Publications

BMC Med. 2023 Feb 14;21(1):57. doi: 10.1186/s12916-023-02743-8. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: An extensive body of animal literature supports the premise that maternal obesity during pregnancy can alter the development of the fetal hypothalamus (HTH, a critical regulator of energy balance) with implications for offspring obesity risk (i.e., long-term energy imbalance). Yet, the…

Sci Rep. 2023 Feb 9;13(1):2303. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-29381-7. ABSTRACT Children have special rights for protection compared to adults in our society. However, more than 1/4 of children globally have no documentation of their date of birth. Hence, there is a pressing need to develop biological methods for chronological age prediction, robust…

Front Psychol. 2023 Jan 19;14:1067872. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1067872. eCollection 2023. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: It has long been suggested that addictive behaviors are associated with alexithymia, a personality trait characterized by difficulties in emotional awareness and expression. However, little is known about the role of alexithymia in food addiction. OBJECTIVES: The aim of…

Sci Total Environ. 2023 May 1;871:161914. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161914. Epub 2023 Jan 31. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Phthalate exposure during fetal life may disrupt testicular development. Congruent with this, studies have found shorter anogenital distance, reduced penile size and altered hormone levels in infant boys whose mothers were exposed to higher levels of…

PLoS One. 2023 Feb 2;18(2):e0275123. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0275123. eCollection 2023. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Celiac disease has an increasing incidence worldwide and is treated with lifelong adherence to a gluten-free diet. We aimed to describe gluten-free diet adherence rates in children with screening-identified celiac disease, determine adherence-related factors, and compare adherence to food…

Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2023 May 1;55(5):837-846. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000003108. Epub 2022 Dec 27. ABSTRACT PURPOSE: This study aimed to identify physical activity patterns and examine their association with cardiometabolic biomarkers in a cross-sectional design. METHODS: Overall 6072 participants (mean age, 60.2 yr; SD 8.6 yr, 50% women) from The Maastricht…

Gerontology. 2023;69(6):706-715. doi: 10.1159/000527804. Epub 2023 Jan 30. ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Conflicting evidence exists concerning whether having sarcopenic obesity has additive mortality risk over having only sarcopenia or obesity. We examined the independent and combined associations of obesity and probable sarcopenia with all-cause mortality. METHODS: The pooled analysis included three large,…

J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2023 Feb 1;76(2):218-226. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000003659. Epub 2022 Nov 23. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES: To evaluate whether a fish oil and/or probiotics intervention in pregnant women with overweight or obesity would influence the tendency of their 24-month-old children to become overweight and alter their body fat percentage. METHODS: Women…

Maturitas. 2023 Mar;169:46-52. doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2023.01.006. Epub 2023 Jan 18. ABSTRACT AIMS: The prevalence of cardiovascular diseases increases in women after menopause. The aim of the study was to determine the impact of conventional cardiovascular risk factors such as age, blood pressure, smoking, cholesterol, obesity, and glucose balance, but also menopausal…

Eur J Ageing. 2022 Dec;19(4):1587-1599. doi: 10.1007/s10433-022-00745-8. Epub 2022 Nov 23. ABSTRACT Life satisfaction is an essential construct of well-being that is tied to behavioral, emotional, social and psychological outcomes. This study aimed to examine changes in total and domain-specific life satisfaction during the retirement transition and additionally examine whether…