World Society of Child Science

Volume 3, Number 1, Year 2013

Issue Title: Childhood Obesity

Guest Editors: Dr. L. Preston Mercer

Guest Editorial
L. Preston Mercer and Rita DeBate
International trends in pediatric obesity: A public health concern

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Review Articles
Lauri Wright
Childhood obesity

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Li Shen, Michael J. Keenan, Jun Zhou, and Roy J. Martin
Gestational diabetes: Potential of prebiotics intervention

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Jennifer A. Boisvert and W. Andrew Harrell
Sociocultural and psychological considerations of pediatric obesity and eating disorder symptomatology in Canadian immigrants

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Original Articles
Preston Mercer, Holly M. Bundrant, Danita Saxon-Kelley, Akram-ul Haq, and Erica N. Robinson
The neuroregulation of food intake: The effect of sex on meal selection patterns and the influence of diet on central H1 receptor binding in female SD rats

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Cetewayo S. Rashid, Lindsay G. Carter, Bernhard Hennig, and Kevin J. Pearson
Perinatal polychlorinated biphenyl 126 exposure alters offspring body composition

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Anastasia M. Snelling, Jennifer Ernst, and Sarah Irvine Belson
Teachers as role models in solving childhood obesity

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