsen P. Maturational timing and overweight prevalence in US adolescent girls. Am J Public Health 2001;91:642-4.

Edelman B. Developmental differences in the conceptualization of obesity. J Am Diet Assoc 1982;80:122-7.

Wattigney WA, Srinivasan SR, Chen W, Greenlund KJ, Berenson GS. Secular trend of earlier onset of menarche with increasing obesity in black and white girls: the Bogalusa Heart Study. Ethn Dis 1999;9:181-9.

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Other

Body Weight Regulation

Bouchard C. Long-term programming of body size. Nutr Rev 1996;54:S8-16.

Garcia-Major RV, Andrade MA, Rios M, Lage M, Dieguez C, Casanueva FF. Serum leptin levels in normal children: relationship to age, gender, body mass index, pituitary gonadal hormones, and pubertal stage. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997; 82:2849-2855.

Hill JO, Prentice AM. Sugar and body weight regulation. Am J Clin Nutr 1995;62:264S-74S.

Hoffman D, Sawaya A, Verreschi I, Tucker K, Roberts S. Why are nutritionally stunted children at increased risk of obesity? Studies of metabolic rate and fat oxidation in shantytown children from Sao Paulo, Brazil. Am J Clin Nutr 2000; 72:702-707.

Laessle RG, Wurmser H, Pirke KM. A comparison of resting metabolic rate, self-rated food intake, growth hormone, and insulin levels in obese and nonobese preadolescent. Physiol Behav 1997;61:725-9.

Maffeis C, Pinelli L, Schutz Y. Increased fat oxidation in prepubertal obese children: a metabolic defense against further weight gain? J Pediatrics 1995;126:15-20.

Strauss, R. S. (2000). Fatty acid synthase inhibitors reduce food intake and body weight. Pediatr Res 48: 422-422

Ronnemaa T, Karonen S, Rissanen A, Koskenvuo M, Koivisto V. Relationship between plasma leptin levels and measures of body fat in identical twins discordant for obesity. Annals of Internal Medicine 1997; 126: 26-31.

Rosenbaum M, Leibel RL. The physiology of body weight regulation: relevance to the etiology of obesity in children. Pediatrics 1998;101:525-39S.

Zurlo F, Lillioja S, Esposito-Del Puente A, Nyomba BL, Raz I, Saad MF, Swinburn BA, Knowler WC, Bogardus C, Ravussin E. Low ratio of fat to carbohydrate oxidation as a predictor of weight gain: study of 24-h RQ. Am J Physiol 1990;259:E650-7.

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Energy Expenditure in Children

Bandini LG, Schoeller DA, Dietz WH. Energy expenditure in obese and nonobese adolescents. Pediatr Res 1990;27:198-203.

Bradfield RB, Paulos J, Grossman L. Energy expenditure and heart rate of obese high school girls. Am J Clin Nutr 1971;24:1482-8.

DeLany JP, Harsha DW, Kime JC, Kumler J, Melancon L, Bray GA. Energy expenditure in lean and obese prepubertal children. Obes Res 1995;3 Suppl 1: 67-72.

Dietz WH, Bandini LG, Schoeller DA. Estimates of metabolic rate in obese and nonobese adolescents. J Pediatr 1991;118:146-9.

Gannon B, DiPietro L, Poehlman ET. Do African Americans have lower energy expenditure than Caucasians? Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 2000;24:4-13.

Goran MI. Energy expenditure, body composition, and disease risk in children and adolescents. Proc Nutr Soc 1997;56:195-209.

Goran MI. Energy metabolism and obesity. Med Clin North Am 2000;84:347-62.

Goran MI, Shewchuk R, Gower BA, Nagy TR, Carpenter WH, Johnson RK. Longitudinal changes in fatness in white children: no effect of childhood energy expenditure. Am J Clin Nutr 1998;67:309-16.

Griffiths M, Payne PR. Energy expenditure in small children of obese and non-obese parents. Nature 1976;260:698-700.

Leibel RL, Rosenbaum M, Hirsch J. Changes in energy expenditure from altered body weight. N Engl J Med 1995;332:621-8.

Wurmser H, Laessle R, Jacob K, Langhard S, Uhl H, Angst A, Muller A, Pirke K. Resting metabolic rate in preadolescent girls at high risk of obesity. Int J Obes 1998; 22: 793-799.

Yanovski JA. Resting energy expenditure in African American and white children. Am J Clin Nutr 2001;73:149-50.

