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Donna H. Ryan is affiliated with the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a significant emphasis on endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism. Their expertise also extends to physiology, pharmacology, molecular biology, and surgery.

The scientist's work addresses various critical topics within the biomedical field, including:

  • Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Pharmacology and Obesity Treatment
  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
  • Diet and Metabolism Studies
  • Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes
  • Obesity and Health Practices
  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins

Donna H. Ryan has published extensively across several academic journals and continues to contribute to research literature in obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular health. The most frequent venues for their publications include:

  • Obesity
  • Diabetes Care
  • Diabetes
  • New England Journal of Medicine
  • Obesity Pillars

Among the notable papers authored or co-authored by Donna H. Ryan are:

  • "Semaglutide and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Obesity without Diabetes," 2023, New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Joint international consensus statement for ending stigma of obesity," 2020, Nature Medicine
  • "The energy balance model of obesity: beyond calories in, calories out," 2022, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • "Semaglutide Effects on Cardiovascular Outcomes in People With Overweight or Obesity (SELECT) rationale and design," 2020, American Heart Journal
  • "COVID 19 and the Patient with Obesity - The Editors Speak Out," 2020, Obesity

Donna H. Ryan has collaborated frequently with several researchers, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach in their studies. Prominent co-authors include:

  • Steven E. Kahn
  • Ildiko Lingvay
  • George A. Bray
  • Frank L. Greenway
  • Helen P. Hazuda

Best Publications

  • 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 Task Force on Practice Guidelines and The Obesity Society

    Michael D. Jensen;Donna H. Ryan;Caroline M. Apovian;Jamy D. Ard

  • 2013 AHA/ACC/TOS Guideline for the Management of Overweight and Obesity in Adults

    Michael D. Jensen;Donna H. Ryan;Caroline M. Apovian;Jamy D. Ard

  • Comparison of Weight-Loss Diets With Different Compositions of Fat, Protein, and Carbohydrates

    Frank M. Sacks;George A. Bray;Vincent J. Carey;Steven R. Smith

  • Cardiovascular effects of intensive lifestyle intervention in type 2 diabetes

    R. R. Wing;P. Bolin;F. L. Brancati;G. A. Bray

  • Reduction in Weight and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes: One-Year Results of the Look AHEAD Trial

    Mark Espeland;Xavier Pi-Sunyer;George Blackburn;Frederick L. Brancati

  • Pharmacological Management of Obesity: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline

    Caroline M. Apovian;Louis J. Aronne;Daniel H. Bessesen;Marie E. McDonnell

  • Effects of low-dose, controlled-release, phentermine plus topiramate combination on weight and associated comorbidities in overweight and obese adults (CONQUER): a randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial

    Kishore M Gadde;David B Allison;Donna H Ryan;Craig A Peterson

  • Fast-food consumption among US adults and children: Dietary and nutrient intake profile

    Sahasporn Paeratakul;Daphne P. Ferdinand;Catherine M. Champagne;Donna H. Ryan

  • Look AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes): design and methods for a clinical trial of weight loss for the prevention of cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetes.

    Donna H Ryan;Mark A Espeland;Gary D Foster;Steven M Haffner

  • Joint international consensus statement for ending stigma of obesity.

    Francesco Rubino;Francesco Rubino;Rebecca M. Puhl;David E. Cummings;Robert H. Eckel

  • Management of obesity

    George A Bray;Gema Frühbeck;Donna H Ryan;John P H Wilding

  • Two-year sustained weight loss and metabolic benefits with controlled-release phentermine/topiramate in obese and overweight adults (SEQUEL): a randomized, placebo-controlled, phase 3 extension study

    W Timothy Garvey;Donna H Ryan;Michelle Look;Kishore M Gadde

  • The Science of Obesity Management: An Endocrine Society Scientific Statement.

    George A Bray;William E Heisel;Ashkan Afshin;Michael D Jensen

  • Contributions of total body fat, abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue compartments, and visceral adipose tissue to the metabolic complications of obesity.

    Steven R. Smith;Jennifer C. Lovejoy;Frank Greenway;Donna Ryan

  • Effects of Dietary Patterns on Blood Pressure: Subgroup Analysis of the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) Randomized Clinical Trial

    Laura P. Svetkey;Denise Simons-Morton;William M. Vollmer;Lawrence J. Appel

  • Sex, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and BMI in relation to self-perception of overweight

    Sahasporn Paeratakul;Marney A. White;Donald A. Williamson;Donna H. Ryan

  • The relationship of waist circumference and BMI to visceral, subcutaneous, and total body fat: sex and race differences.

    Sarah M. Camhi;George A. Bray;Claude Bouchard;Frank L. Greenway

  • NIH working group report: Innovative research to improve maintenance of weight loss

    Paul S. MacLean;Rena R. Wing;Terry Davidson;Leonard Epstein

  • One-year weight losses in the Look AHEAD study: factors associated with success.

    Thomas A. Wadden;Delia S. West;Rebecca H. Neiberg;Rena R. Wing;Rena R. Wing

  • Weight Loss and Improvement in Comorbidity: Differences at 5%, 10%, 15%, and Over

    Donna H. Ryan;Sarah Ryan Yockey

Frequent Co-Authors

George A. Bray
George A. Bray Louisiana State University
Donald A. Williamson
Donald A. Williamson Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Catherine M. Champagne
Catherine M. Champagne Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Peter T. Katzmarzyk
Peter T. Katzmarzyk Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Frank L. Greenway
Frank L. Greenway Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Eric Ravussin
Eric Ravussin Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Gang Hu
Gang Hu Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Frank M. Sacks
Frank M. Sacks Harvard University
John M. Jakicic
John M. Jakicic University of Pittsburgh
Thomas A. Wadden
Thomas A. Wadden University of Pennsylvania

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