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Disparities in pediatric obesity in the United StatesYoufa Wang
Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Adv Nutr (Bethesda) 2:23-31. 2011..g. white children and adolescents. Vigorous, effective interventions are needed to promote healthy lifestyles among U.S. young people and to reduce disparities in obesity...- Secular changes in height, weight and body mass index in Hong Kong ChildrenHung Kwan So
Department of Paediatrics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, PR China
BMC Public Health 8:320. 2008..The global epidemic of obesity is a major public health concern. To monitor the impact of this epidemic in Hong Kong children and to identify secular changes in growth, a further growth survey was undertaken in 2005/6... - Worldwide trends in childhood overweight and obesityYoufa Wang
Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Int J Pediatr Obes 1:11-25. 2006..This paper summarises the available information on recent trends in child overweight and obesity prevalence... - Worldwide trends in dairy production and consumption and calcium intake: is promoting consumption of dairy products a sustainable solution for inadequate calcium intake?Youfa Wang
Center for Human Nutrition, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Food Nutr Bull 29:172-85. 2008..Adequate calcium intake is critical for good health. Inadequate calcium intake is a worldwide problem and is more serious in countries where consumption of dairy products is low... - Resemblance in dietary intakes between urban low-income African-American adolescents and their mothers: the healthy eating and active lifestyles from school to home for kids studyYoufa Wang
Center for Human Nutrition, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 109:52-63. 2009..To examine the association and predictors of dietary intake resemblance between urban low-income African-American adolescents and their mothers... - The impact of blood pressure on the risk for cardiovascular diseases: what should be done now?Youfa Wang
Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Am J Hypertens 21:247. 2008 - Obesity prevention in low socioeconomic status urban African-american adolescents: study design and preliminary findings of the HEALTH-KIDS StudyY Wang
Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for Human Nutrition, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Eur J Clin Nutr 60:92-103. 2006..This article provides an overview of the study design and baseline preliminary findings of our ongoing school-based intervention study... - Limitations of the current world health organization growth references for children and adolescentsYoufa Wang
Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Food Nutr Bull 27:S175-88. 2006..There is a need for a single international reference to assess the nutritional status and growth of school-aged children and adolescents across different countries... - Association between obesity and kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysisY Wang
Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Kidney Int 73:19-33. 2008..Obesity increases the risk for KD in the general population, and the association appears to be stronger in women than in men. Obesity adversely affects the progress of KD among patients with kidney-related diseases... - Are American children and adolescents of low socioeconomic status at increased risk of obesity? Changes in the association between overweight and family income between 1971 and 2002Youfa Wang
Center for Human Nutrition, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 84:707-16. 2006..A good understanding of the association between obesity and socioeconomic status (SES) has many important public health and policies implications, particularly for the prevention and management of obesity... - Epidemic of childhood obesity: implications for kidney diseaseYoufa Wang
Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Adv Chronic Kidney Dis 13:336-51. 2006..Future studies in the pediatric populations are needed... - Is China facing an obesity epidemic and the consequences? The trends in obesity and chronic disease in ChinaY Wang
Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Int J Obes (Lond) 31:177-88. 2007..Over the past two decades, China has enjoyed impressive economic development, and her citizens have experienced many remarked changes in their lifestyle. These changes are often associated with an increase in obesity and chronic disease... - Meat consumption is associated with obesity and central obesity among US adultsY Wang
Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Int J Obes (Lond) 33:621-8. 2009..Meats are high in energy and fat content, and thus may be associated with higher risk of obesity. Many controversies remain regarding the association between meat consumption (MC) and obesity... - Is obesity becoming a public health problem in India? Examine the shift from under- to overnutrition problems over timeY Wang
Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Obes Rev 10:456-74. 2009..Factors associated with undernutrition need closer examination, and prevention of obesity should be targeted at the high-risk groups simultaneously... - How much of racial/ethnic disparities in dietary intakes, exercise, and weight status can be explained by nutrition- and health-related psychosocial factors and socioeconomic status among US adults?Youfa Wang
