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Sample size and repeated measures required in studies of foods in the homes of African-American familiesJune Stevens
Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
J Nutr 142:1123-7. 2012..Macronutrient characteristics of household foods appeared relatively stable over a 6-mo period and only 1 or 2 repeated measures of households may be sufficient for an efficient study design...- Body mass index at age 25 and all-cause mortality in whites and African Americans: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities studyJune Stevens
Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
J Adolesc Health 50:221-7. 2012..To our knowledge, no such study has been conducted in African-American samples... - Validity of self-reported leisure-time sedentary behavior in adolescentsOlivia Affuso
Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1530 Third Ave, South, RPHB 220E, Birmingham, AL 35294 0022, USA
J Negat Results Biomed 10:2. 2011..Criterion measure of sedentary behavior was via accelerometry over three days using a cut point of < 50 counts · 30 sec⁻¹ epoch. Comparisons between sedentary behavior by the two instruments were made... - Reliability and validity of the Healthy Home Survey: a tool to measure factors within homes hypothesized to relate to overweight in childrenMaria J Bryant
Clinical Research Unit, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9NG, UK
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 5:23. 2008..The Healthy Home Survey was designed to assess characteristics of the home environment that are hypothesized to influence healthy weight behaviors in children including diet and physical activity... - Television, physical activity, diet, and body weight status: the ARIC cohortAnne Marie Meyer
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 5:68. 2008..Television (TV) watching is the most common leisure activity in the United States. Few studies of adults have described the relationship between TV and health behaviors such as physical activity, diet, and body weight status... - Integrating a family-focused approach into child obesity prevention: rationale and design for the My Parenting SOS study randomized control trialDianne S Ward
Department of Nutrition in the Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
BMC Public Health 11:431. 2011..Research is needed to explore intervention strategies that engage families with young children and motivate parents to adopt behaviors that will foster healthy weight development... 
Associations between gender, age and waist circumferenceJ Stevens
Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Eur J Clin Nutr 64:6-15. 2010..Although WC increases with age, so does the risk of many chronic diseases. An evaluation of the need for age-specific waist cut-points in adults would need to consider disease risk...
Physical activity as a predictor of body composition in American Indian childrenJune Stevens
Department of Nutrition and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, CB 7461, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7461, USA
Obes Res 12:1974-80. 2004..To examine physical activity in second grade American Indian children as a predictor of percentage body fat 3 years later...- Advances and controversies in the design of obesity prevention trialsJune Stevens
Department of Nutrition, CB 7461, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 15:2163-70. 2007..Attention to design issues will ultimately lead to more successful, cost-effective randomized trials, and more rapid movement toward efficacious and effective obesity prevention programs... - Design of the Trial of Activity in Adolescent Girls (TAAG)June Stevens
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Contemp Clin Trials 26:223-33. 2005..The TAAG study addresses an important health behavior, and also advances the field of group-randomized trials through the use of a study design and analysis plan tailored to serve the main study hypothesis... - The definition of weight maintenanceJ Stevens
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
Int J Obes (Lond) 30:391-9. 2006..Taking all these factors into consideration, the authors recommend that long-term weight maintenance in adults be defined as a weight change of <3% of body weight... - Commentary: obesity claims and controversiesJune Stevens
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Int J Epidemiol 35:77-8; discussion 81-2. 2006 - Fitness and fatness as predictors of mortality from all causes and from cardiovascular disease in men and women in the lipid research clinics studyJune Stevens
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599, USA
Am J Epidemiol 156:832-41. 2002..The authors conclude that both fitness and fatness are risk factors for mortality, and that being fit does not completely reverse the increased risk associated with excess adiposity... - Objectively assessed associations between physical activity and body composition in middle-school girls: the Trial of Activity for Adolescent GirlsJune Stevens
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Am J Epidemiol 166:1298-305. 2007..More population-based research using objective physical activity and body composition measurements is needed to make evidence-based physical activity recommendations for US youth... - Impact of body mass index on incident hypertension and diabetes in Chinese Asians, American Whites, and American Blacks: the People's Republic of China Study and the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities StudyJune Stevens
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Am J Epidemiol 167:1365-74. 2008..05) but similar between Chinese Asians and American Blacks. Given the ethnic differences in associations, the results support advocacy of public health and medical actions toward obesity prevention and treatment in China... - Selection of measures in epidemiologic studies of the consequences of obesityJ Stevens
