Articles

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Statin therapy and the risk for diabetes among adult women: do the benefits outweigh the risk (with Yunsheng Ma, Annie L. Culver, Jacques E. Rossouw, Philip A. Merriam, Bill Lian, and Ira S. Ockene), Therapeutic advances in cardiovascular disease (2012)
 

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A Novel Measure of Dietary Change in a Prostate Cancer Dietary Program Incorporating Mindfulness Training (with James F. Carmody, Philip A. Merriam, Qin Liu, Yongxia Qiao, and Yunsheng Ma), Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (2012)
 

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Determinants of Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Incidence of Diabetes in Postmenopausal Women in the U.S.: The Women's Health Initiative 1993-2009 (with Yunsheng Ma, James R. Hebert, JoAnn E. Manson, Raji Balasubramanian, Simin Liu, Michael J. Lamonte, Chloe E. Bird, Judith K. Ockene, Yongxia Qiao, Kristin L. Schneider, Milagros C. Rosal, Deidre M. Sepavich, Jean Wactawski-Wende, Marcia L. Stefanick, Lawrence S. Phillips, Ira S. Ockene, Robert C. Kaplan, Gloria E. Sarto, Lorena Garcia, and Barbara V. Howard), Diabetes care (2012)
 

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Depression severity, diet quality, and physical activity in women with obesity and depression (with Bradley M. Appelhans, Matthew C. Whited, Kristin L. Schneider, Yunsheng Ma, Jessica L. Oleski, Philip A. Merriam, Molly E. Waring, Devin M. Mann, Ira S. Ockene, and Sherry L. Pagoto), Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (2012)
 

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Dietary intervention targeting increased fiber consumption for metabolic syndrome (with Philip A. Merriam, Gioia Persuitte, Kristin L. Schneider, Sherry L. Pagoto, Judith L. Palken, Ira S. Ockene, and Yunsheng Ma), Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (2012)
 

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Outcomes of a Latino community-based intervention for the prevention of diabetes: the Lawrence Latino Diabetes Prevention Project (with Ira S. Ockene, Trinidad L. Teller, Milagros C. Rosal, George W. Reed, John P. Mordes, Philip A. Merriam, Garry Handelman, Robert J. Nicolosi, and Yunsheng Ma), American journal of public health (2012)
 

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Statin Use and Risk of Diabetes Mellitus in Postmenopausal Women in the Women's Health Initiative (with Annie L. Culver, Ira S. Ockene, Raji Balasubramanian, Deidre M. Sepavich, Jean Wactawski-Wende, JoAnn E. Manson, Yongxia Qiao, Simin Liu, Philip A. Merriam, Catherine Rahilly-Tierny, Fridtjof Thomas, Jeffrey S. Berger, Judith K. Ockene, J. David Curb, and Yunsheng Ma), Archives of Internal Medicine (2012)
 

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Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis with Marine and Botanical Oils: Influence on Serum Lipids (with Katherine Leung, Susan Van Buskirk, George W. Reed, and Robert B. Zurier), Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine (2011)
 

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Elevated Depressive Symptoms, Antidepressant Use, and Diabetes in a Large Multiethnic National Sample of Postmenopausal Women (with Yunsheng Ma, Raji Balasubramanian, Sherry L. Pagoto, Kristin L. Schneider, Annie L. Culver, Lesley Tinker, Simin Liu, Monika M. Safford, Deidre M. Sepavich, Milagros C. Rosal, Judith K. Ockene, Mercedes Carnethon, Martha Zorn, and James R. Hebert), Diabetes Care (2011)
 

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Activating peripheral arterial disease patients to reduce cholesterol: a randomized trial (with Mary McGrae McDermott, George W. Reed, Philip Greenland, Kathleen M. Mazor, Sherry L. Pagoto, Judith K. Ockene, Rex Graff, Philip A. Merriam, Katherine Leung, Larry Manheim, Melina R. Kibbe, William H. Pearce, and Ira S. Ockene), The American journal of medicine (2011)
 

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A dietary behaviors measure for use with low-income, Spanish-speaking Caribbean Latinos with type 2 diabetes: the Latino Dietary Behaviors Questionnaire (with Senaida Fernandez and Milagros C. Rosal), Journal of the American Dietetic Association (2011)
 

