Published research on Maya topics

Varela-Silva MI, Dickinson F, Wilson H, Azcorra H, Griffiths PL, Bogin B (2012). The nutritional dual-burden in developing countries - How is it assessed and what are the health implications? Coll. Antropol 36 (1), 39-45. Interview with Inês Varela-Silva (30 Nov 2011). http://a7.com.mx/reportajes/9582-baja-estatura-no-es-por-herencia.html

http://www.collantropol.hr/_doc/Coll.%20Antropol.%2036%20(2012)%201:%2039–45.pdf



Wilson HJ, Dickinson F, Griffiths PL, Azcorra H, Bogin B, Varela-Silva MI (2011). How useful is BMI in predicting adiposity indicators in a sample of Maya children and women with high levels of stunting? Am J Hum Biol. Nov-Dec;23(6):780-9. doi: 10.1002/ajhb.21215. Epub 2011 Sep 20. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21936013


Wilson H, Dickinson F, Griffiths P, Bogin B, Varela-Silva MI (2011). Logistics of using the Actiheart physical activity monitors in urban Mexico among 7- to 9-year-old children. Am J Hum Biol. May;23(3):426-8. doi: 10.1002/ajhb.21150. Epub 2011 Mar 29. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21448914


Varela-Silva MI, Azcorra H, Dickinson F, Bogin B, Frisancho AR. (2009). Influence of maternal stature, pregnancy age, and infant birth weight on growth during childhood in Yucatan, Mexico: a test of the intergenerational effects hypothesis. Am J Hum Biol. Sep-Oct;21(5):657-63. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19214997


Varela-Silva MI, Frisancho AR, Bogin B, Chatkoff D, Smith PK, Dickinson F, Winham D (2007). Behavioral, environmental, metabolic and intergenerational components of early life undernutrition leading to later obesity in developing nations and in minority groups in the U.S.A. Coll Antropol.Mar;31(1):39-46. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17600917

Smith PK, Bogin B, Varela-Silva MI, Loucky J (2003). Economic and anthropological assessments of the health of children in Maya immigrant families in the US. Econ Hum Biol. Jun;1(2):145-60. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15463970