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Sugary beverages represent a threat to global healthBarry M Popkin
University of North Carolina, 123 West Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, USA Electronic address
Trends Endocrinol Metab 23:591-3. 2012..The fructose-laden beverages have unique properties that lead to lack of dietary compensation and direct adverse effects on our health. Global efforts to limit marketing and sales are necessary to protect the health of the planet...- South Korea's entry to the global food economy: shifts in consumption of food between 1998 and 2009Haeng Shin Lee
Korea Health Industry Development Institute, South Korea
Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 21:618-29. 2012..Dynamic causes of these trends and the government's response are discussed... 
Time use and physical activity: a shift away from movement across the globeS W Ng
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Obes Rev 13:659-80. 2012..Given the potential impact on weight gain and other cardiometabolic health risks, the differential declines in MET of activity and increases in sedentary time across the globe represent a major threat to global health...- Longitudinal, cross-cohort comparison of physical activity patterns in Chinese mothers and childrenTracy Dearth-Wesley
Department of Nutrition and Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 9:39. 2012..The purpose of our study was to examine trends and associations in PA behaviors in Chinese mother-child pairs and to investigate relationships between PA behaviors and socioeconomic variables in this dyad... - Trends in Chinese snacking behaviors and patterns and the social-demographic role between 1991 and 2009Zhihong Wang
Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, USA
Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 21:253-62. 2012..A marked transition from a tradition of two or three meals per day toward meals combined with snacks is underway. Further research is needed to develop a better understanding of the nutritional implications of Chinese snacking behaviors... - Global nutrition transition and the pandemic of obesity in developing countriesBarry M Popkin
Department of Nutrition and Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516, USA
Nutr Rev 70:3-21. 2012..An array of large-scale programmatic and policy measures are being explored in a few countries; however, few countries are engaged in serious efforts to prevent the serious dietary challenges being faced... - Caloric beverage consumption patterns in Mexican childrenSimon Barquera
Nutrition and Health Research Center, National Institute of Public Health, Av Universidad 655, Col Sta Ma Ahuacatitlan, Cuernavaca, Mor CP 62508, Mexico
Nutr J 9:47. 2010..This study examines overall patterns and trends in all caloric beverages from two nationally representative surveys from Mexico... - Neighborhood fast food restaurants and fast food consumption: a national studyAndrea S Richardson
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
BMC Public Health 11:543. 2011..Our aim was to estimate the effect of neighborhood fast food availability on frequency of fast food consumption in a national sample of young adults, a population at high risk for obesity... - What can public health nutritionists do to curb the epidemic of nutrition-related noncommunicable disease?Barry M Popkin
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 3997, USA
Nutr Rev 67:S79-82. 2009..Inaction will result in an acceleration of morbidity, disability, and deaths from major nutrition-related noncommunicable diseases - primarily in developing countries... - Environmental influences on food choice, physical activity and energy balanceBarry M Popkin
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27516 3997, United States
Physiol Behav 86:603-13. 2005..Further, the research shows a significant association of such facilities with individual-level health behavior. The inequity in environmental supports for physical activity may underlie health disparities in the US population... - Patterns of beverage use across the lifecycleBarry M Popkin
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 3997, United States
Physiol Behav 100:4-9. 2010.... - Does hunger and satiety drive eating anymore? Increasing eating occasions and decreasing time between eating occasions in the United StatesBarry M Popkin
Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, 123 West Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 91:1342-7. 2010..The design of dietary, metabolic, and intervention studies should reflect the meal patterning of free-living individuals, but this design has not been systematically reviewed recently... - Dynamics of the nutrition transition toward the animal foods sector in China and its implications: a worried perspectiveBarry M Popkin
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 3997, USA
J Nutr 133:3898S-3906S. 2003.... - The sweetening of the world's dietBarry M Popkin
Carolina Population Center, and Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB 8120 University Square, 123 W Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 3997, USA
Obes Res 11:1325-32. 2003..S. dietary data, we explored trends in caloric sweetener intake, the role of urbanization and income changes in explaining these trends, and the contribution of specific foods to these changes... - The nutrition transition: worldwide obesity dynamics and their determinantsB M Popkin
Department of Nutrition, Schools of Public Health and Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 3997, USA
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 28:S2-9. 2004..This paper explores the major changes in diet and physical activity patterns around the world and focuses on shifts in obesity... - Will China's nutrition transition overwhelm its health care system and slow economic growth?Barry M Popkin
Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 27:1064-76. 2008..The related economic costs represent 4-8 percent of the economy. Public investments are needed to head off a huge increase in the morbidity, disability, absenteeism, and medical care costs linked with this nutritional shift... - Measuring the full economic costs of diet, physical activity and obesity-related chronic diseasesB M Popkin
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 3997, USA
Obes Rev 7:271-93. 2006..The Chinese case study found that the indirect effects of obesity and obesity-related dietary and physical activity patterns range between 3.58% and 8.73% of gross national product (GNP) in 2000 and 2025 respectively... - Is there a lag globally in overweight trends for children compared with adults?Barry M Popkin
Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB 8120 University Square, 123 West Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 3997, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 14:1846-53. 2006.... - A new proposed guidance system for beverage consumption in the United StatesBarry M Popkin
Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 3997, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 83:529-42. 2006..The Panel recommends that the consumption of beverages with no or few calories should take precedence over the consumption of beverages with more calories... - Uric acid status and its correlates in Hangzhou urban populationDuo Li
Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 15:102-6. 2006.... - Understanding global nutrition dynamics as a step towards controlling cancer incidenceBarry M Popkin
Interdisciplinary Obesity Center, Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Carolina Population Center, 123 West Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516 3997, USA
Nat Rev Cancer 7:61-7. 2007..It is imperative to understand these factors and implement global interventions to slow this pandemic. The alternative is an acceleration of the incidence of the main nutrition-related cancers, primarily in developing countries... - Water and food consumption patterns of U.S. adults from 1999 to 2001Barry M Popkin
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 27516 3997, USA
Obes Res 13:2146-52. 2005..High water consumption has been proposed as an aid to weight control and as a means of reducing the energy density of the diet. This study examines the relationship between water consumption and other drinking and eating patterns... - Using research on the obesity pandemic as a guide to a unified vision of nutritionBarry M Popkin
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, USA
Public Health Nutr 8:724-9. 2005..To focus on factors that play a major role in our rapid, global nutritional changes... - Dynamics of the nutrition transition and its implications for the developing worldBarry M Popkin
Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27516-3997, USA
Forum Nutr 56:262-4. 2003 - Global nutrition dynamics: the world is shifting rapidly toward a diet linked with noncommunicable diseasesBarry M Popkin
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 84:289-98. 2006..The challenge to global health is clear... - Water, hydration, and healthBarry M Popkin
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516, USA
Nutr Rev 68:439-58. 2010..This review provides suggestions for ways to examine water requirements and encourages more dialogue on this important topic... - Beverage patterns and trends among school-aged children in the US, 1989-2008Gentry Lasater
Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Nutr J 10:103. 2011..Using three nationally representative surveys of dietary intake, we investigated beverage patterns and trends among US school-aged children from 1989/91 to 2007/08... - Recent dynamics suggest selected countries catching up to US obesityBarry M Popkin
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 91:284S-288S. 2010..The United States has been the country with the highest body mass indexes (BMIs; in kg/m(2)) at higher centiles, but research that compares the United States with other nations is lacking... - The shift in stages of the nutrition transition in the developing world differs from past experiences!Barry M Popkin
Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27516 3997, USA
Public Health Nutr 5:205-14. 2002.... - The nutrition transition and its health implications in lower-income countriesB M Popkin
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Public Health Nutr 1:5-21. 1998..This article reviews information on the rapid changes in diet, activity and body composition that lower- and middle-income countries are undergoing and then examines some of the potential health implications of this transition... - Trends in energy intake among US children by eating location and food source, 1977-2006Jennifer M Poti
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27516, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 111:1156-64. 2011..Little is known about the influence of location of food consumption and preparation upon daily energy intake of children... - Is the obesity epidemic a national security issue around the globe?Barry M Popkin
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, USA
Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes 18:328-31. 2011..To understand how obesity affects national security by focusing on three case study countries - the USA, China, and Mexico... - Nutrition in transition: the changing global nutrition challengeB M Popkin
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27516 9159, USA
Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 10:S13-8. 2001..It is also clear that the causes of obesity must be viewed as environmental rather than personal or genetic... - Contemporary nutritional transition: determinants of diet and its impact on body compositionBarry M Popkin
Nutrition Department, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 3997, USA
Proc Nutr Soc 70:82-91. 2011..A few countries are systematically addressing the causes of poor dietary and physical activity patterns and high energy imbalance... - Understanding the nutrition transition: measuring rapid dietary changes in transitional countriesBarry M Popkin
Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, University Square, CB 8120, 123 West Franklin Street, Chapel Hill 27516 3997, USA
Public Health Nutr 5:947-53. 2002..To understand methodological concerns related to dietary intake collection in transitional societies... - Who is leading the change?. U.S. dietary quality comparison between 1965 and 1996Barry M Popkin
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516 3997, USA
Am J Prev Med 25:1-8. 2003..The purpose of this study was to explore 30-year trends in diet quality and to examine whether income or education is the key socioeconomic factor linked with these shifts... - Where's the fat? Trends in U.S. diets 1965-1996B M Popkin
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516 3997, USA
Prev Med 32:245-54. 2001..This study examines 30-year trends in food sources of fat intake. It focuses on both total fat and specific fatty acid classes to ascertain if there are trend differences by age, sex, or race/ethnicity... - The nutrition transition and obesity in the developing worldB M Popkin
Department of Nutrition and the Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB 8120 University Square, 123 West Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 3997, USA
J Nutr 131:871S-873S. 2001..A second is the emergence of a large proportion of families with both currently malnourished and overweight members as is shown by comparative analysis of a number of Asian and Latin American countries... - Dynamic shifts in Chinese eating behaviorsZhihong Wang
Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, 123 West Franklin St Chapel Hill, NC 27516 3997, USA
Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 17:123-30. 2008..Future health promotion programs targeting the higher-SES population will exert far-reaching effects on the improvement of health status in this group... - Global changes in diet and activity patterns as drivers of the nutrition transitionBarry M Popkin
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Nestle Nutr Workshop Ser Pediatr Program 63:1-10; discussion 10-4, 259-68. 2009..Large-scale declines in food prices (e.g., beef prices), increased access to supermarkets, and urbanization of urban and rural areas are key underlying factors... - Trends of obesity and underweight in older children and adolescents in the United States, Brazil, China, and RussiaYoufa Wang
Carolina Population Center, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27516-3997, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 75:971-7. 2002..The variations across countries may relate to changes and differences in key environmental factors... - Five-year obesity incidence in the transition period between adolescence and adulthood: the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent HealthPenny Gordon-Larsen
Carolina Population Center, Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Am J Clin Nutr 80:569-75. 2004..This upward trend is likely to continue. Effective preventive and treatment efforts are critically needed... - An overview on the nutrition transition and its health implications: the Bellagio meetingBarry M Popkin
Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27516-3997, USA
Public Health Nutr 5:93-103. 2002 - Are child eating patterns being transformed globally?Linda S Adair
Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, 123 W Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 3997, USA
Obes Res 13:1281-99. 2005..To examine the extent to which child dietary patterns and trends are changing globally... - The world is fatBarry M Popkin
Center for Obesity, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
Sci Am 297:88-95. 2007 - The road to obesity or the path to prevention: motorized transportation and obesity in ChinaA Colin Bell
Department of Nutrition and Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516-3997, USA
Obes Res 10:277-83. 2002..8-kg greater weight gain (p < 0.05) and had 2 to 1 odds of becoming obese. DISCUSSION: Encouraging active forms of transportation may be one way to protect against obesity... - Cluster analysis methods help to clarify the activity-BMI relationship of Chinese youthKeri L Monda
Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, 123 W. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27516-3997, USA
Obes Res 13:1042-51. 2005..Interestingly, no effect of increasing levels of inactivity was observed using either method, indicating that activity seems to be the more important determinant of overweight in this population... - Trends in energy intake in U.S. between 1977 and 1996: similar shifts seen across age groupsSamara Joy Nielsen
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516-3997, USA
Obes Res 10:370-8. 2002..The similarity of changes across all age groups furthers the assertion that broad-based environmental changes are needed to improve the diets of Americans... - Price changes alone are not adequate to produce long-term dietary changeJocilyn E Dellava
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, USA
