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  • 1988 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

George A. Bray is affiliated with Louisiana State University in the United States. Their work primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with significant contributions in various subfields including Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and Epidemiology.

Their research topics cover a range of areas, with a focus on diet and metabolism studies, nutritional studies and diet, obesity, physical activity and diet, epigenetics and DNA methylation, adipose tissue and metabolism, diet, metabolism and disease, and liver disease diagnosis and treatment.

George A. Bray has published extensively, with frequent appearances in the following venues:

  • Circulation
  • Diabetes Care
  • Diabetes
  • Value in Health
  • Nutrients

Recent publications by George A. Bray include:

  • Beyond BMI, 2023, Nutrients
  • Evidence-based weight loss interventions: Individualized treatment options to maximize patient outcomes, 2020, Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism
  • The biology of human overfeeding: A systematic review, 2020, Obesity Reviews

Other notable recent works related to their research field, authored by close collaborators, include:

  • Effect of Metformin and Lifestyle Interventions on Mortality in the Diabetes Prevention Program and Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study, 2021, Diabetes Care
  • Associations of Perfluoroalkyl substances with blood lipids and Apolipoproteins in lipoprotein subspecies: the POUNDS-lost study, 2020, Environmental Health

Frequent co-authors collaborating with George A. Bray are:

  • Frank M. Sacks
  • Lu Qi (39 publications)
  • Yoriko Heianza (37 publications)
  • Catherine M. Champagne (24 publications)
  • Xiang Li (19 publications)

George A. Bray was awarded the status of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1988 and is also a member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Obesity : Preventing and managing the global epidemic

    D. S. Akram;A. V. Astrup;T. Atinmo;J. L. Boissin

  • A simple efficient liquid scintillator for counting aqueous solutions in a liquid scintillation counter

    George A. Bray

  • A Clinical Trial of the Effects of Dietary Patterns on Blood Pressure

    Lawrence J. Appel;Thomas Burton Moore;Thomas Burton Moore;Eva Obarzanek;William M. Vollmer

  • Effects on Blood Pressure of Reduced Dietary Sodium and the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) Diet

    F M Sacks;L P Svetkey;W M Vollmer;L J Appel

  • Consumption of high-fructose corn syrup in beverages may play a role in the epidemic of obesity.

    George A Bray;Samara Joy Nielsen;Barry M Popkin

  • Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Risk of Metabolic Syndrome and Type 2 Diabetes: A meta-analysis

    Vasanti S. Malik;Barry M. Popkin;George A. Bray;Jean Pierre Després

  • 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

  • Medical Consequences of Obesity

    George A. Bray

  • Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, and Cardiovascular Disease Risk

    Vasanti S. Malik;Barry M. Popkin;George A. Bray;Jean Pierre Després

  • Effect of Weight Loss With Lifestyle Intervention on Risk of Diabetes

    Richard F. Hamman;Rena R. Wing;Sharon L. Edelstein;John M. Lachin

  • Dietary fat intake does affect obesity

    George A. Bray;Barry M. Popkin

  • Hypothalamic and genetic obesity in experimental animals: an autonomic and endocrine hypothesis.

    G A Bray;D A York

  • 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

  • Clinical Implications of Obesity With Specific Focus on Cardiovascular Disease A Statement for Professionals From the American Heart Association Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism: Endorsed by the American College of Cardiology Foundation

    Samuel Klein;Lora E. Burke;George A. Bray;Steven N. Blair

  • Obesity: a chronic relapsing progressive disease process. A position statement of the World Obesity Federation.

    G.A. Bray;K.K. Kim;J.P.H. Wilding

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

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

  • Handbook of obesity

    George A. Bray;Claude Bouchard

  • Management of obesity

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

  • Update on Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Light of Recent Evidence: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association.

    Caroline S. Fox;Sherita Hill Golden;Cheryl Anderson;George A. Bray

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank M. Sacks
Frank M. Sacks Harvard University
Lu Qi
Lu Qi Harvard University
Donna H. Ryan
Donna H. Ryan Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Catherine M. Champagne
Catherine M. Champagne Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Frank L. Greenway
Frank L. Greenway Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Claude Bouchard
Claude Bouchard Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Steven R. Smith
Steven R. Smith Translational Research Institute for Metabolism and Diabetes
Edward S. Horton
Edward S. Horton Harvard Medical School
Donald A. Williamson
Donald A. Williamson Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Karen C. Johnson
Karen C. Johnson University of Tennessee Health Science Center

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