Babette S. Zemel, PhD

Babette S. Zemel, PhD, is the Associate Program Director of the Clinical and Translational Research Center, the Director of the Bionutrition Core Laboratory, and an academic investigator with the Healthy Weight Program.

Areas of Expertise: Research in growth, body composition, and bone density in children, Research in energy expenditure and dietary intake in children
Locations: Main Hospital
Appointments and Referrals: 1-800-TRY-CHOP (1-800-879-2467)

Fellowship

Dean's Fellow, Faculty of Arts and Sciences - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
American Association of University Women Educational Foundation Fellow - Washington, DC
Research Associate - Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Goroka, Papua New Guinea
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow

Graduate Degree

MA in Anthropology - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
PhD in Anthropology - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Additional Training

National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow

Research Associate - Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research

American Association of University Women Educational Foundation Fellow

Dean's Fellow, Faculty of Arts and Sciences - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Director, Nutrition and Growth Laboratory

Director, Nutrition Core Laboratory and Bionutrition Unit, Clinical and Translational Research Center

Co-Director, Clinical Grant Proposal Success Program

Associate Program Director, Center for Human Phenomic Science

Leader, Metabolism, Nutrition and Physical Development Research Affinity Group, The Research Institute

Research Professor of Pediatrics (Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition), University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Allergic Disorders

Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Kohl's GI Nutrition and Diagnostic Center

Papers

2024

Bradfield JP, Kember RL, Ulrich A, Balkiyarova Z, Alyass A, Aris IM, Bell JA, Broadaway KA, Chen Z, Chai JF, Davies NM, Fernandez-Orth D, Bustamante M, Fore R, Ganguli A, Heiskala A, Hottenga JJ, Íñiguez C, Kobes S, Leinonen J, Lowry E, Lyytikainen LP, Mahajan A, Pitkänen N, Schnurr TM, Have CT, Strachan DP, Thiering E, Vogelezang S, Wade KH, Wang CA, Wong A, Holm LA, Chesi A, Choong C, Cruz M, Elliott P, Franks S, Frithioff-Bøjsøe C, Gauderman WJ, Glessner JT, Gilsanz V, Griesman K, Hanson RL, Kaakinen M, Kalkwarf H, Kelly A, Kindler J, Kähönen M, Lanca C, Lappe J, Lee NR, McCormack S, Mentch FD, Mitchell JA, Mononen N, Niinikoski H, Oken E, Pahkala K, Sim X, Teo YY, Baier LJ, van Beijsterveldt T, Adair LS, Boomsma DI, de Geus E, Guxens M, Eriksson JG, Felix JF, Gilliland FD, Biobank PM, Hansen T, Hardy R, Hivert MF, Holm JC, Jaddoe VWV, Järvelin MR, Lehtimäki T, Mackey DA, Meyre D, Mohlke KL, Mykkänen J, Oberfield S, Pennell CE, Perry JRB, Raitakari O, Rivadeneira F, Saw SM, Sebert S, Shepherd JA, Standl M, Sørensen TIA, Timpson NJ, Torrent M, Willemsen G, Hypponen E, Power C; Early Growth Genetics Consortium; McCarthy MI, Freathy RM, et al.: Trans-ancestral genome-wide association study of longitudinal pubertal height growth and shared heritability with adult health outcomes. Genome Biol 25: 22, Jan 2024.

Avitabile CM, Weber DR, Zemel BS.: Paediatric dominant and non-dominant handgrip reference curves and the association with body composition. Ann Hum Biol Feb 2024.

Rimal B, Collins SL, Tanes CE, Rocha ER, Granda MA, Solanki S, Hoque NJ, Gentry EC, Koo I, Reilly ER, Hao F, Paudel D, Singh V, Yan T, Kim MS, Bittinger K, Zackular JP, Krausz KW, Desai D, Amin S, Coleman JP, Shah YM, Bisanz JE, Gonzalez FJ, Vanden Heuvel JP, Wu GD, Zemel BS, Dorrestein PC, Weinert EE, Patterson AD.: Bile salt hydrolase catalyses formation of amine-conjugated bile acids. Nature Feb 2024.

Trang KB, Pahl MC, Pippin JA, Su C, Littleton SH, Sharma P, Kulkarni NN, Ghanem LR, Terry NA, O'Brien JM, Wagley Y, Hankenson KD, Jermusyk A, Hoskins JW, Amundadottir LT, Xu M, Brown KM, Anderson SA, Yang W, Titchenell PM, Seale P, Cook L, Levings MK, Zemel BS, Chesi A, Wells AD, Grant SFA.: 3D genomic features across >50 diverse cell types reveal insights into the genomic architecture of childhood obesity. medRxiv (preprint) Feb 2024.

2023

Ehlayel, A. M., Okunowo, O., Dutt, M., Howarth, K., Zemel, B. S., Poznick, L., Morgan, X., Denburg, M. R., Copelovitch, L., Back, S. J., Otero, H. J., Hartung, E. A.: Assessment of fluid removal using ultrasound, bioimpedance and anthropometry in pediatric dialysis: a pilot study. BMC Nephrol 24(1): 5, Jan 2023.

Mitchell, J. A., Morales, K. H., Williamson, A. A., Jawahar, A., Juste, L., Vajravelu, M. E., Zemel, B. S., Dinges, D. F., Fiks, A. G.: Promoting Sleep Duration in the Pediatric Setting Using a Mobile Health Platform: A Randomized Optimization Trial. medRxiv (preprint) Jan 2023.

Potiaumpai, M., Schmitz, K. H., Mineishi, S., Naik, S., Wirk, B., Rakszawski, K., Ehmann, W. C., Claxton, D., Nickolich, M., Zemel, B. S., Zheng, H.: IMPROVE-BMT: a protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial of prehabilitation exercise for adult haematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients. BMJ Open 13(1): e066841, Jan 2023.

Manfredo J, Capone G, Yanek L, McCarter R, Zemel B, Kelly A, Magge SN.: Cardiometabolic risk in young adults with Down syndrome. Am J Med Genet A Mar 2023.

Rothman J, Shirley MK, Parks EP, Wu GD, Kelly A, Ford E, Zemel BS.: African American mothers' perceptions of infant body size are prospectively associated with infant growth and BMI. Am J Hum Biol Mar 2023.

Kralick AE, O'Connell CA, Bastian ML, Hoke MK, Zemel BS, Schurr TG, Tocheri MW.: Beyond Dimorphism: Body Size Variation among Adult Orangutans is not Dichotomous by Sex. Integr Comp Biol Apr 2023.

Husain S, Morales KH, Williamson AA, Mayne SL, Fiks AG, Basner M, Dinges DF, Zemel BS, Mitchell JA.: The neighborhood environment and sleep health in adolescents. Sleep Health Aug 2023.

Xanthopoulos MS, Walega R, Xiao R, Pipan ME, Cochrane CI, Zemel BS, Kelly A, Magge SN.: Physical Activity in Youth with Down Syndrome and Its Relationship with Adiposity. J Dev Behav Pediatr 44: e436-e443, Aug 2023.

Zemel BS, Shepherd JA, Grant SFA, Lappe JM, Oberfield SE, Mitchell JA, Winer KK, Kelly A, Kalkwarf HJ.: Reference Ranges for Body Composition Indices by Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry from the Bone Mineral Density in Childhood Study Cohort. Am J Clin Nutr Oct 2023.

Abu-El-Haija M, Hornung L, Ellery K, Fishman DS, Gonska TY, Gariepy C, Lowe M, Larson Ode K, Maqbool A, Mascarenhas M, Morinville VD, Ooi CY, Perito ER, Schwarzenberg SJ, Sellers ZM, Zemel BS, Yuan Y, Wang F, Uc A, Kalkwarf HJ; Consortium for the Study of Chronic Pancreatitis, Diabetes, and Pancreatic Cancer (CPDPC).: Bone health in children with recurrent and chronic pancreatitis: A multi-center cross sectional analysis. Pancreatology Nov 2023.

2022

Bass, R. M., Zemel, B. S., Stallings, V. A., Leonard, M. B., Tsao, J., Kelly, A.: Bone accrual and structural changes over one year in youth with cystic fibrosis. J Clin Transl Endocrinol 28: 100297, Mar 2022.

Elhakeem, A., Hughes, R. A., Tilling, K., Cousminer, D. L., Jackowski, S. A., Cole, T. J., Kwong, A. S. F., Li, Z., Grant, S. F. A., Baxter-Jones, A. D. G., Zemel, B. S., Lawlor, D. A.: Using linear and natural cubic splines, SITAR, and latent trajectory models to characterise nonlinear longitudinal growth trajectories in cohort studies. BMC Med Res Methodol 22(1): 68, Mar 2022.

Higgins, S., Zemel, B. S., Khoury, P. R., Urbina, E. M., Kindler, J. M.: Visceral fat and arterial stiffness in youth with healthy weight, obesity, and type 2 diabetes. Pediatr Obes 17(4): e12865, Apr 2022.

Kalkwarf, H. J., Shepherd, J. A., Hans, D., Gonzalez Rodriguez, E., Kindler, J. M., Lappe, J. M., Oberfield, S., Winer, K. K., Zemel, B. S.: Trabecular Bone Score Reference Values for Children and Adolescents According to Age, Sex, and Ancestry. J Bone Miner Res 37(4): 776-785, Apr 2022.

Kindler, J. M., Guo, M., Baker, J., McCormack, S., Armenian, S. H., Zemel, B. S., Leonard, M. B., Mostoufi-Moab, S.: Persistent Musculoskeletal Deficits in Pediatric, Adolescent and Young Adult Survivors of Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation. J Bone Miner Res 37(4): 794-803, Apr 2022.

Baker, J. F., Giles, J. T., Weber, D., George, M. D., Leonard, M. B., Zemel, B. S., Long, J., Katz, P.: Sarcopenic obesity in rheumatoid arthritis: prevalence and impact on physical functioning. Rheumatology (Oxford) 61(6): 2285-2294, May 2022.

Vajravelu, M. E., Kindler, J. M., Zemel, B. S., Jawad, A., Koren, D., Brar, P., Brooks, L. J., Reiner, J., Levitt Katz, L. E.: Visceral adiposity is related to insulin sensitivity and inflammation in adolescents with obesity and mild sleep disordered breathing. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 35(8): 1069-1077, Jul 2022.

Anand, N. S., Zemel, B. S., Pipan, M., Kelly, A., Magge, S. N.: Diet Quality and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Adolescents with Down Syndrome. J Acad Nutr Diet Aug 2022.

Kalkwarf HJ, Shepherd JA, Fan B, Sahay RD, Ittenbach RF, Kelly A, Yolton K, Zemel BS.: Reference Ranges for Bone Mineral Content and Density by Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry for Young Children. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 107: e3887-e3900, Aug 2022.

Kalkwarf, H. J., Shepherd, J. A., Fan, B., Sahay, R. D., Ittenbach, R. F., Kelly, A., Yolton, K., Zemel, B. S.: Reference ranges for bone mineral content and density by dual energy x-ray absorptiometry for young children. J Clin Endocrinol Metab Aug 2022.

Kogon, A. J., Roem, J., Schneider, M. F., Mitsnefes, M. M., Zemel, B. S., Warady, B. A., Furth, S. L., Rodig, N. M.: Associations of body mass index (BMI) and BMI change with progression of chronic kidney disease in children. Pediatr Nephrol Aug 2022.

Lei, W. S., Kilberg, M. J., Zemel, B. S., Rubenstein, R. C., Harris, C., Sheikh, S., Kelly, A., Kindler, J. M.: Bone metabolism and incretin hormones following glucose ingestion in young adults with pancreatic insufficient cystic fibrosis. J Clin Transl Endocrinol 30: 100304, Sep 2022.

Avitabile, C. M., McBride, M. G., Harris, M. A., Whitehead, K. K., Fogel, M. A., Paridon, S. M., Zemel, B. S.: Skeletal muscle deficits are associated with worse exercise performance in pediatric pulmonary hypertension. Front Pediatr 10: 1025420, Oct 2022.

Baker JF, Katz P, Weber DR, Gould P, George MD, Long J, Zemel BS, Giles JT.: Adipocytokines and Associations With Abnormal Body Composition in Rheumatoid Arthritis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) Oct 2022.

