Abstract Purpose The Determinants of young Adult Social well-being and Health
longitudinal study draws on life-course models to understand ethnic differences in health. A …

Background Antibiotic use in infancy disrupts gut microflora during a critical period for
immune system development. It is hypothesized that this could predispose to the …

Objective: To examine trends in coronary heart disease and stroke mortality in migrants to
England and Wales. Design: Cross-sectional. Outcome measures: Age-standardised and …

Obesity is one of the fastest growing and most serious public health challenges facing the
world in the 21st century. Correspondingly, over the past decade there has been increased …

Background Ethnicity is a consistent correlate of excess weight in youth. We examine the
influence of lifestyles on ethnic differences in excess weight in early adolescence in the UK …

ALSPAC is an ongoing population-based, observational study designed to investigate how
genetic/environmental characteristics might influence the health/development of children …

The cause of ethnic differences in cardiovascular disease remains a scientific challenge.
Blood pressure tracks from late childhood to adulthood. We examined ethnic differences in …

Objective To investigate whether men and women who were looked-after (in public care) or
adopted as children are at increased risk of adverse psychological and social outcomes in …

Objectives: To examine the impact of overweight on mean, high normal and high blood
pressure in early adolescence, and how this relates to ethnicity and socio-economic status …

Ethnic differences in chronic diseases in adulthood in the UK are well known but the causes
and the stage of the lifecourse that these differences emerge are poorly understood. Every …