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2006 marketplace survey of trans-fatty acid content of margarines and butters, cookies and snack cakes, and savory snacksMatthew J Albers
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 108:367-70. 2008..Products that are lower in trans and saturated fat tend to cost more, which may be a barrier to their purchase for price-conscious consumers...
Results from an experimental trial at a Head Start center to evaluate two meal service approaches to increase fruit and vegetable intake of preschool aged childrenLisa J Harnack
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 9:51. 2012..Strategies to increase fruit and vegetable consumption of preschool aged children are needed...
Fattening up on fast foodLisa Harnack
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55454, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 103:1296-7. 2003- Effect of point-of-purchase calorie labeling on restaurant and cafeteria food choices: a review of the literatureLisa J Harnack
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South 2nd St Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 5:51. 2008..The present review evaluates the available empirical literature on the effects of calorie information on food choices in restaurant and cafeteria settings... - Intervention-related bias in reporting of food intake by fifth-grade children participating in an obesity prevention studyLisa Harnack
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Am J Epidemiol 160:1117-21. 2004..Specifically, enhancing measures that rely on self-reports with objective measures of dietary intake would help investigators to evaluate whether differential reporting by treatment group has occurred... - Effects of calorie labeling and value size pricing on fast food meal choices: results from an experimental trialLisa J Harnack
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 5:63. 2008..Likewise, little research has been conducted to evaluate the influence of value size pricing on restaurant meal choices... - Low awareness of overweight status among parents of preschool-aged children, Minnesota, 2004-2005Lisa Harnack
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 6:A47. 2009..Many studies have found that parents of overweight children do not perceive their child to be overweight. Little is known, however, about the extent to which such misperceptions exist among parents of preschool-aged children... - Accuracy of estimation of large food portionsLisa Harnack
Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, 1300 S 2nd Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 104:804-6. 2004..In summary, significant underreporting of large food portions may result when commonly used food models are used to assist individuals in reporting food portions... - Trends in vitamin D intake from food sources among adults in the Minneapolis-St Paul, MN, metropolitan area, 1980-1982 through 2007-2009Lisa J Harnack
Divison of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 111:1329-34. 2011..Changes in eating habits could potentially be contributing to vitamin D insufficiency among US adults... - Reliability and validity of a brief questionnaire to assess calcium intake of middle-school-aged childrenLisa J Harnack
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55454, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 106:1790-5. 2006..Evaluate the validity and reliability of a short (10-item) calcium food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) for use with middle-school-aged (11 to 14 years of age) children... - An evaluation of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans in relation to cancer occurrenceLisa Harnack
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 76:889-96. 2002.... - Dietary intake and food sources of whole grains among US children and adolescents: data from the 1994-1996 Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by IndividualsLisa Harnack
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1800 S 2nd Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454 1015, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 103:1015-9. 2003..This study characterizes whole grain consumption among a nationally representative sample of US children and adolescents... - Trends in the trans-fatty acid composition of the diet in a metropolitan area: the Minnesota Heart SurveyLisa Harnack
Division of Epidemiology, S Lee is a research assistant, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454 1015, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 103:1160-6. 2003..In this study, we examine trends in dietary intake of trans-fatty acids from 1980-1982 to 1995-1997 using data collected as part of the Minnesota Heart Survey (MHS)... - Dietary flavonoid intake and risk of cancer in postmenopausal women: the Iowa Women's Health StudyGretchen J Cutler
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Int J Cancer 123:664-71. 2008..93, 95% CI: 0.86-1.00). This study provides further support for a beneficial effect of flavonoid intake on lung cancer risk, especially among current and past smokers... - Why eat at fast-food restaurants: reported reasons among frequent consumersSarah A Rydell
