Background Fast weight gain and linear growth in children in low-income and middle-income
countries are associated with enhanced survival and improved cognitive development, but …

Decades ago, discussion of an impending global pandemic of obesity was thought of as
heresy. But in the 1970s, diets began to shift towards increased reliance upon processed foods, …

Blood pressure is a heritable trait 1 influenced by several biological pathways and responsive
to environmental stimuli. Over one billion people worldwide have hypertension (≥140 mm …

Objective. This study examines the relationship of intrauterine growth, measured by size and
maturity at birth, to age at menarche, while also considering a wide range of other factors …

From infancy through adolescence, more and more children are becoming overweight.
National prevalence data show that more than 17% of youth have a body mass index (BMI) …

We assembled an ancestrally diverse collection of genome-wide association studies (GWAS)
of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in 180,834 affected individuals and 1,159,055 controls (48.9% non…

To further understanding of the genetic basis of type 2 diabetes (T2D) susceptibility, we
aggregated published meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies (GWAS), including …

Triglycerides are transported in plasma by specific triglyceride-rich lipoproteins; in
epidemiological studies, increased triglyceride levels correlate with higher risk for coronary artery …

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a heterogeneous disease that develops through diverse pathophysiological
processes 1 , 2 and molecular mechanisms that are often specific to cell type 3 , 4 . …

OBJECTIVES: This study examined the relation of age at menarche to overweight in US
adolescent girls. METHODS: Effects of age at menarche and race/ethnicity on overweight were …