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Penny Gordon‐Larsen

Researcher Next ID · RN-020403

Researcher · Medicine

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, Singapore

Not currently recruitingFunding unknown
Works count
534
Citation count
32,704
H-index
79
i10-index
222

Research interests

Medicine
Social Sciences
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
Nutritional Studies and Diet
Urban Transport and Accessibility
Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
Health disparities and outcomes

Publications

  • Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

    Circulation · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1161/cir.0000000000000973

  • Identification of type 2 diabetes loci in 433,540 East Asian individuals

    Nature · 2020 · 10.1038/s41586-020-2263-3

  • Genome-wide analysis of BMI in adolescents and young adults reveals additional insight into the effects of genetic loci over the life course

    Human Molecular Genetics · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddt205

  • Longitudinal analysis of dietary patterns in Chinese adults from 1991 to 2009

    British Journal Of Nutrition · 2013 · 10.1017/s0007114513003917

  • The expanding burden of cardiometabolic risk in China: the China Health and Nutrition Survey

    Obesity Reviews · 2012 · 10.1111/j.1467-789x.2012.01016.x

  • Drinking caloric beverages increases the risk of adverse cardiometabolic outcomes in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study

    American Journal of Clinical Nutrition · 2010 · 10.3945/ajcn.2010.29478

  • Active Commuting and Cardiovascular Disease Risk

    Archives of Internal Medicine · 2009 · 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.163

  • Longitudinal Trends in Obesity in the United States From Adolescence to the Third Decade of Life

    Obesity · 2009 · 10.1038/oby.2009.451

  • Differential associations of fast food and restaurant food consumption with 3-y change in body mass index: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study

    American Journal of Clinical Nutrition · 2007 · 10.1093/ajcn/85.1.201

  • Screen time and physical activity during adolescence: longitudinal effects on obesity in young adulthood

    International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity · 2007 · 10.1186/1479-5868-4-26

  • Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior Patterns Are Associated With Selected Adolescent Health Risk Behaviors

    PEDIATRICS · 2006 · 10.1542/peds.2005-1692

  • Inequality in the Built Environment Underlies Key Health Disparities in Physical Activity and Obesity

    PEDIATRICS · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2005-0058

  • Built and Social Environments

    American Journal of Preventive Medicine · 2006 · 10.1016/j.amepre.2006.03.026

  • Longitudinal Trends in Race/Ethnic Disparities in Leading Health Indicators From Adolescence to Young Adulthood

    Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine · 2006 · 10.1001/archpedi.160.1.74

  • Self-reported health, perceived racial discrimination, and skin color in African Americans in the CARDIA study

    Social Science & Medicine · 2006 · 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.04.008

  • China's transition: The effect of rapid urbanization on adult occupational physical activity

    Social Science & Medicine · 2006 · 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.10.019

  • Environmental influences on food choice, physical activity and energy balance

    Physiology & Behavior · 2005 · 10.1016/j.physbeh.2005.08.051

  • Five-year obesity incidence in the transition period between adolescence and adulthood: the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.

    PubMed · 2004 · https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/80.3.569

  • Longitudinal physical activity and sedentary behavior trends

    American Journal of Preventive Medicine · 2004 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2004.07.006

  • The nutrition transition: worldwide obesity dynamics and their determinants

    International Journal of Obesity · 2004 · https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ijo.0802804

  • The Relationship of Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Factors, and Overweight in U.S. Adolescents

    Obesity Research · 2003 · 10.1038/oby.2003.20

  • Acculturation and overweight-related behaviors among Hispanic immigrants to the US: the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health

    Social Science & Medicine · 2003 · 10.1016/s0277-9536(03)00072-8

  • Ethnic Differences in Physical Activity and Inactivity Patterns and Overweight Status

    Obesity Research · 2002 · 10.1038/oby.2002.23

  • Maturational timing and overweight prevalence in US adolescent girls

    American Journal of Public Health · 2001 · 10.2105/ajph.91.4.642

  • Determinants of Adolescent Physical Activity and Inactivity Patterns

    PEDIATRICS · 2000 · 10.1542/peds.105.6.e83

Current projects

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