LEAD and HEN cohorts

• We are investigating the role of leukocyte telomere length in obesity development including co-morbidities associated with obesity such as hypertension, insulin resistance and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
• We are hoping to use leukocyte telomere length as a predictive biomarker to better understand obesity pathogenesis from birth.
• We have collected leukocyte telomere length at birth and throughout early and middle childhood.

Publications from Leukocyte Telomere Length Research

1).  Telomere Length in Cord Blood

http://www.nature.com/jp/journal/v36/n3/full/jp2015178a.html?foxtrotcallback=true

2).    Nutrtion and Telomere Length in Latinos

http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/104/2/397.abstract

3).  Behavior and Telomere Length in Children

https://www-ncbi-nlm-nih-gov.ucsf.idm.oclc.org/pmc/articles/PMC4490282/

4).  Rate of Telomere Length Loss in Early Childhood

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00438-016-1191-2