C N Boozer

Summary

Affiliation: Columbia University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi VGF is required for obesity induced by diet, gold thioglucose treatment, and agouti and is differentially regulated in pro-opiomelanocortin- and neuropeptide Y-containing arcuate neurons in response to fasting
    Seung Hahm
    Fishberg Research Center for Neurobiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
    J Neurosci 22:6929-38. 2002
  2. ncbi Energy balance in early-stage Huntington disease
    Ann M Gaba
    Department of Food and Nutrition Services, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 81:1335-41. 2005
  3. ncbi Simmondsin for weight loss in rats
    C N Boozer
    Department of Medicine, Obesity Research Center, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York 10025, USA
    Int J Obes (Lond) 30:1143-8. 2006
  4. ncbi An herbal supplement containing Ma Huang-Guarana for weight loss: a randomized, double-blind trial
    C N Boozer
    Obesity Research Center, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital Center and Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York 10025, USA
    Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 25:316-24. 2001
  5. ncbi Herbal ephedra/caffeine for weight loss: a 6-month randomized safety and efficacy trial
    C N Boozer
    New York Obesity Research Center, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital and Columbia University, New York 10025, USA
    Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 26:593-604. 2002
  6. ncbi High-fat diet feeding elevates skeletal muscle uncoupling protein 3 levels but not its activity in rats
    C J Chou
    Obesity Research Center, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital Center and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, USA
    Obes Res 9:313-9. 2001
  7. ncbi Resting energy expenditure-fat-free mass relationship: new insights provided by body composition modeling
    Z Wang
    Obesity Research Center, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 10025, USA
    Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 279:E539-45. 2000
  8. ncbi High-fat hypocaloric diet modifies carbohydrate utilization of obese rats during weight loss
    M C Cha
    New York Obesity Research Center, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, New York 10025, USA
    Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 280:E797-803. 2001
  9. ncbi Resting energy expenditure: systematic organization and critique of prediction methods
    Z Wang
    Obesity Research Center, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
    Obes Res 9:331-6. 2001
  10. ncbi Sleeping metabolic rate in relation to body mass index and body composition
    K Zhang
    Institute of Human Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, USA
    Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 26:376-83. 2002

