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Helen P. Hazuda is affiliated with The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions in endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, physiology, epidemiology, molecular biology, and pharmacy.

Their work covers several main topics including:

  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
  • Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Obesity and Health Practices
  • Frailty in Older Adults
  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies

Frequent co-authors of Helen P. Hazuda include William C. Knowler, Dana Dabelea, George A. Bray, Ronald Goldberg, and Maria G. Montez.

Publications by Helen P. Hazuda often appear in several key venues such as Diabetes Care, Alzheimer's & Dementia, Obesity, Diabetes, and Innovation in Aging. The largest number of their publications is found in Diabetes Care.

Selected recent papers include:

  • Effect of Metformin and Lifestyle Interventions on Mortality in the Diabetes Prevention Program and Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study, 2021, Diabetes Care
  • Intensive Weight Loss Intervention and Cancer Risk in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes: Analysis of the Look AHEAD Randomized Clinical Trial, 2020, Obesity
  • The Impact of Physical Activity on the Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes: Evidence and Lessons Learned From the Diabetes Prevention Program, a Long-Standing Clinical Trial Incorporating Subjective and Objective Activity Measures, 2020, Diabetes Care
  • Effects of Intensive Lifestyle Intervention on All-Cause Mortality in Older Adults With Type 2 Diabetes and Overweight/Obesity: Results From the Look AHEAD Study, 2022, Diabetes Care
  • Association of Intensive Lifestyle and Metformin Interventions With Frailty in the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study, 2021, The Journals of Gerontology Series A

Best Publications

  • Cardiovascular effects of intensive lifestyle intervention in type 2 diabetes

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

  • Prospective Analysis of The Insulin-Resistance Syndrome (Syndrome X)

    Steven M Haffner;Rodolfo A Valdez;Helen P Hazuda;Braxton D Mitchell

  • Long-term effects of a lifestyle intervention on weight and cardiovascular risk factors in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus: four-year results of the Look AHEAD trial.

    Rena R. Wing;Judy L. Bahnson;George A. Bray;Jeanne M. Clark

  • Cardiovascular risk factors in confirmed prediabetic individuals. Does the clock for coronary heart disease start ticking before the onset of clinical diabetes

    Steven M. Haffner;Michael P. Stern;Helen P. Hazuda;Braxton D. Mitchell

  • Association of the magnitude of weight loss and changes in physical fitness with long-term cardiovascular disease outcomes in overweight or obese people with type 2 diabetes: a post-hoc analysis of the Look AHEAD randomised clinical trial.

    Edward Gregg;John Jakicic;George Blackburn

  • Fueling the obesity epidemic? Artificially sweetened beverage use and long-term weight gain.

    Sharon P G Fowler;Ken Williams;Roy G. Resendez;Kelly J. Hunt

  • Incidence of Type II Diabetes in Mexican Americans Predicted by Fasting Insulin and Glucose Levels, Obesity, and Body-Fat Distribution

    Steven M Haffner;Michael P Stern;Braxton D Mitchell;Helen P Hazuda

  • Functional independence after major abdominal surgery in the elderly.

    Valerie A. Lawrence;Helen P. Hazuda;John E. Cornell;Thomas Pederson

  • Hyperinsulinemia in a Population at High Risk for Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus

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  • EFFECTS OF ACCULTURATION AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS ON OBESITY AND DIABETES IN MEXICAN AMERICANS THE SAN ANTONIO HEART STUDY

    Helen P. Hazuda;Steven M. Haffner;Michael P. Stern;Clayton W. Eifler

  • SEX DIFFERENCE IN THE EFFECTS OF SOCIOCULTURAL STATUS ON DIABETES AND CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS IN MEXICAN AMERICANS THE SAN ANTONIO HEART STUDY

    Michael P. Stern;Marc Rosenthal;Steven M. Haffner;Helen P. Hazuda

  • Rapid rise in the incidence of type 2 diabetes from 1987 to 1996: results from the San Antonio Heart Study.

    James P. Burke;Ken Williams;Sharon P. Gaskill;Helen P. Hazuda

  • Hyperinsulinemia, upper body adiposity, and cardiovascular risk factors in non-diabetics

    Steven M. Haffner;Donald Fong;Helen P. Hazuda;Jacqueline A. Pugh

  • Do upper-body and centralized adiposity measure different aspects of regional body-fat distribution? Relationship to non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, lipids, and lipoproteins

    Steven M Haffner;Michael P Stern;Helen P Hazuda;Jacqueline Pugh

  • Microalbuminuria. Potential marker for increased cardiovascular risk factors in nondiabetic subjects

    S M Haffner;M P Stern;M K Gruber;H P Hazuda

  • A simple language-based acculturation scale for Mexican Americans: validation and application to health care research.

    R. A. Deyo;A. K. Diehl;Helen P Hazuda;M. P. Stern

  • Increased Insulin Concentrations in Nondiabetic Offspring of Diabetic Parents

    Steven M. Haffner;Michael P. Stern;Helen P. Hazuda;Braxton D. Mitchell

  • Effect of a long-term behavioural weight loss intervention on nephropathy in overweight or obese adults with type 2 diabetes: a secondary analysis of the Look AHEAD randomised clinical trial.

    Judy L. Bahnson;W. C. Knowler;J. P. Bantle;A. G. Bertoni

  • A quantitative scale of acanthosis nigricans.

    James P. Burke;Daniel E. Hale;Helen P. Hazuda;Michael P. Stern

  • Clustering of cardiovascular risk factors in confirmed prehypertensive individuals.

    Steven M. Haffner;Eleuterio Ferrannini;Helen P. Hazuda;Michael P. Stern

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael P. Stern
Michael P. Stern The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Steven M. Haffner
Steven M. Haffner The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Braxton D. Mitchell
Braxton D. Mitchell University of Maryland, Baltimore
William C. Knowler
William C. Knowler National Institutes of Health
Edward S. Horton
Edward S. Horton Harvard Medical School
Thomas A. Wadden
Thomas A. Wadden University of Pennsylvania
Anne L. Peters
Anne L. Peters University of Southern California
Karen C. Johnson
Karen C. Johnson University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Robert W. Jeffery
Robert W. Jeffery University of Minnesota
Henry J. Pownall
Henry J. Pownall Houston Methodist

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