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Mental Health And Adiposity: The Effects Of Racial Discrimination And Social Relationships, Nicole D. Fields

Doctoral Dissertations

Excess adiposity is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and premature mortality. It is well-documented that Black women are disproportionately affected by excess adiposity. Research has focused on lifestyle factors, such as diet and physical activity, to explain the higher prevalence of obesity among Black women compared to white women; however, there is much less research on the association between psychological distress and adiposity, which may be important for understanding racial disparities. To date, no studies have examined the social context by which mental health and physical health are related. Black women in U.S. society live …

The Association Between Measures Of Adiposity And Anovulation In Women With Regular Menstural Cycles, Nicole Ash

Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014

Anovulation accounts for approximately 12 percent of all female infertility in the United States. Prior studies suggest women with high body mass index (BMI) have an increased risk of infertility, particularly obese women with abnormal cycle lengths. To date no studies have examined the relationship between measures of adiposity, including BMI and percent body fat measured by DXA scan (%BF), and anovulation among women with regular menstrual cycles assessed with biomarkers. We evaluated this association using data from the BioCycle study, a prospective cohort of 259 women with regular menstrual cycles. All measures of adiposity and covariates were collected at …

Gestational Weight Gain And Child Adiposity At Age 3 Years, Emily Oken, Elsie M. Taveras, Ken P. Kleinman, Janet W. Rich-Edwards, Matthew W. Gillman

Public Health Department Faculty Publication Series

OBJECTIVE

The purpose of this study was to examine the associations of gestational weight gain with child adiposity.

STUDY DESIGN

Using multivariable regression, we studied associations of total gestational weight gain and weight gain according to 1990 Institute of Medicine guidelines with child outcomes among 1044 mother-child pairs in Project Viva.

RESULTS

Greater weight gain was associated with higher child body mass index z-score (0.13 units per 5 kg [95% CI, 0.08, 0.19]), sum of subscapular and triceps skinfold thicknesses (0.26 mm [95% CI, 0.02, 0.51]), and systolic blood pressure (0.60 mm Hg [95% CI, 0.06, 1.13]). Compared with inadequate …