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COVID‐19–Related School Closings and Risk of Weight Gain Among Children by Rundle, Andrew G., Park, Yoosun, Herbstman, Julie B., Kinsey, Eliza W., Wang, Y. Claire

“…[...]we anticipate that the COVID-19 pandemic will likely double out-of-school time this year for many children in the United States and will exacerbate the…”
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Public Health 3.0: A Call to Action for Public Health to Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century by DeSalvo, Karen B, Wang, Y Claire, Harris, Andrea, Auerbach, John, Koo, Denise, O'Carroll, Patrick

“…Public health is what we do together as a society to ensure the conditions in which everyone can be healthy. Although many sectors play key roles, governmental…”
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Health and economic burden of the projected obesity trends in the USA and the UK by Wang, Y Claire, MD, McPherson, Klim, Prof, Marsh, Tim, PG Dip, Gortmaker, Steven L, PhD, Brown, Martin, PhD

“…Summary Rising prevalence of obesity is a worldwide health concern because excess weight gain within populations forecasts an increased burden from several…”
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Quantification of the effect of energy imbalance on bodyweight by Hall, Kevin D, Dr, Sacks, Gary, PhD, Chandramohan, Dhruva, BSc, Chow, Carson C, PhD, Wang, Y Claire, MD, Gortmaker, Steven L, PhD, Swinburn, Boyd A, MD

“…Summary Obesity interventions can result in weight loss, but accurate prediction of the bodyweight time course requires properly accounting for dynamic energy…”
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Cost Effectiveness of a Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Excise Tax in the U.S by Long, Michael W., ScD, Gortmaker, Steven L., PhD, Ward, Zachary J., MPH, Resch, Stephen C., PhD, Moodie, Marj L., DrPH, Sacks, Gary, PhD, Swinburn, Boyd A., MD, Carter, Rob C., PhD, Claire Wang, Y., MD, ScD

“…Introduction Reducing sugar-sweetened beverage consumption through taxation is a promising public health response to the obesity epidemic in the U.S. This…”
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Public Health 3.0: Supporting Local Public Health in Addressing Behavioral Health by DeSalvo, Karen B, Wang, Y Claire

“…For the first time in generations, life expectancy in the United States is declining.1 It is driven in large part by behavioral health challenges manifesting…”
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Why the Neighborhood Social Environment Is Critical in Obesity Prevention by Suglia, Shakira F., Shelton, Rachel C., Hsiao, Amber, Wang, Y. Claire, Rundle, Andrew, Link, Bruce G.

“…The continuing obesity epidemic in the USA calls for the examination of antecedents to the well-known risk factors of physical activity and diet. The…”
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WIC Food Package Changes: Trends in Childhood Obesity Prevalence by Daepp, Madeleine I G, Gortmaker, Steven L, Wang, Y Claire, Long, Michael W, Kenney, Erica L

“…To evaluate the association of the 2009 changes to the US Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) food package and…”
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Increasing consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages among US adults: 1988–1994 to 1999–2004 by Bleich, Sara N, Wang, Y Claire, Wang, Youfa, Gortmaker, Steven L

“…Consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) has been linked to obesity and type 2 diabetes. We examined national trends in SSB consumption among US adults…”
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Strategies for Primary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease Based on Risk Stratification by the ACC/AHA Lipid Guidelines, ATP III Guidelines, Coronary Calcium Scoring, and C-Reactive Protein, and a Global Treat-All Strategy: A Comparative--Effectiveness Modeling Study by Galper, Benjamin Z, Wang, Y Claire, Einstein, Andrew J

“…Several approaches have been proposed for risk-stratification and primary prevention of coronary heart disease (CHD), but their comparative and…”
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Rapid detection of NDM and VIM carbapenemase encoding genes by recombinase polymerase amplification and lateral flow–based detection by Ayfan, Abdulrahman K. S., Macdonald, Joanne, Harris, Patrick N. A., Heney, Claire, Paterson, David L., Trembizki, Ella, Wang, Claire Y. T., Whiley, David M., Zowawi, Hosam M., Irwin, Adam D.

