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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Growth Charts"”.
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Longitudinal Growth Charts Based on Semi-Parametric Quantile Regression
The reference growth charts are widely used to screen the measurements from an individual subject in the context of population values. The conventional reference growth charts are generated from cross-sectional data and rely on an implicit assumption of normality. More informative screening of …
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Percentiles of Traditional and New Measures of Physical Activity Based On Accelerometry
… in a week are considered. We derive percentiles charts that are analogous to growth charts and that can be used, for example, to assess individual activity levels, to evaluate intervention programs, or to track individual changes over time.</p>
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Morbidity and Mortality in small for gestational age very low birth weight infants in a middle-income country
… Hospital database from 2012 to 2018. Fenton growth charts were used to define small for gestational age as birth weight < 10th centile for gestational age. Results: Mortality (28.9% vs 18.5%, adjusted risk ratio (aRR) 2.1, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.6-2.7), bronchopulmonary dysplasia (14% …
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The effects of individual attributes, health behaviors, and religion on adolescent obesity: a study of African American and Caucasian adolescents
… of the percentage of adolescents based on CDC growth charts indicates greater prevalence of overweight and obesity among African American than Caucasian adolescents. Structural equation modeling was used to analyze the relationships of these attributes and health behaviors with adolescent's …
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Fetal Biometry and Early Behavioural Development
… syndrome (PCOS), hirsutism and autism) on fetal growth measurements, are explored. The biometrics include anogenital distance (AGD), several brain measurements (transcerebellar diameter (TCD), ventricular atrium (VA)) and head circumference (HC). AGD was included as a proxy for prenatal sex …
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Why growth monitoring fails : an exploratory study of child malnutrition intervention in a rural African area
This study is an exploratory one of growth monitoring in a rural African village, Thornhill. Growth monitoring is a primary health care approach to prevent child malnutrition in under-developed areas promoted by a variety of development agencies, particularly UNICEF, as a part of the "child …
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Second Grade Students' Cognitive Understanding Of Heart Rate Monitors And Pedometers
… the 95th percentile for BMI according to age growth charts (Carroll, 2006). There are several approaches to combating the epidemic of obesity. In physical education classes, teachers are using are heart rate monitors and pedometers to assess the students' levels of physical activity (Blair et …
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A Study Of The Associations Between Childhood Obesity And Three Forms Of Social Capital
… Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) BMI-for-age growth charts. Obesity prevalence has more than quadrupled in the last 40 years in the United States for children. Social capital, in the study of health, can be defined as resources accrued and/or accessed from social relationships/social bonds at …
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Perceptions and Experiences of Overweight Students Enrolled in a High School Physical Education Class
… percentile based on Centers for Disease Control growth charts were eligible for participation. Participants were interviewed for one to two hours using the standardized open-ended interview and the informal conversational interview approaches on two separate occasions. Questions focused on …
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'Following the Line': An ethnographic study of the influence of routine baby weighing on breastfeeding women in a town in the Northwest of England
… and women about the applicability of current growth charts to breastfed babies - a concern echoed by the World Health Organisation. This ethnographic study involved two phases. Six months' participant observation in a child health clinic in the Northwest of England was followed by longitudinal …
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AN ASSESSMENT OF SUBADULT SKELETAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT BASED ON A MICHIGAN MEDICAL EXAMINER SAMPLE
<p>When there is a high rate of subadults going through the medical examiner’s office (MEO), it is important to determine if there is a common underlying reason. The role of the MEO is to conduct forensic investigations, but also to assist with public health surveillance. Because these roles go …
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Interaction of ADHD severity and neighborhood-level SES on Preschoolers’ Risk for Obesity at School-Age
… increase risk for overweight/obesity and greater growth in BMI at school-age. We hypothesized that ADHD severity/diagnosis would be associated with greater growth in BMI/increase risk for overweight/obesity from preschool to school-age (age 7 years). Second, we hypothesized that children with …
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The Effects of Glucose Tolerance, Hypertension, and Race on Heart Rate Variability, QT Interval Duration, and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Overweight-Obese Adolescents
… percentile on age-gender specific growth charts and obesity as ³ 95<sup>th</sup> percentile. Systolic or diastolic BP > 90<sup>th</sup> percentile for age, height, and sex was considered elevated BP. An oral glucose tolerance test (1g of dextrose/kg with a maximum of 75 g) or mixed …
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Το στρες των γονέων, οι πρακτικές σίτισης που χρησιμοποιούν και η συσχέτιση τους με το αυξημένο βάρος των παιδιών
… Υγείας (World Health Organization – WHO growth charts) ανέδειξε υψηλότερα ποσοστά υπερβάλλοντος σωματικού βάρους και παχυσαρκίας σε σύγκριση με τα κριτήρια των «Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)», υπογραμμίζοντας ότι η επιλογή συστήματος ταξινόμησης μπορεί να επηρεάσει την …
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Development of human functional and structural brain networks in adolescence and its relevance to psychiatric disorders
… applications of these normative subcortical growth charts. In Chapter 7, these new experimental results on adolescent and life-span development of functional and structural brain networks, and subcortical grey matter volume were summarised and drawn together, highlighting how these insights …
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Healthy eating behaviors following a culturally sensitive nutrition education intervention for Hispanic families
… determined by age, sex and height specific growth charts. Half of boys and 25% of girls in this sample had blood pressure values greater than the 90th percentile, likely secondary to high obesity rates in this population. Interventions to prevent the development of obesity in Hispanic …