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Obesogens and Obesity: State-of-the-Science and Future Directions Summary from a HEEDS Workshop

On September 7 and 8, 2022, Healthy Environment and Endocrine Disruptors Strategies, an Environmental Health Sciences program, convened a scientific workshop of relevant stakeholders involved in obesity, toxicology, or obesogen research to review the state of the science regarding the role of obesogenic chemicals that might be contributing to the obesity pandemic. The workshop’s objectives were to examine the evidence supporting the hypothesis that obesogens contribute to the etiology of human obesity; to discuss opportunities for improved understanding, acceptance, and dissemination of obesogens as contributors to the obesity pandemic; and to consider the need for future research and potential mitigation strategies. Read More

START-Play Physical Therapy Intervention Indirectly Impacts Cognition Through Changes in Early Motor-Based Problem-Solving Skills.

This study tested whether the Sitting Together and Reaching to Play (START-Play) physical therapy intervention indirectly impacts cognition through changes in perceptual-motor skills in infants with motor delays. Read More

Associations Among Clinical Factors and Occupational Therapy Service Utilization in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

The objective of this study is to examine factors associated with occupational therapy service utilization by children with autism. We hypothesized that elevated sensory hyperresponsiveness; greater sensory interests, repetitions, and seeking; and lower adaptive behavior would predict more service utilization. Read More

Universal testing for latent tuberculosis in pregnancy: an evaluation of current performance and cost-effectiveness analysis

We assessed the current performance and cost-effectiveness of universal testing for tuberculosis in pregnancy at a single safety net hospital. Read More

Correlation between performance and quantity/variability of leg exploration in a contingency learning task during infancy

Quantity and quality of motor exploration are proposed to be fundamental for infant motor development. However, it is still not clear what types of motor exploration contribute to learning. To determine whether changes in quantity of leg movement and/or variability of leg acceleration are related to performance in a contingency learning task, twenty 6–8-month-old infants with typical development participated in a contingency learning task. Read More

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Autonomic nervous system activity moderates associations between temperament and externalizing behaviors in early childhood

Abstract Temperamental risk, such as surgency, negative affect, and poor effortful control, has been posited as a predictor of externalizing symptom development. However, autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity underlying processes of reactivity and regulation may moderate associations between early temperament and later externalizing behaviors during early childhood. The aim of the present study was to examine how interactions between resting sympathetic (SNS) and parasympathetic (PNS) activity at age 5 may moderate associations between temperamental risk at age 3 and externalizing behavior at age 6 (n = 87). Read More

Rates of connection to early intervention from the neonatal intensive care unit in a high risk infant follow-up program

Rates of connection to early intervention from the neonatal intensive care unit in a high risk infant follow-up program ByAshwini Lakshmanan May 19,… Read More

Predictors of venous thromboembolism among infants in children’s hospitals in the United States: a retrospective Pediatric Health Information Study

The objective of this study was to examine the prevalence of diagnosed venous thromboembolism (VTE) in infants Read More