… From the Technology Assessment Group, Harvard School of Public Health (Drs Colditz,
Berkey, Fineberg, and Mosteller and Ms Burdick); the Channing Laboratory, Brigham and …

ContextOverweight during adolescence predicts short- and long-term morbidity as well as
obesity in adulthood. The prevalence of overweight among adolescents is high and continues …

Context The proportion of children eating dinner with their families declines with age and has
decreased over time. Few data exist concerning the nutritional effect of eating family dinner…

Objective. To quantify the efficacy of vaccination of infants with bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)
against tuberculosis. Data sources. MEDLINE with index terms BCG vaccine, tuberculosis…

Objective. To assess prospectively the influence of peers, parents, and the media on the
development of weight concerns and frequent dieting. Design. Prospective cohort study. Setting. …

Objective. To examine the role of physical activity, inactivity, and dietary patterns on annual
weight changes among preadolescents and adolescents, taking growth and development …

Many meta‐analyses use a random‐effects model to account for heterogeneity among study
results, beyond the variation associated with fixed effects. A random‐effects regression …

Objectives: The increase in consumption of sugar‐added beverages over recent decades
may be partly responsible for the obesity epidemic among US adolescents. Our aim was to …

Objective. Obesity increases risk of many adverse outcomes, but its early origins are obscure.
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) reflects a metabolically altered fetal environment …

BACKGROUND: Several cross-sectional studies reported that heavier children eat breakfast
less often. However, no longitudinal studies have addressed whether skipping breakfast …