Keeping You Connected

The SFMMS keeps you up to date on the latest news,
policy developments, and events

San Francisco Marin Medical Society Blog

Article References for May 2015 San Francisco Medicine



References cited in Childhood Obesity by Julia Getzelman, MD and Sommer Barnes, MPH

  1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2014. Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), 2013. http://nccd.cdc.gov/youthonline.
  2. GetzWell Pediatrics was founded in San Francisco eight years ago. For this reason, most of our patients are under age 11. Statistically, however, this age group (1–10 years) in the U.S. would be expected to mirror the national averages cited in this article.
  3. Collins S. Overview of clinical perspectives and mechanisms of obesity. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2005; 73:470-471.
  4. Mokdad AH, Ford ES, Bowman BA, et al. Prevalence of obesity, diabetes, and obesity-related health risk factors, 2001. JAMA. 2003; 289:76-79.
  5. Mokdad AH, Serdula MK, Dietz WH, Bowman BA, Marks JS, Koplan JP. The spread of the obesity epidemic in the United States, 1991–1998. JAMA. 1999; 282:1519-1522. Dolinoy, DC. The agouti mouse model: An epigenetic biosensor for nutritional and environmental alterations on the fetal epigenome. Nutr Rev. 2008 Aug; 66(Suppl 1):S7–11.
  6. Trasande, L. Association between urinary bisphenol A concentration and obesity prevalence in children and adolescents. JAMA. 2012; 308(11):1113-1121. DOI:10.1001/2012.jama.11461.
  7. Baillie-Hamilton PF. Chemical toxins: A hypothesis to explain the global obesity epidemic. J Altern Complement Med. 2002; 8:185-192.
  8. Ursell, LK. The intestinal metabolome: An intersection between microbiota and host. Gastroenterology. May 2014; 146(6):1470-1476.
  9. British Neuroscience Association. Fetal exposure to excessive stress hormones in the womb linked to adult mood disorders. 2013. Accessed April 7, 2015 from www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130407090835.htm.
  10. Kovatcheva-Datchary, P. Nutrition, the gut microbiome and the metabolic syndrome. Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol. Feb 2013; 27(1):59-72.
  11. Bailey, LC. Association of antibiotics in infancy with early childhood obesity. JAMA Pediatr. 2014; 168(11):1063-1069.
  12. Louv, R. Last child in the woods: Saving our children from nature-deficit disorder. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. 2005.

References cited in The “Asian BMI” is 23 by Edward Chow, MD and David Lee Hawks

  1. American Diabetes Association. Standards of medical care in diabetes 2015. Diabetes Care. 2015; 38(1):S8-S16.
  2. WHO expert consultation. Appropriate body-mass index for Asian populations and its implications for policy and intervention strategies. The Lancet. 2004; 363(9403):157-163.
  3. Adapted from Fujimoto WY. Diabetes in Asian and Pacific Islander Americans. Diabetes in America, 2nd ed. Harris et al, eds. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1995:661-681(NIH publication no. 95-1468).
  4. Kanaya AM et al. Understanding the high prevalence of diabetes in U.S. South Asians compared with four racial/ethnic groups: The MASALA and MESA Studies. Diabetes Care. 2014; 37:1621-1628.
  5. Araneta MRG et al. Optimum BMI cut points to screen Asian Americans for type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2015; 38:1-7.
  6. King GL, McNeely MJ, Thorpe LE, Mau MLM, Ko J, Liu LL, Sun A, Hsu WC, Chow EA.Understanding and addressing unique needs of diabetes in Asian Americans, native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. Diabetes Care. 2012; 35:1181-1188. Accessed at http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/35/5/1181.extract.
  7. Hsu WC, Boyko EJ, Fujimoto WY, Kanaya A, Karmally W, Karter A, King GL, Look M, Maskarinec G, Misra, R, Tavake-Pasi F, Arakaki R. Pathophysiologic differences among Asians, native Hawaiians, and other Pacific Islanders and treatment implications. Diabetes Care. 2012; 35:1189-1198. Accessed at http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/35/5/1189.extract.
  8. Hermann WH, Zimmet P. Type 2 diabetes: An epidemic requiring global attention and urgent action. Diabetes Care. 2012; 35:943–944.
  9. Hsu WC, Araneta MRG, Kanaya AM, Chiang JL, Fujimoto WY. BMI cut points to identify at-risk Asian Americans for type 2 diabetes screening. Diabetes Care. 2014; 38:157. Accessed at http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/38/1/150.full.pdf+html.
  10. Araneta MRG et al. Optimum BMI cut points to screen Asian Americans for type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2015; 1-7.


Comments are closed.

Archives