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Is the degree of food processing and convenience linked with the nutritional quality of foods purchased by US households? by Poti, Jennifer M, Mendez, Michelle A, Ng, Shu Wen, Popkin, Barry M

“…Background: “Processed foods” are defined as any foods other than raw agricultural commodities and can be categorized by the extent of changes occurring in…”
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Metabolism disrupting chemicals and metabolic disorders by Heindel, Jerrold J., Blumberg, Bruce, Cave, Mathew, Machtinger, Ronit, Mantovani, Alberto, Mendez, Michelle A., Nadal, Angel, Palanza, Paola, Panzica, Giancarlo, Sargis, Robert, Vandenberg, Laura N., vom Saal, Frederick

“…•The recent epidemics of metabolic diseases cannot be attributed only to genetic background and changes in diet, exercise and aging.•Metabolic diseases have…”
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Longitudinal analysis of dietary patterns in Chinese adults from 1991 to 2009 by Batis, Carolina, Sotres-Alvarez, Daniela, Gordon-Larsen, Penny, Mendez, Michelle A., Adair, Linda, Popkin, Barry

“…In the present study, we aimed to identify the changes or stability in the structure of dietary patterns and tracking, trends and factors related to the…”
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Persistent disparities over time in the distribution of sugar-sweetened beverage intake among children in the United States by Mendez, Michelle A, Miles, Donna R, Poti, Jennifer M, Sotres-Alvarez, Daniela, Popkin, Barry M

“…Recent research suggests that sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption has been declining among US children aged 2–18 y. However, most studies focused on…”
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Prenatal Concentrations of Polychlorinated Biphenyls, DDE, and DDT and Overweight in Children: A Prospective Birth Cohort Study by Valvi, Damaskini, Mendez, Michelle A, Martinez, David, Grimait, Joan O., Torrent, Maties, Sunyer, Jordi, Vrijheid, Martine

“…Background: Recent experimental evidence suggests that prenatal exposure to endocrinedisrupting chemicals (EDCs) may increase postnatal obesity risk and that…”
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Invited Commentary: Dietary Misreporting as a Potential Source of Bias in Diet-Disease Associations: Future Directions in Nutritional Epidemiology Research by Mendez, Michelle A.

“…Abstract Error and bias in self-reported intakes make estimating relationships among dietary factors, obesity, and related health outcomes a complex challenge…”
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Using both principal component analysis and reduced rank regression to study dietary patterns and diabetes in Chinese adults by Batis, Carolina, Mendez, Michelle A, Gordon-Larsen, Penny, Sotres-Alvarez, Daniela, Adair, Linda, Popkin, Barry

“…We examined the association between dietary patterns and diabetes using the strengths of two methods: principal component analysis (PCA) to identify the eating…”
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Maternal inflammatory diet and adverse pregnancy outcomes: Circulating cytokines and genomic imprinting as potential regulators? by McCullough, Lauren E., Miller, Erline E., Calderwood, Laura E., Shivappa, Nitin, Steck, Susan E., Forman, Michele R., A. Mendez, Michelle, Maguire, Rachel, Fuemmeler, Bernard F., Kollins, Scott H., D. Bilbo, Staci, Huang, Zhiqing, Murtha, Amy P., Murphy, Susan K., Hébert, James R., Hoyo, Cathrine

“…Excessive inflammation during pregnancy alters homeostatic mechanisms of the developing fetus and has been linked to adverse pregnancy outcomes. An…”
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Prenatal Phthalate Exposures and Childhood Fat Mass in a New York City Cohort by Buckley, Jessie P, Engel, Stephanie M, Mendez, Michelle A, Richardson, David B, Daniels, Julie L, Calafat, Antonia M, Wolff, Mary S, Herring, Amy H

“…Experimental animal studies and limited epidemiologic evidence suggest that prenatal exposure to phthalates may be obesogenic, with potential sex-specific…”
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Prenatal Bisphenol A Urine Concentrations and Early Rapid Growth and Overweight Risk in the Offspring by Valvi, Damaskini, Casas, Maribel, Mendez, Michelle A., Ballesteros-Gómez, Ana, Luque, Noelia, Rubio, Soledad, Sunyer, Jordi, Vrijheid, Martine

“…Background: Increasing experimental evidence suggests that prenatal bisphenol A (BPA) exposure induces offspring weight gain, but these effects remain largely…”
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Short-term planning and policy interventions to promote cycling in urban centers: Findings from a commute mode choice analysis in Barcelona, Spain by Braun, Lindsay M., Rodriguez, Daniel A., Cole-Hunter, Tom, Ambros, Albert, Donaire-Gonzalez, David, Jerrett, Michael, Mendez, Michelle A., Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J., de Nazelle, Audrey

