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Marga C. Ocké is affiliated with the Centre for Health Protection in China and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Their research spans several subfields including Ecology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Physiology, and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

The main topics addressed in Ocké's work involve Nutritional Studies and Diet, Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact, Nutrition, Genetics and Disease, Diet and metabolism studies, as well as Sodium Intake and Health.

Ocké has published numerous papers, among which notable recent works include:

  • Global dietary quality in 185 countries from 1990 to 2018 show wide differences by nation, age, education, and urbanicity (2022, Nature Food)
  • Incident type 2 diabetes attributable to suboptimal diet in 184 countries (2023, Nature Medicine)
  • Sugar-sweetened beverage intakes among adults between 1990 and 2018 in 185 countries (2023, Nature Communications)
  • Prevalence of protein intake below recommended in community-dwelling older adults: a meta-analysis across cohorts from the PROMISS consortium (2020, Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle)
  • Inequalities in education and national income are associated with poorer diet: Pooled analysis of individual participant data across 12 European countries (2020, PLoS ONE)

The scientist's work appears frequently in several publication venues including:

  • Nutrients
  • Nature Food
  • Nature Medicine
  • Proceedings of The Nutrition Society
  • Public Health Nutrition

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Ocké include:

  • Caroline van Rossum
  • Heli Tapanainen
  • Eha Nurk
  • Carla Lopes
  • Mílton Severo

Best Publications

  • Modified Mediterranean diet and survival: EPIC-elderly prospective cohort study

    Antonia Trichopoulou;Philippos Orfanos;Teresa Norat;Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita

  • A critical review of predefined diet quality scores.

    Patricia M. C. M. Waijers;Edith J. M. Feskens;Marga C. Ocké

  • Association between trans fatty acid intake and 10-year risk of coronary heart disease in the Zutphen Elderly Study: a prospective population-based study.

    Claudia M Oomen;Marga C Ocké;Edith Jm Feskens;Marie-Agnes J van Erp-Baart

  • Dietary intake of fatty acids and fish in relation to cognitive performance at middle age.

    S. Kalmijn;M. P.J. van Boxtel;M. Ocké;W. M.M. Verschuren

  • Clustering of lifestyle risk factors in a general adult population.

    A.Jantine Schuit;A.Jeanne M. van Loon;Marja Tijhuis;Marga C. Ocké

  • The Dutch EPIC food frequency questionnaire. I. Description of the questionnaire, and relative validity and reproducibility for food groups.

    M C Ocké;H B Bueno-de-Mesquita;H E Goddijn;A Jansen

  • Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology – nutritional epidemiology (STROBE-nut): An extension of the STROBE statement†

    Carl Lachat;Carl Lachat;Dana Hawwash;Marga C. Ocké;Christina Berg

  • The Dutch EPIC food frequency questionnaire. II. Relative validity and reproducibility for nutrients.

    M C Ocké;H B Bueno-de-Mesquita;M A Pols;H A Smit

  • Standardization of the 24-hour diet recall calibration method used in the european prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition (EPIC): general concepts and preliminary results.

    N Slimani;P Ferrari;M Ocké;A Welch

  • Estimation of reproducibility and relative validity of the questions included in the EPIC Physical Activity Questionnaire.

    M A Pols;P H Peeters;M C Ocké;N Slimani

  • European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) calibration study: rationale, design and population characteristics

    N Slimani;R Kaaks;P Ferrari;C Casagrande

  • Meat intake and risk of stomach and esophageal adenocarcinoma within the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC).

    Carlos A. González;Paula Jakszyn;Guillem Pera;Antonio Agudo

  • Lifetime and baseline alcohol intake and risk of colon and rectal cancers in the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition (EPIC).

    Pietro Ferrari;Mazda Jenab;Teresa Norat;Aurelie Moskal

  • Fruit, vegetables, and colorectal cancer risk: the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition

    Fränzel J.B. Van Duijnhoven;H. Bas Bueno-De-Mesquita;Pietro Ferrari;Mazda Jenab

  • The EPIC nutrient database project (ENDB) : a first attempt to standardize nutrient databases across the 10 European countries participating in the EPIC study.

    N Slimani;G Deharveng;I Unwin;D A T Southgate

  • Structure of the standardized computerized 24-h diet recall interview used as reference method in the 22 centers participating in the EPIC project

    Nadia Slimani;Geneviève Deharveng;Ruth U. Charrondière;Anne Linda van Kappel

  • Demographic and lifestyle characteristics of functional food consumers and dietary supplement users.

    Nynke de Jong;Marga C. Ocké;Hester A. C. Branderhorst;Roland Friele

  • Estimating Usual Food Intake Distributions by Using the Multiple Source Method in the EPIC-Potsdam Calibration Study

    Jennifer Haubrock;Ute Nöthlings;Jean-Luc Volatier;Arnold Dekkers

  • Variability of fish consumption within the 10 European countries participating in the European Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study

    AA Welch;E Lund;P Amiano;M Dorronsoro

  • Evaluation of under- and overreporting of energy intake in the 24-hour diet recalls in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)

    P Ferrari;N Slimani;A Ciampi;A Trichopoulou

Frequent Co-Authors

Nadia Slimani
Nadia Slimani International Agency For Research On Cancer
Elio Riboli
Elio Riboli Imperial College London
Antonia Trichopoulou
Antonia Trichopoulou National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Anne Tjønneland
Anne Tjønneland University of Copenhagen
Kim Overvad
Kim Overvad Aarhus University
Heiner Boeing
Heiner Boeing German Institute of Human Nutrition
Inge Huybrechts
Inge Huybrechts International Agency For Research On Cancer
Petra H.M. Peeters
Petra H.M. Peeters Utrecht University
Françoise Clavel-Chapelon
Françoise Clavel-Chapelon Institut Gustave Roussy
Rosario Tumino
Rosario Tumino Provincial Health Authority of Syracuse

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