Department of International Health, Center for Human Nutrition, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 111:1904-11. 2011..5%) in the racial/ethnic differences when controlling for SES. In conclusion, NHRPF may explain very few, but SES may contribute some of the racial/ethnic disparities in diet, exercise, and weight status in the United States... - Do children and their parents eat a similar diet? Resemblance in child and parental dietary intake: systematic review and meta-analysisY Wang
Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Epidemiol Community Health 65:177-89. 2011..However, previous findings on child-parent resemblance in dietary intakes are mixed. We systematically reviewed and meta-analysed the association (correlations) based on published studies... - Dietary intake patterns of low-income urban african-american adolescentsYoufa Wang
Center for Human Nutrition, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 110:1340-5. 2010.... - The obesity epidemic in the United States--gender, age, socioeconomic, racial/ethnic, and geographic characteristics: a systematic review and meta-regression analysisYoufa Wang
Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Epidemiol Rev 29:6-28. 2007..The associations of obesity with gender, age, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status are complex and dynamic. Related population-based programs and policies are needed... - Measured body mass index, body weight perception, dissatisfaction and control practices in urban, low-income African American adolescentsYoufa Wang
Center for Human Nutrition, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
BMC Public Health 9:183. 2009..The knowledge can help direct future intervention efforts... - Trends and correlates in meat consumption patterns in the US adult populationYoufa Wang
Department of International Health, Center for Human Nutrition, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Public Health Nutr 13:1333-45. 2010..Few studies have examined recent shifts in meat consumption (MC), differences among US population groups, and the influence of psychosocial-behavioural factors... - Osteoporosis in chinaY Wang
Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Osteoporos Int 20:1651-62. 2009..Overall, the prevalence of osteoporosis among these Chinese populations remains low compared to other Caucasian populations; in the mainland, it was approximately 13%... - Obesity and related risk factors among low socio-economic status minority students in ChicagoYoufa Wang
Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Public Health Nutr 10:927-38. 2007..To assess overweight and related risk factors among urban low socio-economic status (SES) African-American adolescents in an attempt to study the underlying causes of ethnicity and gender disparities in overweight... - Receiver-operating characteristics of adiposity for metabolic syndrome: the Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity across the Life Span (HANDLS) studyMay A Beydoun
National Institute on Aging, NIA NIH IRP, NIH Biomedical Research Center, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Public Health Nutr 14:77-92. 2011..To assess the predictive values of various adiposity indices for metabolic syndrome (MetS) among adults using baseline data from the Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity across the Life Span (HANDLS) cohort... - Food prices are associated with dietary quality, fast food consumption, and body mass index among U.S. children and adolescentsMay A Beydoun
Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Nutr 141:304-11. 2011..S. children aged 2-9 y, higher FF-PI is associated with better dietary quality, whereas higher FV-PI is linked to higher BMI and lower fiber intake. Associations varied by family income in children for many dietary intake variables... - Reduced away-from-home food expenditure and better nutrition knowledge and belief can improve quality of dietary intake among US adultsMay A Beydoun
Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe Street E2546, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Public Health Nutr 12:369-81. 2009..To test whether reduced away-from-home food expenditure (AFHFE) and better nutrition knowledge and beliefs (NKB) are associated with dietary quality among US adults... - Will all Americans become overweight or obese? estimating the progression and cost of the US obesity epidemicYoufa Wang
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:2323-30. 2008..Timely, dramatic, and effective development and implementation of corrective programs/policies are needed to avoid the otherwise inevitable health and societal consequences implied by our projections ... - The association of fast food, fruit and vegetable prices with dietary intakes among US adults: is there modification by family income?May A Beydoun
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, 615 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States
Soc Sci Med 66:2218-29. 2008.... - Serum antioxidant status is associated with metabolic syndrome among U.S. adults in recent national surveysMay A Beydoun