“…•Commute mode choice analysis conducted in Barcelona, Spain.•Objective and self-reported infrastructure measures are associated with cycling.•Self-reported…”
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Dietary and sociodemographic determinants of bisphenol A urine concentrations in pregnant women and children by Casas, Maribel, Valvi, Damaskini, Luque, Noelia, Ballesteros-Gomez, Ana, Carsin, Anne-Elie, Fernandez, Marieta F., Koch, Holger M., Mendez, Michelle A., Sunyer, Jordi, Rubio, Soledad, Vrijheid, Martine

“…Bisphenol A (BPA) exposure during early life may have endocrine-disrupting effects, but the dietary and sociodemographic predictors of BPA exposure during…”
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Chronic Exposure to Arsenic and Markers of Cardiometabolic Risk: A Cross-Sectional Study in Chihuahua, Mexico by Mendez, Michelle A, González-Horta, Carmen, Sánchez-Ramírez, Blanca, Ballinas-Casarrubias, Lourdes, Cerón, Roberto Hernández, Morales, Damián Viniegra, Terrazas, Francisco A Baeza, Ishida, María C, Gutiérrez-Torres, Daniela S, Saunders, R Jesse, Drobná, Zuzana, Fry, Rebecca C, Buse, John B, Loomis, Dana, García-Vargas, Gonzalo G, Del Razo, Luz M, Stýblo, Miroslav

“…Exposure to arsenic (As) concentrations in drinking water > 150 μg/L has been associated with risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease, but little is known…”
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Surrounding Greenness and Pregnancy Outcomes in Four Spanish Birth Cohorts by Dadvand, Payam, Sunyer, Jordi, Basagaña, Xavier, Ballester, Ferran, Lertxundi, Aitana, Fernández-Somoano, Ana, Estarlich, Marisa, García-Esteban, Raquel, Mendez, Michelle A., Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.

“…Background: Green spaces have been associated with improved physical and mental health; however, the available evidence on the impact of green spaces on…”
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Maternal blood cadmium, lead and arsenic levels, nutrient combinations, and offspring birthweight by Luo, Yiwen, McCullough, Lauren E, Tzeng, Jung-Ying, Darrah, Thomas, Vengosh, Avner, Maguire, Rachel L, Maity, Arnab, Samuel-Hodge, Carmen, Murphy, Susan K, Mendez, Michelle A, Hoyo, Cathrine

“…Cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb) and arsenic (As) are common environmental contaminants that have been associated with lower birthweight. Although some essential metals…”
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The association of overall diet quality with BMI and waist circumference by education level in Mexican men and women by López-Olmedo, Nancy, Popkin, Barry M, Mendez, Michelle A, Taillie, Lindsey Smith

“…The present study evaluated the association of two measures of diet quality with BMI and waist circumference (WC), overall and by education level, among…”
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Dietary pattern trajectories during 15 years of follow-up and HbA1c, insulin resistance and diabetes prevalence among Chinese adults by Batis, Carolina, Mendez, Michelle A, Sotres-Alvarez, Daniela, Gordon-Larsen, Penny, Popkin, Barry

“…Background Most research on dietary patterns and health outcomes does not include longitudinal exposure data. We used an innovative technique to capture…”
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Prenatal Phthalate Exposures and Body Mass Index Among 4- to 7-Year-old Children: A Pooled Analysis by Buckley, Jessie P., Engel, Stephanie M., Braun, Joseph M., Whyatt, Robin M., Daniels, Julie L., Mendez, Michelle A., Richardson, David B., Xu, Yingying, Calafat, Antonia M., Wolff, Mary S., Lanphear, Bruce P., Herring, Amy H., Rundle, Andrew G.

“…BACKGROUND:Phthalates are hypothesized to cause obesity, but few studies have assessed whether prenatal phthalate exposures are related to childhood body mass…”
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Visit-to-Visit Variability in Blood Pressure Is Related to Late-Life Cognitive Decline by Qin, Bo, Viera, Anthony J, Muntner, Paul, Plassman, Brenda L, Edwards, Lloyd J, Adair, Linda S, Popkin, Barry M, Mendez, Michelle A

“…The association between visit-to-visit variability of blood pressure (BP) and cognitive decline over time remains incompletely understood in a general…”
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Dietary Patterns and Cognitive Decline Among Chinese Older Adults by Qin, Bo, Adair, Linda S., Plassman, Brenda L., Batis, Carolina, Edwards, Lloyd J., Popkin, Barry M., Mendez, Michelle A.

“…BACKGROUND:Prospective evidence of associations of dietary patterns with cognitive decline is limited and inconsistent. We examined how cognitive changes among…”
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