Yengo, L., Vedantam, S., Marouli, E., Sidorenko, J., Bartell, E., Sakaue, S., Graff, M., Eliasen, A. U., Jiang, Y., Raghavan, S., Miao, J., Arias, J. D., Graham, S. E., Mukamel, R. E., Spracklen, C. N., Yin, X., Chen, S. H., Ferreira, T., Highland, H. H., Ji, Y., Karaderi, T., Lin, K., Lull, K., Malden, D. E., Medina-Gomez, C., Machado, M., Moore, A., Rueger, S., Sim, X., Vrieze, S., Ahluwalia, T. S., Akiyama, M., Allison, M. A., Alvarez, M., Andersen, M. K., Ani, A., Appadurai, V., Arbeeva, L., Bhaskar, S., Bielak, L. F., Bollepalli, S., Bonnycastle, L. L., Bork-Jensen, J., Bradfield, J. P., Bradford, Y., Braund, P. S., Brody, J. A., Burgdorf, K. S., Cade, B. E., Cai, H., Cai, Q., Campbell, A., Canadas-Garre, M., Catamo, E., Chai, J. F., Chai, X., Chang, L. C., Chang, Y. C., Chen, C. H., Chesi, A., Choi, S. H., Chung, R. H., Cocca, M., Concas, M. P., Couture, C., Cuellar-Partida, G., Danning, R., Daw, E. W., Degenhard, F., Delgado, G. E., Delitala, A., Demirkan, A., Deng, X., Devineni, P., Dietl, A., Dimitriou, M., Dimitrov, L., Dorajoo, R., Ekici, A. B., Engmann, J. E., Fairhurst-Hunter, Z., Farmaki, A. E., Faul, J. D., Fernandez-Lopez, J. C., Forer, L., Francescatto, M., Freitag-Wolf, S., Fuchsberger, C., Galesloot, T. E., Gao, Y., Gao, Z., Geller, F., Giannakopoulou, O., Giulianini, F., Gjesing, A. P., Goel, A., Gordon, S. D., Gorski, M., Grove, J., Guo, X., Gustafsson, S., Haessler, J., Hansen, T. F., Havulinna, A. S., Haworth, S. J., He, J., Heard-Costa, N., Hebbar, P., Hindy, G., Ho, Y. A., Hofer, E., Holliday, E., Horn, K., Hornsby, W. E., Hottenga, J. J., Huang, H., Huang, J., Huerta-Chagoya, A., Huffman, J. E., Hung, Y. J., Huo, S., Hwang, M. Y., Iha, H., Ikeda, D. D., Isono, M., Jackson, A. U., Jager, S., Jansen, I. E., Johansson, I., Jonas, J. B., Jonsson, A., Jorgensen, T., Kalafati, I. P., Kanai, M., Kanoni, S., Karhus, L. L., Kasturiratne, A., Katsuya, T., Kawaguchi, T., Kember, R. L., Kentistou, K. A., Kim, H. N., Kim, Y. J., Kleber, M. E., Knol, M. J., Kurbasic, A., Lauzon, M., Le, P., Lea, R., Lee, J. Y., Leonard, H. L., Li, S. A., Li, X., Li, X., Liang, J., Lin, H., Lin, S. Y., Liu, J., Liu, X., Lo, K. S., Long, J., Lores-Motta, L., Luan, J., Lyssenko, V., Lyytikainen, L. P., Mahajan, A., Mamakou, V., Mangino, M., Manichaikul, A., Marten, J., Mattheisen, M., Mavarani, L., McDaid, A. F., Meidtner, K., Melendez, T. L., Mercader, J. M., Milaneschi, Y., Miller, J. E., Millwood, I. Y., Mishra, P. P., Mitchell, R. E., Mollehave, L. T., Morgan, A., Mucha, S., Munz, M., Nakatochi, M., Nelson, C. P., Nethander, M., Nho, C. W., Nielsen, A. A., Nolte, I. M., Nongmaithem, S. S., Noordam, R., Ntalla, I., Nutile, T., Pandit, A., Christofidou, P., Parna, K., Pauper, M., Petersen, E. R. B., Petersen, L. V., Pitkanen, N., Polasek, O., Poveda, A., Preuss, M. H., Pyarajan, S., Raffield, L. M., Rakugi, H., Ramirez, J., Rasheed, A., Raven, D., Rayner, N. W., Riveros, C., Rohde, R., Ruggiero, D., Ruotsalainen, S. E., Ryan, K. A., Sabater-Lleal, M., Saxena, R., Scholz, M., Sendamarai, A., Shen, B., Shi, J., Shin, J. H., Sidore, C., Sitlani, C. M., Slieker, R. C., Smit, R. A. J., Smith, A. V., Smith, J. A., Smyth, L. J., Southam, L., Steinthorsdottir, V., Sun, L., Takeuchi, F., Tallapragada, D. S. P., Taylor, K. D., Tayo, B. O., Tcheandjieu, C., Terzikhan, N., Tesolin, P., Teumer, A., Theusch, E., Thompson, D. J., Thorleifsson, G., Timmers, Prhj, Trompet, S., Turman, C., Vaccargiu, S., van der Laan, S. W., van der Most, P. J., van Klinken, J. B., van Setten, J., Verma, S. S., Verweij, N., Veturi, Y., Wang, C. A., Wang, C., Wang, L., Wang, Z., Warren, H. R., Bin Wei, W., Wickremasinghe, A. R., Wielscher, M., Wiggins, K. L., Winsvold, B. S., Wong, A., Wu, Y., Wuttke, M., Xia, R., Xie, T., Yamamoto, K., Yang, J., Yao, J., Young, H., Yousri, N. A., Yu, L., Zeng, L., Zhang, W., Zhang, X., Zhao, J. H., Zhao, W., Zhou, W., Zimmermann, M. E., Zoledziewska, M., Adair, L. S., Adams, H. H. H., Aguilar-Salinas, C. A., Al-Mulla, F., Arnett, D. K., Asselbergs, F. W., Asvold, B. O., Attia, J., Banas, B., Bandinelli, S., Bennett, D. A., Bergler, T., Bharadwaj, D., Biino, G., Bisgaard, H., Boerwinkle, E., Boger, C. A., Bonnelykke, K., Boomsma, D. I., Borglum, A. D., Borja, J. B., Bouchard, C., Bowden, D. W., Brandslund, I., Brumpton, B., Buring, J. E., Caulfield, M. J., Chambers, J. C., Chandak, G. R., Chanock, S. J., Chaturvedi, N., Chen, Y. I., Chen, Z., Cheng, C. Y., Christophersen, I. E., Ciullo, M., Cole, J. W., Collins, F. S., Cooper, R. S., Cruz, M., Cucca, F., Cupples, L. A., Cutler, M. J., Damrauer, S. M., Dantoft, T. M., de Borst, G. J., de Groot, Lcpgm, De Jager, P. L., de Kleijn, D. P. V., Janaka de Silva, H., Dedoussis, G. V., den Hollander, A. I., Du, S., Easton, D. F., Elders, P. J. M., Eliassen, A. H., Ellinor, P. T., Elmstahl, S., Erdmann, J., Evans, M. K., Fatkin, D., Feenstra, B., Feitosa, M. F., Ferrucci, L., Ford, I., Fornage, M., Franke, A., Franks, P. W., Freedman, B. I., Gasparini, P., Gieger, C., Girotto, G., Goddard, M. E., Golightly, Y. M., Gonzalez-Villalpando, C., Gordon-Larsen, P., Grallert, H., Grant, S. F. A., Grarup, N., Griffiths, L., Gudnason, V., Haiman, C., Hakonarson, H., Hansen, T., Hartman, C. A., Hattersley, A. T., Hayward, C., Heckbert, S. R., Heng, C. K., Hengstenberg, C., Hewitt, A. W., Hishigaki, H., Hoyng, C. B., Huang, P. L., Huang, W., Hunt, S. C., Hveem, K., Hypponen, E., Iacono, W. G., Ichihara, S., Ikram, M. A., Isasi, C. R., Jackson, R. D., Jarvelin, M. R., Jin, Z. B., Jockel, K. H., Joshi, P. K., Jousilahti, P., Jukema, J. W., Kahonen, M., Kamatani, Y., Kang, K. D., Kaprio, J., Kardia, S. L. R., Karpe, F., Kato, N., Kee, F., Kessler, T., Khera, A. V., Khor, C. C., Kiemeney, Lalm, Kim, B. J., Kim, E. K., Kim, H. L., Kirchhof, P., Kivimaki, M., Koh, W. P., Koistinen, H. A., Kolovou, G. D., Kooner, J. S., Kooperberg, C., Kottgen, A., Kovacs, P., Kraaijeveld, A., Kraft, P., Krauss, R. M., Kumari, M., Kutalik, Z., Laakso, M., Lange, L. A., Langenberg, C., Launer, L. J., Le Marchand, L., Lee, H., Lee, N. R., Lehtimaki, T., Li, H., Li, L., Lieb, W., Lin, X., Lind, L., Linneberg, A., Liu, C. T., Liu, J., Loeffler, M., London, B., Lubitz, S. A., Lye, S. J., Mackey, D. A., Magi, R., Magnusson, P. K. E., Marcus, G. M., Vidal, P. M., Martin, N. G., Marz, W., Matsuda, F., McGarrah, R. W., McGue, M., McKnight, A. J., Medland, S. E., Mellstrom, D., Metspalu, A., Mitchell, B. D., Mitchell, P., Mook-Kanamori, D. O., Morris, A. D., Mucci, L. A., Munroe, P. B., Nalls, M. A., Nazarian, S., Nelson, A. E., Neville, M. J., Newton-Cheh, C., Nielsen, C. S., Nothen, M. M., Ohlsson, C., Oldehinkel, A. J., Orozco, L., Pahkala, K., Pajukanta, P., Palmer, C. N. A., Parra, E. J., Pattaro, C., Pedersen, O., Pennell, C. E., Penninx, Bwjh, Perusse, L., Peters, A., Peyser, P. A., Porteous, D. J., Posthuma, D., Power, C., Pramstaller, P. P., Province, M. A., Qi, Q., Qu, J., Rader, D. J., Raitakari, O. T., Ralhan, S., Rallidis, L. S., Rao, D. C., Redline, S., Reilly, D. F., Reiner, A. P., Rhee, S. Y., Ridker, P. M., Rienstra, M., Ripatti, S., Ritchie, M. D., Roden, D. M., Rosendaal, F. R., Rotter, J. I., Rudan, I., Rutters, F., Sabanayagam, C., Saleheen, D., Salomaa, V., Samani, N. J., Sanghera, D. K., Sattar, N., Schmidt, B., Schmidt, H., Schmidt, R., Schulze, M. B., Schunkert, H., Scott, L. J., Scott, R. J., Sever, P., Shiroma, E. J., Shoemaker, M. B., Shu, X. O., Simonsick, E. M., Sims, M., Singh, J. R., Singleton, A. B., Sinner, M. F., Smith, J. G., Snieder, H., Spector, T. D., Stampfer, M. J., Stark, K. J., Strachan, D. P., t Hart, L. M., Tabara, Y., Tang, H., Tardif, J. C., Thanaraj, T. A., Timpson, N. J., Tonjes, A., Tremblay, A., Tuomi, T., Tuomilehto, J., Tusie-Luna, M. T., Uitterlinden, A. G., van Dam, R. M., van der Harst, P., Van der Velde, N., van Duijn, C. M., van Schoor, N. M., Vitart, V., Volker, U., Vollenweider, P., Volzke, H., Wacher-Rodarte, N. H., Walker, M., Wang, Y. X., Wareham, N. J., Watanabe, R. M., Watkins, H., Weir, D. R., Werge, T. M., Widen, E., Wilkens, L. R., Willemsen, G., Willett, W. C., Wilson, J. F., Wong, T. Y., Woo, J. T., Wright, A. F., Wu, J. Y., Xu, H., Yajnik, C. S., Yokota, M., Yuan, J. M., Zeggini, E., Zemel, B. S., Zheng, W., Zhu, X., Zmuda, J. M., Zonderman, A. B., Zwart, J. A., andMe Research, Team, V. A. Million Veteran Program, DiscovEhr,, eMerge,, Lifelines Cohort, Study, Practical Consortium, Understanding Society Scientific, Group, Chasman, D. I., Cho, Y. S., Heid, I. M., McCarthy, M. I., Ng, M. C. Y., O'Donnell, C. J., Rivadeneira, F., Thorsteinsdottir, U., Sun, Y. V., Tai, E. S., Boehnke, M., Deloukas, P., Justice, A. E., Lindgren, C. M., Loos, R. J. F., Mohlke, K. L., North, K. E., Stefansson, K., Walters, R. G., Winkler, T. W., Young, K. L., Loh, P. R., Yang, J., Esko, T., Assimes, T. L., Auton, A., Abecasis, G. R., Willer, C. J., Locke, A. E., Berndt, S. I., Lettre, G., Frayling, T. M., Okada, Y., Wood, A. R., Visscher, P. M., Hirschhorn, J. N.: A saturated map of common genetic variants associated with human height. Nature 610(7933): 704-712, Oct 2022.

Portnoy, J., McGouldrick, S. H., Raine, A., Zemel, B. S., Tucker, K. L., Liu, J.: Lower dietary intake of magnesium is associated with more callous-unemotional traits in children. Nutr Neurosci Page: 1-10, Nov 2022.

Avitabile, C. M., McBride, M. G., Zhang, X., Ampah, S., Goldstein, B. H., Alsaied, T., Wittekind, S. G., Whitehead, K. K., Zemel, B. S., Paridon, S. M.: Peak Work Rate Increases With Lower Extremity-Focused Exercise Training in Adolescents With Fontan Circulation. J Am Heart Assoc 11(24): e027464, Dec 2022.

2021

Cousminer, D. L., Wagley, Y., Pippin, J. A., Elhakeem, A., Way, G. P., Pahl, M. C., McCormack, S. E., Chesi, A., Mitchell, J. A., Kindler, J. M., Baird, D., Hartley, A., Howe, L., Kalkwarf, H. J., Lappe, J. M., Lu, S., Leonard, M. E., Johnson, M. E., Hakonarson, H., Gilsanz, V., Shepherd, J. A., Oberfield, S. E., Greene, C. S., Kelly, A., Lawlor, D. A., Voight, B. F., Wells, A. D., Zemel, B. S., Hankenson, K. D., Grant, S. F. A.: Genome-wide association study implicates novel loci and reveals candidate effector genes for longitudinal pediatric bone accrual. Genome Biol 22(1): 1, Jan 2021.

Vajravelu, M. E., Lee, J. J., Mitteer, L., Zemel, B. S., Bittinger, K., De Leon, D. D.: Gut Microbiome Profile After Pancreatectomy in Infants With Congenital Hyperinsulinism. Pancreas 50(1): 89-92, Jan 2021.

Shah, R., Alshaikh, B., Schall, J. I., Kelly, A., Ford, E., Zemel, B. S., Umbach, D. M., Adgent, M., Stallings, V. A.: Endocrine-sensitive physical endpoints in newborns: ranges and predictors. Pediatr Res 89(3): 660-666, Feb 2021.

Baker, J. F., Mostoufi-Moab, S., Long, J., Taratuta, E., Leonard, M. B., Zemel, B.: Association of Low Muscle Density With Deteriorations in Muscle Strength and Physical Functioning in Rheumatoid Arthritis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 73(3): 355-363, Mar 2021.

Yau, M. S., Kuipers, A. L., Price, R., Nicolas, A., Tajuddin, S. M., Handelman, S. K., Arbeeva, L., Chesi, A., Hsu, Y. H., Liu, C. T., Karasik, D., Zemel, B. S., Grant, S. F., Jordan, J. M., Jackson, R. D., Evans, M. K., Harris, T. B., Zmuda, J. M., Kiel, D. P.: A Meta-Analysis of the Transferability of Bone Mineral Density Genetic Loci Associations From European to African Ancestry Populations. J Bone Miner Res 36(3): 469-479, Mar 2021.

Gould, P. W., Zemel, B. S., Taratuta, E. G., Baker, J. F.: Circulating Fibroblast Growth Factor-21 Levels in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Associations With Disease Characteristics, Body Composition, and Physical Functioning. J Rheumatol Apr 2021.

Graff, M., Justice, A. E., Young, K. L., Marouli, E., Zhang, X., Fine, R. S., Lim, E., Buchanan, V., Rand, K., Feitosa, M. F., Wojczynski, M. K., Yanek, L. R., Shao, Y., Rohde, R., Adeyemo, A. A., Aldrich, M. C., Allison, M. A., Ambrosone, C. B., Ambs, S., Amos, C., Arnett, D. K., Atwood, L., Bandera, E. V., Bartz, T., Becker, D. M., Berndt, S. I., Bernstein, L., Bielak, L. F., Blot, W. J., Bottinger, E. P., Bowden, D. W., Bradfield, J. P., Brody, J. A., Broeckel, U., Burke, G., Cade, B. E., Cai, Q., Caporaso, N., Carlson, C., Carpten, J., Casey, G., Chanock, S. J., Chen, G., Chen, M., Chen, Y. I., Chen, W. M., Chesi, A., Chiang, C. W. K., Chu, L., Coetzee, G. A., Conti, D. V., Cooper, R. S., Cushman, M., Demerath, E., Deming, S. L., Dimitrov, L., Ding, J., Diver, W. R., Duan, Q., Evans, M. K., Falusi, A. G., Faul, J. D., Fornage, M., Fox, C., Freedman, B. I., Garcia, M., Gillanders, E. M., Goodman, P., Gottesman, O., Grant, S. F. A., Guo, X., Hakonarson, H., Haritunians, T., Harris, T. B., Harris, C. C., Henderson, B. E., Hennis, A., Hernandez, D. G., Hirschhorn, J. N., McNeill, L. H., Howard, T. D., Howard, B., Hsing, A. W., Hsu, Y. H., Hu, J. J., Huff, C. D., Huo, D., Ingles, S. A., Irvin, M. R., John, E. M., Johnson, K. C., Jordan, J. M., Kabagambe, E. K., Kang, S. J., Kardia, S. L., Keating, B. J., Kittles, R. A., Klein, E. A., Kolb, S., Kolonel, L. N., Kooperberg, C., Kuller, L., Kutlar, A., Lange, L., Langefeld, C. D., Le Marchand, L., Leonard, H., Lettre, G., Levin, A. M., Li, Y., Li, J., Liu, Y., Liu, Y., Liu, S., Lohman, K., Lotay, V., Lu, Y., Maixner, W., Manson, J. E., McKnight, B., Meng, Y., Monda, K. L., Monroe, K., Moore, J. H., Mosley, T. H., Mudgal, P., Murphy, A. B., Nadukuru, R., Nalls, M. A., Nathanson, K. L., Nayak, U., N'Diaye, A., Nemesure, B., Neslund-Dudas, C., Neuhouser, M. L., Nyante, S., Ochs-Balcom, H., Ogundiran, T. O., Ogunniyi, A., Ojengbede, O., Okut, H., Olopade, O. I., Olshan, A., Padhukasahasram, B., Palmer, J., Palmer, C. D., Palmer, N. D., Papanicolaou, G., Patel, S. R., Pettaway, C. A., Peyser, P. A., Press, M. F., Rao, D. C., Rasmussen-Torvik, L. J., Redline, S., Reiner, A. P., Rhie, S. K., Rodriguez-Gil, J. L., Rotimi, C. N., Rotter, J. I., Ruiz-Narvaez, E. A., Rybicki, B. A., Salako, B., Sale, M. M., Sanderson, M., Schadt, E., Schreiner, P. J., Schurmann, C., Schwartz, A. G., Shriner, D. A., Signorello, L. B., Singleton, A. B., Siscovick, D. S., Smith, J. A., Smith, S., Speliotes, E., Spitz, M., Stanford, J. L., Stevens, V. L., Stram, A., Strom, S. S., Sucheston, L., Sun, Y. V., Tajuddin, S. M., Taylor, H., Taylor, K., Tayo, B. O., Thun, M. J., Tucker, M. A., Vaidya, D., Van Den Berg, D. J., Vedantam, S., Vitolins, M., Wang, Z., Ware, E. B., Wassertheil-Smoller, S., Weir, D. R., Wiencke, J. K., Williams, S. M., Williams, L. K., Wilson, J. G., Witte, J. S., Wrensch, M., Wu, X., Yao, J., Zakai, N., Zanetti, K., Zemel, B. S., Zhao, W., Zhao, J. H., Zheng, W., Zhi, D., Zhou, J., Zhu, X., Ziegler, R. G., Zmuda, J., Zonderman, A. B., Psaty, B. M., Borecki, I. B., Cupples, L. A., Liu, C. T., Haiman, C. A., Loos, R., Ng, M. C. Y., North, K. E.: Discovery and fine-mapping of height loci via high-density imputation of GWASs in individuals of African ancestry. Am J Hum Genet 108(4): 564-582, Apr 2021.