National Institute on Aging, National Institute of Health, Intramural Research Program, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
J Nutr 141:903-13. 2011..S. adults with MetS, for the prevention of type 2 diabetes and various cardiovascular endpoints... - Increasing consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages among US adults: 1988-1994 to 1999-2004Sara N Bleich
Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 89:372-81. 2009..Consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) has been linked to obesity and type 2 diabetes... - Ethnic differences in dairy and related nutrient consumption among US adults and their association with obesity, central obesity, and the metabolic syndromeMay A Beydoun
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Center for Human Nutrition, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 87:1914-25. 2008..Recent studies suggest dairy consumption and associated nutrients may be protective against some of the components of the metabolic syndrome (MetS)... - Tracking of blood pressure from childhood to adulthood: a systematic review and meta-regression analysisXiaoli Chen
Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health Johns Hopkins University, 615 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Circulation 117:3171-80. 2008..A large number of studies have examined the tracking of blood pressure (BP) from childhood to adulthood, but the reported findings are inconsistent and few systematic analyses have been conducted... - Pathways linking socioeconomic status to obesity through depression and lifestyle factors among young US adultsMay A Beydoun
National Institute on Aging, NIA NIH IRP, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Affect Disord 123:52-63. 2010..Future prospective studies are needed to examine potential mechanisms using physiological markers of depression, lifestyle and obesity... - The influence of sexual maturation on blood pressure and body fatness in African-American adolescent girls and boysXiaoli Chen
Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Am J Hum Biol 21:105-12. 2009..In boys, a marginally significant reverse association (beta = -1.05 to -1.19) between SM stages and DBP was detected. SM affects BP and body fatness in girls, and should be considered in assessment of BP and obesity in adolescents... - Tracking of dietary intake patterns is associated with baseline characteristics of urban low-income African-American adolescentsJi Li
Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Nutr 138:94-100. 2008..Decreased energy and snack intakes were negatively related to tracking of high BMI. Overall, urban low-income African-American adolescents tracked their dietary patterns over time. The tracking was affected by baseline characteristics... - Do nutrition knowledge and beliefs modify the association of socio-economic factors and diet quality among US adults?May A Beydoun
Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe St E2546, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Prev Med 46:145-53. 2008..We examined effects of socio-economic status (SES) factors on diet quality and fruits and vegetables intake among US adults and effect modification by nutrition knowledge and beliefs... - Gender-ethnic disparity in BMI and waist circumference distribution shifts in US adultsMay A Beydoun
Department of International Health, Center for Human Nutrition, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 17:169-76. 2009..8 and 70.7% by 2020. Shifts in BMI and WC distribution varied across age-, gender-, and ethnic groups. Future rise in the obesity and central obesity prevalence rates are expected, but would vary by demographic groups... - Americans with diet-related chronic diseases report higher diet quality than those without these diseasesXiaoli Chen
Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Behavior and Society, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Nutr 141:1543-51. 2011..Efforts are needed to promote healthy eating among Americans with diet-related chronic diseases; nutrition education and promotion of FL use may help... - Obsessive-compulsive disorder: subclassification based on co-morbidityG Nestadt
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Psychol Med 39:1491-501. 2009..Many patients manifest other psychiatric syndromes. This study investigated the relationship between OCD and co-morbid conditions to identify subtypes... - Parent-child dietary intake resemblance in the United States: evidence from a large representative surveyMay A Beydoun
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Center for Human Nutrition, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States
Soc Sci Med 68:2137-44. 2009..Factors other than parental eating behaviors seem to play an important role in affecting American young people's dietary intake... - Association of adiposity status and changes in early to mid-adulthood with incidence of Alzheimer's diseaseMay A Beydoun
Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA
Am J Epidemiol 168:1179-89. 2008..70, 95% CI: 1.43, 9.56). Future studies should identify age- and gender-specific optimal weights and weight-loss strategies for preventing AD and investigate potential mechanisms... - Mucosal injury and eicosanoid kinetics during hyperventilation-induced bronchoconstrictionA N Freed
