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Overview

Linda S. Adair is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant work spanning pediatrics, perinatology, child health, nutrition and dietetics, public health, environmental and occupational health, epidemiology, and general health professions.

Their recent publications reflect a diverse range of topics and collaborative efforts. Notable papers include:

  • Multi-ancestry genetic study of type 2 diabetes highlights the power of diverse populations for discovery and translation (2022, Nature Genetics)
  • Identification of type 2 diabetes loci in 433,540 East Asian individuals (2020, Nature)
  • Defining pathways to healthy sustainable urban development (2020, Environment International)
  • Health and development from preconception to 20 years of age and human capital (2022, The Lancet)
  • Effects of early-life poverty on health and human capital in children and adolescents: analyses of national surveys and birth cohort studies in LMICs (2022, The Lancet)

The scientist frequently collaborates with several other researchers, including:

  • Reynaldo Martorell
  • Margaret E. Bentley
  • Sang Lee
  • Aryeh D. Stein
  • Christopher W. Kuzawa

Publication venues where Linda S. Adair has contributed multiple works include:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Current Developments in Nutrition
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • American Journal of Human Biology

Research topics emphasized in their work address various aspects of health and nutrition, such as:

  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
  • Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet

Best Publications

  • Maternal and child undernutrition: consequences for adult health and human capital.

    Cesar G. Victora;Linda S Adair;Caroline H.D. Fall;Pedro C. Hallal

  • Global nutrition transition and the pandemic of obesity in developing countries

    Barry M Popkin;Linda S Adair;Shu Wen Ng

  • Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids

    Tanya M. Teslovich;Kiran Musunuru;Albert V. Smith;Andrew C. Edmondson

  • Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels

    Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso

  • Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk

    Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Patricia B. Munroe;Kenneth M. Rice;Murielle Bochud

  • Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

    Adam E. Locke;Bratati Kahali;Sonja I. Berndt;Anne E. Justice

  • Common variants associated with plasma triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease

    Ron Do;Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta

  • National and regional estimates of term and preterm babies born small for gestational age in 138 low-income and middle-income countries in 2010

    Anne C.C. Lee;Anne C.C. Lee;Joanne Katz;Hannah Blencowe;Simon Cousens

  • Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility.

    Anubha Mahajan;Min Jin Go;Weihua Zhang;Jennifer E. Below

  • Mortality risk in preterm and small-for-gestational-age infants in low-income and middle-income countries: a pooled country analysis.

    Joanne Katz;Anne C. C. Lee;Anne C. C. Lee;Naoko Kozuki;Joy E. Lawn;Joy E. Lawn

  • Large-scale association analyses identify new loci influencing glycemic traits and provide insight into the underlying biological pathways

    Robert A Scott;Vasiliki Lagou;Ryan P Welch;Eleanor Wheeler

  • The dual burden household and the nutrition transition paradox

    Colleen M. Doak;Linda S. Adair;M Bentley;Carlos Augusto Monteiro

  • Five-year obesity incidence in the transition period between adolescence and adulthood: the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health

    Penny Gordon-Larsen;Linda S Adair;Melissa C Nelson;Barry M Popkin

  • Associations of linear growth and relative weight gain during early life with adult health and human capital in countries of low and middle income: findings from five birth cohort studies

    Linda S. Adair;Caroline H.D. Fall;Clive Osmond;Aryeh D. Stein

  • Severity and Timing of Stunting in the First Two Years of Life Affect Performance on Cognitive Tests in Late Childhood

    Michelle A. Mendez;Linda S. Adair

  • Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies eight new loci for type 2 diabetes in east Asians

    Yoon Shin Cho;Chien Hsiun Chen;Chien Hsiun Chen;Cheng Hu;Jirong Long

  • Risk of childhood undernutrition related to small-for-gestational age and preterm birth in low- and middle-income countries

    Parul Christian;Sun Eun Lee;Moira Donahue Angel;Linda S. Adair

  • The Relationship of Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Factors, and Overweight in U.S. Adolescents

    Penny Gordon-Larsen;Linda S. Adair;Barry M. Popkin

  • Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility

    Anubha Mahajan;Min Jin Go;Weihua Zhang;Jennifer E. Below

  • Five-year obesity incidence in the transition period between adolescence and adulthood: the National Longitudinal Study of

    Penny Gordon-Larsen;Linda S Adair;Melissa C Nelson;Barry M Popkin

Frequent Co-Authors

Barry M. Popkin
Barry M. Popkin University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Karen L. Mohlke
Karen L. Mohlke University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Penny Gordon-Larsen
Penny Gordon-Larsen University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ying Wu
Ying Wu University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin Imperial College London
Andrew P. Morris
Andrew P. Morris University of Liverpool
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam
James F. Wilson
James F. Wilson University of Edinburgh
Olli T. Raitakari
Olli T. Raitakari Turku University Hospital

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