Publications – Live Light Live Right

The Relationship Between Childhood Obesity, Depression and Somatizing Symptoms. Barry Panzer, Kris Nathan, Vikash Agrawal, Neha Patel, Sarita Dhuper¹. Pediatrics, Brookdale University Hospital & Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY; Pediatrics, 2. SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Group Therapy for Coping with Childhood Weight Bias. Barry Panzer, Neha Patel, Vikash Agrawal, Sarita Dhuper. Pediatrics, Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY; Pediatrics, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Insulin Response To Oral Glucose Tolerance Test and Long Term Weight Changes in Obese Children and Adolescents. Sarita Dhuper, Fatema Hassan, Vikash Agrawal, Neha Patel, Sherry Sakowitz. Pediatrics, Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY; Pediatrics, Suny Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Cardio-metabolic Risk Profiles in Severe Clinical Obesity V/s Moderate Obesity in Children and Adolescents and Response to Lifestyle Modification. Sarita Dhuper, Vikash Agrawal, Neha Patel, Sherry Sakowitz, Priyam Pattnaik, Judy Marshel, Barry Panzer. Pediatrics, Brookdale University Hospital & Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY; Pediatrics, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Association of the Severity of Obstructive Sleep Apnea With the Degree of Obesity and Metabolic Risk in Obese Children and Adolescents. Sarita Dhuper, Neha Patel, Vikash Agrawal, Sherry Sakowitz, Fatema Hassan, Mayank Shukla. Pediatrics, Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY; Pediatrics, Suny Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Parental Characteristics and Views that Predict Compliance to a Lifestyle Modification Program (LMP) for their overweight children. Janhavi Dalvi, MD, Jesodra Sooknanan, Hemangi Bandekar, MD, Sarita Dhuper, MD and Marianne Jacob, BSc. . Pediatrics, Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11212, United States and Pediatrics, The Childrens Hospital at SUNY Downstate, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Assessing Physical Fitness In The Moderate vs Severely Obese Children Using The NYC Fitnessgram. Kruti Shah, MD, Shilpa Mehta, MD, Priyam Pattnaik, MD, Vikash Agrawal, MD, Jesodra Sooknanan and Sarita Dhuper, MD. Pediatrics, Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11212, United States and Pediatrics, The Childrens Hospital at SUNY Downstate, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Clinical Variables and Effect of Ductal Shunting and Inotropes on the SVC flow in VLBW Infants. Salma Asad, MD, Yash Shah, MD, M. Roger Kim, MD and Sarita Dhuper, MD. Pediatrics, Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, United States; New York University, New York, NY, United States and Pediatrics, The Children’s Hospital at Downstate, Brooklyn, NY
Increasing prevalence of severe obesity in a high risk inner city cohort and comparison with the NHANES data 2011-2012. Kruti Shah, MD, Yash Shah, MD, Fatemah Hassan, MD, Neha Patel, MD, Shilpa Mehta, MD and Sarita Dhuper, MD. Pediatrics, Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11212; Pediatrics, The Childrens Hospital at SUNY Downstate, Brooklyn, NY ; New york University, New York, NY, United States
Lipid Profile Comparisons in Mild, Moderate And Severe Obesity From NHANES Database 2001-2012 For Children 2-19 Years Of Age. Yash Shah, MD, Shilpa Mehta, MD, Kruti Shah, MD, Emma Fisher, Neha Patel, MD and Sarita Dhuper, MD.Pediatrics, Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY; Pediatrics, The Childrens Hospital at SUNY Downstate, Brooklyn, NY; New york University, New York, NY, United States
Lipid Profile Variations Based On Race And Obesity Subcategories From NHANES Database 2001-2012 From 2-19 Years Of Age. Shilpa Mehta, MD, Yash Shah, MD, Neha Patel, MD, Hemangi Bandekar, MD and Sarita Dhuper, MD. Pediatrics, Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11212, United States; Pediatrics, The Childrens Hospital at SUNY Downstate, Brooklyn, NY, United States and New York University, New York, NY, United States.
