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Recent Manuscripts, October 2002 – September 2003

Bibliography of manuscripts published by CDC's Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity staff.

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Breastfeeding

Ahluwalia IB, Morrow B, Hsia J, Grummer-Strawn LM. Who is breastfeeding? Recent trends from the pregnancy risk assessment and monitoring system. J Pediatr 2003; 142:486–91.

Ahluwalia IB, Schmid T, Kouletio M, Kanenda, O. An evaluation of a community-based approach to safer motherhood in north-western Tanzania. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2003; 82: 231–41.

DiGirolamo A, Grummer-Strawn LM, Fein S. Do perceived attitudes of physicians and hospital staff affect breastfeeding decisions? Birth 2003; 30:94–100.

Li R. Culture and ethnicity: key considerations for increasing breastfeeding rates (Letter to the Editor). J Hum Lac 2003; 19:22–3.

Li R, Zhao Z, Mokdad A, Barker L, Grummer-Strawn L. Prevalence of breastfeeding in the United States: The 2001 National Immunization Survey. Pediatrics 2003; 111:1198–201.

Li R, Jewell S, Grummer-Strawn L. Maternal obesity and breast-feeding practices. Am J Clin Nutr 2003; 77:931–36.

Li R, Grummer-Strawn L. Racial and ethnic disparities in breastfeeding among United States infants: Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988–1994. Birth 2002; 29:251–7.


Child Growth

Sherry B, Mei Z, Grummer-Strawn L, Dietz WH. Evaluation and recommendations for growth references for very low birth weight infants (<1500 gm) in the United States. Pediatrics 2003; 111:750–8.


Environmental/Community Design

Dannenberg AL, Jackson RJ, Frumkin H, Schieber RA, Pratt M, Kochtitzky C, Tilson HH. The impact of community design and land-use choices on public health: a scientific research agenda. Am J Public Health 2003; 93:1500–8.

Koepsell T, McCloskey L, Wolf M, Moudon AV, Buchner D, Kraus J, Patterson M. Crosswalk markings and the risk of pedestrian-motor vehicle collisions in older pedestrians. JAMA 2002; 288:2136–43.


Iron Disorders: Anemia and Hemochromatosis

Bodnar LM, Siega-Riz AM, Miller WC, Cogswell ME, McDonald T. Who should be screened for postpartum anemia? An evaluation of current recommendations. Am J Epidemiol 2002; 156:903–12.

Bodnar LM, Scanlon KS, Cogswell ME. Nutritional anemias. In: Wolinsky J, Klimis-Zacantis DJ, eds. Nutritional Concerns of Women. New York: CRC Press. 2003. pp 213–242.

Cogswell ME, Gallagher ML, Steinberg KK, Caudill SP, Looker AC, Bowman BA, Gunter EW, Franks AL, Satten GA, Khoury MJ, Grummer-Strawn LM. HFE genotype and transferrin saturation in the United States. Genet Med 2003; 5:304–310.
 

Imperatore G, Pinsky LE, Motulsky A, Reyes M, Bradley LA, Burke W. Hereditary hemochromatosis: Perspectives of public health, medical genetics and primary care. Genet Med 2003; 5:1–8.
 

Mei Z, Parvanta I, Cogswell ME, Gunter EW, Grummer-Strawn LM. Erythrocyte protoporphyrin or hemoglobin: which is a better screening test for iron deficiency in children and women? Am J Clin Nutr 2003; 77:1229–33.


Micronutrients

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Muhammad R, Fernhoff P, Rasmussen S, Bowman B, Scanlon K, Grummer-Strawn L, Kettel Khan L, Jefferds ME). Neurologic impairment in children associated with maternal dietary deficiency of cobalamin: Georgia, 2001. MMWR 2003; 52:61–4.


Centers for Disease Control Prevention. (Looker AC, Cogswell ME, Gunter EW). Iron deficiency—United States, 1999–2000. MMWR 2002; 51:897–9.
 

Chen KT, Twu SJ, Chiou ST, Pan WH, Chang HJ, Serdula MK. Outbreak of beri-beri among illegal mainland Chinese immigrants at a detention center in Taiwan. Public Health Rep 2003; 118:59–64.


Cogswell M, Kettel–Khan L, Ramakrishnan U. Iron supplement use among women in the United States: Science, policy, and practice. J Nutr 2003; 133:1974S–7S.


Cogswell ME, Weisberg P, Spong C. Cigarette smoking, alcohol use, and adverse pregnancy outcomes — Implications for micronutrient supplementation? J Nutr 2003; 133:1722S–31S.
 

Northrop-Clewes CA. Report of the XXI International Vitamin A Consultative Group Meeting, Marrakech, Morocco. Sight and Life Newsletter 2003; 1:10–34.

