Search Results - "Christoffel, Katherine K"

Genetic and Environmental Contributions to Phenotypic Components of Metabolic Syndrome: A Population-based Twin Study by Zhang, Shanchun, Liu, Xin, Yu, Yunxian, Hong, Xiumei, Christoffel, Katherine K, Wang, Binyan, Tsai, Hui-Ju, Li, Zhiping, Liu, Xue, Tang, Genfu, Xing, Houxun, Brickman, Wendy J, Zimmerman, Donald, Xu, Xiping, Wang, Xiaobin

“…The increasing prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) poses a serious public‐health problem worldwide. Effective prevention and intervention require improved…”
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A Population-Based Twin Study on Sleep Duration and Body Composition by Liu, Rong, Liu, Xin, Arguelles, Lester M., Patwari, Pallavi P., Zee, Phyllis C., Chervin, Ronald D., Ouyang, Fengxiu, Christoffel, Katherine K., Zhang, Shanchun, Hong, Xiumei, Wang, Guoying, Xu, Xiping, Wang, Xiaobin

“…The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between sleep duration and body composition and to estimate the genetic contribution of sleep duration…”
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Social Marketing as a Childhood Obesity Prevention Strategy by Evans, W. Douglas, Christoffel, Katherine K., Necheles, Jonathan W., Becker, Adam B.

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Outcomes of the 5-4-3-2-1 Go Childhood Obesity Community Trial by Evans, W. Douglas, Christoffel, Katherine K, Necheles, Jonathan, Becker, Adam B, Snider, Jeremy

“…Objectives: To determine effects of the "5-4-3-2-1 Go" community social marketing campaign on obesity risk factors. Methods: We randomly assigned 524 parents…”
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Association of Adiposity Trajectories With Insulin Sensitivity and Glycemic Deterioration: A longitudinal study of rural Chinese twin adults by Liu, Rong, Brickman, Wendy J, Christoffel, Katherine K, Liu, Xin, Wang, Guoying, Arguelles, Lester, Zhang, Shanchun, Zimmerman, Donald, Wang, Binyan, Xu, Xiping, Li, Zhiping, Xing, Houxun, Wang, Xiaobin

“…To evaluate associations between adiposity trajectories over time and insulin sensitivity and glucose deterioration in a Chinese twin cohort. This study…”
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Handguns as a pediatric problem by Christoffel, Katherine K, Christoffel, Tom

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Family history evaluation as a predictive screen for childhood hypercholesterolemia by GRIFFIN, T. C, CHRISTOFFEL, K. K, BINNS, H. J, MCGUIRE, P. A

“…A study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of family history factors as screening criteria for childhood hypercholesterolemia. When they were seen for…”
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Pediatric emergencies in office practices: prevalence and office preparedness by FUCHS, S, JAFFE, D. M, CHRISTOFFEL, K. K

“…Because of a nationally apparent increased interest in emergency medical services for children and the need for a greater understanding of the relationship…”
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Cervical spine fractures sustained by young children in forward-facing car seats by FUCHS, S, BARTHEL, M. J, FLANNERY, A. M, CHRISTOFFEL, K. K

“…Child passenger safety restraint laws have reduced the number of children killed or injured in motor vehicle accidents in the past few years. However, the…”
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Association of Adiposity Trajectories With Insulin Sensitivity and Glycemic Deterioration by Liu, Rong, Brickman, Wendy J., Christoffel, Katherine K., Liu, Xin, Wang, Guoying, Arguelles, Lester, Zhang, Shanchun, Zimmerman, Donald, Wang, Binyan, Xu, Xiping, Li, Zhiping, Xing, Houxun, Wang, Xiaobin

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The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding by Christoffel, Katherine K

“…This is in many ways a splendid book. Among its virtues are ample and well-presented information about the advantages of breast-feeding for mothers and babies…”
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Mirror image of environmental deprivation: severe childhood obesity of psychosocial origin by Christoffel, K K, Forsyth, B W

“…We report 12 children with severe obesity in very early childhood who had no evidence of organic causes for their obesity and whose families evidenced…”
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Violent death and injury in US children and adolescents by Christoffel, K K

“…Violence, including homicide, child abuse and neglect, and assault by peers and others, causes over 2000 deaths a year to US children aged 0 to 19 years…”
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Association of Adiposity Trajectories With Insulin Sensitivity and Glycemic Deterioration: A longitudinal study of rural Chinese twin adults by RONG LIU, BRICKMAN, Wendy J, ZHIPING LI, HOUXUN XING, XIAOBIN WANG, CHRISTOFFEL, Katherine K, XIN LIU, GUOYING WANG, ARGUELLES, Lester, SHANCHUN ZHANG, ZIMMERMAN, Donald, BINYAN WANG, XIPING XU

“…To evaluate associations between adiposity trajectories over time and insulin sensitivity and glucose deterioration in a Chinese twin cohort. This study…”
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Adolescent suicide and suicide attempts: a population study by Christoffel, K K, Marcus, D, Sagerman, S, Bennett, S

“…To clarify the epidemiology of adolescent suicide, a retrospective study was undertaken of suicides (1978 to 1982) and hospitalized suicide attempts (1979 to…”
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Handguns as a pediatric problem by Christoffel, K K, Christoffel, T

“…Handgun injury is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in American society, particularly among young people. Large numbers of children are affected by…”
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Generalizability in pediatric injury research: lumping vs. splitting by Christoffel, K K

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Has Medicaid promoted needless pediatric emergency department use? by Christoffel, K K, Garside, D, Tokich, T

“…The possibility that Medicaid has encouraged pediatric emergency department (ED) use was explored as part of a study of 8470 ED visits to a pediatric teaching…”
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Efficacy and Safety of Lowering Dietary Intake of Fat and Cholesterol in Children With Elevated Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol: The Dietary Intervention Study in Children (DISC) by Kwiterovich, Peter O, Hartmuller, Ginny, Van Horn, Linda, Christoffel, Katherine K, Gernhoffer, Niki, Gidding, Samuel, Lavigne, John V, Lauer, Ronald M, Snetselaar, Linda, Steinmuller, Patti, Stickney, Lynette, Lasser, Norman L, Greenberg, Rhonda F, Kennedy, Patricia, Lasser, Vera I, Robson, Alan M, Franklin, Frank A, Von Almen, Kristian, Stevens, Victor J, Craddick, Shirley, Greenlick, Merwyn R, Reiss, Jacob A, Barton, Bruce A, Brown, Kathleen, Canner, Paul L, Kimm, Sue Y. S, McMahon, Robert, Obarzanek, Eva, Cutler, Jeffrey A, Evans, Marguerite A, Zukel, Marilyn Farrand, Hunsberger, Sally A, Lakatos, Edward, Santanello, Nancy C, Simons-Morton, Denise G, Bachorik, Paul S, Gunter, Elaine W, Buzzard, I. Marilyn

“…Objective.—To assess the efficacy and safety of lowering dietary intake of total fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol to decrease low-density lipoprotein…”
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Child passenger safety. Past, present, and future by Christoffel, K K

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