J Nutr 140:1887-91. 2010..Price changes led to substantial shifts in the structure of food consumption. However, except for the most expensive items, consumption of items returned to levels consumed in the former Soviet Union following price stabilization... - Differential associations of fast food and restaurant food consumption with 3-y change in body mass index: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults StudyKiyah J Duffey
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 3997, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 85:201-8. 2007..Away-from-home food consumption has rapidly increased, though little is known about the independent associations of restaurant food and fast food intake with body mass index (BMI) and BMI change... - The nutrition transition: an overview of world patterns of changeBarry M Popkin
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27516-3997, USA
Nutr Rev 62:S140-3. 2004..The developing world needs to give far greater emphasis to addressing the prevention of the adverse health consequences of this shift to the nutrition transition stage of the degenerative diseases... - Patterns of overweight, inactivity, and snacking in Chinese childrenCarrie E Waller
Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB #8120 University Square, 123 W. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27516-3997, USA
Obes Res 11:957-61. 2003..Modern Western-style television programming and advertising started to come to China after 1997; therefore, extensive changes in television viewing patterns are expected to emerge... - Rapid income growth adversely affects diet quality in China--particularly for the poor!Shufa Du
Department of Nutrition and Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University Square, CB #8120, 123 West Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, USA
Soc Sci Med 59:1505-15. 2004..Extrapolating from our estimates, higher income levels in the future could lead to the reversal of the health improvements achieved in the last two decades, if diet-related noncommunicable diseases cannot be controlled... - Food price and diet and health outcomes: 20 years of the CARDIA StudyKiyah J Duffey
Department of Nutrition, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27516 3997, USA
Arch Intern Med 170:420-6. 2010..Despite surging interest in taxation as a policy to address poor food choice, US research directly examining the association of food prices with individual intake is scarce... - Contrasting socioeconomic profiles related to healthier lifestyles in China and the United StatesSoowon Kim
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, USA
Am J Epidemiol 159:184-91. 2004..Public health programs may benefit by advising each socioeconomic status group separately, while considering the country's level of development... - Consumption of monosodium glutamate in relation to incidence of overweight in Chinese adults: China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS)Ka He
Departments of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 93:1328-36. 2011..It has been hypothesized that monosodium glutamate (MSG), a flavor enhancer, is positively associated with weight gain, which influences energy balance through the disruption of the hypothalamic signaling cascade of leptin action... - The burden of disease from undernutrition and overnutrition in countries undergoing rapid nutrition transition: a view from BrazilCarlos A Monteiro
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of São Paulo and the Center for Epidemiological Studies in Health and Nutrition, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Am J Public Health 94:433-4. 2004..In 1997, Brazilian low-income women were significantly more susceptible than high-income women to both underweight and obesity... - Diet quality and weight gain among black and white young adults: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study (1985-2005)DAISY ZAMORA
Carolina Population Center and Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27516 3997, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 92:784-93. 2010..Little is known about the long-term health consequences of following the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA; Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 2005)... - Shifts in patterns and consumption of beverages between 1965 and 2002Kiyah J Duffey
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, 123 W Franklin St, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 3997, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 15:2739-47. 2007..Our objective was to examine trends and patterns of beverage consumption among U.S. adults... - High-fructose corn syrup: is this what's for dinner?Kiyah J Duffey
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 88:1722S-1732S. 2008..Research on trends in consumption of added sugar and high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) in the United States has largely focused on calorically sweetened beverages and ignored other sources... - Within- and between-person variation in nutrient intakes of Russian and U.S. children differs by sex and ageLisa Jahns
Department of Nutrition and Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, USA
J Nutr 134:3114-20. 2004..Researchers are encouraged to use these estimates to conduct sensitivity analyses of usual intake distributions in their own data when multiple days of data collection are not feasible... - Replacing caloric beverages with water or diet beverages for weight loss in adults: main results of the Choose Healthy Options Consciously Everyday (CHOICE) randomized clinical trialDeborah F Tate
Department of Nutrition, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7440, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 95:555-63. 2012..Replacement of caloric beverages with noncaloric beverages may be a simple strategy for promoting modest weight reduction; however, the effectiveness of this strategy is not known... - The underweight/overweight household: an exploration of household sociodemographic and dietary factors in ChinaColleen Doak
