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A common variant in the FTO gene is associated with body mass index and predisposes to childhood and adult obesity

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Cohort profile: the 'children of the 90s'—the index offspring of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children

scientific article (publication date: February 2013)

Six new loci associated with body mass index highlight a neuronal influence on body weight regulation

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Early life risk factors for obesity in childhood: cohort study

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Cohort Profile: the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children: ALSPAC mothers cohort

scientific article published on 16 April 2012

Common variants near MC4R are associated with fat mass, weight and risk of obesity

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Fruit and vegetables, and cardiovascular disease: a review.

scientific article published on February 1997

Thirty new loci for age at menarche identified by a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies

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Objectively measured physical activity and fat mass in a large cohort of children

scientific article published in March 2007

Physical activity attenuates the influence of FTO variants on obesity risk: a meta-analysis of 218,166 adults and 19,268 children

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Risks and benefits of omega 3 fats for mortality, cardiovascular disease, and cancer: systematic review

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Association of maternal weight gain in pregnancy with offspring obesity and metabolic and vascular traits in childhood

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Objective measurement of levels and patterns of physical activity.

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How much loss to follow-up is acceptable in long-term randomised trials and prospective studies?

scientific article published in June 2008

Genetic variation in LIN28B is associated with the timing of puberty

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Use of Accelerometers in a Large Field-Based Study of Children: Protocols, Design Issues, and Effects on Precision

scientific article published on 01 January 2008

Time outdoors and physical activity as predictors of incident myopia in childhood: a prospective cohort study

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Association between bone mass and fractures in children: a prospective cohort study

scientific article published in September 2006

Genetic markers of adult obesity risk are associated with greater early infancy weight gain and growth

scientific article (publication date: 25 May 2010)

Infancy weight gain predicts childhood body fat and age at menarche in girls

scientific article published on 24 February 2009

Association of existing diabetes, gestational diabetes and glycosuria in pregnancy with macrosomia and offspring body mass index, waist and fat mass in later childhood: findings from a prospective pregnancy cohort

scientific article published on 20 October 2009

Dietary energy intake at the age of 4 months predicts postnatal weight gain and childhood body mass index

scientific article published in March 2006

Is there an intrauterine influence on obesity? Evidence from parent child associations in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC).

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Calibration of an accelerometer during free-living activities in children

scientific article published in January 2007

DNA methylation patterns in cord blood DNA and body size in childhood

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

No effect of n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid (EPA and DHA) supplementation on depressed mood and cognitive function: a randomised controlled trial

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Exploring the developmental overnutrition hypothesis using parental-offspring associations and FTO as an instrumental variable

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Insulin sensitivity and secretion in normal children related to size at birth, postnatal growth, and plasma insulin-like growth factor-I levels.

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Adipose tissue stimulates bone growth in prepubertal children.

scientific article published on 18 April 2006

The prevalence of symptoms and consultations in pre-school children in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC): a prospective cohort study

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Undiagnosed coeliac disease at age seven: population based prospective birth cohort study.

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How active are our children? Findings from the Millennium Cohort Study.

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Prospective associations between objective measures of physical activity and fat mass in 12-14 year old children: the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC)

scientific article (publication date: 26 November 2009)

Omega 3 fatty acids for prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease

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Does low-energy sweetener consumption affect energy intake and body weight? A systematic review, including meta-analyses, of the evidence from human and animal studies.

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Maternal macronutrient and energy intakes in pregnancy and offspring intake at 10 y: exploring parental comparisons and prenatal effects

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The contribution of active travel to children's physical activity levels: cross-sectional results from the ALSPAC study

scientific article published on 09 March 2009

Milk drinking, ischaemic heart disease and ischaemic stroke II. Evidence from cohort studies.

scientific article published on May 2004

Assessing causality in the association between child adiposity and physical activity levels: a Mendelian randomization analysis

scientific article (publication date: March 2014)

Socioeconomic disparities in trajectories of adiposity across childhood

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Opposing influences of prenatal and postnatal weight gain on adrenarche in normal boys and girls.

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Smoking during pregnancy and offspring fat and lean mass in childhood

scientific article published in December 2006

A prospective study of sedentary behavior in a large cohort of youth.

scientific article published in June 2012

Earlier mother's age at menarche predicts rapid infancy growth and childhood obesity

scientific article published in April 2007

Associations of size at birth and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry measures of lean and fat mass at 9 to 10 y of age.

scientific article published in October 2006

Habitual levels of physical activity influence bone mass in 11-year-old children from the United Kingdom: findings from a large population-based cohort

scientific article published in January 2007

Sedentary behavior and obesity in a large cohort of children

scientific article published on 26 February 2009

Folic acid supplements in pregnancy and birth outcome: re-analysis of a large randomised controlled trial and update of Cochrane review

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Endothelial Dysfunction in Childhood Infection

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Vigorous physical activity increases fracture risk in children irrespective of bone mass: a prospective study of the independent risk factors for fractures in healthy children

scientific article published on July 2008