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Australia
2023

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Medicine

D-Index
123
Citations
64007
World Ranking
3314
National Ranking
90

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Australia Leader Award

Overview

David W. Dunstan is affiliated with the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute in Australia. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Medicine, with a significant focus on Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

The scientist's work addresses multiple key topics, including:

  • Physical Activity and Health
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
  • Urban Transport and Accessibility
  • Workplace Health and Well-being
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Health and Lifestyle Studies

David W. Dunstan has published extensively in various scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • JMIR Research Protocols
  • Research Square

Their research output features collaborations with several frequent co-authors such as Neville Owen, Geneviève N. Healy, Robin M. Daly, Paddy C. Dempsey, and Christian J. Brakenridge.

Among recent papers authored by David W. Dunstan are:

  • Sit less and move more for cardiovascular health: emerging insights and opportunities, 2021, Nature Reviews Cardiology

Other relevant works from the surrounding research community include:

  • Active Aging and Public Health: Evidence, Implications, and Opportunities, 2021, Annual Review of Public Health
  • Physiology of sedentary behavior, 2023, Physiological Reviews
  • Sedentary Behavior and Public Health: Integrating the Evidence and Identifying Potential Solutions, 2020, Annual Review of Public Health
  • Combating physical inactivity during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020, Nature Reviews Rheumatology

David W. Dunstan's scholarly contributions span several areas of study related to health behaviors, sedentary lifestyle impacts, and cardiovascular risk factors, contextualized within public health frameworks.

Best Publications

  • Too Much Sitting: The Population Health Science of Sedentary Behavior

    Neville Owen;Geneviève N. Healy;Charles E. Matthews;David W. Dunstan

  • Physical Activity/Exercise and Diabetes: A Position Statement of the American Diabetes Association

    Sheri R. Colberg;Ronald J. Sigal;Jane E. Yardley;Michael C. Riddell

  • Breaks in Sedentary Time: Beneficial associations with metabolic risk

    Genevieve N. Healy;David W. Dunstan;Jo Salmon;Ester Cerin

  • Sedentary behaviors and subsequent health outcomes in adults : A systematic review of longitudinal studies, 1996-2011

    Alicia Ann Thorp;Neville Owen;Neville Owen;Maike Neuhaus;David W. Dunstan

  • Letter to the Editor: Standardized use of the terms "sedentary" and "sedentary behaviours"

    Joel Barnes;Timothy K. Behrens;Mark E. Benden;Stuart Biddle

  • Sedentary time and cardio-metabolic biomarkers in US adults: NHANES 2003–06

    Genevieve N. Healy;Charles E. Matthews;David W. Dunstan;David W. Dunstan;Elisabeth A.H. Winkler

  • Breaking Up Prolonged Sitting Reduces Postprandial Glucose and Insulin Responses

    David W Dunstan;Bronwyn A Kingwell;Robyn Larsen;Genevive N Healy;Genevive N Healy

  • Objectively Measured Sedentary Time, Physical Activity, and Metabolic Risk: The Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study (AusDiab)

    Genevieve N. Healy;Katrien Wijndaele;David W. Dunstan;Jonathan E. Shaw

  • The Rising Prevalence of Diabetes and Impaired Glucose Tolerance: The Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study

    David W Dunstan;Paul Z Zimmet;Timothy A Welborn;Maximilian Pangratius J De Courten

  • Too Little Exercise and Too Much Sitting: Inactivity Physiology and the Need for New Recommendations on Sedentary Behavior.

    Marc T. Hamilton;Genevieve N. Healy;David W. Dunstan;Theodore W. Zderic

  • High-intensity resistance training improves glycemic control in older patients with type 2 diabetes.

    David W Dunstan;Robin M Daly;Neville Owen;Damien John Jolley

  • Prevalence of Kidney Damage in Australian Adults: The AusDiab Kidney Study

    Stephen J Chadban;Esther Mary Briganti;Peter Kerr;David W Dunstan

  • Television Viewing Time and Mortality The Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study (AusDiab)

    David Dunstan;Elizabeth Barr;Genevieve Healy;Jo Salmon;Jo Salmon

  • Sedentary Behavior: Emerging Evidence for a New Health Risk

    Neville Owen;Phillip B. Sparling;Geneviève N. Healy;Geneviève N. Healy;David W. Dunstan

  • Overweight and obesity in Australia : the 1999-2000 Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study (AusDiab)

    Adrian J Cameron;Timothy A Welborn;Paul Z Zimmet;David W Dunstan

  • Risk of Cardiovascular and All-Cause Mortality in Individuals With Diabetes Mellitus, Impaired Fasting Glucose, and Impaired Glucose Tolerance The Australian Diabetes, Obesity, and Lifestyle Study (AusDiab)

    Elizabeth L M Barr;Paul Z Zimmet;T Welborn;Damien John Jolley

  • Waist circumference, waist-hip ratio and body mass index and their correlation with cardiovascular disease risk factors in Australian adults.

    Marita Dalton;Adrian J Cameron;Paul Z Zimmet;Jonathan Edward Shaw

  • Too much sitting--a health hazard.

    David W. Dunstan;Bethany Howard;Genevieve N. Healy;Genevieve N. Healy;Neville Owen;Neville Owen;Neville Owen

  • Objectively measured light- intensity physical activity is independently associated with 2-h plasma glucose

    Genevieve N. Healy;David W. Dunstan;Jo Salmon;Ester Cerin

  • Occupational sitting and health risks: a systematic review

    Jannique G. Z. van Uffelen;Jason Wong;Josephine Y. Chau;Hidde P. van der Ploeg

Frequent Co-Authors

Neville Owen
Neville Owen Swinburne University of Technology
Genevieve N. Healy
Genevieve N. Healy University of Queensland
Jonathan E. Shaw
Jonathan E. Shaw Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
Jo Salmon
Jo Salmon Deakin University
Bronwyn A. Kingwell
Bronwyn A. Kingwell Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
Paul Zimmet
Paul Zimmet Monash University
Ester Cerin
Ester Cerin Australian Catholic University
Takemi Sugiyama
Takemi Sugiyama Swinburne University of Technology
Dianna J. Magliano
Dianna J. Magliano Monash University
Anthony D. LaMontagne
Anthony D. LaMontagne Deakin University

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