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Yves Schutz is affiliated with the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on medicine with significant contributions in physiology, public health, endocrinology, diabetes, metabolism, nephrology, and cardiovascular medicine. The scientist's work revolves around topics such as diet and metabolism studies, adipose tissue and metabolism, obesity combined with physical activity and diet, renal function and acid-base balance, adipokines, inflammation, metabolic diseases, and various aspects of obesity and health practices.

They have published in several scientific journals, with frequent contributions to the following venues:

  • International Journal of Obesity
  • Obesity Reviews
  • Obesity Facts
  • British Journal Of Nutrition
  • Metabolites

Schutz's notable recent papers include:

  • "How dieting might make some fatter: modeling weight cycling toward obesity from a perspective of body composition autoregulation," 2020, International Journal of Obesity
  • "Low-carbohydrate ketogenic diets in body weight control: A recurrent plaguing issue of fad diets?", 2021, Obesity Reviews
  • "Body composition-derived BMI cut-offs for overweight and obesity in ethnic Indian and Creole urban children of Mauritius," 2020, British Journal Of Nutrition
  • "Visceral-to-peripheral adiposity ratio: a critical determinant of sex and ethnic differences in cardiovascular risks among Asian Indians and African Creoles in Mauritius," 2024, International Journal of Obesity
  • "Dynamics of Fat Oxidation from Sitting at Rest to Light Exercise in Inactive Young Humans," 2021, Metabolites

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Schutz include:

  • Abdul G. Dulloo
  • Jean-Pierre Montani
  • Vinaysing Ramessur
  • Sadhna Hunma
  • Noorjehan Joonas

Best Publications

  • Energy expenditure by doubly labeled water: validation in humans and proposed calculation

    D. A. Schoeller;E. Ravussin;Y. Schutz;K. J. Acheson

  • Fat-free mass index and fat mass index percentiles in Caucasians aged 18-98 y.

    Y Schutz;U U G Kyle;C Pichard

  • Management of obesity in adults: European clinical practice guidelines

    Constantine Tsigos;Vojtech Hainer;Arnaud Basdevant;Nick Finer

  • The use of uniaxial accelerometry for the assessment of physical-activity-related energy expenditure: a validation study against whole-body indirect calorimetry.

    Hideaki Kumahara;Yves Schutz;Makoto Ayabe;Mayumi Yoshioka

  • Assessment of Energy Expenditure and Fuel Utilization in Man

    Eric Jequier;Kevin Acheson;Yves Schutz

  • Metabolic equivalent: One size does not fit all

    Nuala M. Byrne;Andrew P. Hills;Gary R. Hunter;Roland L. Weinsier

  • Twenty-four-hour energy expenditure and resting metabolic rate in obese, moderately obese, and control subjects.

    E Ravussin;B Burnand;Y Schutz;E Jéquier

  • Body composition interpretation. Contributions of the fat-free mass index and the body fat mass index.

    Ursula G Kyle;Yves Schutz;Yves M Dupertuis;Claude Pichard

  • Increased 24-hour energy expenditure in cigarette smokers.

    Angela Hofstetter;Yves Schutz;Eric Jéquier;John Wahren

  • Failure of dietary fat intake to promote fat oxidation: a factor favoring the development of obesity.

    Y Schutz;J P Flatt;E Jéquier

  • Glycogen storage capacity and de novo lipogenesis during massive carbohydrate overfeeding in man.

    K J Acheson;Yves Schutz;T Bessard;K. Anantharaman

  • Sedentarism affects body fat mass index and fat-free mass index in adults aged 18 to 98 years.

    Ursula G Kyle;Alfredo Morabia;Yves Schutz;Claude Pichard

  • Assessment of free-living physical activity in humans: an overview of currently available and proposed new measures.

    Yves Schutz;Roland L. Weinsier;Gary R. Hunter

  • Physical Activity Assessment Using a Pedometer and Its Comparison with a Questionnaire in a Large Population Survey

    Maria M. Sequeira;Martin Rickenbach;Vincent Wietlisbach;Benoit Tullen

  • Physical activity and pregnancy: cardiovascular adaptations, recommendations and pregnancy outcomes.

    Katarina Melzer;Yves Schutz;Michel Boulvain;Bengt E. Kayser

  • Improvement of walking speed prediction by accelerometry and altimetry, validated by satellite positioning

    O. Perrin;Ph. Terrier;Q. Ladetto;B. Merminod

  • Energy metabolism during the postexercise recovery in man.

    R Bielinski;Y Schutz;E Jéquier

  • Diet-induced thermogenesis measured over a whole day in obese and nonobese women.

    Y Schutz;T Bessard;E Jéquier

  • Body composition phenotypes in pathways to obesity and the metabolic syndrome.

    Abdul G. Dulloo;Jean Jacquet;Giovanni Solinas;Jean-Pierre Montani

  • Administration of growth hormone to underweight patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. A prospective, randomized, controlled study.

    Luc Burdet;Benoît de Muralt;Yves Schutz;Claude Pichard

Frequent Co-Authors

Claude Pichard
Claude Pichard Geneva College
Eric Ravussin
Eric Ravussin Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Luc Tappy
Luc Tappy University of Lausanne
Andrew P. Hills
Andrew P. Hills RMIT University
Gary R. Hunter
Gary R. Hunter University of Alabama at Birmingham
Alfredo Morabia
Alfredo Morabia Queens College, CUNY
Ali H. Mokdad
Ali H. Mokdad University of Washington
Gerald Rimbach
Gerald Rimbach Kiel University
Pilar Galan
Pilar Galan Paris 13 University

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