Mitchell, J. A., Morales, K. H., Williamson, A. A., Huffnagle, N., Eck, C., Jawahar, A., Juste, L., Fiks, A. G., Zemel, B. S., Dinges, D. F.: Engineering a mobile platform to promote sleep in the pediatric primary care setting. Sleep Adv 2(1): zpab006, Apr 2021.

Mayne, S. L., Morales, K. H., Williamson, A. A., Grant, S. F. A., Fiks, A. G., Basner, M., Dinges, D. F., Zemel, B. S., Mitchell, J. A.: Associations of the residential built environment with adolescent sleep outcomes. Sleep 44: zsaa276, Jun 2021.

Sarnowski, C., Cousminer, D. L., Franceschini, N., Raffield, L. M., Jia, G., Fernandez-Rhodes, L., Grant, S. F. A., Hakonarson, H., Lange, L. A., Long, J., Sofer, T., Tao, R., Wallace, R. B., Wong, Q., Zirpoli, G., Boerwinkle, E., Bradfield, J. P., Correa, A., Kooperberg, C. L., North, K. E., Palmer, J. R., Zemel, B. S., Zheng, W., Murabito, J. M., Lunetta, K. L.: Large trans-ethnic meta-analysis identifies AKR1C4 as a novel gene associated with age at menarche. Hum Reprod 36: 1999-2010, Jun 2021.

Chin, H. B., Kelly, A., Adgent, M. A., Patchel, S. A., James, K., Vesper, H. W., Botelho, J. C., Chandler, D. W., Zemel, B. S., Schall, J. I., Ford, E. G., Darge, K., Stallings, V. A., Baird, D. D., Rogan, W. J., Umbach, D. M.: Reproductive Hormone Concentrations and Associated Anatomical Responses: Does Soy Formula Affect Minipuberty in Boys? J Clin Endocrinol Metab 106(9): 2635-2645, Aug 2021.

Guo, M., Zemel, B. S., Hawkes, C. P., Long, J., Kelly, A., Leonard, M. B., Jaramillo, D., Mostoufi-Moab, S.: Sarcopenia and preserved bone mineral density in paediatric survivors of high-risk neuroblastoma with growth failure. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle 12(4): 1024-1033, Aug 2021.

Avitabile, C. M., Saavedra, S., Sivakumar, N., Goldmuntz, E., Paridon, S. M., Zemel, B. S.: Marked skeletal muscle deficits are associated with 6-minute walk distance in paediatric pulmonary hypertension. Cardiol Young Page: 1-8, Sep 2021.

Kindler, J. M., Gallo, S., Khoury, P. R., Urbina, E. M., Zemel, B. S.: Diet Quality and Bone Density in Youth with Healthy Weight, Obesity, and Type 2 Diabetes. Nutrients 13(9): 3288, Sep 2021.

Grgic, O., Gazzara, M. R., Chesi, A., Medina-Gomez, C., Cousminer, D. L., Mitchell, J. A., Prijatelj, V., de Vries, J., Shevroja, E., McCormack, S. E., Kalkwarf, H. J., Lappe, J. M., Gilsanz, V., Oberfield, S. E., Shepherd, J. A., Kelly, A., Mahboubi, S., Faucz, F. R., Feelders, R. A., de Jong, F. H., Uitterlinden, A. G., Visser, J. A., Ghanem, L. R., Wolvius, E. B., Hofland, L. J., Stratakis, C. A., Zemel, B. S., Barash, Y., Grant, S. F. A., Rivadeneira, F.: CYP11B1 variants influence skeletal maturation via alternative splicing. Commun Biol 4(1): 1274, Nov 2021.

Vaikunth, S. S., Leonard, M. B., Whitehead, K. K., Goldberg, D. J., Rychik, J., Zemel, B. S., Avitabile, C. M.: Deficits in the Functional Muscle-Bone Unit in Youths with Fontan Physiology. J Pediatr 238: 202-207, Nov 2021.

Dienemann, T., Ziolkowski, S. L., Bender, S., Goral, S., Long, J., Baker, J. F., Shults, J., Zemel, B. S., Reese, P. P., Wilson, F. P., Leonard, M. B.: Changes in Body Composition, Muscle Strength, and Fat Distribution Following Kidney Transplantation. Am J Kidney Dis 78(6): 816-825, Dec 2021.

2020

Kralick, A. E., Zemel, B. S.: Evolutionary Perspectives on the Developing Skeleton and Implications for Lifelong Health. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 11: 99, Mar 2020.

Liang, G., Zhao, C., Zhang, H., Mattei, L., Sherrill-Mix, S., Bittinger, K., Kessler, L. R., Wu, G. D., Baldassano, R. N., DeRusso, P., Ford, E., Elovitz, M. A., Kelly, M. S., Patel, M. Z., Mazhani, T., Gerber, J. S., Kelly, A., Zemel, B. S., Bushman, F. D.: The stepwise assembly of the neonatal virome is modulated by breastfeeding. Nature 581(7809): 470-474, May 2020.

Bittinger, K., Zhao, C., Li, Y., Ford, E., Friedman, E. S., Ni, J., Kulkarni, C. V., Cai, J., Tian, Y., Liu, Q., Patterson, A. D., Sarkar, D., Chan, S. H. J., Maranas, C., Saha-Shah, A., Lund, P., Garcia, B. A., Mattei, L. M., Gerber, J. S., Elovitz, M. A., Kelly, A., DeRusso, P., Kim, D., Hofstaedter, C. E., Goulian, M., Li, H., Bushman, F. D., Zemel, B. S., Wu, G. D.: Bacterial colonization reprograms the neonatal gut metabolome. Nat Microbiol Jun 2020.

Hawkes, C. P., Mostoufi-Moab, S., McCormack, S. E., Grimberg, A., Zemel, B. S.: Leg length and sitting height reference data and charts for children in the United States. Data Brief 32: 106131, Aug 2020.

Kindler, J. M., Kalkwarf, H. J., Lappe, J. M., Gilsanz, V., Oberfield, S., Shepherd, J. A., Kelly, A., Winer, K. K., Zemel, B. S.: Pediatric Reference Ranges for Ultradistal Radius Bone Density: Results from the Bone Mineral Density in Childhood Study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 105: e3529-39, Oct 2020.

Kindler, J. M., Kelly, A., Khoury, P. R., Levitt Katz, L. E., Urbina, E. M., Zemel, B. S.: Bone Mass and Density in Youth With Type 2 Diabetes, Obesity, and Healthy Weight. Diabetes Care 43(10): 2544-2552, Oct 2020.

Vogelezang, S., Bradfield, J. P., Ahluwalia, T. S., Curtin, J. A., Lakka, T. A., Grarup, N., Scholz, M., van der Most, P. J., Monnereau, C., Stergiakouli, E., Heiskala, A., Horikoshi, M., Fedko, I. O., Vilor-Tejedor, N., Cousminer, D. L., Standl, M., Wang, C. A., Viikari, J., Geller, F., Íñiguez, C., Pitkänen, N., Chesi, A., Bacelis, J., Yengo, L., Torrent, M., Ntalla, I., Helgeland, Ø, Selzam, S., Vonk, J. M., Zafarmand, M. H., Heude, B., Farooqi, I. S., Alyass, A., Beaumont, R. N., Have, C. T., Rzehak, P., Bilbao, J. R., Schnurr, T. M., Barroso, I., Bønnelykke, K., Beilin, L. J., Carstensen, L., Charles, M. A., Chawes, B., Clément, K., Closa-Monasterolo, R., Custovic, A., Eriksson, J. G., Escribano, J., Groen-Blokhuis, M., Grote, V., Gruszfeld, D., Hakonarson, H., Hansen, T., Hattersley, A. T., Hollensted, M., Hottenga, J. J., Hyppönen, E., Johansson, S., Joro, R., Kähönen, M., Karhunen, V., Kiess, W., Knight, B. A., Koletzko, B., Kühnapfel, A., Landgraf, K., Langhendries, J. P., Lehtimäki, T., Leinonen, J. T., Li, A., Lindi, V., Lowry, E., Bustamante, M., Medina-Gomez, C., Melbye, M., Michaelsen, K. F., Morgen, C. S., Mori, T. A., Nielsen, T. R. H., Niinikoski, H., Oldehinkel, A. J., Pahkala, K., Panoutsopoulou, K., Pedersen, O., Pennell, C. E., Power, C., Reijneveld, S. A., Rivadeneira, F., Simpson, A., Sly, P. D., Stokholm, J., Teo, K. K., Thiering, E., Timpson, N. J., Uitterlinden, A. G., van Beijsterveldt, C. E. M., van Schaik, B. D. C., Vaudel, M., Verduci, E., Vinding, R. K., Vogel, M., Zeggini, E., Sebert, S., Lind, M. V., Brown, C. D., Santa-Marina, L., Reischl, E., Frithioff-Bøjsøe, C., Meyre, D., Wheeler, E., Ong, K., Nohr, E. A., Vrijkotte, T. G. M., Koppelman, G. H., Plomin, R., Njølstad, P. R., Dedoussis, G. D., Froguel, P., Sørensen, T. I. A., Jacobsson, B., Freathy, R. M., Zemel, B. S., Raitakari, O., Vrijheid, M., Feenstra, B., Lyytikäinen, L. P., Snieder, H., Kirsten, H., Holt, P. G., Heinrich, J., Widén, E., Sunyer, J., Boomsma, D. I., Järvelin, M. R., Körner, A., Davey Smith, G., Holm, J. C., Atalay, M., Murray, C., Bisgaard, H., McCarthy, M. I., Jaddoe, V. W. V., Grant, S. F. A., Felix, J. F.: Novel loci for childhood body mass index and shared heritability with adult cardiometabolic traits. PLoS Genet 16(10): e1008718, Oct 2020.

Hawkes, C. P., Mostoufi-Moab, S., McCormack, S. E., Grimberg, A., Zemel, B. S.: Sitting Height to Standing Height Ratio Reference Charts for Children in the United States. J Pediatr Nov 2020.

Hou, R., Cole, S. A., Graff, M., Haack, K., Laston, S., Comuzzie, A. G., Mehta, N. R., Ryan, K., Cousminer, D. L., Zemel, B. S., Grant, S. F. A., Mitchell, B. D., Shypailo, R. J., Gourlay, M. L., North, K. E., Butte, N. F., Voruganti, V. S.: Genetic variants affecting bone mineral density and bone mineral content at multiple skeletal sites in Hispanic children. Bone 132: 115175, Nov 2020.

Mitchell, J. A., Morales, K. H., Williamson, A. A., Huffnagle, N., Eck, C., Jawahar, A., Juste, L., Fiks, A. G., Zemel, B. S., Dinges, D. F.: Engineering a Mobile Platform to Promote Sleep in the Pediatric Primary Care Setting. medRxiv (preprint) Nov 2020.

Baker, J. F., Harris, T., Rapoport, A., Ziolkowski, S. L., Leonard, M. B., Long, J., Zemel, B., Weber, D. R.: Validation of a description of sarcopenic obesity defined as excess adiposity and low lean mass relative to adiposity. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle Dec 2020.

Kindler, J. M., Mitchell, E. L., Piccoli, D. A., Grimberg, A., Leonard, M. B., Loomes, K. M., Zemel, B. S.: Bone geometry and microarchitecture deficits in children with Alagille syndrome. Bone Page: 115576, Dec 2020.

Mitchell, J. A., Morales, K. H., Williamson, A. A., Huffnagle, N., Ludwick, A., Grant, S. F. A., Dinges, D. F., Zemel, B. A.: Changes in Sleep Duration and Timing During the Middle-to-High School Transition. J Adolesc Health Dec 2020.

Zemel, B. S., Wasserman, H., Kelly, A., Fan, B., Shepherd, J., Lappe, J., Gilsanz, V., Oberfield, S., Winer, K. K., Kalkwarf, H. J.: Intermachine differences in DXA measurements vary by skeletal site, and impact the assessment of low bone density in children. Bone 141: 115581, Dec 2020.

2019

Wrotniak BH, Georger L, Hill DL, Zemel BS, Stettler N. Association of dairy intake with weight change in adolescents undergoing obesity treatment. J Public Health (Oxf). 2019;41(2):338-45. Epub 2018/04/17. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdy064. PubMed PMID: 29659918; PMCID: PMC6636690.

Webster J, Vajravelu ME, Choi C, Zemel B, Verma R. Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Low Bone Mineral Density in Children With Celiac Disease. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019;17(8):1509-14. Epub 2019/06/25. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2018.10.035. PubMed PMID: 31230659.

Weber DR, Gordon RJ, Kelley JC, Leonard MB, Willi SM, Hatch-Stein J, Kelly A, Kosacci O, Kucheruk O, Kaafarani M, Zemel BS. Poor Glycemic Control Is Associated With Impaired Bone Accrual in the Year Following a Diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2019;104(10):4511-20. Epub 2019/04/30. doi: 10.1210/jc.2019-00035. PubMed PMID: 31034056; PMCID: PMC6736051.

Weber DR, Boyce A, Gordon C, Hogler W, Kecskemethy HH, Misra M, Swolin-Eide D, Tebben P, Ward LM, Wasserman H, Shuhart C, Zemel BS. The Utility of DXA Assessment at the Forearm, Proximal Femur, and Lateral Distal Femur, and Vertebral Fracture Assessment in the Pediatric Population: 2019 ISCD Official Position. J Clin Densitom. 2019;22(4):567-89. Epub 2019/08/20. doi: 10.1016/j.jocd.2019.07.002. PubMed PMID: 31421951.

