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Postprandial triglycerides and fibroblast growth factor-19 as potential screening tools for pediatric non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
(2022-05)
Background: Screening tools for pediatric NAFLD are lacking. We tested the hypothesis that the postprandial triglyceride (TG) and FGF19 response to an abbreviated fat tolerance test (AFTT) could discriminate children with ...
Impact of economic growth on adult obesity rates in rural America
(2021-05)
In the past several decades, obesity has become an increasingly severe problem in United States. From 2008 to 2018, the adult obesity rate rose from 33.8% to 42.4%. Obesity rates are notably higher in rural America when ...
Parental responsibility: Stigmatization of parents based on child weight
(2021-12)
Qualitative evidence, judicial decisions, and media reports suggest that parents of children with obesity experience stigma on account of their children's weights. However, to the best of my knowledge, little empirical ...