In this study, associations between maternal health and lifestyle in pregnancy and earlychildhood and caries experience in preschool children were explored. The study is based onthe Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort study conducted by the Norwegian Institute ofPublic Health and on data from the Public Dental Services. A total of 1348 children werefollowed from pregnancy to a...

Fisher G, Hunter GR, Gower BA. Aerobic exercise training conserves insulin sensitivity for 1 yr following weight loss in overweight women. J Appl Physiol 112: 688–693, 2012. First published December 15, 2011; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00843.2011.—The objectives of this study were to 1) identify the independent effects of exercise (aerobic or resistance training) and weight loss on whole body ins...

BACKGROUND Overweight and obesity are increasing health problems that are not restricted to adults only. Childhood obesity is associated with metabolic, psychological and musculoskeletal comorbidities. However, knowledge about the effect of obesity on the foot function across maturation is lacking. Decreased foot function with disproportional loading characteristics is expected for obese childr...

  Background : Hypertension is a risk factor for life threatening diseases such as cerebrovascular accidents, coronary artery diseases, congestive heart failure and chronic renal failure. The prevalence of non-communicable diseases such as hypertension and diabetes including obesity has increased over the past few years in Iran. The first step for modification of cardiovascular diseases in a de...

CONTEXT Telomeres are biomarkers of biological aging. Shorter telomeres have been associated with increased adiposity in adults. However, this relationship remains unclear in children and adolescents. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the association between telomere length (TL) and adiposity markers in overweight/obese adolescents after an intensive program. We hypothesize that greater TL at baseline wo...

BACKGROUND In order to develop appropriate obesity control and treatment strategies, the key point is to understand the barriers perceived by overweight or obese people in trying to follow weight-loss programs. This study examined perceived barriers to weight-loss programs among overweight or obese women. METHODS In this descriptive-analytical study, 204 overweight or obese women aged 31.97± ...

CONTEXT Adiponectin may be important in the pathogenesis of insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome in youth. OBJECTIVE The objective of the study was to determine the unique effect of adiponectin on the metabolic syndrome in overweight Latino youth. PARTICIPANTS Participants included 175 overweight children (aged 11.1 +/- 1.7 yr, body mass index percentile 97.3 +/- 2.9) with a family...

  The aim of the present study was to investigate the age structure, length-weight relationship, sex ratio, sexual maturity stages, growth parameters, natural and fishing mortality coefficients of three species of kilka including common, anchovy and bigeye kilka. The fork length–weight relationship of common, anchovy and bigeye kilka were calculated as W=0.000153 FL2.37, W=0.000349 FL2.18 and W...

    The length-weight relationship, age, growth parameters, sex ratio, mortality and exploitation rate of Salmo trutta fario were determined in Lar dam. The sex ratio (male: female) was 1:1.84 which differed significantly from the expected 1:1. The length-weight regression was (females) and (males) indicating a negative allometric growth for both sexes. Growth parameters were estimated as L∞ = ...