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Predicting obesity in young adulthood from childhood and parental obesity

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The article was published on 2010-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 692 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Parental obesity & Young adult.

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Small for gestational age and higher birth weight predict childhood obesity in preterm infants.

TL;DR: Multiple growth-related processes may be involved in obesity risk for preterm children, including fetal programming as indicated by the SGA effect, and there was no effect of substance exposure on obesity outcomes.
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Young children's weight trajectories and associated risk factors: results from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort.

TL;DR: Between age 9 months and age 2 years, U.S. children consistently moved toward less desirable weight status, suggesting that health policy might focus on those children at greatest risk.
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Examining the impact of 45 minutes of daily physical education on cognitive ability, fitness performance, and body composition of African American youth.

TL;DR: Providing 45 minutes of daily physical education can perhaps increase cognitive ability while increasing fitness and decreasing the prevalence of overweight and obese youth.
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Effect of electronic time monitors on children's television watching: pilot trial of a home-based intervention.

TL;DR: Electronic TV time monitors are feasible to use for home-based TV watching interventions although acceptability varies between families, and preliminary findings from this pilot suggest that such devices have potential to decrease children's TV watching.
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