E Obarzanek

Summary

Affiliation: National Institutes of Health
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Individual blood pressure responses to changes in salt intake: results from the DASH-Sodium trial
    Eva Obarzanek
    Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 8136, MSC 7936, Bethesda, MD 20892 7936, USA
    Hypertension 42:459-67. 2003
  2. ncbi Effects on blood lipids of a blood pressure-lowering diet: the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) Trial
    E Obarzanek
    Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 7936, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 74:80-9. 2001
  3. ncbi Girls health Enrichment Multi-site Studies (GEMS): new approaches to obesity prevention among young African-American girls
    Eva Obarzanek
    Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 7936, USA
    Ethn Dis 13:S1-5. 2003
  4. ncbi Effects of individual components of multiple behavior changes: the PREMIER trial
    Eva Obarzanek
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7936, USA
    Am J Health Behav 31:545-60. 2007
  5. ncbi Long-term safety and efficacy of a cholesterol-lowering diet in children with elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol: seven-year results of the Dietary Intervention Study in Children (DISC)
    E Obarzanek
    Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 7936
    Pediatrics 107:256-64. 2001
  6. ncbi Effect of diet composition on energy expenditure during weight loss: the POUNDS LOST Study
    G A Bray
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
    Int J Obes (Lond) 36:448-55. 2012
  7. ncbi Choose and prepare foods with less salt: dietary advice for all Americans
    C M Loria
    National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7934, USA
    J Nutr 131:536S-551S. 2001
  8. ncbi Stanford GEMS phase 2 obesity prevention trial for low-income African-American girls: design and sample baseline characteristics
    Thomas N Robinson
    Department of Pediatrics and Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
    Contemp Clin Trials 29:56-69. 2008
  9. ncbi Memphis Girls health Enrichment Multi-site Studies (GEMS): Phase 2: design and baseline
    Robert C Klesges
    Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Tennessee Center for Health Sciences and St Jude Children s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
    Contemp Clin Trials 29:42-55. 2008
  10. ncbi Early sexual maturation, body composition, and obesity in African-American girls
    John H Himes
    Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, 1300 South Second Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
    Obes Res 12:64S-72S. 2004

Detail Information

Publications44

  1. ncbi Individual blood pressure responses to changes in salt intake: results from the DASH-Sodium trial
    Eva Obarzanek
    Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 8136, MSC 7936, Bethesda, MD 20892 7936, USA
    Hypertension 42:459-67. 2003
    ....
  2. ncbi Effects on blood lipids of a blood pressure-lowering diet: the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) Trial
    E Obarzanek
    Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 7936, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 74:80-9. 2001
    ..Effects of diet on blood lipids are best known in white men, and effects of type of carbohydrate on triacylglycerol concentrations are not well defined...
  3. ncbi Girls health Enrichment Multi-site Studies (GEMS): new approaches to obesity prevention among young African-American girls
    Eva Obarzanek
    Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 7936, USA
    Ethn Dis 13:S1-5. 2003
    ..This report describes the background and rationale for the GEMS initiative. This journal supplement describes the experiences of the GEMS Phase 1 program...
  4. ncbi Effects of individual components of multiple behavior changes: the PREMIER trial
    Eva Obarzanek
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7936, USA
    Am J Health Behav 31:545-60. 2007
    ..To assess contributions of individual lifestyle changes on systolic blood pressure (SBP) changes...
  5. ncbi Long-term safety and efficacy of a cholesterol-lowering diet in children with elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol: seven-year results of the Dietary Intervention Study in Children (DISC)
    E Obarzanek
    Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 7936
    Pediatrics 107:256-64. 2001
    ..This study tests the long-term efficacy and safety of a cholesterol-lowering dietary intervention in children...
  6. ncbi Effect of diet composition on energy expenditure during weight loss: the POUNDS LOST Study
    G A Bray
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
    Int J Obes (Lond) 36:448-55. 2012
    ..Hypothesis: We tested the hypothesis that macronutrient composition of the diet might affect the partitioning of energy expenditure during weight loss...