University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 108:2066-70. 2008..As motivation for eating at fast-food restaurants appears to differ somewhat by age, sex, education, employment status, and household size, tailored interventions could be considered... - Postmenopausal hormone therapy and colorectal cancer risk by molecularly defined subtypes among older womenDavid Limsui
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
Gut 61:1299-305. 2012..Postmenopausal hormone (PMH) therapy may reduce colorectal cancer (CRC) risk, but existing data are inconclusive... - HealthWorks: results of a multi-component group-randomized worksite environmental intervention trial for weight gain preventionJennifer A Linde
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 9:14. 2012..Environmental components focused on food availability and price, physical activity promotion, scale access, and media enhancements... - Pricing and availability intervention in vending machines at four bus garagesSimone A French
From the Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
J Occup Environ Med 52:S29-33. 2010..To evaluate the effects of lowering prices and increasing availability on sales of healthy foods and beverages from 33 vending machines in 4 bus garages as part of a multicomponent worksite obesity prevention intervention... - Is baseline physical activity a determinant of participation in worksite walking clubs? Data from the HealthWorks TrialJeffrey J VanWormer
Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
J Phys Act Health 9:849-56. 2012..Some evidence suggests that physical activity programs mainly attract employees who are already active. This study examined the degree to which baseline physical activity was associated with enrollment in worksite walking clubs... - Longitudinal associations between key dietary behaviors and weight gain over time: transitions through the adolescent yearsMelissa N Laska
University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 20:118-25. 2012..e., accelerometers and 24-h dietary recalls), as well as its evaluation of both BMI and PBF. Additional research is needed to better understand the complex constellation of factors that contribute to adolescent weight gain over time... - Fast food intake: longitudinal trends during the transition to young adulthood and correlates of intakeNicole I Larson
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454, USA
J Adolesc Health 43:79-86. 2008..The aims of this study were to describe changes in fast food intake during the transition from middle adolescence to young adulthood, and to identify baseline correlates of this eating behavior in early young adulthood... - Providing calorie information on fast-food restaurant menu boards: consumer viewsRebecca C Fitch
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
Am J Health Promot 24:129-32. 2009..To gather consumer input about approaches to providing energy composition information for foods on fast-food restaurant menus... - Coffee and caffeine intake and the risk of ovarian cancer: the Iowa Women's Health StudyNatalie A Lueth
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Cancer Causes Control 19:1365-72. 2008..Our results suggest that a component of coffee other than caffeine, or in combination with caffeine, may be associated with increased risk of ovarian cancer in postmenopausal women who drink five or more cups of coffee a day... - Nutrition labeling and value size pricing at fast-food restaurants: a consumer perspectiveLisa J Harnack
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South 2nd Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Am J Health Promot 20:247-50. 2006..More research is needed with larger samples on whether point-of-purchase nutrition labeling at fast-food restaurants raises perceived importance of nutrition when eating out... - Use of nonprescription medications for perceived cardiovascular healthMargaret B Artz
Department of Pharmaceutical Health Care and Health Systems, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
Am J Prev Med 30:78-81. 2006.... - Incidence of colorectal cancer in relation to glycemic index and load in a cohort of womenMary McCarl
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Suite 300, 1300 South Second Street, Minneapolis, MN 55454-1015, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15:892-6. 2006..CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest that high GI or GL are not major CRC risk factors among older women in general, but may increase CRC risk among women who are obese... - Associations between intake of folate and related micronutrients with molecularly defined colorectal cancer risks in the Iowa Women's Health StudyAnthony A Razzak
Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
Nutr Cancer 64:899-910. 2012..These data provide minimal support for major effects from the examined micronutrients on overall or molecularly defined CRC risks in the IWHS cohort... - Fruit and vegetable intake correlates during the transition to young adulthoodNicole I Larson
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454, USA
Am J Prev Med 35:33-37. 2008..This study aimed to identify longitudinal correlates of follow-up fruit and vegetable intake in early young adulthood... - Degree of concordance with DASH diet guidelines and incidence of hypertension and fatal cardiovascular diseaseAaron R Folsom