Pearce, EN, Gerber AR, Gootnick DB, Kettel Khan L, Li R, Pine S, Braverman LE. Effects of chronic iodine excess in a cohort of long-term American workers in West Africa. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002; 87:5499–502.


Overweight and Obesity

Adams EJ, Grummer-Strawn LM, Chavez G. Food insecurity is associated with increased risk of obesity among California women. J Nutr 2003; 133:1070–4.
 

Anderson LA, Eyler AA, Galuska DA, Brown DR, Brownson RC. Relationship of satisfaction with body size and trying to lose weight in a national survey of overweight and obese women aged 40 and older, United States. Prev Med 2002; 35:390–6.

 

Bandini LG, Must A, Spadano JL, Dietz WH. Relation of body composition, parental overweight, pubertal stage, and race-ethnicity to energy expenditure among premenarcheal girls. Am J Clin Nutr 2002; 76:1040–7.
 

Brener ND, McManus T, Galuska DA, Lowry R, Wechsler H. Letter to the
editor in response to: Reliability and validity of self-reported height and weight
among high-school students. J Adolesc Health 2003; 33:141-2.
 

Brener ND, McManus T, Galuska DA, Lowry R, Wechsler H. Reliability and validity of self-reported height and weight among high-school students. J Adolesc Health 2003; 32:281–7.
 

Davison KK, Ford ES, Cogswell ME, Dietz WH. Percentage of body fat and body mass index are associated with mobility limitations in people aged 70 and older from NHANES III. J Am Geriatr Soc 2002; 50:1802–9.
 

Dietz WH, Bland MG, Gortmaker SL, Molloy M, Schmid TL. Policy tools for the childhood obesity epidemic. J Law Med Ethics 2002; 30:83–7.
 

Ewing R, Schmid T, Killingsworth R, Zlot A, Raudenbush S. Effect of urban sprawl on physical activity, obesity and morbidity. Am J Health Promot 2003; 18:47–57.
 

Faith MS, Heshka S, Matz PE, Sherry B, Pietrobelli A, Allison DB. Mother-child feeding patterns and family demographics: Findings from a population-based sample. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2003; 157:926–32.
 

Finkelstein EA, Fiebelkorn IC, Wang G. National medical spending attributable to overweight and obesity: How much, and who's paying. Health Affairs 2003; W3:219–26.
 

Ford ES, Mannino DM, Redd SC, Mokdad AH, Galuska DA, Serdula MK. Weight-loss practices and asthma: findings from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Obes Res 2003; 11:81–6.


Freedman DS, Kettel Khan L, Serdula MK, Galuska DA, Dietz WH. Trends and correlates of class 3 obesity in the United States from 1990 through 2000. JAMA 2002; 288:1758–61.

Freedman DS, Kettel Khan L, Serdula MK, Dietz WH, Srinivasan SR, Berenson GS. The relation of age at menarche to race, time period, and anthropometric dimensions: the Bogalusa Heart Study. Pediatrics 2002; 110:e43.

Freedman DS. Clustering of coronary heart disease risk factors among obese children. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 2002; 15:1099–108.

Freedman DS, Srinivasan SR, Berenson GS. The relation of obesity to coronary heart disease risk factors among children. In: Child and Adolescent Obesity: Causes and Consequences, Prevention and Management. Edited by Burniat W, Cole TJ, Lissau I, and Poskitt EME. Cambridge University Press, 2002: 221–39.

Freedman DS, Kettel Khan L, Serdula MK, Dietz WH, Srinivasan SR, Berenson GS. The relation of menarcheal age to obesity in childhood and adulthood: the Bogalusa Heart Study. BMC Pediatr 2003; 3:3.

Freedman DS, Kettel Khan L. Response to letter concerning the relation of childhood height to obesity among adults: the Bogalusa Heart Study. Pediatrics 2003; 111:225.
 

Galuska DA. Controlling an epidemic: the problem of overweight in children and adolescents. Soz Praventivmed 2003; 48:145–6.
 

Jackson Y, Dietz WH, Sanders C, Kolbe LJ, Whyte JJ, Wechsler H, Schneider BS, McNally LA, Charles-Azure J, Vogel-Taylor M, Starke-Reed P, Hubbard VS, Johnson-Taylor WL, Troiano RP, Donato K, Yanovski S, Kuczmarski RJ, Haverkos L, McMuarry K, Wykoff RF, Woo V, Noonan AS, Rowe J, McCarty K, Spain CB. Summary of the 2000 Surgeon General’s listening session: toward a national action plan on overweight and obesity. Obes Res 2002; 10:1299–305.


Konstantinova S, Glasunov, I, Kamardina M, Zabina, H, Schmid, T, Deev A. Prevalence of overweight and obesity in Moscow. Russian J of Health Promot Dis Prev 2002; 3:4–9.
 