  7. ncbi Choose and prepare foods with less salt: dietary advice for all Americans
    C M Loria
    National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7934, USA
    J Nutr 131:536S-551S. 2001
    ..S. diets and advice to "choose and prepare foods with less salt" may help all Americans meet recommended sodium intake levels in the future...
  8. ncbi Stanford GEMS phase 2 obesity prevention trial for low-income African-American girls: design and sample baseline characteristics
    Thomas N Robinson
    Department of Pediatrics and Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
    Contemp Clin Trials 29:56-69. 2008
    ....
  9. ncbi Memphis Girls health Enrichment Multi-site Studies (GEMS): Phase 2: design and baseline
    Robert C Klesges
    Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Tennessee Center for Health Sciences and St Jude Children s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
    Contemp Clin Trials 29:42-55. 2008
    ..The GEMS obesity prevention intervention targets improved diet and increased physical activity to reduce excessive weight gain in healthy African-American girls of ages 8-10...
  10. ncbi Early sexual maturation, body composition, and obesity in African-American girls
    John H Himes
    Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, 1300 South Second Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
    Obes Res 12:64S-72S. 2004
    ..To describe associations between sexual maturation and body composition in a sample of African-American girls who were participants in phase 1 pilot interventions of the Girls Health Enrichment Multisite Studies...
  11. ncbi Imprecise control of energy intake: absence of a reduction in food intake following overfeeding in young adults
    David A Levitsky
    Division of Nutritional Sciences, 112 Savage Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 6301, USA
    Physiol Behav 84:669-75. 2005
    ..28 MJ (307 kcal)/day or about 14% was required to account for the weight loss following overfeeding...
  12. ncbi Children's adaptations to a fat-reduced diet: the Dietary Intervention Study in Children (DISC)
    Linda Van Horn
    Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 680 N Lake Shore Dr, 1102, Chicago, IL 60611 4402, USA
    Pediatrics 115:1723-33. 2005
    ..DISC results have been published extensively. This ancillary study reports new data regarding changes in eating patterns among this cohort...
  13. ncbi Breakfast consumption by African-American and white adolescent girls correlates positively with calcium and fiber intake and negatively with body mass index
    Sandra G Affenito
    Department of Nutrition, Saint Joseph College, West Hartford, CT, USA
    J Am Diet Assoc 105:938-45. 2005
    ..CONCLUSIONS: Dietetics professionals need to promote the importance of consuming breakfast to all children and adolescents, especially African-American girls...
  14. ncbi Relation between the changes in physical activity and body-mass index during adolescence: a multicentre longitudinal study
    Sue Y S Kimm
    Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM 87131 0001, USA
    Lancet 366:301-7. 2005
    ..We examined changes in activity in relation to changes in body-mass index (BMI) and adiposity in a cohort of 1152 black and 1135 white girls from the USA, who were followed up prospectively from ages 9 or 10 to 18 or 19 years...
  15. ncbi Effects of protein, monounsaturated fat, and carbohydrate intake on blood pressure and serum lipids: results of the OmniHeart randomized trial
    Lawrence J Appel
    Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205 2223, USA
    JAMA 294:2455-64. 2005
    ..Reduced intake of saturated fat is widely recommended for prevention of cardiovascular disease. The type of macronutrient that should replace saturated fat remains uncertain...
  16. ncbi Racial differences in correlates of misreporting of energy intake in adolescent females
    Sue Y S Kimm
    Department of Family Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania, USA
    Obesity (Silver Spring) 14:156-64. 2006
    ..To determine the extent of misreporting of energy intake (EI) and its anthropometric, demographic, and psychosocial correlates in a bi-racial cohort of young women...
  17. ncbi Acceptability of sodium-reduced research diets, including the Dietary Approaches To Stop Hypertension diet, among adults with prehypertension and stage 1 hypertension
    Njeri Karanja
    Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland, OR, USA
    J Am Diet Assoc 107:1530-8. 2007
    ..Examine the acceptability of sodium-reduced research diets...
  18. ncbi Effects of comprehensive lifestyle modification on diet, weight, physical fitness, and blood pressure control: 18-month results of a randomized trial
    Patricia J Elmer
    Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, Oregon 97227, USA
    Ann Intern Med 144:485-95. 2006
    ..CONCLUSIONS: Over 18 months, persons with prehypertension and stage 1 hypertension can sustain multiple lifestyle modifications that improve control of blood pressure and could reduce the risk for chronic disease...
