Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

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CURRICULUM VITAE (Short version)

YOUFA WANG MD PhD MS

Campus Address Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS John amp Janice Fisher Endowed Chair of Wellness Associate Director Fisher Institute of Health and Well-being Director Systems-Oriented Global Childhood Obesity Intervention Program Professor Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences College of Health Ball State University Office HP 302E Muncie IN 47306 Phone 765-285-8121 Email ywang26bsuedu youfawanggmailcom EDUCATION

PhD 2001 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health Predoctoral trainee of Carolina Population Center (Field Nutritional Epidemiology) Thesis Socioeconomic factors dietary patterns and nutritional status of Chinese adolescents PhD program 1995-96 Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology University of Alberta Canada (Field Pathology) MS 1995 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences amp Peking Union Medical College (Field Epidemiology) Thesis NIHAIDS Prevention among Workers Going Overseas MD 1992 Beijing Medical University (merged with Peking University)

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

2016- John amp Janice Fisher Endowed Chair of Wellness Associate Director Fisher Institute of Health and Well-being Director Systems-Oriented Global Childhood Obesity Intervention Program Professor Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences College of Health Ball State University

2016- Adjunct Distinguished University Professor Founding Dean of Global Health Institute Professor of School of Public Health Xirsquoan Jiaotong University

2016- Adjunct Distinguished Professor School of Public Health Tianjin Medical University

2014-2016 Professor Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health School of Public Health and Health Professions Director Systems-oriented Global Childhood Obesity Intervention Program Clinical Professor Department of Pediatrics School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences University at Buffalo State University of New York (SUNY) Buffalo

2015- Adjunct Professor Department of Community Health and Health Behavior

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School of Public Health and Health Professions UB-SUNY 2013-2014 Professor and Chair Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health

School of Public Health and Health Professions Clinical Professor Department of Pediatrics School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences UB-SUNY

2013- Adjunct Professor Bloomberg School of Public Health School of Medicine Johns Hopkins University

2007-2013 Associate Professor Department of International Health Department of Epidemiology (joint appointment) Bloomberg School of Public Health Johns Hopkins University 2011-2013 Associate Professor Department of Health Behavior and Society (joint appointment) Bloomberg School of Public Health Johns Hopkins University

2011-2013 Founding Director Johns Hopkins Global Center on Childhood Obesity--Where Systems Science Meets Public Health Johns Hopkins University Baltimore

2013- present Adjunct Associate Professor Department of Medicine School of Medicine Johns Hopkins University

2012- present Adjunct Associate Professor Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences School of Medicine Johns Hopkins University

2010- present Adjunct Professor School of Public Health Fudan University 2009- present Adjunct Professor School of Public Health Peking University 2009- present Adjunct Professor School of Medicine Xirsquoan Jiaotong University 2004-2007 Assistant Professor Department of International Health Human Nutrition Program Department of Epidemiology (joint appointment) Bloomberg School of Public Health Johns Hopkins University 2001-2004 Assistant Professor Department of Human Nutrition University of Illinois at Chicago 2001-2004 Adjunct Assistant Professor Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics University of Illinois at Chicago

2002 June-August Visiting Scholar School of Public Health Harvard University 2002-2004 Assistant Professor (joint appointment) Division of Nutritional Sciences

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS

2016 The 2016 China Health Policy and Management Society (CHPAMS) Inspiration Award

(elected by a committee consist of international leading scholars including professors from the Harvard University and University of California at Berkeley based on the candidatesrsquo outstanding scientific contributions and leadership on a global scale)

2015- Fellow of The Obesity Society (Quote from the certificate The fellowship ldquois one of the highest honors bestowed by The Obesity Societyrdquo ldquoThe prestigious mark of the FTOFs

distinction sets you apart by acknowledging your high level contributions to the field of obesity research treatment andor preventionrdquo)

2012 Johns Hopkins University Leadership Development Program Participation is by invitation only based on nominations from Deans Vice Presidents and other senior university officers and administrators Usually each year only 2-3 people from each school such as new department chairs associate deans and program directors will be selected

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

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2010 Dannon Institute Academic Mid-Career Nutrition Leadership Institute (only about 20 people from North America were selected and some are department chairs aimed to train leaders in the nutrition field) 2005 The Dannon Institutersquos Nutrition Leadership Institute (only 18 people were selected aimed to train junior scientists including assistant professors to become future leaders in the nutrition field) 2005 American Society for Nutritional Sciences (ASNS) Travel Award (in connection with the 18th International Congress of Nutrition Durban South Africa Sept 19-23) 2004 University of Illinois General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) Annual Travel Award 2001- Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health 2001 American Society for Nutritional Sciences (ASNS) Travel Award (in connection with the 17th International Congress of Nutrition Vienna August 27-31) 2000 Chunhui Award Chinese Ministry of Education 1996-2000 Carolina Population Center Predoctoral Traineeship (funding source Fogarty International Center National Institutes of Health (NIH)) UNC

PROFESSIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE Society Membership and Leadership

bull Vice President Chinese Preventive Medicine AssociationmdashChinese Society on Global Health (2016-)

bull Chair-Elect Chair Past-Chair The Obesity Society (TOS) Pediatric Obesity Section (2015-2018)

bull President elect President Past President The North America Chinese Society for Nutrition (NACSN 2014-2017)

bull Vice President The North America Chinese Society for Nutrition (NACSN 2011-2015) bull SecretaryTreasurer The Obesity Society (TOS) Pediatric Obesity Section (2014-2015) bull Fellow The Obesity Society (TOS) 2015- bull Chair Elect Chair Past Chair American Society for Nutrition (ASN) Nutrition Epidemiology

Research Interest Section (2009-2012) bull Councilor The Obesity Society (TOS) Pediatric Obesity Section (2010-2012) bull The Obesity Society (TOS)s Annual Program Committee (Population Studies Track 2010-

2011) bull Affiliate Member African American Collaborative Obesity Research Network (AACOR

2010-) bull Executive Committee and Fundraising Director China Health Policy and Management Society

(2014-) bull Founding member and Executive Committee China Health Policy and Management Society

(2009-2014) bull Vice Secretary General The Society of Chinese American Professors and Scientists (2003-

2004) bull Member American Society for Nutritional Sciences (1997-) bull Member Society for International Nutrition Research (1997-) bull Member and assisted review abstracts submitted to annul meetings since 2005 North American

Association for the Study of Obesity (1999-) bull Member International Association for the Study of Obesity (1999-)

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

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bull Member American Statistical Association (2000-2002) bull Member American Public Health Association (2000-2002) bull Member American Diabetes Association (2001-2003) bull Member Society for Epidemiologic Research (1999-2003)

Participation on AdvisoryReview PanelsCommittees (Note the service has ended unless being specified) Domestic 2017- NIH Healthcare Delivery and Methodologies (HDEP) Study Section 2017 NIH Biomedical Computing and Health Informatics Study Section 2017 NIH Grant Review Committee Dissemination and Implementation Review in Health (DIRH) Study Section 2016 NIH Psychosocial Risk and Disease Prevention (PRDP) Study Section 2016 NIH Grant Review Committee Dissemination and Implementation Review in Health (DIRH) 2015 NIH Healthcare Delivery and Methodologies (HDM) Integrated Review Committee 2012 NIH Grant Review Committee National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) 2012 NIH Grant Review Committee National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) 2011 NIH Grant Review Committee National Center for Research Resources U54 Center grants 2011 NIH Grant Review Committee Risk Prevention and Health Behavior IRG 2011 NIH Grant Review Committee NHLBI K23K24K25 grants 2010 NIHNIHLB Grant Review Committee Programs to Increase Diversity Among Individuals Engaged in Health-Related Research (PRIDE R25 grants) 2010 NIH Grant Review Committee National Centers for Biomedical Computing 2010 NIH Grant Review Committee NHLBI Childhood Obesity Prevention and Treatment Research consortium 2010 NIH Grant Review Committee NIDDK Translational Research applications 2009 NIH Grant Review Committee NIH-Support Centers for Population Health and Health

Disparities 2009 NIH Grant Review Committee NHLBI American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Health Disparities Grants 2009 NIH Grant Review Committee NICHD American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Challenge Grants 2009 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Grant Review Panel 2009 Panelist Institute of Medicines Committee on Preventing the Global Epidemic of Cardiovascular Disease Meeting the Challenges in Developing Countries April 13-14 2009 Washington DC 2009 Panelist Health Affairs Childhood Obesity Thematic Issue Planning Committee 2008 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Review Panel Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research Centers 2008 Expert advisor Childhood Obesity Committee Council on Heart Disease and Stroke Family Health Administration Office of Chronic Disease Prevention Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene 2008 NIH Grant Review Committee Special Emphasis Panel review on Translational Research for

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

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2010 Dannon Institute Academic Mid-Career Nutrition Leadership Institute (only about 20 people from North America were selected and some are department chairs aimed to train leaders in the nutrition field) 2005 The Dannon Institutersquos Nutrition Leadership Institute (only 18 people were selected aimed to train junior scientists including assistant professors to become future leaders in the nutrition field) 2005 American Society for Nutritional Sciences (ASNS) Travel Award (in connection with the 18th International Congress of Nutrition Durban South Africa Sept 19-23) 2004 University of Illinois General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) Annual Travel Award 2001- Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health 2001 American Society for Nutritional Sciences (ASNS) Travel Award (in connection with the 17th International Congress of Nutrition Vienna August 27-31) 2000 Chunhui Award Chinese Ministry of Education 1996-2000 Carolina Population Center Predoctoral Traineeship (funding source Fogarty International Center National Institutes of Health (NIH)) UNC

PROFESSIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE Society Membership and Leadership

bull Vice President Chinese Preventive Medicine AssociationmdashChinese Society on Global Health (2016-)

bull Chair-Elect Chair Past-Chair The Obesity Society (TOS) Pediatric Obesity Section (2015-2018)

bull President elect President Past President The North America Chinese Society for Nutrition (NACSN 2014-2017)

bull Vice President The North America Chinese Society for Nutrition (NACSN 2011-2015) bull SecretaryTreasurer The Obesity Society (TOS) Pediatric Obesity Section (2014-2015) bull Fellow The Obesity Society (TOS) 2015- bull Chair Elect Chair Past Chair American Society for Nutrition (ASN) Nutrition Epidemiology

Research Interest Section (2009-2012) bull Councilor The Obesity Society (TOS) Pediatric Obesity Section (2010-2012) bull The Obesity Society (TOS)s Annual Program Committee (Population Studies Track 2010-

2011) bull Affiliate Member African American Collaborative Obesity Research Network (AACOR

2010-) bull Executive Committee and Fundraising Director China Health Policy and Management Society

(2014-) bull Founding member and Executive Committee China Health Policy and Management Society

(2009-2014) bull Vice Secretary General The Society of Chinese American Professors and Scientists (2003-

2004) bull Member American Society for Nutritional Sciences (1997-) bull Member Society for International Nutrition Research (1997-) bull Member and assisted review abstracts submitted to annul meetings since 2005 North American

Association for the Study of Obesity (1999-) bull Member International Association for the Study of Obesity (1999-)

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

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bull Member American Statistical Association (2000-2002) bull Member American Public Health Association (2000-2002) bull Member American Diabetes Association (2001-2003) bull Member Society for Epidemiologic Research (1999-2003)

Participation on AdvisoryReview PanelsCommittees (Note the service has ended unless being specified) Domestic 2017- NIH Healthcare Delivery and Methodologies (HDEP) Study Section 2017 NIH Biomedical Computing and Health Informatics Study Section 2017 NIH Grant Review Committee Dissemination and Implementation Review in Health (DIRH) Study Section 2016 NIH Psychosocial Risk and Disease Prevention (PRDP) Study Section 2016 NIH Grant Review Committee Dissemination and Implementation Review in Health (DIRH) 2015 NIH Healthcare Delivery and Methodologies (HDM) Integrated Review Committee 2012 NIH Grant Review Committee National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) 2012 NIH Grant Review Committee National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) 2011 NIH Grant Review Committee National Center for Research Resources U54 Center grants 2011 NIH Grant Review Committee Risk Prevention and Health Behavior IRG 2011 NIH Grant Review Committee NHLBI K23K24K25 grants 2010 NIHNIHLB Grant Review Committee Programs to Increase Diversity Among Individuals Engaged in Health-Related Research (PRIDE R25 grants) 2010 NIH Grant Review Committee National Centers for Biomedical Computing 2010 NIH Grant Review Committee NHLBI Childhood Obesity Prevention and Treatment Research consortium 2010 NIH Grant Review Committee NIDDK Translational Research applications 2009 NIH Grant Review Committee NIH-Support Centers for Population Health and Health

Disparities 2009 NIH Grant Review Committee NHLBI American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Health Disparities Grants 2009 NIH Grant Review Committee NICHD American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Challenge Grants 2009 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Grant Review Panel 2009 Panelist Institute of Medicines Committee on Preventing the Global Epidemic of Cardiovascular Disease Meeting the Challenges in Developing Countries April 13-14 2009 Washington DC 2009 Panelist Health Affairs Childhood Obesity Thematic Issue Planning Committee 2008 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Review Panel Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research Centers 2008 Expert advisor Childhood Obesity Committee Council on Heart Disease and Stroke Family Health Administration Office of Chronic Disease Prevention Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene 2008 NIH Grant Review Committee Special Emphasis Panel review on Translational Research for

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

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bull Member American Statistical Association (2000-2002) bull Member American Public Health Association (2000-2002) bull Member American Diabetes Association (2001-2003) bull Member Society for Epidemiologic Research (1999-2003)

Participation on AdvisoryReview PanelsCommittees (Note the service has ended unless being specified) Domestic 2017- NIH Healthcare Delivery and Methodologies (HDEP) Study Section 2017 NIH Biomedical Computing and Health Informatics Study Section 2017 NIH Grant Review Committee Dissemination and Implementation Review in Health (DIRH) Study Section 2016 NIH Psychosocial Risk and Disease Prevention (PRDP) Study Section 2016 NIH Grant Review Committee Dissemination and Implementation Review in Health (DIRH) 2015 NIH Healthcare Delivery and Methodologies (HDM) Integrated Review Committee 2012 NIH Grant Review Committee National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) 2012 NIH Grant Review Committee National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) 2011 NIH Grant Review Committee National Center for Research Resources U54 Center grants 2011 NIH Grant Review Committee Risk Prevention and Health Behavior IRG 2011 NIH Grant Review Committee NHLBI K23K24K25 grants 2010 NIHNIHLB Grant Review Committee Programs to Increase Diversity Among Individuals Engaged in Health-Related Research (PRIDE R25 grants) 2010 NIH Grant Review Committee National Centers for Biomedical Computing 2010 NIH Grant Review Committee NHLBI Childhood Obesity Prevention and Treatment Research consortium 2010 NIH Grant Review Committee NIDDK Translational Research applications 2009 NIH Grant Review Committee NIH-Support Centers for Population Health and Health

Disparities 2009 NIH Grant Review Committee NHLBI American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Health Disparities Grants 2009 NIH Grant Review Committee NICHD American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Challenge Grants 2009 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Grant Review Panel 2009 Panelist Institute of Medicines Committee on Preventing the Global Epidemic of Cardiovascular Disease Meeting the Challenges in Developing Countries April 13-14 2009 Washington DC 2009 Panelist Health Affairs Childhood Obesity Thematic Issue Planning Committee 2008 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Review Panel Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research Centers 2008 Expert advisor Childhood Obesity Committee Council on Heart Disease and Stroke Family Health Administration Office of Chronic Disease Prevention Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene 2008 NIH Grant Review Committee Special Emphasis Panel review on Translational Research for

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

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the Prevention and Control of Diabetes National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) 2008 NIH Grant Review Committee Risk Prevention and Health Behavior Integrated Review Group Center for Scientific Review 2008 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Grant Review Committee CDC Public Health Research Dissertation Awards 2007 NIH Grant Review Committee National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) RFA for Clinical Nutrition Research Unit Core Centers 2007 NIH Grant Review Committee Risk Prevention amp Health Behavior Integrated Review Group 2007- Advisory Board National Childhood Obesity Foundation (ongoing) 2007 Review Committee Pennsylvania Department of Health Commonwealth Universal Research Enhancement Program Interim Performance Review 2007 Reviewer American Heart Association (AHA) scientific statement Population Based Prevention of Obesity Comprehensive Promotion of Healthful Eating Physical Activity and Energy Balance 2006 NIH Grant Review Committee Psychosocial Risk amp Disease Prevention (PRDP) Study Section 2005 NIH Grant Review Committee Health of the Population (HOP) 2005 NIH Grant Review Committee National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) 2005-07 NIH Loan Repayment Program Reviewer National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities 2005-06 Abstract Reviewer North American Association for the Study of Obesity (NAASO) Annual Meetings 2004 Nominator The MacArthur Fellows Program John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation 2003 NIH Grant Review Committee National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2003 American Medical Association Working Group on Managing Childhood Obesity Chicago 2003-2011 Scientific Advisory Board UIC Health Research and Policy Centers 2003 Reviewer The MacArthur Fellows Program John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation International 2019 Conference Academic Committee session chair invited speaker The 11th Asia Pacific Conference on Clinical Nutrition (11th APCCN) and the 14th China Nutrition Science Congress (14th CNSC) Nanjing China Sep 19-22 2019 2019 Conference president session chair invited speaker The 3rd 2019 Belt and Road Initiative

Global Health International Congress Xian Shaanxi China Sep 13-16 2019 2018 Invited expert panelist The Accelerating the End of Hunger and Malnutrition Conference held

by International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Bangkok Thailand Nov 28-30 2018 2018

2018 Conference president Session chair invited speaker The 2nd 2018 Belt and Road Initiative Global Health International Congress Xian Shaanxi China Nov 23-26 2018

2018 Invited speaker Global health workshops Organized by The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) Xirsquoan China Nov 21-22 2018

2018 Keynote speaker Chair of sessions The 4th Congress on Childhood Obesity and Hypertension Harsquoerbin China Sep 5-8 2018 2018 Instructor Global health workshops Organized by The Center of Global Health Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) Beijing Sep 6-8 2018 Zhuhai China Sept 13-15 2018

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

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2018 Invited speaker the 18th Scientific Meeting of the Japanese Society of Anti-Aging Medicine Osaka Japan May 25-27 2018 2017 Symposium chair and Keynote speaker ldquoThe ldquoOne Road One Beltrdquo initiative and opportunities for international collaboration in nutrition and public health fieldrdquo at The 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Clinical Nutrition Adelaide Australia Nov 26- 29 2017 2017 Conference President Session chair Speaker The 2017 Belt and Road Initiative Global Health International Congress amp 2017 Chinese Preventive Medicine Association-Chinese Society on Global Health Annual Meeting Xian Shaanxi China Sep 24-26 2017 2016 Chair of sessions Keynote speaker ldquoInternational Guidelines on Childhood Obesity Treatment Management and Preventionrdquo The 2nd Congress on Childhood Obesity and Hypertension Nanjing China Sep 8-9 2016 2016 Chair Scientific session ldquoHome Environment and Influences of the Wider Environmentrdquo The

13th International Congress on Obesity held in Vancouver Canada in May 1-4 2016 (Invited by the World Obesity Federation)

2016 Speaker Scientific session ldquoThe Costs of Obesity Labour Productivity and Healthcarerdquo The 13th International Congress on Obesity held in Vancouver Canada in May 1-4 2016 (Invited by the World Obesity Federation)

2015 Expert panel and speaker ldquoEnergy Balance and Obesity Workshoprdquo organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) International Agency for Research on Cancer Lyon France December 7-8 2015 (as one of 17 international leaders invited by the WHO for the project a full report and research paper were completed and published in 2017 see below)

2015 Chair International Academic Committee Keynote speaker The 1st International Congress on Childhood Obesity and Hypertension Beijing China May 29-31 2015 2011 Expert panel and invited speaker ldquoMeeting on Mortality crises violence famine natural disasters and epidemics of non-communicable diseasesrdquo organized by United Nations (UN) Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs New York City Nov 2011 2011 Expert panel Global Obesity Prevention Experts Meeting organized by Bloomberg Philanthropies New York City June 7 2011 (only 9 global leaders in the obesity research field were invited) 2009 Chair Symposia ldquoObesity and Related Economic Issuesrdquo in The 7th World Congress on Health Economics July 12-15 2009 Beijing China 2009 Panelist Healthy China 2020 ndash The Westlake Forum Hangzhou China Feb 8-11 2009 2005-2011 Member International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS) Task-Force on Diet Nutrition and Long-term Health for the Quadrennium 2005-2009 2004-2006 Expert Committee to help develop a new International Growth Reference for Children and Adolescents United Nations University Food and Nutrition Program in collaboration with FAO and WHO 2006- Grant Reviewer Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Disease (RFCID) and the Health and Health Services Research Fund (HHSRF) Health Welfare and Food Bureau (HWFB) of the Hong Kong SAR Government 2006 United Nations (UN) Consultant invited to help write The 2007 UN World Youth Report working with the Division for Social Policy and Development of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs 2005 Member International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS) Long Term Health Task Force Facilitate analysis of US-based expertsrsquo evaluation of WHO reports Joint WHOFAO Expert

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

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Report on Diet Exercise and the Prevention of Chronic Disease Global Strategy on Diet Physical Activity and Health 2005 Grant Reviewer National Prevention Research Initiative Medical Research Council United Kingdom 2004 Scientific Committee International Symposium--Childhood Obesity From Basic Knowledge to Effective Prevention and 14th Workshop European Childhood Obesity Group Sept 23-25 Zaragoza Spain 2003 External Grant Proposal Referee The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research 2002-2004 Expert Committee The International Obesity Task Force Childhood Obesity Programme (assisted the development of a childhood obesity report to the WHO) 2002-2004 Working Group on Childhood Obesity Asia-Oceania Association for the Study of Obesity Editorial activities

1) Editorial Board 2018- Editorial Board Child and Adolescent Obesity 2017- Associate Editor Journal of Global Health 2008- Editorial Board International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2009-2014 Associate Editor BMC Public Health 2009-2015 Associate Editor Journal of Obesity 2010-2018 Editorial Board Advances in Nutrition (A journal of the American Society for Nutrition) 2011-2013 Associate Editor International Journal of Pediatric Obesity (new name Pediatric

Obesity an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity (IASO) 2011- Editorial Board Current Obesity Reports

2) Manuscript Reviewer (selected) American Heart Association (AHA) Statements Manuscript Population Based Prevention of Obesity Comprehensive Promotion of Healthful Eating Physical Activity and Energy Balance 2007 American Journal of Clinical Nutrition American Journal of Hypertension American Journal of the Medical Sciences American Journal of Preventive Medicine Appetite Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition BMC Public Health Bulletin of the World Health Organization Contemporary Economic Policy Economics and Human Biology Epidemiology Ethnicity and Health European Journal of Clinical Nutrition European Journal of Epidemiology Food and Nutrition Bulletin

International Journal of Obesity International Journal of Pediatric Obesity Journal of Adolescent Journal of Adolescent Health Journal of American Dietetic Association Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health Journal of Food Composition and Analysis JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) Journal of Nutrition Journal of Pediatrics

Journal of the Royal Society of Health Journal of School Health

Lancet Obesity (former Obesity Research) Obesity Review Pediatrics Preventive Medicine Public Health Nutrition

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

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Report on Diet Exercise and the Prevention of Chronic Disease Global Strategy on Diet Physical Activity and Health 2005 Grant Reviewer National Prevention Research Initiative Medical Research Council United Kingdom 2004 Scientific Committee International Symposium--Childhood Obesity From Basic Knowledge to Effective Prevention and 14th Workshop European Childhood Obesity Group Sept 23-25 Zaragoza Spain 2003 External Grant Proposal Referee The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research 2002-2004 Expert Committee The International Obesity Task Force Childhood Obesity Programme (assisted the development of a childhood obesity report to the WHO) 2002-2004 Working Group on Childhood Obesity Asia-Oceania Association for the Study of Obesity Editorial activities

1) Editorial Board 2018- Editorial Board Child and Adolescent Obesity 2017- Associate Editor Journal of Global Health 2008- Editorial Board International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2009-2014 Associate Editor BMC Public Health 2009-2015 Associate Editor Journal of Obesity 2010-2018 Editorial Board Advances in Nutrition (A journal of the American Society for Nutrition) 2011-2013 Associate Editor International Journal of Pediatric Obesity (new name Pediatric

Obesity an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity (IASO) 2011- Editorial Board Current Obesity Reports

2) Manuscript Reviewer (selected) American Heart Association (AHA) Statements Manuscript Population Based Prevention of Obesity Comprehensive Promotion of Healthful Eating Physical Activity and Energy Balance 2007 American Journal of Clinical Nutrition American Journal of Hypertension American Journal of the Medical Sciences American Journal of Preventive Medicine Appetite Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition BMC Public Health Bulletin of the World Health Organization Contemporary Economic Policy Economics and Human Biology Epidemiology Ethnicity and Health European Journal of Clinical Nutrition European Journal of Epidemiology Food and Nutrition Bulletin

International Journal of Obesity International Journal of Pediatric Obesity Journal of Adolescent Journal of Adolescent Health Journal of American Dietetic Association Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health Journal of Food Composition and Analysis JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) Journal of Nutrition Journal of Pediatrics

Journal of the Royal Society of Health Journal of School Health

Lancet Obesity (former Obesity Research) Obesity Review Pediatrics Preventive Medicine Public Health Nutrition

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

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Future Lipidology Health Affairs Hypertension

Public Health Reports Royal Society for Public Health Social Science and Medicine

UNIVERSITY SERVICE University of Illinois at Chicago 2001-2004

bull Academic Affairs Committee College of Applied Health Sciences 2003-2004 bull Website Committee College of Applied Health Sciences 2003-2004 bull The Urban Allied Health Academy Faculty Steering Committee College of Applied Health

Sciences 2004 Johns Hopkins University 2004-2013

bull Admission Committee Department of International Health Bloomberg School of Public Health Johns Hopkins University 2007-

bull Faculty mentor Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Chinese Public Health Forum 2010-

bull Department Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) Committee Department of International Health Bloomberg School of Public Health Johns Hopkins University 2011

bull Chair Tenure-track Faculty Search Committee Department of International Health Bloomberg School of Public Health Johns Hopkins University 2011

University at Buffalo State University of New York 2013-2016

bull Member School of Public Health and Health Professions Executive and Planning Committee 2013-2014

bull Member UB-SUNY Faculty Senate Equity and Diversity Committee 2015-2016 bull Member School of Public Health and Health Professions Faculty Council 2015-2016 bull Member Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health Admission Committee

2015-2016 bull Member School of Public Health and Health Professions Faculty Excellence Research Award

Committee 2015-2016

Ball State University 2016- bull University Advisory Council on Scholarship 2018- bull Chair College New Interdisciplinary PhD Program Development Committee College of

Health 2018- bull Department chair search committee Department of Nutrition and Health Science College of

Health 2018 bull Honors and awards committee Department of Nutrition and Health Science College of Health

2018- COMMUNITY SERVICE

bull 2008-2011 Maryland State Advisory Council on Physical Fitness (invited by the Governor of

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

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Maryland State) TEACHING Classroom Instruction At University of Illinois at Chicago 2001-2004 a) Those I led

2002 Spring Co-instructor Research Methods in Human Nutrition (HN530) 2003 Spring Instructor Quantitative Methods in Nutritional and Epidemiological Studies

(HN594 developed and taught this new course 3 credits) 2003 Fall Co-instructor (taught 2 of 3 credits) Evaluation of Nutritional Status (HN532)

2004 Spring amp Fall (twice) Co-instructor Nutrition During the Life Cycle (HN311) b) Those I Gave Invited Guest Lectures

2001 Fall Food and Culture (HND 302) 2002 Fall Human Growth and Nutrition (EPID 405) 2002 Fall Epidemiology of Pediatric Diseases (EPID 518) 2004 Spring Biostatistical Investigations (BSTT522)-- two lectures

At Johns Hopkins University 2005-2013 a) Those I led

2006- Instructor Advanced Nutritional Epidemiology (22284101 3 credits developed and taught this new course it addresses further methodological aspects of nutritional epidemiologic research with a focus on analytical quantitative methods)

2007-2009 Instructor Graduate Nutrition Seminar (22286001 4 credits) b) Those I Gave Invited Guest Lectures

2005 2008-2010 Critical Thinking in Nutrition (22265801) 2005 Fall Graduate Nutrition Seminar (22286001) 2005 2007 Assessment of Nutritional Status (22264201) 2005 2006 Problem Solving in Public Health (JHU Montgomery County campus) 2006-2007 Nutrition and Life Stages (22265501)

2006 Fall Public Health Perspectives on Research (55086501)--two lectures 2007 Summer Johns Hopkins University Summer Education Program for High School

Students 2007-2008 Instructor Topics in Advanced Nutritional Epidemiology (34067211 2 credits

The JHU Graduate Summer Institute of Epidemiology and Biostatistics) 2008 Spring Human and Family Development Across the Lifespan (NR110 589)

2010 Fall The Science and Medicine of Weight Controlrdquo Intersession (a new course) for the third year medical students 2010-2012 Introduction to Diabetes and Obesity Epidemiology (34064401) 2010-2012 Introduction to Diabetes and Obesity Epidemiology JHU Graduate Summer Institute of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

2012 Critical Thinking in Nutrition (22265801)

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

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At University at Buffalo State University of New York 2013-2016 2013- IMC500 Medicine and Society (Invited Lectures) 2014- SPM500 Introduction to Epidemiology for the Health Professions (Invited Lectures)

2014- Developed a new 3-credit online course proposal ldquoSignificant Public Health Problemsrdquo 2014- Developing a new course (3 credits Obesity Epidemiology (will teach it in spring 2015)

2015- Developed and taught a new 3 credit course Obesity Epidemiology (3 credits) 2016- Obesity Epidemiology (3 credits) and Non-communicable Chronic Diseases (NCDs)

Epidemiology (3 credits new course) Ball State University 2016-

2017- Community Nutrition (Invited lecture) 2018- Global Nutrition (Invited lecture)

Other Significant Teaching

1999 Spring Teaching Assistant Nutrition Epidemiology (NUTR259EPID259) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

1999 Fall Teaching Assistant Analytical Methods in Nutritional Epidemiology (NUTR360) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2009 Summer Short courseinvited lectures Advanced Nutritional Epidemiology Xirsquoan Jiaotong University School of Medicine

2010 Summer Short courseinvited lectures (continue education) The Global Obesity Epidemiology Nanjing City Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Nanjing CDC) Nanjing China

Trainees I have mentored about 80 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows (many of them landed excellent academic or research job positions) mentoredhosted 8 visiting scholars from other domestic and international institutions mentored 12 junior faculty members

PRESENTATIONS---Invited Presentations and Seminars (Did not include many presentations in conferences)

1 Trends and current situations of obesity in several large countries worldwide Workshop on Obesity in China Beijing China April 24-26 2000

2 Assessment of child and adolescent obesity in international studies Workshop on Obesity in

China Beijing China April 24-26 2000

3 The trends of obesity and underweight in children and adolescents Poverty amp Obesity Conference University of Chicago Chicago IL March 1-2 2002

4 The epidemic of childhood obesity Departments of Health Studies University of Chicago

Chicago IL April 10 2002

5 The obesity epidemic and nutrition transition in China and other countries Hong Kong Nutrition Association Hong Kong China October 2 2002

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

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6 The global obesity epidemic Beijing Medical University 90th Anniversary Seminar Beijing

Medical University Beijing China October 23 2002

7 Central obesity and the risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease new evidence from two Harvard prospective studies Fuwai Hospital The Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences amp Peking Union Medical College Beijing China October 24 2002

8 The associations between childhood obesity sexual maturation and risks for chronic disease

Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign November 13 2002

9 Global Secular Trends in Childhood Obesity The Maternal and Child Health Program Brown

Bag Seminar Series School of Public Health University of Illinois at Chicago February 12 2003

