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    • A 3-Year Longitudinal Study of Effects of Parental Feeding Practices on Child Weight Status: The Childhood Obesity Study in China Mega-Cities 

      Ma, Lu; Yan, Na; Shi, Zumin; Ding, Yixin; He, Siran; ... more authors ( MDPI , 2022 , Article)
      This study examined the longitudinal associations between parental feeding practices and child weight status, and their potential modification effects by child sex, age, and maternal and paternal educations among children. ...

    • Clinical outcomes of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in children and adolescents: A systematic review 

      Al-Qudimat, Ahmad R.; Al-Zoubi, Raed M.; Elaarag, Mai; Nashwan, Abdulqadir J.; Hamze, Afaf K.; ... more authors ( John Wiley and Sons Inc , 2022 , Article Review)
      Background & Aims: The BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine is the only vaccine offered to children among all available vaccines. However, limited evidence is available about the clinical outcomes of COVID-19 vaccines, especially among ...

    • Coronavirus Disease 2019 Disease Severity in Children Infected With the Omicron Variant 

      Butt, A.A.; Butt, Adeel A.; Dargham, Soha R.; Loka, Srusvin; Shaik, Riyazuddin M.; ... more authors ( NLM (Medline) , 2022 , Article)
      SHORT SUMMARY: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection from the Omicron variant in children/adolescents is less severe than infection from the Delta variant. Those 6 to <18 years also have less severe ...

    • Editorial: Food literacy and healthy diets in childhood and adolescence 

      Hoteit, Maha; Qasrawi, Radwan; Tayyem, Reema ( Frontiers Media SA , 2024 , Other)
      The global shift in food systems has made processed food, which is nutrient-poor and energy-dense, readily available and convenient for individuals across all age groups, with a particular focus on children. This phenomenon ...

    • Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: a pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million participants 

      Andrea, Rodriguez-Martinez; Zhou, Bin; Sophiea, Marisa K; Bentham, James; Paciorek, Christopher J; ... more authors (2020 , Article)
      Background Comparable global data on health and nutrition of school-aged children and adolescents are scarce. We aimed to estimate age trajectories and time trends in mean height and mean body-mass index (BMI), which ...

    • Obesity and maternal perception: a cross-sectional study of children aged 6 to 8 years in Kuwait. 

      AlRodhan, Yousif; AlAbdeen, Yousef; Saleh, Eisa; AlFodari, Naser; AlSaqer, Hamad; ... more authors (2019 , Article)
      Childhood obesity is on the increase in the Middle East. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of obesity in those aged six to eight years and to investigate maternal perception of child weight. A nation-wide study ...

    • The role of human metapneumovirus in pediatric respiratory tract infection in Qatar 

      Al-Thani, Asma; Azzam, Samir B.; Abboubaker, Hafsa M. Al-Sheik; Abdel-Hadi, Fatma G.; Elsheikh, Mamoun; ... more authors ( Future Medicine Ltd , 2010 , Article)
      The human metapneumovirus (hMPV) has been recently discovered as an etiological agent of acute respiratory infections in infants and children, with similar clinical symptoms to those caused by respiratory syncytial virus. ...

    • Sensitization to common food and inhalant allergens in children attending Allergy and Asthma Pediatric Clinic in Doha, Qatar 

      Kerkadi, Abdelhamid; Althani, Asma; Al-Boainain, Amina; Janahi, Ibrahim; Singh, Rajiv ( WFL Publisher , 2009 , Article)
      The prevalence of allergic diseases such as asthma, allergic rhinitis and atopic dermatitis have risen at an alarming rate throughout the world in the past 50 years. Sensitization to food (FA) and inhalant allergens (IA) ...

    • Temporal Relation between Double Fortification of Wheat Flour with Iron and Folic Acid, and Markers and Prevalence of Anemia in Children 

      Biemi, Flinle Danielle; Ganji, Vijay ( MDPI , 2021 , Article)
      Fortification of wheat flour with iron and folic acid became mandatory in Ivory Coast in 2007. The purpose of this study was to determine the time trend relation between mandatory double fortification of wheat flour with ...