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Claude Bouchard
Researcher at Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Publications - 1105
Citations - 121841
Claude Bouchard is an academic researcher from Pennington Biomedical Research Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Body mass index & Obesity. The author has an hindex of 153, co-authored 1076 publications receiving 115307 citations. Previous affiliations of Claude Bouchard include Texas A&M University & University of Texas at Austin.
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Exercise, fitness, and health : a consensus of current knowledge
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a consensus statement and introduction address on physical activity, fitness, and health, and the risks of excessive exercise, as well as the adaptation of humans to physical activity.
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Acute and chronic effects of exercise on leptin levels in humans
Louis Pérusse,Gregory Collier,Jacques Gagnon,Arthur S. Leon,Dabeeru C. Rao,James S. Skinner,Jack H. Wilmore,André Nadeau,Paul Zimmet,Claude Bouchard +9 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that there are no meaningful acute or chronic effects of exercise, independent of the amount of body fat, on leptin levels in humans.
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Postprandial triglyceride response in visceral obesity in men.
Charles Couillard,Nathalie Bergeron,Denis Prud'homme,Jean Bergeron,André J. Tremblay,Claude Bouchard,Pascale Mauriège,Jean-Pierre Després +7 more
TL;DR: The results of the present study suggest that visceral obesity is associated with an impaired postprandial TG clearance and the exaggerated postPRandial FFA response observed in subjects with high visceral AT suggests that visceral Obesity may contribute to fasting and postpr andial hypertriglyceridemia by altering FFA metabolism in the postpranderial state.
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Swedish obese subjects (SOS). Recruitment for an intervention study and a selected description of the obese state.
Lars Sjöström,B Larsson,Lars Bäckman,Calle Bengtsson,Claude Bouchard,Sven Dahlgren,P Hallgren,Egon Jonsson,Jan Karlsson,Leif Lapidus +9 more
TL;DR: Comparison of measurements with self-reported prevalence estimates revealed a considerable amount of previously undiagnosed hypertension and diabetes in the obese subjects, suggesting that the excess health risks associated with obesity may not be fully appreciated.
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Obesity – is it a genetic disorder?
Ruth J. F. Loos,Claude Bouchard +1 more
TL;DR: Obesity – is it a genetic disorder?