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impact of childhood obesity on morbidity and mortality in adulthood: a systematic review by Park, M. H, Falconer, C, Viner, R. M, Kinra, S

“…The objective of this study was to evaluate the evidence on whether childhood obesity is a risk factor for adult disease, independent of adult body mass index…”
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Osteoarthritis & stroke: a bidirectional mendelian randomization study by Zhao, H, Zhu, J, Ju, L, Sun, L, Tse, L A, Kinra, S, Li, Y

“…The epidemiological evidence on the link between osteoarthritis (OA) and stroke remains inconclusive. Herein, we adopted a two-sample bidirectional Mendelian…”
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Drivers of food acquisition practices in the food environment of peri-urban Hyderabad, India: A qualitative investigation by Turner, C., Bhogadi, S., Walls, H., Surendran, S., Kulkarni, B., Kinra, S., Kadiyala, S.

“…This study investigates drivers of food acquisition practices in the food environment of peri-urban Hyderabad, India. We used a multi-method qualitative…”
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Non-communicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries: context, determinants and health policy by Miranda, J.J, Kinra, S, Casas, J.P, Davey Smith, G, Ebrahim, S

“…The rise of non-communicable diseases and their impact in low- and middle-income countries has gained increased attention in recent years. However, the…”
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Arterial stiffening, insulin resistance and acanthosis nigricans in a community sample of adolescents with obesity by Hudson, L D, Kinra, S, Wong, I C K, Viner, R M

“…Acanthosis Nigricans (AN) is a common finding in adolescents with obesity. Little is known about its relevance for cardiovascular (CVS) risk, in particular…”
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‘Health and happiness is more important than weight’: a qualitative investigation of the views of parents receiving written feedback on their child's weight as part of the National Child Measurement Programme by Syrad, H, Falconer, C, Cooke, L, Saxena, S, Kessel, A. S, Viner, R, Kinra, S, Wardle, J, Croker, H

“…BACKGROUND: The present study aimed to explore parental perceptions of overweight children and associated health risks after receiving National Child…”
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Ethnic variations in overweight and obesity among children over time: findings from analyses of the Health Surveys for England 1998-2009 by Karlsen, S., Morris, S., Kinra, S., Vallejo-Torres, L., Viner, R. M.

“…Summary What is already known about this subject The increase in the prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents in England has stabilized following a…”
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The co-occurrence of anemia and cardiometabolic disease risk demonstrates sex-specific sociodemographic patterning in an urbanizing rural region of southern India by Jones, A D, Hayter, A K M, Baker, C P, Prabhakaran, P, Gupta, V, Kulkarni, B, Smith, G D, Ben-Shlomo, Y, Krishna, K V R, Kumar, P U, Kinra, S

“…Background/Objectives: To determine the extent and sociodemographic determinants of anemia, overweight, metabolic syndrome (MetS) and the co-occurrence of…”
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Association analysis of 31 common polymorphisms with type 2 diabetes and its related traits in Indian sib pairs by Gupta, V., Vinay, D. G., Rafiq, S., Kranthikumar, M. V., Janipalli, C. S., Giambartolomei, C., Evans, D. M., Mani, K. R., Sandeep, M. N., Taylor, A. E., Kinra, S., Sullivan, R. M., Bowen, L., Timpson, N. J., Smith, G. D., Dudbridge, F., Prabhakaran, D., Ben-Shlomo, Y., Reddy, K. S., Ebrahim, S., Chandak, G. R.