Lowry R, Wechsler H, Galuska DA, Fulton JE, Kann L. Television viewing and its association with overweight, sedentary lifestyle, and insufficient consumption of fruits and vegetables among US high-school students: differences by race, ethnicity, and gender. J Sch Health 2002; 72:413–21.
 

Maynard LM, Galuska DA, Blanck HM, Serdula MK. Maternal perceptions of weight status of children. Pediatrics 2003; 111:1226–31.
 

Mei Z, Grummer-Strawn LM, Scanlon KS. Does overweight in infancy persist through the preschool years? An analysis of CDC Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance System data. Soz Praventivmed 2003; 48:161–7.

Mercer SL, Green LW, Rosenthal AC, Husten CG, Kettel-Khan L, Dietz WH. Possible lessons from the tobacco experience for obesity control. Am J Clin Nutr 2003; 77:1073S–82S.

Mokdad AH, Ford ES, Bowman BA, Dietz WH, Vinicor F, Bales VS, Marks JS. Prevalence of obesity, diabetes, and obesity-related health risk factors, 2001. JAMA 2003; 289:76–9.
 

Serdula MK, Kettel Khan LK, Dietz WH. Weight loss counseling revisited. JAMA 2003; 289:1747–50.


Physical Activity

Buchner D, Miles R. Seeking a contemporary understanding of factors that influence physical activity. Am J Prev Med 2002; 23(2 Suppl):3–4.

Bull FC, Armstrong T, Dixon T, Ham S, Neiman AB, Pratt M. Commentary - Defining physical inactivity. Lancet 2003; 361:258–9.

Bull FC, Armstrong T, Dixon T, Ham S, Neiman A, Pratt M. Physical inactivity. In: Ezzati M, Lopez A, Rodgers A, Murray C, editors. Comparative quantification of health risks: global and regional burden of disease due to selected major risk factors. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2002.

Caspersen CJ, Fulton JE. Measurement of physical activity (section of Chapter 1: Characteristics of weight control and physical activity). World Health Organization. International Agency for Research on Cancer. Vainio H, Bianchini F. (editors). IARC Handbooks of Cancer Prevention: Volume 6: Weight Control and Physical Activity. Lyon, France: IARC Press, 2002, pp 6–12.

Caspersen CJ, Fulton JE. Physical activity (section of Chapter 2: Occurrence, trends and analysis). World Health Organization. International Agency for Research on Cancer. Vainio H, Bianchini F. (Editors). IARC Handbooks of Cancer Prevention: Volume 6: Weight Control and Physical Activity. Lyon, France: IARC Press, 2002, pp 23–39.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Macera CA, Jones DA, Yore MM, Ham SA, Kohl HW, Kimsey, CD, Buchner D) Prevalence of physical activity including lifestyle activities among adults–United States, 2000–2001 MMWR 2003; 52:764–9.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Duke J, Huhman M, Heitzer C). Physical activity levels among children aged 9–13 years–United States, 2002. MMWR 2003; 52:785–8.

Craig CL, Marshall AL, Sjostrom M, Bauman AE, Booth ML, Ainsworth BE, Pratt M, Ekelund U, Yngve A, Sallis JF, Oja P. International physical activity questionnaire: 12-country reliability and validity. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2003; 1381–95.

Ford ES, Heath GW, Mannino DM, Redd SC. Leisure-time physical activity patterns among adults with asthma. Chest 2003; 124:432–7.

Frank L. Engelke P, Schmid T. Health and Community Design: The Impact of the Built Environment on Physical Activity. Island Press. June 2003.

Heath GW. Behavioral approaches to physical activity promotion. In Clinical Exercise Physiology. Ehrman JK, Gordon PM, Visich PS, Keteyian SJ (eds.) Human Kinetics, Champaign-Urbana, 2003; 11–25.

Jones BH, Thacker SB, Gilchirst J, Kimsey CD, Sosin DM. Prevention of lower extremity stress fractures in athletes and soldiers: A systematic review. Epidemiol Rev 2002; 24:228–47.

Kirtland KA, Porter DE, Addy CL, Neet MJ, Williams JE Sharpe PA, Neff LJ, Kimsey CD, Ainsworth BA. Environmental measures of physical activity supports: perception versus reality.
Am J Prev Med. 2003; 24:323–31.

Levin S, Lowry R, Brown DR, Dietz WH. Physical activity and body mass index among U.S. adolescents: Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 1999. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2003; 157:816–20.

Levin S, Martin MW, McKenzie TL, DeLouise AC. Assessment of a pilot video on physical activity and heart-health for young children. Fam Community Health 2002; 25:10–17.

Levin S, Martin MW. Catch the Catawba SPARK: Physical activity for Head Start youth. J Health Phys Ed Rec Dance 2002; 73:39–42.