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Energy Balance

Bellisle F, McDevitt R, Prentice AM. Meal frequency and energy balance. Br J Nutr 1997;77 Suppl 1:S57-S70.

Bouchard C, Tremblay A, Desperes JP, Nadeau A, Lupien P, Theriault G, Dussault J, Moorjani S, Pinault S, Fournier, G. The response to long-term overfeeding in identical twins. N Engl J Med 1990;322:1477-82.

Carpenter WH, Poehlman ET, O’Connell M, Goran MI. Influence of body composition and resting metabolic rate on variation in total energy expenditure: a meta-analysis. Am J Clin Nutr 1995;61:4-10.

Garaulet M, Martinez A, Victoria F, Perez-Llamas F, Ortega RM, Zamora S. Differences in dietary intake and activity level between normal-weight and overweight or obese adolescents. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2000;30:253-8.

Gazzaniga JM, Burns TL. Relationship between diet composition and body fatness, with adjustment for resting energy expenditure and physical activity in preadolescent children. Am J Clin Nutr 1993;58:21-8.

Hoffman D, Sawaya A, Coward WA, Wright A, Martins P, de Nascimento C. Energy expenditure of stunted and nonstunted boys and girls living in the shantytowns of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Am J Clin Nutr 2000b; 72:1025 – 1031.

Laessle R, Wurmser H, Pirke K. A comparison of resting metabolic rate, self-rated food intake, growth hormone, and insulin levels in obese and nonobese preadolescents. Physiol Behav 1997;61:725-9.

Mattes RD. Dietary compensation by humans for supplemental energy provided as ethanol or carbohydrate in fluids. Physiol Behav 1996;59:179-87.

Obarzanek E, Schreiber G, Crawford P, Goldman S, Barrier P, Frederick M. Energy intake and physical activity in relation to indices of body fat. Am J Clin Nutr 1994;60:15-22.

Roberts SB, Savage J, Coward WA, Chew B, Lucas A. Energy expenditure and intake in infants born to lean and overweight mothers. New Eng J Med 1988;318:461-6.

Waxman M, Stundard AJ. Caloric intake and expenditure of obese boys. J Pediatr 1980;96:187-93.

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Fitness

Barlow CE, Kohl HW III, Gibbons LW, Blair SN. Physical fitness, mortality and obesity. Int J Obes 1995;19:S41-S44.

Donnelly JE, Jacobsen DJ, Whatley JC, Hill JO, Swift LL, Cherrington A, Polk B, Tran LV, Reed G. Nutrition and physical activity and metabolic fitness in elementary school children. Obes Res 1996;4:229-43.

Goran M, Fields DA, Hunter GR, Herd SL, Weinsier RL. Total body fat does not influence maximal aerobic capacity. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 2000;24:841-8.

Grund A, Dilba B, Forberger K, Krause H, Siewers M, Rieckert H, Muller MJ. Relationships between physical activity, physical fitness, muscle strength and nutritional state in 5- to 11-year-old children. Eur J Appl Physiol 2000;82:425-38.

Gutin B, Basch C, Shea S, Contento I, DeLozier M, Rips J, Irigoyen M, Zybert P. Blood Pressure, fitness, and fatness in 5- and 6-year-old children. JAMA 1990;264:1123-7.

Johnson MS, Figueroa-Colon R, Herd SL, Fields DA, Sun M, Hunter GR, Goran MI. Aerobic fitness, not energy expenditure, influences subsequent increase in adiposity in black and white children. Pediatrics 2000;106:E50.

Owens S, Gutin B, Allison J, Riggs S, Ferguson M, Litaker M, Thompson W. Effect of physical training on total and visceral fat in obese children. Med Sci Sports Exerc 1999;31:143-8.

Pivarnik JM, Fulton JE, Taylor WC, Snider SA. Aerobic capacity in black adolescent girls. Res Q Exerc Sport 1993; 64:202-207.

Ross JG, Gilbert GG. The National Children and Youth Fitness Study: a summary of findings. J Phys Educ Recr Dance 1985;56:45-50.

Ross JG, Gilbert GG. The National Children and Youth Fitness Study II: a summary of findings. J Phys Educ Recr Dance 1987;58:51-6.

Schlicker SA, Borra ST, Regan C. The weight and fitness Status of United States children. Nutr Rev 1994;52:11-7.

Ward DS, Evans R. Physical activity, aerobic fitness, and obesity in children. Med Exerc Nutr Health 1995;4:3-16.

 

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