[HTML][HTML] Television viewing and sleep are associated with overweight among urban and semi-urban South Indian children

R Kuriyan, S Bhat, T Thomas, M Vaz, AV Kurpad - Nutrition Journal, 2007 - Springer
Background Childhood obesity is an emerging problem in urban Indian children and
increases in childhood overweight and obesity may be major contributors to the adult …

[HTML][HTML] High folate and low vitamin B-12 intakes during pregnancy are associated with small-for-gestational age infants in South Indian women: a prospective …

P Dwarkanath, JR Barzilay, T Thomas… - The American journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Background: Folic acid supplementation in those with a low vitamin B-12 intake or status
may have adverse effects. These effects are unknown with regard to birth outcome in …

Waist circumference and waist for height percentiles in urban South Indian children aged 3–16 years

R Kuriyan, T Thomas, DP Lokesh, NR Sheth… - Indian pediatrics, 2011 - Springer
Objectives To develop age and gender specific waist circumference references for urban
Indian children aged 3–16 years. Design Cross-sectional study. Setting Urban preschools …

Effect of Early versus Delayed Cord Clamping on Hematological Status of Preterm Infants at 6 wk of Age

T Ranjit, S Nesargi, PNS Rao, JP Sahoo… - The Indian Journal of …, 2015 - Springer
Objective To compare the effect of early cord clamping (ECC) vs. delayed cord clamping
(DCC) on hematocrit and serum ferritin at 6 wk of life in preterm infants. Methods This …

PAIN—perception and assessment of painful procedures in the NICU

CD Britto, S Rao PN, S Nesargi, S Nair… - Journal of Tropical …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
This prospective cross-sectional study was undertaken to determine the frequency of
procedural pain among 101 neonates in the first 14 days of admission to a neonatal …

Efficacy of expressed breast Milk in reducing pain during ROP screening—a randomized controlled trial

L Rosali, S Nesargi, S Mathew, U Vasu… - Journal of tropical …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Objective: To assess the effectiveness of expressed breast milk (EBM) on neonatal pain
during screening for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). Methods: Neonates who were on oral …

Probiotics for promoting feed tolerance in very low birth weight neonates — A randomized controlled trial

A Shashidhar, PN Suman Rao, S Nesargi, S Bhat… - Indian pediatrics, 2017 - Springer
Objective To measure the efficacy of a probiotic formulation on time to reach full enteral
feeds in VLBW (very low birth weight) newborns. Design Blinded randomized control trial …

Expressed breast milk vs 25% Dextrose in procedural pain in neonates: A double blind randomized controlled trial

JP Sahoo, S Rao, S Nesargi, T Ranjit, C Ashok, S Bhat - Indian Pediatrics, 2013 - Springer
Objective To compare the effect of expressed breast milk (EBM), 25% dextrose (25 D) and
sterile water (SW) on procedural pain in neonates as assessed by the premature infant pain …

[HTML][HTML] Effectiveness of onsite nurse mentoring in improving quality of institutional births in the primary health centres of high priority districts of Karnataka, South India …

K Jayanna, J Bradley, P Mony, T Cunningham… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background In India, although the proportion of institutional births is increasing, there are
concerns regarding quality of care. We assessed the effectiveness of a nurse-led onsite …

[PDF][PDF] The relationship between maternal physical activity during pregnancy and birth weight.

P Dwarkanath, S Muthayya, M Vaz, T Thomas… - Asia Pacific journal of …, 2007 - Citeseer
Introduction: Earlier studies in India have demonstrated an inverse relationship between
physical activity and birth weight in rural women who had high levels of physical activity …