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Randomized trial of a literacy-sensitive, culturally tailored diabetes self-management intervention for low-income latinos: latinos en control (with Milagros C. Rosal, Ira S. Ockene, Angela Restrepo, Mary Jo White, Amy Borg, Jeffrey Scavron, Lucy M. Candib, Garry Welch, and George W. Reed), Diabetes Care (2011)
 

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What are patients actually eating: the dietary practices of cardiovascular disease patients (with Yunsheng Ma, Sherry L. Pagoto, Philip A. Merriam, and Ira S. Ockene), Current opinion in cardiology (2010)
 

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Attitudes and behavior of peripheral arterial disease patients toward influencing their physician's prescription of cholesterol-lowering medication (with Mary McGrae McDermott, Kathleen M. Mazor, George W. Reed, Sherry L. Pagoto, Rex Graff, Philip A. Merriam, Melina Kibbe, Philip Greenland, Judith K. Ockene, Huimin Tao, and Ira S. Ockene), Vascular medicine (London, England) (2010)
 

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The dietary quality of persons with heart failure in NHANES 1999-2006 (with Stephenie C. Lemon, Robert P. Magner, Wenjun Li, Annie L. Culver, Ira S. Ockene, and Robert J. Goldberg), Journal of general internal medicine (2010)
 

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Design and methods for testing a simple dietary message to improve weight loss and dietary quality (with Philip A. Merriam, Yunsheng Ma, Kristin L. Schneider, Wenjun Li, Ira S. Ockene, and Sherry L. Pagoto), BMC medical research methodology (2010)
 

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Design and methods for a randomized clinical trial of a diabetes self-management intervention for low-income Latinos: Latinos en Control (with Milagros C. Rosal, Mary Jo White, Angela Restrepo, Jeffrey Scavron, Elise Sinagra, Ira S. Ockene, Michael Thompson, Stephenie C. Lemon, Lucy M. Candib, and George W. Reed), BMC medical research methodology (2009)
 

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Number of 24-hour diet recalls needed to estimate energy intake (with Yunsheng Ma, Sherry L. Pagoto, Thomas G. Hurley, Robert P. Magner, Ira S. Ockene, Kristin L. Schneider, Philip A. Merriam, and James R. Hebert), Annals of epidemiology (2009)
 

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Association of depressive symptoms and lifestyle behaviors among Latinos at risk of type 2 diabetes (with Sherry L. Pagoto, Yunsheng Ma, Jamie S. Bodenlos, Milagros C. Rosal, Trinidad Tellez, Philip A. Merriam, and Ira S. Ockene), Journal of the American Dietetic Association (2009)
 

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A simple dietary message to improve dietary quality: Results from a pilot investigation (with Yunsheng Ma, Kristin L. Schneider, Philip A. Merriam, Annie L. Culver, Ira S. Ockene, and Sherry L. Pagoto), Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) (2009)
 

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Methodology of a diabetes prevention translational research project utilizing a community-academic partnership for implementation in an underserved Latino community (with Philip A. Merriam, Trinidad Tellez, Milagros C. Rosal, Yunsheng Ma, Sherry L. Pagoto, and Ira S. Ockene), BMC medical research methodology (2009)
 

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A dietary intervention for recurrent prostate cancer after definitive primary treatment: results of a randomized pilot trial (with James Carmody, George W. Reed, Victoria A. Andersen, and Penny Rosenzweig), Urology (2008)
 

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Association between dietary fiber and markers of systemic inflammation in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study (with Yunsheng Ma, James R. Hebert, Wenjun Li, Elizabeth R. Bertone-Johnson, Sherry L. Pagoto, Lesley F. Tinker, Milagros C. Rosal, Ira S. Ockene, Judith K. Ockene, Jennifer A. Griffith, and Simin Liu), Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) (2008)
 

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Design and methods for a randomized clinical trial treating comorbid obesity and major depressive disorder (with Kristin L. Schneider, Jamie S. Bodenlos, Yunsheng Ma, Jessica Oleski, Philip A. Merriam, Sybil L. Crawford, Ira S. Ockene, and Sherry L. Pagoto), BMC psychiatry (2008)
 

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Initial investigation of behavioral activation therapy for co-morbid major depressive disorder and obesity. (with Sherry L. Pagoto, Jamie S. Bodenlos, Kristin L. Schneider, C. Richard Spates, and Yunsheng Ma), Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training. (2008)
 