  19. ncbi Childhood overweight and cardiovascular disease risk factors: the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Growth and Health Study
    Douglas R Thompson
    Maryland Medical Research Institute, Baltimore, MD 21210, USA
    J Pediatr 150:18-25. 2007
    ..To estimate the prevalence and incidence of overweight in African-American and Caucasian girls, and to examine associations between adolescent overweight and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors...
  20. ncbi A further subgroup analysis of the effects of the DASH diet and three dietary sodium levels on blood pressure: results of the DASH-Sodium Trial
    George A Bray
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Lousiana, USA
    Am J Cardiol 94:222-7. 2004
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  21. ncbi Physical activity self-report and accelerometry measures from the Girls health Enrichment Multi-site Studies
    Margarita S Treuth
    Center for Human Nutrition, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    Prev Med 38:S43-9. 2004
    ..Valid and reliable physical activity checklists are needed to assess effectiveness of interventions. This study tested the validity and reliability of the Girls health Enrichment Multi-site Studies (GEMS) Activity Questionnaire...
  22. ncbi Validity and reliability of a behavior-based food coding system for measuring fruit, 100% fruit juice, vegetable, and sweetened beverage consumption: results from the Girls Health Enrichment Multisite Studies
    Karen W Cullen
    Department of Pediatrics, Children s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030 2600, USA
    Prev Med 38:S24-33. 2004
    ..This paper presents the rationale, reliability, and validity of a behavior-based food coding system for measuring fruit (F), juice (J), vegetable (V), sweetened beverage, and water consumption in children...
  23. ncbi Obesity development during adolescence in a biracial cohort: the NHLBI Growth and Health Study
    Sue Y S Kimm
    Department of Family Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
    Pediatrics 110:e54. 2002
    ..The purpose of this report was to examine changes in the annual prevalence rates of overweight and obesity in the NGHS cohort from ages 9 to 19 years...
  24. ncbi Estimation of energy requirements in a controlled feeding trial
    Pao Hwa Lin
    Sarah W Stedman Center for Nutritional Studies, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 77:639-45. 2003
    ..Estimating energy requirements is a frequent task in clinical studies...
  25. ncbi Validity and reliability of activity measures in African-American girls for GEMS
    Margarita S Treuth
    Center for Human Nutrition, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    Med Sci Sports Exerc 35:532-9. 2003
    ..To determine the reliability and validity of physical activity monitors and self-report instruments suitable for young African-American girls...
  26. ncbi Effects of comprehensive lifestyle modification on blood pressure control: main results of the PREMIER clinical trial
    Lawrence J Appel
    Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Md 21205 2233, USA
    JAMA 289:2083-93. 2003
    ..The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet also lowers BP. To date, no trial has evaluated the effects of simultaneously implementing these lifestyle recommendations...
  27. ncbi Common design elements of the Girls health Enrichment Multi-site Studies (GEMS)
    James Rochon
    Biostatistics Center, George Washington University, Rockville, Maryland, USA
    Ethn Dis 13:S6-14. 2003
    ..This report presents the basic study design, a brief overview of the interventions, the measurements taken and their rationale, and procedures both for compiling the collaborative database, and performing site-specific analyses...
  28. ncbi Childhood obesity: a new pandemic of the new millennium
    Sue Y S Kimm
    Department of Family Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
    Pediatrics 110:1003-7. 2002
  29. ncbi Recruitment of African-American pre-adolescent girls into an obesity prevention trial: the GEMS pilot studies
    Mary Story
    University of Minnesota, Division of Epidemiology, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454, USA
    Ethn Dis 13:S78-87. 2003
    ..The objective of this report is to describe the methods used to recruit 8- to 10-year-old African-American girls into four 12-week randomized controlled pilot studies on obesity prevention...
