Prevalence of childhood obesity has worldwide more than doubled since 1980. Underlying
factors are complex and are far from completely understood. Strategies to prevent childhood …

The prevalence of excess body weight and the associated cancer burden have been rising
over the past several decades globally. Between 1975 and 2016, the prevalence of excess …

Conclusions HBV cccDNA minichromosomes in distinct epigenetic transcriptional states
showed a similar reduction rate during cell division but significantly differed in their …

OBJECTIVE Whether hyperglycemia in utero less than overt diabetes is associated with
altered childhood glucose metabolism is unknown. We examined associations of gestational …

Abstract Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) European Childhood Obesity
Surveillance Initiative (COSI) was established more than 10 years ago to estimate …

Objectives To investigate the possible role of Vitamin D (Vit D) deficiency via unregulated
inflammation in COVID-19 complications and associated mortality. Design The time …

Objectives We present evidence for a possible role of Vitamin D (VitD) deficiency in
unregulated cytokine production and inflammation leading to complications in COVID-19 …

There are few examples in the existing literature that address the quantitative linkages
between food waste, food security, and environmental sustainability, at global scale. Here …

Objetivos. Identificar estudios de prevalencia e incidencia de diabetes mellitus tipo 2 en
población general adulta de Perú. Materiales y métodos. Se evaluaron estudios …

Importance Obesity in adolescence has reached epidemic proportions around the world,
with the prevalence of severe obesity increasing at least 4-fold over the last 35 years. Most …