10 Childhood obesity abdominal adiposity and risks of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease

in middle-age Department of Preventive Medicine The Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University March 17 2003

11 How to apply for federal research grants as a new young investigator ldquoBeing Professors in the

USArdquo Forum The Society of Chinese American Professors and Scientists Evanston IL March 23 2003

12 Central obesity and risks of chronic disease Epidemiology and Biostatistics Seminar School of

Public Health University of Illinois at Chicago March 27 2003

13 Diet physical activity childhood obesity and risk of cardiovascular disease The XIIIth International Symposium on Atherosclerosis (Symposium Life Style and Vascular Disease- The West and the East Meet Together) Kyoto Japan September 28-October 2 2003

14 A school- and community-based childhood obesity intervention study among low-SES minority

students the ldquoHEALTH-KIDSrdquo project Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children (CLOCC) Chicago IL December 3 2003

15 Childhood lifestyles obesity and their influence on risk of cardiovascular disease Department of

Physical Therapy University of Illinois at Chicago January 15 2004

16 Childhood Obesity Prevention Design and Preliminary Findings of the HEALTH-KIDS Study Obesity amp Physical Activity Seminar University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill February 4 2004

17 Epidemiology of childhood obesity Time for action--Methodological aspects and guidelines

Whatrsquos new International Symposium--Childhood Obesity From Basic Knowledge to Effective Prevention and 14th Workshop European Childhood Obesity Group Zaragoza Spain September 23-25 2004

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

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18 ldquoChildhood Obesity the Crisis and Possible Solutionsrdquo Northern Illinois University DeKalb IL March 24 2005

19 ldquoChild and adolescent obesity global trends assessment causes health consequences and

preventionrdquo Diagnosis and Intervention of Metabolic Syndrome in Children Workshop Organized by Capital Institute of Pediatrics and the Chinese Preventive Medicine Association Beijing China September 7-10 2005

20 ldquoChildhood obesity epidemic and a school-based intervention study in Chicagordquo Johns Hopkins

University Welch Center for Prevention Epidemiology and Clinical Research October 12 2005

21 ldquoLimitations of current WHO Growth Reference for Children and Adolescentsrdquo WHO

Reference Development of an International Growth Standard for Preadolescent and Adolescent Children Geneva January 16 - 19 2006

22 ldquoObesity Prevention in African American School Children Promise of the HEALTH-KIDS

Studyrdquo University of Alabama Minority Health amp Research Center Annual ConferencemdashEliminating Health Disparities Obesity amp Diabetes Birmingham Alabama March 22 2006

23 The Global Childhood Obesity Epidemicrdquo The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia

University of Philadelphia Philadelphia October 25 2006

24 ldquoGlobal Trends in Childhood Obesityrdquo Department of Health Behavior amp Society and the Center for a Livable Future Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health November 16 2006

25 ldquoGlobal childhood obesity epidemic and a school-based intervention study in Chicagordquo Harvard

School Public Health September 24 2007

26 ldquoChildhood Obesity Epidemiology Classification and Global Trendsrdquo 3rd Micronesian Medical Symposium Guam October 18-21 2007

27 ldquoThe Global Childhood Obesity Epidemic Assessment Trends and Preventionrdquo Capital

Institute of Pediatrics Beijing China October 26 2007

28 ldquoPediatric obesity Unique challenges and opportunitiesrdquo Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine St Louis March 11 2008

29 ldquoChildhood Obesity challenges and opportunitiesrdquo Diabetes and Obesity Journal Club Welch

Center for Prevention Epidemiology and Clinical Research Johns Hopkins University April 16 2008

30 ldquoChildhood Obesity the problems and promising intervention strategiesrdquo Public Health Practice

Grand Rounds MidAtlantic Public Health Training Center Baltimore MD June 18 2008

31 ldquoChanges and Complexities in SES Associations with Obesity and Obesity Related Health

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

13

Disparitiesrdquo African American Collaborative Obesity Research Network (AACORN) Workshop ldquoDiversity within African American Communities Implications for Advancing Research on Weight Issues and Related Disparitiesrdquo Philadelphia PA August 18-19 2008

32 ldquoTrends in Obesity and Related Chronic Disease in Chinardquo Symposium Public Health

Nutrition Interventions in South China Policy Approaches Yale University School of Medicine New Haven CT November 6 2008

33 ldquoThe Obesity Epidemic in the United Statesrdquo Childhood Obesity Committee Meeting Council

on Heart Disease and Stroke Office of Chronic Disease Prevention Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene November 13 2008

34 ldquoInterdisciplinary population-based research on obesity and related chronic diseasesrdquo Presented

to the Chinese Delegation of Leaders from Medical Universities The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing and Bloomberg School of Public Health November 18 2008

35 ldquoWhat lessons can be learned from the two most populous countries China and India Similar

booming economy but different trends in obesity and malnutrition over the past two decadesrdquo Department of Epidemiology The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health April 10 2009

36 ldquoThe US Obesity Epidemic Where Are We Headed amp What Will It Costrdquo US Capital Hill

Invited by The Strategies to Overcome and Prevent (STOP) Obesity Alliance May 18 2009

37 ldquoThe Global Obesity Epidemic Health and Economic Consequencesrdquo Xirsquoan Jiaotong University School of Medicine Xian China July 3 2009

38 ldquoSchool-based Obesity Interventionrdquo Xirsquoan Jiaotong University School of Medicine Xian

China July 3 2009

39 ldquoThe Global Obesity EpidemicmdashWhere Are We Headed and Why Should We Be Worriedrdquo Peking University Health Science Center Beijing China July 9 2009

40 ldquoThe Global Obesity Epidemic and Related Health and Economic Impactrdquo National Center for

Chronic and Non-communicable Disease Control and Prevention (NCNCD) Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) Beijing China July 19 2009

41 ldquoImpact of economic development on peoplersquos nutritional status some recent lessons learned

from the developing worldrdquo International Food Policy Research Institute Washington DC Sept 17 2009

42 ldquoChina related collaboration research project on chronic diseasesrdquo Presented to a delegation of

deans and other top administrators from Schools of Public Health in PR China The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health November 28 2009

43 Global Childhood Obesity Epidemic Challenges and Opportunities University Seminar

Series on Global Health Duke University Durham NC March 17 2010

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

14

44 ldquoThe Global Childhood Obesity Epidemicrdquo Department of Medicine University of Maryland

School of Medicine Baltimore MD May 13 2010

45 ldquoThe Global Obesity Epidemic East Meets Westrdquo Fudan University School of Public Health Shanghai China July 15 2010

46 ldquoSchool-based Obesity Interventionrdquo Nanjing City Center for Disease Control and Prevention

(Nanjing CDC) Nanjing China July 20 2010

47 ldquoThe Global Obesity Epidemicrdquo The Institute for Nutritional Sciences Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai China July 22 2010

48 Study Childhood Obesity Challenges and Opportunities Including Methodological Issues School of Medicine Virginia Commonwealth University Sept 24 2010

49 Worldwide pediatric obesity epidemic Challenges and opportunities School Public Health Emory University October 4 2010

50 Global Epidemic of Obesity and Chronic Diseases -Challenges Opportunities and Innovative Analysis Graduate School of Public Health University of Pittsburgh December 5 2010

51 Child growth and obesity Assessment and impact of growth patterns on subsequent obesity risks University of Maryland School of Medicine May 3 2011

52 Social Determinants of Childhood Obesity and Recent Policy Debates in Social Determinants of Child Health A symposium hosted by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health amp Society Scholars at the University of Michigan May 17-18 2011

53 Global Epidemic of Obesity and Chronic Diseases Challenges and Opportunities Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong China August 1 2011

54 Childhood obesity The past current and where are we going next Hong Kong Chinese University Hong Kong China August 4 2011

55 Global Epidemic of Obesity and Chronic Diseases Xiamen University School of Public Health China August 5 2011

56 Global Epidemic of Chronic Diseases Challenges and Opportunities Institute of Nutrition and Food Safety China CDC August 8 2011

57 Tracking of blood pressure from childhood to adulthoodrdquo World Hypertension League Regional Congress 2011 incorporating the 13th International Symposium on Hypertension and Related Diseases Beijing China November 3ndash6 2011

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

15

58 Primary and Primordial Prevention of Obesity American Heart Association 2011 Annual Meeting Achieving 2020 Obesity Objectives Behavioral and Policy Strategies Orlando Florida November 12-16 2011

59 Application of Systems Science Methods in Public Health China CDC July 24 2012

60 Obesity Projected Trends and the Impact on Health American Society of Nephrology Annual Meeting San Diego CA November 2 2012

61 ldquoObesity and non-communicable chronic disease prevention and controlrdquo Zhejiang University

School of Public Health Hangzhou Zhejiang May 18 2013

62 ldquoHow to prepare grant applicationsrdquo Zhejiang University School of Public Health Hangzhou Zhejiang May 19 2013

63 ldquoThe Asia Pacifc Perspectives on the obesity epidemicrdquo Association of Pacific Rim Universities

(APRU) Global Health Workshop Hangzhou Zhejiang October 31 2013

64 Invited panelist and speaker in the symposium ldquoThe Evolution of Chinarsquos Healthcare Industry Opportunities and Challengesrdquo the SUNY Global Center New York City March 6 2014

65 ldquoFighting Global Epidemic of Obesity and Chronic Diseases ndash A Systems Science Approachrdquo

Columbia University School of Public Health New York City March 7 2014

66 ldquoThe Global Obesity Epidemic Huge challenges and opportunitiesrdquo Georgetown University Washington DC April 10 2015

67 ldquoApplication of systems science approaches in research and prevention of non-communicable

diseasesrdquo Southwestern University of Finance and Economics Chengdu China May 22 2015

68 ldquoNew perspectives on prevention and control of global non-communicable diseasesrdquo Tianjin Medical University Tianjin China May 28 2015

69 ldquoPrevention of global childhood obesityrdquo Beijing University School of Public Health Beijing

China June 1 2015

70 ldquoPrevention and control of the global epidemic of obesity and non-communicable diseasesrdquo Chinese National Center for Chronic and Non-communicable Disease Control and Prevention Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention Beijing China May 29 2015

71 ldquoPrevention and control of non-communicable diseasesrdquo Nanjing Center for Disease Control

and Prevention Nanjing China June 2 2015

72 ldquoPrevention of global childhood obesityrdquo Fudan University School of Public Health Shanghai China June 4 2015

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

16

73 ldquoSystematic amp interdisciplinary research on the etiology and prevention of the global childhood obesity epidemicrdquo Cornell University Field of Nutrition Seminar August 31 2015

74 ldquoCurrent status and future development in the global obesity and noncommunicable

chronic disease epidemicrdquo Xirsquoan Jiaotong University Xirsquoan Shanxi China October 15 2015

75 ldquoFighting the Global Childhood Obesity and Non-Communicable Chronic Disease Epidemic Challenges and New Opportunitiesrdquo Utah University Salt Lake City Utah January 13 2016

76 ldquoFighting the global obesity amp non-communicable chronic disease epidemicrdquo Iowa University

February 11 2016

77 ldquoGlobal health and application of bigdata in public health researchrdquo Xirsquoan Jiaotong University 120 Anniversary Seminar Series Xirsquoan Shanxi China April 9 2016

RESEARCH GRANT PARTICIPATION 1 Active grants Title Socioeconomic disparities in early origins of childhood obesity and body mass index trajectories Funding HRSA (R40MC31880 $100000 7012018-6302019) (HRSA - Health Resources and Services Administration MCHB - Maternal and Child Health Bureau) Objectives To understand when and why socioeconomic disparities in childhood obesity start in early life and how to reduce these disparities through food assistance policy and well-child care Role PI of subcontract (PI Xiaozhong Wen) Title Acquisition of a GPU-based Cloud Infrastructure for Inter-multi-disciplinary Research and Education at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution Funding National Science Foundation ($331133 812017 ndash 7312020) Objectives To establish a GPU-based cloud at Ball State University to promote big data related interdisciplinary research and education projects including health informatics and systems related obesity and non-communicable chronic diseases research Role Co-PI (PI Shaoen Wu) Title ldquoHealth Outcomes and Redemption Behaviors among Virginia WIC Participantsrdquo Funding US Department of AgricultureEconomic Research Service (58-4000-6-0061-R $90000 8182016~07302019) Objectives To study the health outcomes and redemption Behaviors of WIC Participants in Virginia State USA Role PI of subcontract (PI Qi Zhang) Title ldquoHealth burden and health care facilitiesresources of countries along the new Silk Road and collaboration on global healthrdquo Funding The China Medical Board (CMB an American foundation established by John D Rockefeller in 1914 based in Boston USA CNL 16-262 $200000 112017~12312019) Objectives To examine the health burden and health care facilitiesresources of the countries along

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

17

the new Silk Road help identify related needs and opportunities for future collaboration regarding global health and develop domestic and international collaboration partnership and pilot projects Role PI Title ldquoChinese Northwest Cohort Study Funding Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (Chinese National Key RampD Program 2017YFC0907200 1734 million RMB 1012017-172021) Objectives As part of large national efforts to study health risk factors and promote health and as one of the large cohort studies across China this project will collect different types and a large amount of data from a large cohort of adults (approximately n=120000) in 5 provinces in northwest China The data collected will include biological behavioral and environmental factors and on health outcomes The project will be carried out by research teams from several universities local CDCs and industry partners from the provinces covered by the project Role Co-I (PI Hong Yan) Title Study and support of vulnerable children from floating families in China Funding Chinese Social Science Foundation Key Projects (RMB 800000 12016-122020) Objectives This is a multi-institution collaboration project that includes five sub-projects The project aims to develop a system to incorporate ldquoresearch-policy-practicerdquo to promote the wellbeing of vulnerable children and adolescents from floating families in China We will collect data from multiple sources to develop a large data base to support related research The focus is children aged 6-15 years old who stayed at home with care providers (other than their parents who left home to work in other places) Role Co-I (PI Danhua Lin) Title ldquoUniversity of Buffalo Clinical and Translational Research Centerrdquo Funding NIH (Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) 1UL1TR001412-01 $16 million 82015-32019) Objectives To establish the UB Clinical and Translational Research Center as the hub of the Buffalo Translational Consortium (BTC) The BTC which includes 12 major academic research and healthcare institutions and 5 influential community partners has embarked on a comprehensive strategic plan to build a strong foundation for clinical and translational research in response to our community needs The CTRC and other enormous BTC investments to build a 21st century Academic Health Center creates a setting for a CTSA to provide the key piece to transform our capacity to bring discoveries in the laboratory the clinic and the community to benefit individual and public health by sharing expertise and innovative approaches to translational science as part of the national consortium We will bring strengths to the CTSA consortium including developing novel health informatics tools leveraging our strength as a leading center on research in standards and ontologies new approaches to community-based research developed with our community testing and disseminating ontology-based methods to share translational image data etc Role Faculty (PI Timothy Murphy) 2 Completed grants (but some of these projects are still ongoing) Title ldquoChina Obesity Blue Paper Project- a comprehensive national obesity prevention and control programrdquo Funding Chinese Nutrition Society (RMB 200000 32016-122018)

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

9

Maryland State) TEACHING Classroom Instruction At University of Illinois at Chicago 2001-2004 a) Those I led

2002 Spring Co-instructor Research Methods in Human Nutrition (HN530) 2003 Spring Instructor Quantitative Methods in Nutritional and Epidemiological Studies

(HN594 developed and taught this new course 3 credits) 2003 Fall Co-instructor (taught 2 of 3 credits) Evaluation of Nutritional Status (HN532)

2004 Spring amp Fall (twice) Co-instructor Nutrition During the Life Cycle (HN311) b) Those I Gave Invited Guest Lectures

2001 Fall Food and Culture (HND 302) 2002 Fall Human Growth and Nutrition (EPID 405) 2002 Fall Epidemiology of Pediatric Diseases (EPID 518) 2004 Spring Biostatistical Investigations (BSTT522)-- two lectures

At Johns Hopkins University 2005-2013 a) Those I led

2006- Instructor Advanced Nutritional Epidemiology (22284101 3 credits developed and taught this new course it addresses further methodological aspects of nutritional epidemiologic research with a focus on analytical quantitative methods)

2007-2009 Instructor Graduate Nutrition Seminar (22286001 4 credits) b) Those I Gave Invited Guest Lectures

2005 2008-2010 Critical Thinking in Nutrition (22265801) 2005 Fall Graduate Nutrition Seminar (22286001) 2005 2007 Assessment of Nutritional Status (22264201) 2005 2006 Problem Solving in Public Health (JHU Montgomery County campus) 2006-2007 Nutrition and Life Stages (22265501)

2006 Fall Public Health Perspectives on Research (55086501)--two lectures 2007 Summer Johns Hopkins University Summer Education Program for High School

Students 2007-2008 Instructor Topics in Advanced Nutritional Epidemiology (34067211 2 credits

The JHU Graduate Summer Institute of Epidemiology and Biostatistics) 2008 Spring Human and Family Development Across the Lifespan (NR110 589)

2010 Fall The Science and Medicine of Weight Controlrdquo Intersession (a new course) for the third year medical students 2010-2012 Introduction to Diabetes and Obesity Epidemiology (34064401) 2010-2012 Introduction to Diabetes and Obesity Epidemiology JHU Graduate Summer Institute of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

2012 Critical Thinking in Nutrition (22265801)

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

10

At University at Buffalo State University of New York 2013-2016 2013- IMC500 Medicine and Society (Invited Lectures) 2014- SPM500 Introduction to Epidemiology for the Health Professions (Invited Lectures)

2014- Developed a new 3-credit online course proposal ldquoSignificant Public Health Problemsrdquo 2014- Developing a new course (3 credits Obesity Epidemiology (will teach it in spring 2015)

2015- Developed and taught a new 3 credit course Obesity Epidemiology (3 credits) 2016- Obesity Epidemiology (3 credits) and Non-communicable Chronic Diseases (NCDs)

Epidemiology (3 credits new course) Ball State University 2016-

2017- Community Nutrition (Invited lecture) 2018- Global Nutrition (Invited lecture)

Other Significant Teaching

1999 Spring Teaching Assistant Nutrition Epidemiology (NUTR259EPID259) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

1999 Fall Teaching Assistant Analytical Methods in Nutritional Epidemiology (NUTR360) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2009 Summer Short courseinvited lectures Advanced Nutritional Epidemiology Xirsquoan Jiaotong University School of Medicine

2010 Summer Short courseinvited lectures (continue education) The Global Obesity Epidemiology Nanjing City Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Nanjing CDC) Nanjing China

Trainees I have mentored about 80 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows (many of them landed excellent academic or research job positions) mentoredhosted 8 visiting scholars from other domestic and international institutions mentored 12 junior faculty members

PRESENTATIONS---Invited Presentations and Seminars (Did not include many presentations in conferences)

1 Trends and current situations of obesity in several large countries worldwide Workshop on Obesity in China Beijing China April 24-26 2000

2 Assessment of child and adolescent obesity in international studies Workshop on Obesity in

China Beijing China April 24-26 2000

3 The trends of obesity and underweight in children and adolescents Poverty amp Obesity Conference University of Chicago Chicago IL March 1-2 2002

4 The epidemic of childhood obesity Departments of Health Studies University of Chicago

Chicago IL April 10 2002

5 The obesity epidemic and nutrition transition in China and other countries Hong Kong Nutrition Association Hong Kong China October 2 2002

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

11

6 The global obesity epidemic Beijing Medical University 90th Anniversary Seminar Beijing

Medical University Beijing China October 23 2002

7 Central obesity and the risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease new evidence from two Harvard prospective studies Fuwai Hospital The Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences amp Peking Union Medical College Beijing China October 24 2002

8 The associations between childhood obesity sexual maturation and risks for chronic disease

Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign November 13 2002

9 Global Secular Trends in Childhood Obesity The Maternal and Child Health Program Brown

Bag Seminar Series School of Public Health University of Illinois at Chicago February 12 2003

10 Childhood obesity abdominal adiposity and risks of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease

in middle-age Department of Preventive Medicine The Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University March 17 2003

11 How to apply for federal research grants as a new young investigator ldquoBeing Professors in the

USArdquo Forum The Society of Chinese American Professors and Scientists Evanston IL March 23 2003

12 Central obesity and risks of chronic disease Epidemiology and Biostatistics Seminar School of

Public Health University of Illinois at Chicago March 27 2003

13 Diet physical activity childhood obesity and risk of cardiovascular disease The XIIIth International Symposium on Atherosclerosis (Symposium Life Style and Vascular Disease- The West and the East Meet Together) Kyoto Japan September 28-October 2 2003

14 A school- and community-based childhood obesity intervention study among low-SES minority

students the ldquoHEALTH-KIDSrdquo project Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children (CLOCC) Chicago IL December 3 2003

15 Childhood lifestyles obesity and their influence on risk of cardiovascular disease Department of

Physical Therapy University of Illinois at Chicago January 15 2004

16 Childhood Obesity Prevention Design and Preliminary Findings of the HEALTH-KIDS Study Obesity amp Physical Activity Seminar University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill February 4 2004

17 Epidemiology of childhood obesity Time for action--Methodological aspects and guidelines

Whatrsquos new International Symposium--Childhood Obesity From Basic Knowledge to Effective Prevention and 14th Workshop European Childhood Obesity Group Zaragoza Spain September 23-25 2004

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

12

18 ldquoChildhood Obesity the Crisis and Possible Solutionsrdquo Northern Illinois University DeKalb IL March 24 2005

19 ldquoChild and adolescent obesity global trends assessment causes health consequences and

preventionrdquo Diagnosis and Intervention of Metabolic Syndrome in Children Workshop Organized by Capital Institute of Pediatrics and the Chinese Preventive Medicine Association Beijing China September 7-10 2005

20 ldquoChildhood obesity epidemic and a school-based intervention study in Chicagordquo Johns Hopkins

University Welch Center for Prevention Epidemiology and Clinical Research October 12 2005

21 ldquoLimitations of current WHO Growth Reference for Children and Adolescentsrdquo WHO

Reference Development of an International Growth Standard for Preadolescent and Adolescent Children Geneva January 16 - 19 2006

22 ldquoObesity Prevention in African American School Children Promise of the HEALTH-KIDS

Studyrdquo University of Alabama Minority Health amp Research Center Annual ConferencemdashEliminating Health Disparities Obesity amp Diabetes Birmingham Alabama March 22 2006

23 The Global Childhood Obesity Epidemicrdquo The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia

University of Philadelphia Philadelphia October 25 2006

24 ldquoGlobal Trends in Childhood Obesityrdquo Department of Health Behavior amp Society and the Center for a Livable Future Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health November 16 2006

25 ldquoGlobal childhood obesity epidemic and a school-based intervention study in Chicagordquo Harvard

School Public Health September 24 2007

26 ldquoChildhood Obesity Epidemiology Classification and Global Trendsrdquo 3rd Micronesian Medical Symposium Guam October 18-21 2007

27 ldquoThe Global Childhood Obesity Epidemic Assessment Trends and Preventionrdquo Capital

Institute of Pediatrics Beijing China October 26 2007

28 ldquoPediatric obesity Unique challenges and opportunitiesrdquo Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine St Louis March 11 2008

29 ldquoChildhood Obesity challenges and opportunitiesrdquo Diabetes and Obesity Journal Club Welch

Center for Prevention Epidemiology and Clinical Research Johns Hopkins University April 16 2008

30 ldquoChildhood Obesity the problems and promising intervention strategiesrdquo Public Health Practice

Grand Rounds MidAtlantic Public Health Training Center Baltimore MD June 18 2008

31 ldquoChanges and Complexities in SES Associations with Obesity and Obesity Related Health

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

13

Disparitiesrdquo African American Collaborative Obesity Research Network (AACORN) Workshop ldquoDiversity within African American Communities Implications for Advancing Research on Weight Issues and Related Disparitiesrdquo Philadelphia PA August 18-19 2008

32 ldquoTrends in Obesity and Related Chronic Disease in Chinardquo Symposium Public Health

Nutrition Interventions in South China Policy Approaches Yale University School of Medicine New Haven CT November 6 2008

33 ldquoThe Obesity Epidemic in the United Statesrdquo Childhood Obesity Committee Meeting Council

on Heart Disease and Stroke Office of Chronic Disease Prevention Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene November 13 2008

34 ldquoInterdisciplinary population-based research on obesity and related chronic diseasesrdquo Presented

to the Chinese Delegation of Leaders from Medical Universities The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing and Bloomberg School of Public Health November 18 2008

35 ldquoWhat lessons can be learned from the two most populous countries China and India Similar

booming economy but different trends in obesity and malnutrition over the past two decadesrdquo Department of Epidemiology The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health April 10 2009

36 ldquoThe US Obesity Epidemic Where Are We Headed amp What Will It Costrdquo US Capital Hill

Invited by The Strategies to Overcome and Prevent (STOP) Obesity Alliance May 18 2009

37 ldquoThe Global Obesity Epidemic Health and Economic Consequencesrdquo Xirsquoan Jiaotong University School of Medicine Xian China July 3 2009

38 ldquoSchool-based Obesity Interventionrdquo Xirsquoan Jiaotong University School of Medicine Xian

China July 3 2009

39 ldquoThe Global Obesity EpidemicmdashWhere Are We Headed and Why Should We Be Worriedrdquo Peking University Health Science Center Beijing China July 9 2009

40 ldquoThe Global Obesity Epidemic and Related Health and Economic Impactrdquo National Center for

Chronic and Non-communicable Disease Control and Prevention (NCNCD) Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) Beijing China July 19 2009

41 ldquoImpact of economic development on peoplersquos nutritional status some recent lessons learned

from the developing worldrdquo International Food Policy Research Institute Washington DC Sept 17 2009

42 ldquoChina related collaboration research project on chronic diseasesrdquo Presented to a delegation of

deans and other top administrators from Schools of Public Health in PR China The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health November 28 2009

43 Global Childhood Obesity Epidemic Challenges and Opportunities University Seminar

Series on Global Health Duke University Durham NC March 17 2010

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

14

44 ldquoThe Global Childhood Obesity Epidemicrdquo Department of Medicine University of Maryland

School of Medicine Baltimore MD May 13 2010

45 ldquoThe Global Obesity Epidemic East Meets Westrdquo Fudan University School of Public Health Shanghai China July 15 2010

46 ldquoSchool-based Obesity Interventionrdquo Nanjing City Center for Disease Control and Prevention

(Nanjing CDC) Nanjing China July 20 2010

47 ldquoThe Global Obesity Epidemicrdquo The Institute for Nutritional Sciences Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai China July 22 2010

48 Study Childhood Obesity Challenges and Opportunities Including Methodological Issues School of Medicine Virginia Commonwealth University Sept 24 2010

49 Worldwide pediatric obesity epidemic Challenges and opportunities School Public Health Emory University October 4 2010

50 Global Epidemic of Obesity and Chronic Diseases -Challenges Opportunities and Innovative Analysis Graduate School of Public Health University of Pittsburgh December 5 2010

51 Child growth and obesity Assessment and impact of growth patterns on subsequent obesity risks University of Maryland School of Medicine May 3 2011

52 Social Determinants of Childhood Obesity and Recent Policy Debates in Social Determinants of Child Health A symposium hosted by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health amp Society Scholars at the University of Michigan May 17-18 2011

53 Global Epidemic of Obesity and Chronic Diseases Challenges and Opportunities Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong China August 1 2011

54 Childhood obesity The past current and where are we going next Hong Kong Chinese University Hong Kong China August 4 2011

55 Global Epidemic of Obesity and Chronic Diseases Xiamen University School of Public Health China August 5 2011

56 Global Epidemic of Chronic Diseases Challenges and Opportunities Institute of Nutrition and Food Safety China CDC August 8 2011

57 Tracking of blood pressure from childhood to adulthoodrdquo World Hypertension League Regional Congress 2011 incorporating the 13th International Symposium on Hypertension and Related Diseases Beijing China November 3ndash6 2011

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

15

58 Primary and Primordial Prevention of Obesity American Heart Association 2011 Annual Meeting Achieving 2020 Obesity Objectives Behavioral and Policy Strategies Orlando Florida November 12-16 2011

59 Application of Systems Science Methods in Public Health China CDC July 24 2012

60 Obesity Projected Trends and the Impact on Health American Society of Nephrology Annual Meeting San Diego CA November 2 2012

61 ldquoObesity and non-communicable chronic disease prevention and controlrdquo Zhejiang University

School of Public Health Hangzhou Zhejiang May 18 2013

62 ldquoHow to prepare grant applicationsrdquo Zhejiang University School of Public Health Hangzhou Zhejiang May 19 2013

63 ldquoThe Asia Pacifc Perspectives on the obesity epidemicrdquo Association of Pacific Rim Universities

(APRU) Global Health Workshop Hangzhou Zhejiang October 31 2013

64 Invited panelist and speaker in the symposium ldquoThe Evolution of Chinarsquos Healthcare Industry Opportunities and Challengesrdquo the SUNY Global Center New York City March 6 2014

65 ldquoFighting Global Epidemic of Obesity and Chronic Diseases ndash A Systems Science Approachrdquo

Columbia University School of Public Health New York City March 7 2014

66 ldquoThe Global Obesity Epidemic Huge challenges and opportunitiesrdquo Georgetown University Washington DC April 10 2015

67 ldquoApplication of systems science approaches in research and prevention of non-communicable

diseasesrdquo Southwestern University of Finance and Economics Chengdu China May 22 2015

68 ldquoNew perspectives on prevention and control of global non-communicable diseasesrdquo Tianjin Medical University Tianjin China May 28 2015

69 ldquoPrevention of global childhood obesityrdquo Beijing University School of Public Health Beijing

China June 1 2015

70 ldquoPrevention and control of the global epidemic of obesity and non-communicable diseasesrdquo Chinese National Center for Chronic and Non-communicable Disease Control and Prevention Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention Beijing China May 29 2015

71 ldquoPrevention and control of non-communicable diseasesrdquo Nanjing Center for Disease Control

and Prevention Nanjing China June 2 2015

72 ldquoPrevention of global childhood obesityrdquo Fudan University School of Public Health Shanghai China June 4 2015

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

16

73 ldquoSystematic amp interdisciplinary research on the etiology and prevention of the global childhood obesity epidemicrdquo Cornell University Field of Nutrition Seminar August 31 2015

74 ldquoCurrent status and future development in the global obesity and noncommunicable

chronic disease epidemicrdquo Xirsquoan Jiaotong University Xirsquoan Shanxi China October 15 2015

75 ldquoFighting the Global Childhood Obesity and Non-Communicable Chronic Disease Epidemic Challenges and New Opportunitiesrdquo Utah University Salt Lake City Utah January 13 2016

76 ldquoFighting the global obesity amp non-communicable chronic disease epidemicrdquo Iowa University

February 11 2016

77 ldquoGlobal health and application of bigdata in public health researchrdquo Xirsquoan Jiaotong University 120 Anniversary Seminar Series Xirsquoan Shanxi China April 9 2016