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27516-3997, USA
Public Health Nutr 5:215-21. 2002.... - Ethnic differences in the association between body mass index and hypertensionA Colin Bell
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, and the Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27516-3997, USA
Am J Epidemiol 155:346-53. 2002.... - Trends in food locations and sources among adolescents and young adultsSamara Joy Nielsen
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27516-3997, USA
Prev Med 35:107-13. 2002..CONCLUSIONS: To improve the diets of adolescents and young adults, healthy food choices outside the home need to be as readily available as the foods which have increased in popularity over the past 20 years... - Understanding the role of mediating risk factors and proxy effects in the association between socio-economic status and untreated hypertensionA Colin Bell
Department of Nutrition, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB 8120 University Square, 123 West Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27516-3997, USA
Soc Sci Med 59:275-83. 2004..SES disparities between Whites and Blacks in the US partly explain differences in the prevalence of untreated hypertension between these racial/ethnic groups... - The use of external within-person variance estimates to adjust nutrient intake distributions over time and across populationsLisa Jahns
Department of Nutrition, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
Public Health Nutr 8:69-76. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: In moderately large samples, adjusting distributions with external estimates of variances results in more reliable prevalence estimates than using 1-day data... - Prediction of hypertension by different anthropometric indices in adults: the change in estimate approachNguyen T Tuan
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Public Health Nutr 13:639-46. 2010.... - Regular consumption from fast food establishments relative to other restaurants is differentially associated with metabolic outcomes in young adultsKiyah J Duffey
Department of Nutrition, Schools of Public Health and Medicine, and 4Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27510, USA
J Nutr 139:2113-8. 2009..15 kg (CI, 0.06, 0.24), respectively] and waist circumference [0.08 cm (CI, 0.02, 0.14) and 0.12 cm (CI, 0.04, 0.20), respectively]. Fast food consumption may be an important target for the prevention of adverse metabolic health outcomes... - A cross-national comparison of lifestyle between China and the United States, using a comprehensive cross-national measurement tool of the healthfulness of lifestyles: the Lifestyle IndexSoowon Kim
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina School of Public Health, 123 W. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27516-3997, USA
Prev Med 38:160-71. 2004.... - Drinking caloric beverages increases the risk of adverse cardiometabolic outcomes in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) StudyKiyah J Duffey
Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 3997, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 92:954-9. 2010..Intake of caloric beverages is hypothesized to contribute to adverse health outcomes, but the beverages and populations studied vary considerably... - Overweight exceeds underweight among women in most developing countriesMichelle A Mendez
Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27516-3997, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 81:714-21. 2005..Research is needed to assess male and child overweight to understand the dynamics facing these groups as well... - Understanding community context and adult health changes in China: development of an urbanicity scaleJessica C Jones-Smith
Department of Nutrition and Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University Sq, CB 8120 123 W Franklin St, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 3997, USA
Soc Sci Med 71:1436-46. 2010..We demonstrate that the scale predicts the incidence of overweight/obesity populations in China, but it promises to be most useful for other economic, demographic, social welfare, and health outcomes... - Income-specific trends in obesity in Brazil: 1975-2003Carlos A Monteiro
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Am J Public Health 97:1808-12. 2007..We sought to update income-specific secular trends in obesity in Brazil to assess the hypothesis that the disease burden is shifting toward the poor... - Obesity affects nursing-care facility admission among whites but not blacksClaire A Zizza
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Obes Res 10:816-23. 2002..More research is needed to understand differences in factors related to nursing home admission among ethnic groups... - The relationship of ethnicity, socioeconomic factors, and overweight in US adolescentsPenny Gordon-Larsen
University of North Carolina, Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 3997, USA
Obes Res 11:121-9. 2003..To examine the extent to which race/ethnic differences in income and education account for sex-specific disparities in overweight prevalence in white, African American, Hispanic, and Asian U.S. teens... - Impact of water intake on energy intake and weight status: a systematic reviewMelissa C Daniels
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Nutr Rev 68:505-21. 2010..A need for randomized-controlled trials to confirm this role exists... - Snacking increased among U.S. adults between 1977 and 2006Carmen Piernas
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