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Underreporting of energy intake and associated factors in a Latino population at risk of developing type 2 diabetes (with Yunsheng Ma, James R. Hebert, Sherry L. Pagoto, Philip A. Merriam, Milagros C. Rosal, and Ira S. Ockene), Journal of the American Dietetic Association (2008)
 

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Association between dietary glycemic index, glycemic load, and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (with Jennifer A. Griffith, Yunsheng Ma, Lisa Chasan-Taber, David E. Chiriboga, Edward J. Stanek, Philip A. Merriam, and Ira S. Ockene), Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) (2008)
 

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Dietary quality 1 year after diagnosis of coronary heart disease (with Yunsheng Ma, Wenjun Li, Sherry L. Pagoto, Philip A. Merriam, David E. Chiriboga, Jennifer A. Griffith, Jamie S. Bodenlos, Yanli Wang, and Ira S. Ockene), Journal of the American Dietetic Association (2008)
 

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Gender differences in predictors of body weight and body weight change in healthy adults (with David E. Chiriboga, Yunsheng Ma, Wenjun Li, Sherry L. Pagoto, Philip A. Merriam, Charles E. Matthews, James R. Hebert, and Ira S. Ockene), Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2008)
 

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A randomized clinical trial comparing low-glycemic index versus ADA dietary education among individuals with type 2 diabetes (with Yunsheng Ma, Philip A. Merriam, David E. Chiriboga, Annie L. Culver, Wenjun Li, James R. Hebert, Ira S. Ockene, Jennifer A. Griffith, and Sherry L. Pagoto), Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) (2008)
 

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A dietary quality comparison of popular weight-loss plans (with Yunsheng Ma, Sherry L. Pagoto, Jennifer A. Griffith, Philip A. Merriam, Ira S. Ockene, and Andrea R. Hafner), Journal of the American Dietetic Association (2007)
 

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Position of the American Dietetic Association: total diet approach to communicating food and nutrition information (with Susan Nitzke, Jeanne Freeland-Graves, and American Dietetic Association), Journal of the American Dietetic Association (2007)
 

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PDA-assisted low glycemic index dietary intervention for type II diabetes: a pilot study (with Yunsheng Ma, David E. Chiriboga, Milagros C. Rosal, E. Sinagra, Sybil L. Crawford, Andrea R. Hafner, Sherry L. Pagoto, Robert P. Magner, and Ira S. Ockene), European journal of clinical nutrition (2006)
 

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Methodology for adding glycemic index and glycemic load values to 24-hour dietary recall database (with Yunsheng Ma, Annie L. Culver, Ira S. Ockene, Jennifer A. Griffith, Andrea R. Hafner, and James R. Hebert), Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) (2006)
 

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Low-carbohydrate and high-fat intake among adult patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus (with Yunsheng Ma, Andrea R. Hafner, David E. Chiriboga, Annie L. Culver, Victoria A. Andersen, Philip A. Merriam, and Sherry L. Pagoto), Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) (2006)
 

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Predictors of weight status following laparoscopic gastric bypass (with Yunsheng Ma, Sherry L. Pagoto, Andrea R. Hafner, Richard A. Perugini, Robin Mason, and John J. Kelly), Obesity surgery (2006)
 

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Excess body weight, clinical profile, management practices, and hospital prognosis in men and women after acute myocardial infarction (with Robert J. Goldberg, Jiang Cui, Frederick A. Spencer, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Darleen M. Lessard, and Joel M. Gore), American heart journal (2006)
 

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Seasonal variation in food intake, physical activity, and body weight in a predominantly overweight population (with Yunsheng Ma, Wenjun Li, Andrea R. Hafner, David E. Chiriboga, James R. Hebert, MaryJane Campbell, M. Sarnie, and Ira S. Ockene), European journal of clinical nutrition (2006)
 

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Association between dietary fiber and serum C-reactive protein (with Yunsheng Ma, Jennifer A. Griffith, Lisa Chasan-Taber, Elizabeth Jackson, Edward J. Stanek III, Wenjun Li, Sherry L. Pagoto, Andrea R. Hafner, and Ira S. Ockene), The American journal of clinical nutrition (2006)
 

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Association between carbohydrate intake and serum lipids (with Yunsheng Ma, Youfu Li, David E. Chiriboga, James R. Hebert, Wenjun Li, Katherine Leung, Andrea R. Hafner, and Ira S. Ockene), Journal of the American College of Nutrition (2006)
 

