Publications

Vitamin D supplementation in obese Sri Lankan children: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Paediatrics

Research Publications

Samaranayake DBDL, Adikaram SGS, Atapattu N, Kendaragama KMDLD, Senevirathne JTN, Jayasekera HD, Wickramasinghe VP

2020;20:426.(online publication)

Publication year: 2020

The range of non-traditional anthropometric parameters to define obesity and obesity-related disease in children: a systematic review

Research Publications

Priyanga Ranasinghe, Ranil Jayawardena, Nishadi Gamage, V. Pujitha Wickramasinghe, Andrew P. Hills

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Publication year: 2020

Prevalence of different states of glucose intolerance in Sri Lankan children and adolescents with obesity and its relation to other comorbidities

Research Publications

Iris Ciba*, Loretta S. Warnakulasuriya*, Adikaram V.N. Adikaram, Peter Bergsten, Marie Dahlbom, RN, Manel M.A. Fernando, Elisabet Rytter, Dulani L. Samaranayake, K.D. Renuka Ruchira Silva, V. Pujitha Wickramasinghe*, Anders H. Forslund*

Paediatric Diabetes.

Publication year: 2020

Efficacy of a tetravalent dengue vaccine in healthy children aged 4–16 years: a randomised, placebo-controlled,phase 3 trial.

Research Publications

Biswal S, Borja-Tabora C, Vargas LM, Velásquez H, Alera MT, Sierra V, Rodriguez-Arenales EJ, Yu D, Wickramasinghe VP, et al

The Lancet. Online Publication. March17, 2020

Publication year: 2020

Effectiveness of Hypertonic Saline Nebulization in Airway Clearance in Children with Non-Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis: A randomized control trial

Anuradha KWDA, Ganganath Gunathilaka PK, Wickramasinghe VP

Pediatric Pulmonology

Publication year: 2020

Differences in serum markers of oxidative stress in well controlled and poorly controlled asthma in Sri Lankan children: a pilot study.

Research Publications

Yenuli Fernando, Pujitha Wickramasinghe, Udani De Silva, Malintha Alahakoon, K. W. D. A. Anuradha , Shiroma Handunnetti

Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol 2020;16:66

Publication year: 2020

Chapter 4, “Impact of Early Nutrition on Development of Obesity and Related Morbidity” in Human Malnutrition: Twin Burdens of Undernutrition and Overnutrition.

Book Chapters

Wickramasinghe VP

Editor: Kaushik Bose Publisher: NOVA science publishers ISBN: 978-1-62417-043-0

Publication year: 2020

Birth anthropometry from a tertiary care hospital in Colombo, Sri Lanka:

Research Publications

Nishani Lucas, Pulani Lanerolle, Upul Senarath, Andrew P Hills, V. Pujitha Wickramasinghe

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Publication year: 2020

Baseline iron and low-grade inflammation modulate the effectiveness of iron supplementation evidence from follow up of pregnant Sri Lankan women.

Research Publications

Miruna Sudharshani Kalaimani Rabindrakumar, V. Pujitha Wickramasinghe, Carukshi Arambepola, Hemantha Senanayake, Veranja Karunaratne, Tharanga Thoradeniya

European Journal of Nutrition

Publication year: 2020

Association between Early Weight gain and Later Adiposity in Sri Lankan Adolescents.

Research Publications

D Samaranayake, P Lanerolle, M De Lanerolle – Dias, I Waidyatilake, A P Hills, A R Wickramasinghe, V P Wicramasinghe

Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease.

Publication year: 2020

Validation of Equations for the Prediction of Resting Metabolic Rate in Sri Lankan Adults.

Research Publications

Pathima Fairoosa, Indu Waidyatilaka, Maduka de Lanerolle-Dias, Pujitha Wickramasinghe, Pulani Lanerolle.