J Nutr 140:325-32. 2010..More research is needed to gain a better understanding of the implications for overall energy intake and energy imbalance... - Length of hospital stays among obese individualsClaire Zizza
Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599 7590, USA
Am J Public Health 94:1587-91. 2004..We examined lengths of hospital stay among individuals categorized according to weight status... - The natural history of the development of obesity in a cohort of young U.S. adults between 1981 and 1998Kathleen M McTigue
5034 Old Clinic Building, CB 7105, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7105, USA
Ann Intern Med 136:857-64. 2002..Understanding the natural history of obesity in a population may be a critical step toward developing effective interventions... - Why have physical activity levels declined among Chinese adults? Findings from the 1991-2006 China Health and Nutrition SurveysShu Wen Ng
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7411, USA
Soc Sci Med 68:1305-14. 2009..Intervention strategies to promote physical activity in the workplace, at home, for transit and via exercise should be considered a major health priority in China... - Inequality in the built environment underlies key health disparities in physical activity and obesityPenny Gordon-Larsen
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Carolina Population Center, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 3997, USA
Pediatrics 117:417-24. 2006.... - Fifteen-year longitudinal trends in walking patterns and their impact on weight changePenny Gordon-Larsen
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 3997, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 89:19-26. 2009..Although walking is the most popular leisure-time activity for adults, few long-term, longitudinal studies have examined the association between walking, an affordable and accessible form of physical activity, and weight gain... - Impacts of China's edible oil pricing policy on nutritionShu Wen Ng
Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University Sq, CB 8120 123 W Franklin St, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 3997, USA
Soc Sci Med 66:414-26. 2008.... - Low income Russian families adopt effective behavioral strategies to maintain dietary stability in times of economic crisisAnna R Dore
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 3997, USA
J Nutr 133:3469-75. 2003..01). These data suggest that Russian households were able to conserve the diet structure for children by using what appear to be food-related behavioral mechanisms during periods of economic crisis... - The effect of participation in the WIC program on preschoolers' dietsAnna Maria Siega-Riz
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, and the Carolina Population Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
J Pediatr 144:229-34. 2004..To evaluate nutrient, food intake, and snacking behavior by participation in the WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) program... - The effect of weight change on nursing care facility admission in the NHANES I Epidemiologic Followup SurveyClaire Zizza
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7590, USA
J Clin Epidemiol 56:906-13. 2003..Preventing weight loss may help delay this process of decline. In overweight subjects, preventing weight gain may also be important in delaying this process of decline... - China's transition: the effect of rapid urbanization on adult occupational physical activityKeri L Monda
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University Square, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 3997, USA
Soc Sci Med 64:858-70. 2007.... - Acculturation and overweight-related behaviors among Hispanic immigrants to the US: the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent HealthPenny Gordon-Larsen
Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 123 West Franklin St, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 3997, USA
Soc Sci Med 57:2023-34. 2003..These lifestyle differences between foreign- and US-born Hispanic adolescent immigrants are likely to underlie the striking increase in overweight prevalence between first and subsequent generation of US residence... - Ethnic differences in physical activity and inactivity patterns and overweight statusPenny Gordon-Larsen
Carolina Population Center, Universityof North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 27516 3997, USA
Obes Res 10:141-9. 2002..To examine the relationship between physical activity and inactivity patterns and overweight in U.S. adolescents using baseline and 1-year change in activity and inactivity data... - Estimating body fat from anthropometry and isotopic dilution: a four-country comparisonCara L Eckhardt
Department of Nutrition and Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516 2524, USA
Obes Res 11:1553-62. 2003..BMI is widely recommended as an indicator of overweight. However, whether BMI adequately estimates BF and has the same meaning in different ethnic groups and youths has been questioned... - Longitudinal physical activity and sedentary behavior trends: adolescence to adulthoodPenny Gordon-Larsen
Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516, USA
Am J Prev Med 27:277-83. 2004..There is little national research on longitudinal patterns of physical activity and sedentary behavior in ethnically diverse teens as they transition to adulthood... - Adolescent physical activity and sedentary behavior: patterning and long-term maintenanceMelissa C Nelson
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 3997, USA
Am J Prev Med 28:259-66. 2005..Little is known about physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior patterning or its impact on long-term PA sustainability, particularly during the critical transition from adolescence to adulthood... - Conducting environmental health research in the Arabian Middle East: lessons learned and opportunitiesKarin B Yeatts
Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
Environ Health Perspect 120:632-6. 2012..Although the pace of change is brisk, there is a dearth of environmental health research in this region... - Are the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans Associated With reduced risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiometabolic risk factors? Twenty-year findings from the CARDIA studyDAISY ZAMORA
Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Diabetes Care 34:1183-5. 2011..To examine the prospective association between accordance with the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) and subsequent diabetes incidence and changes in cardiometabolic risk factors... - Objective physical activity of filipino youth stratified for commuting mode to schoolCatrine Tudor-Locke
Department of Exercise and Wellness, Arizona State University, Mesa, AZ 85212, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 35:465-71. 2003.... - Tracking of dietary intake patterns of Chinese from childhood to adolescence over a six-year follow-up periodYoufa Wang
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
J Nutr 132:430-8. 2002..Efforts to promote healthy eating behaviors may be more effective if focused on younger children, and parents should be involved in these efforts... - Why do some overweight children remain overweight, whereas others do not?Youfa Wang
Department of Human Nutrition, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Illinois at Chicago UIC, 1919 W Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Public Health Nutr 6:549-58. 2003..To study the dynamics of childhood overweight and the influence of dietary intake on tracking of overweight... - Is obesity replacing or adding to undernutrition? Evidence from different social classes in BrazilCarlos A Monteiro
Sao Paulo University, Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health and Center for Epidemiological Studies in Health and Nutrition, SP, Brazil
Public Health Nutr 5:105-12. 2002..To describe time trends in under- and overnutrition in different regional and income strata of the child and adult population of Brazil... - A new stage of the nutrition transition in ChinaShufa Du
Institute of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, Beijing, People's Republic of China
Public Health Nutr 5:169-74. 2002..CONCLUSIONS: The long-term trend is a shift towards a high-fat, high-energy-density and low-fibre diet. The Chinese have entered a new stage of the nutrition transition... - Effect of retirement on eating out and weight change: an analysis of gender differencesSukyung Chung
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, 2727 Mariposa St, Suite 100, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 15:1053-60. 2007..The objectives were to understand how the retirement decisions of older Americans influence household food consumption patterns by gender and, in turn, to examine the impact of the change in food consumption on weight...
Research Grants
- Obesity and Metabolic Risk Disparities: Underlying Food Environment FactorsBarry M Popkin; Fiscal Year: 2010..Our overall impact is to identify economic and food environment factors that are associated with health and can be addressed as potential targets for intervention to reduce disparities in obesity and metabolic risk. ..
- An Interdisciplinary Strategy for Obesity (RMI)Barry Popkin; Fiscal Year: 2006..We will apply the knowledge gained from our interdisciplinary research to achieve our long-term goal of developing novel treatment and prevention interventions for obesity. ..
- Physical Environment Dynamics, Inequality and ObesityBarry Popkin; Fiscal Year: 2006..We will also consider issues related to sample selectivity, within race heterogeneity and acculturation. ..
- Monitoring Social Change: Health, Reproduction, AgingBarry Popkin; Fiscal Year: 2007..The instruments include data collection at the community as well as individual and household levels through a monitoring of prices, a wide range of services, and infrastructure. ..
- Young Adult Environmental and Physical Activity DynamicsBarry Popkin; Fiscal Year: 2007..No study heretofore has had large-scale groupings and in-depth environmental measures over time to examine these issues in a dynamic manner. ..
- Monitoring Social Change: Health, Reproduction, AgingBarry M Popkin; Fiscal Year: 2010....
- Monitoring Social Change: Health, Reproduction, AgingBarry Popkin; Fiscal Year: 2009....
- Diet, Activity, Obesity & The Built Environment DynamicsBarry Popkin; Fiscal Year: 2009..A central issue is determining modifiable environment factors that may reduce ethnic and socioeconomic differentials in health status. ..
- UNC Interdisciplinary Obesity Training (IDOT)(RMI)Barry Popkin; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- MONITORING SOCIAL CHANGE: HEALTH, REPRODUCTION, AGINGBarry Popkin; Fiscal Year: 1999....
- CHILD HEALTH EFFECTS OF RAPID SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGEBarry Popkin; Fiscal Year: 2004..Finally, we will compare results across countries to determine whether there is a consistent pattern or structure of relationships across countries at different levels of development. ..
- BEYOND RACE--EXPLAINING INEQUALITY MANIFESTED AS OBESITYBarry Popkin; Fiscal Year: 2003..This work will provide important insights in the relative importance of genetic and environmental determinants of overweight and activity. ..
- MONITORING SOCIAL CHANGE: HEALTH, REPRODUCTION, AGINGBarry Popkin; Fiscal Year: 2002..They include data collection at the community level through a monitoring of prices, a wide range of services, and infrastructure. ..