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Nutritional assessment and counseling for prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease (with Christopher Speed and Frank J. Domino), American family physician (2006)
 

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Effect of soy protein containing isoflavones on blood lipids in moderately hypercholesterolemic adults: a randomized controlled trial (with Yunsheng Ma, David E. Chiriboga, Robert J. Nicolosi, Philip A. Merriam, and Ira S. Ockene), Journal of the American College of Nutrition (2005)
 

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Diabetes self-management among low-income Spanish-speaking patients: a pilot study (with Milagros C. Rosal, George W. Reed, Olga Gumieniak, Jeffrey Scavron, and Ira S. Ockene), Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine (2005)
 

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Association between dietary carbohydrates and body weight (with Yunsheng Ma, David E. Chiriboga, James R. Hebert, Youfu Li, Wenjun Li, MaryJane Campbell, Katherine Gendreau, and Ira S. Ockene), American journal of epidemiology (2005)
 

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Eating Patterns in a Free-Living Healthy U. S. Adult Population (with Yunsheng Ma, Elizabeth R. Bertone-Johnson, Edward J. Stanek III, George W. Reed, James R. Hebert, Nancy L. Cohen, Milagros C. Rosal, Philip A. Merriam, and Ira S. Ockene), Ecology of Food and Nutrition (2005)
 

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Change in women's diet and body mass following intensive intervention for early-stage breast cancer (with James R. Hebert, Cara B. Ebbeling, Thomas G. Hurley, Yunsheng Ma, Nancy Saal, Judith K. Ockene, and Lynn Clemow), Journal of the American Dietetic Association (2001)
 

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Comparing food intake using the Dietary Risk Assessment with multiple 24-hour dietary recalls and the 7-Day Dietary Recall (with Thomas G. Hurley, James R. Hebert, Sarah Ellis, Philip A. Merriam, Rose S. Luippold, Linda Rider, and Ira S. Ockene), Journal of the American Dietetic Association (1999)
 

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Nutritional and socioeconomic factors in relation to prostate cancer mortality: a cross-national study (with James R. Hebert, Thomas G. Hurley, Jane Teas, Yunsheng Ma, and Jeffrey S. Hampl), Journal of the National Cancer Institute (1998)
 

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Nutrient Intake Report: a coordination of patient dietary assessment between physicians and registered dietitians (with James R. Hebert, Jeffrey S. Hampl, Kelly B. Scribner, and Ira S. Ockene), Journal of the American Dietetic Association (1998)
 

Presentations and Posters

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Healthy Food Accessibility in Grocery Stores in Central Massachusetts (with Viji Patil, Lili Chen, Hua Zheng, Elizabeth Procter-Gray, and Wenjun Li), Clinical and Translational Science Research Retreat (2012)
 

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Pilot Testing a Novel Treatment for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (with Gioia Persuitte, Taryn Silverstein, Katherine Baldwin, David Cave, John K. Zawacki, Kanishka Bhattacharya, and Yunsheng Ma), Clinical and Translational Science Research Retreat (2011)
 

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Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis with Marine and Botanical Oils: Influence on Serum Lipids (poster) (with Katherine Leung, Susan Van Buskirk, George W. Reed, and Robert B. Zurier), Massachusetts Dietetic Association Conference (2011)
 

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Beverage Consumption Among Low-Income Hispanics with Uncontrolled Type 2 Diabetes (with Milagros C. Rosal and Stephenie C. Lemon), American Diabetes Association annual conference (2010)
 

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The Dietary Quality of Persons with Heart Failure in NHANES 1999-2006 (with Stephenie C. Lemon, Robert P. Magner, Wenjun Li, Annie L. Culver, Ira S. Ockene, and Robert J. Goldberg), Society of Behavioral Medicine 2009 annual conference (2009)
 

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Simple messages to improve dietary quality: A pilot investigation (with Yunsheng Ma, Kristin L. Schneider, Philip A. Merriam, Annie L. Culver, Ira S. Ockene, and Sherry L. Pagoto), American Dietetic Association Annual Meeting (2008)
 

Other

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Dietary and nutritional assessment in adults, Preventive and Behavioral Medicine Publications and Presentations (2011)
 

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Low potassium diet (with George L. Bakris), Preventive and Behavioral Medicine Publications and Presentations (2009)