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Do Early Childhood Body Mass Index Trajectories Affect School Readiness, Socioemotional Development, Or Cognition? Findings From The Candle Study., Lauren Michelle Sims Taylor
Do Early Childhood Body Mass Index Trajectories Affect School Readiness, Socioemotional Development, Or Cognition? Findings From The Candle Study., Lauren Michelle Sims Taylor
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Sims Taylor, Lauren M., PhD. The University of Memphis. December 2018. Early childhood weight status and its effects on socioemotional development, school readiness, and cognition.Major Professor: Vikki Nolan, DSc, MPHChildhood obesity is associated with negative health and social outcomes in school-age children. These effects range from absenteeism and poor self-esteem to worse test scores, and fewer completed grades. Although previous studies have found these associations in school-age children and adolescents, less is known about this association in young children, who are just beginning school. Additionally, many studies of the outcomes of obesity are limited by cross-sectional study designs. These projects …
The Transgenerational Effect Of Maternal Grandmothers Body Mass Index And Socioeconomic Status On Offspring Birth Weight: The Mediation Effect Of Maternal Birth Weight, Early Adulthood Bmi, And Dna Methylation, Yan Shen
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Prior research demonstrated intergenerational effects of maternal risk factors on offspring birth weight. However, only a limited number of studies investigated whether grand-maternal risk factors, i.e. body mass index (BMI) and socioeconomic status (SES), affected grandchilds birth weight (GBW). Besides, it is unknown whether such associations are direct or mediated by maternal risk factors. Grand-maternal smoking during pregnancy was additionally included due to many studies addressing the adverse effect of maternal smoking on birth weight. I used three-generation data from Isle of Wight birth cohort in UK and performed structural equation models (SEM) to assess the associations between grand-maternal risk …