Ward LM, Weber DR, Munns CF, Hogler W, Zemel BS. A Contemporary View of the Definition and Diagnosis of Osteoporosis in Children and Adolescents. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2019. Epub 2019/12/23. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgz294. PubMed PMID: 31865390.

Shuhart CR, Yeap SS, Anderson PA, Jankowski LG, Lewiecki EM, Morse LR, Rosen HN, Weber DR, Zemel BS, Shepherd JA. Executive Summary of the 2019 ISCD Position Development Conference on Monitoring Treatment, DXA Cross-calibration and Least Significant Change, Spinal Cord Injury, Peri-prosthetic and Orthopedic Bone Health, Transgender Medicine, and Pediatrics. J Clin Densitom. 2019;22(4):453-71. Epub 2019/08/12. doi: 10.1016/j.jocd.2019.07.001. PubMed PMID: 31400968.

Roy SM, Fields DA, Mitchell JA, Hawkes CP, Kelly A, Wu GD, DeRusso PA, Elovitz MA, Ford E, Drigo D, Zemel BS, McCormack SE. Body Mass Index Is a Better Indicator of Body Composition than Weight-for-Length at Age 1 Month. J Pediatr. 2019;204:77-83 e1. Epub 2018/10/01. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.08.007. PubMed PMID: 30268397; PMCID: PMC6309630.

Magge SN, Zemel BS, Pipan ME, Gidding SS, Kelly A. Cardiometabolic Risk and Body Composition in Youth With Down Syndrome. Pediatrics. 2019;144(2). Epub 2019/07/19. doi: 10.1542/peds.2019-0137. PubMed PMID: 31315916; PMCID: PMC6855833 conflicts of interest to disclose.

Leonard MB, Wehrli FW, Ziolkowski SL, Billig E, Long J, Nickolas TL, Magland JF, Nihtianova S, Zemel BS, Herskovitz R, Rajapakse CS. A multi-imaging modality study of bone density, bone structure and the muscle - bone unit in end-stage renal disease. Bone. 2019;127:271-9. Epub 2019/06/04. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2019.05.022. PubMed PMID: 31158505.

Kindler JM, Lappe JM, Gilsanz V, Oberfield S, Shepherd JA, Kelly A, Winer KK, Kalkwarf HJ, Zemel BS. Lumbar Spine Bone Mineral Apparent Density in Children: Results From the Bone Mineral Density in Childhood Study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2019;104(4):1283-92. Epub 2018/09/29. doi: 10.1210/jc.2018-01693. PubMed PMID: 30265344; PMCID: PMC6397436.

Kelly A, Shults J, Mostoufi-Moab S, McCormack SE, Stallings VA, Schall JI, Kalkwarf HJ, Lappe JM, Gilsanz V, Oberfield SE, Shepherd JA, Winer KK, Leonard MB, Zemel BS. Pediatric Bone Mineral Accrual Z-Score Calculation Equations and Their Application in Childhood Disease. J Bone Miner Res. 2019;34(1):195-203. Epub 2018/10/30. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.3589. PubMed PMID: 30372552.

Kelly A, Magge SN, Walega R, Cochrane C, Pipan ME, Zemel BS, Cohen MS, Gidding SS, Townsend R. Cross-Sectional Study of Arterial Stiffness in Adolescents with Down Syndrome. J Pediatr. 2019;212:79-86 e1. Epub 2019/06/16. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2019.04.059. PubMed PMID: 31201031; PMCID: PMC6754250.

Kelly A, Gidding SS, Walega R, Cochrane C, Clauss S, Townsend RR, Xanthopoulos M, Pipan ME, Zemel BS, Magge SN, Cohen MS. Relationships of Body Composition to Cardiac Structure and Function in Adolescents With Down Syndrome are Different than in Adolescents Without Down Syndrome. Pediatr Cardiol. 2019;40(2):421-30. Epub 2018/11/06. doi: 10.1007/s00246-018-2014-5. PubMed PMID: 30386863; PMCID: PMC6399030.

Hou R, Cole SA, Graff M, Haack K, Laston S, Comuzzie AG, Mehta NR, Ryan K, Cousminer DL, Zemel BS, Grant SFA, Mitchell BD, Shypailo RJ, Gourlay ML, North KE, Butte NF, Voruganti VS. Genetic variants affecting bone mineral density and bone mineral content at multiple skeletal sites in Hispanic children. Bone. 2019;132:115175. Epub 2019/12/04. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2019.115175. PubMed PMID: 31790847.

Hjorth MF, Astrup A, Zohar Y, Urban LE, Sayer RD, Patterson BW, Herring SJ, Klein S, Zemel BS, Foster GD, Wyatt HR, Hill JO. Personalized nutrition: pretreatment glucose metabolism determines individual long-term weight loss responsiveness in individuals with obesity on low-carbohydrate versus low-fat diet. Int J Obes (Lond). 2019;43(10):2037-44. Epub 2018/12/21. doi: 10.1038/s41366-018-0298-4. PubMed PMID: 30568260; PMCID: PMC6584064.

Hawkes CP, Grimberg A, Kenny LC, Kiely M, Hourihane JOB, Irvine AD, McPhaul MJ, Caulfield MP, Zemel BS, Murray DM. The relationship between IGF-I and -II concentrations and body composition at birth and over the first 2 months. Pediatr Res. 2019;85(5):687-92. Epub 2019/02/13. doi: 10.1038/s41390-019-0331-x. PubMed PMID: 30745570; PMCID: PMC6435390.

Cousminer DL, McCormack SE, Mitchell JA, Chesi A, Kindler JM, Kelly A, Voight BF, Kalkwarf HJ, Lappe JM, Shepherd JA, Oberfield SE, Gilsanz V, Zemel BS, Grant SFA. Postmenopausal osteoporotic fracture-associated COLIA1 variant impacts bone accretion in girls. Bone. 2019;121:221-6. Epub 2019/02/04. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2019.01.026. PubMed PMID: 30711642; PMCID: PMC6800229.

Clauss SB, Gidding SS, Cochrane CI, Walega R, Zemel BS, Pipan ME, Magge SN, Kelly A, Cohen MS. Prevalence of unsuspected abnormal echocardiograms in adolescents with down syndrome. Am J Med Genet A. 2019;179(12):2420-4. Epub 2019/10/08. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.61367. PubMed PMID: 31588666.

Clark DW, Okada Y, Moore KHS, Mason D, Pirastu N, Zemel BS, et al. Associations of autozygosity with a broad range of human phenotypes. Nat Commun. 2019;10(1):4957. Epub 2019/11/02. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-12283-6. PubMed PMID: 31673082; PMCID: PMC6823371.

Calle-Toro JS, Kelly A, Ford EJ, Zemel BS, Schall JI, Adgent MA, Umbach DM, Rogan WJ, Stallings VA, Darge K, Kaplan SL. Incidental findings during ultrasound of thyroid, breast, testis, uterus and ovary in healthy term neonates. J Ultrasound. 2019;22(3):395-400. Epub 2019/02/28. doi: 10.1007/s40477-019-00365-6. PubMed PMID: 30811014; PMCID: PMC6704211.

Bradfield JP, Vogelezang S, Felix JF, Chesi A, Helgeland O, Zemel BS, et al. A trans-ancestral meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies reveals loci associated with childhood obesity. Hum Mol Genet. 2019;28(19):3327-38. Epub 2019/09/11. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddz161. PubMed PMID: 31504550; PMCID: PMC6859434.

Baker JF, Newman AB, Kanaya A, Leonard MB, Zemel B, Miljkovic I, Long J, Weber D, Harris TB. The Adiponectin Paradox in the Elderly: Associations With Body Composition, Physical Functioning, and Mortality. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2019;74(2):247-53. Epub 2018/02/14. doi: 10.1093/gerona/gly017. PubMed PMID: 29438496; PMCID: PMC6333931.

Baker JF, Mostoufi-Moab S, Long J, Taratuta E, Leonard MB, Zemel B. Low Muscle Density is Associated with Deteriorations in Muscle Strength and Physical Functioning in Rheumatoid Arthritis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2019. Epub 2019/12/17. doi: 10.1002/acr.24126. PubMed PMID: 31841259.

Adesina OO, Gurney JG, Kang G, Villavicencio M, Hodges JR, Chemaitilly W, Kaste SC, Zemel BS, Hankins JS. Height-corrected low bone density associates with severe outcomes in sickle cell disease: SCCRIP cohort study results. Blood Adv. 2019;3(9):1476-88. Epub 2019/05/11. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2018026047. PubMed PMID: 31072833; PMCID: PMC6517655.

2018

Zemel BS. BMI Trajectories: What Do They Really Teach Us? Obesity (Silver Spring). 2018;26(6):950. Epub 2018/05/26. doi: 10.1002/oby.22207. PubMed PMID: 29797557.

Mostoufi-Moab S, Kelly A, Mitchell JA, Baker J, Zemel BS, Brodsky J, Long J, Leonard MB. Changes in pediatric DXA measures of musculoskeletal outcomes and correlation with quantitative CT following treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Bone. 2018;112:128-35. Epub 2018/04/22. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2018.04.012. PubMed PMID: 29679731; PMCID: PMC5970089.

Mitchell JA, Chesi A, McCormack SE, Cousminer DL, Kalkwarf HJ, Lappe JM, Gilsanz V, Oberfield SE, Shepherd JA, Kelly A, Grant SFA, Zemel BS. Physical Activity and Bone Accretion: Isotemporal Modeling and Genetic Interactions. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2018;50(5):977-86. Epub 2018/02/22. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000001520. PubMed PMID: 29465475; PMCID: PMC5899052.

Mitchell JA, Chesi A, Cousminer DL, McCormack SE, Kalkwarf HJ, Lappe JM, Gilsanz V, Oberfield SE, Shepherd JA, Kelly A, Zemel BS, Grant SF. Multidimensional Bone Density Phenotyping Reveals New Insights Into Genetic Regulation of the Pediatric Skeleton. J Bone Miner Res. 2018;33(5):812-21. Epub 2017/12/15. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.3362. PubMed PMID: 29240982.

Medina-Gomez C, Kemp JP, Trajanoska K, Luan J, Chesi A, Semel BS, et al. Life-Course Genome-wide Association Study Meta-analysis of Total Body BMD and Assessment of Age-Specific Effects. Am J Hum Genet. 2018;102(1):88-102. Epub 2018/01/06. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2017.12.005. PubMed PMID: 29304378; PMCID: PMC5777980.

McCormack SE, Mitchell JA, Zemel BS. Adaptation of Bone to Mechanical Strain-Reply. JAMA Pediatr. 2018;172(2):196-7. Epub 2017/12/12. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2017.4654. PubMed PMID: 29228153.

Manousaki D, Dudding T, Haworth S, Hsu YH, Liu CT, Medina-Gomez C, Voortman T, van der Velde N, Melhus H, Robinson-Cohen C, Cousminer DL, Nethander M, Vandenput L, Noordam R, Forgetta V, Greenwood CMT, Biggs ML, Psaty BM, Rotter JI, Zemel BS, Mitchell JA, Taylor B, Lorentzon M, Karlsson M, Jaddoe VVW, Tiemeier H, Campos-Obando N, Franco OH, Utterlinden AG, Broer L, van Schoor NM, Ham AC, Ikram MA, Karasik D, de Mutsert R, Rosendaal FR, den Heijer M, Wang TJ, Lind L, Orwoll ES, Mook-Kanamori DO, Michaelsson K, Kestenbaum B, Ohlsson C, Mellstrom D, de Groot L, Grant SFA, Kiel DP, Zillikens MC, Rivadeneira F, Sawcer S, Timpson NJ, Richards JB. Low-Frequency Synonymous Coding Variation in CYP2R1 Has Large Effects on Vitamin D Levels and Risk of Multiple Sclerosis. Am J Hum Genet. 2018;103(6):1053. Epub 2018/12/12. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2018.11.010. PubMed PMID: 30526863; PMCID: PMC6288274.

Magge SN, Prasad D, Zemel BS, Kelly A. Vitamin D3 supplementation in obese, African-American, vitamin D deficient adolescents. J Clin Transl Endocrinol. 2018;12:1-7. Epub 2018/06/13. doi: 10.1016/j.jcte.2018.03.001. PubMed PMID: 29892560; PMCID: PMC5992315.

Lee D, Lewis JD, Shults J, Baldassano RN, Long J, Herskovitz R, Zemel B, Leonard MB. The Association of Diet and Exercise With Body Composition in Pediatric Crohn's Disease. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2018;24(6):1368-75. Epub 2018/05/03. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izy024. PubMed PMID: 29718224; PMCID: PMC6093194.

Kelley JC, Stettler-Davis N, Leonard MB, Hill D, Wrotniak BH, Shults J, Stallings VA, Berkowitz R, Xanthopoulos MS, Prout-Parks E, Klieger SB, Zemel BS. Effects of a Randomized Weight Loss Intervention Trial in Obese Adolescents on Tibia and Radius Bone Geometry and Volumetric Density. J Bone Miner Res. 2018;33(1):42-53. Epub 2017/09/09. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.3288. PubMed PMID: 28884881.

Hong J, Hatchell KE, Bradfield JP, Bjonnes A, Chesi A, Lai CQ, Langefeld CD, Lu L, Lu Y, Lutsey PL, Musani SK, Nalls MA, Robinson-Cohen C, Roizen JD, Saxena R, Tucker KL, Ziegler JT, Arking DE, Bis JC, Boerwinkle E, Bottinger EP, Bowden DW, Gilsanz V, Houston DK, Kalkwarf HJ, Kelly A, Lappe JM, Liu Y, Michos ED, Oberfield SE, Palmer ND, Rotter JI, Sapkota B, Shepherd JA, Wilson JG, Basu S, de Boer IH, Divers J, Freedman BI, Grant SFA, Hakonarson H, Harris TB, Kestenbaum BR, Kritchevsky SB, Loos RJF, Norris JM, Norwood AF, Ordovas JM, Pankow JS, Psaty BM, Sanghera DK, Wagenknecht LE, Zemel BS, Meigs J, Dupuis J, Florez JC, Wang T, Liu CT, Engelman CD, Billings LK. Transethnic Evaluation Identifies Low-Frequency Loci Associated With 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentrations. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2018;103(4):1380-92. Epub 2018/01/13. doi: 10.1210/jc.2017-01802. PubMed PMID: 29325163; PMCID: PMC6276579.

Hankins JS, Estepp JH, Hodges JR, Villavicencio MA, Robison LL, Weiss MJ, Kang G, Schreiber JE, Porter JS, Kaste SC, Saving KL, Bryant PC, Deyo JE, Nottage KA, King AA, Brandow AM, Lebensburger JD, Adesina O, Chou ST, Zemel BS, Smeltzer MP, Wang WC, Gurney JG. Sickle Cell Clinical Research and Intervention Program (SCCRIP): A lifespan cohort study for sickle cell disease progression from the pediatric stage into adulthood. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2018;65(9):e27228. Epub 2018/05/26. doi: 10.1002/pbc.27228. PubMed PMID: 29797644.

DeBoer MD, Lee AM, Herbert K, Long J, Thayu M, Griffin LM, Baldassano RN, Denson LA, Zemel BS, Denburg MR, Herskovitz R, Leonard MB. Increases in IGF-1 After Anti-TNF-alpha Therapy Are Associated With Bone and Muscle Accrual in Pediatric Crohn Disease. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2018;103(3):936-45. Epub 2018/01/13. doi: 10.1210/jc.2017-01916. PubMed PMID: 29329430; PMCID: PMC6276706.