RESEARCH GRANT PARTICIPATION 1 Active grants Title Socioeconomic disparities in early origins of childhood obesity and body mass index trajectories Funding HRSA (R40MC31880 $100000 7012018-6302019) (HRSA - Health Resources and Services Administration MCHB - Maternal and Child Health Bureau) Objectives To understand when and why socioeconomic disparities in childhood obesity start in early life and how to reduce these disparities through food assistance policy and well-child care Role PI of subcontract (PI Xiaozhong Wen) Title Acquisition of a GPU-based Cloud Infrastructure for Inter-multi-disciplinary Research and Education at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution Funding National Science Foundation ($331133 812017 ndash 7312020) Objectives To establish a GPU-based cloud at Ball State University to promote big data related interdisciplinary research and education projects including health informatics and systems related obesity and non-communicable chronic diseases research Role Co-PI (PI Shaoen Wu) Title ldquoHealth Outcomes and Redemption Behaviors among Virginia WIC Participantsrdquo Funding US Department of AgricultureEconomic Research Service (58-4000-6-0061-R $90000 8182016~07302019) Objectives To study the health outcomes and redemption Behaviors of WIC Participants in Virginia State USA Role PI of subcontract (PI Qi Zhang) Title ldquoHealth burden and health care facilitiesresources of countries along the new Silk Road and collaboration on global healthrdquo Funding The China Medical Board (CMB an American foundation established by John D Rockefeller in 1914 based in Boston USA CNL 16-262 $200000 112017~12312019) Objectives To examine the health burden and health care facilitiesresources of the countries along

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

17

the new Silk Road help identify related needs and opportunities for future collaboration regarding global health and develop domestic and international collaboration partnership and pilot projects Role PI Title ldquoChinese Northwest Cohort Study Funding Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (Chinese National Key RampD Program 2017YFC0907200 1734 million RMB 1012017-172021) Objectives As part of large national efforts to study health risk factors and promote health and as one of the large cohort studies across China this project will collect different types and a large amount of data from a large cohort of adults (approximately n=120000) in 5 provinces in northwest China The data collected will include biological behavioral and environmental factors and on health outcomes The project will be carried out by research teams from several universities local CDCs and industry partners from the provinces covered by the project Role Co-I (PI Hong Yan) Title Study and support of vulnerable children from floating families in China Funding Chinese Social Science Foundation Key Projects (RMB 800000 12016-122020) Objectives This is a multi-institution collaboration project that includes five sub-projects The project aims to develop a system to incorporate ldquoresearch-policy-practicerdquo to promote the wellbeing of vulnerable children and adolescents from floating families in China We will collect data from multiple sources to develop a large data base to support related research The focus is children aged 6-15 years old who stayed at home with care providers (other than their parents who left home to work in other places) Role Co-I (PI Danhua Lin) Title ldquoUniversity of Buffalo Clinical and Translational Research Centerrdquo Funding NIH (Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) 1UL1TR001412-01 $16 million 82015-32019) Objectives To establish the UB Clinical and Translational Research Center as the hub of the Buffalo Translational Consortium (BTC) The BTC which includes 12 major academic research and healthcare institutions and 5 influential community partners has embarked on a comprehensive strategic plan to build a strong foundation for clinical and translational research in response to our community needs The CTRC and other enormous BTC investments to build a 21st century Academic Health Center creates a setting for a CTSA to provide the key piece to transform our capacity to bring discoveries in the laboratory the clinic and the community to benefit individual and public health by sharing expertise and innovative approaches to translational science as part of the national consortium We will bring strengths to the CTSA consortium including developing novel health informatics tools leveraging our strength as a leading center on research in standards and ontologies new approaches to community-based research developed with our community testing and disseminating ontology-based methods to share translational image data etc Role Faculty (PI Timothy Murphy) 2 Completed grants (but some of these projects are still ongoing) Title ldquoChina Obesity Blue Paper Project- a comprehensive national obesity prevention and control programrdquo Funding Chinese Nutrition Society (RMB 200000 32016-122018)

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

10

At University at Buffalo State University of New York 2013-2016 2013- IMC500 Medicine and Society (Invited Lectures) 2014- SPM500 Introduction to Epidemiology for the Health Professions (Invited Lectures)

2014- Developed a new 3-credit online course proposal ldquoSignificant Public Health Problemsrdquo 2014- Developing a new course (3 credits Obesity Epidemiology (will teach it in spring 2015)

2015- Developed and taught a new 3 credit course Obesity Epidemiology (3 credits) 2016- Obesity Epidemiology (3 credits) and Non-communicable Chronic Diseases (NCDs)

Epidemiology (3 credits new course) Ball State University 2016-

2017- Community Nutrition (Invited lecture) 2018- Global Nutrition (Invited lecture)

Other Significant Teaching

1999 Spring Teaching Assistant Nutrition Epidemiology (NUTR259EPID259) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

1999 Fall Teaching Assistant Analytical Methods in Nutritional Epidemiology (NUTR360) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2009 Summer Short courseinvited lectures Advanced Nutritional Epidemiology Xirsquoan Jiaotong University School of Medicine

2010 Summer Short courseinvited lectures (continue education) The Global Obesity Epidemiology Nanjing City Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Nanjing CDC) Nanjing China

Trainees I have mentored about 80 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows (many of them landed excellent academic or research job positions) mentoredhosted 8 visiting scholars from other domestic and international institutions mentored 12 junior faculty members

PRESENTATIONS---Invited Presentations and Seminars (Did not include many presentations in conferences)

1 Trends and current situations of obesity in several large countries worldwide Workshop on Obesity in China Beijing China April 24-26 2000

2 Assessment of child and adolescent obesity in international studies Workshop on Obesity in

China Beijing China April 24-26 2000

3 The trends of obesity and underweight in children and adolescents Poverty amp Obesity Conference University of Chicago Chicago IL March 1-2 2002

4 The epidemic of childhood obesity Departments of Health Studies University of Chicago

Chicago IL April 10 2002

5 The obesity epidemic and nutrition transition in China and other countries Hong Kong Nutrition Association Hong Kong China October 2 2002

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

11

6 The global obesity epidemic Beijing Medical University 90th Anniversary Seminar Beijing

Medical University Beijing China October 23 2002

7 Central obesity and the risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease new evidence from two Harvard prospective studies Fuwai Hospital The Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences amp Peking Union Medical College Beijing China October 24 2002

8 The associations between childhood obesity sexual maturation and risks for chronic disease

Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign November 13 2002

9 Global Secular Trends in Childhood Obesity The Maternal and Child Health Program Brown

Bag Seminar Series School of Public Health University of Illinois at Chicago February 12 2003

10 Childhood obesity abdominal adiposity and risks of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease

in middle-age Department of Preventive Medicine The Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University March 17 2003

11 How to apply for federal research grants as a new young investigator ldquoBeing Professors in the

USArdquo Forum The Society of Chinese American Professors and Scientists Evanston IL March 23 2003

12 Central obesity and risks of chronic disease Epidemiology and Biostatistics Seminar School of

Public Health University of Illinois at Chicago March 27 2003

13 Diet physical activity childhood obesity and risk of cardiovascular disease The XIIIth International Symposium on Atherosclerosis (Symposium Life Style and Vascular Disease- The West and the East Meet Together) Kyoto Japan September 28-October 2 2003

14 A school- and community-based childhood obesity intervention study among low-SES minority

students the ldquoHEALTH-KIDSrdquo project Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children (CLOCC) Chicago IL December 3 2003

15 Childhood lifestyles obesity and their influence on risk of cardiovascular disease Department of

Physical Therapy University of Illinois at Chicago January 15 2004

16 Childhood Obesity Prevention Design and Preliminary Findings of the HEALTH-KIDS Study Obesity amp Physical Activity Seminar University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill February 4 2004

17 Epidemiology of childhood obesity Time for action--Methodological aspects and guidelines

Whatrsquos new International Symposium--Childhood Obesity From Basic Knowledge to Effective Prevention and 14th Workshop European Childhood Obesity Group Zaragoza Spain September 23-25 2004

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

12

18 ldquoChildhood Obesity the Crisis and Possible Solutionsrdquo Northern Illinois University DeKalb IL March 24 2005

19 ldquoChild and adolescent obesity global trends assessment causes health consequences and

preventionrdquo Diagnosis and Intervention of Metabolic Syndrome in Children Workshop Organized by Capital Institute of Pediatrics and the Chinese Preventive Medicine Association Beijing China September 7-10 2005

20 ldquoChildhood obesity epidemic and a school-based intervention study in Chicagordquo Johns Hopkins

University Welch Center for Prevention Epidemiology and Clinical Research October 12 2005

21 ldquoLimitations of current WHO Growth Reference for Children and Adolescentsrdquo WHO

Reference Development of an International Growth Standard for Preadolescent and Adolescent Children Geneva January 16 - 19 2006

22 ldquoObesity Prevention in African American School Children Promise of the HEALTH-KIDS

Studyrdquo University of Alabama Minority Health amp Research Center Annual ConferencemdashEliminating Health Disparities Obesity amp Diabetes Birmingham Alabama March 22 2006

23 The Global Childhood Obesity Epidemicrdquo The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia

University of Philadelphia Philadelphia October 25 2006

24 ldquoGlobal Trends in Childhood Obesityrdquo Department of Health Behavior amp Society and the Center for a Livable Future Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health November 16 2006

25 ldquoGlobal childhood obesity epidemic and a school-based intervention study in Chicagordquo Harvard

School Public Health September 24 2007

26 ldquoChildhood Obesity Epidemiology Classification and Global Trendsrdquo 3rd Micronesian Medical Symposium Guam October 18-21 2007

27 ldquoThe Global Childhood Obesity Epidemic Assessment Trends and Preventionrdquo Capital

Institute of Pediatrics Beijing China October 26 2007

28 ldquoPediatric obesity Unique challenges and opportunitiesrdquo Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine St Louis March 11 2008

29 ldquoChildhood Obesity challenges and opportunitiesrdquo Diabetes and Obesity Journal Club Welch

Center for Prevention Epidemiology and Clinical Research Johns Hopkins University April 16 2008

30 ldquoChildhood Obesity the problems and promising intervention strategiesrdquo Public Health Practice

Grand Rounds MidAtlantic Public Health Training Center Baltimore MD June 18 2008

31 ldquoChanges and Complexities in SES Associations with Obesity and Obesity Related Health

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

13

Disparitiesrdquo African American Collaborative Obesity Research Network (AACORN) Workshop ldquoDiversity within African American Communities Implications for Advancing Research on Weight Issues and Related Disparitiesrdquo Philadelphia PA August 18-19 2008

32 ldquoTrends in Obesity and Related Chronic Disease in Chinardquo Symposium Public Health

Nutrition Interventions in South China Policy Approaches Yale University School of Medicine New Haven CT November 6 2008

33 ldquoThe Obesity Epidemic in the United Statesrdquo Childhood Obesity Committee Meeting Council

on Heart Disease and Stroke Office of Chronic Disease Prevention Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene November 13 2008

34 ldquoInterdisciplinary population-based research on obesity and related chronic diseasesrdquo Presented

to the Chinese Delegation of Leaders from Medical Universities The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing and Bloomberg School of Public Health November 18 2008

35 ldquoWhat lessons can be learned from the two most populous countries China and India Similar

booming economy but different trends in obesity and malnutrition over the past two decadesrdquo Department of Epidemiology The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health April 10 2009

36 ldquoThe US Obesity Epidemic Where Are We Headed amp What Will It Costrdquo US Capital Hill

Invited by The Strategies to Overcome and Prevent (STOP) Obesity Alliance May 18 2009

37 ldquoThe Global Obesity Epidemic Health and Economic Consequencesrdquo Xirsquoan Jiaotong University School of Medicine Xian China July 3 2009

38 ldquoSchool-based Obesity Interventionrdquo Xirsquoan Jiaotong University School of Medicine Xian

China July 3 2009

39 ldquoThe Global Obesity EpidemicmdashWhere Are We Headed and Why Should We Be Worriedrdquo Peking University Health Science Center Beijing China July 9 2009

40 ldquoThe Global Obesity Epidemic and Related Health and Economic Impactrdquo National Center for

Chronic and Non-communicable Disease Control and Prevention (NCNCD) Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) Beijing China July 19 2009

41 ldquoImpact of economic development on peoplersquos nutritional status some recent lessons learned

from the developing worldrdquo International Food Policy Research Institute Washington DC Sept 17 2009

42 ldquoChina related collaboration research project on chronic diseasesrdquo Presented to a delegation of

deans and other top administrators from Schools of Public Health in PR China The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health November 28 2009

43 Global Childhood Obesity Epidemic Challenges and Opportunities University Seminar

Series on Global Health Duke University Durham NC March 17 2010

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

14

44 ldquoThe Global Childhood Obesity Epidemicrdquo Department of Medicine University of Maryland

School of Medicine Baltimore MD May 13 2010

45 ldquoThe Global Obesity Epidemic East Meets Westrdquo Fudan University School of Public Health Shanghai China July 15 2010

46 ldquoSchool-based Obesity Interventionrdquo Nanjing City Center for Disease Control and Prevention

(Nanjing CDC) Nanjing China July 20 2010

47 ldquoThe Global Obesity Epidemicrdquo The Institute for Nutritional Sciences Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai China July 22 2010

48 Study Childhood Obesity Challenges and Opportunities Including Methodological Issues School of Medicine Virginia Commonwealth University Sept 24 2010

49 Worldwide pediatric obesity epidemic Challenges and opportunities School Public Health Emory University October 4 2010

50 Global Epidemic of Obesity and Chronic Diseases -Challenges Opportunities and Innovative Analysis Graduate School of Public Health University of Pittsburgh December 5 2010

51 Child growth and obesity Assessment and impact of growth patterns on subsequent obesity risks University of Maryland School of Medicine May 3 2011

52 Social Determinants of Childhood Obesity and Recent Policy Debates in Social Determinants of Child Health A symposium hosted by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health amp Society Scholars at the University of Michigan May 17-18 2011

53 Global Epidemic of Obesity and Chronic Diseases Challenges and Opportunities Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong China August 1 2011

54 Childhood obesity The past current and where are we going next Hong Kong Chinese University Hong Kong China August 4 2011

55 Global Epidemic of Obesity and Chronic Diseases Xiamen University School of Public Health China August 5 2011

56 Global Epidemic of Chronic Diseases Challenges and Opportunities Institute of Nutrition and Food Safety China CDC August 8 2011

57 Tracking of blood pressure from childhood to adulthoodrdquo World Hypertension League Regional Congress 2011 incorporating the 13th International Symposium on Hypertension and Related Diseases Beijing China November 3ndash6 2011

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

15

58 Primary and Primordial Prevention of Obesity American Heart Association 2011 Annual Meeting Achieving 2020 Obesity Objectives Behavioral and Policy Strategies Orlando Florida November 12-16 2011

59 Application of Systems Science Methods in Public Health China CDC July 24 2012

60 Obesity Projected Trends and the Impact on Health American Society of Nephrology Annual Meeting San Diego CA November 2 2012

61 ldquoObesity and non-communicable chronic disease prevention and controlrdquo Zhejiang University

School of Public Health Hangzhou Zhejiang May 18 2013

62 ldquoHow to prepare grant applicationsrdquo Zhejiang University School of Public Health Hangzhou Zhejiang May 19 2013

63 ldquoThe Asia Pacifc Perspectives on the obesity epidemicrdquo Association of Pacific Rim Universities

(APRU) Global Health Workshop Hangzhou Zhejiang October 31 2013

64 Invited panelist and speaker in the symposium ldquoThe Evolution of Chinarsquos Healthcare Industry Opportunities and Challengesrdquo the SUNY Global Center New York City March 6 2014

65 ldquoFighting Global Epidemic of Obesity and Chronic Diseases ndash A Systems Science Approachrdquo

Columbia University School of Public Health New York City March 7 2014

66 ldquoThe Global Obesity Epidemic Huge challenges and opportunitiesrdquo Georgetown University Washington DC April 10 2015

67 ldquoApplication of systems science approaches in research and prevention of non-communicable

diseasesrdquo Southwestern University of Finance and Economics Chengdu China May 22 2015

68 ldquoNew perspectives on prevention and control of global non-communicable diseasesrdquo Tianjin Medical University Tianjin China May 28 2015

69 ldquoPrevention of global childhood obesityrdquo Beijing University School of Public Health Beijing

China June 1 2015

70 ldquoPrevention and control of the global epidemic of obesity and non-communicable diseasesrdquo Chinese National Center for Chronic and Non-communicable Disease Control and Prevention Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention Beijing China May 29 2015

71 ldquoPrevention and control of non-communicable diseasesrdquo Nanjing Center for Disease Control

and Prevention Nanjing China June 2 2015

72 ldquoPrevention of global childhood obesityrdquo Fudan University School of Public Health Shanghai China June 4 2015

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

16

73 ldquoSystematic amp interdisciplinary research on the etiology and prevention of the global childhood obesity epidemicrdquo Cornell University Field of Nutrition Seminar August 31 2015

74 ldquoCurrent status and future development in the global obesity and noncommunicable

chronic disease epidemicrdquo Xirsquoan Jiaotong University Xirsquoan Shanxi China October 15 2015

75 ldquoFighting the Global Childhood Obesity and Non-Communicable Chronic Disease Epidemic Challenges and New Opportunitiesrdquo Utah University Salt Lake City Utah January 13 2016

76 ldquoFighting the global obesity amp non-communicable chronic disease epidemicrdquo Iowa University

February 11 2016

77 ldquoGlobal health and application of bigdata in public health researchrdquo Xirsquoan Jiaotong University 120 Anniversary Seminar Series Xirsquoan Shanxi China April 9 2016

RESEARCH GRANT PARTICIPATION 1 Active grants Title Socioeconomic disparities in early origins of childhood obesity and body mass index trajectories Funding HRSA (R40MC31880 $100000 7012018-6302019) (HRSA - Health Resources and Services Administration MCHB - Maternal and Child Health Bureau) Objectives To understand when and why socioeconomic disparities in childhood obesity start in early life and how to reduce these disparities through food assistance policy and well-child care Role PI of subcontract (PI Xiaozhong Wen) Title Acquisition of a GPU-based Cloud Infrastructure for Inter-multi-disciplinary Research and Education at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution Funding National Science Foundation ($331133 812017 ndash 7312020) Objectives To establish a GPU-based cloud at Ball State University to promote big data related interdisciplinary research and education projects including health informatics and systems related obesity and non-communicable chronic diseases research Role Co-PI (PI Shaoen Wu) Title ldquoHealth Outcomes and Redemption Behaviors among Virginia WIC Participantsrdquo Funding US Department of AgricultureEconomic Research Service (58-4000-6-0061-R $90000 8182016~07302019) Objectives To study the health outcomes and redemption Behaviors of WIC Participants in Virginia State USA Role PI of subcontract (PI Qi Zhang) Title ldquoHealth burden and health care facilitiesresources of countries along the new Silk Road and collaboration on global healthrdquo Funding The China Medical Board (CMB an American foundation established by John D Rockefeller in 1914 based in Boston USA CNL 16-262 $200000 112017~12312019) Objectives To examine the health burden and health care facilitiesresources of the countries along

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

17

the new Silk Road help identify related needs and opportunities for future collaboration regarding global health and develop domestic and international collaboration partnership and pilot projects Role PI Title ldquoChinese Northwest Cohort Study Funding Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (Chinese National Key RampD Program 2017YFC0907200 1734 million RMB 1012017-172021) Objectives As part of large national efforts to study health risk factors and promote health and as one of the large cohort studies across China this project will collect different types and a large amount of data from a large cohort of adults (approximately n=120000) in 5 provinces in northwest China The data collected will include biological behavioral and environmental factors and on health outcomes The project will be carried out by research teams from several universities local CDCs and industry partners from the provinces covered by the project Role Co-I (PI Hong Yan) Title Study and support of vulnerable children from floating families in China Funding Chinese Social Science Foundation Key Projects (RMB 800000 12016-122020) Objectives This is a multi-institution collaboration project that includes five sub-projects The project aims to develop a system to incorporate ldquoresearch-policy-practicerdquo to promote the wellbeing of vulnerable children and adolescents from floating families in China We will collect data from multiple sources to develop a large data base to support related research The focus is children aged 6-15 years old who stayed at home with care providers (other than their parents who left home to work in other places) Role Co-I (PI Danhua Lin) Title ldquoUniversity of Buffalo Clinical and Translational Research Centerrdquo Funding NIH (Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) 1UL1TR001412-01 $16 million 82015-32019) Objectives To establish the UB Clinical and Translational Research Center as the hub of the Buffalo Translational Consortium (BTC) The BTC which includes 12 major academic research and healthcare institutions and 5 influential community partners has embarked on a comprehensive strategic plan to build a strong foundation for clinical and translational research in response to our community needs The CTRC and other enormous BTC investments to build a 21st century Academic Health Center creates a setting for a CTSA to provide the key piece to transform our capacity to bring discoveries in the laboratory the clinic and the community to benefit individual and public health by sharing expertise and innovative approaches to translational science as part of the national consortium We will bring strengths to the CTSA consortium including developing novel health informatics tools leveraging our strength as a leading center on research in standards and ontologies new approaches to community-based research developed with our community testing and disseminating ontology-based methods to share translational image data etc Role Faculty (PI Timothy Murphy) 2 Completed grants (but some of these projects are still ongoing) Title ldquoChina Obesity Blue Paper Project- a comprehensive national obesity prevention and control programrdquo Funding Chinese Nutrition Society (RMB 200000 32016-122018)

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

11

6 The global obesity epidemic Beijing Medical University 90th Anniversary Seminar Beijing

Medical University Beijing China October 23 2002

7 Central obesity and the risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease new evidence from two Harvard prospective studies Fuwai Hospital The Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences amp Peking Union Medical College Beijing China October 24 2002

8 The associations between childhood obesity sexual maturation and risks for chronic disease

Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign November 13 2002

9 Global Secular Trends in Childhood Obesity The Maternal and Child Health Program Brown

Bag Seminar Series School of Public Health University of Illinois at Chicago February 12 2003

10 Childhood obesity abdominal adiposity and risks of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease

in middle-age Department of Preventive Medicine The Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University March 17 2003

11 How to apply for federal research grants as a new young investigator ldquoBeing Professors in the

USArdquo Forum The Society of Chinese American Professors and Scientists Evanston IL March 23 2003

12 Central obesity and risks of chronic disease Epidemiology and Biostatistics Seminar School of

Public Health University of Illinois at Chicago March 27 2003

13 Diet physical activity childhood obesity and risk of cardiovascular disease The XIIIth International Symposium on Atherosclerosis (Symposium Life Style and Vascular Disease- The West and the East Meet Together) Kyoto Japan September 28-October 2 2003

14 A school- and community-based childhood obesity intervention study among low-SES minority

students the ldquoHEALTH-KIDSrdquo project Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children (CLOCC) Chicago IL December 3 2003

15 Childhood lifestyles obesity and their influence on risk of cardiovascular disease Department of

Physical Therapy University of Illinois at Chicago January 15 2004

16 Childhood Obesity Prevention Design and Preliminary Findings of the HEALTH-KIDS Study Obesity amp Physical Activity Seminar University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill February 4 2004

17 Epidemiology of childhood obesity Time for action--Methodological aspects and guidelines

Whatrsquos new International Symposium--Childhood Obesity From Basic Knowledge to Effective Prevention and 14th Workshop European Childhood Obesity Group Zaragoza Spain September 23-25 2004

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

12

18 ldquoChildhood Obesity the Crisis and Possible Solutionsrdquo Northern Illinois University DeKalb IL March 24 2005

19 ldquoChild and adolescent obesity global trends assessment causes health consequences and

preventionrdquo Diagnosis and Intervention of Metabolic Syndrome in Children Workshop Organized by Capital Institute of Pediatrics and the Chinese Preventive Medicine Association Beijing China September 7-10 2005

20 ldquoChildhood obesity epidemic and a school-based intervention study in Chicagordquo Johns Hopkins

University Welch Center for Prevention Epidemiology and Clinical Research October 12 2005

21 ldquoLimitations of current WHO Growth Reference for Children and Adolescentsrdquo WHO

Reference Development of an International Growth Standard for Preadolescent and Adolescent Children Geneva January 16 - 19 2006

22 ldquoObesity Prevention in African American School Children Promise of the HEALTH-KIDS

Studyrdquo University of Alabama Minority Health amp Research Center Annual ConferencemdashEliminating Health Disparities Obesity amp Diabetes Birmingham Alabama March 22 2006

23 The Global Childhood Obesity Epidemicrdquo The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia

University of Philadelphia Philadelphia October 25 2006

24 ldquoGlobal Trends in Childhood Obesityrdquo Department of Health Behavior amp Society and the Center for a Livable Future Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health November 16 2006

25 ldquoGlobal childhood obesity epidemic and a school-based intervention study in Chicagordquo Harvard

School Public Health September 24 2007

26 ldquoChildhood Obesity Epidemiology Classification and Global Trendsrdquo 3rd Micronesian Medical Symposium Guam October 18-21 2007

27 ldquoThe Global Childhood Obesity Epidemic Assessment Trends and Preventionrdquo Capital

Institute of Pediatrics Beijing China October 26 2007

28 ldquoPediatric obesity Unique challenges and opportunitiesrdquo Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine St Louis March 11 2008

29 ldquoChildhood Obesity challenges and opportunitiesrdquo Diabetes and Obesity Journal Club Welch

Center for Prevention Epidemiology and Clinical Research Johns Hopkins University April 16 2008

30 ldquoChildhood Obesity the problems and promising intervention strategiesrdquo Public Health Practice

Grand Rounds MidAtlantic Public Health Training Center Baltimore MD June 18 2008

31 ldquoChanges and Complexities in SES Associations with Obesity and Obesity Related Health

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

13

Disparitiesrdquo African American Collaborative Obesity Research Network (AACORN) Workshop ldquoDiversity within African American Communities Implications for Advancing Research on Weight Issues and Related Disparitiesrdquo Philadelphia PA August 18-19 2008

32 ldquoTrends in Obesity and Related Chronic Disease in Chinardquo Symposium Public Health

Nutrition Interventions in South China Policy Approaches Yale University School of Medicine New Haven CT November 6 2008

33 ldquoThe Obesity Epidemic in the United Statesrdquo Childhood Obesity Committee Meeting Council

on Heart Disease and Stroke Office of Chronic Disease Prevention Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene November 13 2008

34 ldquoInterdisciplinary population-based research on obesity and related chronic diseasesrdquo Presented

to the Chinese Delegation of Leaders from Medical Universities The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing and Bloomberg School of Public Health November 18 2008

35 ldquoWhat lessons can be learned from the two most populous countries China and India Similar

booming economy but different trends in obesity and malnutrition over the past two decadesrdquo Department of Epidemiology The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health April 10 2009

36 ldquoThe US Obesity Epidemic Where Are We Headed amp What Will It Costrdquo US Capital Hill

Invited by The Strategies to Overcome and Prevent (STOP) Obesity Alliance May 18 2009

37 ldquoThe Global Obesity Epidemic Health and Economic Consequencesrdquo Xirsquoan Jiaotong University School of Medicine Xian China July 3 2009

38 ldquoSchool-based Obesity Interventionrdquo Xirsquoan Jiaotong University School of Medicine Xian

China July 3 2009

39 ldquoThe Global Obesity EpidemicmdashWhere Are We Headed and Why Should We Be Worriedrdquo Peking University Health Science Center Beijing China July 9 2009

40 ldquoThe Global Obesity Epidemic and Related Health and Economic Impactrdquo National Center for

Chronic and Non-communicable Disease Control and Prevention (NCNCD) Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) Beijing China July 19 2009

41 ldquoImpact of economic development on peoplersquos nutritional status some recent lessons learned

from the developing worldrdquo International Food Policy Research Institute Washington DC Sept 17 2009

42 ldquoChina related collaboration research project on chronic diseasesrdquo Presented to a delegation of

deans and other top administrators from Schools of Public Health in PR China The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health November 28 2009

43 Global Childhood Obesity Epidemic Challenges and Opportunities University Seminar

Series on Global Health Duke University Durham NC March 17 2010

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

14

44 ldquoThe Global Childhood Obesity Epidemicrdquo Department of Medicine University of Maryland

School of Medicine Baltimore MD May 13 2010

45 ldquoThe Global Obesity Epidemic East Meets Westrdquo Fudan University School of Public Health Shanghai China July 15 2010

46 ldquoSchool-based Obesity Interventionrdquo Nanjing City Center for Disease Control and Prevention

(Nanjing CDC) Nanjing China July 20 2010

47 ldquoThe Global Obesity Epidemicrdquo The Institute for Nutritional Sciences Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai China July 22 2010

48 Study Childhood Obesity Challenges and Opportunities Including Methodological Issues School of Medicine Virginia Commonwealth University Sept 24 2010

49 Worldwide pediatric obesity epidemic Challenges and opportunities School Public Health Emory University October 4 2010

50 Global Epidemic of Obesity and Chronic Diseases -Challenges Opportunities and Innovative Analysis Graduate School of Public Health University of Pittsburgh December 5 2010

51 Child growth and obesity Assessment and impact of growth patterns on subsequent obesity risks University of Maryland School of Medicine May 3 2011

52 Social Determinants of Childhood Obesity and Recent Policy Debates in Social Determinants of Child Health A symposium hosted by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health amp Society Scholars at the University of Michigan May 17-18 2011

53 Global Epidemic of Obesity and Chronic Diseases Challenges and Opportunities Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong China August 1 2011

54 Childhood obesity The past current and where are we going next Hong Kong Chinese University Hong Kong China August 4 2011

55 Global Epidemic of Obesity and Chronic Diseases Xiamen University School of Public Health China August 5 2011

56 Global Epidemic of Chronic Diseases Challenges and Opportunities Institute of Nutrition and Food Safety China CDC August 8 2011

57 Tracking of blood pressure from childhood to adulthoodrdquo World Hypertension League Regional Congress 2011 incorporating the 13th International Symposium on Hypertension and Related Diseases Beijing China November 3ndash6 2011

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

15

58 Primary and Primordial Prevention of Obesity American Heart Association 2011 Annual Meeting Achieving 2020 Obesity Objectives Behavioral and Policy Strategies Orlando Florida November 12-16 2011

59 Application of Systems Science Methods in Public Health China CDC July 24 2012

60 Obesity Projected Trends and the Impact on Health American Society of Nephrology Annual Meeting San Diego CA November 2 2012

61 ldquoObesity and non-communicable chronic disease prevention and controlrdquo Zhejiang University

School of Public Health Hangzhou Zhejiang May 18 2013

62 ldquoHow to prepare grant applicationsrdquo Zhejiang University School of Public Health Hangzhou Zhejiang May 19 2013

63 ldquoThe Asia Pacifc Perspectives on the obesity epidemicrdquo Association of Pacific Rim Universities

(APRU) Global Health Workshop Hangzhou Zhejiang October 31 2013

64 Invited panelist and speaker in the symposium ldquoThe Evolution of Chinarsquos Healthcare Industry Opportunities and Challengesrdquo the SUNY Global Center New York City March 6 2014

65 ldquoFighting Global Epidemic of Obesity and Chronic Diseases ndash A Systems Science Approachrdquo

Columbia University School of Public Health New York City March 7 2014

66 ldquoThe Global Obesity Epidemic Huge challenges and opportunitiesrdquo Georgetown University Washington DC April 10 2015

67 ldquoApplication of systems science approaches in research and prevention of non-communicable

diseasesrdquo Southwestern University of Finance and Economics Chengdu China May 22 2015

68 ldquoNew perspectives on prevention and control of global non-communicable diseasesrdquo Tianjin Medical University Tianjin China May 28 2015

69 ldquoPrevention of global childhood obesityrdquo Beijing University School of Public Health Beijing

China June 1 2015

70 ldquoPrevention and control of the global epidemic of obesity and non-communicable diseasesrdquo Chinese National Center for Chronic and Non-communicable Disease Control and Prevention Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention Beijing China May 29 2015

71 ldquoPrevention and control of non-communicable diseasesrdquo Nanjing Center for Disease Control

and Prevention Nanjing China June 2 2015

72 ldquoPrevention of global childhood obesityrdquo Fudan University School of Public Health Shanghai China June 4 2015

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

16

73 ldquoSystematic amp interdisciplinary research on the etiology and prevention of the global childhood obesity epidemicrdquo Cornell University Field of Nutrition Seminar August 31 2015

