Youth-onset type 2 diabetes: the epidemiology of an awakening epidemic

W Perng, R Conway, E Mayer-Davis… - Diabetes Care, 2023 - Am Diabetes Assoc
In this narrative review, we describe the epidemiology (prevalence, incidence, temporal
trends, and projections) of type 2 diabetes among children and adolescents (< 20 years) …

Life course cardiovascular health: risk factors, outcomes, and interventions

H Pedamallu, R Zmora, AM Perak, NB Allen - Circulation research, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Since it was first defined by the American Heart Association in 2010, cardiovascular health
(CVH) has been extensively studied across the life course. In this review, we present the …

Neighborhood walkability, historical redlining, and childhood obesity in Denver, Colorado

K Kowalski, J Auerbach, SE Martenies… - Journal of Urban …, 2023 - Springer
Childhood obesity is a precursor to future health complications. In adults, neighborhood
walkability is inversely associated with obesity prevalence. Recently, it has been shown that …

Application of Life's Essential 8 to assess cardiovascular health during early childhood

W Perng, IM Aris, N Slopen, N Younoszai… - Annals of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Purpose Assess cardiovascular health (CVH) during early childhood using the American
Heart Association's recently updated construct, Life's Essential 8 (LE8); examine …

Trajectory of cardiovascular health across childhood and adolescence

IM Aris, SL Rifas-Shiman, W Perng, L Yi… - JAMA …, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The American Heart Association put forth the Life's Essential 8 construct to
assess cardiovascular health (CVH) based on 8 behavioral and health factors. Few studies …

Association of maternal BMI and rapid infant weight gain with childhood body size and composition

SP Gilley, KK Harrall, C Friedman, DH Glueck… - …, 2023 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVES Maternal prepregnancy BMI (ppBMI) and an infant's rapid weight gain (RWG)
are each associated with increased risk for childhood obesity. We hypothesized that ppBMI …

Sociodemographic correlates of high cardiovascular health across childhood and adolescence: a prospective study among 2 cohorts in the ECHO consortium

W Perng, N Galai, Q Zhao, A Litonjua… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ahajournals.org
Background This study seeks to characterize cardiovascular health (CVH) from early
childhood to late adolescence and identify sociodemographic correlates of high CVH that …

Associations of infant feeding practices with abdominal and hepatic fat measures in childhood in the longitudinal Healthy Start Study

CC Cohen, KK Harrall, H Hu, DH Glueck… - The American Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Infant feeding patterns have been linked with obesity risk in childhood, but
associations with precise measures of body fat distribution are unclear. Objective We …

Characterization of maternal psychosocial stress during pregnancy: the Healthy Start study

SK Dhaliwal, D Dabelea, AE Lee-Winn… - Women's Health …, 2022 - liebertpub.com
Objective: To capture multidimensional maternal psychosocial stress using responses from
the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) and Cohen's Perceived Stress Scale …

Cardiovascular health at age 5 years: distribution, determinants, and association with neurodevelopment

RE Climie, M Tafflet, T Sloten, B Lauzon-Guillain… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Early childhood may represent an opportune time to commence primordial
prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD, ie, prevention of risk factors onset), but …