Obesity and the Dual Diagnosis Child: Exploring the Dynamics of Comorbid Psychiatric Disorders. Panzer, Barry; Dhuper, Sarita; Gupta, Nitasha ICAN: Infant, Child, and Adolescent Nutrition , Volume 4 (5) Oct 1 2012
Association of Obesity and Hypertension with Left Ventricular Geometry and Function in Children and Adolescents. Dhuper, S., Rukhsana A. Abdullah, Weichbrod, L; Mahdi, E., Cohen, H. W.: Obesity (17 June 2010) doi:10.1038/oby.2010.134
Association of Lipid Abnormalities with Measures and Severity of Adiposity and Insulin Resistance among Overweight Children and Adolescents: Dhuper, S. MD., Sakowitz, S. MD., Daniel, J.MD., Buddhe, S.MD., Cohen, H.W.DrPH., The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, Volume 11, Number 10, October 2009 , pp. 594-600(7); Journal of Cardiometabolic Syndrome – March 2009.
[1507.166] Screening for Psychosocial Co-Morbidities among Children and Adolescents Attending a Pediatric Obesity Program. Barry M. Panzer, Saylee S. Dhamdhere, Nitasha Gupta, Nilesh D. Dankhara, Sherry Sakowitz, Susan Blech, Sarita Dhuper. PAS meeting 2012, Boston MA
[1507.167] Insulin Resistance but Not Glycosylated HbA1C Is Associated with Increased Metabolic Risk and Metabolic Syndrome in Non Diabetic Obese Children and Adolescents. Saylee S. Dhamdhere, Nilesh D. Dankhara, Sarita Dhuper. PAS meeting 2012, Boston MA.
Utility of the Triglyceride/HDL ratio as a marker for cardio-metabolic risk among Obese Children. Pediatric Academic Society 2011 meeting (E-PAS20112929.333). Dhuper S., Ebeid O., Patel S., Vengassery A., Yadav N. & Sakowitz S. (2011).
(2011) Left Ventricular Hypertophy and Diastolic Dysfunction in Childhood Obesity Associated with Hypertension. Dhuper S., Patel S, Abdullah R., Weichbrod L., & Mahdi E. Pediatric Academic Society 2011 meeting (E-PAS20113750.6).
Prevalence of Positive Depression Screening among Inner City Obese Youth Participating in a Lifestyle Modification Program. Chablaney S., Jacob M., Sakowitz S., Dhuper S. (2011).Pediatric Academic Society 2011 meeting (E-PAS20113845.521).
The Impact of Obesity and Hypertension on Left Ventricular Geometry in Children and Adolescents. Dhuper,S., Abdullah,R., Weichbrod, L., Mahdi,E., ; Pediatric Academic Society, Baltimore, MD May 2009
Comparison of Central Adiposity Indices To Predict Metabolic Risk among Obese Adolescents. Dhuper,S., Sakowitz,S., Abdullah,R., Vengassery, A., Daniel,J., Cohen,H:; Pediatric Academic Society, Baltimore, MD May 2009
School Food Consumption Patterns, Beliefs and Barriers to Consumption among a Group of Inner City Obese Children Attending a Lifestyle Modification Program; Marshel,J., Dhuper,S., Ginde,S., Sakowitz, S., Blech,S., Priyadarshi,V,.; Pediatric Academic Society, Baltimore, MD May 2009
Fitness Testing in an Obese Inner City Population – Just What Are We Measuring? Varghese,S., Sternberg,A., Joseph,M., Dhuper, S., Pediatric Academic Society, Baltimore, MD May 2009
Factors Associated with Parental Readiness to Make Change in a Lifestyle Modification Program for Overweight Children. Sakowitz,S., Blech,S., Priyadarshi,V., Yenduri,N., Abdullah,R., Dhuper S., Brooklyn, NY; The Obesity Society, Washington DC October 2009