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
J Appl Physiol 87:1724-33. 1999..These observations are consistent with the hypothesis that hyperventilation-induced mucosal damage initiates peripheral airway constriction via the release of biochemical mediators... - How do socio-economic status, perceived economic barriers and nutritional benefits affect quality of dietary intake among US adults?M A Beydoun
Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Eur J Clin Nutr 62:303-13. 2008..Socio-economic factors may affect diet quality, perhaps differentially across gender and ethnicity. The mechanism of this association is still largely unknown... - A family-based association study of the glutamate transporter gene SLC1A1 in obsessive-compulsive disorder in 378 familiesY Y Shugart
Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21044, USA
Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 150:886-92. 2009..5 kb away from the boundary of the SLC1A1 gene. However, this potential finding needs to be validated biologically. Further functional studies in this region are planned by this research group... - Genomewide linkage scan for obsessive-compulsive disorder: evidence for susceptibility loci on chromosomes 3q, 7p, 1q, 15q, and 6qY Y Shugart
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Mol Psychiatry 11:763-70. 2006..Given probable etiologic heterogeneity in OCD, mapping gene(s) involved in the disorder may be enhanced by replication studies, large-scale family-based linkage studies, and the application of novel statistical methods... - Is sleep duration associated with childhood obesity? A systematic review and meta-analysisXiaoli Chen
Department of International Health, Center for Human Nutrition, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:265-74. 2008 - Impacts of measurement protocols on blood pressure tracking from childhood into adulthood: a metaregression analysisXiaoli Chen
Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Hopkins University, Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University, 615 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Hypertension 51:642-9. 2008..In general, Korotkoff phase 4 seems to be different from Korotkoff phase 5, and automated device is a promising approach for BP assessment in childhood... - Have Americans increased their fruit and vegetable intake? The trends between 1988 and 2002Sarah Stark Casagrande
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Am J Prev Med 32:257-63. 2007.... - Sapap3 and pathological grooming in humans: Results from the OCD collaborative genetics studyO J Bienvenu
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 150:710-20. 2009..We conclude that Sapap3 is a promising functional candidate gene for human GDs, though further work is necessary to confirm this preliminary evidence of association... - Associations among 25-hydroxyvitamin D, diet quality, and metabolic disturbance differ by adiposity in adults in the United StatesM A Beydoun
National Institutes of Health Biomedical Research Center, National Institute on Aging, Intramural Research Program, 251 Bayview Boulevard, Suite 100, Room 04b118, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 95:3814-27. 2010..Recent evidence indicates that a higher plasma level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] is associated with lower adiposity and a reduced number of metabolic disturbances (MetD)... - Who is missing the message? Targeting strategies to increase food label use among US adultsXiaoli Chen
1Department of International Health, Center for Human Nutrition, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Public Health Nutr 15:760-72. 2012..To evaluate the associations between sociodemographic and psychosocial characteristics and food label (FL) use in US adults... - Commentary: Obesity and mortality--light at the end but still a long tunnelBenjamin Caballero
Center for Human Nutrition, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Int J Epidemiol 35:21-2. 2006 - Gender differences in genetic linkage and association on 11p15 in obsessive-compulsive disorder familiesY Wang
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 150:33-40. 2009..No SNP showed significant association with the OCD phenotype only in the families with a female proband. The results suggest a possible gender effect in the etiology of OCD... - A screen of SLC1A1 for OCD-related allelesY Wang
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA
Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 153:675-9. 2010..Further investigation of this variant is necessary to determine whether and how it is related to OCD. There was no other evidence of significant accumulation of deleterious coding mutations in SLC1A1 in the OCD cases... - Obesity and central obesity as risk factors for incident dementia and its subtypes: a systematic review and meta-analysisM A Beydoun
Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Obes Rev 9:204-18. 2008..The meta-analysis shows a moderate association between obesity and the risks for dementia and AD. Future studies are needed to understand optimal weight and biological mechanisms... - Time course study of GFRalpha-1 expression in an animal model of strokeA Sarabi