Cousminer DL, Mitchell JA, Chesi A, Roy SM, Kalkwarf HJ, Lappe JM, Gilsanz V, Oberfield SE, Shepherd JA, Kelly A, McCormack SE, Voight BF, Zemel BS, Grant SF. Genetically Determined Later Puberty Impacts Lowered Bone Mineral Density in Childhood and Adulthood. J Bone Miner Res. 2018;33(3):430-6. Epub 2017/10/27. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.3320. PubMed PMID: 29068475; PMCID: PMC5839967.

Calarge CA, Mills JA, Karaviti L, Teixeira AL, Zemel BS, Garcia JM. Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors Reduce Longitudinal Growth in Risperidone-Treated Boys. J Pediatr. 2018;201:245-51. Epub 2018/07/01. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.05.040. PubMed PMID: 29958671; PMCID: PMC6153035.

Brown JC, Troxel AB, Ky B, Damjanov N, Zemel BS, Rickels MR, Rhim AD, Rustgi AK, Courneya KS, Schmitz KH. Dose-response Effects of Aerobic Exercise Among Colon Cancer Survivors: A Randomized Phase II Trial. Clin Colorectal Cancer. 2018;17(1):32-40. Epub 2017/07/04. doi: 10.1016/j.clcc.2017.06.001. PubMed PMID: 28669606; PMCID: PMC5733696.

Brown JC, Rickels MR, Troxel AB, Zemel BS, Damjanov N, Ky B, Rhim AD, Rustgi AK, Courneya KS, Schmitz KH. Dose-response effects of exercise on insulin among colon cancer survivors. Endocr Relat Cancer. 2018;25(1):11-9. Epub 2017/10/12. doi: 10.1530/ERC-17-0377. PubMed PMID: 29018055; PMCID: PMC5736434.

Brown JC, Rhim AD, Manning SL, Brennan L, Mansour AI, Rustgi AK, Damjanov N, Troxel AB, Rickels MR, Ky B, Zemel BS, Courneya KS, Schmitz KH. Effects of exercise on circulating tumor cells among patients with resected stage I-III colon cancer. PLoS One. 2018;13(10):e0204875. Epub 2018/10/18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0204875. PubMed PMID: 30332430; PMCID: PMC6192582.

Brown JC, Damjanov N, Courneya KS, Troxel AB, Zemel BS, Rickels MR, Ky B, Rhim AD, Rustgi AK, Schmitz KH. A randomized dose-response trial of aerobic exercise and health-related quality of life in colon cancer survivors. Psychooncology. 2018;27(4):1221-8. Epub 2018/02/02. doi: 10.1002/pon.4655. PubMed PMID: 29388275; PMCID: PMC5895514.

Baker JF, Mostoufi-Moab S, Long J, Zemel B, Ibrahim S, Taratuta E, Leonard MB. Intramuscular Fat Accumulation and Associations With Body Composition, Strength, and Physical Functioning in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2018;70(12):1727-34. Epub 2018/02/27. doi: 10.1002/acr.23550. PubMed PMID: 29481721; PMCID: PMC6109612.

Baker JF, Long J, Leonard MB, Harris T, Delmonico MJ, Santanasto A, Satterfield S, Zemel B, Weber DR. Estimation of Skeletal Muscle Mass Relative to Adiposity Improves Prediction of Physical Performance and Incident Disability. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2018;73(7):946-52. Epub 2017/09/29. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glx064. PubMed PMID: 28958026; PMCID: PMC6001879.

Adgent MA, Umbach DM, Zemel BS, Kelly A, Schall JI, Ford EG, James K, Darge K, Botelho JC, Vesper HW, Chandler DW, Nakamoto JM, Rogan WJ, Stallings VA. A Longitudinal Study of Estrogen-Responsive Tissues and Hormone Concentrations in Infants Fed Soy Formula. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2018;103(5):1899-909. Epub 2018/03/06. doi: 10.1210/jc.2017-02249. PubMed PMID: 29506126; PMCID: PMC6456922.

2017

Zhang X, Brown JC, Paskett ED, Zemel BS, Cheville AL, Schmitz KH. Changes in arm tissue composition with slowly progressive weight-lifting among women with breast cancer-related lymphedema. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2017;164(1):79-88. Epub 2017/04/10. doi: 10.1007/s10549-017-4221-9. PubMed PMID: 28391397; PMCID: PMC5738921.

Zemel BS. Dietary calcium intake recommendations for children: are they too high? Am J Clin Nutr. 2017;105(5):1025-6. Epub 2017/04/14. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.117.155705. PubMed PMID: 28404578; PMCID: PMC5402038.

Zemel BS. Influence of complex childhood diseases on variation in growth and skeletal development. Am J Hum Biol. 2017;29(2). Epub 2017/02/24. doi: 10.1002/ajhb.22985. PubMed PMID: 28230293.

Xanthopoulos MS, Walega R, Xiao R, Prasad D, Pipan MM, Zemel BS, Berkowitz RI, Magge SN, Kelly A. Caregiver-Reported Quality of Life in Youth with Down Syndrome. J Pediatr. 2017;189:98-104 e1. Epub 2017/07/29. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.06.073. PubMed PMID: 28751125; PMCID: PMC5614822.

Wendel D, Weber D, Leonard MB, Magge SN, Kelly A, Stallings VA, Pipan M, Stettler N, Zemel BS. Body composition estimation using skinfolds in children with and without health conditions affecting growth and body composition. Ann Hum Biol. 2017;44(2):108-20. Epub 2016/04/29. doi: 10.3109/03014460.2016.1168867. PubMed PMID: 27121656; PMCID: PMC5559202.

Weber DR, Stark LJ, Ittenbach RF, Stallings VA, Zemel BS. Building better bones in childhood: a randomized controlled study to test the efficacy of a dietary intervention program to increase calcium intake. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2017;71(6):788-94. Epub 2017/02/23. doi: 10.1038/ejcn.2017.5. PubMed PMID: 28225052; PMCID: PMC5462896.

Rovner AJ, Stallings VA, Rutstein R, Schall JI, Leonard MB, Zemel BS. Effect of high-dose cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) on bone and body composition in children and young adults with HIV infection: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Osteoporos Int. 2017;28(1):201-9. Epub 2016/11/12. doi: 10.1007/s00198-016-3826-x. PubMed PMID: 27837268.

Ng MCY, Graff M, Lu Y, Justice AE, Mudgal P, Zemel BS, et al. Discovery and fine-mapping of adiposity loci using high density imputation of genome-wide association studies in individuals of African ancestry: African Ancestry Anthropometry Genetics Consortium. PLoS Genet. 2017;13(4):e1006719. Epub 2017/04/22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006719. PubMed PMID: 28430825; PMCID: PMC5419579.

Medina-Gomez C, Kemp JP, Dimou NL, Kreiner E, Chesi A, Zemel BS, Bonnelykke K, Boer CG, Ahluwalia TS, Bisgaard H, Evangelou E, Heppe DHM, Bonewald LF, Gorski JP, Ghanbari M, Demissie S, Duque G, Maurano MT, Kiel DP, Hsu YH, B CJvdE, Ackert-Bicknell C, Reppe S, Gautvik KM, Raastad T, Karasik D, van de Peppel J, Jaddoe VWV, Uitterlinden AG, Tobias JH, Grant SFA, Bagos PG, Evans DM, Rivadeneira F. Bivariate genome-wide association meta-analysis of pediatric musculoskeletal traits reveals pleiotropic effects at the SREBF1/TOM1L2 locus. Nat Commun. 2017;8(1):121. Epub 2017/07/27. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-00108-3. PubMed PMID: 28743860; PMCID: PMC5527106.

McCormack SE, Cousminer DL, Chesi A, Mitchell JA, Roy SM, Kalkwarf HJ, Lappe JM, Gilsanz V, Oberfield SE, Shepherd JA, Winer KK, Kelly A, Grant SFA, Zemel BS. Association Between Linear Growth and Bone Accrual in a Diverse Cohort of Children and Adolescents. JAMA Pediatr. 2017;171(9):e171769. Epub 2017/07/04. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2017.1769. PubMed PMID: 28672287; PMCID: PMC5632753.

McCormack SE, Chesi A, Mitchell JA, Roy SM, Cousminer DL, Kalkwarf HJ, Lappe JM, Gilsanz V, Oberfield SE, Shepherd JA, Mahboubi S, Winer KK, Kelly A, Grant SF, Zemel BS. Relative Skeletal Maturation and Population Ancestry in Non-obese Children and Adolescents. J Bone Miner Res. 2017;32(1):115-24. Epub 2016/07/16. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.2914. PubMed PMID: 27419386; PMCID: PMC5257250.

Marino BS, Goldberg DJ, Dorfman AL, King E, Kalkwarf H, Zemel BS, Smith M, Pratt J, Fogel MA, Shillingford AJ, Deal BJ, John AS, Goldberg CS, Hoffman TM, Jacobs ML, Lisec A, Finan S, Kochilas LK, Pawlowski TW, Campbell K, Joiner C, Goldstein SL, Stephens P, Chin AJ. Abnormalities in serum biomarkers correlate with lower cardiac index in the Fontan population. Cardiol Young. 2017;27(1):59-68. Epub 2017/03/11. doi: 10.1017/S1047951116000093. PubMed PMID: 28281411.

Manousaki D, Dudding T, Haworth S, Hsu YH, Liu CT, Medina-Gomez C, Voortman T, van der Velde N, Melhus H, Robinson-Cohen C, Cousminer DL, Nethander M, Vandenput L, Noordam R, Forgetta V, Greenwood CMT, Biggs ML, Psaty BM, Rotter JI, Zemel BS, Mitchell JA, Taylor B, Lorentzon M, Karlsson M, Jaddoe VVW, Tiemeier H, Campos-Obando N, Franco OH, Utterlinden AG, Broer L, van Schoor NM, Ham AC, Ikram MA, Karasik D, de Mutsert R, Rosendaal FR, den Heijer M, Wang TJ, Lind L, Orwoll ES, Mook-Kanamori DO, Michaelsson K, Kestenbaum B, Ohlsson C, Mellstrom D, de Groot L, Grant SFA, Kiel DP, Zillikens MC, Rivadeneira F, Sawcer S, Timpson NJ, Richards JB. Low-Frequency Synonymous Coding Variation in CYP2R1 Has Large Effects on Vitamin D Levels and Risk of Multiple Sclerosis. Am J Hum Genet. 2017;101(2):227-38. Epub 2017/08/02. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2017.06.014. PubMed PMID: 28757204; PMCID: PMC5544392.

Manos CK, Xiao R, Brandon TG, Burnham JM, Zemel BS, Weiss PF. Obesity and Pediatric Psoriatic Arthritis. Ann Paediatr Rheumatol. 2017;6(2):34-40. Epub 2017/01/01. doi: 10.5455/apr.031320170835. PubMed PMID: 29644116; PMCID: PMC5891161.

Kelley JC, Crabtree N, Zemel BS. Bone Density in the Obese Child: Clinical Considerations and Diagnostic Challenges. Calcif Tissue Int. 2017;100(5):514-27. Epub 2017/01/21. doi: 10.1007/s00223-016-0233-4. PubMed PMID: 28105511; PMCID: PMC5395312.

Gordon CM, Zemel BS, Wren TA, Leonard MB, Bachrach LK, Rauch F, Gilsanz V, Rosen CJ, Winer KK. The Determinants of Peak Bone Mass. J Pediatr. 2017;180:261-9. Epub 2016/11/07. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.09.056. PubMed PMID: 27816219.

Freedman DS, Zemel BS, Ogden CL. Secular trends for skinfolds differ from those for BMI and waist circumference among adults examined in NHANES from 1988-1994 through 2009-2010. Am J Clin Nutr. 2017;105(1):169-76. Epub 2016/11/04. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.116.135574. PubMed PMID: 27806976; PMCID: PMC5310687.

Chesi A, Mitchell JA, Kalkwarf HJ, Bradfield JP, Lappe JM, Cousminer DL, Roy SM, McCormack SE, Gilsanz V, Oberfield SE, Hakonarson H, Shepherd JA, Kelly A, Zemel BS, Grant SF. A Genomewide Association Study Identifies Two Sex-Specific Loci, at SPTB and IZUMO3, Influencing Pediatric Bone Mineral Density at Multiple Skeletal Sites. J Bone Miner Res. 2017;32(6):1274-81. Epub 2017/02/10. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.3097. PubMed PMID: 28181694; PMCID: PMC5466475.

Calarge CA, Mills JA, Janz KF, Burns TL, Schlechte JA, Coryell WH, Zemel BS. The Effect of Depression, Generalized Anxiety, and Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors on Change in Bone Metabolism in Adolescents and Emerging Adults. J Bone Miner Res. 2017;32(12):2367-74. Epub 2017/08/18. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.3238. PubMed PMID: 28815738; PMCID: PMC5732069.

Calarge CA, Mills JA, Janz KF, Burns TL, Coryell WH, Zemel BS. Body Composition in Adolescents During Treatment With Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors. Pediatrics. 2017;140(1). Epub 2017/08/02. doi: 10.1542/peds.2016-3943. PubMed PMID: 28759400; PMCID: PMC5495528 conflicts of interest to disclose.

Brown JC, Zemel BS, Troxel AB, Rickels MR, Damjanov N, Ky B, Rhim AD, Rustgi AK, Courneya KS, Schmitz KH. Dose-response effects of aerobic exercise on body composition among colon cancer survivors: a randomised controlled trial. Br J Cancer. 2017;117(11):1614-20. Epub 2017/09/22. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2017.339. PubMed PMID: 28934762; PMCID: PMC5729439.

Baker JF, Long J, Mostoufi-Moab S, Denburg M, Jorgenson E, Sharma P, Zemel BS, Taratuta E, Ibrahim S, Leonard MB. Muscle Deficits in Rheumatoid Arthritis Contribute to Inferior Cortical Bone Structure and Trabecular Bone Mineral Density. J Rheumatol. 2017;44(12):1777-85. Epub 2017/09/17. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.170513. PubMed PMID: 28916544; PMCID: PMC5712255.

Baker JF, Giles JT, Weber D, Leonard MB, Zemel BS, Long J, Ibrahim S, Katz PP. Assessment of muscle mass relative to fat mass and associations with physical functioning in rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2017;56(6):981-8. Epub 2017/03/25. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kex020. PubMed PMID: 28340012; PMCID: PMC6075553.

Addo OY, Himes JH, Zemel BS. Reference ranges for midupper arm circumference, upper arm muscle area, and upper arm fat area in US children and adolescents aged 1-20 y. Am J Clin Nutr. 2017;105(1):111-20. Epub 2016/11/04. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.116.142190. PubMed PMID: 27806975.

2016

Wendel, D., Weber, D., Leonard, M. B., Magge, S. N., Kelly, A., Stallings, V. A., Pipan, M., Stettler, N., Zemel, B. S.: Body composition estimation using skinfolds in children with and without health conditions affecting growth and body composition. Ann Hum Biol Page: 1-13, 2016.

Roizen, J. D., Danzig, J., Groleau, V., McCormack, S., Casella, A., Harrington, J., Sochett, E., Tershakovec, A., Zemel, B. S., Stallings, V. A., Levine, M. A.: Resting Energy Expenditure Is Decreased in Pseudohypoparathyroidism Type 1A. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 101(3): 880-8, 2016.

Malone, S. K., Zemel, B., Compher, C., Souders, M., Chittams, J., Thompson, A. L., Lipman, T. H.: Characteristics Associated With Sleep Duration, Chronotype, and Social Jet Lag in Adolescents. J Sch Nurs 32(2): 120-31, 2016.

