Objective: Emerging data indicate that insulin resistance is common among children and
adolescents and is related to cardiometabolic risk, therefore requiring consideration early in …

This article reviews the evidence for fetal and early origins of type 2 diabetes, insulin
resistance, dyslipidaemia and obesity. Particular emphasis is given to the role of adipose …

The long-term consequences of small size at birth have been well described during the last
2 decades. It is important to assess the fetal growth velocity and to recognize that newborns …

We identified a set of SNPs in the first intron of the FTO (fat mass and obesity associated)
gene on chromosome 16q12. 2 that is consistently strongly associated with early-onset and …

We analyzed genome-wide association data from 1,380 Europeans with early-onset and
morbid adult obesity and 1,416 age-matched normal-weight controls. Thirty-eight markers …

Background Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a highly lethal condition for which no specific
treatment has proven efficacy. In September 2014, while the Ebola outbreak was at its peak …

Glucose levels 2 h after an oral glucose challenge are a clinical measure of glucose
tolerance used in the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes. We report a meta-analysis of nine …

Free fatty acids provide an important energy source as nutrients, and act as signalling
molecules in various cellular processes,,,. Several G-protein-coupled receptors have been …

In genome-wide association (GWA) data from 2,151 nondiabetic French subjects, we
identified rs1387153, near MTNR1B (which encodes the melatonin receptor 2 (MT2)), as a …

Summary Druet C, Stettler N, Sharp S, Simmons RK, Cooper C, Davey Smith G, Ekelund U,
Lévy‐Marchal C, Jarvelin M‐R, Kuh D, Ong KK. Prediction of childhood obesity by infancy …