National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, 5500 Nathan Shock Drive, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA
Exp Neurol 170:283-9. 2001..The selective up-regulation of GFRalpha-1 and c-Ret in different brain areas suggests that there may be regional differences in GDNF-induced neuroprotection in stroke... - Experimental autoimmune myocarditis in A/J mice is an interleukin-4-dependent disease with a Th2 phenotypeM Afanasyeva
Departments of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Am J Pathol 159:193-203. 2001..Suppression of IFN-gamma represents at least one of the mechanisms by which IL-4 promotes EAM... - Progressive cerebellar, auditory, and esophageal dysfunction caused by targeted disruption of the frizzled-4 geneY Wang
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Division of Comparative Medicine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
J Neurosci 21:4761-71. 2001.... - Interleukin-12 receptor/STAT4 signaling is required for the development of autoimmune myocarditis in mice by an interferon-gamma-independent pathwayM Afanasyeva
Department of Pathology, W Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA
Circulation 104:3145-51. 2001..In contrast, IFN-gamma plays a protective role. The disease-limiting effects of IFN-gamma might be explained by its ability to control the expansion of activated T lymphocytes... - Bone morphogenetic protein-6 reduces ischemia-induced brain damage in ratsY Wang
National Institute on Drug Abuse, Intramural Research Program, Baltimore, MD, USA
Stroke 32:2170-8. 2001..The purpose of this study was to determine whether there was a neuroprotective effect of BMP6 in vivo and in vitro... - Cloning and characterization of a human polyamine oxidase that is inducible by polyamine analogue exposureY Wang
The Johns Hopkins Oncology Center, Bunting Blaustein Cancer Research Building, Baltimore, Maryland 21231, USA
Cancer Res 61:5370-3. 2001..The PAO clone described here should provide a useful tool, which will facilitate the dissection of the role of polyamine catabolism in normal growth and in response to the antitumor polyamine analogues... - Involvement of GDNF in neuronal protection against 6-OHDA-induced parkinsonism following intracerebral transplantation of fetal kidney tissues in adult ratsC V Borlongan
Cellular Neurobiology Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA
Neurobiol Dis 8:636-46. 2001.... - Neurotrophic effects of bone morphogenetic protein-7 in a rat model of Parkinson's diseaseB K Harvey
National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, Neural Protection and Regeneration Section, 5500 Nathan Shock Drive, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Brain Res 1022:88-95. 2004..In summary, our data suggest that BMP7 has neuroprotective and/or neuroreparative effects against 6-OHDA lesioning of the nigrostriatal DA pathway in an animal model of Parkinson's disease (PD)... - An immortalized rat ventral mesencephalic cell line, RTC4, is protective in a rodent model of strokeB K Harvey
Molecular Neuropsychiatry Research Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health NIH, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Cell Transplant 16:483-91. 2007..Compared to vehicle or RTC3 cells, transplanted RTC4 cells significantly reduced stroke volume. Overall, we generated a cell line with glial properties that produces PDGF and reduces ischemic injury in a rat model of stroke... - Bone morphogenetic protein-7 reduces toxicity induced by high doses of methamphetamine in rodentsJ Chou
National Institute on Drug Abuse, Intramural Research Program, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Neuroscience 151:92-103. 2008..In conclusion, our data indicate that MA can cause lesioning in the nigrostriatal dopaminergic terminals and that BMP7 is protective against MA-mediated neurotoxicity in central dopaminergic neurons... - Obesity and risk factors for the metabolic syndrome among low-income, urban, African American schoolchildren: the rule rather than the exception?Carol L Braunschweig
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 81:970-5. 2005..School-based obesity screening programs may effectively target high-risk populations... - Trends in the association between obesity and socioeconomic status in U.S. adults: 1971 to 2000Qi Zhang
Section of General Internal Medicine, University of Chicago, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, MC 2007, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Obes Res 12:1622-32. 2004..To study the secular trends in the disparity of obesity across socioeconomic status (SES) groups among U.S. adults... - The association between amount of cigarettes smoked and overweight, central obesity among Chinese adults in Nanjing, ChinaFei Xu
Nanjing Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, PR China
Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 16:240-7. 2007..To examine the association between overweight, central obesity and cigarette smoking (total amount of cigarettes smoked [TACS] and status)... - The prevalence of prehypertension and hypertension among US adults according to the new joint national committee guidelines: new challenges of the old problemYoufa Wang