74 ldquoCurrent status and future development in the global obesity and noncommunicable

chronic disease epidemicrdquo Xirsquoan Jiaotong University Xirsquoan Shanxi China October 15 2015

75 ldquoFighting the Global Childhood Obesity and Non-Communicable Chronic Disease Epidemic Challenges and New Opportunitiesrdquo Utah University Salt Lake City Utah January 13 2016

76 ldquoFighting the global obesity amp non-communicable chronic disease epidemicrdquo Iowa University

February 11 2016

77 ldquoGlobal health and application of bigdata in public health researchrdquo Xirsquoan Jiaotong University 120 Anniversary Seminar Series Xirsquoan Shanxi China April 9 2016

RESEARCH GRANT PARTICIPATION 1 Active grants Title Socioeconomic disparities in early origins of childhood obesity and body mass index trajectories Funding HRSA (R40MC31880 $100000 7012018-6302019) (HRSA - Health Resources and Services Administration MCHB - Maternal and Child Health Bureau) Objectives To understand when and why socioeconomic disparities in childhood obesity start in early life and how to reduce these disparities through food assistance policy and well-child care Role PI of subcontract (PI Xiaozhong Wen) Title Acquisition of a GPU-based Cloud Infrastructure for Inter-multi-disciplinary Research and Education at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution Funding National Science Foundation ($331133 812017 ndash 7312020) Objectives To establish a GPU-based cloud at Ball State University to promote big data related interdisciplinary research and education projects including health informatics and systems related obesity and non-communicable chronic diseases research Role Co-PI (PI Shaoen Wu) Title ldquoHealth Outcomes and Redemption Behaviors among Virginia WIC Participantsrdquo Funding US Department of AgricultureEconomic Research Service (58-4000-6-0061-R $90000 8182016~07302019) Objectives To study the health outcomes and redemption Behaviors of WIC Participants in Virginia State USA Role PI of subcontract (PI Qi Zhang) Title ldquoHealth burden and health care facilitiesresources of countries along the new Silk Road and collaboration on global healthrdquo Funding The China Medical Board (CMB an American foundation established by John D Rockefeller in 1914 based in Boston USA CNL 16-262 $200000 112017~12312019) Objectives To examine the health burden and health care facilitiesresources of the countries along

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

17

the new Silk Road help identify related needs and opportunities for future collaboration regarding global health and develop domestic and international collaboration partnership and pilot projects Role PI Title ldquoChinese Northwest Cohort Study Funding Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (Chinese National Key RampD Program 2017YFC0907200 1734 million RMB 1012017-172021) Objectives As part of large national efforts to study health risk factors and promote health and as one of the large cohort studies across China this project will collect different types and a large amount of data from a large cohort of adults (approximately n=120000) in 5 provinces in northwest China The data collected will include biological behavioral and environmental factors and on health outcomes The project will be carried out by research teams from several universities local CDCs and industry partners from the provinces covered by the project Role Co-I (PI Hong Yan) Title Study and support of vulnerable children from floating families in China Funding Chinese Social Science Foundation Key Projects (RMB 800000 12016-122020) Objectives This is a multi-institution collaboration project that includes five sub-projects The project aims to develop a system to incorporate ldquoresearch-policy-practicerdquo to promote the wellbeing of vulnerable children and adolescents from floating families in China We will collect data from multiple sources to develop a large data base to support related research The focus is children aged 6-15 years old who stayed at home with care providers (other than their parents who left home to work in other places) Role Co-I (PI Danhua Lin) Title ldquoUniversity of Buffalo Clinical and Translational Research Centerrdquo Funding NIH (Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) 1UL1TR001412-01 $16 million 82015-32019) Objectives To establish the UB Clinical and Translational Research Center as the hub of the Buffalo Translational Consortium (BTC) The BTC which includes 12 major academic research and healthcare institutions and 5 influential community partners has embarked on a comprehensive strategic plan to build a strong foundation for clinical and translational research in response to our community needs The CTRC and other enormous BTC investments to build a 21st century Academic Health Center creates a setting for a CTSA to provide the key piece to transform our capacity to bring discoveries in the laboratory the clinic and the community to benefit individual and public health by sharing expertise and innovative approaches to translational science as part of the national consortium We will bring strengths to the CTSA consortium including developing novel health informatics tools leveraging our strength as a leading center on research in standards and ontologies new approaches to community-based research developed with our community testing and disseminating ontology-based methods to share translational image data etc Role Faculty (PI Timothy Murphy) 2 Completed grants (but some of these projects are still ongoing) Title ldquoChina Obesity Blue Paper Project- a comprehensive national obesity prevention and control programrdquo Funding Chinese Nutrition Society (RMB 200000 32016-122018)

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

12

18 ldquoChildhood Obesity the Crisis and Possible Solutionsrdquo Northern Illinois University DeKalb IL March 24 2005

19 ldquoChild and adolescent obesity global trends assessment causes health consequences and

preventionrdquo Diagnosis and Intervention of Metabolic Syndrome in Children Workshop Organized by Capital Institute of Pediatrics and the Chinese Preventive Medicine Association Beijing China September 7-10 2005

20 ldquoChildhood obesity epidemic and a school-based intervention study in Chicagordquo Johns Hopkins

University Welch Center for Prevention Epidemiology and Clinical Research October 12 2005

21 ldquoLimitations of current WHO Growth Reference for Children and Adolescentsrdquo WHO

Reference Development of an International Growth Standard for Preadolescent and Adolescent Children Geneva January 16 - 19 2006

22 ldquoObesity Prevention in African American School Children Promise of the HEALTH-KIDS

Studyrdquo University of Alabama Minority Health amp Research Center Annual ConferencemdashEliminating Health Disparities Obesity amp Diabetes Birmingham Alabama March 22 2006

23 The Global Childhood Obesity Epidemicrdquo The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia

University of Philadelphia Philadelphia October 25 2006

24 ldquoGlobal Trends in Childhood Obesityrdquo Department of Health Behavior amp Society and the Center for a Livable Future Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health November 16 2006

25 ldquoGlobal childhood obesity epidemic and a school-based intervention study in Chicagordquo Harvard

School Public Health September 24 2007

26 ldquoChildhood Obesity Epidemiology Classification and Global Trendsrdquo 3rd Micronesian Medical Symposium Guam October 18-21 2007

27 ldquoThe Global Childhood Obesity Epidemic Assessment Trends and Preventionrdquo Capital

Institute of Pediatrics Beijing China October 26 2007

28 ldquoPediatric obesity Unique challenges and opportunitiesrdquo Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine St Louis March 11 2008

29 ldquoChildhood Obesity challenges and opportunitiesrdquo Diabetes and Obesity Journal Club Welch

Center for Prevention Epidemiology and Clinical Research Johns Hopkins University April 16 2008

30 ldquoChildhood Obesity the problems and promising intervention strategiesrdquo Public Health Practice

Grand Rounds MidAtlantic Public Health Training Center Baltimore MD June 18 2008

31 ldquoChanges and Complexities in SES Associations with Obesity and Obesity Related Health

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

13

Disparitiesrdquo African American Collaborative Obesity Research Network (AACORN) Workshop ldquoDiversity within African American Communities Implications for Advancing Research on Weight Issues and Related Disparitiesrdquo Philadelphia PA August 18-19 2008

32 ldquoTrends in Obesity and Related Chronic Disease in Chinardquo Symposium Public Health

Nutrition Interventions in South China Policy Approaches Yale University School of Medicine New Haven CT November 6 2008

33 ldquoThe Obesity Epidemic in the United Statesrdquo Childhood Obesity Committee Meeting Council

on Heart Disease and Stroke Office of Chronic Disease Prevention Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene November 13 2008

34 ldquoInterdisciplinary population-based research on obesity and related chronic diseasesrdquo Presented

to the Chinese Delegation of Leaders from Medical Universities The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing and Bloomberg School of Public Health November 18 2008

35 ldquoWhat lessons can be learned from the two most populous countries China and India Similar

booming economy but different trends in obesity and malnutrition over the past two decadesrdquo Department of Epidemiology The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health April 10 2009

36 ldquoThe US Obesity Epidemic Where Are We Headed amp What Will It Costrdquo US Capital Hill

Invited by The Strategies to Overcome and Prevent (STOP) Obesity Alliance May 18 2009

37 ldquoThe Global Obesity Epidemic Health and Economic Consequencesrdquo Xirsquoan Jiaotong University School of Medicine Xian China July 3 2009

38 ldquoSchool-based Obesity Interventionrdquo Xirsquoan Jiaotong University School of Medicine Xian

China July 3 2009

39 ldquoThe Global Obesity EpidemicmdashWhere Are We Headed and Why Should We Be Worriedrdquo Peking University Health Science Center Beijing China July 9 2009

40 ldquoThe Global Obesity Epidemic and Related Health and Economic Impactrdquo National Center for

Chronic and Non-communicable Disease Control and Prevention (NCNCD) Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) Beijing China July 19 2009

41 ldquoImpact of economic development on peoplersquos nutritional status some recent lessons learned

from the developing worldrdquo International Food Policy Research Institute Washington DC Sept 17 2009

42 ldquoChina related collaboration research project on chronic diseasesrdquo Presented to a delegation of

deans and other top administrators from Schools of Public Health in PR China The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health November 28 2009

43 Global Childhood Obesity Epidemic Challenges and Opportunities University Seminar

Series on Global Health Duke University Durham NC March 17 2010

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

14

44 ldquoThe Global Childhood Obesity Epidemicrdquo Department of Medicine University of Maryland

School of Medicine Baltimore MD May 13 2010

45 ldquoThe Global Obesity Epidemic East Meets Westrdquo Fudan University School of Public Health Shanghai China July 15 2010

46 ldquoSchool-based Obesity Interventionrdquo Nanjing City Center for Disease Control and Prevention

(Nanjing CDC) Nanjing China July 20 2010

47 ldquoThe Global Obesity Epidemicrdquo The Institute for Nutritional Sciences Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai China July 22 2010

48 Study Childhood Obesity Challenges and Opportunities Including Methodological Issues School of Medicine Virginia Commonwealth University Sept 24 2010

49 Worldwide pediatric obesity epidemic Challenges and opportunities School Public Health Emory University October 4 2010

50 Global Epidemic of Obesity and Chronic Diseases -Challenges Opportunities and Innovative Analysis Graduate School of Public Health University of Pittsburgh December 5 2010

51 Child growth and obesity Assessment and impact of growth patterns on subsequent obesity risks University of Maryland School of Medicine May 3 2011

52 Social Determinants of Childhood Obesity and Recent Policy Debates in Social Determinants of Child Health A symposium hosted by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health amp Society Scholars at the University of Michigan May 17-18 2011

53 Global Epidemic of Obesity and Chronic Diseases Challenges and Opportunities Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong China August 1 2011

54 Childhood obesity The past current and where are we going next Hong Kong Chinese University Hong Kong China August 4 2011

55 Global Epidemic of Obesity and Chronic Diseases Xiamen University School of Public Health China August 5 2011

56 Global Epidemic of Chronic Diseases Challenges and Opportunities Institute of Nutrition and Food Safety China CDC August 8 2011

57 Tracking of blood pressure from childhood to adulthoodrdquo World Hypertension League Regional Congress 2011 incorporating the 13th International Symposium on Hypertension and Related Diseases Beijing China November 3ndash6 2011

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

15

58 Primary and Primordial Prevention of Obesity American Heart Association 2011 Annual Meeting Achieving 2020 Obesity Objectives Behavioral and Policy Strategies Orlando Florida November 12-16 2011

59 Application of Systems Science Methods in Public Health China CDC July 24 2012

60 Obesity Projected Trends and the Impact on Health American Society of Nephrology Annual Meeting San Diego CA November 2 2012

61 ldquoObesity and non-communicable chronic disease prevention and controlrdquo Zhejiang University

School of Public Health Hangzhou Zhejiang May 18 2013

62 ldquoHow to prepare grant applicationsrdquo Zhejiang University School of Public Health Hangzhou Zhejiang May 19 2013

63 ldquoThe Asia Pacifc Perspectives on the obesity epidemicrdquo Association of Pacific Rim Universities

(APRU) Global Health Workshop Hangzhou Zhejiang October 31 2013

64 Invited panelist and speaker in the symposium ldquoThe Evolution of Chinarsquos Healthcare Industry Opportunities and Challengesrdquo the SUNY Global Center New York City March 6 2014

65 ldquoFighting Global Epidemic of Obesity and Chronic Diseases ndash A Systems Science Approachrdquo

Columbia University School of Public Health New York City March 7 2014

66 ldquoThe Global Obesity Epidemic Huge challenges and opportunitiesrdquo Georgetown University Washington DC April 10 2015

67 ldquoApplication of systems science approaches in research and prevention of non-communicable

diseasesrdquo Southwestern University of Finance and Economics Chengdu China May 22 2015

68 ldquoNew perspectives on prevention and control of global non-communicable diseasesrdquo Tianjin Medical University Tianjin China May 28 2015

69 ldquoPrevention of global childhood obesityrdquo Beijing University School of Public Health Beijing

China June 1 2015

70 ldquoPrevention and control of the global epidemic of obesity and non-communicable diseasesrdquo Chinese National Center for Chronic and Non-communicable Disease Control and Prevention Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention Beijing China May 29 2015

71 ldquoPrevention and control of non-communicable diseasesrdquo Nanjing Center for Disease Control

and Prevention Nanjing China June 2 2015

72 ldquoPrevention of global childhood obesityrdquo Fudan University School of Public Health Shanghai China June 4 2015

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

16

73 ldquoSystematic amp interdisciplinary research on the etiology and prevention of the global childhood obesity epidemicrdquo Cornell University Field of Nutrition Seminar August 31 2015

74 ldquoCurrent status and future development in the global obesity and noncommunicable

chronic disease epidemicrdquo Xirsquoan Jiaotong University Xirsquoan Shanxi China October 15 2015

75 ldquoFighting the Global Childhood Obesity and Non-Communicable Chronic Disease Epidemic Challenges and New Opportunitiesrdquo Utah University Salt Lake City Utah January 13 2016

76 ldquoFighting the global obesity amp non-communicable chronic disease epidemicrdquo Iowa University

February 11 2016

77 ldquoGlobal health and application of bigdata in public health researchrdquo Xirsquoan Jiaotong University 120 Anniversary Seminar Series Xirsquoan Shanxi China April 9 2016

RESEARCH GRANT PARTICIPATION 1 Active grants Title Socioeconomic disparities in early origins of childhood obesity and body mass index trajectories Funding HRSA (R40MC31880 $100000 7012018-6302019) (HRSA - Health Resources and Services Administration MCHB - Maternal and Child Health Bureau) Objectives To understand when and why socioeconomic disparities in childhood obesity start in early life and how to reduce these disparities through food assistance policy and well-child care Role PI of subcontract (PI Xiaozhong Wen) Title Acquisition of a GPU-based Cloud Infrastructure for Inter-multi-disciplinary Research and Education at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution Funding National Science Foundation ($331133 812017 ndash 7312020) Objectives To establish a GPU-based cloud at Ball State University to promote big data related interdisciplinary research and education projects including health informatics and systems related obesity and non-communicable chronic diseases research Role Co-PI (PI Shaoen Wu) Title ldquoHealth Outcomes and Redemption Behaviors among Virginia WIC Participantsrdquo Funding US Department of AgricultureEconomic Research Service (58-4000-6-0061-R $90000 8182016~07302019) Objectives To study the health outcomes and redemption Behaviors of WIC Participants in Virginia State USA Role PI of subcontract (PI Qi Zhang) Title ldquoHealth burden and health care facilitiesresources of countries along the new Silk Road and collaboration on global healthrdquo Funding The China Medical Board (CMB an American foundation established by John D Rockefeller in 1914 based in Boston USA CNL 16-262 $200000 112017~12312019) Objectives To examine the health burden and health care facilitiesresources of the countries along

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

17

the new Silk Road help identify related needs and opportunities for future collaboration regarding global health and develop domestic and international collaboration partnership and pilot projects Role PI Title ldquoChinese Northwest Cohort Study Funding Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (Chinese National Key RampD Program 2017YFC0907200 1734 million RMB 1012017-172021) Objectives As part of large national efforts to study health risk factors and promote health and as one of the large cohort studies across China this project will collect different types and a large amount of data from a large cohort of adults (approximately n=120000) in 5 provinces in northwest China The data collected will include biological behavioral and environmental factors and on health outcomes The project will be carried out by research teams from several universities local CDCs and industry partners from the provinces covered by the project Role Co-I (PI Hong Yan) Title Study and support of vulnerable children from floating families in China Funding Chinese Social Science Foundation Key Projects (RMB 800000 12016-122020) Objectives This is a multi-institution collaboration project that includes five sub-projects The project aims to develop a system to incorporate ldquoresearch-policy-practicerdquo to promote the wellbeing of vulnerable children and adolescents from floating families in China We will collect data from multiple sources to develop a large data base to support related research The focus is children aged 6-15 years old who stayed at home with care providers (other than their parents who left home to work in other places) Role Co-I (PI Danhua Lin) Title ldquoUniversity of Buffalo Clinical and Translational Research Centerrdquo Funding NIH (Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) 1UL1TR001412-01 $16 million 82015-32019) Objectives To establish the UB Clinical and Translational Research Center as the hub of the Buffalo Translational Consortium (BTC) The BTC which includes 12 major academic research and healthcare institutions and 5 influential community partners has embarked on a comprehensive strategic plan to build a strong foundation for clinical and translational research in response to our community needs The CTRC and other enormous BTC investments to build a 21st century Academic Health Center creates a setting for a CTSA to provide the key piece to transform our capacity to bring discoveries in the laboratory the clinic and the community to benefit individual and public health by sharing expertise and innovative approaches to translational science as part of the national consortium We will bring strengths to the CTSA consortium including developing novel health informatics tools leveraging our strength as a leading center on research in standards and ontologies new approaches to community-based research developed with our community testing and disseminating ontology-based methods to share translational image data etc Role Faculty (PI Timothy Murphy) 2 Completed grants (but some of these projects are still ongoing) Title ldquoChina Obesity Blue Paper Project- a comprehensive national obesity prevention and control programrdquo Funding Chinese Nutrition Society (RMB 200000 32016-122018)

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

13

Disparitiesrdquo African American Collaborative Obesity Research Network (AACORN) Workshop ldquoDiversity within African American Communities Implications for Advancing Research on Weight Issues and Related Disparitiesrdquo Philadelphia PA August 18-19 2008

32 ldquoTrends in Obesity and Related Chronic Disease in Chinardquo Symposium Public Health

Nutrition Interventions in South China Policy Approaches Yale University School of Medicine New Haven CT November 6 2008

33 ldquoThe Obesity Epidemic in the United Statesrdquo Childhood Obesity Committee Meeting Council

on Heart Disease and Stroke Office of Chronic Disease Prevention Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene November 13 2008

34 ldquoInterdisciplinary population-based research on obesity and related chronic diseasesrdquo Presented

to the Chinese Delegation of Leaders from Medical Universities The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing and Bloomberg School of Public Health November 18 2008

35 ldquoWhat lessons can be learned from the two most populous countries China and India Similar

booming economy but different trends in obesity and malnutrition over the past two decadesrdquo Department of Epidemiology The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health April 10 2009

36 ldquoThe US Obesity Epidemic Where Are We Headed amp What Will It Costrdquo US Capital Hill

Invited by The Strategies to Overcome and Prevent (STOP) Obesity Alliance May 18 2009

37 ldquoThe Global Obesity Epidemic Health and Economic Consequencesrdquo Xirsquoan Jiaotong University School of Medicine Xian China July 3 2009

38 ldquoSchool-based Obesity Interventionrdquo Xirsquoan Jiaotong University School of Medicine Xian

China July 3 2009

39 ldquoThe Global Obesity EpidemicmdashWhere Are We Headed and Why Should We Be Worriedrdquo Peking University Health Science Center Beijing China July 9 2009

40 ldquoThe Global Obesity Epidemic and Related Health and Economic Impactrdquo National Center for

Chronic and Non-communicable Disease Control and Prevention (NCNCD) Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) Beijing China July 19 2009

41 ldquoImpact of economic development on peoplersquos nutritional status some recent lessons learned

from the developing worldrdquo International Food Policy Research Institute Washington DC Sept 17 2009

42 ldquoChina related collaboration research project on chronic diseasesrdquo Presented to a delegation of

deans and other top administrators from Schools of Public Health in PR China The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health November 28 2009

43 Global Childhood Obesity Epidemic Challenges and Opportunities University Seminar

Series on Global Health Duke University Durham NC March 17 2010

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

14

44 ldquoThe Global Childhood Obesity Epidemicrdquo Department of Medicine University of Maryland

School of Medicine Baltimore MD May 13 2010

45 ldquoThe Global Obesity Epidemic East Meets Westrdquo Fudan University School of Public Health Shanghai China July 15 2010

46 ldquoSchool-based Obesity Interventionrdquo Nanjing City Center for Disease Control and Prevention

(Nanjing CDC) Nanjing China July 20 2010

47 ldquoThe Global Obesity Epidemicrdquo The Institute for Nutritional Sciences Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai China July 22 2010

48 Study Childhood Obesity Challenges and Opportunities Including Methodological Issues School of Medicine Virginia Commonwealth University Sept 24 2010

49 Worldwide pediatric obesity epidemic Challenges and opportunities School Public Health Emory University October 4 2010

50 Global Epidemic of Obesity and Chronic Diseases -Challenges Opportunities and Innovative Analysis Graduate School of Public Health University of Pittsburgh December 5 2010

51 Child growth and obesity Assessment and impact of growth patterns on subsequent obesity risks University of Maryland School of Medicine May 3 2011

52 Social Determinants of Childhood Obesity and Recent Policy Debates in Social Determinants of Child Health A symposium hosted by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health amp Society Scholars at the University of Michigan May 17-18 2011

53 Global Epidemic of Obesity and Chronic Diseases Challenges and Opportunities Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong China August 1 2011

54 Childhood obesity The past current and where are we going next Hong Kong Chinese University Hong Kong China August 4 2011

55 Global Epidemic of Obesity and Chronic Diseases Xiamen University School of Public Health China August 5 2011

56 Global Epidemic of Chronic Diseases Challenges and Opportunities Institute of Nutrition and Food Safety China CDC August 8 2011

57 Tracking of blood pressure from childhood to adulthoodrdquo World Hypertension League Regional Congress 2011 incorporating the 13th International Symposium on Hypertension and Related Diseases Beijing China November 3ndash6 2011

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

15

58 Primary and Primordial Prevention of Obesity American Heart Association 2011 Annual Meeting Achieving 2020 Obesity Objectives Behavioral and Policy Strategies Orlando Florida November 12-16 2011

59 Application of Systems Science Methods in Public Health China CDC July 24 2012

60 Obesity Projected Trends and the Impact on Health American Society of Nephrology Annual Meeting San Diego CA November 2 2012

61 ldquoObesity and non-communicable chronic disease prevention and controlrdquo Zhejiang University

School of Public Health Hangzhou Zhejiang May 18 2013

62 ldquoHow to prepare grant applicationsrdquo Zhejiang University School of Public Health Hangzhou Zhejiang May 19 2013

63 ldquoThe Asia Pacifc Perspectives on the obesity epidemicrdquo Association of Pacific Rim Universities

(APRU) Global Health Workshop Hangzhou Zhejiang October 31 2013

64 Invited panelist and speaker in the symposium ldquoThe Evolution of Chinarsquos Healthcare Industry Opportunities and Challengesrdquo the SUNY Global Center New York City March 6 2014

65 ldquoFighting Global Epidemic of Obesity and Chronic Diseases ndash A Systems Science Approachrdquo

Columbia University School of Public Health New York City March 7 2014

66 ldquoThe Global Obesity Epidemic Huge challenges and opportunitiesrdquo Georgetown University Washington DC April 10 2015

67 ldquoApplication of systems science approaches in research and prevention of non-communicable

diseasesrdquo Southwestern University of Finance and Economics Chengdu China May 22 2015

68 ldquoNew perspectives on prevention and control of global non-communicable diseasesrdquo Tianjin Medical University Tianjin China May 28 2015

69 ldquoPrevention of global childhood obesityrdquo Beijing University School of Public Health Beijing

China June 1 2015

70 ldquoPrevention and control of the global epidemic of obesity and non-communicable diseasesrdquo Chinese National Center for Chronic and Non-communicable Disease Control and Prevention Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention Beijing China May 29 2015

71 ldquoPrevention and control of non-communicable diseasesrdquo Nanjing Center for Disease Control

and Prevention Nanjing China June 2 2015

72 ldquoPrevention of global childhood obesityrdquo Fudan University School of Public Health Shanghai China June 4 2015

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

16

73 ldquoSystematic amp interdisciplinary research on the etiology and prevention of the global childhood obesity epidemicrdquo Cornell University Field of Nutrition Seminar August 31 2015

74 ldquoCurrent status and future development in the global obesity and noncommunicable

chronic disease epidemicrdquo Xirsquoan Jiaotong University Xirsquoan Shanxi China October 15 2015

75 ldquoFighting the Global Childhood Obesity and Non-Communicable Chronic Disease Epidemic Challenges and New Opportunitiesrdquo Utah University Salt Lake City Utah January 13 2016

76 ldquoFighting the global obesity amp non-communicable chronic disease epidemicrdquo Iowa University

February 11 2016

77 ldquoGlobal health and application of bigdata in public health researchrdquo Xirsquoan Jiaotong University 120 Anniversary Seminar Series Xirsquoan Shanxi China April 9 2016

RESEARCH GRANT PARTICIPATION 1 Active grants Title Socioeconomic disparities in early origins of childhood obesity and body mass index trajectories Funding HRSA (R40MC31880 $100000 7012018-6302019) (HRSA - Health Resources and Services Administration MCHB - Maternal and Child Health Bureau) Objectives To understand when and why socioeconomic disparities in childhood obesity start in early life and how to reduce these disparities through food assistance policy and well-child care Role PI of subcontract (PI Xiaozhong Wen) Title Acquisition of a GPU-based Cloud Infrastructure for Inter-multi-disciplinary Research and Education at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution Funding National Science Foundation ($331133 812017 ndash 7312020) Objectives To establish a GPU-based cloud at Ball State University to promote big data related interdisciplinary research and education projects including health informatics and systems related obesity and non-communicable chronic diseases research Role Co-PI (PI Shaoen Wu) Title ldquoHealth Outcomes and Redemption Behaviors among Virginia WIC Participantsrdquo Funding US Department of AgricultureEconomic Research Service (58-4000-6-0061-R $90000 8182016~07302019) Objectives To study the health outcomes and redemption Behaviors of WIC Participants in Virginia State USA Role PI of subcontract (PI Qi Zhang) Title ldquoHealth burden and health care facilitiesresources of countries along the new Silk Road and collaboration on global healthrdquo Funding The China Medical Board (CMB an American foundation established by John D Rockefeller in 1914 based in Boston USA CNL 16-262 $200000 112017~12312019) Objectives To examine the health burden and health care facilitiesresources of the countries along

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

17

the new Silk Road help identify related needs and opportunities for future collaboration regarding global health and develop domestic and international collaboration partnership and pilot projects Role PI Title ldquoChinese Northwest Cohort Study Funding Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (Chinese National Key RampD Program 2017YFC0907200 1734 million RMB 1012017-172021) Objectives As part of large national efforts to study health risk factors and promote health and as one of the large cohort studies across China this project will collect different types and a large amount of data from a large cohort of adults (approximately n=120000) in 5 provinces in northwest China The data collected will include biological behavioral and environmental factors and on health outcomes The project will be carried out by research teams from several universities local CDCs and industry partners from the provinces covered by the project Role Co-I (PI Hong Yan) Title Study and support of vulnerable children from floating families in China Funding Chinese Social Science Foundation Key Projects (RMB 800000 12016-122020) Objectives This is a multi-institution collaboration project that includes five sub-projects The project aims to develop a system to incorporate ldquoresearch-policy-practicerdquo to promote the wellbeing of vulnerable children and adolescents from floating families in China We will collect data from multiple sources to develop a large data base to support related research The focus is children aged 6-15 years old who stayed at home with care providers (other than their parents who left home to work in other places) Role Co-I (PI Danhua Lin) Title ldquoUniversity of Buffalo Clinical and Translational Research Centerrdquo Funding NIH (Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) 1UL1TR001412-01 $16 million 82015-32019) Objectives To establish the UB Clinical and Translational Research Center as the hub of the Buffalo Translational Consortium (BTC) The BTC which includes 12 major academic research and healthcare institutions and 5 influential community partners has embarked on a comprehensive strategic plan to build a strong foundation for clinical and translational research in response to our community needs The CTRC and other enormous BTC investments to build a 21st century Academic Health Center creates a setting for a CTSA to provide the key piece to transform our capacity to bring discoveries in the laboratory the clinic and the community to benefit individual and public health by sharing expertise and innovative approaches to translational science as part of the national consortium We will bring strengths to the CTSA consortium including developing novel health informatics tools leveraging our strength as a leading center on research in standards and ontologies new approaches to community-based research developed with our community testing and disseminating ontology-based methods to share translational image data etc Role Faculty (PI Timothy Murphy) 2 Completed grants (but some of these projects are still ongoing) Title ldquoChina Obesity Blue Paper Project- a comprehensive national obesity prevention and control programrdquo Funding Chinese Nutrition Society (RMB 200000 32016-122018)

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

14

44 ldquoThe Global Childhood Obesity Epidemicrdquo Department of Medicine University of Maryland

School of Medicine Baltimore MD May 13 2010

45 ldquoThe Global Obesity Epidemic East Meets Westrdquo Fudan University School of Public Health Shanghai China July 15 2010

46 ldquoSchool-based Obesity Interventionrdquo Nanjing City Center for Disease Control and Prevention

(Nanjing CDC) Nanjing China July 20 2010

47 ldquoThe Global Obesity Epidemicrdquo The Institute for Nutritional Sciences Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai China July 22 2010

48 Study Childhood Obesity Challenges and Opportunities Including Methodological Issues School of Medicine Virginia Commonwealth University Sept 24 2010

49 Worldwide pediatric obesity epidemic Challenges and opportunities School Public Health Emory University October 4 2010

50 Global Epidemic of Obesity and Chronic Diseases -Challenges Opportunities and Innovative Analysis Graduate School of Public Health University of Pittsburgh December 5 2010

51 Child growth and obesity Assessment and impact of growth patterns on subsequent obesity risks University of Maryland School of Medicine May 3 2011

52 Social Determinants of Childhood Obesity and Recent Policy Debates in Social Determinants of Child Health A symposium hosted by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health amp Society Scholars at the University of Michigan May 17-18 2011

53 Global Epidemic of Obesity and Chronic Diseases Challenges and Opportunities Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong China August 1 2011

54 Childhood obesity The past current and where are we going next Hong Kong Chinese University Hong Kong China August 4 2011

55 Global Epidemic of Obesity and Chronic Diseases Xiamen University School of Public Health China August 5 2011

56 Global Epidemic of Chronic Diseases Challenges and Opportunities Institute of Nutrition and Food Safety China CDC August 8 2011

57 Tracking of blood pressure from childhood to adulthoodrdquo World Hypertension League Regional Congress 2011 incorporating the 13th International Symposium on Hypertension and Related Diseases Beijing China November 3ndash6 2011

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

15

58 Primary and Primordial Prevention of Obesity American Heart Association 2011 Annual Meeting Achieving 2020 Obesity Objectives Behavioral and Policy Strategies Orlando Florida November 12-16 2011

59 Application of Systems Science Methods in Public Health China CDC July 24 2012

60 Obesity Projected Trends and the Impact on Health American Society of Nephrology Annual Meeting San Diego CA November 2 2012

61 ldquoObesity and non-communicable chronic disease prevention and controlrdquo Zhejiang University

