Browsing by Author "Fung, Teresa"
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Alternate Healthy Eating Index 2010 and risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among US women and men: prospective study
Varraso, Raphaëlle; Chiuve, Stephanie E; Fung, Teresa T; Barr, R Graham; Hu, Frank B; Willett, Walter C; Camargo, Carlos A (BMJ Publishing Group Ltd., 2015)Objective: To investigate the association between the Alternate Healthy Eating Index 2010 (AHEI-2010)—a measure of diet quality—and the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Design: Prospective cohort study. ... -
Child Nutrition: From School Nutrition Policy to Diet Quality
AlJazzaf, Manar (2017-09-20)Overweight and obesity in children continues to be a concern in the US. Many factors play a role in this epidemic including decrease in physical activity, increase in sedentary time, and increase in the consumption of sugar ... -
Diet-Quality Scores and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Men
de Koning, Lawrence; Chiuve, Stephanie Elizabeth; Fung, Teresa Toiyee; Willett, Walter C.; Rimm, Eric B.; Hu, Frank B. (American Diabetes Association, 2011)Objective: To 1) compare associations of diet-quality scores, which were inversely associated with cardiovascular disease, with incident type 2 diabetes and 2) test for differences in absolute-risk reduction across various ... -
Dietary Patterns during Adolescence and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Middle-Aged Women
Malik, Vasanti; Fung, Teresa Toiyee; van Dam, Rob M.; Rimm, Eric B.; Rosner, Bernard Alfred; Hu, Frank B. (American Diabetes Association, 2012)Objective: Whether dietary habits early in life can affect risk of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) in adulthood is unknown. We evaluated the relationship between dietary patterns during adolescence and risk of T2DM in midlife. ... -
Facilitating Change in School Health: A Qualitative Study of Schools’ Experiences Using the School Health Index
Bryn Austin, S; Cohen-Bearak, Adena; Wardle, Kacey; Fung, Teresa Toiyee; Cheung, Lilian Wai-Yin (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2006)Introduction: As school-based efforts increase to address the epidemic of childhood obesity, a priority for health professionals and educators will be to identify effective tools appropriate for use in schools to help guide ... -
Mediterranean diet and telomere length in Nurses’ Health Study: population based cohort study
Crous-Bou, Marta; Fung, Teresa T; Prescott, Jennifer; Julin, Bettina; Du, Mengmeng; Sun, Qi; Rexrode, Kathryn M; Hu, Frank B; De Vivo, Immaculata (BMJ Publishing Group Ltd., 2014)Objective: To examine whether adherence to the Mediterranean diet was associated with longer telomere length, a biomarker of aging. Design: Population based cohort study. Setting: Nurses’ Health Study, an ongoing prospective ... -
Optimal dietary patterns for prevention of chronic disease
Giovannucci, Edward L; Wang, Peilu; Song, Mingyang; Eliassen, A.; Wang, Molin; Fung, Teresa; Clinton, Steven K.; Rimm, Eric; Hu, Frank; Willet, Walter C.; Tabung, Fred; Giovannucci, Edward (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2023-03)Multiple dietary patterns have been associated with different diseases; however, their comparability to improve overall health is yet to be determined. In 205,852 healthcare professionals from three US cohorts followed ... -
Post Diagnosis Diet Quality and Colorectal Cancer Survival in Women
Fung, Teresa T.; Kashambwa, Rutendo; Sato, Kaori; Chiuve, Stephanie E.; Fuchs, Charles S.; Wu, Kana; Giovannucci, Edward; Ogino, Shuji; Hu, Frank B.; Meyerhardt, Jeffrey A. (Public Library of Science, 2014)Background: Dietary factors are known to influence colorectal cancer (CRC) risk, however, their association with CRC survival is unclear. Therefore, we prospectively examined the association between diet quality scores, ...