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Frank B. Hu

Harvard School of Public Health
Verified email at channing.harvard.edu
Cited by 494097

Global aetiology and epidemiology of type 2 diabetes mellitus and its complications

Y Zheng, SH Ley, FB Hu - Nature reviews endocrinology, 2018 - nature.com
Globally, the number of people with diabetes mellitus has quadrupled in the past three decades,
and diabetes mellitus is the ninth major cause of death. About 1 in 11 adults worldwide …

Dietary pattern analysis: a new direction in nutritional epidemiology

FB Hu - Current opinion in lipidology, 2002 - journals.lww.com
Recently, dietary pattern analysis has emerged as an alternative and complementary approach
to examining the relationship between diet and the risk of chronic diseases. Instead of …

[HTML][HTML] Intake of sugar-sweetened beverages and weight gain: a systematic review

VS Malik, MB Schulze, FB Hu - The American journal of clinical nutrition, 2006 - Elsevier
Consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), particularly carbonated soft drinks,
may be a key contributor to the epidemic of overweight and obesity, by virtue of these …

2013 AHA/ACC/TOS guideline for the management of overweight and obesity in adults: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association …

…, JD Ard, AG Comuzzie, KA Donato, FB Hu… - Circulation, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
Preamble and Transition to ACC/AHA Guidelines to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk the goals
of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American heart Association (AhA) are …

[HTML][HTML] Diet, lifestyle, and the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in women

FB Hu, JAE Manson, MJ Stampfer… - New England journal …, 2001 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Previous studies have examined individual dietary and lifestyle factors in relation
to type 2 diabetes, but the combined effects of these factors are largely unknown. Methods …

Sugar-sweetened beverages and risk of metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes: a meta-analysis

…, GA Bray, JP Després, WC Willett, FB Hu - Diabetes …, 2010 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE Consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), which include soft drinks,
fruit drinks, iced tea, and energy and vitamin water drinks has risen across the globe. …

The epidemiology of obesity: a big picture

A Hruby, FB Hu - Pharmacoeconomics, 2015 - Springer
The epidemic of overweight and obesity presents a major challenge to chronic disease
prevention and health across the life course around the world. Fueled by economic growth, …

Meta-analysis of genome-wide association data and large-scale replication identifies additional susceptibility loci for type 2 diabetes

…, T Illig, K Hveem, FB Hu… - Nature …, 2008 - nature.com
Genome-wide association (GWA) studies have identified multiple loci at which common variants
modestly but reproducibly influence risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D) 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , …

[HTML][HTML] Changes in diet and lifestyle and long-term weight gain in women and men

…, T Hao, EB Rimm, WC Willett, FB Hu - New England journal …, 2011 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Specific dietary and other lifestyle behaviors may affect the success of the
straightforward-sounding strategy “eat less and exercise more” for preventing long-term weight …

The role of vitamin D and calcium in type 2 diabetes. A systematic review and meta-analysis

AG Pittas, J Lau, FB Hu… - The Journal of Clinical …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Context: Altered vitamin D and calcium homeostasis may play a role in the development of
type 2 diabetes mellitus (type 2 DM). Evidence Acquisition and Analyses: MEDLINE review …