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Paul F. Jacques is affiliated with Tufts University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine with a focus on nutritional studies and diet. Their research encompasses multiple subfields including public health, environmental and occupational health, physiology, ecology, genetics, and rheumatology.

The main topics within their work include nutritional studies and diet, diet and metabolism studies, nutrition and health in aging, obesity, physical activity, diet, folate and B vitamins research, consumer attitudes and food labeling, as well as animal ecology and behavior studies.

Paul F. Jacques has published research articles in several prominent venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Current Developments in Nutrition
  • Journal of Nutrition
  • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • New Zealand Journal of Ecology
  • UNC Libraries

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Paul F. Jacques include:

  • Knowledge gaps in understanding the metabolic and clinical effects of excess folates/folic acid: a summary, and perspectives, from an NIH workshop (2020, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)
  • Long-term dietary flavonoid intake and risk of Alzheimer disease and related dementias in the Framingham Offspring Cohort (2020, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)
  • Dose-Response Relation between Tea Consumption and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and All-Cause Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Population-Based Studies (2020, Advances in Nutrition)
  • Healthy Aging-Nutrition Matters: Start Early and Screen Often (2021, Advances in Nutrition)
  • Food Compass is a nutrient profiling system using expanded characteristics for assessing healthfulness of foods (2021, Nature Food)

Collaborations have been a significant aspect of their research output, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Gail Rogers
  • Nicola M. McKeown
  • Jacob Selhub
  • Ramachandran S. Vasan
  • Douglas P. Kiel

Best Publications

  • Plasma Homocysteine as a Risk Factor for Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease

    Sudha Seshadri;Alexa Beiser;Jacob Selhub;Paul F Jacques

  • Vitamin D Deficiency and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

    Thomas J. Wang;Michael J. Pencina;Sarah L. Booth;Paul F. Jacques

  • Long-term morbidity and mortality of overweight adolescents. A follow-up of the Harvard Growth Study of 1922 to 1935.

    Aviva Must;Paul F. Jacques;Gerard E. Dallal;Carl J. Bajema

  • Metabolite profiles and the risk of developing diabetes

    Thomas J Wang;Martin G Larson;Martin G Larson;Ramachandran S Vasan;Ramachandran S Vasan;Susan Cheng;Susan Cheng;Susan Cheng

  • Vitamin Status and Intake as Primary Determinants of Homocysteinemia in an Elderly Population

    Jacob Selhub;Paul F. Jacques;Peter W. F. Wilson;David Rush

  • Homocysteine and risk of ischemic heart disease and stroke: A meta-analysis

    R. Clarke;R. Collins;S. Lewington;A. Donald

  • Common genetic determinants of vitamin D insufficiency: a genome-wide association study

    Thomas J. Wang;Feng Zhang;J. Brent Richards;Bryan Kestenbaum

  • Relation Between Folate Status, a Common Mutation in Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase, and Plasma Homocysteine Concentrations

    P. F. Jacques;A. G. Bostom;R. R. Williams;R. C. Ellison

  • Association between Plasma Homocysteine Concentrations and Extracranial Carotid-Artery Stenosis

    Jacob Selhub;Paul F. Jacques;Andrew G. Bostom;Ralph B. D'Agostino

  • Multiple Biomarkers for the Prediction of First Major Cardiovascular Events and Death

    Thomas J. Wang;Philimon Gona;Philimon Gona;Martin G. Larson;Martin G. Larson;Geoffrey H. Tofler

  • The Effect of Folic Acid Fortification on Plasma Folate and Total Homocysteine Concentrations

    Paul F. Jacques;Jacob Selhub;Andrew G. Bostom;Peter W.F. Wilson

  • Soft Drink Consumption and Risk of Developing Cardiometabolic Risk Factors and the Metabolic Syndrome in Middle-Aged Adults in the Community

    Ravi Dhingra;Lisa Sullivan;Paul F. Jacques;Thomas J. Wang;Thomas J. Wang

  • A common mutation in the 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene affects genomic DNA methylation through an interaction with folate status

    Simonetta Friso;Sang-Woon Choi;Domenico Girelli;Joel B. Mason

  • Carbohydrate Nutrition, Insulin Resistance, and the Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome in the Framingham Offspring Cohort

    Nicola M. McKeown;James B. Meigs;Simin Liu;Edward Saltzman

  • Determinants of plasma total homocysteine concentration in the Framingham Offspring cohort

    Paul F Jacques;Andrew G Bostom;Peter Wf Wilson;Sharron Rich

  • Are dietary patterns useful for understanding the role of diet in chronic disease

    Paul F Jacques;Katherine L Tucker

  • Homocysteine as a Predictive Factor for Hip Fracture in Older Persons

    Robert R McLean;Paul F Jacques;Jacob Selhub;Katherine L Tucker

  • Folate and vitamin B-12 status in relation to anemia, macrocytosis, and cognitive impairment in older Americans in the age of folic acid fortification.

    Martha Savaria Morris;Paul F Jacques;Irwin H Rosenberg;Jacob Selhub

  • Adiposity, Cardiometabolic Risk, and Vitamin D Status: The Framingham Heart Study

    Susan Cheng;Joseph M. Massaro;Joseph M. Massaro;Caroline S. Fox;Caroline S. Fox;Martin G. Larson;Martin G. Larson

  • ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PLASMA HOMOCYSTEINE CONCENTRATION AND EXTRA CRANIAL CAROTID-ARTERY STENOSIS

    J Selhub;P F Jacques;A G Boston;R B D Agostino

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacob Selhub
Jacob Selhub Tufts University
Irwin H. Rosenberg
Irwin H. Rosenberg Tufts University
Ramachandran S. Vasan
Ramachandran S. Vasan The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
James B. Meigs
James B. Meigs Harvard University
Jose M. Ordovas
Jose M. Ordovas Tufts University
Ralph B. D'Agostino
Ralph B. D'Agostino Wake Forest University
Johanna T. Dwyer
Johanna T. Dwyer Tufts University
Peter W.F. Wilson
Peter W.F. Wilson Emory University
Alice H. Lichtenstein
Alice H. Lichtenstein Tufts University
Daniel Levy
Daniel Levy National Institutes of Health

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