MRC Epidemiology Unit

 

Body shape and size in 6-year old children: assessment by three-dimensional photonic scanning.

Santos LP, Ong KK, Day F, Wells JC, Matijasevich A, Santos IS, Victora CG, and Barros AJ

International Journal of Obesity. Sep 2015

(DOI : 10.1038/ijo.2016.30)

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Associations between diet, physical activity and body fat distribution: a cross sectional study in an Indian population.

Bowen L, Taylor AE, Sullivan R, Ebrahim S, Kinra S, Krishna KV, Kulkarni B, Ben-Shlomo Y, Ekelund U, Wells JC, and Kuper H

BMC Public Health. Sep 2014

(DOI : 10.1186/s12889-015-1550-7)

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Prospective Associations Between Physical Activity Level and Body Composition in Adolescence: 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) Birth Cohort.

Reichert FF, Wells JC, Ekelund U, Menezes AM, Victora CG, and Hallal PC

Journal of Physical Activity and Health. Aug 2014

(DOI : 10.1123/jpah.2013-0509)

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Effects of nutritional supplementation for HIV patients starting antiretroviral treatment: randomised controlled trial in Ethiopia.

Olsen MF, Abdissa A, Kæstel P, Tesfaye M, Yilma D, Girma T, Wells JC, Ritz C, Mølgaard C, Michaelsen KF, Zerfu D, Brage S, Andersen ÅB, and Friis H

BMJ (Clinical research ed.). Aug 2014

(DOI : 10.1136/bmj.g3187)

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Energy expenditure compared to physical activity measured by accelerometry and self-report in adolescents: a validation study.

Hallal PC, Reichert FF, Clark VL, Cordeira KL, Menezes AM, Eaton S, Ekelund U, and Wells JC

PLoS ONE. Mar 2013

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0077036)

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Objectively measured physical activity in the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort.

Reichert FF, Hallal PC, Wells JC, Horta BL, Ekelund U, and Menezes AM

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. Jul 2012

(DOI : 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3182687d35)

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Correlates of physical activity: why are some people physically active and others not?

Bauman AE, Reis RS, Sallis JF, Wells JC, Loos RJ, and Martin BW

Lancet (London, England). Jul 2012

(DOI : 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60735-1)

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Associations of intrauterine and postnatal weight and length gains with adolescent body composition: prospective birth cohort study from Brazil.

Wells JC, Dumith SC, Ekelund U, Reichert FF, Menezes AM, Victora CG, and Hallal PC

The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine. Mar 2012

(DOI : 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2012.08.013)

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Infancy and childhood growth and physical activity in adolescence: prospective birth cohort study from Brazil.

Hallal PC, Dumith SC, Ekelund U, Reichert FF, Menezes AM, Victora CG, and Wells JC

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Oct 2011

(DOI : 10.1186/1479-5868-9-82)

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Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between physical activity and blood pressure in adolescence: birth cohort study.

Hallal PC, Dumith SC, Reichert FF, Menezes AM, Araújo CL, Wells JC, Ekelund U, and Victora CG

Journal of Physical Activity and Health. May 2011

(DOI : PMC3672951)

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Breastfeeding and infant temperament at age three months.

Lauzon-Guillain Bd, Wijndaele K, Clark M, Acerini CL, Hughes IA, Dunger DB, Wells JC, and Ong KK

PLoS ONE. Feb 2011

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0029326)

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Infancy weight gain predicts childhood body fat and age at menarche in girls.

Ong KK, Emmett P, Northstone K, Golding J, Rogers I, Ness AR, Wells JC, and Dunger DB

The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism. Feb 2009

(DOI : 10.1210/jc.2008-2489)

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Earlier mother's age at menarche predicts rapid infancy growth and childhood obesity.

Ong KK, Northstone K, Wells JC, Rubin C, Ness AR, Golding J, and Dunger DB

PLoS Medicine. Oct 2006

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040132)

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