School of Public Health Hangzhou Zhejiang May 18 2013

62 ldquoHow to prepare grant applicationsrdquo Zhejiang University School of Public Health Hangzhou Zhejiang May 19 2013

63 ldquoThe Asia Pacifc Perspectives on the obesity epidemicrdquo Association of Pacific Rim Universities

(APRU) Global Health Workshop Hangzhou Zhejiang October 31 2013

64 Invited panelist and speaker in the symposium ldquoThe Evolution of Chinarsquos Healthcare Industry Opportunities and Challengesrdquo the SUNY Global Center New York City March 6 2014

65 ldquoFighting Global Epidemic of Obesity and Chronic Diseases ndash A Systems Science Approachrdquo

Columbia University School of Public Health New York City March 7 2014

66 ldquoThe Global Obesity Epidemic Huge challenges and opportunitiesrdquo Georgetown University Washington DC April 10 2015

67 ldquoApplication of systems science approaches in research and prevention of non-communicable

diseasesrdquo Southwestern University of Finance and Economics Chengdu China May 22 2015

68 ldquoNew perspectives on prevention and control of global non-communicable diseasesrdquo Tianjin Medical University Tianjin China May 28 2015

69 ldquoPrevention of global childhood obesityrdquo Beijing University School of Public Health Beijing

China June 1 2015

70 ldquoPrevention and control of the global epidemic of obesity and non-communicable diseasesrdquo Chinese National Center for Chronic and Non-communicable Disease Control and Prevention Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention Beijing China May 29 2015

71 ldquoPrevention and control of non-communicable diseasesrdquo Nanjing Center for Disease Control

and Prevention Nanjing China June 2 2015

72 ldquoPrevention of global childhood obesityrdquo Fudan University School of Public Health Shanghai China June 4 2015

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

16

73 ldquoSystematic amp interdisciplinary research on the etiology and prevention of the global childhood obesity epidemicrdquo Cornell University Field of Nutrition Seminar August 31 2015

74 ldquoCurrent status and future development in the global obesity and noncommunicable

chronic disease epidemicrdquo Xirsquoan Jiaotong University Xirsquoan Shanxi China October 15 2015

75 ldquoFighting the Global Childhood Obesity and Non-Communicable Chronic Disease Epidemic Challenges and New Opportunitiesrdquo Utah University Salt Lake City Utah January 13 2016

76 ldquoFighting the global obesity amp non-communicable chronic disease epidemicrdquo Iowa University

February 11 2016

77 ldquoGlobal health and application of bigdata in public health researchrdquo Xirsquoan Jiaotong University 120 Anniversary Seminar Series Xirsquoan Shanxi China April 9 2016

RESEARCH GRANT PARTICIPATION 1 Active grants Title Socioeconomic disparities in early origins of childhood obesity and body mass index trajectories Funding HRSA (R40MC31880 $100000 7012018-6302019) (HRSA - Health Resources and Services Administration MCHB - Maternal and Child Health Bureau) Objectives To understand when and why socioeconomic disparities in childhood obesity start in early life and how to reduce these disparities through food assistance policy and well-child care Role PI of subcontract (PI Xiaozhong Wen) Title Acquisition of a GPU-based Cloud Infrastructure for Inter-multi-disciplinary Research and Education at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution Funding National Science Foundation ($331133 812017 ndash 7312020) Objectives To establish a GPU-based cloud at Ball State University to promote big data related interdisciplinary research and education projects including health informatics and systems related obesity and non-communicable chronic diseases research Role Co-PI (PI Shaoen Wu) Title ldquoHealth Outcomes and Redemption Behaviors among Virginia WIC Participantsrdquo Funding US Department of AgricultureEconomic Research Service (58-4000-6-0061-R $90000 8182016~07302019) Objectives To study the health outcomes and redemption Behaviors of WIC Participants in Virginia State USA Role PI of subcontract (PI Qi Zhang) Title ldquoHealth burden and health care facilitiesresources of countries along the new Silk Road and collaboration on global healthrdquo Funding The China Medical Board (CMB an American foundation established by John D Rockefeller in 1914 based in Boston USA CNL 16-262 $200000 112017~12312019) Objectives To examine the health burden and health care facilitiesresources of the countries along

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

17

the new Silk Road help identify related needs and opportunities for future collaboration regarding global health and develop domestic and international collaboration partnership and pilot projects Role PI Title ldquoChinese Northwest Cohort Study Funding Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (Chinese National Key RampD Program 2017YFC0907200 1734 million RMB 1012017-172021) Objectives As part of large national efforts to study health risk factors and promote health and as one of the large cohort studies across China this project will collect different types and a large amount of data from a large cohort of adults (approximately n=120000) in 5 provinces in northwest China The data collected will include biological behavioral and environmental factors and on health outcomes The project will be carried out by research teams from several universities local CDCs and industry partners from the provinces covered by the project Role Co-I (PI Hong Yan) Title Study and support of vulnerable children from floating families in China Funding Chinese Social Science Foundation Key Projects (RMB 800000 12016-122020) Objectives This is a multi-institution collaboration project that includes five sub-projects The project aims to develop a system to incorporate ldquoresearch-policy-practicerdquo to promote the wellbeing of vulnerable children and adolescents from floating families in China We will collect data from multiple sources to develop a large data base to support related research The focus is children aged 6-15 years old who stayed at home with care providers (other than their parents who left home to work in other places) Role Co-I (PI Danhua Lin) Title ldquoUniversity of Buffalo Clinical and Translational Research Centerrdquo Funding NIH (Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) 1UL1TR001412-01 $16 million 82015-32019) Objectives To establish the UB Clinical and Translational Research Center as the hub of the Buffalo Translational Consortium (BTC) The BTC which includes 12 major academic research and healthcare institutions and 5 influential community partners has embarked on a comprehensive strategic plan to build a strong foundation for clinical and translational research in response to our community needs The CTRC and other enormous BTC investments to build a 21st century Academic Health Center creates a setting for a CTSA to provide the key piece to transform our capacity to bring discoveries in the laboratory the clinic and the community to benefit individual and public health by sharing expertise and innovative approaches to translational science as part of the national consortium We will bring strengths to the CTSA consortium including developing novel health informatics tools leveraging our strength as a leading center on research in standards and ontologies new approaches to community-based research developed with our community testing and disseminating ontology-based methods to share translational image data etc Role Faculty (PI Timothy Murphy) 2 Completed grants (but some of these projects are still ongoing) Title ldquoChina Obesity Blue Paper Project- a comprehensive national obesity prevention and control programrdquo Funding Chinese Nutrition Society (RMB 200000 32016-122018)

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

15

58 Primary and Primordial Prevention of Obesity American Heart Association 2011 Annual Meeting Achieving 2020 Obesity Objectives Behavioral and Policy Strategies Orlando Florida November 12-16 2011

59 Application of Systems Science Methods in Public Health China CDC July 24 2012

60 Obesity Projected Trends and the Impact on Health American Society of Nephrology Annual Meeting San Diego CA November 2 2012

61 ldquoObesity and non-communicable chronic disease prevention and controlrdquo Zhejiang University

School of Public Health Hangzhou Zhejiang May 18 2013

62 ldquoHow to prepare grant applicationsrdquo Zhejiang University School of Public Health Hangzhou Zhejiang May 19 2013

63 ldquoThe Asia Pacifc Perspectives on the obesity epidemicrdquo Association of Pacific Rim Universities

(APRU) Global Health Workshop Hangzhou Zhejiang October 31 2013

64 Invited panelist and speaker in the symposium ldquoThe Evolution of Chinarsquos Healthcare Industry Opportunities and Challengesrdquo the SUNY Global Center New York City March 6 2014

65 ldquoFighting Global Epidemic of Obesity and Chronic Diseases ndash A Systems Science Approachrdquo

Columbia University School of Public Health New York City March 7 2014

66 ldquoThe Global Obesity Epidemic Huge challenges and opportunitiesrdquo Georgetown University Washington DC April 10 2015

67 ldquoApplication of systems science approaches in research and prevention of non-communicable

diseasesrdquo Southwestern University of Finance and Economics Chengdu China May 22 2015

68 ldquoNew perspectives on prevention and control of global non-communicable diseasesrdquo Tianjin Medical University Tianjin China May 28 2015

69 ldquoPrevention of global childhood obesityrdquo Beijing University School of Public Health Beijing

China June 1 2015

70 ldquoPrevention and control of the global epidemic of obesity and non-communicable diseasesrdquo Chinese National Center for Chronic and Non-communicable Disease Control and Prevention Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention Beijing China May 29 2015

71 ldquoPrevention and control of non-communicable diseasesrdquo Nanjing Center for Disease Control

and Prevention Nanjing China June 2 2015

72 ldquoPrevention of global childhood obesityrdquo Fudan University School of Public Health Shanghai China June 4 2015

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

16

73 ldquoSystematic amp interdisciplinary research on the etiology and prevention of the global childhood obesity epidemicrdquo Cornell University Field of Nutrition Seminar August 31 2015

74 ldquoCurrent status and future development in the global obesity and noncommunicable

chronic disease epidemicrdquo Xirsquoan Jiaotong University Xirsquoan Shanxi China October 15 2015

75 ldquoFighting the Global Childhood Obesity and Non-Communicable Chronic Disease Epidemic Challenges and New Opportunitiesrdquo Utah University Salt Lake City Utah January 13 2016

76 ldquoFighting the global obesity amp non-communicable chronic disease epidemicrdquo Iowa University

February 11 2016

77 ldquoGlobal health and application of bigdata in public health researchrdquo Xirsquoan Jiaotong University 120 Anniversary Seminar Series Xirsquoan Shanxi China April 9 2016

RESEARCH GRANT PARTICIPATION 1 Active grants Title Socioeconomic disparities in early origins of childhood obesity and body mass index trajectories Funding HRSA (R40MC31880 $100000 7012018-6302019) (HRSA - Health Resources and Services Administration MCHB - Maternal and Child Health Bureau) Objectives To understand when and why socioeconomic disparities in childhood obesity start in early life and how to reduce these disparities through food assistance policy and well-child care Role PI of subcontract (PI Xiaozhong Wen) Title Acquisition of a GPU-based Cloud Infrastructure for Inter-multi-disciplinary Research and Education at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution Funding National Science Foundation ($331133 812017 ndash 7312020) Objectives To establish a GPU-based cloud at Ball State University to promote big data related interdisciplinary research and education projects including health informatics and systems related obesity and non-communicable chronic diseases research Role Co-PI (PI Shaoen Wu) Title ldquoHealth Outcomes and Redemption Behaviors among Virginia WIC Participantsrdquo Funding US Department of AgricultureEconomic Research Service (58-4000-6-0061-R $90000 8182016~07302019) Objectives To study the health outcomes and redemption Behaviors of WIC Participants in Virginia State USA Role PI of subcontract (PI Qi Zhang) Title ldquoHealth burden and health care facilitiesresources of countries along the new Silk Road and collaboration on global healthrdquo Funding The China Medical Board (CMB an American foundation established by John D Rockefeller in 1914 based in Boston USA CNL 16-262 $200000 112017~12312019) Objectives To examine the health burden and health care facilitiesresources of the countries along

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

17

the new Silk Road help identify related needs and opportunities for future collaboration regarding global health and develop domestic and international collaboration partnership and pilot projects Role PI Title ldquoChinese Northwest Cohort Study Funding Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (Chinese National Key RampD Program 2017YFC0907200 1734 million RMB 1012017-172021) Objectives As part of large national efforts to study health risk factors and promote health and as one of the large cohort studies across China this project will collect different types and a large amount of data from a large cohort of adults (approximately n=120000) in 5 provinces in northwest China The data collected will include biological behavioral and environmental factors and on health outcomes The project will be carried out by research teams from several universities local CDCs and industry partners from the provinces covered by the project Role Co-I (PI Hong Yan) Title Study and support of vulnerable children from floating families in China Funding Chinese Social Science Foundation Key Projects (RMB 800000 12016-122020) Objectives This is a multi-institution collaboration project that includes five sub-projects The project aims to develop a system to incorporate ldquoresearch-policy-practicerdquo to promote the wellbeing of vulnerable children and adolescents from floating families in China We will collect data from multiple sources to develop a large data base to support related research The focus is children aged 6-15 years old who stayed at home with care providers (other than their parents who left home to work in other places) Role Co-I (PI Danhua Lin) Title ldquoUniversity of Buffalo Clinical and Translational Research Centerrdquo Funding NIH (Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) 1UL1TR001412-01 $16 million 82015-32019) Objectives To establish the UB Clinical and Translational Research Center as the hub of the Buffalo Translational Consortium (BTC) The BTC which includes 12 major academic research and healthcare institutions and 5 influential community partners has embarked on a comprehensive strategic plan to build a strong foundation for clinical and translational research in response to our community needs The CTRC and other enormous BTC investments to build a 21st century Academic Health Center creates a setting for a CTSA to provide the key piece to transform our capacity to bring discoveries in the laboratory the clinic and the community to benefit individual and public health by sharing expertise and innovative approaches to translational science as part of the national consortium We will bring strengths to the CTSA consortium including developing novel health informatics tools leveraging our strength as a leading center on research in standards and ontologies new approaches to community-based research developed with our community testing and disseminating ontology-based methods to share translational image data etc Role Faculty (PI Timothy Murphy) 2 Completed grants (but some of these projects are still ongoing) Title ldquoChina Obesity Blue Paper Project- a comprehensive national obesity prevention and control programrdquo Funding Chinese Nutrition Society (RMB 200000 32016-122018)

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

16

73 ldquoSystematic amp interdisciplinary research on the etiology and prevention of the global childhood obesity epidemicrdquo Cornell University Field of Nutrition Seminar August 31 2015

74 ldquoCurrent status and future development in the global obesity and noncommunicable

chronic disease epidemicrdquo Xirsquoan Jiaotong University Xirsquoan Shanxi China October 15 2015

75 ldquoFighting the Global Childhood Obesity and Non-Communicable Chronic Disease Epidemic Challenges and New Opportunitiesrdquo Utah University Salt Lake City Utah January 13 2016

76 ldquoFighting the global obesity amp non-communicable chronic disease epidemicrdquo Iowa University

February 11 2016

77 ldquoGlobal health and application of bigdata in public health researchrdquo Xirsquoan Jiaotong University 120 Anniversary Seminar Series Xirsquoan Shanxi China April 9 2016

RESEARCH GRANT PARTICIPATION 1 Active grants Title Socioeconomic disparities in early origins of childhood obesity and body mass index trajectories Funding HRSA (R40MC31880 $100000 7012018-6302019) (HRSA - Health Resources and Services Administration MCHB - Maternal and Child Health Bureau) Objectives To understand when and why socioeconomic disparities in childhood obesity start in early life and how to reduce these disparities through food assistance policy and well-child care Role PI of subcontract (PI Xiaozhong Wen) Title Acquisition of a GPU-based Cloud Infrastructure for Inter-multi-disciplinary Research and Education at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution Funding National Science Foundation ($331133 812017 ndash 7312020) Objectives To establish a GPU-based cloud at Ball State University to promote big data related interdisciplinary research and education projects including health informatics and systems related obesity and non-communicable chronic diseases research Role Co-PI (PI Shaoen Wu) Title ldquoHealth Outcomes and Redemption Behaviors among Virginia WIC Participantsrdquo Funding US Department of AgricultureEconomic Research Service (58-4000-6-0061-R $90000 8182016~07302019) Objectives To study the health outcomes and redemption Behaviors of WIC Participants in Virginia State USA Role PI of subcontract (PI Qi Zhang) Title ldquoHealth burden and health care facilitiesresources of countries along the new Silk Road and collaboration on global healthrdquo Funding The China Medical Board (CMB an American foundation established by John D Rockefeller in 1914 based in Boston USA CNL 16-262 $200000 112017~12312019) Objectives To examine the health burden and health care facilitiesresources of the countries along

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

17

the new Silk Road help identify related needs and opportunities for future collaboration regarding global health and develop domestic and international collaboration partnership and pilot projects Role PI Title ldquoChinese Northwest Cohort Study Funding Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (Chinese National Key RampD Program 2017YFC0907200 1734 million RMB 1012017-172021) Objectives As part of large national efforts to study health risk factors and promote health and as one of the large cohort studies across China this project will collect different types and a large amount of data from a large cohort of adults (approximately n=120000) in 5 provinces in northwest China The data collected will include biological behavioral and environmental factors and on health outcomes The project will be carried out by research teams from several universities local CDCs and industry partners from the provinces covered by the project Role Co-I (PI Hong Yan) Title Study and support of vulnerable children from floating families in China Funding Chinese Social Science Foundation Key Projects (RMB 800000 12016-122020) Objectives This is a multi-institution collaboration project that includes five sub-projects The project aims to develop a system to incorporate ldquoresearch-policy-practicerdquo to promote the wellbeing of vulnerable children and adolescents from floating families in China We will collect data from multiple sources to develop a large data base to support related research The focus is children aged 6-15 years old who stayed at home with care providers (other than their parents who left home to work in other places) Role Co-I (PI Danhua Lin) Title ldquoUniversity of Buffalo Clinical and Translational Research Centerrdquo Funding NIH (Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) 1UL1TR001412-01 $16 million 82015-32019) Objectives To establish the UB Clinical and Translational Research Center as the hub of the Buffalo Translational Consortium (BTC) The BTC which includes 12 major academic research and healthcare institutions and 5 influential community partners has embarked on a comprehensive strategic plan to build a strong foundation for clinical and translational research in response to our community needs The CTRC and other enormous BTC investments to build a 21st century Academic Health Center creates a setting for a CTSA to provide the key piece to transform our capacity to bring discoveries in the laboratory the clinic and the community to benefit individual and public health by sharing expertise and innovative approaches to translational science as part of the national consortium We will bring strengths to the CTSA consortium including developing novel health informatics tools leveraging our strength as a leading center on research in standards and ontologies new approaches to community-based research developed with our community testing and disseminating ontology-based methods to share translational image data etc Role Faculty (PI Timothy Murphy) 2 Completed grants (but some of these projects are still ongoing) Title ldquoChina Obesity Blue Paper Project- a comprehensive national obesity prevention and control programrdquo Funding Chinese Nutrition Society (RMB 200000 32016-122018)

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

17

the new Silk Road help identify related needs and opportunities for future collaboration regarding global health and develop domestic and international collaboration partnership and pilot projects Role PI Title ldquoChinese Northwest Cohort Study Funding Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (Chinese National Key RampD Program 2017YFC0907200 1734 million RMB 1012017-172021) Objectives As part of large national efforts to study health risk factors and promote health and as one of the large cohort studies across China this project will collect different types and a large amount of data from a large cohort of adults (approximately n=120000) in 5 provinces in northwest China The data collected will include biological behavioral and environmental factors and on health outcomes The project will be carried out by research teams from several universities local CDCs and industry partners from the provinces covered by the project Role Co-I (PI Hong Yan) Title Study and support of vulnerable children from floating families in China Funding Chinese Social Science Foundation Key Projects (RMB 800000 12016-122020) Objectives This is a multi-institution collaboration project that includes five sub-projects The project aims to develop a system to incorporate ldquoresearch-policy-practicerdquo to promote the wellbeing of vulnerable children and adolescents from floating families in China We will collect data from multiple sources to develop a large data base to support related research The focus is children aged 6-15 years old who stayed at home with care providers (other than their parents who left home to work in other places) Role Co-I (PI Danhua Lin) Title ldquoUniversity of Buffalo Clinical and Translational Research Centerrdquo Funding NIH (Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) 1UL1TR001412-01 $16 million 82015-32019) Objectives To establish the UB Clinical and Translational Research Center as the hub of the Buffalo Translational Consortium (BTC) The BTC which includes 12 major academic research and healthcare institutions and 5 influential community partners has embarked on a comprehensive strategic plan to build a strong foundation for clinical and translational research in response to our community needs The CTRC and other enormous BTC investments to build a 21st century Academic Health Center creates a setting for a CTSA to provide the key piece to transform our capacity to bring discoveries in the laboratory the clinic and the community to benefit individual and public health by sharing expertise and innovative approaches to translational science as part of the national consortium We will bring strengths to the CTSA consortium including developing novel health informatics tools leveraging our strength as a leading center on research in standards and ontologies new approaches to community-based research developed with our community testing and disseminating ontology-based methods to share translational image data etc Role Faculty (PI Timothy Murphy) 2 Completed grants (but some of these projects are still ongoing) Title ldquoChina Obesity Blue Paper Project- a comprehensive national obesity prevention and control programrdquo Funding Chinese Nutrition Society (RMB 200000 32016-122018)

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

18

Objectives Working with of a group of internationally recognized experts and scholars in the field of obesity research and management in China and overseas to review and summarize the evidence on the obesity epidemic diagnosis treatment and prevention develop obesity prevention and treatment guidelines and strategies and standardize evaluation including for specific population groups and settings in China The project will help promote international collaboration and related efforts in China to prevent and control the obesity epidemic including through national programs and policies and promote research of obesity and chronic diseases especially related international and interdisciplinary collaborations Role PI Title Food Assistance Diet and Body Weight Status among WIC Eligible Children Funding NIHNICHD (R03HD090387-01 $155000 112017~12312018) Objectives To examine the impact of WIC program on WIC eligible childrenrsquos diet and body weight Role PI of subcontract (PI Qi Zhang) Title ASPIRE ADVANCE Grant Proposal Award Funding Ball State University internal seed grant ($5000 612017-5312018) Objectives To help conduct pilot studies and obtain preliminary results to support extramural grant applications Role PI Title Interdisciplinary Systems Approach amp Big Data Enhanced Obesity Research Funding Ball State University Digital Scholar Lab Faculty Fellowship ($10000 512017-4302018) Objectives To develop prototype systems models build cloud-based digital analytical and visualization platforms and tool kits develop a large databasedata repository and obtain preliminary results to support our NIH R21 and R01 grant applications Role PI Title ldquoSystems-Oriented Pediatric Obesity Research and Training (SPORT) Center Grantrdquo Funding NIHNICHD (1 U54 HD070725-01 U54 Center grant $161 million 92011 - 122017 The U54 includes 4 cores and 3 key research projects originally 40 as PI and reduced to 15 in 2013 due to job change) Objectives To establish a Global Center of Excellence of childhood obesity and chronic disease research and training based on a transdisciplinary systems science framework and systems-based methodologies including the use of systems modeling to capture the complexity of the etiology of childhood obesity and the potential impact of environmental and policy interventions Over 50 well established investigators from 30 leading US and international institutions bring transdisciplinary expertise to bear in highly relevant areas The Center will build upon a solid research and training base with ongoing NIH funded projects directly related to childhood obesity and systems analysis The center structured as US institutions in partnership with international institutions will undertake epidemiological research linking biological with environmental and macrosocial factors of childhood obesity conduct and provide developmental research funding for environmental and policy evaluations andor interventions and establish an infrastructure for postgraduate systems-oriented research and training in the field of obesity and chronic disease prevention and control The Centers includes 4 cores and 3 key research projects The 4 cores are Administrative Core Research Resources Core Education and Training Core and Rapid Response and Pilot Study Core The 3 key projects include a cohort study in Pennsylvania and a community-based intervention study

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

19

in Baltimore in the US and a national epidemiological study in China (see below) Role Original PI Founding Director of the new Center (Johns Hopkins Global Center on Childhood Obesity) established based on the U54 award and additional institutional funding support roles changed due to job change Title Multilevel Systems-oriented Childhood Obesity Study In China (one of the three key research projects in the NIH U54 Center grant) Funding NIHNICHD (1 U54 HD070725-01 $21 million 920119 - 122017 15) Objectives To use a systems-oriented conceptual framework unique rich longitudinal data collected in China from large cohorts and novel systems analysis to study the interplay impact and feedback loops of the built social economic environmental and policy factors and their changes on individual children and their families decisions eating physical activity and adiposity outcomes We will also study why some individuals families may respond differently to the environments and how they may affect their environments China offers an unprecedented opportunity for systems-oriented pediatric obesity research considering its large population size area and regional contextual variation the rapid economic growth and many social- environmental transformations over the past 2-3 decades including dramatic changes in its food systems and food environment The large variance and change in macro-level contextual variables and in health outcomes including obesity can help advance understanding of disparities in the US through comparative studies Findings will have many important policy implications for the US and other countries Role PI Title Pilot Study on pediatric obesity prevention by maternal smoking cessation in pregnancy and lactation Funding NIH NCATS (UL1TR001412 Pilot $75000 11012015-03312017) Objectives This pilot study aims to examine the effects of maternal smoking cessation intervention in pregnancy on infant gain in weight-for-length (WFL) z-score from birth to 6 months and to examine the effect of maternal smoking abstinence intervention in lactation and infant post-weaning gain in WFL z-score among the women who have successfully quit smoking in pregnancy Two-phase randomization is applied to separate the effects of smoking cessation in two different critical periods (ie pregnancy and lactation) on infant adiposity gain Role Co-I (PI Xiaozhong Wen) Title Causes and Interventions for Childhood Obesity Innovative Systems Analysis Funding NIH (1R01HD064685-01A1 $16 million 9292010 - 6302016 30) Objectives Using integrated conceptual framework innovative statistical analysis approaches and rich data from multiple sources we will study how complex factors may affect childhood obesity and test potential intervention options Role PI Title ldquoSystems-Based Intervention Trial Multi-level Obesity Prevention Study (Be More Healthy Community for Kids)rdquo (one of the three key projects in the NIH U54 Center grant) Funding NIHNICHD (1 U54 HD070725-01 $19 million 920119 - 122016) Objectives This is an intervention trial which will operate at multiple levels of the Baltimore City food system The study aims to increase affordability availability and consumption of healthy foods within low-income predominantly African-American neighborhoods Role Co-I (PI Joel Gittelsohn)

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

20

Title ldquoUnderstanding Disparities In Obesity and Its Comorbidities In the USrdquo Funding NIHNIDDK (R01DK81335-01A1 $12 million 72009-42013 25) Objectives The study is a systematic investigation to understand the individual- family- and community-level causes of ethnicSES disparities in obesity and its comorbidities including type 2 diabetes and hypertension in the US using an interdisciplinary approach Role PI Title ldquoMultilevel communications and access strategies to improve the food environmentrdquo Funding NIH NHLBI (1R21HL102812-01A1 direct costs $205000 201161-2014531 5) Objectives To conduct formative research and pilot pricing and social marketing intervention to change availability of healthy foods and promote them at the wholesaler retailer and consumer levels Role Co-I (PI Joel Gittelsohn) Title Influences of prenatal nutrition genetics childhood growth trajectory sexual maturation and their interactions on metabolic outcomes during puberty A twin study Founding NIHNIDDK (P60 DK0079637 the Baltimore Diabetes Research and Training Center Pilot and Feasibility Programs $164000 42010-12013 5) Objectives To examine how genetics prenatal factors growth trajectory sexual maturation and environmental factors (including dietary intake) may interact and affect the target health outcomes (eg adiposity insulin resistance elevated blood pressure) based on existing and new follow-up data from a large population-based cohort including twins in China Role PI Title Evaluation of Childhood Obesity Prevention Programs Funding United States Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) $420000 22011-102013 (The project is part of a 3-year AHRQ EPC3 Task Order Grant (PI Bass) HHSA 290-2007-10061-I 10) Objectives A systematic review and meta analysis to assess the effects of interventions that directed at children andor their families (including school-based and non-school based programs as well as those related to policies and the built environment) on childhood obesity and related conditions and childrens related knowledge belief and attitude The project will help guide future interventions and policies in the US and other countries fighting the growing global epidemic Role PI Title ldquoResemblance between child amp parental eating physical activity amp obesity patternsrdquo Funding NIHNICHD (R03HD058077-01A1 $164000 22009-12013 10) Objectives To examine the resemblances between American childrenrsquos and their parentsrsquo eating and physical activity patterns as well as their weight status and the influence of individual- household- and environmental- factors on the associations Role PI Title International Center for the Prevention of Chronic Diseases in Developing Countries Funding Ovations Foundation (102008- 092013 3) Objectives Initial support for the establishment of a research and education center in Guatemala City aimed at preventing chronic non-communicable diseases in the region Role Co-I (PI Manuel Ramirez-Zea)

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

21

Title Global Health Activities in Developing Countries to Combat Non Communicable Chronic Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Diseases Funding NIHNHLBI (268200900028C-1-0-1 $1168499 72009-62014 3) Objectives To establish a center of excellence for strengthening research capacity on prevention and control of cardiovascular diseases for Central America Dominican Republic and Mexico This is a second award to support the center in Guatemala City focused on research and training initially funded by Ovations Foundation Role Co-I (PI Manuel Ramirez-Zea) Title Comprehensive Lifestyle Intervention among Chinese Kids Obesity Prevention (CLICK-Obesity) Funding Nanjing City Bureau of Science and Technology 200901088 CN$10000000 92009-92013 5 in kind) Objectives To develop and test a school-based obesity prevention program Role Co-PI (PI Fei Xu) Title ldquoLongitudinal Cohort Study on Metabolic Syndrome among Children and Adolescents in Beijingrdquo Funding Beijing Municipal Science amp Technology Commission ($11 million for 2008-2013 is awarded for the proposed 15-year follow-up study 5 in kind) Objectives To establish two long-term cohorts for investigating the etiology and diagnosis of metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents in Beijing The other related health outcomes such as obesity hypertension dyslipidemia and type 2 diabetes will be studied as well Role Co-I (PI Jie Mi) Title lsquoA Controlled Clinical Trial of the Appetite and Health Effects of Using Mushroom Substitutes for Meat in Obese Adultsrdquo Funding US Department of Agriculture and the Mushroom Council ($250000 04012009 ndash 12312012 10) Objectives To assess the weight control efficacy and effects on inflammatory markers and health parameters of this food substitution over 12 months Role Co-I (PI Lawrence J Cheskin) Title NIH ARRA Supplemental grant ldquoResemblance between child amp parental eating physical activity amp obesity patternsrdquo Funding NIHNICHD (R03HD058077-01A1S1 $25978 92009-82012 2) Objectives To examine the resemblances between American childrenrsquos and their parentsrsquo eating and physical activity patterns as well as their weight status and the influence of individual- household- and environmental- factors on the associations Role PI Title ldquoObesity Prevention in African American Schoolchildrenrdquo Funding NIHNIDDK (R01 DK63383 $689639 92002-52007 30) Objectives The purpose of this intervention study is to test the feasibility and effectiveness of a school based intervention program using environmental approaches for the prevention of obesity among low-socioeconomic status (SES) African American students

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

22

Role PI Title ldquoEconomic Lifestyles and Social Influences on Obesityrdquo Funding US Department of Agriculture (USDA 2044-05322 $999992 12005-22010 20) Objectives This project will examine the importance of key economic factors such as cost and access measures and social safety factors on BMI and obesity The project will also provide an extensive outreach program based on the research findings to inform both policy makers and households of which policies programs and practices may be effective at combating obesity Role Co-PI (PI Lisa M Powell) Title ldquoPrice Effect on Diet and Obesity Risk of Food Assistance Program Recipientsrdquo Funding NIHNICHD (1R03HD058077-01A1 $135555 82007-82010 10) Objectives Based on national existing data to study the influence of difference in food prices on the dietary intakes and risk of obesity of federal food assistance program recipients A long term goal is to identify the economic mechanisms that promote weight gain among low-income Americans Role Co-PI (PI Qi Zhang) Title ldquoThe influences of dairy consumption and related nutrients on obesity metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes and the ethnic differencesrdquo Funding US Department of Agriculture and Dairy Management Inc National Dairy Council (1668 $164964 72008-122010 20) Objectives The project aims to study the influence of dairy consumption and intakes of related nutrients on the risks for obesity metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes among American adults and the related ethnic differences based longitudinal data collected in a large nationwide cohort study Role PI Title Maternal Mental Health and Child Nutrition Early Pathways Funding NIH (5 K-12 HD 43489-8) Initial period of appointment 1110-1231-11 $192593 5 in kind Objectives To examine how maternal mental health and feeding styles are related to maternal and toddler diet quality and weight gain over time and whether the relations vary by socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of the population Role Co-mentor (PI Kristen Hurley) Title ldquoAssessment and promotion of adolescentsrsquo dietary calcium intake in Chinardquo Funding Nestleacute Foundation ($42000 72008-72011 5) Objectives To develop a validated food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) that can be used to assess Chinese adolescentsrsquo dietary intake Role PI Title ldquoCalcium Intake Dairy Consumption and Production and Environmentrdquo Funding The Center for a Livable Future at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (awarded $74000 for the first year of the proposed 3-year project 102006-2009 5) Objectives To analyze existing data collected in China and the United States and collect new survey data to study the complex relationships between calcium intake dairy consumption and production and health as well as impact of the dairy production on the environment The longer-term goal is to develop sustainable evidence-based approaches and programs to help address the worldwide calcium