Research Grants

  1. Free-Living Physical Activity and Energy Expenditure
    Carol Boozer; Fiscal Year: 2003

Collaborators

Detail Information

Publications22

  1. ncbi VGF is required for obesity induced by diet, gold thioglucose treatment, and agouti and is differentially regulated in pro-opiomelanocortin- and neuropeptide Y-containing arcuate neurons in response to fasting
    Seung Hahm
    Fishberg Research Center for Neurobiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
    J Neurosci 22:6929-38. 2002
    ....
  2. ncbi Energy balance in early-stage Huntington disease
    Ann M Gaba
    Department of Food and Nutrition Services, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 81:1335-41. 2005
    ..Huntington disease (HD) is a genetic neurologic disorder. Weight loss is common in HD and is related to progression of the disease, but the cause of weight loss remains unclear...
  3. ncbi Simmondsin for weight loss in rats
    C N Boozer
    Department of Medicine, Obesity Research Center, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York 10025, USA
    Int J Obes (Lond) 30:1143-8. 2006
    ..To investigate the safety and efficacy for weight loss of simmondsin, a dietary supplement extracted from the seed of the jojoba plant (Simmondsia chinensis)...
  4. ncbi An herbal supplement containing Ma Huang-Guarana for weight loss: a randomized, double-blind trial
    C N Boozer
    Obesity Research Center, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital Center and Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York 10025, USA
    Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 25:316-24. 2001
    ..To examine in overweight humans the short-term safety and efficacy for weight loss of an herbal supplement containing Ma Huang, Guarana and other ingredients...
  5. ncbi Herbal ephedra/caffeine for weight loss: a 6-month randomized safety and efficacy trial
    C N Boozer
    New York Obesity Research Center, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital and Columbia University, New York 10025, USA
    Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 26:593-604. 2002
    ..To examine long-term safety and efficacy for weight loss of an herbal Ma Huang and Kola nut supplement (90/192 mg/day ephedrine alkaloids/caffeine)...
  6. ncbi High-fat diet feeding elevates skeletal muscle uncoupling protein 3 levels but not its activity in rats
    C J Chou
    Obesity Research Center, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital Center and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, USA
    Obes Res 9:313-9. 2001
    ..The objective of this study is to test the impact of high-fat diet (HFD) feeding on skeletal muscle (SM) uncoupling protein 3 (UCP3) expression and its association with mitochondrial ion permeability and whole-body energy homeostasis...
  7. ncbi Resting energy expenditure-fat-free mass relationship: new insights provided by body composition modeling
    Z Wang
    Obesity Research Center, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 10025, USA
    Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 279:E539-45. 2000
    ....
  8. ncbi High-fat hypocaloric diet modifies carbohydrate utilization of obese rats during weight loss
    M C Cha
    New York Obesity Research Center, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, New York 10025, USA
    Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 280:E797-803. 2001
    ..These data suggest that dietary fat content modifies whole body glucose oxidation and intra-abdominal adipocyte glucose uptake during weight loss...
  9. ncbi Resting energy expenditure: systematic organization and critique of prediction methods
    Z Wang
    Obesity Research Center, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
    Obes Res 9:331-6. 2001
    ....
  10. ncbi Sleeping metabolic rate in relation to body mass index and body composition
    K Zhang
    Institute of Human Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, USA
    Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 26:376-83. 2002
    ..Specifically to determine the relationship between changes in SMR and body weight, body mass index (BMI, kg/m(2)), and fat-free mass (FFM); and to compare resting metabolic rate (RMR) with SMR during different periods of sleep...
  11. ncbi Heterozygosity for Lep(ob) or Lep(rdb) affects body composition and leptin homeostasis in adult mice
    W K Chung
    Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York 10032, USA
    Am J Physiol 274:R985-90. 1998
    ..These results raise the possibility that human mutations that have even subtle effects on the leptin/leptin receptor system in either the homozygous or heterozygous state may have significant effects on adiposity...
  12. ncbi Assessment of human locomotion by using an insole measurement system and artificial neural networks
    Kuan Zhang
    Obesity Research Center, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital Center, 1111 Amsterdam Avenue, Room 1017, New York, NY 10025, USA
    J Biomech 38:2276-87. 2005
    ..It provides an alternative tool to the use of a gait lab to quantitatively study locomotion with high accuracy via a small, light and portable device, and to do so under free-living conditions for the clinical applications...
  13. ncbi Coffee, diabetes, and weight control
    James A Greenberg
    Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, New York, NY 11210, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 84:682-93. 2006
    ..However, the ability of decaffeinated coffee to achieve these effects is based on a limited number of studies, and the underlying biological mechanisms have yet to be elucidated...
  14. ncbi Neuronal deletion of Lepr elicits diabesity in mice without affecting cold tolerance or fertility
    Julie E McMinn
    Department of Pediatrics, Division of Molecular Genetics, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10032, USA
    Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 289:E403-11. 2005
    ..However, fertility and cold tolerance remain intact unless hypothalamic LEPR deficiency is complete...
  15. ncbi Acute insulin-induced elevations of circulating leptin and feeding inhibition in lean but not obese rats
    Kimberly A Singh
    Obesity Research Center, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, 1111 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10025, USA
    Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 289:R373-R379. 2005
    ..Our data suggest that elevations of leptin within the physiological range may contribute to short-term inhibition of food intake in rats and that this process may be stimulated by feeding-related insulin release...
  16. ncbi Improving energy expenditure estimation for physical activity
    Kuan Zhang
    NY Obesity Research Center, St Lukes Roosevelt Hospital and Institute of Human Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY 10025, USA
    Med Sci Sports Exerc 36:883-9. 2004
    ..An additional aim was to improve the accuracy of the estimation of energy expenditure of physical activity based on second-by-second information of type, onset, and duration of activity...
  17. ncbi Measurement of human daily physical activity
    Kuan Zhang
    New York Obesity Research Center, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital New York, New York 10025, USA
    Obes Res 11:33-40. 2003
    ..To validate a new device, Intelligent Device for Energy Expenditure and Activity (IDEEA), for the measurement of duration, frequency, and intensity of various types of human physical activity (PA)...
  18. ncbi High-resolution magnetic resonance imaging tracks changes in organ and tissue mass in obese and aging rats
    Haiying Tang
    Obesity Research Center, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, New York 10025, USA
    Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 282:R890-9. 2002
    ..No differences were detected in organ weights using MRI and dissection measurements. Longitudinal MRI measurements made during the development of obesity and aging accurately represented changes in organ and tissue mass...
  19. ncbi Intentional weight loss reduces mortality rate in a rodent model of dietary obesity
    Joseph R Vasselli
    New York Obesity Research Center, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
    Obes Res 13:693-702. 2005
    ..002). Diet composition had no effect on life span (p = 0.52). DISCUSSION: Weight loss after the onset of obesity during adulthood leads to a substantial increase in longevity in rats...
  20. ncbi Adiponectin levels during low- and high-fat eucaloric diets in lean and obese women
    Evan S Berk
    Institute of Human Nutrition, Columbia University, New York, USA
    Obes Res 13:1566-71. 2005
    ....
  21. ncbi Metabolic inflexibility in substrate use is present in African-American but not Caucasian healthy, premenopausal, nondiabetic women
    Evan S Berk
    New York Obesity Research Center, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, 1111 Amsterdam Avenue, Department of Medicine, Babcock Building Room 1031, New York, NY 10025, USA
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab 91:4099-106. 2006
    ..CONCLUSION: The impaired substrate use observed in African-American women during these three studies demonstrates the existence of MI and may contribute to their greater prevalence of obesity and insulin resistance...
  22. ncbi Higher post-absorptive skeletal muscle LPL activity in African American vs. non-Hispanic White pre-menopausal women
    Evan S Berk
    New York Obesity Research Center, St Luke s Hospital, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
    Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:199-201. 2008
    ..Higher post-absorptive post-heparin plasma lipoprotein lipase (LPL) activity has been reported in African Americans as compared to non-Hispanic whites but differences in tissue-specific LPL activity are unclear...

Research Grants1

  1. Free-Living Physical Activity and Energy Expenditure
    Carol Boozer; Fiscal Year: 2003
    ..Finally, data from these studies will provide the basis for a future application to conduct a longitudinal, PA intervention study in this population. ..