Selection: Published Literature on Longitudinal & Growth Studies
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A Selection of Published Literature

Longitudinal & Growth Studies

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Berkey CS, Rockett HR, Field AE, Gillman MW, Frazier AL, Camargo CA Jr, Colditz GA. Activity, dietary intake, and weight changes in a longitudinal study of preadolescent and adolescent boys and girls. Pediatrics 2000;105:E56.

Bindon JR; Zansky SM. Growth patterns of height and weight among three groups of Samoan preadolescents. Ann Hum Biol 1986;13:171-8.

DiLorenzo T, Stucky-Ropp R, Vander Wal J, Gotham H. Determinants of Exercise among Children. II. A Longitudinal Analysis. Prev Med 1998; 27: 470-477.

Durnin JV, Lonergan ME, Good J, Ewan A. A cross-sectional nutritional and anthropometric study, with an interval of 7 years, on 611 young adolescent schoolchildren. Br J Nutr 1974;32:169-79.

Durnin JV, McKillop FM. The relationship between body build in infancy and percentage body fat in adolescence: A 14-year follow-up on 102 infants. Proc Nutr Soc Engl 1978;37:81.

Eriksson J, Forsen T, Tuomilehto J, Osmond C, Barker D. Early growth and coronary heart disease in later life: longitudinal study. BMJ 2001; 322: 949-953.

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.

Guo SS, Chumlea WC. Tracking of body mass index in children in relation to overweight in adulthood. Am J Clin Nutr 1999;70:145S-148S.

Guo SS, Roche AF, Chumlea WC, Gardner JD, Siervogel RM. The predictive value of childhood body mass index values for overweight at age 35 y. Am J Clin Nutr 1994;59:810-9.

Huenemann RL, Shapiro LR, Hampton MC, Mitchell BW. A longitudinal study of gross body composition and body conformation and their association with food and activity in a teenage population. Am J Clin Nutr 1966;18:325-38.

Hamill PVV, Drizd TA, Johnson CL, Reed RB, Roche AF, Moore WM. Physical growth: National Center for Health Statistics percentiles. Am J Clin Nutr 1979;32:607-29.

Kelder SH, Perry CL, Knut-Inge K, Lyttle LL. Longitudinal tracking of adolescent smoking, physical activity, and food choice behaviors. Am J Public Health 1994;84:1121-6.

Kemper HCG, Post GB, Twisk JWR, van Mechelen W. Lifestyle and obesity in adolescence and young adulthood: results from the Amsterdam Growth and Health Longitudinal Study (AGAHLS). Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 1999;23 :S34-S40.

Kimm SYS, Glynn NW, Kriska AM, Fitzgerald SL, Aaron DJ, Similo SL, McMahon RP, Barton BA. Longitudinal changes in physical activity in a biracial cohort during adolescence. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2000;32:1445-54.

Klesges RC, Lesges LM, Eck LH, Shelton ML. A longitudinal analysis of accelerated weight gain in preschool children. Pediatrics 1995;95:126-30.

Lake JK, Power C, Cole TJ. Child to adult body mass index in the 1958 British birth cohort: associations with parental obesity. Arch Dis Child 1997;77:376-81.

Maffeis C, Talamini G, Tato L. Influence of diet, physical activity and parents’ obesity on children’s adiposity: a four-year longitudinal study. Int J Obes 1998, 22:758-764.

McNutt SW, Hu Y, Schreiber GB, Crawford PB, Obarzanek E, Mellin L. A longitudinal study of the dietary practice of black and white girls 9- and 10-year-old at enrollment: The NHLBI Growth and Health Study. Adolesc Health 1997;20:27-37.

Morrison JA, Payne G, Barton BA, Khoury PR, Crawford P. Mother-daughter correlations of obesity and cardiovascular disease risk factors in Black and White households: The NHLBI Growth and Health Study. Am J Public Health 1994;84:1761-7.

Parsons TJ, Power C, Logan S, Summerbell CD. Childhood predictors of adult obesity: a systematic review. Int J Obes 1999;23,S1-S107.

Pine D, Cohen P, Brook J, Coplan J. Psychiatric Symptoms in Adolescence as Predictors of Obesity in Early Adulthood: A Longitudinal Study. American Journal of Public Health 1997; 87: 1303-1310.

Power C, Lake JK, Cole TJ. Body mass index and height from childhood to adulthood in the 1958 British born cohort. Am J Clin Nutr 1997;66:1094-101.

Raitakari OT, Porkka KVK, Taimela S, Telama R, Rasanen L, Viikari JSA. Effects of persistent physical activity and inactivity on coronary risk factors in children and young adults. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Am J Epidemiol 1994;140:195-205.

Robinson TN, Hammer LD, Killen JD, Maron DJ, Barr Taylor C, Maccoby N, Farquhar JW. Does television viewing increase obesity and reduce physical activity? Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses among adolescent girls. Pediatrics 1993;91:273-80.

Rolland-Cachera, MF; Deheeger, M; Akrout, M; Bellisle, F. Influence of macronutrients on adiposity development: a follow up study of nutrition and growth from 10 months to 8 years of age. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 1995;19:573-8.

Rolland-Cachera MF, Deheeger M, Guilloud-Bataille M, Avons P, Patois E, Sempe M. Tracking the development of adiposity from one month of age to adulthood. Ann Hum Biol. 1987;14:219-229.

Serdula MK, Ivery D, Coates RJ, Freedman DS, Williamson DF, Byers T. Do obese children become obese adults? A review of the literature. Prev Med 1993;22:167-77.

Shapiro L, Crawford PB, Clark MJ, Pearson DL, Raz J, Huenemann RL. Obesity prognosis: A longitudinal study of children from the age of 6 months to 9 years. Am J Public Health 1984;74:968-72.

Stettler, N., Tershakovec, A. M, Zemel, B. S, Leonard, M. B, Boston, R. C, Katz, S. H, Stallings, V. A (2000). Early risk factors for increased adiposity: a cohort study of African American subjects followed from birth to young adulthood. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 72: 378-383

van Lenthe FJ, van Mechelen W, Kemper HCG, Post GB. Behavioral variables and development of a central pattern of body fat from adolescence into adulthood in normal-weight whites: The Amsterdam Growth and Health study. Am J Clin Nutr 1998;67:846-52.

 

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