MRC Epidemiology Unit

 

High but decreasing prevalence of overweight in preschool children: encouragement for further action.

Maessen SE, Nichols M, Cutfield W, Norris SA, Beger C, Ong KK

BMJ (Clinical research ed.). Oct 2023

(DOI : 10.1136/bmj-2023-075736)

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The association between the timing, intensity and magnitude of adolescent growth and body composition in early adulthood.

Nyati LH, Pettifor JM, Ong KK, Norris SA

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Jun 2023

(DOI : 10.1038/s41430-023-01293-9)

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The relationships between socioeconomic status, dietary knowledge and patterns, and physical activity with adiposity in urban South African women

Mukoma G, Wrottesley SV, Kagura J, Oni T, Micklesfield LK, Norris SA

South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Jun 2022

(DOI : 10.1080/16070658.2022.2076374)

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Adolescent Levers for a Diet and Physical Activity Intervention Across Socioecological Levels in Kenya, South Africa, Cameroon, and Jamaica: Mixed Methods Study Protocol.

Odunitan-Wayas FA, Wadende P, Mogo ERI, Brugulat-Panés A, Micklesfield LK, Govia I, Mapa-Tassou C, Mukoma G, Smith JA, Motlhalhedi M, Wasnyo Y, Were V, Assah F, Okop KJ, Norris SA, Obonyo C, Mbanya JC, Tulloch-Reid MK, King AC, Lambert EV, Oni T

JMIR research protocols. Dec 2020

(DOI : 10.2196/26739)

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Adolescent growth and BMI and their associations with early childhood growth in an urban South African cohort.

Nyati LH, Pettifor JM, Ong KK, Norris SA

American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council. Jun 2020

(DOI : 10.1002/ajhb.23469)

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The global diet and activity research (GDAR) network: a global public health partnership to address upstream NCD risk factors in urban low and middle-income contexts.

Oni T, Assah F, Erzse A, Foley L, Govia I, Hofman KJ, Lambert EV, Micklesfield LK, Shung-King M, Smith J, Turner-Moss E, Unwin N, Wadende P, Woodcock J, Mbanya JC, Norris SA, Obonyo CO, Tulloch-Reid M, Wareham NJ, GDAR network GDAR network

Globalization and health. Dec 2019

(DOI : 10.1186/s12992-020-00630-y)

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Maternal traditional dietary pattern and antiretroviral treatment exposure are associated with neonatal size and adiposity in urban, black South Africans.

Wrottesley SV, Ong KK, Pisa PT, Norris SA

The British journal of nutrition. Jul 2018

(DOI : 10.1017/S0007114518001708)

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The Influence of Objectively Measured Physical Activity During Pregnancy on Maternal and Birth Outcomes in Urban Black South African Women.

Watson ED, Brage S, White T, Westgate K, Norris SA, Van Poppel MNM, Micklesfield LK

Maternal and Child Health Journal. Mar 2018

(DOI : 10.1007/s10995-018-2504-3)

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Genetic risk score for adult body mass index associations with childhood and adolescent weight gain in an African population.

Munthali RJ, Sahibdeen V, Kagura J, Hendry LM, Norris SA, Ong KK, Day FR, Lombard Z

Genes & nutrition. Dec 2017

(DOI : 10.1186/s12263-018-0613-7)

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The associations between adult body composition and abdominal adiposity outcomes, and relative weight gain and linear growth from birth to age 22 in the Birth to Twenty Plus cohort, South Africa.

Prioreschi A, Munthali RJ, Kagura J, Said-Mohamed R, De Lucia Rolfe E, Micklesfield LK, Norris SA

PLoS ONE. Oct 2017

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0190483)

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Deriving an optimal threshold of waist circumference for detecting cardiometabolic risk in sub-Saharan Africa.

Ekoru K, Murphy GAV, Young EH, Delisle H, Jerome CS, Assah F, Longo-Mbenza B, Nzambi JPD, On'Kin JBK, Buntix F, Muyer MC, Christensen DL, Wesseh CS, Sabir A, Okafor C, Gezawa ID, Puepet F, Enang O, Raimi T, Ohwovoriole E, Oladapo OO, Bovet P, Mollentze W, Unwin N, Gray WK, Walker R, Agoudavi K, Siziya S, Chifamba J, Njelekela M, Fourie CM, Kruger S, Schutte AE, Walsh C, Gareta D, Kamali A, Seeley J, Norris SA, Crowther NJ, Pillay D, Kaleebu P, Motala AA, Sandhu MS

International Journal of Obesity. Mar 2017

(DOI : 10.1038/ijo.2017.240)

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Cardiorespiratory fitness levels and associations with physical activity and body composition in young South African adults from Soweto.

Prioreschi A, Brage S, Westgate K, Norris SA, Micklesfield LK

BMC Public Health. Aug 2016

(DOI : 10.1186/s12889-017-4212-0)

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Abdominal fat depots associated with insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome risk factors in black African young adults.

De Lucia Rolfe E, Ong KK, Sleigh A, Dunger DB, Norris SA

BMC Public Health. Jun 2015

(DOI : 10.1186/s12889-015-2147-x)

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Even transient rapid infancy weight gain is associated with higher BMI in young adults and earlier menarche.

Salgin B, Norris SA, Prentice P, Pettifor JM, Richter LM, Ong KK, Dunger DB

International Journal of Obesity. Jun 2014

(DOI : 10.1038/ijo.2015.25)

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Validation of ultrasound estimates of visceral fat in black South African adolescents.

De Lucia Rolfe E, Norris SA, Sleigh A, Brage S, Dunger DB, Stolk RP, Ong KK

Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.). Jul 2011

(DOI : 10.1038/oby.2011.213)

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