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Species | J C LovejoySummaryAffiliation: Pennington Biomedical Research Center Country: USA Publications
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Consumption of a controlled low-fat diet containing olestra for 9 months improves health risk factors in conjunction with weight loss in obese men: the Ole' StudyJ C Lovejoy
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA70808, USA
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 27:1242-9. 2003..To compare the effects of a standard American diet, a traditional low-fat diet, and a low-fat diet containing the fat substitute olestra on risk factors for heart disease and diabetes...
The menopause and obesityJennifer C Lovejoy
Women s Nutrition Research Program, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, 6400 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
Prim Care 30:317-25. 2003..Weight loss or prevention of weight gain is likely to have significant health benefits for older women...
Effect of diets enriched in almonds on insulin action and serum lipids in adults with normal glucose tolerance or type 2 diabetesJennifer C Lovejoy
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 70808, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 76:1000-6. 2002..Nuts appear to have cardiovascular benefits but their effect in diabetic patients is unclear...
The influence of dietary fat on insulin resistanceJennifer C Lovejoy
Women s Nutrition Research Program, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, 6400 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
Curr Diab Rep 2:435-40. 2002..Given the importance of insulin resistance in the development of diabetes and heart disease, establishing appropriate levels of fat in the diet is an important clinical goal...
Ethnic differences in dietary intakes, physical activity, and energy expenditure in middle-aged, premenopausal women: the Healthy Transitions StudyJ C Lovejoy
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 74:90-5. 2001..Menopause is a time of increased risk of obesity in women. The effect of menopause in African American women, in whom obesity is already highly prevalent, is unknown...
A paradigm of experimentally induced mild hyperthyroidism: effects on nitrogen balance, body composition, and energy expenditure in healthy young menJ C Lovejoy
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 70808, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 82:765-70. 1997..We conclude that although healthy men are able to adapt to mild hyperthyroidism in terms of nitrogen balance, they exhibit significant and persistent changes in fat and fat-free mass as well as energy balance...
Relationship of dietary fat and serum cholesterol ester and phospholipid fatty acids to markers of insulin resistance in men and women with a range of glucose toleranceJ C Lovejoy
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 70808-4124, USA
Metabolism 50:86-92. 2001..Furthermore, enhancement of dihomo-gamma-linolenic and myristic acids in serum CE and PL, presumably markers for dietary intake, predicted insulin resistance...
Increased visceral fat and decreased energy expenditure during the menopausal transitionJ C Lovejoy
Department of Molecular Endocrinology, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
Int J Obes (Lond) 32:949-58. 2008..We hypothesized that total fat and abdominal body fat would increase at menopause due to decreased energy expenditure (EE) and declining estrogen, respectively...
Common apolipoprotein A-IV variants are associated with differences in body mass index levels and percentage body fatM Lefevre
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 24:945-53. 2000..To determine the relationship between two common apoA-IV variants (Thr347-->Ser; Gln360-->His), and body mass index (BMI) and percentage body fat...
Low-dose T(3) improves the bed rest model of simulated weightlessness in men and womenJ C Lovejoy
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808, USA
Am J Physiol 277:E370-9. 1999..In conclusion, addition of low-dose T(3) to the bed rest model of muscle unloading improves the ground-based simulation of spaceflight and unmasks several important gender differences...
Comparison of a radioimmunoassay with a microparticle enzyme immunoassay of insulin for use with the minimal model method of determining whole-body insulin sensitivityJ C Rood
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Diabetes Technol Ther 1:463-8. 1999....
Testosterone administration preserves protein balance but not muscle strength during 28 days of bed restJ J Zachwieja
Exercise and Nutrition Program and Inpatient Clinical Trials Unit, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 70808, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 84:207-12. 1999..These results suggest that in the absence of daily ambulatory activity, T administration will not increase or, in the case of this bed rest model, preserve muscle strength...
Exogenous androgens influence body composition and regional body fat distribution in obese postmenopausal women--a clinical research center studyJ C Lovejoy
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 70803, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 81:2198-203. 1996..We conclude that administration of exogenous androgens modulates body composition in obese postmenopausal women and independently affects visceral and sc abdominal fat...
Contributions of total body fat, abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue compartments, and visceral adipose tissue to the metabolic complications of obesityS R Smith
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
Metabolism 50:425-35. 2001..375). These data suggest that total body fat is a major contributor to the metabolic sequelae of obesity, with specific fat depots, VAT, and DSAT also making significant contributions...
Substrate oxidation and energy expenditure in athletes and nonathletes consuming isoenergetic high- and low-fat dietsH J Roy
Pennington Biomedical Research Center and School of Human Ecology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 70806, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 67:405-11. 1998..59, P < 0.02), but not the HF diet. Fat oxidation was not correlated with fat intake. In conclusion, substrate oxidation in a respiration chamber is significantly affected by diet, but not by prior athletic training...
