Robertson, O. C., Marceau, K, Duncan, R. J., Shirtcliff, E. A., Natsuaki, N. M., Shaw, D. S., Reiss, D., Leve, L. D., Neiderhiser, J. M., Ganiban, J. M. (in press) Prenatal programming of developmental trajectories for obesity risk and early pubertal timing. Developmental Psychology.

by eca5042 | Sep 19, 2022

The thrifty phenotype and fetal overnutrition hypotheses were tested by examining developmental pathways from genetic and prenatal risk through early growth trajectories (birth to 7 years) to pubertal timing at age 11 years. Participants included 361 children adopted...

Beklman, T. A., Knapp, E. A., Dong, Y., Dabelea, D., Bastain, T. M. Breton, C. V….Sauder, K. A. (in press). Sociodemographic variation in children’s health behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Childhood Obesity.

by eca5042 | Sep 19, 2022

Background: Societal changes during the COVID-19 pandemic may affect children’s health behaviors and exacerbate disparities. This study aimed to describe children’s health behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic, how they vary by sociodemographic characteristics, and...

Bekelman, T. A. Dabelea, D., Ganiban, J. M., Law, A., McGovern Reilly, R., Althoff, K. N…Zoratti, E. (in press). Regional and sociodemographic differences in average body mass index among US children in the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program. Obesity.

by eca5042 | Sep 19, 2022

Importance: In the United States, pediatric and adult obesity remains unacceptably high, and varies geographically among adults. However, little is known about regional variation in child body mass index (BMI) in the US. Objective: To describe variation in child BMI...

Moody, S. N., van Dammen, L., Wang, W., Greder, K. A., Neiderhiser, J. M., Afulani, P. A., Willette, A. & Shirtcliff, E. A. (in press). Impact of hair type, hair sample weight, external hair exposure, and race on cumulative hair cortisol. Psychoneuroendocrinology.

by eca5042 | Sep 19, 2022

The biomarker cortisol assesses the impact of biopsychosocial stressors that activate the stress response system. Hair has emerged as a valid and non-invasive means of gauging cumulative cortisol deposited over month-long periods of time. Established protocols for the...

Liu, C., Moore, G. A., Roben, C. K., Ganiban, J. M., Leve, L. D., Shaw, D. S., Natsuaki, M. N., Reiss, D., & Neiderhiser, J. M. (in press). Examining Research Domain Criteria (RDoc) constructs for anger expression and regulation in toddlers. Manuscript under review.

by eca5042 | Sep 19, 2022

The present study is focused on anger expression and regulation within the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) construct of Frustrative Nonreward. Although previous studies have examined associations between child anger...