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7461, USA
Int J Obes (Lond) 32:S60-6. 2008..Finally, public health messages to the public must be simple to be effective. Therefore, investigators may need to consider the ease of translation of results to the public when choosing a measure... - Exhaustive measurement of food items in the home using a universal product code scannerJune Stevens
Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, CB 7461, NC 27599 7461, USA
Public Health Nutr 14:314-8. 2011..We aimed to develop, test and describe the Exhaustive Home Food Inventory (EHFI), which measures foods in the home using scanning of the universal product code (UPC) and EHFI software to link codes to food identities and energy values... - Prevention of excess gainJ Stevens
Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Int J Obes (Lond) 33:1207-10. 2009..Prevention of excess gain communicates an easily understood public health message that is applicable to all individuals regardless of weight status... - Associations of fitness and fatness with mortality in Russian and American men in the lipids research clinics studyJ Stevens
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 28:1463-70. 2004..To examine the relative size of the effects of fitness and fatness on mortality in Russian men, and to make comparison to US men... - Weight-related attitudes and behaviors in fourth grade American Indian childrenJ Stevens
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599 7400, USA
Obes Res 7:34-42. 1999..This study assessed weight concerns, body size perceptions, weight reduction attempts, and weight loss methods in fourth grade American Indian children... - Impact of body mass index on changes in common carotid artery wall thicknessJune Stevens
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
Obes Res 10:1000-7. 2002..To examine associations between changes in body mass index (BMI) and changes in carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT) in a community-based sample... - Dietary fiber intake and glycemic index and incidence of diabetes in African-American and white adults: the ARIC studyJune Stevens
Departments of Nutrition and Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7461, USA
Diabetes Care 25:1715-21. 2002..To determine the association of dietary fiber and glycemic index with incident type 2 diabetes in African-Americans and whites... - The effect of decision rules on the choice of a body mass index cutoff for obesity: examples from African American and white womenJune Stevens
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27514, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 75:986-92. 2002..Ethnic differences in the relation of body mass index (BMI; in kg/m2) to morbidity and mortality have led investigators to question whether a single cutoff for obesity should be applied to all ethnic groups... - Sensitivity and specificity of anthropometrics for the prediction of diabetes in a biracial cohortJ Stevens
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
Obes Res 9:696-705. 2001..To evaluate the ability of body mass index, waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, and combinations of these variables to discriminate individuals who will develop diabetes in adulthood... - Ethnic-specific cutpoints for obesity vs country-specific guidelines for actionJ Stevens
Departments of Nutrition and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7461, USA
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 27:287-8. 2003 - Epidemiology and consequences of obesityJune Stevens
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27514, USA
J Gastrointest Surg 7:438-42. 2003 - Development of a questionnaire to assess knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors in American Indian childrenJ Stevens
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27514, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 69:773S-781S. 1999..The process described here serves as one model for the development of a culturally appropriate tool to assess knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors in American Indian children... - Changes in body mass index prior to baseline among participants who are ill or who die during the early years of follow-upJ Stevens
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7400, USA
Am J Epidemiol 153:946-53. 2001..29; 95% ci: 1.01, 1.67)... - Ethnic-specific revisions of body mass index cutoffs to define overweight and obesity in Asians are not warrantedJ Stevens
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 27:1297-9. 2003..It seems prudent to separate the scientific construct of obesity from the politically linked, nationally specific BMI cutpoint used to trigger public health or clinical action... - The impact of the Pathways intervention on psychosocial variables related to diet and physical activity in American Indian schoolchildrenJune Stevens
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7400, USA
Prev Med 37:S70-9. 2003..The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of the Pathways intervention on pychosocial variables related to physical activity and diet in American Indian children... - Anthropometric measures, body composition, body fat distribution, and knee osteoarthritis in womenLauren M Abbate
Thurston Arthritis Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7280, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 14:1274-81. 2006.... - Dairy, fruit, and vegetable intakes and functional limitations and disability in a biracial cohort: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities StudyDenise K Houston
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 81:515-22. 2005..05]. CONCLUSIONS: Dairy, fruit, and vegetable intakes may be inversely associated with functional limitations and disability. Further research is needed to ascertain the effect of diet on subsequent functional limitations and disability... - The female-male disparity in obesity prevalence among black American young adults: contributions of sociodemographic characteristics of the childhood familyWhitney R Robinson