International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications. 2019;9(10)467-474

Publication year: 2019

School-based physical activity intervention in 11-13-year-olds: study protocol for cluster randomized controlled trial

Research Publications

Prasangi M. Dabare, Indu Waidyatilaka, Ranil Jayawardena, Rajitha Wickremasinghe, Andrew P. Hill, V. Pujitha Wickramasinghe, Pulani Lanerolle

Int J Clin Trials. 2019;6(3):129-137

Publication year: 2019

Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and its association with metabolic derangements among children with obesity.

Research Publications

Adikaram SGS, Samaranayake DBDL, Atapattu N, Kendaragama KMDLD, Senevirathne JTN, Wickramasinghe VP.

BMC Pediatrics. 2019;19(1):186.

Publication year: 2019

Non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis in children: Aetiology, clinical profile and outcome in a single unit.

Research Publications

Anuradha KWDA, Gunathilaka PKG, Wickramasinghe VP.

Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health, 2019; 48(2): 111-116

Publication year: 2019

Management of Dengue infection: improving morbidity

Research Publications

Wickramasinghe VP

Ceylon Journal of Medical Sciences 2019;56(1):3-11.

Publication year: 2019

Iron status and prevalence of anaemia among school children in the Jaffna district. Sri Lanka

Research Publications

Sathiadas MG, Saravanabavananthan V, Thangarajah K, Wickramasinghe P.

Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health, 2019; 48(3): 194-200

Publication year: 2019

Evaluation of Biochemical and Haematological Changes in Dengue Fever and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever in Sri Lankan Children: A prospective follow up Study.

Research Publications

Malarnangai Kularatnam GA, Jasinge E, Gunasena S, Samaranayake D, Senanayake MP, Wickramasinghe VP,

BMC Pediatrics. 2019;19(1):87

Publication year: 2019

Efficacy of a Tetravalent Dengue Vaccine in Healthy Children and Adolescents

Research Publications

Bishwal S et al ..

New England Journal of Medicine. 2019;381(21):2009-2019

Publication year: 2019

Association of serum uric acid and gamma-glutamyltransferase with obesity related metabolic derangements in a cohort of children with obesity in Sri Lanka.

Research Publications

Vidanapathirana DM, Jasinge EA, Samaranayake D, Wickramasinghe P.

Ceylon Medical Journal 2019; 64: 125-132.

Publication year: 2019

Assessment of Nutritional Status in Sri Lankan Children: Validity of Current Anthropometry Cut-offs?.

Research Publications

LS Warnakulasuriya, MAM Fernando, AVN Adikaram, ARM Thawfeek, WML Anurasiri, R. Elisabet, P Bergsten, KD Renuka R Silva, DL Samaranayake, VP Wickramasingh.

Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health. 2019;31(7):633-642

Publication year: 2019

Assessment of body composition in Sri Lankan adults: development and validation of bioelectrical impedance prediction equation.

Research Publications

Jayawardena, R., Wijetunga,W.M.U.A.,Ranasinghe,P., Wanninayake L., Wickramasinghe VP.

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2019

Publication year: 2019

The role of haematological indices in predicting early iron deficiency among pregnant women in an urban area of Sri Lanka.

Research Publications

Rabindrakumar MSK, Wickramasinghe VP, Gooneratne L, Arambepola C, Senanayake H and Thoradeniya T.

BMC Hematology 2018;18(1):37

Publication year: 2018

Recurrent cerebral abscesses in a child with hepato-pulmonary syndrome.

Research Publications

Gamhewage NC, Wanigasinghe J, Navabalasooriya P, Perera S, Weerasinghe N, Wickramasinghe VP, de Silva H.

Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health, 2018; 47(2): 166-168

Publication year: 2018

Metformin in the Management of Childhood Obesity: A Randomized Control Trial

Research Publications

Warnakulasuriya LS, Fernando MAM, Adikaram AVN, Thawfeek ARM, Anurasiri WML, Silva KDRR, Sirasa MSF, Rytter E, Forslund AH, Samaranayake D. Wickramasinghe VP.

Childhood Obesity 2018;14(8):553-565

Publication year: 2018