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John L. Sievenpiper

John L. Sievenpiper

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Medicine

D-Index
90
Citations
26444
World Ranking
12315
National Ranking
498

Overview

John L. Sievenpiper is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a total of 316 publications. Their research focuses heavily on subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Epidemiology.

The main topics covered in Sievenpiper's work encompass Nutritional Studies and Diet, Diet and Metabolism Studies, Diet, Metabolism, and Disease, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling, and Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease.

Their recent publications include:

  • Obesity in adults: a clinical practice guideline, 2020, Canadian Medical Association Journal
  • 2021 Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines for the Management of Dyslipidemia for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults, 2021, Canadian Journal of Cardiology
  • Effect of low glycaemic index or load dietary patterns on glycaemic control and cardiometabolic risk factors in diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials, 2021, BMJ
  • Evidence-based European recommendations for the dietary management of diabetes, 2023, Diabetologia
  • Relation of Different Fruit and Vegetable Sources With Incident Cardiovascular Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies, 2020, Journal of the American Heart Association

Frequent collaborators in Sievenpiper's research include:

  • Tauseef Khan
  • Cyril W.C. Kendall
  • David J.A. Jenkins
  • Laura Chiavaroli
  • Sonia Blanco Mejía

Sievenpiper's work is published often in venues such as:

  • Current Developments in Nutrition (28 publications)
  • Nutrients (18 publications)
  • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (14 publications)
  • Circulation (8 publications)
  • European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (5 publications)

Best Publications

  • 2016 Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines for the Management of Dyslipidemia for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in the Adult

    Todd J. Anderson;Jean Grégoire;Glen J. Pearson;Arden R. Barry

  • Obesity in adults: a clinical practice guideline

    Sean Wharton;David C.W. Lau;Michael Vallis;Arya M. Sharma

  • Glycemic index, glycemic load and glycemic response: An International Scientific Consensus Summit from the International Carbohydrate Quality Consortium (ICQC)

    L S A Augustin;C W C Kendall;C W C Kendall;C W C Kendall;D J A Jenkins;D J A Jenkins;W C Willett

  • American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L) reduces postprandial glycemia in nondiabetic subjects and subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

    Vladimir Vuksan;John L. Sievenpiper;Vernon Y. Y. Koo;Thomas Francis

  • Effect of Legumes as Part of a Low Glycemic Index Diet on Glycemic Control and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    David J. A. Jenkins;Cyril W. C. Kendall;Livia S. A. Augustin;Sandra Mitchell

  • DASH Dietary Pattern and Cardiometabolic Outcomes: An Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses.

    Laura Chiavaroli;Laura Chiavaroli;Effie Viguiliouk;Effie Viguiliouk;Stephanie K Nishi;Stephanie K Nishi;Sonia Blanco Mejia;Sonia Blanco Mejia

  • Konjac-mannan (glucomannan) improves glycemia and other associated risk factors for coronary heart disease in type 2 diabetes. A randomized controlled metabolic trial

    V. Vuksan;D. J. A. Jenkins;P. Spadafora;J. L. Sievenpiper

  • Effect of Fructose on Body Weight in Controlled Feeding Trials: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    John L Sievenpiper;Russell J de Souza;Arash Mirrahimi;Matthew E Yu

  • Korean red ginseng (Panax ginseng) improves glucose and insulin regulation in well-controlled, type 2 diabetes: results of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of efficacy and safety

    Vladimir Vuksan;Vladimir Vuksan;Mi-Kyung Sung;John L. Sievenpiper;John L. Sievenpiper;P. Mark Stavro;P. Mark Stavro

  • Effect of fructose on markers of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD): a systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled feeding trials

    S S Chiu;J L Sievenpiper;R J de Souza;R J de Souza;R J de Souza;A I Cozma;A I Cozma

  • Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes by Lifestyle Changes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

    Matti Uusitupa;Tauseef A. Khan;Tauseef A. Khan;Effie Viguiliouk;Hana Kahleova

  • Effect of non-oil-seed pulses on glycaemic control: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled experimental trials in people with and without diabetes

    J. L. Sievenpiper;C. W. C. Kendall;C. W. C. Kendall;C. W. C. Kendall;A. Esfahani;A. Esfahani;J. M. W. Wong;J. M. W. Wong

  • Beneficial effects of viscous dietary fiber from Konjac-mannan in subjects with the insulin resistance syndrome: results of a controlled metabolic trial.

    V Vuksan;J L Sievenpiper;R Owen;J A Swilley

  • Effect of Fructose on Glycemic Control in Diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled feeding trials

    Adrian I. Cozma;John L. Sievenpiper;Russell J. de Souza;Laura Chiavaroli

  • The Effects of Fructose Intake on Serum Uric Acid Vary among Controlled Dietary Trials

    D. David Wang;John L. Sievenpiper;John L. Sievenpiper;Russell J. de Souza;Laura Chiavaroli;Laura Chiavaroli

  • Similar postprandial glycemic reductions with escalation of dose and administration time of American ginseng in type 2 diabetes.

    V. Vuksan;M. P. Stavro;J. L. Sievenpiper;U. Beljan-Zdravkovic

  • The effect of oat β-glucan on LDL-cholesterol, non-HDL-cholesterol and apoB for CVD risk reduction: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised-controlled trials.

    Hoang V. T. Ho;John L. Sievenpiper;Andreea Zurbau;Sonia Blanco Mejia

  • Supplementation of Conventional Therapy With the Novel Grain Salba (Salvia hispanica L.) Improves Major and Emerging Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Type 2 Diabetes: Results of a randomized controlled trial

    Vladimir Vuksan;Dana Whitham;John L Sievenpiper;Alexandra L Jenkins

  • Controversies about sugars: results from systematic reviews and meta-analyses on obesity, cardiometabolic disease and diabetes.

    Tauseef A. Khan;Tauseef A. Khan;John L. Sievenpiper;John L. Sievenpiper

  • Konjac-Mannan and American ginsing: emerging alternative therapies for type 2 diabetes mellitus.

    Vladimir Vuksan;John L. Sievenpiper;Zheng Xu;Evelyn Y. Y. Wong

Frequent Co-Authors

Cyril W.C. Kendall
Cyril W.C. Kendall University of Toronto
David J.A. Jenkins
David J.A. Jenkins University of Toronto
Thomas M. S. Wolever
Thomas M. S. Wolever University of Toronto
Joseph Beyene
Joseph Beyene McMaster University
Robert G. Josse
Robert G. Josse University of Toronto
Jordi Salas-Salvadó
Jordi Salas-Salvadó Rovira i Virgili University
Lawrence A. Leiter
Lawrence A. Leiter University of Toronto
Anthony J.G. Hanley
Anthony J.G. Hanley University of Toronto
Richard P. Bazinet
Richard P. Bazinet University of Toronto
John T. Arnason
John T. Arnason University of Ottawa

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