The relation of gender, race and socioeconomic status to obesity and obesity comorbidities in a sample of US adultsS Paeratakul
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 70808, USA
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 26:1205-10. 2002..To examine the obesity-related chronic diseases in the US adult population according to gender, race and socioeconomic status...
The influence of different fats and fatty acids on obesity, insulin resistance and inflammationGeorge A Bray
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
J Nutr 132:2488-91. 2002..One important conclusion from this review is that both total fat and individual fatty acids have to be considered when reaching conclusions about dietary fat and obesity...
Comparison of the acute response to meals enriched with cis- or trans-fatty acids on glucose and lipids in overweight individuals with differing FABP2 genotypesMichael Lefevre
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, 6400 Perkins Rd, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
Metabolism 54:1652-8. 2005....
The impact of nuts on diabetes and diabetes riskJennifer C Lovejoy
School of Nutrition and Exercise Science, Bastyr University, 14500 Juanita Drive N E, Kenmore, WA 98028, USA
Curr Diab Rep 5:379-84. 2005..Thus, nuts can be a healthy dietary component for individuals with diabetes or those at risk for diabetes, providing overall caloric intake is regulated to maintain a healthy body weight...
Daily intake of multivitamins during long-term intake of olestra in men prevents declines in serum vitamins A and E but not carotenoidsRichard T Tulley
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70112, USA
J Nutr 135:1456-61. 2005..Olestra-induced decreases in serum beta-carotene, lycopene, and lutein + zeaxanthin were not prevented by the vitamin supplement used in this study...
Endocrine control of body composition in infancy, childhood, and pubertyJohannes D Veldhuis
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Medical and Graduate Schools of Medicine, General Clinical Research Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
Endocr Rev 26:114-46. 2005..The present critical review examines hormonal regulation of body composition in infancy, childhood, and puberty...
Association of the intestinal fatty acid-binding protein Ala54Thr polymorphism and abdominal adipose tissue in African-American and Caucasian womenCristina Lara-Castro
Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 90:1196-201. 2005..We conclude that women carriers of the FABP2 Thr allele have lower TAT and SAAT than noncarriers of the mutation. This association is present in Caucasian, but not in African-American, women...
Effect on body weight of replacing dietary fat with olestra for two or ten weeks in healthy men and womenHeli J Roy
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 70808, USA
J Am Coll Nutr 21:259-67. 2002..To examine in two separate studies the effects of replacing dietary fat with Olestra on body composition and weight change in healthy young men and women...
The effects of triiodothyronine on bone metabolism in healthy ambulatory menSteven R Smith
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808, USA
Thyroid 13:357-64. 2003..4% (p = 0.08). Bone mineral density showed no change. We conclude that T(3) accelerates bone turnover and that bone formation does not increase acutely to prevent bone loss...
Effects of diets enriched in saturated (palmitic), monounsaturated (oleic), or trans (elaidic) fatty acids on insulin sensitivity and substrate oxidation in healthy adultsJennifer C Lovejoy
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808, USA
Diabetes Care 25:1283-8. 2002..Overweight individuals were more susceptible to developing insulin resistance on high-saturated fat diets...
A 9-mo randomized clinical trial comparing fat-substituted and fat-reduced diets in healthy obese men: the Ole StudyGeorge A Bray
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 76:928-34. 2002..Dietary fat has been implicated as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and obesity...
Dietary intake in the diabetes prevention program cohort: baseline and 1-year post randomizationElizabeth J Mayer-Davis
The Diabetes Prevention Program Coordinating Center, George Washington University Biostatistics Center, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Ann Epidemiol 14:763-72. 2004..To describe usual dietary intake assessment at baseline and 1-year post-randomization in the ethnically diverse Diabetes Prevention Program cohort...
Neuropsychological and emotional changes during simulated microgravity: effects of triiodothyronine alendronate, and testosteroneWm Drew Gouvier
Department of Psychology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
Arch Clin Neuropsychol 19:153-63. 2004..Resultant data were subjected to repeated measures, between groups analysis of variance testing for all 82 neurocognitive and psychological test measures...
Apolipoprotein A-II polymorphism and visceral adiposity in African-American and white womenCristina Lara-Castro
Division of Physiology and Metabolism, Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
Obes Res 13:507-12. 2005..These results indicate a significant association between the T265C APOA-II polymorphism and levels of VAT in premenopausal women. This association is present in white but not African-American women...
Extension of type 2 diabetes genome-wide association scan results in the diabetes prevention programAllan F Moore
Center for Human Genetic Research, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Diabetes 57:2503-10. 2008....