Assessing Quality of Life among Obese Adolescent Using Weight-Specific Questionnaire for Children. Abdullah, R., Blech,A., Vengassery, A., Sakowitz, S., Dhuper, S., Brooklyn, NY; The Obesity Society, Washington DC October 2009
Overweight Youth: Clinical Correlates and Influence on Systolic and Diastolic Cardiac Function. Dhuper, S., Abdullah, R., Weichbrod,L., Mahdi,E., Vengassery, A., The Obesity Society, Washington DC October 2009
Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Patterns and Cardiac Function Among Physically Active and Non Active Overweight and Normal Weight Youth (2009 National Conference and Exhibition); Buddhe,S., Dhuper,S, Weichbrod, L, Mahdi, E.,
Utility of the modified ATP III defined metabolic syndrome and severe obesity as predictors of insulin resistance in overweight children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study; Sarita Dhuper, Hillel W Cohen, Josephine Daniel, Padmasree Gumidyala, Vipin Agarwalla, Rosemarie St Victor, and Sunil Dhuper ; Cardiovasc Diabetol. 2007; 6: 4.; Published online 2007 February 14. doi: 10.1186/1475-2840-6-4.
[4474.7] Change in BMI Z Scores Predict Cardiometabolic Risk Reduction Among Overweight Children Attending the “Live Light… Live Right” Lifestyle Modification Program; Sarita Dhuper, Sherry Sakowitz, Josephine Daniel, Nandita Sinha, Ramadevi Sankaran, Judy Marshell, Michelle B. Elliott, Vipin Aggarwalla, Rosemarie St. Victor.; E-PAS2008:634474.7 ( Hawaii 2008)
[4486.7] Assessment of Endothelial Function in Overweight Adolescents by Non Invasive Peripheral Arterial Tonometry and Correlation with Metabolic Risk Factors; Sarita Dhuper, Rukhsana Abdullah, Josephine Daniel, Sanjay Arora, Nandita Sinha,Nishant Shah.; E-PAS2008:634486.7
[4489.7] Dyslipidemia of Childhood Obesity: Relationship to Age, Measures and Severity of Adiposity and Insulin Resistance; Sarita Dhuper, Sujatha Buddhe, Josephine Daniel, Nandita Sinha, Sherry Sakowitz, Rosemarie F. St. Victor, Hillel W. Cohen.
Utility of the Metabolic Syndrome Defined by Modified ATPIII Criteria To Identify Insulin Resistance in Overweight Children and Adolescents; Sarita Dhuper, Vipin Agarwalla, Rosemarie StVictor, Josephine Daniel, Michelle B. Elliot, Sanjay Arora, Hillel W. Cohen Pediatrics, Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY; Epidemiology & Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY; E-PAS2007:617135.2
Echocardiographic Assessment of Systolic and Diastolic Function in Overweight vs Normal Weight Children; Sarita Dhuper, Avichal Aggarwal, Sanjay Arora, Laya Weichbrod Pediatrics, Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, Brooklyn; E-PAS2007:617150.3
Three Month Assessment Following Intensive Family Based Nutritional Counseling by Physicians and Nutritionist in a Pediatric Obesity Program; Judy Marshel, Ruby Mehta, Chika Iwuchukwu, Josephine Daniel, Vipin Agarwalla, Rosemarie St. Victor, Sarita Dhuper Pediatrics, Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY; E-PAS2007:618400.3
Outcome of a Multi-Disciplinary Hospital/Community Based Lifestyle Modification Program Serving an Inner City High Risk Population; Sarita Dhuper, Vipin Agarwalla, Sherry Sakowitz, Rosemarie St. Victor, Josephine Daniel, Michelle B. Elliot, Sanjay Arora, Judy Marshel Pediatrics, Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY; EPAS2007:618400.8