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

19

in Baltimore in the US and a national epidemiological study in China (see below) Role Original PI Founding Director of the new Center (Johns Hopkins Global Center on Childhood Obesity) established based on the U54 award and additional institutional funding support roles changed due to job change Title Multilevel Systems-oriented Childhood Obesity Study In China (one of the three key research projects in the NIH U54 Center grant) Funding NIHNICHD (1 U54 HD070725-01 $21 million 920119 - 122017 15) Objectives To use a systems-oriented conceptual framework unique rich longitudinal data collected in China from large cohorts and novel systems analysis to study the interplay impact and feedback loops of the built social economic environmental and policy factors and their changes on individual children and their families decisions eating physical activity and adiposity outcomes We will also study why some individuals families may respond differently to the environments and how they may affect their environments China offers an unprecedented opportunity for systems-oriented pediatric obesity research considering its large population size area and regional contextual variation the rapid economic growth and many social- environmental transformations over the past 2-3 decades including dramatic changes in its food systems and food environment The large variance and change in macro-level contextual variables and in health outcomes including obesity can help advance understanding of disparities in the US through comparative studies Findings will have many important policy implications for the US and other countries Role PI Title Pilot Study on pediatric obesity prevention by maternal smoking cessation in pregnancy and lactation Funding NIH NCATS (UL1TR001412 Pilot $75000 11012015-03312017) Objectives This pilot study aims to examine the effects of maternal smoking cessation intervention in pregnancy on infant gain in weight-for-length (WFL) z-score from birth to 6 months and to examine the effect of maternal smoking abstinence intervention in lactation and infant post-weaning gain in WFL z-score among the women who have successfully quit smoking in pregnancy Two-phase randomization is applied to separate the effects of smoking cessation in two different critical periods (ie pregnancy and lactation) on infant adiposity gain Role Co-I (PI Xiaozhong Wen) Title Causes and Interventions for Childhood Obesity Innovative Systems Analysis Funding NIH (1R01HD064685-01A1 $16 million 9292010 - 6302016 30) Objectives Using integrated conceptual framework innovative statistical analysis approaches and rich data from multiple sources we will study how complex factors may affect childhood obesity and test potential intervention options Role PI Title ldquoSystems-Based Intervention Trial Multi-level Obesity Prevention Study (Be More Healthy Community for Kids)rdquo (one of the three key projects in the NIH U54 Center grant) Funding NIHNICHD (1 U54 HD070725-01 $19 million 920119 - 122016) Objectives This is an intervention trial which will operate at multiple levels of the Baltimore City food system The study aims to increase affordability availability and consumption of healthy foods within low-income predominantly African-American neighborhoods Role Co-I (PI Joel Gittelsohn)

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

20

Title ldquoUnderstanding Disparities In Obesity and Its Comorbidities In the USrdquo Funding NIHNIDDK (R01DK81335-01A1 $12 million 72009-42013 25) Objectives The study is a systematic investigation to understand the individual- family- and community-level causes of ethnicSES disparities in obesity and its comorbidities including type 2 diabetes and hypertension in the US using an interdisciplinary approach Role PI Title ldquoMultilevel communications and access strategies to improve the food environmentrdquo Funding NIH NHLBI (1R21HL102812-01A1 direct costs $205000 201161-2014531 5) Objectives To conduct formative research and pilot pricing and social marketing intervention to change availability of healthy foods and promote them at the wholesaler retailer and consumer levels Role Co-I (PI Joel Gittelsohn) Title Influences of prenatal nutrition genetics childhood growth trajectory sexual maturation and their interactions on metabolic outcomes during puberty A twin study Founding NIHNIDDK (P60 DK0079637 the Baltimore Diabetes Research and Training Center Pilot and Feasibility Programs $164000 42010-12013 5) Objectives To examine how genetics prenatal factors growth trajectory sexual maturation and environmental factors (including dietary intake) may interact and affect the target health outcomes (eg adiposity insulin resistance elevated blood pressure) based on existing and new follow-up data from a large population-based cohort including twins in China Role PI Title Evaluation of Childhood Obesity Prevention Programs Funding United States Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) $420000 22011-102013 (The project is part of a 3-year AHRQ EPC3 Task Order Grant (PI Bass) HHSA 290-2007-10061-I 10) Objectives A systematic review and meta analysis to assess the effects of interventions that directed at children andor their families (including school-based and non-school based programs as well as those related to policies and the built environment) on childhood obesity and related conditions and childrens related knowledge belief and attitude The project will help guide future interventions and policies in the US and other countries fighting the growing global epidemic Role PI Title ldquoResemblance between child amp parental eating physical activity amp obesity patternsrdquo Funding NIHNICHD (R03HD058077-01A1 $164000 22009-12013 10) Objectives To examine the resemblances between American childrenrsquos and their parentsrsquo eating and physical activity patterns as well as their weight status and the influence of individual- household- and environmental- factors on the associations Role PI Title International Center for the Prevention of Chronic Diseases in Developing Countries Funding Ovations Foundation (102008- 092013 3) Objectives Initial support for the establishment of a research and education center in Guatemala City aimed at preventing chronic non-communicable diseases in the region Role Co-I (PI Manuel Ramirez-Zea)

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

21

Title Global Health Activities in Developing Countries to Combat Non Communicable Chronic Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Diseases Funding NIHNHLBI (268200900028C-1-0-1 $1168499 72009-62014 3) Objectives To establish a center of excellence for strengthening research capacity on prevention and control of cardiovascular diseases for Central America Dominican Republic and Mexico This is a second award to support the center in Guatemala City focused on research and training initially funded by Ovations Foundation Role Co-I (PI Manuel Ramirez-Zea) Title Comprehensive Lifestyle Intervention among Chinese Kids Obesity Prevention (CLICK-Obesity) Funding Nanjing City Bureau of Science and Technology 200901088 CN$10000000 92009-92013 5 in kind) Objectives To develop and test a school-based obesity prevention program Role Co-PI (PI Fei Xu) Title ldquoLongitudinal Cohort Study on Metabolic Syndrome among Children and Adolescents in Beijingrdquo Funding Beijing Municipal Science amp Technology Commission ($11 million for 2008-2013 is awarded for the proposed 15-year follow-up study 5 in kind) Objectives To establish two long-term cohorts for investigating the etiology and diagnosis of metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents in Beijing The other related health outcomes such as obesity hypertension dyslipidemia and type 2 diabetes will be studied as well Role Co-I (PI Jie Mi) Title lsquoA Controlled Clinical Trial of the Appetite and Health Effects of Using Mushroom Substitutes for Meat in Obese Adultsrdquo Funding US Department of Agriculture and the Mushroom Council ($250000 04012009 ndash 12312012 10) Objectives To assess the weight control efficacy and effects on inflammatory markers and health parameters of this food substitution over 12 months Role Co-I (PI Lawrence J Cheskin) Title NIH ARRA Supplemental grant ldquoResemblance between child amp parental eating physical activity amp obesity patternsrdquo Funding NIHNICHD (R03HD058077-01A1S1 $25978 92009-82012 2) Objectives To examine the resemblances between American childrenrsquos and their parentsrsquo eating and physical activity patterns as well as their weight status and the influence of individual- household- and environmental- factors on the associations Role PI Title ldquoObesity Prevention in African American Schoolchildrenrdquo Funding NIHNIDDK (R01 DK63383 $689639 92002-52007 30) Objectives The purpose of this intervention study is to test the feasibility and effectiveness of a school based intervention program using environmental approaches for the prevention of obesity among low-socioeconomic status (SES) African American students

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

22

Role PI Title ldquoEconomic Lifestyles and Social Influences on Obesityrdquo Funding US Department of Agriculture (USDA 2044-05322 $999992 12005-22010 20) Objectives This project will examine the importance of key economic factors such as cost and access measures and social safety factors on BMI and obesity The project will also provide an extensive outreach program based on the research findings to inform both policy makers and households of which policies programs and practices may be effective at combating obesity Role Co-PI (PI Lisa M Powell) Title ldquoPrice Effect on Diet and Obesity Risk of Food Assistance Program Recipientsrdquo Funding NIHNICHD (1R03HD058077-01A1 $135555 82007-82010 10) Objectives Based on national existing data to study the influence of difference in food prices on the dietary intakes and risk of obesity of federal food assistance program recipients A long term goal is to identify the economic mechanisms that promote weight gain among low-income Americans Role Co-PI (PI Qi Zhang) Title ldquoThe influences of dairy consumption and related nutrients on obesity metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes and the ethnic differencesrdquo Funding US Department of Agriculture and Dairy Management Inc National Dairy Council (1668 $164964 72008-122010 20) Objectives The project aims to study the influence of dairy consumption and intakes of related nutrients on the risks for obesity metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes among American adults and the related ethnic differences based longitudinal data collected in a large nationwide cohort study Role PI Title Maternal Mental Health and Child Nutrition Early Pathways Funding NIH (5 K-12 HD 43489-8) Initial period of appointment 1110-1231-11 $192593 5 in kind Objectives To examine how maternal mental health and feeding styles are related to maternal and toddler diet quality and weight gain over time and whether the relations vary by socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of the population Role Co-mentor (PI Kristen Hurley) Title ldquoAssessment and promotion of adolescentsrsquo dietary calcium intake in Chinardquo Funding Nestleacute Foundation ($42000 72008-72011 5) Objectives To develop a validated food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) that can be used to assess Chinese adolescentsrsquo dietary intake Role PI Title ldquoCalcium Intake Dairy Consumption and Production and Environmentrdquo Funding The Center for a Livable Future at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (awarded $74000 for the first year of the proposed 3-year project 102006-2009 5) Objectives To analyze existing data collected in China and the United States and collect new survey data to study the complex relationships between calcium intake dairy consumption and production and health as well as impact of the dairy production on the environment The longer-term goal is to develop sustainable evidence-based approaches and programs to help address the worldwide calcium

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

20

Title ldquoUnderstanding Disparities In Obesity and Its Comorbidities In the USrdquo Funding NIHNIDDK (R01DK81335-01A1 $12 million 72009-42013 25) Objectives The study is a systematic investigation to understand the individual- family- and community-level causes of ethnicSES disparities in obesity and its comorbidities including type 2 diabetes and hypertension in the US using an interdisciplinary approach Role PI Title ldquoMultilevel communications and access strategies to improve the food environmentrdquo Funding NIH NHLBI (1R21HL102812-01A1 direct costs $205000 201161-2014531 5) Objectives To conduct formative research and pilot pricing and social marketing intervention to change availability of healthy foods and promote them at the wholesaler retailer and consumer levels Role Co-I (PI Joel Gittelsohn) Title Influences of prenatal nutrition genetics childhood growth trajectory sexual maturation and their interactions on metabolic outcomes during puberty A twin study Founding NIHNIDDK (P60 DK0079637 the Baltimore Diabetes Research and Training Center Pilot and Feasibility Programs $164000 42010-12013 5) Objectives To examine how genetics prenatal factors growth trajectory sexual maturation and environmental factors (including dietary intake) may interact and affect the target health outcomes (eg adiposity insulin resistance elevated blood pressure) based on existing and new follow-up data from a large population-based cohort including twins in China Role PI Title Evaluation of Childhood Obesity Prevention Programs Funding United States Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) $420000 22011-102013 (The project is part of a 3-year AHRQ EPC3 Task Order Grant (PI Bass) HHSA 290-2007-10061-I 10) Objectives A systematic review and meta analysis to assess the effects of interventions that directed at children andor their families (including school-based and non-school based programs as well as those related to policies and the built environment) on childhood obesity and related conditions and childrens related knowledge belief and attitude The project will help guide future interventions and policies in the US and other countries fighting the growing global epidemic Role PI Title ldquoResemblance between child amp parental eating physical activity amp obesity patternsrdquo Funding NIHNICHD (R03HD058077-01A1 $164000 22009-12013 10) Objectives To examine the resemblances between American childrenrsquos and their parentsrsquo eating and physical activity patterns as well as their weight status and the influence of individual- household- and environmental- factors on the associations Role PI Title International Center for the Prevention of Chronic Diseases in Developing Countries Funding Ovations Foundation (102008- 092013 3) Objectives Initial support for the establishment of a research and education center in Guatemala City aimed at preventing chronic non-communicable diseases in the region Role Co-I (PI Manuel Ramirez-Zea)

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

21

Title Global Health Activities in Developing Countries to Combat Non Communicable Chronic Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Diseases Funding NIHNHLBI (268200900028C-1-0-1 $1168499 72009-62014 3) Objectives To establish a center of excellence for strengthening research capacity on prevention and control of cardiovascular diseases for Central America Dominican Republic and Mexico This is a second award to support the center in Guatemala City focused on research and training initially funded by Ovations Foundation Role Co-I (PI Manuel Ramirez-Zea) Title Comprehensive Lifestyle Intervention among Chinese Kids Obesity Prevention (CLICK-Obesity) Funding Nanjing City Bureau of Science and Technology 200901088 CN$10000000 92009-92013 5 in kind) Objectives To develop and test a school-based obesity prevention program Role Co-PI (PI Fei Xu) Title ldquoLongitudinal Cohort Study on Metabolic Syndrome among Children and Adolescents in Beijingrdquo Funding Beijing Municipal Science amp Technology Commission ($11 million for 2008-2013 is awarded for the proposed 15-year follow-up study 5 in kind) Objectives To establish two long-term cohorts for investigating the etiology and diagnosis of metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents in Beijing The other related health outcomes such as obesity hypertension dyslipidemia and type 2 diabetes will be studied as well Role Co-I (PI Jie Mi) Title lsquoA Controlled Clinical Trial of the Appetite and Health Effects of Using Mushroom Substitutes for Meat in Obese Adultsrdquo Funding US Department of Agriculture and the Mushroom Council ($250000 04012009 ndash 12312012 10) Objectives To assess the weight control efficacy and effects on inflammatory markers and health parameters of this food substitution over 12 months Role Co-I (PI Lawrence J Cheskin) Title NIH ARRA Supplemental grant ldquoResemblance between child amp parental eating physical activity amp obesity patternsrdquo Funding NIHNICHD (R03HD058077-01A1S1 $25978 92009-82012 2) Objectives To examine the resemblances between American childrenrsquos and their parentsrsquo eating and physical activity patterns as well as their weight status and the influence of individual- household- and environmental- factors on the associations Role PI Title ldquoObesity Prevention in African American Schoolchildrenrdquo Funding NIHNIDDK (R01 DK63383 $689639 92002-52007 30) Objectives The purpose of this intervention study is to test the feasibility and effectiveness of a school based intervention program using environmental approaches for the prevention of obesity among low-socioeconomic status (SES) African American students

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

22

Role PI Title ldquoEconomic Lifestyles and Social Influences on Obesityrdquo Funding US Department of Agriculture (USDA 2044-05322 $999992 12005-22010 20) Objectives This project will examine the importance of key economic factors such as cost and access measures and social safety factors on BMI and obesity The project will also provide an extensive outreach program based on the research findings to inform both policy makers and households of which policies programs and practices may be effective at combating obesity Role Co-PI (PI Lisa M Powell) Title ldquoPrice Effect on Diet and Obesity Risk of Food Assistance Program Recipientsrdquo Funding NIHNICHD (1R03HD058077-01A1 $135555 82007-82010 10) Objectives Based on national existing data to study the influence of difference in food prices on the dietary intakes and risk of obesity of federal food assistance program recipients A long term goal is to identify the economic mechanisms that promote weight gain among low-income Americans Role Co-PI (PI Qi Zhang) Title ldquoThe influences of dairy consumption and related nutrients on obesity metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes and the ethnic differencesrdquo Funding US Department of Agriculture and Dairy Management Inc National Dairy Council (1668 $164964 72008-122010 20) Objectives The project aims to study the influence of dairy consumption and intakes of related nutrients on the risks for obesity metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes among American adults and the related ethnic differences based longitudinal data collected in a large nationwide cohort study Role PI Title Maternal Mental Health and Child Nutrition Early Pathways Funding NIH (5 K-12 HD 43489-8) Initial period of appointment 1110-1231-11 $192593 5 in kind Objectives To examine how maternal mental health and feeding styles are related to maternal and toddler diet quality and weight gain over time and whether the relations vary by socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of the population Role Co-mentor (PI Kristen Hurley) Title ldquoAssessment and promotion of adolescentsrsquo dietary calcium intake in Chinardquo Funding Nestleacute Foundation ($42000 72008-72011 5) Objectives To develop a validated food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) that can be used to assess Chinese adolescentsrsquo dietary intake Role PI Title ldquoCalcium Intake Dairy Consumption and Production and Environmentrdquo Funding The Center for a Livable Future at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (awarded $74000 for the first year of the proposed 3-year project 102006-2009 5) Objectives To analyze existing data collected in China and the United States and collect new survey data to study the complex relationships between calcium intake dairy consumption and production and health as well as impact of the dairy production on the environment The longer-term goal is to develop sustainable evidence-based approaches and programs to help address the worldwide calcium

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

21

Title Global Health Activities in Developing Countries to Combat Non Communicable Chronic Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Diseases Funding NIHNHLBI (268200900028C-1-0-1 $1168499 72009-62014 3) Objectives To establish a center of excellence for strengthening research capacity on prevention and control of cardiovascular diseases for Central America Dominican Republic and Mexico This is a second award to support the center in Guatemala City focused on research and training initially funded by Ovations Foundation Role Co-I (PI Manuel Ramirez-Zea) Title Comprehensive Lifestyle Intervention among Chinese Kids Obesity Prevention (CLICK-Obesity) Funding Nanjing City Bureau of Science and Technology 200901088 CN$10000000 92009-92013 5 in kind) Objectives To develop and test a school-based obesity prevention program Role Co-PI (PI Fei Xu) Title ldquoLongitudinal Cohort Study on Metabolic Syndrome among Children and Adolescents in Beijingrdquo Funding Beijing Municipal Science amp Technology Commission ($11 million for 2008-2013 is awarded for the proposed 15-year follow-up study 5 in kind) Objectives To establish two long-term cohorts for investigating the etiology and diagnosis of metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents in Beijing The other related health outcomes such as obesity hypertension dyslipidemia and type 2 diabetes will be studied as well Role Co-I (PI Jie Mi) Title lsquoA Controlled Clinical Trial of the Appetite and Health Effects of Using Mushroom Substitutes for Meat in Obese Adultsrdquo Funding US Department of Agriculture and the Mushroom Council ($250000 04012009 ndash 12312012 10) Objectives To assess the weight control efficacy and effects on inflammatory markers and health parameters of this food substitution over 12 months Role Co-I (PI Lawrence J Cheskin) Title NIH ARRA Supplemental grant ldquoResemblance between child amp parental eating physical activity amp obesity patternsrdquo Funding NIHNICHD (R03HD058077-01A1S1 $25978 92009-82012 2) Objectives To examine the resemblances between American childrenrsquos and their parentsrsquo eating and physical activity patterns as well as their weight status and the influence of individual- household- and environmental- factors on the associations Role PI Title ldquoObesity Prevention in African American Schoolchildrenrdquo Funding NIHNIDDK (R01 DK63383 $689639 92002-52007 30) Objectives The purpose of this intervention study is to test the feasibility and effectiveness of a school based intervention program using environmental approaches for the prevention of obesity among low-socioeconomic status (SES) African American students

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

22

Role PI Title ldquoEconomic Lifestyles and Social Influences on Obesityrdquo Funding US Department of Agriculture (USDA 2044-05322 $999992 12005-22010 20) Objectives This project will examine the importance of key economic factors such as cost and access measures and social safety factors on BMI and obesity The project will also provide an extensive outreach program based on the research findings to inform both policy makers and households of which policies programs and practices may be effective at combating obesity Role Co-PI (PI Lisa M Powell) Title ldquoPrice Effect on Diet and Obesity Risk of Food Assistance Program Recipientsrdquo Funding NIHNICHD (1R03HD058077-01A1 $135555 82007-82010 10) Objectives Based on national existing data to study the influence of difference in food prices on the dietary intakes and risk of obesity of federal food assistance program recipients A long term goal is to identify the economic mechanisms that promote weight gain among low-income Americans Role Co-PI (PI Qi Zhang) Title ldquoThe influences of dairy consumption and related nutrients on obesity metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes and the ethnic differencesrdquo Funding US Department of Agriculture and Dairy Management Inc National Dairy Council (1668 $164964 72008-122010 20) Objectives The project aims to study the influence of dairy consumption and intakes of related nutrients on the risks for obesity metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes among American adults and the related ethnic differences based longitudinal data collected in a large nationwide cohort study Role PI Title Maternal Mental Health and Child Nutrition Early Pathways Funding NIH (5 K-12 HD 43489-8) Initial period of appointment 1110-1231-11 $192593 5 in kind Objectives To examine how maternal mental health and feeding styles are related to maternal and toddler diet quality and weight gain over time and whether the relations vary by socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of the population Role Co-mentor (PI Kristen Hurley) Title ldquoAssessment and promotion of adolescentsrsquo dietary calcium intake in Chinardquo Funding Nestleacute Foundation ($42000 72008-72011 5) Objectives To develop a validated food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) that can be used to assess Chinese adolescentsrsquo dietary intake Role PI Title ldquoCalcium Intake Dairy Consumption and Production and Environmentrdquo Funding The Center for a Livable Future at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (awarded $74000 for the first year of the proposed 3-year project 102006-2009 5) Objectives To analyze existing data collected in China and the United States and collect new survey data to study the complex relationships between calcium intake dairy consumption and production and health as well as impact of the dairy production on the environment The longer-term goal is to develop sustainable evidence-based approaches and programs to help address the worldwide calcium

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

22

Role PI Title ldquoEconomic Lifestyles and Social Influences on Obesityrdquo Funding US Department of Agriculture (USDA 2044-05322 $999992 12005-22010 20) Objectives This project will examine the importance of key economic factors such as cost and access measures and social safety factors on BMI and obesity The project will also provide an extensive outreach program based on the research findings to inform both policy makers and households of which policies programs and practices may be effective at combating obesity Role Co-PI (PI Lisa M Powell) Title ldquoPrice Effect on Diet and Obesity Risk of Food Assistance Program Recipientsrdquo Funding NIHNICHD (1R03HD058077-01A1 $135555 82007-82010 10) Objectives Based on national existing data to study the influence of difference in food prices on the dietary intakes and risk of obesity of federal food assistance program recipients A long term goal is to identify the economic mechanisms that promote weight gain among low-income Americans Role Co-PI (PI Qi Zhang) Title ldquoThe influences of dairy consumption and related nutrients on obesity metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes and the ethnic differencesrdquo Funding US Department of Agriculture and Dairy Management Inc National Dairy Council (1668 $164964 72008-122010 20) Objectives The project aims to study the influence of dairy consumption and intakes of related nutrients on the risks for obesity metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes among American adults and the related ethnic differences based longitudinal data collected in a large nationwide cohort study Role PI Title Maternal Mental Health and Child Nutrition Early Pathways Funding NIH (5 K-12 HD 43489-8) Initial period of appointment 1110-1231-11 $192593 5 in kind Objectives To examine how maternal mental health and feeding styles are related to maternal and toddler diet quality and weight gain over time and whether the relations vary by socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of the population Role Co-mentor (PI Kristen Hurley) Title ldquoAssessment and promotion of adolescentsrsquo dietary calcium intake in Chinardquo Funding Nestleacute Foundation ($42000 72008-72011 5) Objectives To develop a validated food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) that can be used to assess Chinese adolescentsrsquo dietary intake Role PI Title ldquoCalcium Intake Dairy Consumption and Production and Environmentrdquo Funding The Center for a Livable Future at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (awarded $74000 for the first year of the proposed 3-year project 102006-2009 5) Objectives To analyze existing data collected in China and the United States and collect new survey data to study the complex relationships between calcium intake dairy consumption and production and health as well as impact of the dairy production on the environment The longer-term goal is to develop sustainable evidence-based approaches and programs to help address the worldwide calcium

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

23

intake inadequacy problem especially in populations consuming plant-based diets such as Asian countries and vegetarian groups in industrialized countries Role PI Title ldquoElevated Blood Pressure among Chinese Children and Adolescents Assessment Diagnosis and Treatmentrdquo Funding Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology ($05million 2008-2010 5 in kind) Objectives To compare the assessment of diastolic blood pressure using different measurement protocol and develop blood pressure cut points for the classification of elevated blood pressure to be used in clinical settings and population-based monitoring programs The study will also examine the long-term health consequences of childhood elevated blood pressure in adulthood Role Co-I (PI Jie Mi) Title Physical Activity Dietary Intake and Health among Chinese Adults A 1-year Follow-up Study (PADICH-1) Funding Nanjing City Department of Public Health (ZKG07026 CN$ 20000000 32007-22011 5 in kind) Objectives To examine urban residentsrsquo physical activity and dietary intake patterns and their impact on heath in Nanjing The findings will facilitate the development of related intervention programs Role Co-I (PI Fei Xu) Title A randomized trial of obesity prevention in infants (The Growing Leaps and Bounds Study) Funding The Dannon Institute ($1200000 12106-11302010 10) Objectives A primary care office-based intervention targeting 0-2 year old children aimed at preventing excess adiposity and body weight Role Co-I (PI Benjamin Caballero) Title ldquoPopulation-based Study on Metabolic Syndrome Risk Factors in Children and Adolescents in Beijing The epidemiology diagnosis criteria and intervention approachesrdquo Funding Beijing Municipal Science amp Technology Commission Key Programme Research Grant (H030930030031 $568800 2003-2007 10 in kind) Objectives To investigate the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents in Beijing and the risk factors for obesity hypertension dyslipidemia and type 2 diabetes The study will survey a large representative sample of over 24000 children aged 0-18 years old Role Co-I (PI Jie Mi) Title Determinants of Early Adiposity Rebound Funding Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health 2006 Faculty Innovation Fund ($35000 62006-62007 10) Objectives The pilot study aimed to analyze longitudinal data to explore factors that may affect adiposity rebound The findings will assist us to apply for NIH funding for a full scale study Role PI Title ldquoComparison of the Trends In Peoplersquos Meat Consumption between Different Socioeconomic Groups In China and the United States and Their Impact On Obesityrdquo Funding The Center for a Livable Future at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health ($20000 102005-122006 10)

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

24

Objectives To examine the trends in peoplersquos meat consumption in China and the differences between socioeconomic status (SES) groups and compare them with those in the US We will also study the association between meat consumption and obesity based on existing survey data Role PI Title ldquoImpact of local food prices on the relationship between food stamp program participation and bodyweight status of adults in the southrdquo Funding US Department of Agriculture Southern Rural Development Center in partnership with the Economic Research Service ($35000 2006-2007 5) Role Consultant (served as Nutritional Epidemiologist PI Qi Zhang) Title ldquoPrevention of Metabolic Syndrome among Low-SES Minority Schoolchildrenrdquo Funding Thematic Interdisciplinary Programs (TIPS) Grant College of Applied Health Sciences UIC ($10000 2004-2005 10) Role PI Title ldquoThe Illinois Prevention Research Centerrdquo Funding Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Center Grant ($4249642 2004-2009 5 in kind) Role Co-I (PI Sue Curry) Title ldquoRapid anthropometrical assessment procedures for prevention of childhood obesityrdquo Funding The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ($51985 2004-2005 5 in kind) Role Co-I (PI Susan Scrimshaw) Title ldquoHealthy Eating Promotion among Low Socioeconomic Status Schoolchildren in Chicago Public Schoolsrdquo Funding Great Cities Institute Faculty Seed Fund Award University of Illinois at Chicago (2003-2004) Role PI Title ldquoThe Associations between Sexual Maturation Childhood Obesity and Chronic Diseasesrdquo Funding University of Illinois Campus Research Board Grant ($13000 2002-2003 10) Role PI Title ldquoInvestigation of Risk Factors for Obesity and Development of Effective Intervention Programs among Low-socioeconomic status (SES) Children in Chicago Public Schoolsrdquo Funding Seed Grant Humanities Laboratory University of Illinois at Chicago ($3000 12002-62002 5 in kind) Role PI Title ldquoKidfit 2 A personalized nutrition and exercise program for schoolchildren and their familiesrdquo Funding TAKEDA Pharmaceuticals America ($65000 2003-2004 10 in kind) Role Co-I (PI Carol Braunschweig) Title ldquoBreaking the Barrier Obesity and Diabetes in Urban Minority Childrenrdquo Funding TAKEDA Pharmaceuticals ($182591 2000-2003 5 in kind)

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

25

Role Co-I (PI Carol Braunschweig) PUBLICATIONS Peer-reviewed Journal Articles (first author is a student or fellow) 1 Wang Y Latent risk factors for the spread of AIDSHIV infection among homosexual groups in

China Chinese Journal of Social Medicine 55 30-1 1994 2 Wang Y Wang Q Enhancing medical studentsrsquo understanding of AIDS Chinese Medical

Education 4 27-9 1994 3 Wang Y The AIDS epidemic in European countries Foreign Medical Sciences Epidemiology

and Infectious Disease 21(3) 122-3 1994 4 Wang Y Approaches must be adopted to prevent the spread of AIDS and STDs Chinese Journal

of Social Medicine 57 2-3 1995 5 Wang Y Wang Q Hospitals face the challenge of AIDS in African countries Foreign Medical

Sciences Hospital Administration 128-11 1995 6 Wang Y Popkin BM Zhai F The nutritional status and dietary pattern of Chinese adolescents

1991 and 1993 European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 52 908-16 1998 7 Wang Y Ge K Popkin BM Tracking of body mass index from childhood to adolescence a 6-year

follow-up study in China American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 721018-24 2000 8 Stookey JD Wang Y Ge K Lin H Popkin BM Measuring diet quality in China the INFH-UNC-

CH diet quality index European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 54811-21 2000 9 Du S Zhai F Wang Y Popkin B Current methods for estimating dietary iron bioavailability do

not work in China Journal of Nutrition 130193-8 2000 10 Wang Y Cross-national comparison of childhood obesity the epidemic and the relationships

between obesity and socioeconomic status International Journal of Epidemiology 301129-36 2001

11 Wang Y Adair L How does maturity adjustment influence the estimates of obesity prevalence in

adolescents from different countries using an international reference International Journal of Obesity 25 550-8 2001

12 Wang Y Is obesity associated with early sexual maturation A comparison of the association in

American boys verse girls Pediatrics 110903-910 2002 13 Wang Y Wang JQ A comparison of different international references for the assessment of child

and adolescent overweight and obesity in different populations European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 56973-982 2002

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

26

14 Wang Y Monteiro C Popkin BM Trends of obesity and underweight in older children and adolescents in the United States Brazil China and Russia American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 75971-7 2002

15 Wang Y Bentley M Zhai F Popkin BM Tracking of dietary intake patterns of Chinese from

childhood into adolescence over a six-year follow-up period Journal of Nutrition 132 430-438 2002

