May Choo Wang

Summary

Affiliation: University of California
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Socioeconomic influences on bone health in postmenopausal women: findings from NHANES III, 1988-1994
    May Choo Wang
    School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley, 140 Warren Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720 7360, USA
    Osteoporos Int 17:91-8. 2006
  2. ncbi The relative contributions of lean tissue mass and fat mass to bone density in young women
    M C Wang
    School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley, CA 94704, USA
    Bone 37:474-81. 2005
  3. ncbi Socioeconomic and food-related physical characteristics of the neighbourhood environment are associated with body mass index
    May C Wang
    School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
    J Epidemiol Community Health 61:491-8. 2007
  4. ncbi Changes in neighbourhood food store environment, food behaviour and body mass index, 1981--1990
    May C Wang
    School of Public Health and the Center for Weight and Health, University of California at Berkeley, 2180 Dwight Way Unit C, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA
    Public Health Nutr 11:963-70. 2008
  5. ncbi Diet in midpuberty and sedentary activity in prepuberty predict peak bone mass
    May Choo Wang
    Department of Nutritional Sciences and the School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, 94720 7360, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 77:495-503. 2003
  6. ncbi Dietary patterns in adolescence are related to adiposity in young adulthood in black and white females
    Lorrene D Ritchie
    The Center for Weight and Health, College of Natural Resources and School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, and Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
    J Nutr 137:399-406. 2007
  7. ncbi Ethnic differences in bone mass of young women vary with method of assessment
    Krista T Fielding
    Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, CA 94305-5208, USA
    J Clin Densitom 5:229-38. 2002

Detail Information

Publications7

  1. ncbi Socioeconomic influences on bone health in postmenopausal women: findings from NHANES III, 1988-1994
    May Choo Wang
    School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley, 140 Warren Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720 7360, USA
    Osteoporos Int 17:91-8. 2006
    ..We conclude that education and/or income are positively associated with BMD among Black and White postmenopausal women, and that efforts to promote bone health among low-income women are warranted...
  2. ncbi The relative contributions of lean tissue mass and fat mass to bone density in young women
    M C Wang
    School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley, CA 94704, USA
    Bone 37:474-81. 2005
    ..We conclude that in young women, LTM has a greater effect than fat mass on bone density per kg of tissue mass...
  3. ncbi Socioeconomic and food-related physical characteristics of the neighbourhood environment are associated with body mass index
    May C Wang
    School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
    J Epidemiol Community Health 61:491-8. 2007
    ..Design and..
  4. ncbi Changes in neighbourhood food store environment, food behaviour and body mass index, 1981--1990
    May C Wang
    School of Public Health and the Center for Weight and Health, University of California at Berkeley, 2180 Dwight Way Unit C, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA
    Public Health Nutr 11:963-70. 2008
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  5. ncbi Diet in midpuberty and sedentary activity in prepuberty predict peak bone mass
    May Choo Wang
    Department of Nutritional Sciences and the School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, 94720 7360, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 77:495-503. 2003
    ..An average daily calcium intake of 1300 mg is recommended for North American adolescents aged 9-18 y. However, questions remain about these recommendations...
  6. ncbi Dietary patterns in adolescence are related to adiposity in young adulthood in black and white females
    Lorrene D Ritchie
    The Center for Weight and Health, College of Natural Resources and School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, and Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
    J Nutr 137:399-406. 2007
    ..In conclusion, a cumulative pattern of food intake consistent with recommendations for general health appears to help prevent overweight, but this pattern was followed by only a minority of adolescent girls...
  7. ncbi Ethnic differences in bone mass of young women vary with method of assessment
    Krista T Fielding
    Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, CA 94305-5208, USA
    J Clin Densitom 5:229-38. 2002
    ..Most notably, Asians had greater values for SOS than Caucasians and Latinas. Discrepancies in ethnic comparisons and modest correlations suggest that CUS and DXA methods may capture different bone qualities...