J C K Wells
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Marphatia A, Busert-Sebela L, Manandhar D, Reid A, Cortina-Borja M, Saville N, et al.
Am J Hum Biol
. 2024 Apr;
36(9):e24088.
PMID: 38687248
Objective: In South Asia, studies show secular trends toward slightly later women's marriage and first reproduction. However, data on related biological and social events, such as menarche and age of...
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Grunstra N, Betti L, Fischer B, Haeusler M, Pavlicev M, Stansfield E, et al.
Am J Biol Anthropol
. 2023 Jun;
181(4):535-544.
PMID: 37353889
Compared to other primates, modern humans face high rates of maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality during childbirth. Since the early 20th century, this "difficulty" of human parturition has prompted...
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Wells J, Shirley M
Glob Health Epidemiol Genom
. 2018 Jun;
1:e18.
PMID: 29868210
There is a need for simple proxies of health status, in order to improve monitoring of chronic disease risk within and between populations, and to assess the efficacy of public...
4.
Marphatia A, Cole T, Grijalva-Eternod C, Wells J
Glob Health Epidemiol Genom
. 2018 Jun;
1:e6.
PMID: 29868199
National efforts to reduce low birth weight (LBW) and child malnutrition and mortality prioritise economic growth. However, this may be ineffective, while rising gross domestic product (GDP) also imposes health...
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Hudda M, Nightingale C, Donin A, Owen C, Rudnicka A, Wells J, et al.
Int J Obes (Lond)
. 2017 Nov;
42(4):662-670.
PMID: 29093538
Background: The National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) records weight and height and assesses overweight-obesity patterns in English children using body mass index (BMI), which tends to underestimate body fatness in...
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Wells J, Davies P
Am J Hum Biol
. 2017 May;
7(1):85-92.
PMID: 28557231
The energy cost of physical activity has long remained the component of energy expenditure most difficult to quantify. Measurement of total energy expenditure (TEE) in free-living infants by the doubly-labelled...
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Wells J, Davies P
Am J Hum Biol
. 2017 May;
8(4):465-472.
PMID: 28557074
In order to apply current international recommendations of basing energy requirements on energy expenditures (FAO/WHO/UNU [1985] Energy and Protein Requirements WHO: Geneva) to infants, it is first necessary to ascertain...
8.
Wells J
Eur J Clin Nutr
. 2017 Mar;
71(7):881-889.
PMID: 28352118
Type 2 diabetes is rapidly increasing in prevalence worldwide, in concert with epidemics of obesity and sedentary behavior that are themselves tracking economic development. Within this broad pattern, susceptibility to...
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Hudda M, Nightingale C, Donin A, Fewtrell M, Haroun D, Lum S, et al.
Int J Obes (Lond)
. 2017 Mar;
41(7):1048-1055.
PMID: 28325931
Background/objectives: Body mass index (BMI) (weight per height) is the most widely used marker of childhood obesity and total body fatness (BF). However, its validity is limited, especially in children...
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Devakumar D, Hallal P, Horta B, Barros F, Wells J
PLoS One
. 2016 Feb;
11(2):e0149054.
PMID: 26890250
Background: Birth interval is an important and potentially modifiable factor that is associated with child health. Whether an association exists with longer-term outcomes in adults is less well known. Methods:...