“…Aims/hypothesis Evaluation of the association of 31 common single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with fasting glucose, fasting insulin, HOMA-beta cell…”
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Association Between Urban Life-Years and Cardiometabolic Risk The Indian Migration Study by KINRA, Sanjay, ANDERSEN, Elisabeth, KURPAD, Anura, GEORGE DAVEY SMITH, EBRAHIM, Shah, BEN-SHLOMO, Yoav, BOWEN, Liza, LYNGDOH, Tanica, PRABHAKARAN, Dorairaj, KOLLI SRINATH REDDY, RAMAKRISHNAN, Lakshmy, BHARATHI, Ankalmadagu, VAZ, Mario

“…Urban living is associated with an increase in cardiometabolic risks, but the speed at which these risks are accrued over time is unknown. Using a…”
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Socioeconomic differences in prevalence of biochemical, physiological, and metabolic risk factors for non-communicable diseases among urban youth in Delhi, India by Arora, M, Mathur, C, Rawal, T, Bassi, S, Lakshmy, R, Nazar, G.P, Gupta, V.K, Park, M.H, Kinra, S

“…Abstract This study examined whether the distribution of biochemical, physiological, and metabolic risk factors for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among…”
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Deprivation and childhood obesity: a cross sectional study of 20 973 children in Plymouth, United Kingdom by Kinra, Sanjay, Nelder, Robert P, Lewendon, Gill J

“…OBJECTIVE To study the association between socioeconomic deprivation and childhood obesity. DESIGN Cross sectional study. SETTING All state primary schools in…”
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Association between sibship size and allergic diseases in the Glasgow Alumni Study by Kinra, S, Davey Smith, G, Jeffreys, M, Gunnell, D, Galobardes, B, McCarron, P

“…Background: Recent epidemiological studies consistently report an inverse association between sibship size and allergic disease, but evidence from individuals…”
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Cost‐effectiveness of bariatric surgery in adolescents with severe obesity in the UK by Panca, M., Viner, R. M., White, B., Pandya, T., Melo, H., Adamo, M., Batterham, R., Christie, D., Kinra, S., Morris, S.

“…Summary Evidence shows that surgery for severe obesity in adults improves health and psychological functioning, and is cost‐effective. Data on bariatric…”
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Socio-economic position and cardiovascular risk in rural indian adolescents: evidence from the Andhra Pradesh children and parents study (APCAPS) by Kinra, S, Johnson, M, Kulkarni, B, Rameshwar Sarma, K.V, Ben-Shlomo, Y, Smith, G.D

“…Abstract Objectives This study examined association between socio-economic position and cardiovascular risk factors in adolescents to investigate whether…”
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Commentary: Beyond urban–rural comparisons: towards a life course approach to understanding health effects of urbanization by Kinra, Sanjay

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Lifecourse weight patterns and adult-onset diabetes: the Glasgow Alumni and British Women's Heart and Health studies by JEFFREYS, M, LAWLOR, D. A, GALOBARDES, B, MCCARRON, P, KINRA, S, EBRAHIM, S, SMITH, G. Davey

“…To examine the association between body weight measures across the lifecourse and the risk of adult-onset diabetes. We analysed data from the Glasgow Alumni…”
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Associations of FTO and MC4R Variants with Obesity Traits in Indians and the Role of Rural/Urban Environment as a Possible Effect Modifier by Kranthi Kumar, M. V., Evans, D. M., Giambartolomei, C., Janipalli, C. S., Sandeep, M. N., Taylor, A. E., Vinay, D. G., Smitha, P., Gupta, V., Aruna, M., Kinra, Sanjay, Sullivan, R. M., Bowen, L., Timpson, N. J., Davey Smith, G., Dudbridge, F., Prabhakaran, D., Ben-Shlomo, Y., Reddy, K. S., Ebrahim, S., Chandak, G. R.

“…Few studies have investigated the association between genetic variation and obesity traits in Indian populations or the role of environmental factors as…”
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Commentary: Can conventional migration studies really identify critical age-period effects? by Kinra, Sanjay

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Insufficient evidence to support separate BMI definitions for obesity in children and adolescents from south Asian ethnic groups in the UK [Erratum: 2010 May, v. 34, no. 5, p. 945] by Viner, R.M, Cole, T.J, Fry, T, Gupta, S, Kinra, S, McCarthy, D, Saxena, S, Taylor, S, Wells, J.C.K, Whincup, P, Zaman, M.J.S

“…Re-evaluation of adult obesity thresholds in some ethnic groups has led to the questioning of childhood obesity thresholds. An expert group was convened to…”
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