A one-year school-based diet/exercise intervention improves non-traditional disease biomarkers in Mexican-American children.

School-based interventions are an effective way to treat childhood obesity. The purpose of the present study was to biologically validate an established school-based intervention designed to reduce standardised body mass index (zBMI) over a period of 12 months. This intervention focused on a subset of Mexican-American children who were participating in a larger clinical weight loss study.

Effect of age on the development of ARDS in trauma patients.

Study Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the independent effect of age on the risk of developing ARDS in patients with trauma.

Design: Prospective cohort study.

Setting: Level I trauma center.