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Arch Intern Med 164:2126-34. 2004..Little is known about the current situation of elevated blood pressure in the United States, according to the new guidelines... - Culturally appropriate approaches are needed to reduce ethnic disparity in childhood obesityYoufa Wang
J Am Diet Assoc 104:1664-6. 2004 - Why do some overweight children remain overweight, whereas others do not?Youfa Wang
Department of Human Nutrition, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Illinois at Chicago UIC, 1919 W Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Public Health Nutr 6:549-58. 2003..To study the dynamics of childhood overweight and the influence of dietary intake on tracking of overweight... - Comparison of abdominal adiposity and overall obesity in predicting risk of type 2 diabetes among menYoufa Wang
Department of Human Nutrition and Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 81:555-63. 2005..However, few studies have compared the predictive power of overall obesity with that of central obesity. The cutoffs for waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) as measures of abdominal adiposity remain controversial... - How do statistical properties influence findings of tracking (maintenance) in epidemiologic studies? An example of research in tracking of obesityYoufa Wang
Department of Human Nutrition, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Eur J Epidemiol 18:1037-45. 2003..Our proposed methods and predicted probabilities of tracking can help test whether one's observed tracking patterns are different from the statistically predicted ones... - Socioeconomic inequality of obesity in the United States: do gender, age, and ethnicity matter?Qi Zhang
Department of Medicine, MC2007, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Soc Sci Med 58:1171-80. 2004..Our analyses suggested that gender, age, and ethnicity could be important factors on socioeconomic inequality in obesity... - Using concentration index to study changes in socio-economic inequality of overweight among US adolescents between 1971 and 2002Qi Zhang
School of Community and Environmental Health, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, USA
Int J Epidemiol 36:916-25. 2007..The prevalence of overweight among adolescents continues to increase in the United States. This study examines the changes in socio-economic status (SES) inequality of overweight among US adolescents in the past three decades... - Is obesity associated with early sexual maturation? A comparison of the association in American boys versus girlsYoufa Wang
Department of Human Nutrition and Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
Pediatrics 110:903-10. 2002..Earlier maturing girls are more likely to be obese than nonearly maturers. However, limited research has been conducted in boys... - Trends of obesity and underweight in older children and adolescents in the United States, Brazil, China, and RussiaYoufa Wang
Carolina Population Center, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27516-3997, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 75:971-7. 2002..The variations across countries may relate to changes and differences in key environmental factors... - Tracking of dietary intake patterns of Chinese from childhood to adolescence over a six-year follow-up periodYoufa Wang
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
J Nutr 132:430-8. 2002..Efforts to promote healthy eating behaviors may be more effective if focused on younger children, and parents should be involved in these efforts... - Different risk factor patterns for metabolic syndrome in men with spinal cord injury compared with able-bodied men despite similar prevalence ratesHuifang Liang
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 88:1198-204. 2007..To determine if the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and risk factors differs between age- and race-matched men with spinal cord injury (SCI) and able-bodied men... - Changes in body weight and body fat distribution as risk factors for clinical diabetes in US menPauline Koh-Banerjee
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Am J Epidemiol 159:1150-9. 2004..5 cm. Our findings underscore the critical importance of maintaining weight and waist to reduce the risk of diabetes... - Re: "Tracking of cardiovascular risk factors: the Tromsø Study, 1979, 1995"Youfa Wang
Am J Epidemiol 155:1144-5; author reply 1145. 2002
Research Grants
- Obesity Prevention in African American SchoolchildrenYoufa Wang; Fiscal Year: 2004..If the intervention proves effective, a full-scale study will be developed. Findings from this study will provide insights into the prevention of obesity among Iow-SES and minority students. ..
- Understanding Disparities in Obesity and its Comorbidities in the USYoufa Wang; Fiscal Year: 2009..S. using an interdisciplinary approach. ..
- Understanding Disparities in Obesity and its Comorbidities in the USYoufa Wang; Fiscal Year: 2010..S. using an interdisciplinary approach. ..
- Causes and Interventions for Childhood Obesity:Innovative Systems AnalysisYoufa Wang; Fiscal Year: 2010..We will also project the impacts of several childhood obesity intervention strategies. ..