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David S. Ludwig
Researcher at Boston Children's Hospital
Publications - 341
Citations - 41839
David S. Ludwig is an academic researcher from Boston Children's Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Glycemic index & Obesity. The author has an hindex of 79, co-authored 319 publications receiving 38729 citations. Previous affiliations of David S. Ludwig include Stanford University & VU University Amsterdam.
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Childhood obesity: public-health crisis, common sense cure
TL;DR: In view of its rapid development in genetically stable populations, the childhood obesity epidemic can be primarily attributed to adverse environmental factors for which straightforward, if politically difficult, solutions exist.
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A Potential Decline in Life Expectancy in the United States in the 21st Century
S. Jay Olshansky,Douglas J. Passaro,Ronald C. Hershow,Jennifer E. Layden,Bruce A. Carnes,Jacob A. Brody,Leonard Hayflick,Robert N. Butler,David B. Allison,David S. Ludwig +9 more
TL;DR: From an analysis of the effect of obesity on longevity, it is concluded that the steady rise in life expectancy during the past two centuries may soon come to an end.
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Relation between consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks and childhood obesity: a prospective, observational analysis
TL;DR: In this article, the association between baseline and change in consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks (the independent variables), and difference in measures of obesity, with linear and logistic regression analyses adjusted for potentially confounding variables and clustering of results within schools.
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The Glycemic Index: Physiological Mechanisms Relating to Obesity, Diabetes, and Cardiovascular Disease
TL;DR: The physiological effects of the glycemic index and the relevance of these effects in preventing and treating obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease are examined.
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Sugar-sweetened beverages, weight gain, and incidence of type 2 diabetes in young and middle-aged women.
Matthias B. Schulze,JoAnn E. Manson,David S. Ludwig,Graham A. Colditz,Meir J. Stampfer,Walter C. Willett,Frank B. Hu +6 more
TL;DR: Higher consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages is associated with a greater magnitude of weight gain and an increased risk for development of type 2 diabetes in women, possibly by providing excessive calories and large amounts of rapidly absorbable sugars.