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Adherence to a DASH-style diet and risk of coronary heart disease and stroke in womenTeresa T Fung
Department of Nutrition, Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, and Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Arch Intern Med 168:713-20. 2008..Our objective was to assess the association between a DASH-style diet adherence score and risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke in women...- A dietary pattern that is associated with C-peptide and risk of colorectal cancer in womenTeresa T Fung
Department of Nutrition, Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Cancer Causes Control 23:959-65. 2012..Therefore, we used diet information to identify food groups that correlated with fasting serum concentrations of C-peptide and assess the association of this dietary pattern and CRC risk... - A dietary pattern derived to correlate with estrogens and risk of postmenopausal breast cancerTeresa T Fung
Department of Nutrition, Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Breast Cancer Res Treat 132:1157-62. 2012..Although these results were null, it should be repeated in other populations as differences in food intake may yield a dietary pattern with stronger association with estrogens... - Diet quality is associated with the risk of estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer in postmenopausal womenTeresa T Fung
Department of Nutrition, Simmons College, Boston, MA, USA
J Nutr 136:466-72. 2006..01) with the vegetable component of the scores. We conclude that women who scored high in AHEI, RFS, and aMed had a lower risk of ER- breast cancer. The HEI and DQI-R appeared to be of limited value in predicting breast cancer risk... - Association between dietary patterns and plasma biomarkers of obesity and cardiovascular disease riskT T Fung
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 73:61-7. 2001..Although the effects of individual foods or nutrients on the development of diseases and their risk factors have been investigated in many studies, little attention has been given to the effect of overall dietary patterns... - A prospective study of overall diet quality and risk of type 2 diabetes in womenTeresa T Fung
Department of Nutrition, Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Diabetes Care 30:1753-7. 2007..The aim of this article was to assess the association between the Alternate Healthy Eating Index (AHEI) and risk of type 2 diabetes in women... - Dietary patterns, the Alternate Healthy Eating Index and plasma sex hormone concentrations in postmenopausal womenTeresa T Fung
Department of Nutrition, Simmons College, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Int J Cancer 121:803-9. 2007..In contrast, the Western pattern was positively associated with estrogen levels and inversely with SHBG. However, these associations appeared to be largely accounted for by BMI... - Sweetened beverage consumption and risk of coronary heart disease in womenTeresa T Fung
Department of Nutrition, Simmons College, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 89:1037-42. 2009..Previous studies have linked full-calorie sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) with greater weight gain and an increased risk of type 2 diabetes... - Mediterranean diet and incidence of and mortality from coronary heart disease and stroke in womenTeresa T Fung
Department of Nutrition, Simmons College, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Circulation 119:1093-100. 2009..Several studies have documented an inverse association between adherence to the Mediterranean diet and risk of coronary heart disease (CHD), but few data are available on the relationship between Mediterranean diet and risk of stroke... - The Mediterranean and Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diets and colorectal cancerTeresa T Fung
Department of Nutrition, Simmons College, Boston, MA, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 92:1429-35. 2010.... - Low-carbohydrate diets, dietary approaches to stop hypertension-style diets, and the risk of postmenopausal breast cancerTeresa T Fung
Department of Nutrition, Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Epidemiol 174:652-60. 2011..In addition, a diet high in plant protein and fat and moderate in carbohydrate content was associated with a lower risk of ER- cancer... - Diet-quality scores and plasma concentrations of markers of inflammation and endothelial dysfunctionTeresa T Fung
Department of Nutrition, Simmons College, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 82:163-73. 2005..Endothelial dysfunction is one of the mechanisms linked to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease... - Dietary patterns and the risk of postmenopausal breast cancerTeresa T Fung
Department of Nutrition, Simmons College, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Int J Cancer 116:116-21. 2005..However, a Western-type diet may elevate risk of breast cancer among smokers, and a prudent diet may protect against estrogen receptive-negative tumors... - Dietary patterns, meat intake, and the risk of type 2 diabetes in womenTeresa T Fung
Department of Nutrition, Simmons College, Boston, Mass 02115, USA
Arch Intern Med 164:2235-40. 2004..To examine the association between major dietary patterns and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in a cohort of women... - Vitamins and carotenoids intake and the risk of basal cell carcinoma of the skin in women (United States)Teresa T Fung
Department of Nutrition, Simmons College, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Cancer Causes Control 13:221-30. 2002..We examined prospectively intakes of vitamins A. C, and E, folate, and specific carotenoids in relation to the risk of basal cell carcinoma of the skin (BCC) in women... - Whole-grain intake and the risk of type 2 diabetes: a prospective study in menTeresa T Fung