Konstantinopoulou, S., Tapia, I. E., Kim, J. Y., Xanthopoulos, M. S., Radcliffe, J., Cohen, M. S., Hanna, B. D., Pipan, M., Cielo, C., Thomas, A. J., Zemel, B., Amin, R., Bradford, R., Traylor, J., Shults, J., Marcus, C. L.: Relationship between obstructive sleep apnea cardiac complications and sleepiness in children with Down syndrome. Sleep Med 17: 18-24, 2016.

Kelly, A., Schall, J., Stallings, V. A., Zemel, B. S.: Trabecular and cortical bone deficits are present in children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis. Bone 90: 7-14, 2016.

Jemielita, T. O., Leonard, M. B., Baker, J., Sayed, S., Zemel, B. S., Shults, J., Herskovitz, R., Denburg, M. R.: Association of 25-hydroxyvitamin D with areal and volumetric measures of bone mineral density and parathyroid hormone: impact of vitamin D-binding protein and its assays. Osteoporos Int 27(2): 617-26, 2016.

Hatch-Stein, J. , Zemel, B.S., Prasad, D., Kalkwarf, H., Pipan, M., Magge, S., Kelly, A.: Body composition and BMI growth charts in children with Down syndrome. Pediatrics epub ahead of print 138(4), 2016 Notes: This article has a delayed release (embargo) and will be available in PMC on October 1, 2017.

Felix, J. F., Bradfield, J. P., Monnereau, C., van der Valk, R. J., Stergiakouli, E., Chesi, A., Gaillard, R., Feenstra, B., Thiering, E., Kreiner-Moller, E., Mahajan, A., Pitkanen, N., Joro, R., Cavadino, A., Huikari, V., Franks, S., Groen-Blokhuis, M. M., Cousminer, D. L., Marsh, J. A., Lehtimaki, T., Curtin, J. A., Vioque, J., Ahluwalia, T. S., Myhre, R., Price, T. S., Vilor-Tejedor, N., Yengo, L., Grarup, N., Ntalla, I., Ang, W., Atalay, M., Bisgaard, H., Blakemore, A. I., Bonnefond, A., Carstensen, L., Eriksson, J., Flexeder, C., Franke, L., Geller, F., Geserick, M., Hartikainen, A. L., Haworth, C. M., Hirschhorn, J. N., Hofman, A., Holm, J. C., Horikoshi, M., Hottenga, J. J., Huang, J., Kadarmideen, H. N., Kahonen, M., Kiess, W., Lakka, H. M., Lakka, T. A., Lewin, A. M., Liang, L., Lyytikainen, L. P., Ma, B., Magnus, P., McCormack, S. E., McMahon, G., Mentch, F. D., Middeldorp, C. M., Murray, C. S., Pahkala, K., Pers, T. H., Pfaffle, R., Postma, D. S., Power, C., Simpson, A., Sengpiel, V., Tiesler, C. M., Torrent, M., Uitterlinden, A. G., van Meurs, J. B., Vinding, R., Waage, J., Wardle, J., Zeggini, E., Zemel, B. S., Dedoussis, G. V., Pedersen, O., Froguel, P., Sunyer, J., Plomin, R., Jacobsson, B., Hansen, T., Gonzalez, J. R., Custovic, A., Raitakari, O. T., Pennell, C. E., Widen, E., Boomsma, D. I., Koppelman, G. H., Sebert, S., Jarvelin, M. R., Hypponen, E., McCarthy, M. I., Lindi, V., Harri, N., Korner, A., Bonnelykke, K., Heinrich, J., Melbye, M., Rivadeneira, F., Hakonarson, H., Ring, S. M., Smith, G. D., Sorensen, T. I., Timpson, N. J., Grant, S. F., Jaddoe, V. W.: Genome-wide association analysis identifies three new susceptibility loci for childhood body mass index. Hum Mol Genet 25(2): 389-403, 2016.

DeBoer, M. D., Thayu, M., Griffin, L. M., Baldassano, R. N., Denson, L. A., Zemel, B. S., Denburg, M. R., Agard, H. E., Herskovitz, R., Long, J., Leonard, M. B.: Increases in Sex Hormones during Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha Therapy in Adolescents with Crohn''s Disease. J Pediatr 171: 146-152.e2, 2016.

Brown, J. C., Troxel, A. B., Ky, B., Damjanov, N., Zemel, B. S., Rickels, M. R., Rhim, A. D., Rustgi, A. K., Courneya, K. S., Schmitz, K. H.: A randomized phase II dose-response exercise trial among colon cancer survivors: Purpose, study design, methods, and recruitment results. Contemp Clin Trials 47: 366-75, 2016.

Weber D, Long J, Leonard MB, Zemel BS, Baker JF: Development of Novel Methods to Define Deficits in Appendicular Lean Mass Relative to Fat Mass. PLoS One 11(10), Oct 2016.

Hawkes CP, Zemel BS, Kiely M, Irvine AD, Kenny LC, O'B Hourihane J, Murray DM: Body composition within the first 3 months: Optimized correction for length and correlation with BMI at 2 years. Hormone Research in Pediatrics 86(3): 178-187, October 2016.

Freedman DS, Zemel BS, Ogden L.: Secular trends for skinfolds differ from those for BMI and waist circumference among adults examined in NHANES from 1988-1994 through to 2009-2010. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 105(1): 169-176, October 2016.

Zemel BS, Gómez-Bruton A, González-Agüero A, Gómez-Cabello A, Matute-Llorente A, Moreno LA, Casajús JA, Vicente-Rodríguez G.: Bone structure of adolescent swimmers; a peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) study. J Sci Med Sport 19(9): 707-12, Sep 2016.

Schall JI, Hediger ML, Zemel BS, Rutstein RM, Stallings VA: Comprehensive Safety Monitoring of 12-Month Daily 7000-IU Vitamin D3 Supplementation in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Children and Young Adults. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 40(7): 1057-63, Sep 2016.

Mitchell, J. A., Chesi, A., Elci, O., McCormack, S. E., Roy, S. M., Kalkwarf, H. J., Lappe, J. M., Gilsanz, V., Oberfield, S. E., Shepherd, J. A., Kelly, A., Grant, S. F., Zemel, B. S.: Physical Activity Benefits the Skeleton of Children Genetically Predisposed to Lower Bone Density in Adulthood. J Bone Miner Res 31(8): 1504-12, August 2016.

Mitchell JA, Chesi A, McCormack SE, Roy SM, Cousminer DL, Kalkwarf H J, Lappe JM, Gilsanz V, Oberfield SE, Shepherd JA, Kelly A, Zemel B S, Grant SF: Rare EN1 Variants and Pediatric Bone Mass. J Bone Miner Res 31(8): 1513-7, August 2016.

Malone SK, Zemel BS, Compher C, Souders M,Chittams J, Thompson AL, Pack A, Lipman T: Social jet lag, chronotype and body mass index in 14-17 year old adolescents. The Journal of Biological and Medical Rhythm Research August 2016.

Hawkes Colin P, Zemel Babette S, Kiely Mairead, Irvine Alan D, Kenny Louise C, O'B Hourihane Jonathan, Murray Deirdre M: Body Composition within the First 3 Months: Optimized Correction for Length and Correlation with BMI at 2 Years. Hormone research in paediatrics Aug 2016.

Leonard, M. B., Shults, J., Long, J., Baldassano, R. N., Brown, J. K., Hommel, K., Zemel, B. S., Mahboubi, S., Howard Whitehead, K., Herskovitz, R., Lee, D., Rausch, J., Rubin, C. T.: Effect of Low-Magnitude Mechanical Stimuli on Bone Density and Structure in Pediatric Crohn''s Disease: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial. J Bone Miner Res 31(6): 1177-88, July 2016.

Hatch-Stein JA, Kelly A, Gidding SS, Zemel BS, Magge SN: Sex differences in the associations of visceral adiposity, homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance, and body mass index with lipoprotein subclass analysis in obese adolescents. J Clin Lipidol 10(4): 757-66, Jul-Aug 2016.

Roy, S. M., Spivack, J. G., Faith, M. S., Chesi, A., Mitchell, J. A., Kelly, A., Grant, S. F., McCormack, S. E., Zemel, B. S.: Infant BMI or Weight-for-Length and Obesity Risk in Early Childhood. Pediatrics 137(5): e20153492, May 2016.

Mitchell JA, Chesi A, Elci O, McCormack SE, Roy SM, Kalkwarf HJ, Lappe JM, Gilsanz V, Oberfield SE, Shepherd JA, Kelly A, Grant SF, Zemel BS: Genetic Risk Scores Implicated in Adult Bone Fragility Associate With Pediatric Bone Density. J Bone Miner Res 31(4): 789-95, Apr 2016.

2015

Zemel, B. S., Pipan, M., Stallings, V. A., Hall, W., Schadt, K., Freedman, D. S., Thorpe, P.: Growth Charts for Children With Down Syndrome in the United States. Pediatrics 136(5): e1204-11, 2015.

Xie, B., Avila, J. I., Ng, B. K., Fan, B., Loo, V., Gilsanz, V., Hangartner, T., Kalkwarf, H. J., Lappe, J., Oberfield, S., Winer, K., Zemel, B., Shepherd, J. A.: Accurate body composition measures from whole-body silhouettes. Med Phys 42(8): 4668-77, 2015.

Steenhoff, A. P., Schall, J. I., Samuel, J., Seme, B., Marape, M., Ratshaa, B., Goercke, I., Tolle, M., Nnyepi, M. S., Mazhani, L., Zemel, B. S., Rutstein, R. M., Stallings, V. A.: Vitamin D(3) supplementation in Batswana children and adults with HIV: a pilot double blind randomized controlled trial. PloS one 10(2): e0117123, 2015.

Stallings, V. A., Schall, J. I., Hediger, M. L., Zemel, B. S., Tuluc, F., Dougherty, K. A., Samuel, J. L., Rutstein, R. M.: High-dose vitamin D3 supplementation in children and young adults with HIV: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Pediatr Infect Dis J 34(2): e32-40, 2015.

Short, D. F., Gilsanz, V., Kalkwarf, H. J., Lappe, J. M., Oberfield, S., Shepherd, J. A., Winer, K. K., Zemel, B. S., Hangartner, T. N.: Anthropometric models of bone mineral content and areal bone mineral density based on the bone mineral density in childhood study. Osteoporos Int 26(3): 1099-108, 2015.

Roy, S. M., Chesi, A., Mentch, F., Xiao, R., Chiavacci, R., Mitchell, J. A., Kelly, A., Hakonarson, H., Grant, S. F., Zemel, B. S., McCormack, S. E.: Body mass index (BMI) trajectories in infancy differ by population ancestry and may presage disparities in early childhood obesity. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 100(4): 1551-60, 2015.

Powers, S. W., Stark, L. J., Chamberlin, L. A., Filigno, S. S., Sullivan, S. M., Lemanek, K. L., Butcher, J. L., Driscoll, K. A., Daines, C. L., Brody, A. S., Schindler, T., Konstan, M. W., McCoy, K. S., Nasr, S. Z., Castile, R. G., Acton, J. D., Wooldridge, J. L., Ksenich, R. A., Szczesniak, R. D., Rausch, J. R., Stallings, V. A., Zemel, B. S., Clancy, J. P.: Behavioral and nutritional treatment for preschool-aged children with cystic fibrosis: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Pediatr 169(5): e150636, 2015.

Olsen, I. E., Lawson, M. L., Ferguson, A. N., Cantrell, R., Grabich, S. C., Zemel, B. S., Clark, R. H.: BMI curves for preterm infants. Pediatrics 135(3): e572-81, 2015.

Ollberding, N. J., Gilsanz, V., Lappe, J. M., Oberfield, S. E., Shepherd, J. A., Winer, K. K., Zemel, B. S., Kalkwarf, H. J.: Reproducibility and intermethod reliability of a calcium food frequency questionnaire for use in Hispanic, non-Hispanic Black, and non-Hispanic White youth. J Acad Nutr Diet 115(4): 519-27 e2, 2015.

Mostoufi-Moab, S., Magland, J., Isaacoff, E. J., Sun, W., Rajapakse, C. S., Zemel, B., Wehrli, F., Shekdar, K., Baker, J., Long, J., Leonard, M. B.: Adverse Fat Depots and Marrow Adiposity Are Associated With Skeletal Deficits and Insulin Resistance in Long-Term Survivors of Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. J Bone Miner Res 30(9): 1657-66, 2015.

Mitchell, J. A., Chesi, A., Elci, O., McCormack, S. E., Kalkwarf, H. J., Lappe, J. M., Gilsanz, V., Oberfield, S. E., Shepherd, J. A., Kelly, A., Zemel, B. S., Grant, S. F.: Genetics of Bone Mass in Childhood and Adolescence: Effects of Sex and Maturation Interactions. J Bone Miner Res 30(9): 1676-83, 2015.

Medina-Gomez, C., Chesi, A., Heppe, D. H., Zemel, B. S., Yin, J. L., Kalkwarf, H. J., Hofman, A., Lappe, J. M., Kelly, A., Kayser, M., Oberfield, S. E., Gilsanz, V., Uitterlinden, A. G., Shepherd, J. A., Jaddoe, V. W., Grant, S. F., Lao, O., Rivadeneira, F.: BMD Loci Contribute to Ethnic and Developmental Differences in Skeletal Fragility across Populations: Assessment of Evolutionary Selection Pressures. Mol Biol Evol 32(11): 2961-72, 2015.

Malone, S. K., Zemel, B. S.: Measurement and Interpretation of Body Mass Index During Childhood and Adolescence. J Sch Nurs 31(4): 261-71, 2015.

Lo Re, V., 3rd, Lynn, K., Stumm, E. R., Long, J., Nezamzadeh, M. S., Baker, J. F., Hoofnagle, A. N., Kapalko, A. J., Mounzer, K., Zemel, B. S., Tebas, P., Kostman, J. R., Leonard, M. B.: Structural Bone Deficits in HIV/HCV-Coinfected, HCV-Monoinfected, and HIV-Monoinfected Women. J Infect Dis 212(6): 924-33, 2015.

Leonard, M. B., Zemel, B. S., Wrotniak, B. H., Klieger, S. B., Shults, J., Stallings, V. A., Stettler, N.: Tibia and radius bone geometry and volumetric density in obese compared to non-obese adolescents. Bone 73: 69-76, 2015.

Lee, D. Y., Wetzsteon, R. J., Zemel, B. S., Shults, J., Organ, J. M., Foster, B. J., Herskovitz, R. M., Foerster, D. L., Leonard, M. B.: Muscle torque relative to cross-sectional area and the functional muscle-bone unit in children and adolescents with chronic disease. J Bone Miner Res 30(3): 575-83, 2015.

Lappe, J. M., Watson, P., Gilsanz, V., Hangartner, T., Kalkwarf, H. J., Oberfield, S., Shepherd, J., Winer, K. K., Zemel, B.: The longitudinal effects of physical activity and dietary calcium on bone mass accrual across stages of pubertal development. J Bone Miner Res 30(1): 156-64, 2015.

Griffin, L. M., Thayu, M., Baldassano, R. N., DeBoer, M. D., Zemel, B. S., Denburg, M. R., Denson, L. A., Shults, J., Herskovitz, R., Long, J., Leonard, M. B.: Improvements in Bone Density and Structure during Anti-TNF-alpha Therapy in Pediatric Crohn''s Disease. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 100(7): 2630-9, 2015.