16 Wang Y Wang X How do statistical properties influence findings of tracking (maintenance) in

epidemiologic studies European Journal of Epidemiology 181037-45 2003 17 Wang Y Ge K Popkin BM The dynamics of childhood obesity Why do some obese children

remain obese but others do not Public Health Nutrition 6549-58 2003

18 Wang Y Wang QJ The Prevalence of Prehypertension and Hypertension among US Adults According to the New Joint National Committee Guidelines New Challenges of the Old Problem Archives of Internal Medicine 1642126-2134 2004

19 Zhang Q Wang Y Socioeconomic inequality in obesity in the United States Do gender age and

ethnicity matter Social Science and Medicine 581171-1180 2004 20 Koh-Banerjee P Wang Y Hu FB Spiegelman D Willett WC Rimm EB Changes in Body

Weight and Body Fat Distribution as Risk Factors for Clinical Diabetes in US Men American Journal of Epidemiology 1591150-9 2004

21 Zhang Q Wang Y Trends in the association between obesity and socioeconomic status in US

adults 1971 to 2000 Obesity 12(10)1622-1632 2004 22 Wang Y Epidemiology of Childhood Obesity--Methodological Aspects and Guidelines Whatrsquos

New International Journal of Obesity 28(3)S21-8 2004 23 Zhang Q Wang Y Secular Trends in Socioeconomic Inequality of Obesity in the United States In

Studies on Economic Well-Being Edited by Amiel Y and Bishop JA Research on Economic Inequality 12487-506 2004

24 Shan X Mi J Wang Y Recent research progress in childhood obesity the global epidemic

diagnosis and risk factors Chinese Journal of Practical Pediatrics 19 (4)196-202 2004 [in Chinese]

25 Shan XY Mi J Wang Y Risk factors of childhood obesity Chinese Journal of Practical

Pediatrics 19 (4)245-8 2004 [in Chinese] 26 Wang Y Rimm EB Stampfer MJ Willett WC Hu FB A comparison of abdominal adiposity and

overall obesity in predicting risk of type 2 diabetes among US men American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 81(3)555-63 2005

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

24

Objectives To examine the trends in peoplersquos meat consumption in China and the differences between socioeconomic status (SES) groups and compare them with those in the US We will also study the association between meat consumption and obesity based on existing survey data Role PI Title ldquoImpact of local food prices on the relationship between food stamp program participation and bodyweight status of adults in the southrdquo Funding US Department of Agriculture Southern Rural Development Center in partnership with the Economic Research Service ($35000 2006-2007 5) Role Consultant (served as Nutritional Epidemiologist PI Qi Zhang) Title ldquoPrevention of Metabolic Syndrome among Low-SES Minority Schoolchildrenrdquo Funding Thematic Interdisciplinary Programs (TIPS) Grant College of Applied Health Sciences UIC ($10000 2004-2005 10) Role PI Title ldquoThe Illinois Prevention Research Centerrdquo Funding Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Center Grant ($4249642 2004-2009 5 in kind) Role Co-I (PI Sue Curry) Title ldquoRapid anthropometrical assessment procedures for prevention of childhood obesityrdquo Funding The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ($51985 2004-2005 5 in kind) Role Co-I (PI Susan Scrimshaw) Title ldquoHealthy Eating Promotion among Low Socioeconomic Status Schoolchildren in Chicago Public Schoolsrdquo Funding Great Cities Institute Faculty Seed Fund Award University of Illinois at Chicago (2003-2004) Role PI Title ldquoThe Associations between Sexual Maturation Childhood Obesity and Chronic Diseasesrdquo Funding University of Illinois Campus Research Board Grant ($13000 2002-2003 10) Role PI Title ldquoInvestigation of Risk Factors for Obesity and Development of Effective Intervention Programs among Low-socioeconomic status (SES) Children in Chicago Public Schoolsrdquo Funding Seed Grant Humanities Laboratory University of Illinois at Chicago ($3000 12002-62002 5 in kind) Role PI Title ldquoKidfit 2 A personalized nutrition and exercise program for schoolchildren and their familiesrdquo Funding TAKEDA Pharmaceuticals America ($65000 2003-2004 10 in kind) Role Co-I (PI Carol Braunschweig) Title ldquoBreaking the Barrier Obesity and Diabetes in Urban Minority Childrenrdquo Funding TAKEDA Pharmaceuticals ($182591 2000-2003 5 in kind)

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

25

Role Co-I (PI Carol Braunschweig) PUBLICATIONS Peer-reviewed Journal Articles (first author is a student or fellow) 1 Wang Y Latent risk factors for the spread of AIDSHIV infection among homosexual groups in

China Chinese Journal of Social Medicine 55 30-1 1994 2 Wang Y Wang Q Enhancing medical studentsrsquo understanding of AIDS Chinese Medical

Education 4 27-9 1994 3 Wang Y The AIDS epidemic in European countries Foreign Medical Sciences Epidemiology

and Infectious Disease 21(3) 122-3 1994 4 Wang Y Approaches must be adopted to prevent the spread of AIDS and STDs Chinese Journal

of Social Medicine 57 2-3 1995 5 Wang Y Wang Q Hospitals face the challenge of AIDS in African countries Foreign Medical

Sciences Hospital Administration 128-11 1995 6 Wang Y Popkin BM Zhai F The nutritional status and dietary pattern of Chinese adolescents

1991 and 1993 European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 52 908-16 1998 7 Wang Y Ge K Popkin BM Tracking of body mass index from childhood to adolescence a 6-year

follow-up study in China American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 721018-24 2000 8 Stookey JD Wang Y Ge K Lin H Popkin BM Measuring diet quality in China the INFH-UNC-

CH diet quality index European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 54811-21 2000 9 Du S Zhai F Wang Y Popkin B Current methods for estimating dietary iron bioavailability do

not work in China Journal of Nutrition 130193-8 2000 10 Wang Y Cross-national comparison of childhood obesity the epidemic and the relationships

between obesity and socioeconomic status International Journal of Epidemiology 301129-36 2001

11 Wang Y Adair L How does maturity adjustment influence the estimates of obesity prevalence in

adolescents from different countries using an international reference International Journal of Obesity 25 550-8 2001

12 Wang Y Is obesity associated with early sexual maturation A comparison of the association in

American boys verse girls Pediatrics 110903-910 2002 13 Wang Y Wang JQ A comparison of different international references for the assessment of child

and adolescent overweight and obesity in different populations European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 56973-982 2002

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

26

14 Wang Y Monteiro C Popkin BM Trends of obesity and underweight in older children and adolescents in the United States Brazil China and Russia American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 75971-7 2002

15 Wang Y Bentley M Zhai F Popkin BM Tracking of dietary intake patterns of Chinese from

childhood into adolescence over a six-year follow-up period Journal of Nutrition 132 430-438 2002

16 Wang Y Wang X How do statistical properties influence findings of tracking (maintenance) in

epidemiologic studies European Journal of Epidemiology 181037-45 2003 17 Wang Y Ge K Popkin BM The dynamics of childhood obesity Why do some obese children

remain obese but others do not Public Health Nutrition 6549-58 2003

18 Wang Y Wang QJ The Prevalence of Prehypertension and Hypertension among US Adults According to the New Joint National Committee Guidelines New Challenges of the Old Problem Archives of Internal Medicine 1642126-2134 2004

19 Zhang Q Wang Y Socioeconomic inequality in obesity in the United States Do gender age and

ethnicity matter Social Science and Medicine 581171-1180 2004 20 Koh-Banerjee P Wang Y Hu FB Spiegelman D Willett WC Rimm EB Changes in Body

Weight and Body Fat Distribution as Risk Factors for Clinical Diabetes in US Men American Journal of Epidemiology 1591150-9 2004

21 Zhang Q Wang Y Trends in the association between obesity and socioeconomic status in US

adults 1971 to 2000 Obesity 12(10)1622-1632 2004 22 Wang Y Epidemiology of Childhood Obesity--Methodological Aspects and Guidelines Whatrsquos

New International Journal of Obesity 28(3)S21-8 2004 23 Zhang Q Wang Y Secular Trends in Socioeconomic Inequality of Obesity in the United States In

Studies on Economic Well-Being Edited by Amiel Y and Bishop JA Research on Economic Inequality 12487-506 2004

24 Shan X Mi J Wang Y Recent research progress in childhood obesity the global epidemic

diagnosis and risk factors Chinese Journal of Practical Pediatrics 19 (4)196-202 2004 [in Chinese]

25 Shan XY Mi J Wang Y Risk factors of childhood obesity Chinese Journal of Practical

Pediatrics 19 (4)245-8 2004 [in Chinese] 26 Wang Y Rimm EB Stampfer MJ Willett WC Hu FB A comparison of abdominal adiposity and

overall obesity in predicting risk of type 2 diabetes among US men American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 81(3)555-63 2005

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

25

Role Co-I (PI Carol Braunschweig) PUBLICATIONS Peer-reviewed Journal Articles (first author is a student or fellow) 1 Wang Y Latent risk factors for the spread of AIDSHIV infection among homosexual groups in

China Chinese Journal of Social Medicine 55 30-1 1994 2 Wang Y Wang Q Enhancing medical studentsrsquo understanding of AIDS Chinese Medical

Education 4 27-9 1994 3 Wang Y The AIDS epidemic in European countries Foreign Medical Sciences Epidemiology

and Infectious Disease 21(3) 122-3 1994 4 Wang Y Approaches must be adopted to prevent the spread of AIDS and STDs Chinese Journal

of Social Medicine 57 2-3 1995 5 Wang Y Wang Q Hospitals face the challenge of AIDS in African countries Foreign Medical

Sciences Hospital Administration 128-11 1995 6 Wang Y Popkin BM Zhai F The nutritional status and dietary pattern of Chinese adolescents

1991 and 1993 European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 52 908-16 1998 7 Wang Y Ge K Popkin BM Tracking of body mass index from childhood to adolescence a 6-year

follow-up study in China American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 721018-24 2000 8 Stookey JD Wang Y Ge K Lin H Popkin BM Measuring diet quality in China the INFH-UNC-

CH diet quality index European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 54811-21 2000 9 Du S Zhai F Wang Y Popkin B Current methods for estimating dietary iron bioavailability do

not work in China Journal of Nutrition 130193-8 2000 10 Wang Y Cross-national comparison of childhood obesity the epidemic and the relationships

between obesity and socioeconomic status International Journal of Epidemiology 301129-36 2001

11 Wang Y Adair L How does maturity adjustment influence the estimates of obesity prevalence in

adolescents from different countries using an international reference International Journal of Obesity 25 550-8 2001

12 Wang Y Is obesity associated with early sexual maturation A comparison of the association in

American boys verse girls Pediatrics 110903-910 2002 13 Wang Y Wang JQ A comparison of different international references for the assessment of child

and adolescent overweight and obesity in different populations European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 56973-982 2002

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14 Wang Y Monteiro C Popkin BM Trends of obesity and underweight in older children and adolescents in the United States Brazil China and Russia American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 75971-7 2002

15 Wang Y Bentley M Zhai F Popkin BM Tracking of dietary intake patterns of Chinese from

childhood into adolescence over a six-year follow-up period Journal of Nutrition 132 430-438 2002

16 Wang Y Wang X How do statistical properties influence findings of tracking (maintenance) in

epidemiologic studies European Journal of Epidemiology 181037-45 2003 17 Wang Y Ge K Popkin BM The dynamics of childhood obesity Why do some obese children

remain obese but others do not Public Health Nutrition 6549-58 2003

18 Wang Y Wang QJ The Prevalence of Prehypertension and Hypertension among US Adults According to the New Joint National Committee Guidelines New Challenges of the Old Problem Archives of Internal Medicine 1642126-2134 2004

19 Zhang Q Wang Y Socioeconomic inequality in obesity in the United States Do gender age and

ethnicity matter Social Science and Medicine 581171-1180 2004 20 Koh-Banerjee P Wang Y Hu FB Spiegelman D Willett WC Rimm EB Changes in Body

Weight and Body Fat Distribution as Risk Factors for Clinical Diabetes in US Men American Journal of Epidemiology 1591150-9 2004

21 Zhang Q Wang Y Trends in the association between obesity and socioeconomic status in US

adults 1971 to 2000 Obesity 12(10)1622-1632 2004 22 Wang Y Epidemiology of Childhood Obesity--Methodological Aspects and Guidelines Whatrsquos

New International Journal of Obesity 28(3)S21-8 2004 23 Zhang Q Wang Y Secular Trends in Socioeconomic Inequality of Obesity in the United States In

Studies on Economic Well-Being Edited by Amiel Y and Bishop JA Research on Economic Inequality 12487-506 2004

24 Shan X Mi J Wang Y Recent research progress in childhood obesity the global epidemic

diagnosis and risk factors Chinese Journal of Practical Pediatrics 19 (4)196-202 2004 [in Chinese]

25 Shan XY Mi J Wang Y Risk factors of childhood obesity Chinese Journal of Practical

Pediatrics 19 (4)245-8 2004 [in Chinese] 26 Wang Y Rimm EB Stampfer MJ Willett WC Hu FB A comparison of abdominal adiposity and

overall obesity in predicting risk of type 2 diabetes among US men American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 81(3)555-63 2005

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14 Wang Y Monteiro C Popkin BM Trends of obesity and underweight in older children and adolescents in the United States Brazil China and Russia American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 75971-7 2002

15 Wang Y Bentley M Zhai F Popkin BM Tracking of dietary intake patterns of Chinese from

childhood into adolescence over a six-year follow-up period Journal of Nutrition 132 430-438 2002

16 Wang Y Wang X How do statistical properties influence findings of tracking (maintenance) in

epidemiologic studies European Journal of Epidemiology 181037-45 2003 17 Wang Y Ge K Popkin BM The dynamics of childhood obesity Why do some obese children

remain obese but others do not Public Health Nutrition 6549-58 2003

18 Wang Y Wang QJ The Prevalence of Prehypertension and Hypertension among US Adults According to the New Joint National Committee Guidelines New Challenges of the Old Problem Archives of Internal Medicine 1642126-2134 2004

19 Zhang Q Wang Y Socioeconomic inequality in obesity in the United States Do gender age and

ethnicity matter Social Science and Medicine 581171-1180 2004 20 Koh-Banerjee P Wang Y Hu FB Spiegelman D Willett WC Rimm EB Changes in Body

Weight and Body Fat Distribution as Risk Factors for Clinical Diabetes in US Men American Journal of Epidemiology 1591150-9 2004

21 Zhang Q Wang Y Trends in the association between obesity and socioeconomic status in US

adults 1971 to 2000 Obesity 12(10)1622-1632 2004 22 Wang Y Epidemiology of Childhood Obesity--Methodological Aspects and Guidelines Whatrsquos

New International Journal of Obesity 28(3)S21-8 2004 23 Zhang Q Wang Y Secular Trends in Socioeconomic Inequality of Obesity in the United States In

Studies on Economic Well-Being Edited by Amiel Y and Bishop JA Research on Economic Inequality 12487-506 2004

24 Shan X Mi J Wang Y Recent research progress in childhood obesity the global epidemic

diagnosis and risk factors Chinese Journal of Practical Pediatrics 19 (4)196-202 2004 [in Chinese]

25 Shan XY Mi J Wang Y Risk factors of childhood obesity Chinese Journal of Practical

Pediatrics 19 (4)245-8 2004 [in Chinese] 26 Wang Y Rimm EB Stampfer MJ Willett WC Hu FB A comparison of abdominal adiposity and

overall obesity in predicting risk of type 2 diabetes among US men American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 81(3)555-63 2005

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27 Braunschweig CL Gomez S Liang H Tomey K Doerfler B Wang Y Beebe C R Lipton Obesity and the metabolic syndrome among low-income African-American urban school children The rule rather than the exception American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 81 970-975 2005

2006 28 Wang Y Tussing L Odoms-Young A Braunschweig C Flay B Hedeker D Hellison D Obesity

Prevention among Low-Socioeconomic Status African American Adolescents The HEALTH-KIDS Study European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 20066092-103

29 Wang Y Zhang Q Are American Children and Adolescents of Low-Socioeconomic Status at

Increased Risk of Obesity Changes in the Association between Overweight and Family Income between 1971 and 2002 American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 200684707-16

30 Wang Y Moreno LA Caballero B Cole TJ Limitations of the Current World Health Organization

Growth References for Children and Adolescents Food and Nutrition Bulletin 2006 27s175-88 31 Wang Y Lobstein T Worldwide Trends in Childhood Obesity International Journal of Pediatric

Obesity 2006111-25 32 Wang Y Chen X Klag MJ Caballero B Epidemic of Childhood Obesity Implications for Kidney

Disease Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease 200613(4)336-51 33 Mi J Cheng H Hou DQ Duan JL Teng TT Wang Y Prevalence of overweight and obesity

among children and adolescents in Beijing in 2004 Chinese Journal of Epidemiology 200627(6) 474-9 [in Chinese]

2007 34 Wang Y Mi J Shan X Wang QJ Ge K Is China Facing An Obesity Epidemic and the

Consequences The Trends in Obesity and Chronic Disease in China International Journal of Obesity 200731(1)177-88

35 Xu F Yin X Wang Y The Association between Overweight and Amount of Cigarettes Smoked

among Chinese Adults in Nanjing China Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition 200716(2)240-7

36 Casagrande SS Wang Y Anderson C Gary TL Have Americans increased their fruit and

vegetable intake The trends between 1988 and 2002 American Journal of Preventive Medicine 200732(4)257-63

37 Mi J Chen FF Wang YF Cheng H Hou DQ Zhao XY Impact of early menarche on adiposity

during late puberty and mid-life Chinese Journal of Epidemiology 200728(9)833-7 [In Chinese] 38 Zhang Q Wang Y Using Concentration Index to Study Changes in Socioeconomic Inequality of

Overweight among US Adolescents between 1971 and 2002 International Journal of Epidemiology 200736(4)916-25

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39 Wang Y Liang H Tussing L Braunschweig C Caballero B Flay B Obesity and Related Risk

Factors among Low-Socioeconomic Status Minority Students in Chicago Public Health Nutrition 200710927-38

40 Liang H Chen D Wang Y Rimmer JH Braunschweig CL Different Risk factors Pattern in Men

with Spinal Cord Injury Compared to Able-bodied Men despite Similar Rate for Metabolic Syndrome Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2007881198-1204

41 Wang Y Beydoun M The Obesity Epidemic In the United States-- Gender Age Socioeconomic

RacialEthnic and Geographic Characteristics A Systematic Review and Meta-Regression Analysis Epidemiologic Reviews 2007296-28

2008 42 Wang Y Chen X Song Y Caballero B Cheskin LJ Association between Obesity and Kidney

Disease A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Kidney International 200873(1)19-33 43 Beydoun M Wang Y How do socio-economic status perceived economic barriers and

nutritional benefits affect quality of dietary intake among US adults European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 200862(3)303-13

44 Beydoun M Wang Y Do nutrition knowledge and beliefs modify the association of socio-

economic factors and diet quality among US adults Preventive Medicine 200846(2)145-53 45 Liang L Mi J Zhang MM Wang YF Wang TY Impact of Choice of Diastolic KorrtKoff Phase

in Childhood on Prediction to Adult Hypertension Chinese Journal of Epidemiology 200829(2) 110-115 [in Chinese]

46 Li J Wang Y Tracking of dietary intake and its association with dynamics of body mass index in

urban low-income African American adolescents Journal of Nutrition 2008138(1)94-100 47 Beydoun M Powell L Wang Y Impacts of fast food fruits and vegetablesrsquo prices on dietary

intakes among US adults and are they modified by family income Social Science and Medicine 200866(11)2218-29

48 Chen X Beydoun M Wang Y Is sleep duration associated with childhood obesity A systematic

review and meta-analysis Obesity 200816(2)265-74 49 Chen X Wang Y Appel L Mi Ji The impacts of different blood pressure measurement protocols

on blood pressure tracking from childhood to adulthood A meta-regression analysis Hypertension 200851(3)642-9

50 Beydoun MA Beydoun H Wang Y Obesity and central obesity as risk factors for incident

dementia and its sub-types A systematic review and meta-analysis Obesity Reviews 20089(3)204-18

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51 Chen X Wang Y Tracking of blood pressure from childhood to adulthood A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Circulation 20081173171-3180

52 Beydoun MA Gary TL Caballero B Lawrence R Cheskin L Wang Y Ethnic differences in

dairy and related nutrient consumption among US adults and their association with obesity central obesity and the metabolic syndrome American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2008 87(6)1914-25

53 Wang Y Beydoun MA Liang L Caballero B Kumanyika SK Will all Americans become

overweight or obese Estimating the progression and cost of the US obesity epidemic Obesity 200816(10)2323-30

54 Wang Y Li S Worldwide Trends in Dairy Production and Consumption and Calcium Intake Is

Promoting Dairy Consumption A Successful and Sustainable Solution for Inadequate Calcium Intake Food and Nutrition Bulletin 200829(3)172-185

55 So HK Nelson EA Li AM Wong EM Lau JT Guldan GS Mak KH Wang Y Fok TF Sung RY

Secular changes in height weight and body mass index in Hong Kong children BMC Public Health 20088(1)320

56 Beydoun MA Lhotsky A Wang Y Dal Forno G An Y Metter EJ Ferrucci L OrsquoBrien R

Zonderman AB Association of adiposity status and changes in early to mid-adulthood with incidence of Alzheimers disease American Journal of Epidemiology 2008168(10)1179-89

2009 57 Beydoun MA Powell LM Wang Y Reduced away-from-home food expenditure and better

nutrition knowledge and belief can improve quality of dietary intake among US adults Public Health Nutrition 200912(3)369-81

58 Chen X Wang Y The epidemic of diabetes and its impact on cardiovascular health in

contemporary China CVD Prevention and Control 2009427-40 59 Wang Y Li J Caballero B Resemblance in dietary intakes between urban low-income African

American adolescents and their mothers and the predictors The HEALTH-KIDS Study Journal of the American Dietetic Association 2009109(1)52-63

60 Beydoun MA Wang Y Gender-ethnic Disparity in BMI and Waist Circumference Distribution

Shifts in US Adults Obesity 200917(1)169-76 61 Bleich SN Wang YC Wang Y Gortmaker SL Increasing consumption of sugar-sweetened

beverages among US adults 1988-94 to 1999-2004 American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 200989(1)372-81

62 Chen X Wang Y The influence of sexual maturation on blood pressure and body fatness in

African-American girls and boys American Journal of Human Biology 200921(1)105-12

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51 Chen X Wang Y Tracking of blood pressure from childhood to adulthood A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Circulation 20081173171-3180

52 Beydoun MA Gary TL Caballero B Lawrence R Cheskin L Wang Y Ethnic differences in

dairy and related nutrient consumption among US adults and their association with obesity central obesity and the metabolic syndrome American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2008 87(6)1914-25

53 Wang Y Beydoun MA Liang L Caballero B Kumanyika SK Will all Americans become

overweight or obese Estimating the progression and cost of the US obesity epidemic Obesity 200816(10)2323-30

54 Wang Y Li S Worldwide Trends in Dairy Production and Consumption and Calcium Intake Is

Promoting Dairy Consumption A Successful and Sustainable Solution for Inadequate Calcium Intake Food and Nutrition Bulletin 200829(3)172-185

55 So HK Nelson EA Li AM Wong EM Lau JT Guldan GS Mak KH Wang Y Fok TF Sung RY

Secular changes in height weight and body mass index in Hong Kong children BMC Public Health 20088(1)320

56 Beydoun MA Lhotsky A Wang Y Dal Forno G An Y Metter EJ Ferrucci L OrsquoBrien R

Zonderman AB Association of adiposity status and changes in early to mid-adulthood with incidence of Alzheimers disease American Journal of Epidemiology 2008168(10)1179-89

2009 57 Beydoun MA Powell LM Wang Y Reduced away-from-home food expenditure and better

nutrition knowledge and belief can improve quality of dietary intake among US adults Public Health Nutrition 200912(3)369-81

58 Chen X Wang Y The epidemic of diabetes and its impact on cardiovascular health in

contemporary China CVD Prevention and Control 2009427-40 59 Wang Y Li J Caballero B Resemblance in dietary intakes between urban low-income African

American adolescents and their mothers and the predictors The HEALTH-KIDS Study Journal of the American Dietetic Association 2009109(1)52-63

60 Beydoun MA Wang Y Gender-ethnic Disparity in BMI and Waist Circumference Distribution

Shifts in US Adults Obesity 200917(1)169-76 61 Bleich SN Wang YC Wang Y Gortmaker SL Increasing consumption of sugar-sweetened

beverages among US adults 1988-94 to 1999-2004 American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 200989(1)372-81

62 Chen X Wang Y The influence of sexual maturation on blood pressure and body fatness in

African-American girls and boys American Journal of Human Biology 200921(1)105-12

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63 Beydoun MA Wang Y Parent-child dietary intake resemblance in the United States evidence from a large representative survey Social Science and Medicine 200968(12)2137-44

64 Powell LM Zhao Z Wang Y Food prices and fruit and vegetable consumption among young

American adults Health Place 200915(4)1064-70 65 Zhang Q Wang Y Huang ES Trends in racialethnic disparities in the prevalence of type 2

diabetes by body mass index among US adults Ethnicity and Health 200914(5)439-57 66 Wang Y Tao Y Hyman ME Li J Chen Y Osteoporosis In China Osteoporosis International

200920(10)1651-62 67 Nettleton JA Lutsey PL Wang Y Lima JA Michos ED Jacobs DR Diet soda intake and risk of

incident metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) Diabetes Care 200932(4)688-94

68 Wang Y Beydoun MA Meat consumption is associated with obesity and central obesity among

US adults International Journal of Obesity 200933(6)621-8 69 Wang Y Chen HJ Shaikh S Mathur P Is Obesity Becoming A Public Health Problem in India

Examine the Shift from Under- to Overnutrition Over Time Obesity Review 200910(4)456-74 70 Wang Y Liang H Chen X Measured body mass index body weight perception dissatisfaction

and control practices in urban low-income African American adolescents BMC Public Health 20099(1)183

71 Nettleton JA Rock CL Wang Y Jenny NS Jacobs DR Validity of the MESA Food Frequency

Questionnaire associations between dietary macronutrient intake and fasting plasma lipids British Journal of Nutrition 2009102(8)1220-7

2010

72 Wang Y Wang Y Jahns L Tussing-Humphreys L Xie B Rockett H Liang H Johnson L Dietary intake patterns of low-income urban African-American adolescents Journal of the American Dietetic Association 2010110(9)1340-5

73 Wang Y Beydoun MA Caballero B Gary TL Lawrence R Trends in American Adultsrsquo meat

consumption Public Health Nutrition 201013(9)1333-45 74 Li S Treuth MS Wang Y How active are American adolescents and have they become less

active Obesity Review 201011(12)847-62 75 Beydoun MA Wang Y Pathways linking depression to SES lifestyle factors and obesity among

young US adults Journal of Affective Disorders 2010123(1-3)52-63

76 Shan X Xi B Chen H Hou D Wang Y Mi J Prevalence and behavioral risk factors of overweight and obesity among children aged 2-18 in Beijing China International Journal of

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Pediatric Obesity 20105(5)383-9 [YW as co-corresponding author] 77 Beydoun MA Boueiz A Shroff MR Beydoun HA Wang Y Zonderman AB Associations among

25-hydroxyvitamin D diet quality and metabolic disturbance differ by adiposity in adults in the United States Journal of Clinical Endocrinology Metabolism 201095(8)3814-27

78 Xu F Wang Y Lu L Liang Y Wang Z Hong X Li J Comparison of anthropometric indices of obesity in predicting subsequent risk of hyperglycemia among Chinese men and women in Mainland China Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition 201019(4)586-93

2011 79 Beydoun MA Wang Y Socio-demographic disparities in distribution shifts over time in various

adiposity measures among American children and adolescents What changes in prevalence rates could not reveal International Journal of Pediatric Obesity 20116(1)21-35

80 Tao Y Li J Lo M Tang Y Wang Y Food Nutrition Labeling Practice in China Public Health

Nutrition 201114(3)542-50

81 Beydoun MA Fanelli Kuczmarski MT Wang Y Mason MA Evans MK Zonderman AB Receiver-operating characteristics of adiposity for metabolic syndrome the Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity across the Life Span (HANDLS) study Public Health Nutrition 201114(1)77-92

82 Wang Y Beydoun MA Li J Moreno LA Do children and their parents eat a similar diet The association between childrenrsquos and parentsrsquo dietary intakes Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 201165(2)177-89

83 Beydoun MA Shroff MR Chen X Beydoun HA Wang Y Zonderman AB Serum antioxidant status is associated with metabolic syndrome among US adults in recent national surveys Journal of Nutrition 2011141(5)903-13

84 Beydoun MA Powell LM Chen X Wang Y Food Prices Are Associated with Dietary Quality Fast Food Consumption and Body Mass Index among US Children and Adolescents Journal of Nutrition 2011141(2)304-11

85 Wang Y Disparities In Pediatric Obesity In the United States Advances in Nutrition 2011 2 23-31

86 Wang Y Chen X How Much of RacialEthnic Disparities in Dietary Intakes Exercise and Weight Status Can Be Explained by Nutrition- and Health-Related Psychosocial Factors and Socioeconomic Status among US Adults Journal of the American Dietetic Association 2011111(12)1904-11

87 Chen X Cheskin LJ Shi L Wang Y Americans diagnosed with diet-related chronic diseases have higher diet quality than those without these diseases Journal of Nutrition 2011 141(8)1543-51

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88 Zhang Q Chen Z Diawara N Wang Y Prices of unhealthy foods US Food Stamp Program

participation and body weight status among low-income women Journal of Family and Economic Issues 201132 (2) 245-256

2012

89 Wang Y Chen X Between-group differences in nutrition- and health- related psychosocial factors among US adults and their associations with diet exercise and weight status Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 2012112(4)486-498e3

90 Xu F Wang Y Lu L Liang Y Wang Z Hong X Li J Physical Activity Family History of Diabetes and Risk of Developing Hyperglycemia and Diabetes among Adults in Mainland China Diabetic Medicine 201229(5)593-9

91 Chen X Wang Y Is ideal body image related to obesity and lifestyle behaviors in African-American adolescents Child Care Health amp Development 201238(2)219-28

92 Chen X Jahns L Gittelsohn J Wang Y Who is missing the message Targeting strategies to increase food label use among US adults Public Health Nutrition 201215(5)760-72

93 Kirby J Liang L Chen HJ Wang Y Race Place and Obesity The Complex Relationships among Community RacialEthnic Composition Individual RaceEthnicity and Obesity in the US American Journal of Public Health 2012102(8)1572-8

94 Wada R Powell LM Krauss RC Wang Y Ethnic Disparities in Adolescent Body Mass Index in the United States The Role of Parental Socioeconomic Status and Economic Contextual Factors Social Science amp Medicine 201275(3)469-76

95 Min JW Li J Wang Y Impact of infancy rapid weight gain on 5-year childhood overweight development vary by age and sex in China Pediatric Obesity 20127(5)365-73

96 Wang Y Lim J The Global Childhood Obesity Epidemic and the Association between Socioeconomic Status and Childhood Obesity International Review of Psychiatry 2012 24(3)176-188

97 Xu F Ware RS Tse LA Wang Z Hong X Song A Li J Wang Y A school-based comprehensive lifestyle intervention among chinese kids against obesity (CLICK-Obesity) rationale design and methodology of a randomized controlled trial in Nanjing city China BMC Public Health 201212316

98 Lim J Nguyen TT Choue R Wang Y Sociodemographic disparities in metabolic syndrome components among adults in South Korea Diabetes Care 201235(10)2028-35

