2022
Longitudinal effect of prenatal polydrug use and birthweight status on pediatric growth
Weerakoon S, Chen B, Harrell M, Vidot D, Messiah S. Longitudinal effect of prenatal polydrug use and birthweight status on pediatric growth. Children's Health Care 2022, 52: 244-263. DOI: 10.1080/02739615.2022.2078826.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMaternal Lifestyle StudyLow birthweightBMI percentilePediatric growthBorn low birthweightCombination of drug useDrug useMaternal drug useChildren exposed to drugsNational Institute on Drug AbuseBirthweight statusBirthweightPolydrug useAnthropometric growthDrug abuseLifestyle StudyPercentileBMIUteroUseLongitudinal effectsYearsDrug
2020
Determinants of accurate visual perception of child anthropometric phenotype among ethnically diverse preschool parents in the United States
Messiah S, Weerakoon S, Atem F, Schulte M, Lebron C, Kambali S, Mathew M, Chang C, Natale R. Determinants of accurate visual perception of child anthropometric phenotype among ethnically diverse preschool parents in the United States. Health & Social Care In The Community 2020, 28: 2095-2104. PMID: 32510693, DOI: 10.1111/hsc.13020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChild weight statusWeight statusBMI percentileParental perceptions of child weight statusPerceptions of child weight statusAnthropometric phenotypesHigher obesity prevalenceChild BMI percentileChildhood obesity epidemicAssociated with parental perceptionsCountry of birthNon-Hispanic parentsMexican caregiversMultivariate linear regressionCaregiver perceptionsObesity prevalenceHeight/weight measurementsUnhealthy weightHealthy weightUnhealthy BMIChi-square analysisObesity epidemicCaregiversChild sociodemographicsParents' perceptions