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William L. Haskell

William L. Haskell

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Medicine

D-Index
143
Citations
150926
World Ranking
1460
National Ranking
854

Overview

William L. Haskell is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, particularly focusing on physiology, public health, cardiology, and nutrition. Their main area of research revolves around the relationship between physical activity, health outcomes, and chronic disease prevention.

Their recent published papers include:

  • "Keeping children healthy during and after COVID-19 pandemic: meeting youth physical activity needs" (2021, BMC Public Health)
  • "Effect of Structured, Moderate Exercise on Kidney Function Decline in Sedentary Older Adults" (2022, JAMA Internal Medicine)
  • "A community-based, multi-level, multi-setting, multi-component intervention to reduce weight gain among low socioeconomic status Latinx children with overweight or obesity: The Stanford GOALS randomised controlled trial" (2021, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology)
  • "Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Body Mass Index, and Markers of Insulin Resistance in Apparently Healthy Women and Men" (2020, The American Journal of Medicine)
  • "Relevance of Fitness to Mortality Risk in Men Receiving Contemporary Medical Care" (2020, Journal of the American College of Cardiology)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with William L. Haskell include:

  • Laura F. DeFina (14 publications)
  • Andjelka Pavlovic (11 publications)
  • David Léonard (11 publications)
  • Carolyn E. Barlow (11 publications)
  • Stephen W. Farrell (9 publications)

Publication venues where they have contributed multiple works include:

  • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise (2 publications)
  • BMC Public Health
  • JAMA Internal Medicine
  • The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • The American Journal of Medicine

Their research fields and subfields of study are primarily within medicine, with specific attention to:

  • Physiology (11 publications)
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (10 publications)
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (7 publications)
  • Complementary and alternative medicine (6 publications)
  • Nutrition and Dietetics (3 publications)

Main topics covered across William L. Haskell's body of work include:

  • Physical Activity and Health (20 publications)
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (16 publications)
  • Cardiovascular and exercise physiology (12 publications)
  • Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise (6 publications)
  • Obesity and Health Practices (4 publications)
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control (4 publications)
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions (4 publications)

Best Publications

  • Physical activity and public health: updated recommendation for adults from the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association.

    William L Haskell;I-Min Lee;Russell R Pate;Kenneth E Powell

  • Physical Activity and Public Health: A Recommendation From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American College of Sports Medicine

    Russell R. Pate;Michael Pratt;Steven N. Blair;William L. Haskell

  • Compendium of physical activities: an update of activity codes and MET intensities.

    Barbara E. Ainsworth;William L. Haskell;Melicia C. Whitt;Melinda L. Irwin

  • Global physical activity levels: surveillance progress, pitfalls, and prospects

    Pedro C. Hallal;Lars Bo Andersen;Lars Bo Andersen;Fiona C. Bull;Regina Guthold

  • 2011 Compendium of Physical Activities: a second update of codes and MET values.

    Barbara E. Ainsworth;William L. Haskell;Stephen D. Herrmann;Nathanael Meckes

  • Compendium of physical activities: classification of energy costs of human physical activities.

    Barbara E. Ainsworth;William L. Haskell;Arthur S Leon;David R Jacobs

  • Randomised trial of effect of alendronate on risk of fracture in women with existing vertebral fractures

    Dennis M Black;Steven R Cummings;David B Karpf;Jane A Cauley

  • Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes During 6.8 Years of Hormone Therapy: Heart and Estrogen/Progestin Replacement Study Follow-up (HERS II)

    Stephen Hulley;Curt Furberg;Elizabeth Barrett-Connor;Jane Cauley

  • PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY IN THE FIVE-CITY PROJECT

    James F. Sallis;William L. Haskell;Peter D. Wood;Stephen P. Fortmann

  • Importance of Assessing Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Clinical Practice: A Case for Fitness as a Clinical Vital Sign: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.

    Robert Ross;Steven N. Blair;Ross Arena;Timothy S. Church

  • CHAMPS physical activity questionnaire for older adults: outcomes for interventions.

    Anita L. Stewart;Kristin M. Mills;Abby C. King;William L. Haskell

  • Letter to the Editor: Standardized use of the terms "sedentary" and "sedentary behaviours"

    Joel Barnes;Timothy K. Behrens;Mark E. Benden;Stuart Biddle

  • Assessment of habitual physical activity by a seven-day recall in a community survey and controlled experiments.

    Steven N. Blair;William L. Haskell;Ping Ho;Ralph S. Paffenbarger

  • Resistance Exercise in Individuals With and Without Cardiovascular Disease: 2007 Update A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Council on Clinical Cardiology and Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism

    Mark A. Williams;William L. Haskell;Philip A. Ades;Ezra A. Amsterdam

  • Effects of intensive multiple risk factor reduction on coronary atherosclerosis and clinical cardiac events in men and women with coronary artery disease. The Stanford Coronary Risk Intervention Project (SCRIP).

    W L Haskell;E L Alderman;J M Fair;D J Maron

  • Dose Response Between Physical Activity and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease A Meta-Analysis

    Jacob Sattelmair;Jeremy Pertman;Eric L. Ding;Harold W. Kohl

  • Exercise and Acute Cardiovascular Events Placing the Risks Into Perspective: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism and the Council on Clinical Cardiology

    Paul D. Thompson;Barry A. Franklin;Gary J. Balady

  • Effects of communitywide education on cardiovascular disease risk factors. The Stanford Five-City Project.

    JW Farquhar;Stephen P. Fortmann;JA Flora;CB Taylor

  • Physical Activity and Health

    Claude Bouchard;Steven N. Blair;William L. Haskell

  • Potential health benefits of dietary phytoestrogens : A review of the clinical, epidemiological, and mechanistic evidence

    Doris M. Tham;Christopher D. Gardner;William L. Haskell

Frequent Co-Authors

Abby C. King
Abby C. King Stanford University
Steven N. Blair
Steven N. Blair University of South Carolina
Stephen P. Fortmann
Stephen P. Fortmann Kaiser Permanente
C. Barr Taylor
C. Barr Taylor Stanford University
Matthew P. Buman
Matthew P. Buman Arizona State University
David R. Jacobs
David R. Jacobs University of Minnesota
Stephen S. Intille
Stephen S. Intille Northeastern University
Gerald M. Reaven
Gerald M. Reaven Stanford University
Eric Vittinghoff
Eric Vittinghoff University of California, San Francisco
I-Min Lee
I-Min Lee Harvard University

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