Objective. To determine whether a rapid rate of weight gain in early infancy is associated with
overweight status in childhood. Design. Prospective, cohort study from birth to age 7 years. …

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to create and validate new intrauterine weight,
length, and head circumference growth curves using a contemporary, large, racially diverse …

The International Society for Clinical Densitometry (ISCD) periodically convenes Position
Development Conferences (PDCs) in order to establish standards and guidelines for the …

Background: Obesity is increasing in the United States. Evidence-based prevention is a
public health priority and should target well-defined risk factors and critical periods. Objective: …

Context: Deficits in bone acquisition during growth may increase fracture risk. Assessment
of bone health during childhood requires appropriate reference values relative to age, sex, …

Context: Low bone mass may increase risk of fracture. Several chronic medical conditions,
medications, and lifestyle factors affect bone mineral accrual. Appropriate reference values …

A large number of genetic loci are associated with adult body mass index. However, the
genetics of childhood body mass index are largely unknown. We performed a meta-analysis of …

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Background Studies of the effect of childhood obesity on bone accrual during growth have
yielded conflicting results, largely related to the failure to adequately characterize the …

To answer important questions in the fields of monitoring with densitometry, dual-energy X-ray
absorptiometry machine cross-calibration, monitoring, spinal cord injury, periprosthetic …