Browsing Harvard Medical School by Keyword "adiposity"

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    • Mendelian randomisation analysis strongly implicates adiposity with risk of developing colorectal cancer 

      Jarvis, David; Mitchell, Jonathan S; Law, Philip J; Palin, Kimmo; Tuupanen, Sari; Gylfe, Alexandra; Hänninen, Ulrika A; Cajuso, Tatiana; Tanskanen, Tomas; Kondelin, Johanna; Kaasinen, Eevi; Sarin, Antti-Pekka; Kaprio, Jaakko; Eriksson, Johan G; Rissanen, Harri; Knekt, Paul; Pukkala, Eero; Jousilahti, Pekka; Salomaa, Veikko; Ripatti, Samuli; Palotie, Aarno; Järvinen, Heikki; Renkonen-Sinisalo, Laura; Lepistö, Anna; Böhm, Jan; Meklin, Jukka-Pekka; Al-Tassan, Nada A; Palles, Claire; Martin, Lynn; Barclay, Ella; Farrington, Susan M; Timofeeva, Maria N; Meyer, Brian F; Wakil, Salma M; Campbell, Harry; Smith, Christopher G; Idziaszczyk, Shelley; Maughan, Timothy S; Kaplan, Richard; Kerr, Rachel; Kerr, David; Buchanan, Daniel D; Win, Aung K; Hopper, John L; Jenkins, Mark A; Lindor, Noralane M; Newcomb, Polly A; Gallinger, Steve; Conti, David; Schumacher, Fred; Casey, Graham; Taipale, Jussi; Aaltonen, Lauri A; Cheadle, Jeremy P; Dunlop, Malcolm G; Tomlinson, Ian P; Houlston, Richard S (Nature Publishing Group, 2016)
      Background: Observational studies have associated adiposity with an increased risk of colorectal cancer (CRC). However, such studies do not establish a causal relationship. To minimise bias from confounding we performed a ...

    • Optimism and the Socioeconomic Status Gradient in Adolescent Adiposity 

      Khullar, Dhruv; Oreskovic, Nicolas Michel; Perrin, James Marc; Goodman, Elizabeth (Elsevier BV, 2011)
      Purpose: To assess if dispositional optimism is associated with adiposity and explore if dispositional optimism mediates the relationship between parent education and adiposity (BMI z score). Methods: Multivariable regression ...

    • Religious coping moderates the relationship between emotional functioning and obesity. 

      Pirutinsky, Steven; Rosmarin, David Hillel; Holt, Cheryl L. (American Psychological Association (APA), 2012)
      Objective: Prospective research indicates that poor emotional functioning predicts obesity. The maladaptive coping hypothesis proposes that unhealthy eating is used to regulate emotion, leading to obesity. Given research ...