Prevalence and Trends in Overweight Among US Children and Adolescents, 1999-2000
The prevalence of overweight among children in the United States is continuing to increase, especially among Mexican-American and non-Hispanic black adolescents.
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Factor Analysis and AIC
The Naseri Artificial Wetland was created by the discharge of agricultural drainage water, including effluent from the sugarcane development project. The continuous inflow of dr...
Dietary Advanced Glycation End Products and Their Potential Role in Cardiometabolic Disease in Children
The rising incidence of obesity and metabolic diseases such as diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease in adolescents and young adults is of grave concern. Recent studies f...
Update on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of chronic hepatitis B
Potential conflict of interest: Dr. Hwang received grants from Merck and Gilead. Dr. Chang advises Arbutus. Dr. Lok received grants from Gilead and Bristol‐Myers Squibb. Dr. Jon...
Prevalence of Obesity and Trends in Body Mass Index Among US Children and Adolescents, 1999-2010
In 2009-2010, the prevalence of obesity in children and adolescents was 16.9%; this was not changed compared with 2007-2008.
Association between Multiple Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Atherosclerosis in Children and Young Adults
These findings indicate that as the number of cardiovascular risk factors increases, so does the severity of asymptomatic coronary and aortic atherosclerosis in young people.
Federated Learning: Challenges, Methods, and Future Directions
Federated learning involves training statistical models over remote devices or siloed data centers, such as mobile phones or hospitals, while keeping data localized. Training in...
Surviving Sepsis Campaign: international guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock: 2008
Erratum in Crit Care Med. 2008 Apr;36(4):1394-6. \nAbstract \nOBJECTIVE: To provide an update to the original Surviving Sepsis Campaign clinical management guidelines, ...
Global and regional burden of stroke during 1990–2010: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
Although stroke is the second leading cause of death worldwide, no comprehensive and comparable assessment of incidence, prevalence, mortality, disability, and epidemiological t...
Obesity in children and young people: a crisis in public health
Ten per cent of the world's school-aged children are estimated to be carrying excess body fat (Fig. 1), with an increased risk for developing chronic disease. Of these overweigh...
Maternal and child undernutrition: consequences for adult health and human capital
In this paper we review the associations between maternal and child undernutrition with human capital and risk of adult diseases in low-income and middle-income countries. We an...