Publications

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Examining maternal health literacy as a mediator of the relationship between social vulnerability and caregiving practices for improving infant development
Lauren Stuart, Claire Hart, Rachana Desai, Shane A. Norris, Fiona Bennin, Helene Theunissen & Alessandra Prioreschi, 2025, BMC Public Health, 26
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-025-25756-9
Type: article
Describing the triple burden of malnutrition in adolescents in rural and urban South Africa
S.H. Crouch, D.E. Mathatha, Lisa K. Micklesfield, Nicola Joan Christofides, C. Desmond, S.J. Sharp, K.K. Ong, Stephen M. Tollman, Kathleen Kahn & Shane A. Norris, 2025, South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition
DOI: 10.1080/16070658.2025.2590864
Type: article
The efficacy of a low-sodium salt substitute enriched with potassium to improve sodium-to-potassium ratio and reduce blood pressure in adolescents and their families in Soweto, South Africa: study protocol for randomised controlled trial
Simone H. Crouch, Lisa J. Ware, Shane A. Norris & Aletta E. Schutte, 2025, Trials, 26(1)
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-025-09184-z
Type: article
When more is not worse: genetic subtypes of obesity challenge conventional risk paradigms
Hanieh Yaghootkar, 2025, Cell Metabolism, 37(11), 2099-2101
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2025.10.002
Type: letterEditorial
Challenges in genomic variant interpretation within Pakistani populations due to genomic healthcare inequalities
Zantasha Khalid, Matthew Adams, Anees Muhammad & Claire Salter, 2025, American journal of medical genetics. Part A, 197(12)
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.64191Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
Type: article
Maternal age and parity influences on health outcomes: a multivariable regression analysis of mothers and infants
Stephanie Alcock, Michelle Leal, Johanna Beukes, Lukhanyo H. Nyati, Ulridge Thompson & Shane A. Norris, 2025, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 25(1)
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-025-08194-8
Type: article
Genetic determinants of fatty acid composition in subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissue
Altayeb Ahmed, Afreen Naz, Marjola Thanaj, Elena P. Sorokin, Brandon Whitcher, Jimmy D. Bell, E. Louise Thomas, Madeleine Cule & Hanieh Yaghootkar, 2025, Obesity, 33(12), 2406-2415
DOI: 10.1002/oby.70045
Type: article