Librett JJ, Yore MM, Schmid TL. Local ordinances that promote physical activity: A survey of municipal policies. Am J Public Health 2003; 93:1399–403.

Masse LC, Heesch KC, Fulton, JE Watson KB. Raters' objectivity in using the Compendium of Physical Activities to code physical activity diaries. Measurement Phys Ed Exerc Sci 2002; 6:207–24.

Simpson ME, Serdula M, Galuska DA, Gillespie C, Donehoo R, Macera C, Mack K. Walking trends among U.S. adults. The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 1987–2000. Am J Prev Med 2003; 25:95–100.

Thompson PD, Buchner D, Pina IL, Balady GJ, Williams MA, Marcus BH, Berra K, Blair SN, Costa F, Franklin B, Fletcher GF, Gordon NF, Pate RR, Rodriguez BL, Yancey AK, Wenger NK. Exercise and physical activity in the prevention and treatment of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: a statement from the Council on Clinical Cardiology (Subcommittee on Exercise, Rehabilitation, and Prevention) and the Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism (Subcommittee on Physical Activity). Circulation 2003; 107:3109–16.

Whitt MC, Levin S, Ainsworth BE, DuBose KD. Observations from the CDC: Evaluation of a two-part survey item to assess moderate physical activity: The Cross-Cultural Activity Participation Study. J Womens Health 2003; 12: 203–12.


Other Topics

Bandini LG, Must A, Cyr H, Anderson SE, Spadano JL, Dietz WH. Longitudinal changes in the accuracy of reported energy intake in girls’ 10–15 y of age. Am J Clin Nutr 2003; 78:480–4.

Blanck HM, Bowman BA, Cooper GR, Myers G, Miller DT. Laboratory issues: Use of nutritional biomarkers. J Nutr 2003; 133:888S–94S.

Brady TJ, Kruger Brady TJ, Kruger J, Helmick CG, Callahan LF, Boutaugh ML. Intervention programs for arthritis and other rheumatic diseases. Health Edu Behav 2003; 30:44–63.

Cook S, Weitzman M, Auinger P, Nguyen M, Dietz WH. Prevalence of a metabolic syndrome phenotype in adolescents; findings from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988–1994. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2003; 157:821–7.

Denny CH, Serdula MK, Holtzman D, Nelson DE. Physician advice about smoking and drinking: are US adults being informed? Am J Prev Med 2003; 24:71–4.

Galuska DA. Consultations with practice nurses may improve adolescent health behaviors slightly—Commentary 2. Evid Based Health Care 2003; 7: 16–7.

Kaiser R, Marcus M, Blanck HM, Naughton N, Zhang RH, Henderson AK, Tolbert PE, Rubin C, Hertzberg VS. PBB exposure and benign breast disease in a cohort of U.S. women. Ann Epidemiol 2003; 13:16–23.

Kuller L, Arnold A, Tracy R, Otvos J, Burke G, Psaty B, Siscovick D, Freedman DS, Kronmal R. Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of lipoproteins and risk of coronary heart disease in the cardiovascular health study. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2002; 22:1175–80.

Naimi TS, Brewer RD, Mokdad A, Denny C, Serdula MK, Marks JS. Binge drinking among US adults. JAMA 2003; 289:70–5.

Rafferty AP, McGee HB, Miller CE, Reyes M. Prevalence of complementary and alternative medicine use: state-specific estimates from the 2001 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Am J Public Health 2002; 92:1598–1600.

Reyes M, Shanik NS, Graber JM, Nisenbaum R, Wetherall NT, Fukuda K, Reeves WC. Acylovir-resistant genital herpes among persons attending sexually transmitted disease and human immunodeficiency virus clinics. Arch Intern Med 2003; 163:76–80.

Reyes M, Nisenbaum R, Hoaglin DC, Unger ER, Emmons C, Randall B, Stewart JA, Abbey S, Jones JF, Gantz N, Minden S, Reeves WS. Prevalence and incidence of chronic fatigue syndrome and other fatiguing illnesses: Wichita, Kansas. Arch Intern Med 2003; 163:1530–6.

Schmid T, Zabina H. Coalition building and advocacy for the prevention of non-communicable diseases. Russian J Health Promot Dis Prev 2003; N3:1–5.

Seymour JD, Calle EE, Flagg EW, Coates RJ, Ford ES, Thun MJ. Diet Quality Index as a predictor of short-term mortality in the American Cancer Society Cancer Prevention Study II Nutrition Cohort. Am J Epi 2003; 157:980–89.

Sherry B, Archer S, Van Horn L. Descriptive epidemiologic research. In: Monsen ER, ed. Research: Successful Approaches, 2nd Edition. Chicago, Ill: The American Dietetic Association. 2003.

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Page last reviewed: May 22, 2007
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