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Am J Hypertens 20:225-32. 2007..Guidelines to prevent and treat hypertension advocate the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet... - Worksite environment intervention to prevent obesity among metropolitan transit workersSimone A French
University of Minnesota, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, Suite 300 WBOB, 1300 South Second Street, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Prev Med 50:180-5. 2010..The results of an 18-month worksite intervention to prevent obesity among metropolitan transit workers are reported... - The association of physical activity with lung cancer incidence in a cohort of older women: the Iowa Women's Health StudyPenny Sinner
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South 2nd Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454-1015, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15:2359-63. 2006..63 (95% CI, 0.43-0.92) in former smokers, but was not significant in never smokers. CONCLUSION: These results suggest that physical activity might reduce the risk of lung cancer in women who are current or former smokers... - Stressed out and overcommitted! The relationships between time demands and family rules and parents' and their child's weight statusMary O Hearst
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Health Educ Behav 39:446-54. 2012..This study aimed to determine the relationship between parent time demands and presence and enforcement of family rules and parent/child dyad weight status... - Factors associated with soft drink consumption in school-aged childrenGebra Cuyun Grimm
Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 55455, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 104:1244-9. 2004..Additional research is needed to verify these findings in a representative sample of children... - Is Baseline Physical Activity a Determinant of Participation in Worksite Walking Clubs? Data From the HealthWorks TrialJeffrey J VanWormer
Dept of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN Epidemiology Research Center, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, WI
J Phys Act Health 9:849-56. 2012..Some evidence suggests that physical activity programs mainly attract employees who are already active. This study examined the degree to which baseline physical activity was associated with enrollment in worksite walking clubs... - Work hours, weight status, and weight-related behaviors: a study of metro transit workersKamisha H Escoto
University of Minnesota, Department of Psychiatry, 606 24th Avenue South, 602, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 7:91. 2010..abstract:.. - Evidence implicating eating as a primary driver for the obesity epidemicRobert W Jeffery
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S 2nd St, Suite 300, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454 1015, USA
Diabetes 56:2673-6. 2007..Increases in energy intake mirror increases in body weight quantitatively and are equally widely distributed across diverse groups within the larger population... - Impact of the Pathways intervention on dietary intakes of American Indian schoolchildrenJohn H Himes
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Prev Med 37:S55-61. 2003..This paper reports the effects of the Pathways intervention on dietary intake... - Glycemic index, glycemic load, and incidence of endometrial cancer: the Iowa women's health studyAaron R Folsom
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Nutr Cancer 46:119-24. 2003..02) among nondiabetic women, but the trend was in the opposite direction among diabetic women. Our study indicates that a higher dietary glycemic load may be a risk factor for endometrial cancer incidence in nondiabetic women... - A randomized school trial of environmental strategies to encourage fruit and vegetable consumption among childrenCheryl L Perry
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55454 1013, USA
Health Educ Behav 31:65-76. 2004..Process measures indicated that verbal encouragement by food-service staff was associated with outcomes. The outcomes suggest that multicomponent interventions are more powerful than cafeteria programs alone with this age group... - Relationship of folate, vitamin B-6, vitamin B-12, and methionine intake to incidence of colorectal cancersLisa Harnack
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Nutr Cancer 43:152-8. 2002..44, 95% CI = 0.22-0.89). Findings provide limited support for an association between dietary factors involved in DNA methylation and risk of cancers of the colon and rectum... - Meat intake and cooking techniques: associations with pancreatic cancerKristin E Anderson
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Mutat Res 506:225-31. 2002..We conclude that grilled red meat intake is a risk factor for pancreatic cancer and that method of meat preparation in addition to total intake is important in assessing the effects of meat consumption in epidemiologic studies... - Reliability and validity of a brief questionnaire to assess television viewing and computer use by middle school childrenKathryn H Schmitz
University of Minnesota, 1300 S 2nd St, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
J Sch Health 74:370-7. 2004.... - Feasibility of using accelerometers to measure physical activity in young adolescentsPamela Van Coevering