“…Carbapenemase-producing organisms (CPOs) pose a serious clinical threat and rapid detection tools are essential to aid in patient management. We developed…”
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Introducing the MAVEN Leadership Training Initiative to diversify the scientific workforce by Wang, Y Claire, Brondolo, Elizabeth, Monane, Rachel, Kiernan, Michaela, Davidson, Karina W

“…Addressing gender and racial-ethnic disparities at all career stages is a priority for the research community. In this article, we focus on efforts to…”
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Assessing Plasmodium falciparum transmission in mosquito-feeding assays using quantitative PCR by Wang, Claire Y T, McCarthy, James S, Stone, Will J, Bousema, Teun, Collins, Katharine A, Bialasiewicz, Seweryn

“…Evaluating the efficacy of transmission-blocking interventions relies on mosquito-feeding assays, with transmission typically assessed by microscopic…”
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Assays for quantification of male and female gametocytes in human blood by qRT-PCR in the absence of pure sex-specific gametocyte standards by Wang, Claire Y T, Ballard, Emma, Llewellyn, Stacey, Marquart, Louise, Bousema, Teun, McCarthy, James S, Collins, Katharine A

“…Malaria transmission from humans to Anopheles mosquitoes requires the presence of gametocytes in human peripheral circulation, and the dynamics of transmission…”
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Redrawing the US Obesity Landscape: Bias-Corrected Estimates of State-Specific Adult Obesity Prevalence by Ward, Zachary J, Long, Michael W, Resch, Stephen C, Gortmaker, Steven L, Cradock, Angie L, Giles, Catherine, Hsiao, Amber, Wang, Y Claire

“…State-level estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) underestimate the obesity epidemic because they use self-reported height and…”
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Analytical validation of a real-time hydrolysis probe PCR assay for quantifying Plasmodium falciparum parasites in experimentally infected human adults by Wang, Claire Y T, Ballard, Emma L, Pava, Zuleima, Marquart, Louise, Gaydon, Jane, Murphy, Sean C, Whiley, David, O'Rourke, Peter, McCarthy, James S

“…Volunteer infection studies have become a standard model for evaluating drug efficacy against Plasmodium infections. Molecular techniques such as qPCR are used…”
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Health benefits of reducing sugar-sweetened beverage intake in high risk populations of California: results from the cardiovascular disease (CVD) policy model by Mekonnen, Tekeshe A, Odden, Michelle C, Coxson, Pamela G, Guzman, David, Lightwood, James, Wang, Y Claire, Bibbins-Domingo, Kirsten

“…Consumption of sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) has risen over the past two decades, with over 10 million Californians drinking one or more SSB per day. High SSB…”
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Adenovirus Species C Is Associated With Chronic Suppurative Lung Diseases in Children by Wurzel, Danielle F., Mackay, Ian M., Marchant, Julie M., Wang, Claire Y. T., Yerkovich, Stephanie T., Upham, John W., Smith-Vaughan, Heidi C., Petsky, Helen L., Chang, Anne B.

“…Background. The role of human adenoviruses (HAdVs) in chronic respiratory disease pathogenesis is recognized. However, no studies have performed molecular…”
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Cost-effectiveness of a Nutrition Education Curriculum Intervention in Elementary Schools by Graziose, Matthew M., MS, Koch, Pamela A., EdD, RD, Wang, Y. Claire, MD, ScD, Lee Gray, Heewon, PhD, RD, Contento, Isobel R., PhD, CDN

“…Abstract Objective To estimate the long-term cost-effectiveness of an obesity prevention nutrition education curriculum ( Food, Health, & Choices ) as…”
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Feeding Strategies Derived from Behavioral Economics and Psychology Can Increase Vegetable Intake in Children as Part of a Home-Based Intervention: Results of a Pilot Study by Cravener, Terri L., MS, Schlechter, Haley, Loeb, Katharine L., PhD, Radnitz, Cynthia, PhD, Schwartz, Marlene, PhD, Zucker, Nancy, PhD, Finkelstein, Stacey, PhD, Wang, Y. Claire, MD, ScD, Rolls, Barbara J., PhD, Keller, Kathleen L., PhD

“…Abstract Background Behavioral economics and psychology have been applied to altering food choice, but most studies have not measured food intake under…”
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