DeBoer, M. D., Weber, D. R., Zemel, B. S., Denburg, M. R., Herskovitz, R., Long, J., Leonard, M. B.: Bone Mineral Accrual Is Associated With Parathyroid Hormone and 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D Levels in Children and Adolescents. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 100(10): 3814-21, 2015.

Chun, R. F., Liu, N. Q., Lee, T., Schall, J. I., Denburg, M. R., Rutstein, R. M., Adams, J. S., Zemel, B. S., Stallings, V. A., Hewison, M.: Vitamin D supplementation and antibacterial immune responses in adolescents and young adults with HIV/AIDS. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 148: 290-7, 2015.

Chesi, A., Mitchell, J. A., Kalkwarf, H. J., Bradfield, J. P., Lappe, J. M., McCormack, S. E., Gilsanz, V., Oberfield, S. E., Hakonarson, H., Shepherd, J. A., Kelly, A., Zemel, B. S., Grant, S. F.: A trans-ethnic genome-wide association study identifies gender-specific loci influencing pediatric aBMD and BMC at the distal radius. Hum Mol Genet 24(17): 5053-9, 2015.

Calarge, C. A., Schlechte, J. A., Burns, T. L., Zemel, B. S.: The effect of psychostimulants on skeletal health in boys co-treated with risperidone. J Pediatr 166(6): 1449-54 e1, 2015.

Bout-Tabaku, S., Shults, J., Zemel, B. S., Leonard, M. B., Berkowitz, R. I., Stettler, N., Burnham, J. M.: Obesity is associated with greater valgus knee alignment in pubertal children, and higher body mass index is associated with greater variability in knee alignment in girls. J Rheumatol 42(1): 126-33, 2015.

Avitabile, C. M., Goldberg, D. J., Zemel, B. S., Brodsky, J. L., Dodds, K., Hayden-Rush, C., Whitehead, K. K., Goldmuntz, E., Rychik, J., Leonard, M. B.: Deficits in bone density and structure in children and young adults following Fontan palliation. Bone 77: 12-6, 2015.

Schall, J. I., Hediger, M. L., Zemel, B. S., Rutstein, R. M., Stallings, V. A.: Comprehensive Safety Monitoring of 12-Month Daily 7000-IU Vitamin D3 Supplementation in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Children and Young Adults. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 7: 1057-63, Sep 2015.

Gomez-Bruton, A., Gonzalez-Aguero, A., Gomez-Cabello, A., Matute-Llorente, A., Zemel, B. S., Moreno, L. A., Casajus, J. A., Vicente-Rodriguez, G.: Bone structure of adolescent swimmers; a peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) study. J Sci Med Sport 9: 707-12, Sep 2015.

Mitchell, J. A., Chesi, A., Elci, O., McCormack, S. E., Roy, S. M., Kalkwarf, H. J., Lappe, J. M., Gilsanz, V., Oberfield, S. E., Shepherd, J. A., Kelly, A., Grant, S. F., Zemel, B. S.: Genetic Risk Scores Implicated in Adult Bone Fragility Associate With Pediatric Bone Density. J Bone Miner Res 4: 789-95, April 2015.

2014

Wren, T. A., Kalkwarf, H. J., Zemel, B. S., Lappe, J. M., Oberfield, S., Shepherd, J. A., Winer, K. K., Gilsanz, V., Bone Mineral Density in Childhood Study, Group: Longitudinal tracking of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry bone measures over 6 years in children and adolescents: persistence of low bone mass to maturity. J Pediatr 164(6): 1280-5 e2, 2014.

Weber, D. R., Levitt Katz, L. E., Zemel, B. S., Gallagher, P. R., Murphy, K. M., Dumser, S. M., Lipman, T. H.: Anthropometric measures of abdominal adiposity for the identification of cardiometabolic risk factors in adolescents. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 103(3): e14-7, 2014.

Weber, D. R., Leonard, M. B., Shults, J., Zemel, B. S.: A comparison of fat and lean body mass index to BMI for the identification of metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 99(9): 3208-16, 2014.

Tsampalieros, A., Griffin, L., Terpstra, A. M., Kalkwarf, H. J., Shults, J., Foster, B. J., Zemel, B. S., Foerster, D. L., Leonard, M. B.: Changes in DXA and quantitative CT measures of musculoskeletal outcomes following pediatric renal transplantation. Am J Transplant 14(1): 124-32, 2014.

Tsampalieros, A., Berkenstock, M. K., Zemel, B. S., Griffin, L., Shults, J., Burnham, J. M., Baldassano, R. N., Leonard, M. B.: Changes in trabecular bone density in incident pediatric Crohn''s disease: a comparison of imaging methods. Osteoporos Int 25(7): 1875-83, 2014.

Seifert, A. C., Li, C., Rajapakse, C. S., Bashoor-Zadeh, M., Bhagat, Y. A., Wright, A. C., Zemel, B. S., Zavaliangos, A., Wehrli, F. W.: Bone mineral (31)P and matrix-bound water densities measured by solid-state (31)P and (1)H MRI. NMR Biomed 27(7): 739-48, 2014.

Kelly, A., Winer, K. K., Kalkwarf, H., Oberfield, S. E., Lappe, J., Gilsanz, V., Zemel, B. S.: Age-based reference ranges for annual height velocity in US children. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 99(6): 2104-12, 2014.

Dougherty, K. A., Schall, J. I., Zemel, B. S., Tuluc, F., Hou, X., Rutstein, R. M., Stallings, V. A.: Safety and Efficacy of High-Dose Daily Vitamin D3 Supplementation in Children and Young Adults Infected With Human Immunodeficiency Virus. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc 3(4): 294-303, 2014.

Calarge, C. A., Butcher, B. D., Burns, T. L., Coryell, W. H., Schlechte, J. A., Zemel, B. S.: Major depressive disorder and bone mass in adolescents and young adults. J Bone Miner Res 29(10): 2230-7, 2014.

Al Mukaddam, M., Rajapakse, C. S., Bhagat, Y. A., Wehrli, F. W., Guo, W., Peachey, H., LeBeau, S. O., Zemel, B. S., Wang, C., Swerdloff, R. S., Kapoor, S. C., Snyder, P. J.: Effects of testosterone and growth hormone on the structural and mechanical properties of bone by micro-MRI in the distal tibia of men with hypopituitarism. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 99(4): 1236-44, 2014.

Avitabile, C. M., Leonard, M. B., Zemel, B. S., Brodsky, J. L., Lee, D., Dodds, K., Hayden-Rush, C., Whitehead, K. K., Goldmuntz, E., Paridon, S. M., Rychik, J., Goldberg, D. J.: Lean mass deficits, vitamin D status and exercise capacity in children and young adults after Fontan palliation. Heart 100(21): 1702-7, June 2014.

Sheikh, S., Zemel, B. S., Stallings, V. A., Rubenstein, R. C., Kelly, A.: Body composition and pulmonary function in cystic fibrosis. Front Pediatr 2: 33, April 2014.

Stallings, V. A., Schall, J. I., Hediger, M. L., Zemel, B. S., Tuluc, F., Dougherty, K. A., Samuel, J. L., Rutstein, R. M.: High-Dose Vitamin D3 Supplementation in Children and Young Adults with HIV: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial. Pediatr Infect Dis J 34(2): 32-40, Feb 2014.

Parks, E. P., Zemel, B., Moore, R. H., Berkowitz, R. I.: Change in body composition during a weight loss trial in obese adolescents. Pediatr Obes. 1: 26-35, Feb 2014.

2013

Zemel, B.: Bone mineral accretion and its relationship to growth, sexual maturation and body composition during childhood and adolescence. World Rev Nutr Diet 106: 39-45, 2013.

Weber, D. R., Moore, R. H., Leonard, M. B., Zemel, B. S.: Fat and lean BMI reference curves in children and adolescents and their utility in identifying excess adiposity compared with BMI and percentage body fat. Am J Clin Nutr 98(1): 49-56, 2013.

Tsampalieros, A., Lam, C. K., Spencer, J. C., Thayu, M., Shults, J., Zemel, B. S., Herskovitz, R. M., Baldassano, R. N., Leonard, M. B.: Long-term inflammation and glucocorticoid therapy impair skeletal modeling during growth in childhood Crohn disease. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 98(8): 3438-45, 2013.

Tsampalieros, A., Kalkwarf, H. J., Wetzsteon, R. J., Shults, J., Zemel, B. S., Foster, B. J., Foerster, D. L., Leonard, M. B.: Changes in bone structure and the muscle-bone unit in children with chronic kidney disease. Kidney Int 83(3): 495-502, 2013.

Tsampalieros, A., Gupta, P., Denburg, M. R., Shults, J., Zemel, B. S., Mostoufi-Moab, S., Wetzsteon, R. J., Herskovitz, R. M., Whitehead, K. M., Leonard, M. B.: Glucocorticoid effects on changes in bone mineral density and cortical structure in childhood nephrotic syndrome. J Bone Miner Res 28(3): 480-8, 2013.

Prosnitz, A. R., Leonard, M. B., Shults, J., Zemel, B. S., Hollis, B. W., Denson, L. A., Baldassano, R. N., Cohen, A. B., Thayu, M.: Changes in vitamin D and parathyroid hormone metabolism in incident pediatric Crohn''s disease. Inflamm Bowel Dis 19(1): 45-53, 2013.

Koren, D., Marcus, C. L., Kim, C., Gallagher, P. R., Schwab, R., Bradford, R. M., Zemel, B. S.: Anthropometric predictors of visceral adiposity in normal-weight and obese adolescents. Pediatric diabetes 2013.

Kalkwarf, H. J., Zemel, B. S., Yolton, K., Heubi, J. E.: Bone mineral content and density of the lumbar spine of infants and toddlers: Influence of age, sex, race, growth, and human milk feeding. J Bone Miner Res 28(1): 206-12, 2013.

Hill DL, Parks EP, Zemel BS, Shults J, Stallings VA, Stettler N: Resting energy expenditure and adiposity accretion among children with Down syndrome: a 3-year prospective study. Eur J Clin Nutr 2013 (epub ahead of print).

Koren D, Marcus CL, Kim C, Gallagher PR, Schwab R, Bradford RM, Zemel BS: Anthropometric predictors of visceral adiposity in normal-weight and obese adolescents. Pediatr Diabetes 2013 (epub ahead of print).

Parks EP, Zemel B, Moore RH, Berkowitz RI: Change in body composition during a weight loss trial in obese adolescents. Pediatr Obes 2013 (epub ahead of print) Notes: doi: 10.1111/j.2047-6310.2012.00139.x.

Kalkwarf HJ, Zemel BS, Yolton K, Heubi JE: Bone mineral content and density of the lumbar spine of infants and toddlers: influence of age, sex, race, growth, and human milk feeding. J Bone Miner Res 28(1): 206-12, Jan 2013.

Baker Joshua F, Davis Matthew, Alexander Ruben, Zemel Babette S, Mostoufi-Moab Sogol, Shults Justine, Sulik Michael, Schiferl Daniel J, Leonard Mary B: Associations between body composition and bone density and structure in men and women across the adult age spectrum. Bone 53(1): 34-41, Mar 2013.

Groleau V, Herold RA, Schall JI, Wagner JL, Dougherty KA, Zemel BS, Rutstein RM, Stallings VA: Blood Lead Concentration Is Not Altered by High-Dose Vitamin D Supplementation in Children and Young Adults With HIV. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 56(3): 316-9, Mar 2013.

Tsampalieros A, Gupta P, Denburg MR, Shults J, Zemel BS, Mostoufi-Moab S, Wetzsteon RJ, Herskovitz RM, Whitehead KM, Leonard MB: Glucocorticoid effects on changes in bone mineral density and cortical structure in childhood nephrotic syndrome. J Bone Miner Res 28(3): 480-8, Mar 2013.

Tsampalieros A, Kalkwarf HJ, Wetzsteon RJ, Shults J, Zemel BS, Foster BJ, Foerster DL, Leonard MB: Changes in bone structure and the muscle-bone unit in children with chronic kidney disease. Kidney Int 83(3): 495-502, Mar 2013.

Weber DR, Moore RH, Leonard MB, Zemel BS: Fat and lean BMI reference curves in children and adolescents and their utility in identifying excess adiposity compared with BMI and percentage body fat. Am J Clin Nutr 98(1): 49-56, Jul 2013.

Denburg MR, Tsampalieros AK, de Boer IH, Shults J, Kalkwarf HJ, Zemel BS, Foerster D, Stokes D, Leonard MB: Mineral metabolism and cortical volumetric bone mineral density in childhood chronic kidney disease. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 98(5): 1930-8, 2013.

Foster Bethany J, Gao Tao, Mackie Andrew S, Zemel Babette S, Ali Huma, Platt Robert W, Colan Steven D: Limitations of Expressing Left Ventricular Mass Relative to Height and to Body Surface Area in Children. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 26(4): 410-18, 2013.

Prosnitz AR, Leonard MB, Shults J, Zemel BS, Hollis BW, Denson LA, Baldassano RN, Cohen AB, and Thayu M: Changes in vitamin D and parathyroid hormone metabolism in incident pediatric Crohn's disease. Inflamm Bowel Dis 19(1): 45-53, 2013.

2012

Mostoufi-Moab S, Ginsberg JP, Bunin N, Zemel BS, Shults J, Thayu M, Leonard MB: Body composition abnormalities in long-term survivors of pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. J Pediatr 160: 122-8, Jan 2012.

Gao T, Leonard MB, Zemel B, Kalkwarf HJ, Foster BJ: Interpretation of Body Mass Index in Children with CKD. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 7(4): 558-64, April 2012.

Kalkwarf HJ, Denburg MR, Strife CF, Zemel BS, Foerster DL, Wetzsteon RJ, Leonard MB: Vitamin D deficiency is common in children and adolescents with chronic kidney disease. Kidney Int 81(7): 690-7, April 2012.

Mostoufi-Moab S, Ginsberg JP, Bunin N, Zemel B, Shults J, Leonard MB: Bone density and structure in long-term survivors of pediatric allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. J Bone Miner Res 27(4): 760-9, April 2012.

Terpstra AM, Kalkwarf HJ, Shults J, Zemel BS, Wetzsteon RJ, Foster BJ, Strife CF, Foerster DL, Leonard MB: Bone Density and Cortical Structure after Pediatric Renal Transplantation. J Am Soc Nephrol 23(4): 715-26, April 2012.

Griffin LM, Kalkwarf HJ, Zemel BS, Shults J, Wetzsteon RJ, Strife CF, Leonard MB: Assessment of dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry measures of bone health in pediatric chronic kidney disease. Pediatr Nephrol 27(7): 1139-48, July 2012.

Zemel BS: Human biology at the interface of paediatrics: measuring bone mineral accretion during childhood. Ann Hum Biol 39(5): 402-11, Sep 2012.

Dougherty KA, Schall JI, Kawchak DA, Green MH, Ohene-Frempong K, Zemel BS, Stallings VA: No improvement in suboptimal vitamin A status with a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of vitamin A supplementation in children with sickle cell disease. Am J Clin Nutr 96(4): 932-40, Oct 2012.

Foster BJ, Platt RW, and Zemel BS: Development and validation of a predictive equation for lean body mass in children and adolescents. Ann Hum Biol 39(3): 171-182, 2012.

Foster GD, Shantz KL, Vander Veur SS, Oliver TL, Lent MR, Virus A, Szapary PO, Rader DJ, Zemel BS, Gilden-Tsai A: A randomized trial of the effects of an almond-enriched, hypocaloric diet in the treatment of obesity. Am J Clin Nutr 96(2): 249-54, 2012.