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454 1015, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 37:867-71. 2005..We assessed feasibility in the Eating and Activity Survey Trial (Project EAST), a study designed to develop valid tools to assess eating and physical activity patterns among middle school children... - No association between dietary glycemic index or load and pancreatic cancer incidence in postmenopausal womenKimberly J Johnson
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Suite 300, 1300 South Second Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454-1015, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 14:1574-5. 2005 - Dietary intake of heterocyclic amines and benzo(a)pyrene: associations with pancreatic cancerKristin E Anderson
School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 55454, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 14:2261-5. 2005..We sought to assess the association between dietary intake of HCA and benzo(a)pyrene [B(a)P] and exocrine pancreatic cancer in a population-based case-control study... - Influence of dietary oxalates on the risk of adult-onset vulvodyniaBernard L Harlow
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55454, USA
J Reprod Med 53:171-8. 2008..To examine the relationship between dietary oxalates and the development of vulvodynia... - Adolescents involved in weight-related and power team sports have better eating patterns and nutrient intakes than non-sport-involved adolescentsJillian K Croll
Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN 55108, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 106:709-17. 2006..To examine eating habits and energy and nutrient intake among adolescents participating in weight-related and power team sports and non-sport-involved adolescents... - Calcium and dairy intake: Longitudinal trends during the transition to young adulthood and correlates of calcium intakeNicole I Larson
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 55454, USA
J Nutr Educ Behav 41:254-60. 2009..To describe changes in calcium and dairy intake during the transition from middle adolescence to young adulthood and to identify baseline correlates of calcium intake in young adulthood... - Cigarette smoking and colorectal cancer risk by KRAS mutation status among older womenN J Samadder
Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Am J Gastroenterol 107:782-9. 2012..In this study, we evaluated associations between cigarette smoking and CRC risk stratified by KRAS mutation status, using data and tissue resources from the Iowa Women's Health Study (IWHS)... - Availability of nutrition information on menus at major chain table-service restaurantsLisa J Harnack
Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 106:1012-5. 2006 - Dietary flavonoids and flavonoid-rich foods are not associated with risk of type 2 diabetes in postmenopausal womenJennifer A Nettleton
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
J Nutr 136:3039-45. 2006.... - Trends in dietary supplement use in a cohort of postmenopausal women from IowaKyong Park
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South 2nd Street, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Am J Epidemiol 169:887-92. 2009..However, possible risks from obtaining a large proportion of purified nutrients from dietary supplements rather than deriving them from foods should be studied... - Does supplemental vitamin C increase cardiovascular disease risk in women with diabetes?Duk Hee Lee
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55454, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 80:1194-200. 2004..These observations led us to hypothesize that a high intake of vitamin C in diabetic persons might promote atherosclerosis... - Results of a population-based survey of adults' attitudes and beliefs about herbal productsLisa J Harnack
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South 2nd Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
J Am Pharm Assoc (2003) 43:596-601. 2003..To assess attitudes and beliefs about herbal products held by adults in a large metropolitan area... - Nut consumption and risk of type 2 diabetesEmily D Parker
JAMA 290:38-9; author reply 39-40. 2003 - Heme iron, zinc, alcohol consumption, and colon cancer: Iowa Women's Health StudyDuk-Hee Lee
Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea
J Natl Cancer Inst 96:403-7. 2004.... - Dietary catechins and cancer incidence among postmenopausal women: the Iowa Women's Health Study (United States)Ilja C W Arts
National Institute of Public Health and the Environment RIVM, Department of Chronic Diseases Epidemiology, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Cancer Causes Control 13:373-82. 2002..We investigated whether a high intake of catechins are associated with cancer incidence among postmenopausal women...
Research Grants
- FOOD AND NUTRIENT SYSTEMS FOR RESEARCHLisa Harnack; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- Effect of Nutrition Labeling on Fast Food ChoicesLisa Harnack; Fiscal Year: 2007..This study builds on previous intervention research on point of purchase nutrition information and price incentives to provide new unique information that may have broad public health implications. ..