  30. ncbi Phase 1 of the Girls health Enrichment Multi-site Studies (GEMS): conclusion
    Shiriki K Kumanyika
    Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Penn 19104 6021, USA
    Ethn Dis 13:S88-91. 2003
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  31. ncbi The DASH diet and blood pressure
    Shirley R Craddick
    Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, 3800 North Interstate, Portland, OR 97227, USA
    Curr Atheroscler Rep 5:484-91. 2003
    ..The DASH diet should be promoted, along with maintaining healthy weight, reducing sodium intake, increasing regular physical activity, and limiting alcohol intake, for lowering blood pressure and reducing the risk of CVD...
  32. ncbi Premier: a clinical trial of comprehensive lifestyle modification for blood pressure control: rationale, design and baseline characteristics
    Laura P Svetkey
    Duke Hypertension Center and Sarah W Stedman Center for Nutritional Studies, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
    Ann Epidemiol 13:462-71. 2003
    ..To describe PREMIER, a randomized trial to determine the effects of multi-component lifestyle interventions on blood pressure (BP)...
  33. ncbi Population-based prevention of obesity: the need for comprehensive promotion of healthful eating, physical activity, and energy balance: a scientific statement from American Heart Association Council on Epidemiology and Prevention, Interdisciplinary Commi
    Shiriki K Kumanyika
    Circulation 118:428-64. 2008
    ..The evidence-based experience for population-wide approaches to obesity prevention is highlighted...
  34. ncbi What's love got to do with it? Family cohesion and healthy eating behaviors in adolescent girls
    Debra L Franko
    Department of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115 5000, USA
    Int J Eat Disord 41:360-7. 2008
    ..To examine the association between family cohesion and behaviors linked to health or overweight in adolescents...
  35. ncbi Effect of dietary sodium intake on blood lipids: results from the DASH-sodium trial
    David W Harsha
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
    Hypertension 43:393-8. 2004
    ..There were no significant interactions between the effects of sodium and the DASH diet on serum lipids. In conclusion, changes in dietary sodium intake over the range of 50 to 150 mmol/d did not affect blood lipid concentrations...
  36. ncbi Pathways to obesity prevention: report of a National Institutes of Health workshop
    Shiriki K Kumanyika
    Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
    Obes Res 11:1263-74. 2003
    ..Further insights derived from the workshop deliberations are reflected in a detailed list of recommendations for future obesity prevention research...
  37. ncbi Correlates of obesity in African-American girls: an overview
    Nancy E Sherwood
    HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
    Obes Res 12:3S-6S. 2004
  38. ncbi Nutrition and blood pressure: is protein one link? Toward a strategy of hypertension prevention
    Jeffrey A Cutler
    Ann Intern Med 143:74-5. 2005
  39. ncbi Long term effects of dietary sodium reduction on cardiovascular disease outcomes: observational follow-up of the trials of hypertension prevention (TOHP)
    Nancy R Cook
    Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    BMJ 334:885-8. 2007
    ..To examine the effects of reduction in dietary sodium intake on cardiovascular events using data from two completed randomised trials, TOHP I and TOHP II...
  40. ncbi A summary of results of the Dietary Intervention Study in Children (DISC): lessons learned
    Linda Van Horn
    Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, 680 North Lake Shore Drive, 1102, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
    Prog Cardiovasc Nurs 18:28-41. 2003
    ..Highlights of key lessons learned from DISC and translational applications of potential interest to nurses and other health care providers are presented...
  41. ncbi Macronutrient intake of black and white adolescent girls over 10 years: the NHLBI Growth and Health Study
    Shari S Kronsberg
    Maryland Medical Research Institute, Baltimore, MD 21210, USA
    J Am Diet Assoc 103:852-60. 2003
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  42. ncbi Fast-food intake and diet quality in black and white girls: the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Growth and Health Study
    Marcia Schmidt
    Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, USA
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 159:626-31. 2005
    ..To examine trends in fast-food consumption and its relationship to calorie, fat, and sodium intake in black and white adolescent girls...
  43. ncbi Obesity research--limitations of methods, measurements, and medications
    Denise G Simons-Morton
    JAMA 295:826-8. 2006
  44. ncbi Correlates of beverage intake in adolescent girls: the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Growth and Health Study
    Ruth H Striegel-Moore
    Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, 207 High Street, Middletown, CT 06459 0408, USA
    J Pediatr 148:183-7. 2006
    ....