Maqbool A, Schall JI, Gallagher PR, Zemel BS, Strandvik B, and Stallings VA: The Relationship Between Type of Dietary Fat Intake and Serum Fatty Acid Status in Children with Cystic Fibrosis. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 55(5): 605-11, 2012.

Wren TAL, Shepherd JA, Kalkwarf HJ, Zemel BS, Lappe JM, Oberfield S, Dorey FJ, Winer KK, Gilsanz V: Racial disparity in fracture risk between white and nonwhite children in the United States. J Pediatr 161(6): 1035-40, Dec 2012.

Weber David R, Leonard Mary B, Zemel Babette S: Body composition analysis in the pediatric population. Pediatr Endocrinol Rev 10(1): 130-9, Nov 2012.

Books

Johnston FE, Zemel BS, Eveleth PE: Human Growth in Context. Smith Gordon, 1999 Notes: Published in Lond.

Chapters

2021

Zemel, B.S.: Body Composition during Growth and Development. Human Growth and Development, 3rd Edition. Cameron, N and Schell, L (eds.). Elsevier, Page: 517-545, Nov 2021.

2020

Zemel BS: Height and Weight. Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Development. Stephen Hupp and Jeremy Jewell (eds.). John Wiley and Sons, Philadelphia, Jan 2020.

2019

Olsen, IE and Zemel, BS: Nutritional Assessment. Pediatric Nutrition, 8th Edition. Kleinman, R.E and Greer, F.R. (eds.). American Academy of Pediatrics, 2019.

2017

Dougherty K, Zemel BS: Developmental Disabilities. Nutrition in Pediatrics. Christopher Duggan, John B. Watkins, Berthold Koletzko, W. Allen Walker (eds.). PMPH, 5th Edition: 729-741, Apr 2017.

Zemel BS, Maqbool A, Olsen IE: Clinical Assessment of Nutritional Status. Nutrition in Pediatrics. Christopher Duggan, John B. Watkins, Berthold Koletzko, W. Allen Walker (eds.). 5th Edition: 5-17, Apr 2017.

2016

Zemel, B.S, Maqbool, A, Olsen, I.E: Clinical Assessment of Nutritional Status. Nutrition in Pediatrics. Christopher Duggan, John B. Watkins, Berthold Koletzko, W. Allen Walker (eds.). 5th Edition: 5-17, 2016.

Zemel BS and Kalkwarf HJ: Evaluation. Bone Densitometry in Pediatrics: Guidelines for Clinical Practice. Sawyer AJ, Fung EB, Bacharach LK (eds.). Springer, NY, 2nd edition, 2016.

Dougherty, K, Zemel, B.S.: Developmental Disabilities. Nutrition in Pediatrics. Christopher Duggan, John B. Watkins, Berthold Koletzko, W. Allen Walker (eds.). PMPH, 5th Edition: 729-741, 2016.

2013

Babette S. Zemel, Asim Maqbool, Irene E. Olsen: Clinical Assessment of Nutritional Status. Nutrition in Pediatrics. Christopher Duggan, John B. Watkins, Berthold Koletzko, W. Allen Walker (eds.). 5th Edition, In Press.

Kelly A. Dougherty, Babette S. Zemel: Developmental Disabilities. Nutrition in Pediatrics. Christopher Duggan, John B. Watkins, Berthold Koletzko, W. Allen Walker (eds.). PMPH-USA, 5th Edition.

Rovner AJ, Zemel BS: Growth and Physical Maturation. Pediatric Drug Development: Concepts and Applications, Second Edition. Mulberg AE, Silber SA, van den Anker JN (eds.). Hoboken: John Wiley and Sons.

2012

Zemel BS: Assessment of growth and nutritional status in children with inflammatory bowel disease. Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease, 2nd Edition. Mamula P, Markowitz J, Baldassano R (eds.). Springer, New York, NY, 2012.

Zemel BS. : Body composition during growth and development. Human Growth and Development, 2nd Edition. Cameron N and Bogin B (eds.). Academic Press, 2012.

2008

Zemel BS: Assessment of growth and nutritional status in children with inflammatory bowel disease. Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Mamula P, Markowitz J, Baldassano R (eds.). Springer: NYC, Page: 295-304, 2008.

Zemel BS, Olsen IE: Assessment of Nutritional Status. AAP Pediatric Nutrition Handbook 2008.

Zemel BS, Stallings VA: Developmental Disabilities. Nutrition in Pediatrics, Basic Science Clinical Applications (4th Edition). Duggan C, Watkins JB, Walker WA (eds.). BC Decker, Inc: Lewiston, New York, Page: 497-504, 2008.

Burdette H, Zemel B, Stallings V : Use of Technical Measurements in Nutritional Assessment. Pediatric Nutrition in Practice. Koletzko B (eds.). Karger, 2008.

2007

Crabtree NJ, Kent K, Zemel B: Acquisition of DXA in Children and Adolescents. Bone Densitometry in Growing Patients. Sawyer AJ, Bachrach LK, Fung EB (eds.). Humana Press: Totowa, NJ, Page: 73-92, 2007.

Crabtree NJ, Leonard MB, Zemel BS: Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry. Bone Densitometry in Growing Patients. Sawyer AJ, Bachrach LK, Fung EB (eds.). Humana Press: Totowa, NJ, Page: 41-58, 2007.

Petit M, Kent K, Leonard MB, McKay H, Zemel B: Analysis. Bone Densitometry in Growing Patients. Sawyer AJ, Bachrach LK, Fung EB (eds.). Humana Press: Totowa, NJ, Page: 93-114, 2007.

Zemel B, Petit M: Evaluation. Bone Densitometry in Growing Patients. Sawyer AJ, Bachrach LK, Fung EB (eds.). Humana Press: Totowa, NJ, Page: 115-126, 2007.

2004

Zemel B, Barden B: Measuring Body Composition. Methods in Human Growth Research. Hauspie R, Cameron N, Molinari L (eds.). Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK, Page: 141-176, 2004.

Zemel B, Barden B: Body composition during growth and development. Physiological and Pathological Auxology. Nicoletti I, Benso L, Gilli G (eds.). Nicomp LE, Piazza Madonna degli Aldobrandini: Firenze, Italy, Page: 11-31, 2004.

2002

Zemel BS: Body composition during growth and development. Human Growth and Development. Cameron N (eds.). Academic Press, Page: 271-293, 2002.

Zemel BS, Schall JL, Stallings VA, Leonard MB: Body Composition and body compartments in children with chronic diseases. Human Growth from Conception to Maturity. Gilli G, Schell LM, Benso L, Smith-Gordon (eds.). Page: 347-358, 2002.

2001

Mascarenhas MR, Zemel BS, Tershakovec AM, Stallings VA: Adolescent Nutrition. Present Knowledge in Nutrition, Eighth Edition. Zeigler EE, Filer LJ (eds.). International Life Sciences Institute Press, Page: 426-438, 2001 Notes: Published in Washington, D.C.

Zemel BS, Barden EM: Assessment of obesity. Obesity, Growth and Development. Johnston FE and Foster GD (eds.). Smith Gordon, Page: 143-167, 2001 Notes: Published in London, UK.

1998

Zemel BS: The assessment of body composition. Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Growth. Ulijaszek S, Johnston FE, and Preece M (eds.). Cambridge University Press, Page: 34-35, 1998 Notes: Published in Cambridge.

Zemel BS: Nutritional Assessment. Pediatric Gastroenterology. Altschuler S and Liacouras C (eds.). Churchill Livingstone, Page: 597-606, 1998 Notes: Published in London.

Zemel BS and Stallings VA: Alternative measures for assessing linear growth. Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Growth. Ulijaszek S, Johnston FE, and Preece M (eds.). Cambridge University Press, Page: 74-75, 1998 Notes: Published in Cambridge.

1996

Stallings VA and Zemel BS.: Nutritional assessment of the disabled child. Clinics in Developmental Medicine: Feeding the Disabled Child. Mac Keith Press, Page: 62-76, 1996 Notes: Published in London.

Zemel BS and Stallings VA: Energy requirements and nutritional assessment of the disabled child. Nutrition in Pediatrics, Basic Science and Clinical Applications. Walker WA and Watkins JB (eds.). The Neville Press, Page: 169-177, 1996 Notes: Published in Charleston, SC.1995

1993

Zemel, BS, Worthman, C and Jenkins, C: Differences in endocrine status associated with urban rural patterns of growth and maturation in Bundi (Gende speaking) adolescents of Papua New Guinea. Urban Ecology and Health in the Third World. Schell, L, Smith, M, and Bilsborough, A (eds.). Cambridge University Press, Page: 38-60, 1993 Notes: No, 32 of the Society for the Study of Human Biology Series.1992

1987

Jenkins, C, Heywood, P, and Zemel, B: Secular changes in growth in Bundi. Rural Health Services in Papua New Guinea. P.N.G. Department of Health Monograph. Heywood, P, and Hudson, B (eds.).(5), 77-78, 1987.

1986

Bowers, EJ, Hickey, RJ, Junker, LL, Zemel, BS, Allen, IE, Clelland, AB, and Clelland, RC: Biosocial factors in infant mortality: multivariate analyses of rates of births, lethal congenital defects, and infant mortality. Human Growth and Development. Borms, J, Hauspie, R, Sand, A, Susanne, C, and Hebbelink, M (eds.). Plenum Press, 1986 Notes: Published in New York.

1981

Katz, SH, Zemel, BS, Hediger, ML, Schall, JI, Coleman, JR, Bowers, EJ, Valleroy, LA, Barker, WF, Eveleth, PB, Gruskin, AB, Prebis, J, and Parks, JS: Resting supine and seated blood pressure interrelations in adolescence. Proceedings of the 5th International Pediatric Nephrology Symposium. Gruskin, AB, and Norman, ME (eds.). Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Page: 392-399, 1981 Notes: Published in The Hague.

Posters and Presentations

2023

Decker JE, Zemel BS, Mitchell JA: Patterns in Timing of Energy Intake and the Impact on Fat Mass in Adolescents. American Heart Association Epi | Lifestyle 2023 Scientific Sessions Mar 2023.

Catherine Avitabile, Babette Zemel: Accelerometer-measured Physical Activity Is Associated With Longer 6-minute Walk Distance and Better Handgrip Muscle Strength in Children With Pulmonary Hypertension. American Thoracic Society May 2023.

2021

Kogon A, Roem J, Schneider M, Mitsnefes M, Zemel B, Warady B, Furth S, Rodig N.: Obesity does not increase risk for kidney replacement therapy (KRT), but weight reduction improves kidney function in children with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Virtual Meeting May 2021.

Shirley MK, Bittinger K, Li Y, Ford E, Friedman ES, Gerber JS, Elovitz M, Kelly A, DeRusso P, Albenberg LG, Drigo D, Shults J, Walega R, Li H, Wu GD, Zemel BS. : Dietary Patterns and Growth From 12 to 24 Months of Age in African American Infants. American Society of Nutrition Meeting. Jun 2021.

Shirley, Meghan, Bittinger, Kyle, Li, Yun, Ford, Eileen, Friedman, Elliot, Gerber, Jeffrey, Elovitz, Michal, Kelly, Andrea, DeRusso, Patricia, Albenberg, Lindsey, Drigo, Danielle, Shults, Justine, Walega, Rachel, Li, Hongzhe, Wu, Gary, Zemel, Babette: Dietary Patterns and Growth From 12 to 24 Months of Age in African American Infants. Current developments in nutrition 5(Suppl 2): 454-454, Jun 2021.

Manfredo J, Anand NS, Zemel BS, Kelly A, Magge SN.: Body Composition and Diabetes Risk in South Asian Youth Compared to African American and White Peers. Abstract to be presented at The Pediatric Endocrine Society Meeting. 2021.

Mitchell JA, Morales KH, Williamson AA, Jawahar A, Juste L, Zemel BS, Dinges DF, Fiks AG : Changes in Childhood Sleep Patterns in an Intervention Study Prior to and During COVID19 Restrictions. Abstract to be presented at the SLEEP Meeting 2021.

Williamson, AA , Wu K, Jawahar A, Juste L, Morales KH, Zemel BS, Dinges DF, Fiks AG, Mitchell JA : Variation in sleep beliefs and behaviors among caregiver-child dyads participating in a sleep extension intervention. Abstract to be presented at the 35th annual Associated Professional Sleep Societies meeting 2021.

Lectures by Invitation

2023

Zemel, BS. "Self-Reported Sleep Duration and Timing and Bone Mineral Density in Adolescents," American Society for Bone and Mineral Research Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada. Oct 2023.

Zemel, BS. DXA-based Body Composition Reference Ranges From Healthy U.S. Children: Large Differences By Race/Ethnic Group And More Appropriate Characterization Of Excess Adiposity Compared To NHANES. Nutrition and Growth Conference, London, UK. Apr 2023.

2022

Zemel, BS. "Imaging for bone diease", North American Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Philadelphia, PA. Nov 2022.

Zemel, BS. "Advances in the study of human growth", International Society for the Study of Growth and Clinical Auxology, International Meetings, Vilnius, Lithuania. Aug 2022.

Zemel, BS. Linear growth, bone accrual and body composition in children and adolescents. In Biomarkers of Nutrition for Development - Knowledge Indicating Dietary Sufficiency: BOND-KIDS Webinar Series. Mar 2022.

2021

Zemel, BS. Challenges in interpreting bone density in children with short stature. Project ECHO, University of New Mexico's Health Sciences Center, virtual. May 2021.

2021, Highest Altmetric Score, Osteoporosis International
2021, International Award for Publishing Excellence, Osteoporosis International
2021, Fellow, American Society of Bone Mineral Research
2019, Research Mentor of the Year, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute, Philadelphia, PA
2018, Research Mentor of the Year, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
2015, Member, The John Morgan Society
2009, Early Career Teaching Award, American Society for Bone Mineral Research
1985, Junior Investigator Award, IVth International Congress of Auxology

Editorial positions

2022-present, Section Editor, Nutrition and Lifestyle, Annals of Human Biology
2020-present, Ad Hoc reviewer, Genome Medicine
2017-present, Ad Hoc Reviewer, JAMA Pediatrics
2017-present, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Annals of Epidemiology
2017-present, Ad Hoc Reviewer, British Journal of Nutrition
2016-present, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Nutrition and Diabetes
2016-present, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Obesity
2016-present, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Pediatric Obesity
2016-present, Ad Hoc Reviewer, International Journal of Epidemiology
2016-present, Ad Hoc Reviewer, European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
2015-present, Ad Hoc Reviewer, American Journal of Human Genetics
2014-present, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
2010-present, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Bone
2010-present, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Bone Mineral Research
2010-present, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Calcified Tissue International
2009-present, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Osteoporosis International
2006-present, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Pediatrics
2006-present, Ad Hoc Reviewer, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Academic and institutional committees

2020-present, Scholarship Oversight Committee, Division of Nephrology
2019-present, Scholarship Oversight Committee, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes
2018-present, Internal Advisory Board, Penn Center for Nutritional Science and Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
2015-present, Internal Advisory Committee, Penn CHOP Microbiome Center
2010-present, Division Research Committee, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
2007-present, Scholarship Oversight Committee, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

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2022-present, International Society for Clinical Growth and Human Auxology, Secretary
2007-present, International Society for Clinical Growth and Human Auxology
- 2022-present, Secretary
- 2007-present, Executive Committee Member
2000-present, International Society of Clinical Densitometry

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2015-present, National Science Foundation
2005-present, Society for Pediatric Research
2005-present, American Society for Bone Mineral Research
1988-present, American Society for Clinical Nutrition

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