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Frank Vinicor
Researcher at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Publications - 83
Citations - 22504
Frank Vinicor is an academic researcher from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The author has contributed to research in topics: Diabetes mellitus & Public health. The author has an hindex of 36, co-authored 83 publications receiving 21688 citations. Previous affiliations of Frank Vinicor include United States Public Health Service & Regenstrief Institute.
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Markers of Inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease Application to Clinical and Public Health Practice: A Statement for Healthcare Professionals From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Heart Association
Thomas A. Pearson,George A. Mensah,R. Wayne Alexander,Jeffrey L. Anderson,Richard O. Cannon,Michael H. Criqui,Yazid Y. Fadl,Stephen P. Fortmann,Yuling Hong,Gary L. Myers,Nader Rifai,Sidney C. Smith,Kathryn A. Taubert,Russell P. Tracy,Frank Vinicor +14 more
TL;DR: There has been no consensus from professional societies or governmental agencies as to how these assays of markers of inflammation should be used in clinical practice, and a workshop to address these issues was convened in Atlanta, Ga.
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Prevalence of obesity, diabetes, and obesity-related health risk factors, 2001.
Ali H. Mokdad,Earl S. Ford,Barbara A. Bowman,William H. Dietz,Frank Vinicor,Virginia S Bales,James S. Marks +6 more
TL;DR: Overweight and obesity were significantly associated with diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, asthma, arthritis, and poor health status, and increases in obesity and diabetes continue in both sexes, all ages, all races, all educational levels, and all smoking levels.
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The continuing epidemics of obesity and diabetes in the United States.
TL;DR: The prevalence of obesity and diabetes continues to increase among US adults, and interventions are needed to improve physical activity and diet in communities nationwide.
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Diabetes trends in the U.S.: 1990-1998.
Ali H. Mokdad,Earl S. Ford,Barbara A. Bowman,David E. Nelson,Michael M. Engelgau,Frank Vinicor,James S. Marks +6 more
TL;DR: The prevalence of diabetes continues to increase rapidly in the U.S. and will become even more common because the prevalence of obesity is also rising, and major efforts are needed to alter these trends.
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The prevention or delay of type 2 diabetes.
Robert S. Sherwin,Robert M. Anderson,John B. Buse,Marshall H. Chin,David M. Eddy,Judith E. Fradkin,Theodore G. Ganiats,Henry N. Ginsberg,Richard Kahn,Robin Nwankwo,Marion Rewers,Leonard Schlessinger,Michael P. Stern,Frank Vinicor,Bernard Zinman +14 more
TL;DR: Technology-assisted tools including Internet-based social networks, distance learning, DVD-based content, and mobile applications may be useful elements of effective lifestyle modification to prevent diabetes.