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Manuel Franco
Researcher at Johns Hopkins University
Publications - 136
Citations - 4306
Manuel Franco is an academic researcher from Johns Hopkins University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 28, co-authored 118 publications receiving 3420 citations. Previous affiliations of Manuel Franco include University of Alcalá & Carlos III Health Institute.
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Neighborhood Characteristics and Availability of Healthy Foods in Baltimore
TL;DR: Predominantly black and lower-income neighborhoods have a lower availability of healthy foods than white and higher-income Neighborhood healthy food availability due to the differential placement of types of stores as well as differential offerings of healthy food within similar stores.
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The relationship of the local food environment with obesity: A systematic review of methods, study quality, and results.
Laura K. Cobb,Lawrence J. Appel,Manuel Franco,Manuel Franco,Jessica C. Jones-Smith,Alana Nur,Cheryl A.M. Anderson,Cheryl A.M. Anderson +7 more
TL;DR: To examine the relationship between local food environments and obesity and assess the quality of studies reviewed, a large number of studies were found to be poor.
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Fast-Food Consumption, Diet Quality, and Neighborhood Exposure to Fast Food: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
TL;DR: Results show that fast-food consumption and neighborhoodFast-food exposure are associated with poorer diet and interventions that reduce exposure to fast food and/or promote individual behavior change may be helpful.
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Availability of healthy foods and dietary patterns: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
Manuel Franco,Ana V. Diez-Roux,Jennifer A. Nettleton,Mariana Lazo,Frederick L. Brancati,Benjamin Caballero,Thorn Glass,Latetia V. Moore +7 more
TL;DR: Healthy foods were less available for black participants and low availability of healthy foods was associated with a lower-quality diet.
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The Association of Endogenous Sex Hormones, Adiposity, and Insulin Resistance with Incident Diabetes in Postmenopausal Women
Rita R. Kalyani,Manuel Franco,Adrian S. Dobs,Pamela Ouyang,Dhananjay Vaidya,Alain G. Bertoni,Susan M. Gapstur,Sherita Hill Golden +7 more
TL;DR: Adiposity and insulin resistance explained most of the association of bioavailable T but only partially explained the associations of E2 and SHBG with incident T2DM among postmenopausal women.