Shufa Du

ORCID: 0000-0003-1156-0866
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Research Areas
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Sodium Intake and Health
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
  • Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
  • Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
  • Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity
  • Physical Activity and Health
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Obesity and Health Practices
  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Diabetes Management and Research
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2015-2024

University of North Carolina Health Care
2013-2024

University of Exeter
2024

University of Tartu
2024

Population Council
2015

China Population and Development Research Center
2002-2015

Chinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention
2003-2013

Mayo Clinic in Florida
2013

Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2013

Chinese Academy of Sciences
2010

Abstract Objective: To fully explore the long-term shifts in nutrition transition and full implications of these changes Chinese diet. Design: A descriptive, population-based study. Setting: Data come from nationally representative surveys: China Health Nutrition Survey (1989–1997), National (1982 1992), annual household consumption surveys State Statistical Bureau, Annual Death Report China. Results: During first part major economic transformation (before 1985), cereal intake increased but...

10.1079/phn2001290 article EN Public Health Nutrition 2002-02-01

Studies on fat intake and obesity have been inconclusive. This study examined the associations between dietary body weight risk of overweight in China. We used data from 23,859 adults aged 20–60 years who participated China Health Nutrition Survey, an ongoing open-cohort study, 1991 to 2015. collected detailed by conducting three 24-h recalls weighing foods condiments household inventories. weight, mass index (BMI), with random-effects linear or logistic regression models for panel data. The...

10.3390/nu12113272 article EN Nutrients 2020-10-26

Abstract Objective Previous studies in China showed large sex differences childhood overweight and obesity (OW/OB) rates. However, limited research has examined the cause of these differences. The present study aimed to examine individual parental/familial factors associated with OW/OB rates China. Design Variables child weight status, beliefs behaviours, obesity-related parenting practices were selected their association a difference outcomes using logistic regression analysis. Setting...

10.1017/s1368980018000290 article EN Public Health Nutrition 2018-02-26

This study examines gender differences in associations of serum ferritin and diabetes, metabolic syndrome (MetS), obesity Chinese.Based on a nationwide, population-based China Health Nutrition survey this included 8564 men women aged 18 years or older. Anthropometric fasting blood glucose, insulin, lipids, ferritin, transferrin data were collected. Ferritin concentrations higher than (201.55 ± 3.6 versus 80.46 1.64 ng/mL, p < 0.0001). The prevalences MetS, obesity, overweight 8.05, 8.97,...

10.1002/mnfr.201400088 article EN Molecular Nutrition & Food Research 2014-08-27

Background.A decline in prevalence of late-life disability activities daily living (ADLs) has been reported Western countries. We investigate the time trend basic ADLs among Chinese older people 1997–2006, and explore potential contribution cardiometabolic diseases to trend.

10.1093/gerona/glu204 article EN The Journals of Gerontology Series A 2014-11-19
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