Department of Epidemiology and the Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 89:1204-12. 2009..In the United States, black women are at much greater risk of obesity than are black men. Little is known about the factors underlying this disparity... - Race- and sex-specific associations of obesity measures with ischemic stroke incidence in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) studyHiroshi Yatsuya
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South 2nd Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, Minn 55454, USA
Stroke 41:417-25. 2010..Studies have suggested differences in the association between obesity and ischemic stroke in black versus white populations. In this study, we explored ischemic stroke risk in relation to a variety of obesity measures by sex and race... - 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.... - 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... - Dietary patterns, food groups, and rectal cancer risk in Whites and African-AmericansChristina Dawn Williams
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 18:1552-61. 2009..We examined the relationship between food groups and dietary patterns and risk for rectal cancer in non-Hispanic Whites and African-Americans... - Associations of obesity measures with subtypes of ischemic stroke in the ARIC StudyHiroshi Yatsuya
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
J Epidemiol 20:347-54. 2010..Associations between obesity and lacunar, nonlacunar thrombotic, and cardioembolic stroke are not firmly established... - The effect of cardiorespiratory fitness and obesity on cancer mortality in women and menKelly R Evenson
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 35:270-7. 2003..The purpose of this study was to determine the independent and combined effects of cardiorespiratory fitness and obesity on all-cause cancer mortality for women and men... - Tracking of physical activity and inactivity in middle school girlsChris D Baggett
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 40:1916-22. 2008..The purpose of this study was to describe and compare the levels of tracking of physical activity and inactivity as assessed by self-report and accelerometry in middle school girls during a 2-yr period... - Antioxidant and DNA methylation-related nutrients and risk of distal colorectal cancerChristina Dawn Williams
Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, McGavran Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Cancer Causes Control 21:1171-81. 2010.... - The effect of a physical activity intervention on bias in self-reported activityDaniel R Taber
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Ann Epidemiol 19:316-22. 2009..Data collected from a multi-site randomized trial were examined to determine if adolescent girls who received a physical activity intervention over-reported their activity more than girls who received no intervention... - Associations of red meat, fat, and protein intake with distal colorectal cancer riskChristina Dawn Williams
Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 135 Dauer Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Nutr Cancer 62:701-9. 2010..77). Red meat consumption in Whites was associated with a marginally significant risk reduction (Q4 OR = 0.66, 95% CI = 0.43-1.00). Our results do not support the hypotheses that fat, protein, and red meat increase the risk of distal CRC... - Obesity in American-Indian children: prevalence, consequences, and preventionMary Story
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Prev Med 37:S3-12. 2003.... - Effect of 3-year weight history on blood pressure: the atherosclerosis risk in communities studyKimberly P Truesdale
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:1112-9. 2008..Effects of 3-year weight change history appear to be stronger and more consistent in men than in women, and generally similar regardless of current weight status... - Measurement of food availability in the homeMaria Bryant
Department of Nutrition and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, CB 7461, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7461, USA
Nutr Rev 64:67-76. 2006..Two checklists, validated using observation, showed high sensitivity and specificity (87% or above). We provide recommendations to develop and validate population-specific tools that measure home food availability... - Body mass index and mortality in asian populations: implications for obesity cut-pointsJune Stevens
Department of Nutrition, CB 7461, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Nutr Rev 61:104-7. 2003..A recent study examined the association between BMI and mortality in a population-based cohort of Japanese men and women. These and other results did not indicate a need for lower cut-points in Asians... - The effect of weight history on glucose and lipids: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities StudyKimberly P Truesdale
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Am J Epidemiol 161:1133-43. 2005..These findings suggest that, in addition to current weight, weight history may impact glucose and lipid levels... - Obesity before age 30 years and risk of advanced prostate cancerWhitney R Robinson
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7435, USA
Am J Epidemiol 161:1107-14. 2005.... - 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... - 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... - Effect of cardiorespiratory fitness on mortality among hypertensive and normotensive women and menKelly R Evenson
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
Epidemiology 15:565-72. 2004..The objective of this study was to examine the effect of fitness on all-cause and CVD mortality among hypertensive and normotensive women and men... - Bariatric surgeries in north Carolina, 1990 to 2001: a gender comparisonClaire A Zizza
Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, CB 7590, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7590, USA
Obes Res 11:1519-25. 2003..The purpose of this research was to determine the number of bariatric procedures in obese men and women in a well-defined population and to examine gender differences among bariatric patients... - Associations of aging and birth cohort with body mass index in a biethnic cohort- Juhaeri
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Obes Res 11:426-33. 2003..To examine associations of aging and birth cohort with body mass index (BMI) in a biethnic cohort... - Associations of weight loss and changes in fat distribution with the remission of hypertension in a bi-ethnic cohort: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study- Juhaeri
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, CB 7400 McGavran Greenberg Hall, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, 27599 740, USA
Prev Med 36:330-9. 2003..To examine associations of weight loss and changes in fat distribution with changes in blood pressure and the remission of hypertension in a community-based sample... - General and abdominal obesity and survival among young women with breast cancerPage E Abrahamson
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15:1871-7. 2006..22; 95% CI, 1.45-3.40). This study provides evidence that breast cancer survival is reduced among younger women with general or abdominal obesity... - 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.... - Do the obese know they are obese?Kimberly P Truesdale
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
N C Med J 69:188-94. 2008..To determine whether adults accurately perceived their weight status category and could report how much they would need to weigh in order to be classified as underweight, normal weight, overweight, or obese... - Nine-year changes in cardiovascular disease risk factors with weight maintenance in the atherosclerosis risk in communities cohortKimberly P Truesdale
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Am J Epidemiol 165:890-900. 2007..These patterns were similar across weight status groups regardless of medication usage... - Associations of abdominal fat with perceived racism and passive emotional responses to racism in African American womenAnissa I Vines
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, USA
Am J Public Health 97:526-30. 2007..Passive emotional responses to perceived racism, hypothesized to have particularly adverse effects, were also examined... - Social correlates of the chronic stress of perceived racism among Black womenAnissa I Vines
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Ethn Dis 16:101-7. 2006..This study describes the perceptions of racism, passive and active responses to this psychosocial stressor, and it examines socioeconomic correlates of perceived racism in an economically diverse population of Black women... - School-level intraclass correlation for physical activity in sixth grade girlsDavid M Murray
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, 43210, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 38:926-36. 2006..We report the school-level intraclass correlation (ICC) for MVPA from the TAAG baseline survey of sixth grade girls and describe the relationship between the schedule of data collection and the ICC... - Role of weight history on functional limitations and disability in late adulthood: the ARIC studyDenise K Houston
Department of Nutrition, CB #7461, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Obes Res 13:1793-802. 2005..DISCUSSION: Maintenance of a healthy body weight throughout adulthood may play a role in preventing or delaying the onset of functional limitations and disability, resulting in increased quality of life and decreased health care costs... - Dietary intake and the development of the metabolic syndrome: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities studyPamela L Lutsey
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, Minneapolis, USA
Circulation 117:754-61. 2008.... - Dietary fiber and risk of coronary heart disease: a pooled analysis of cohort studiesMark A Pereira
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN55454, USA
Arch Intern Med 164:370-6. 2004..The purpose of this study was to conduct a pooled analysis of dietary fiber and its subtypes and risk of coronary heart disease... - Associations of toenail selenium levels with inflammatory biomarkers of fibrinogen, high-sensitivity c-reactive protein, and interleukin-6: The CARDIA Trace Element StudyPengcheng Xun
Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health and School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
Am J Epidemiol 171:793-800. 2010..Gender, race/ethnicity, smoking status, and selenium supplementation did not appreciably modify these results. This study found no associations between toenail selenium and inflammation as measured by fibrinogen, hs-CRP, and IL-6...
Research Grants
- Obesity, diet and functional health in African-AmericansJune Stevens; Fiscal Year: 2004..behavioral research on aging" and "... epidemiological research on the aging process and on the determinants of health and mortality in older populations .... " ..
- Obesity in early and middle adulthood and retirementJune Stevens; Fiscal Year: 2004..support researchers interested in undertaking secondary data analyses of data related to ... behavioral research on aging" and "... determinants of retirement .... " ..
- Weight Loss and CVD Risk FactorsJune Stevens; Fiscal Year: 2005..abstract_text> ..
- TRIAL OF ACTIVITY FOR ADOLESCENT GIRLS (TAAG)June Stevens; Fiscal Year: 2006..abstract_text> ..
- Development of a tool to measure food availability in the homeJune Stevens; Fiscal Year: 2007..By accurately measuring what foods are in the home, we can learn how food availability influences diet. ..