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54344
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4507
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Overview

James R. Hébert is affiliated with the University of South Carolina in the United States and has a research profile characterized by extensive work in the field of medicine, particularly focusing on aspects of nutrition, diet, and public health.

Their scholarly contributions span a variety of interconnected topics including nutritional studies and diet, diet and metabolism studies, obesity, physical activity, diet, nutrition and health in aging, birth, development, and health, consumer attitudes and food labeling, as well as adipokines, inflammation, and metabolic diseases.

James R. Hébert has published research in key scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • Nutrients
  • Frontiers in Nutrition
  • Current Developments in Nutrition
  • European Journal of Nutrition
  • Clinical Nutrition

Their recent papers cover diverse topics within nutrition and health, reflecting a focus on inflammatory potential of diet, metabolic diseases, and cancer. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Early-onset colorectal cancer: initial clues and current views," 2020, Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  • "The dietary inflammatory index, obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular risk factors and diseases," 2021, Obesity Reviews
  • "The Dietary Inflammatory Index and Human Health: An Umbrella Review of Meta-Analyses of Observational Studies," 2021, Advances in Nutrition
  • "Relationship between diet quality scores and the risk of frailty and mortality in adults across a wide age spectrum," 2021, BMC Medicine
  • "Dietary inflammatory potential in relation to the gut microbiome: results from a cross-sectional study," 2020, British Journal Of Nutrition

The scientist collaborates frequently with peers in related fields. Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Nitin Shivappa
  • Michael D. Wirth
  • Daniela B. Friedman
  • Catherine M. Phillips
  • Farhad Vahid

James R. Hébert's work is predominantly situated within the broader field of medicine, with substantial contributions to subfields such as public health, environmental and occupational health, physiology, oncology, epidemiology, and nutrition and dietetics.

Best Publications

  • Designing and developing a literature-derived, population-based dietary inflammatory index

    Nitin Shivappa;Susan E Steck;Thomas G Hurley;James R Hussey

  • The Effect of Social Desirability and Social Approval on Self-Reports of Physical Activity

    Swann Arp Adams;Charles E. Matthews;Cara B. Ebbeling;Charity G. Moore

  • Association between Eating Patterns and Obesity in a Free-living US Adult Population

    Yunsheng Ma;Elizabeth R. Bertone;Edward J. Stanek;George W. Reed

  • Social Desirability Bias in Dietary Self-Report May Compromise the Validity of Dietary Intake Measures

    James R. Hebert;Lynn Clemow;Lori Pbert;Ira S. Ockene

  • A longitudinal study of students' depression at one medical school

    Milagros C. Rosal;Ira S. Ockene;Judith K. Ockene;Susan V. Barrett

  • A population-based dietary inflammatory index predicts levels of C-reactive protein in the Seasonal Variation of Blood Cholesterol Study (SEASONS)

    Nitin Shivappa;Susan E Steck;Thomas G Hurley;James R Hussey

  • Gender differences in social desirability and social approval bias in dietary self-report.

    James R. Hebert;Yunsheng Ma;Lynn Clemow;Ira S. Ockene

  • A New Dietary Inflammatory Index Predicts Interval Changes in Serum High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein

    Philip P. Cavicchia;Susan E. Steck;Thomas G. Hurley;James R. Hussey

  • Nutritional and Socioeconomic Factors in Relation to Prostate Cancer Mortality: a Cross-National Study

    James R. Hebert;Thomas G. Hurley;Barbara C. Olendzki;Jane Teas

  • Associations between dietary inflammatory index and inflammatory markers in the Asklepios Study.

    Nitin Shivappa;James R. Hébert;Ernst R. Rietzschel;Marc L. De Buyzere

  • Moderate to vigorous physical activity and risk of upper-respiratory tract infection.

    Charles E Matthews;Ira S Ockene;Patty S Freedson;Milagros C Rosal

  • Number of 24-hour diet recalls needed to estimate energy intake.

    Yunsheng Ma;Barbara C. Olendzki;Sherry L. Pagoto;Thomas G. Hurley

  • Association between dietary fiber and markers of systemic inflammation in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study

    Yunsheng Ma;James R. Hebert;Wenjun Li;Elizabeth R. Bertone-Johnson

  • Construct validation of the dietary inflammatory index among postmenopausal women

    Fred K. Tabung;Susan E. Steck;Jiajia Zhang;Yunsheng Ma

  • Role of lifestyle and aging on the longitudinal change in cardiorespiratory fitness

    Andrew S. Jackson;Xuemei Sui;James R. Hébert;Timothy S. Church

  • Association of a dietary inflammatory index with inflammatory indices and metabolic syndrome among police officers.

    Michael D. Wirth;James Burch;Nitin Shivappa;John M. Violanti

  • Seasonal variation in serum cholesterol levels: treatment implications and possible mechanisms.

    Ira S. Ockene;David E. Chiriboga;Edward J. Stanek Iii;Morton G. Harmatz

  • Perspective: The Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII)—Lessons Learned, Improvements Made, and Future Directions

    James R Hébert;Nitin Shivappa;Michael D Wirth;James R Hussey

  • Seasonal variation in food intake, physical activity, and body weight in a predominantly overweight population.

    Yunsheng Ma;Barbara C. Olendzki;Wenjun Li;Andrea R. Hafner

  • Brief physician- and nurse practitioner-delivered counseling for high-risk drinkers: does it work

    Judith K. Ockene;Abigail Adams;Thomas G. Hurley;Elizabeth V. Wheeler

Frequent Co-Authors

Nitin Shivappa
Nitin Shivappa University of South Carolina
Steven N. Blair
Steven N. Blair University of South Carolina
Ira S. Ockene
Ira S. Ockene University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Judith K. Ockene
Judith K. Ockene University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Daniela B. Friedman
Daniela B. Friedman University of South Carolina
Charles E. Matthews
Charles E. Matthews National Institutes of Health
Xuemei Sui
Xuemei Sui University of South Carolina
Diego Serraino
Diego Serraino University of Oxford
Karen E. Peterson
Karen E. Peterson University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Carlo La Vecchia
Carlo La Vecchia University of Milan

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