Programs in Nutrition, Simmons College, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 76:535-40. 2002..Certain dietary components may play a role in the prevention of type 2 diabetes... - Vitamin and carotenoid intake and risk of squamous cell carcinoma of the skinTeresa T Fung
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Int J Cancer 103:110-5. 2003..No evidence was found that vitamins A, C and E; folate; or carotenoids play an important protective role against incident SCC... - Major dietary patterns and the risk of colorectal cancer in womenTeresa Fung
Programs in Nutrition, Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Arch Intern Med 163:309-14. 2003..Several foods and nutrients have been implicated in the development of colon and rectal cancers. In this study, we prospectively assessed the associations between major dietary patterns and the risks of these 2 cancers in women... - Prospective study of major dietary patterns and stroke risk in womenTeresa T Fung
Department of Nutrition, Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Stroke 35:2014-9. 2004..Many foods have been suggested to influence the risk of stroke. However, no previous studies have examined the relationship between overall dietary patterns and risk of stroke... - The association between magnesium intake and fasting insulin concentration in healthy middle-aged womenTeresa T Fung
Department of Nutrition, Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02215, USA
J Am Coll Nutr 22:533-8. 2003..We assessed the association between magnesium intake and fasting insulin levels in a large cohort of women... - Major dietary patterns are related to plasma concentrations of markers of inflammation and endothelial dysfunctionEsther Lopez-Garcia
Department of Nutrition and the Division of Preventive Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 80:1029-35. 2004..Endothelial dysfunction is one of the mechanisms linking diet and the risk of cardiovascular disease... - Dietary patterns and the risk of coronary heart disease in womenT T Fung
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Arch Intern Med 161:1857-62. 2001..Although substantial information on individual nutrients or foods and risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) is available, little is known about the role of overall eating pattern... - Adherence to healthy eating patterns is associated with higher circulating total and high-molecular-weight adiponectin and lower resistin concentrations in women from the Nurses' Health StudyJessica L Fargnoli
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 88:1213-24. 2008..Adherence to a healthy dietary pattern, such as the Alternate Healthy Eating Index (AHEI), is associated with a lower risk of diabetes and atherosclerosis... - Prospective study of dietary patterns and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among US womenRaphaelle Varraso
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 86:488-95. 2007..Although many foods and nutrients are associated with lung function or symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the relation between overall diet and newly diagnosed COPD is not known... - Low-carbohydrate diets and all-cause and cause-specific mortality: two cohort studiesTeresa T Fung
Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Ann Intern Med 153:289-98. 2010..Data on the long-term association between low-carbohydrate diets and mortality are sparse... - Intake of alcohol and alcoholic beverages and the risk of basal cell carcinoma of the skinTeresa T Fung
Department of Nutrition, Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 11:1119-22. 2002..Alcohol intake was associated with BCC, but the association appeared to be different for each type of alcoholic beverage. Other studies are needed to confirm these results... - DASH-style diet associates with reduced risk for kidney stonesEric N Taylor
Renal Division and Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
J Am Soc Nephrol 20:2253-9. 2009..Exclusion of participants with hypertension did not change the results. In conclusion, consumption of a DASH-style diet is associated with a marked decrease in kidney stone risk... - Prospective study of dietary patterns and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among US menRaphaelle Varraso
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, 655 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Thorax 62:786-91. 2007..Because foods are consumed together and nutrients may interact, dietary patterns are an alternative way of characterising diet. A study was undertaken to assess the relation between dietary patterns and newly diagnosed COPD in men... - Prospective study of dietary pattern and risk of Parkinson diseaseXiang Gao
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Cambridge, MA 02115, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 86:1486-94. 2007..Several studies have shown associations between Parkinson Disease (PD) risk and individual foods and nutrients with inconsistent results... - Plant-based diets: what should be on the plate?Teresa T Fung
Am J Clin Nutr 78:357-8. 2003 - Dietary patterns and changes in body weight in womenMatthias B Schulze
German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam Rehbruecke, Department of Epidemiology, Arthur Scheunert Allee 114 116, 14558 Nuthetal, Germany
Obesity (Silver Spring) 14:1444-53. 2006..Our objective was to examine the association between adherence to dietary patterns and weight change in women... - Dietary patterns and survival after breast cancer diagnosisCandyce H Kroenke
University of California, Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholars Program, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
J Clin Oncol 23:9295-303. 2005..There is little prior study of major dietary patterns and breast cancer survival...