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W H Dietz Jr

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Gortmaker S, Dietz Jr W, Cheung L
J Am Diet Assoc . 1990 Sep; 90(9):1247-52, 1255. PMID: 2398216
Recent studies have documented an increasing prevalence of childhood and adolescent obesity in the United States. These increases will likely result in increased adult obesity because of the tracking of...
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Gortmaker S, Dietz Jr W
Am J Epidemiol . 1990 Jul; 132(1):194-7. PMID: 2356809
No abstract available.
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Bandini L, Dietz Jr W
J Am Diet Assoc . 1987 Oct; 87(10):1344-8. PMID: 3655163
The identification of obesity as a pathological diagnosis depends on an accurate assessment of body fatness and a correlation of fatness with pathological consequences. Because total body fat varies with...
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Gortmaker S, Dietz Jr W, Sobol A, Wehler C
Am J Dis Child . 1987 May; 141(5):535-40. PMID: 3578167
Data from four national surveys indicate pronounced increases in the prevalence of pediatric obesity in the United States. Obese children are defined as those with triceps skinfolds greater than or...
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Wilson S, Dietz Jr W, Grand R
Pediatr Ann . 1987 Mar; 16(3):233-4, 236-40. PMID: 3108840
Many of the metabolic and gastrointestinal complications that occur when patients receive tube feedings result from improper selection or administration of the formula. An algorithm, available tables of formula composition,...
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Dietz Jr W
Ann N Y Acad Sci . 1987 Jan; 499:47-54. PMID: 3300492
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Dietz Jr W
Pediatr Clin North Am . 1986 Aug; 33(4):823-33. PMID: 3737257
The increasing prevalence of childhood obesity, its attendant morbidity, and the limited success of therapy mandate increased attention to preventive approaches. Environmental and family variables serve to identify families with...
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Dietz Jr W, Wolfe R
Am J Clin Nutr . 1985 Sep; 42(3):380-90. PMID: 3898803
We studied the interrelationship of nitrogen balance (N-bal) and rates of glucose appearance (Ra), determined isotopically using U-13C-glucose, in 14 obese adolescents consuming either (1.5 g protein and 1.0 g...
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Dietz Jr W, Hartung R
Am J Dis Child . 1985 Jul; 139(7):705-7. PMID: 4014094
Height velocities prior to and during weight reduction were determined retrospectively in 19 obese children selected because of a 10% or greater fall in weight for height. Mean duration of...
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Dietz Jr W, Gortmaker S
Pediatrics . 1985 May; 75(5):807-12. PMID: 3873060
The association of television viewing and obesity in data collected during cycles II and III of the National Health Examination Survey was examined. Cycle II examined 6,965 children aged 6...