99 Nguyen TT Butte N Wang Y Demographic and socioeconomic correlates of adiposity assessed using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) in US children and adolescents American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2012 96(5)1104-12

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100 Chen F Wang Y Shan X Cheng H Hou D Zhao X Wang T Zhao D Mi J Association

between Childhood Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome Evidence from a Large Sample of Chinese Children and Adolescents PLoS One 20127(10)e47380

101 Wang Y Baker JL Hill JO Dietz WH Controversies regarding reported trends has the obesity epidemic leveled off in the United States Advances in Nutrition 20123(5)751-2

102 Wang Y Lim H Wu Y The Growing Global Noncommunicable Diseases Burden and the Alarming Situation in China [Journal of Peking University (Health Sciences)] Beijing Da Xue Xue Bao 201244(5)688-93

2013

103 Lim J Wang Y Body weight misperception patterns and their association with health-related factors among adolescents in South Korea Obesity 201321(12)2596-603

104 Liu Y HJ Chen Liang L Wang Y Parent-child resemblance in weight status and its correlates

in the United States PLoS One 20138(6)e65361 105 Wang Y Wu Y Wilson RF Bleich S Cheskin L Weston C Showell N Fawole O Lau B

Segal J Childhood Obesity Prevention Programs Comparative Effectiveness Review and Meta-Analysis [Internet] Rockville (MD) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US) 2013 Jun Report No 13-EHC081-EF AHRQ Comparative Effectiveness Reviews PMID 23865092 [PubMed] (Note This is an 835-page report and a result of the two year project funded by the AHRQ that over 20 researchers at Johns Hopkins participated and I am the PI)

106 Wu Y Lau BD Bleich S Cheskin L Boult C Segal JB Wang Y Future Research Needs for

Childhood Obesity Prevention Programs Identification of Future Research Needs From Comparative Effectiveness Review No 115 [Internet] Rockville (MD) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US) 2013 Jun Report No 13-EHC036-EF AHRQ Comparative Effectiveness Reviews PMID 24027795 [PubMed] (Note The report is part of the result of the two year project funded by the AHRQ that over 20 researchers at Johns Hopkins participated and I am the PI)

107 Bleich SN Segal J Wu Y Wilson R Wang Y Systematic review of community-based

childhood obesity prevention studies Pediatrics 2013132(1)e201-10 108 Showell NN Fawole O Segal J Wilson RF Cheskin LJ Bleich SN Wu Y Lau B Wang Y A

systematic review of home-based childhood obesity prevention studies Pediatrics 2013 132(1)e193-200

109 Min J Li Z Liu X Wang Y The association between early menarche and offsprings obesity

risk in early childhood was modified by gestational weight gain Obesity 201422(1)19-23 doi 101002oby20567 Epub 2013 Sep 10

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

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110 Liu Y Chen HJ Liang L Wang Y Parent-child resemblance in weight status and its correlates in the United States PLoS One 20138(6)e65361

111 Ip EH Rahmandad H Shoham DA Hammond R Huang TT Wang Y Mabry PL Reconciling

statistical and systems science approaches to public health Health Education Behavior 2013 40(1 Suppl)123S-31S

112 Poddar KH Ames M Hsin-Jen C Feeney MJ Wang Y Cheskin LJ Positive effect of

mushrooms substituted for meat on body weight body composition and health parameters A 1-year randomized clinical trial Appetite 201371C379-387

113 Chen HJ Wang Y Influence of School Beverage Environment on the Association of Beverage

Consumption With Physical Education Participation Among US Adolescents American Journal of Public Health 2013103(11)e63-70

114 Park S Choi BY Wang Y Colantuoni E Gittelsohn J School and neighborhood nutrition

environment and their association with students nutrition behaviors and weight status in Seoul South Korea Journal of Adolescence Health 201353(5)655-662e12

115 Chen X HJ Chen Xue H Y Wang Is school meal program participation associated with

childhood obesity in the United States PLoS One 2013 (revision) 116 Isgor Z Powell LM Wang Y Multivariable analysis of the association between fathers and

youths physical activity in the United States BMC Public Health 2013131075

2014

117 Chen F Wang Y Jie Mi Timing and secular trend of pubertal development in Beijing girls World Journal of Pediatrics 201410(1)74-79

118 Xu F Ware RS Tse LA Wang Y Wang Z et al Joint Associations of Physical Activity and

Hypertension with the Development of Type 2 Diabetes among Urban Men and Women in Mainland China PLoS ONE 20149(2) e88719 doi101371journalpone0088719

119 Chen HJ Wang Y The changing food outlet distributions and local contextual factors in the

United States BMC Public Health 201414(1)42 doi 1011861471-2458-14-42 120 Zhang Q Lamichhane R Wang Y Associations between US Adult Obesity and State and

County Economic Conditions in the Recession Journal of Clinical Medicine 2014 (in press) 121 Lim H Xue H Wang Y Association between obesity and metabolic co-morbidities among

children and adolescents in South Korea the 2007-2008 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys BMC Public Health 201414(1)279

122 Du W Su C Wang H Wang Z Wang Y Zhang B Is density of neighbourhood restaurants

associated with BMI in rural Chinese adults A longitudinal study from the China Health and Nutrition Survey BMJ Open 2014 Apr 224(4)e004528

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100 Chen F Wang Y Shan X Cheng H Hou D Zhao X Wang T Zhao D Mi J Association

between Childhood Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome Evidence from a Large Sample of Chinese Children and Adolescents PLoS One 20127(10)e47380

101 Wang Y Baker JL Hill JO Dietz WH Controversies regarding reported trends has the obesity epidemic leveled off in the United States Advances in Nutrition 20123(5)751-2

102 Wang Y Lim H Wu Y The Growing Global Noncommunicable Diseases Burden and the Alarming Situation in China [Journal of Peking University (Health Sciences)] Beijing Da Xue Xue Bao 201244(5)688-93

2013

103 Lim J Wang Y Body weight misperception patterns and their association with health-related factors among adolescents in South Korea Obesity 201321(12)2596-603

104 Liu Y HJ Chen Liang L Wang Y Parent-child resemblance in weight status and its correlates

in the United States PLoS One 20138(6)e65361 105 Wang Y Wu Y Wilson RF Bleich S Cheskin L Weston C Showell N Fawole O Lau B

Segal J Childhood Obesity Prevention Programs Comparative Effectiveness Review and Meta-Analysis [Internet] Rockville (MD) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US) 2013 Jun Report No 13-EHC081-EF AHRQ Comparative Effectiveness Reviews PMID 23865092 [PubMed] (Note This is an 835-page report and a result of the two year project funded by the AHRQ that over 20 researchers at Johns Hopkins participated and I am the PI)

106 Wu Y Lau BD Bleich S Cheskin L Boult C Segal JB Wang Y Future Research Needs for

Childhood Obesity Prevention Programs Identification of Future Research Needs From Comparative Effectiveness Review No 115 [Internet] Rockville (MD) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US) 2013 Jun Report No 13-EHC036-EF AHRQ Comparative Effectiveness Reviews PMID 24027795 [PubMed] (Note The report is part of the result of the two year project funded by the AHRQ that over 20 researchers at Johns Hopkins participated and I am the PI)

107 Bleich SN Segal J Wu Y Wilson R Wang Y Systematic review of community-based

childhood obesity prevention studies Pediatrics 2013132(1)e201-10 108 Showell NN Fawole O Segal J Wilson RF Cheskin LJ Bleich SN Wu Y Lau B Wang Y A

systematic review of home-based childhood obesity prevention studies Pediatrics 2013 132(1)e193-200

109 Min J Li Z Liu X Wang Y The association between early menarche and offsprings obesity

risk in early childhood was modified by gestational weight gain Obesity 201422(1)19-23 doi 101002oby20567 Epub 2013 Sep 10

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

34

110 Liu Y Chen HJ Liang L Wang Y Parent-child resemblance in weight status and its correlates in the United States PLoS One 20138(6)e65361

111 Ip EH Rahmandad H Shoham DA Hammond R Huang TT Wang Y Mabry PL Reconciling

statistical and systems science approaches to public health Health Education Behavior 2013 40(1 Suppl)123S-31S

112 Poddar KH Ames M Hsin-Jen C Feeney MJ Wang Y Cheskin LJ Positive effect of

mushrooms substituted for meat on body weight body composition and health parameters A 1-year randomized clinical trial Appetite 201371C379-387

113 Chen HJ Wang Y Influence of School Beverage Environment on the Association of Beverage

Consumption With Physical Education Participation Among US Adolescents American Journal of Public Health 2013103(11)e63-70

114 Park S Choi BY Wang Y Colantuoni E Gittelsohn J School and neighborhood nutrition

environment and their association with students nutrition behaviors and weight status in Seoul South Korea Journal of Adolescence Health 201353(5)655-662e12

115 Chen X HJ Chen Xue H Y Wang Is school meal program participation associated with

childhood obesity in the United States PLoS One 2013 (revision) 116 Isgor Z Powell LM Wang Y Multivariable analysis of the association between fathers and

youths physical activity in the United States BMC Public Health 2013131075

2014

117 Chen F Wang Y Jie Mi Timing and secular trend of pubertal development in Beijing girls World Journal of Pediatrics 201410(1)74-79

118 Xu F Ware RS Tse LA Wang Y Wang Z et al Joint Associations of Physical Activity and

Hypertension with the Development of Type 2 Diabetes among Urban Men and Women in Mainland China PLoS ONE 20149(2) e88719 doi101371journalpone0088719

119 Chen HJ Wang Y The changing food outlet distributions and local contextual factors in the

United States BMC Public Health 201414(1)42 doi 1011861471-2458-14-42 120 Zhang Q Lamichhane R Wang Y Associations between US Adult Obesity and State and

County Economic Conditions in the Recession Journal of Clinical Medicine 2014 (in press) 121 Lim H Xue H Wang Y Association between obesity and metabolic co-morbidities among

children and adolescents in South Korea the 2007-2008 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys BMC Public Health 201414(1)279

122 Du W Su C Wang H Wang Z Wang Y Zhang B Is density of neighbourhood restaurants

associated with BMI in rural Chinese adults A longitudinal study from the China Health and Nutrition Survey BMJ Open 2014 Apr 224(4)e004528

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110 Liu Y Chen HJ Liang L Wang Y Parent-child resemblance in weight status and its correlates in the United States PLoS One 20138(6)e65361

111 Ip EH Rahmandad H Shoham DA Hammond R Huang TT Wang Y Mabry PL Reconciling

statistical and systems science approaches to public health Health Education Behavior 2013 40(1 Suppl)123S-31S

112 Poddar KH Ames M Hsin-Jen C Feeney MJ Wang Y Cheskin LJ Positive effect of

mushrooms substituted for meat on body weight body composition and health parameters A 1-year randomized clinical trial Appetite 201371C379-387

113 Chen HJ Wang Y Influence of School Beverage Environment on the Association of Beverage

Consumption With Physical Education Participation Among US Adolescents American Journal of Public Health 2013103(11)e63-70

114 Park S Choi BY Wang Y Colantuoni E Gittelsohn J School and neighborhood nutrition

environment and their association with students nutrition behaviors and weight status in Seoul South Korea Journal of Adolescence Health 201353(5)655-662e12

115 Chen X HJ Chen Xue H Y Wang Is school meal program participation associated with

childhood obesity in the United States PLoS One 2013 (revision) 116 Isgor Z Powell LM Wang Y Multivariable analysis of the association between fathers and

youths physical activity in the United States BMC Public Health 2013131075

2014

117 Chen F Wang Y Jie Mi Timing and secular trend of pubertal development in Beijing girls World Journal of Pediatrics 201410(1)74-79

118 Xu F Ware RS Tse LA Wang Y Wang Z et al Joint Associations of Physical Activity and

Hypertension with the Development of Type 2 Diabetes among Urban Men and Women in Mainland China PLoS ONE 20149(2) e88719 doi101371journalpone0088719

119 Chen HJ Wang Y The changing food outlet distributions and local contextual factors in the

United States BMC Public Health 201414(1)42 doi 1011861471-2458-14-42 120 Zhang Q Lamichhane R Wang Y Associations between US Adult Obesity and State and

County Economic Conditions in the Recession Journal of Clinical Medicine 2014 (in press) 121 Lim H Xue H Wang Y Association between obesity and metabolic co-morbidities among

children and adolescents in South Korea the 2007-2008 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys BMC Public Health 201414(1)279

122 Du W Su C Wang H Wang Z Wang Y Zhang B Is density of neighbourhood restaurants

associated with BMI in rural Chinese adults A longitudinal study from the China Health and Nutrition Survey BMJ Open 2014 Apr 224(4)e004528

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123 Xu F Wang X Ware RS Tse LA Wang Z Hong X Chan EY Li J Wang Y A school-based

comprehensive lifestyle intervention among Chinese kids against Obesity (CLICK-Obesity) in Nanjing City China the baseline data Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 201423(1)48-54

124 Tuan NT Wang Y Adiposity assessments Agreement between dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and anthropometric measures in US children Obesity 201422(6)1495-504

125 Cai Li Wu Y Wilson R Segal JB Kim M Wang Y Effect of Childhood Obesity Prevention

Programs on Blood Pressure A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Circulation 2014129(18)1832-9

126 Wang Y Xue H Chen HJ Igusa T Examining social norm impacts on obesity and eating

behaviors among US school children based on agent-based model BMC Public Health 201414(1)923

127 Zhang Q Lamichhane R Chen HJ Xue H Wang Y Does child-parent resemblance in body weight status vary by sociodemographic factors in the USA J Epidemiol Community Health 2014 Jul 24 pii jech-2013-203476 doi 101136jech-2013-203476 [Epub ahead of print]

128 Beydoun MA Beydoun HA Gamaldo AA Teel A Zonderman AB Wang Y Epidemiologic studies of modifiable factors associated with cognition and dementia systematic review and meta-analysis BMC Public Health 201414643 doi 1011861471-2458-14-643

129 Du W Su C Wang H Wang Z Wang Y Zhang B Is density of neighbourhood restaurants associated with BMI in rural Chinese adults A longitudinal study from the China Health and Nutrition Survey BMJ Open 20144(4)e004528 doi 101136bmjopen-2013-004528

130 Lim H Kim SY Wang Y Lee SJ Oh K Sohn CY Moon YM Jee SH Preservation of a traditional Korean dietary pattern and emergence of a fruit and dairy dietary pattern among adults in South Korea secular transitions in dietary patterns of a prospective study from 1998 to 2010 Nutrition Research 201434(9)760-70

131 Chen HJ Liu Y Wang Y Socioeconomic and demographic factors for spousal resemblance in obesity status and habitual physical activity in the United States Journal of Obesity 20142014703215 doi 1011552014703215 Epub 2014 Sep 23

132 Wang Y Xue H Esposito L Joyner MJ Y Bar-Yam Huang T Applications of Complex Systems Science in Obesity and Non-Communicable Chronic Disease Research Advances in Nutrition 2014 2014 Sep5(5)574-7

133 Cai L Wu Y Cheskin L RF Wilson Wang Y The Effect of Childhood Obesity Prevention

Programs on Blood Lipids A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Obes Rev 2014 Dec15(12)933-44

134 Wang L Slawson D Relyea G Southerland J Wang Y Prevalence of risk factors of adolescent

obesity in Southern Appalachia Preventing Chronic Disease 2014 Dec 1811E222

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2015

135 Wang Y Hong X Liu S Applications of Systems Science in Biomedical Research Regarding

Obesity and Non-communicable Chronic DiseasesmdashOpportunities Promise and Challenges Adv in Nutr 2015 Jan 156(1)88-95

136 Huang T Liu H Zhao W Li J Wang Y Gene-dietary fat interaction bone mineral density and

bone speed of sound in Children a twin study in China Mol Nutr Food Res 2015 Mar59(3)544-51

137 Yan AF Stevens PE Wang YF Weinhardt LS Holt CL O Connor C Feller T Xie H Luelloff

S mHealth Text Messaging for Physical Activity Promotion in College Students A Formative Participatory Approach American Journal of Health Behavior 201539(3)395-408

138 Chen HJ Wang Y Do weight status and television viewing influence childrens subsequent

dietary changes A National Longitudinal Study in the United States Int J Obes (Lond) 2015 Jun39(6)931-8

139 Shoham DA Hammond R Rahmandad H Wang Y Hovmand P Modeling social norms and

social influence on obesity Current Epidemiology Reports (2015) 271ndash79 DOI 101007s40471-014-0032-2

140 Zhang J Wang H Wang Y Xue H Wang Z Du W Su C Zhang J Jiang H Zhai F Zhang B Dietary patterns and their associations with childhood obesity in China Br J Nutr 2015 Jun 28113(12)1978-84

141 Wang L Wang K Gao X Paul TK Cai J Wang Y Sex difference in the association between

obesity and asthma in US adults Findings from a national study Respir Med 2015 Jun 9 pii S0954-6111(15)30005-6

142 Wang Y Cai L Wu Y Wilson RF Weston C Fawole O Bleich SN Cheskin LJ Showell NN

Lau BD Chiu DT Zhang A Segal J What childhood obesity prevention programmes work A systematic review and meta-analysis Obes Rev 2015 Jul16(7)547-65

143 Lobstein T Jackson-Leach R Moodie ML Hall KD Gortmaker SL Swinburn BA James P

Wang Y McPherson K Child and adolescent obesity part of a bigger picture Lancet 2015 Jun 20385(9986)2510-20

144 Yang HY Chen HJ Marsteller JA Liang L Shi L Wang Y Patient-health care professional

gender or raceethnicity concordance and its association with weight-related advice in the United States Patient Educ Couns 2015 Aug 29 pii S0738-3991(15)30066-5

145 Xu F Ware RS Leslie E Tse LA Wang Z Li J Wang Y Effectiveness of a Randomized

Controlled Lifestyle Intervention to Prevent Obesity among Chinese Primary School Students CLICK-Obesity Study PLoS One 2015 Oct 2810(10)e0141421

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2016

146 Xie C Wang Y Li X Wen X Childhood Growth Trajectories of Etiological Subgroups of Large for Gestational Age Newborns J Pediatr 2016 Mar17060-66e5 Epub 2015 Dec 11

147 Chen HJ Wang Y Changes in the Neighborhood Food Store Environment and Childrenrsquos Body Mass Index at Peripuberty in the United States J Adolescent Health 2016 Jan58(1)111-8

148 Chen HJ Wang Y Do School Environments for Physical Activity Improve in Response to

School Prevalence of Obesity and Inactivity Journal of Public Health in press

149 Lim H Kim J Min J Carvajal N Lloyd C Wang Y A child health promotion program in South Korea collaborating with the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration Improvement in dietary intake and nutrition knowledge of young children Nutrition Research and Practice 2016 Oct10(5)555-562

150 Liu S Osgood N Xue H Wang Y Systems Simulation Model for Assessing the Sustainability

and Synergistic Impacts of Sugar-sweetened Beverages Tax and Revenue Recycling on Childhood Obesity Prevention Journal of Operational Research Society 2016 67 708ndash721

151 Zhang J Xue H Cheng X Wang ZH Zhai FY Wang Y Wang HJ Influence of Proximities to

Food Establishments on Body Mass Index among Children in China Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 201625(1)134-41

152 Xi B Zhang T Zhang M Liu F Zong X Zhao M Wang Y Trends in Elevated Blood Pressure

Among US Children and Adolescents 1999-2012 Am J Hypertens 2016 Feb29(2)217-25

153 Xue H Wu Y Wang X Wang Y Time Trends in Fast Food Consumption and Its Association with Obesity among Children in China PLOS ONE 2016 113

154 Xu J Liu S Liu G Bishai D Xue H Wang Y Integration of Patients Decision-Making in Cost-

Effectiveness Analysis of Diabetes Interventions A Simulation Study Using System Dynamics Modeling 2016 September 20 Available at SSRN httpsssrncomabstract=2841500

155 Li J Liu H Beaty TH Chen H Caballero B Wang Y Heritability of Childrens Dietary Intakes

A Population-Based Twin Study in China Twin Res Hum Genet 2016 Oct19(5)472-84

156 Wang Y Hollis-Hansen K Ren X Qiu Y Qu W Do environmental pollutants increase obesity risk in humans Obes Rev 201617(12)1179-1197

157 Wang Y Wang L Xue H Qu W A Review of the Growth of the Fast Food Industry in China and

Its Potential Impact on Obesity Int J Environ Res Public Health 2016 Nov 913(11) pii E1112

158 Wang Y Min J Harris K Khuri J Anderson L A Systematic Examination of Food Intake and Adaptation to the Food Environment by Refugees Settled in the United States Adv Nutr 2016 Nov 157(6)1066-1079

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159 Dong H Yan Y Liu J Zhao X Cheng H Hou D Huang G Li S Wang Y Mi J Alarming trends in ideal cardiovascular health among children and adolescents in Beijing China 2004 to 2014 Int J Cardiol 2016 Dec 21 pii S0167-5273(16) 32443-3

2017

160 Wang Y Wang L Qu W New national data show alarming increase in obesity and

noncommunicable chronic diseases in China Eur J Clin Nutr 2017 Jan71(1)149-150

161 Huang T Beaty T Li J Liu H Zhao W Wang Y Association between dietary fat intake and insulin resistance in Chinese child twins Br J Nutr 2017 Jan117(2)230-236

162 An R Liu G Khan N Yan H Wang Y Dietary Habits and Cognitive Impairment Risk Among

Oldest-Old Chinese J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 2017 Feb 10 doi 101093geronbgbw170 [Epub ahead of print]

163 Jia P Cheng X Xue H Wang Y Applications of geographic information systems related data

and methods in obesity-related public health research Obes Rev 2017 Apr18(4)400-411

164 Jia P Li M Xue H Lu L Xu F Wang Y School environment and policies child eating behavior and overweightobesity in urban China the childhood obesity study in China megacities Int J Obes (Lond) 2017 May41(5)813-819

165 Romieu I Dossus L Barquera S Blottiegravere HM Franks PW Gunter MHwalla N Hursting SD

Leitzmann M Margetts B Nishida CPotischman N Seidell J Stepien M Wang Y Westerterp KWinichagoon P Wiseman M Willett WC IARC working group on Energy Balance and Obesity Energy balance and obesity what are the main drivers Cancer Causes Control 2017 Mar28(3)247-258

166 Jia P Xue H Zhang J Wang Y Time Trend and Demographic and Geographic Disparities in

Childhood Obesity Prevalence in ChinamdashEvidence from Twenty Years of Longitudinal Data Int J Environ Res Public Health 2017 Mar 3114(4) pii E369 doi 103390ijerph14040369

167 Zhang Q Liu R Diggs LA Wang Y Ling L Does acculturation affect the dietary intakes and

body weight status of children of immigrants in the US and other developed countries A systematic review Ethn Health 2017 Apr 131-21

168 Yan Y Hou D Zhao X Liu J Cheng H Wang Y Mi J Childhood Adiposity and

Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Adulthood Pediatrics 2017 Apr139(4) pii e20162738

169 Chen HJ Xue H Kumanyika S Wang Y School Beverage Environment and Childrenrsquos Energy Expenditure Associated with Physical Education Class An Agent-based Model Simulation Pediatr Obes 2017 Jun12(3)203-212

170 Carrillo-Larco RM Bernabe-Ortiz A Miranda JJ Xue H Wang Y Childrens weight changes

according to maternal perception of the childs weight and health A prospective cohort of Peruvian children PLoS One 2017 Apr 1912(4)e0175685

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171 Wang Y Min J Khuri J Li M A Systematic Examination of the Association between Parental

and Child Obesity across Countries Adv Nutr 2017 May 158(3)436-448

172 Wu Y Xue H Wang H Su C Du S Wang Y The impact of urbanization on the community food environment in China Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 2017 May26(3)504-513

173 Li M Xue H Wang W Wang Y Parental Expectation and Childrenrsquos Screen-based and

Academic-related Sedentary Behaviors in China A Nationally Representative Study American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2017 May 3152(5)680-9

174 Wang H Xue H Du S Zhang J Wang Y Zhang B Time trends and factors in body mass

index and obesity among children in China 1997 to 2011 Int J Obes (Lond) 2017 Jun41(6)964-970

175 Wang Y Yan F Wang HJ Xu F Child and parental perspectives on health promotion and

childhood obesity prevention in Beijing and Nanjing China Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 201726(5)888-898

176 Min J Wang VH Xue H Mi J Wang Y Maternal perception of child overweight status and

its association with weight-related parenting practices their childrens health behaviours and weight change in China Public Health Nutr 2017 Aug20(12)2096-2103

177 Mulugeta W Glick M Min J Xue H Noe M Wang Y Longitudinal Changes and High-Risk

Subgroups for Obesity and OverweightObesity Among Refugees in Buffalo NY 2004ndash2014 J Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities 2017 Mar 311-8

178 Wang Y Xue H Huang L Zhang D A Systematic Review of Application and Effectiveness of

mHealth Interventions for Obesity and Diabetes Treatment and Self-Management Adv Nutr 2017 May 158(3)449-462

179 Park S Kwon KI Kweon SJ Wang Y Gittelsohn J Creating a school nutrition environment

index and pilot testing it in elementary and middle schools in urban South Korea Nutr Res Pract 2017 Oct11(5)402-411

180 Lim H Lee HJ Choue R Wang Y Trends in Fast-Food and Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption and Their Association with Social Environmental Status in South Korea J Acad Nutr Diet 2017 Oct 4 pii S2212-2672(17)31149-8

181 Li Y Zhang D Thapa JR Madondo K Yi S Fisher E Griffin K Liu B Wang Y Pagaacuten JA Assessing the role of access and price on the consumption of fruits and vegetables across new York City using agent-based modeling Prev Med 2017 Oct 4 pii S0091-7435(17)30364-X

182 Min J Zhao Y Slivka L Wang Y Double burden of diseases worldwide coexistence of

undernutrition and overnutrition-related non-communicable chronic diseases Obes Rev 2018 Jan19(1)49-61

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183 Tan Z Min J Xue H Wang W Wang Y Parenting practices and overweight status of junior high school students in China A nationally representative study of 19487 students from 112 schools Prev Med 2017 Sep 14 pii S0091-7435(17)30336-5

184 An R Xue H Wang L Wang Y Projecting the Impact of a Nationwide School Plain Water Access Intervention on Childhood Obesity A Cost-benefit Analysis Pediatr Obes 2017 Sep 22 doi 101111ijpo12236 [Epub ahead of print]

185 Yang Y Hong X Gurney JG Wang Y Active Travel to and From School Among School-Age

Children During 1997-2011 and Associated Factors in China J Phys Act Health 2017 Sep14(9)684-691

186 Min J Xue H Wang VHC Li M Wang Y Are single children more likely to be overweight or

obese than those with siblings The influence of Chinas one-child policy on childhood obesity Prev Med 2017 Oct1038-13

187 An R Yang Y Hoschke A Xue H Wang Y Influence of neighbourhood safety on childhood

obesity a systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies Obes Rev 2017 Nov18(11)1289-1309

188 Zhao Y Wang L Xue B Wang Y Associations between general and central obesity and

hypertension among children The Childhood Obesity Study in China Mega-Cities Sci Rep 2017 Dec 47(1)16895

189 Zhao Y Wang L Xue H Wang H Wang Y Fast food consumption and its associations with

obesity and hypertension among children results from the baseline data of the Childhood Obesity Study in China Mega-cities BMC Public Health 2017 Dec 617(1)933

190 Li M Xue H Wang W Wen W Wang Y Increased obesity risks for being an only child in

China findings from a nationally representative study of 19487 children Public Health 2017 Dec15344-51

191 Li M Xue H Wen M Wang W Wang Y Nutrition and physical activity related school

environmentpolicy factors and child obesity in China a nationally representative study of 8573 students in 110 middle schools Pediatr Obes 2017 Dec12(6)485-493

2018 192 Min J Zhao Y Sliviska L Wang Y Systematic examination of the double burden of disease

coexistence of undernutrition and obesity related non-communicable disease worldwide Obes Rev 2018 Jan19(1)49-61

193 Wang V Min J Xue H Xu F Wang H Wang Y Factors contributing to sex differences in childhood obesity prevalence in China Public Health Nutrition 2018 Feb 261-9

194 Mulugeta W Glick M Min J Xue H Noe MF Wang Y Longitudinal Changes and High-

Risk Subgroups for Obesity and OverweightObesity Among Refugees in Buffalo NY 2004-2014

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J Racial Ethn Health Disparities 2018 Feb5(1)187-194 195 Wen X Eiden RD Justicia-Linde FE Wang Y Higgins ST Thor N Haghdel A Peters AR

Epstein LH A multicomponent behavioral intervention for smoking cessation during pregnancy a nonconcurrent multiple-baseline design Transl Behav Med 2018 Apr 10 doi 101093tbmiby027 [Epub ahead of print]

196 Min J Kim G Lim H Carvajal N Lloyd C Wang Y Effect of the Adapted National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Mission X international child fitness program on young children and their parents in South Korea Global Health Promotion 2018 1757975918760517

197 Min J Yan F Wang Y Obesity body image and its impact on childrenrsquos eating and exercise behaviors in China A nationwide longitudinal study Prev Med 2018106101-106

198 Mulugeta W Xue H Glick M Min J Noe MF Wang Y Burden of Mental Illness and Non-

communicable Diseases and Risk Factors for Mental Illness Among Refugees in Buffalo NY 2004-2014 J Racial Ethn Health Disparities 2018 May 21 doi 101007s40615-018-0498-6 [Epub ahead of print]

199 Yang HY Chen HJ Hsu YJ Cheskin LJ Wang Y Impact of weight-related advice from healthcare professionals on body mass index of patients in the USA Public Health 2018 Jun15950-57

200 Min J Tan Z Abadie L Townsend S Xue H Wang Y An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of

the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Mission-X Child Health Promotion Program in the United States Am J Health Promot 2018 Jul32(6)1333-1339

201 Lim H Lee HJ Choue R Wang Y Trends in Fast-Food and Sugar-Sweetened Beverage

Consumption and Their Association with Social Environmental Status in South Korea J Acad Nutr Diet 2018 Jul118(7)1228-1236e1

202 Chen HJ Xue H Liu S Huang TTK Wang YC Wang Y Obesity trend in the United States and economic intervention options to change it A simulation study linking ecological epidemiology and system dynamics modeling Public Health 2018 Aug16120-28

203 Min J Xue H Wang Y Association between household poverty dynamics and childhood

overweight risk and health behaviours in the United States a 8-year nationally representative longitudinal study of 16 800 children Pediatr Obes 2018 Aug 15 doi 101111ijpo12292 [Epub ahead of print]

204 Min J Jahns L Xue H Kandiah J Wang Y Americans Perceptions about Fast Food and

How They Associate with Its Consumption and Obesity Risk Adv Nutr 2018 Sep 19(5)590-601

205 Xue H Slivka L Igusa T Huang TT Wang Y Applications of systems modelling in obesity research Obes Rev 2018 Sep19(9)1293-1308

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206 Min J Wen X Xue H Wang Y Ethnic disparities in childhood BMI trajectories and obesity and potential causes among 29250 US children Findings from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth and Kindergarten Cohorts Int J Obes (Lond) 2018 Sep42(9)1661-1670 doi 101038s41366-018-0091-4 Epub 2018 Jun 15

207 Ghesmaty Sangachin M Cavuoto LA Wang Y Use of various obesity measurement and

classification methods in occupational safety and health research a systematic review of the literature BMC Obes 2018 Nov 1528 doi 101186s40608-018-0205-5 eCollection 2018

208 Min J Xue H Goodale H Brey R Wang Y Disparities in Obesity in the United States and

Implications for Public Health Intervention Efforts Obesity Review in press

209 Min J Fang Yan A Wang Y Mismatch in Childrens Weight Assessment Ideal Body Image and Rapidly Increased Obesity Prevalence in China A 10-Year Nationwide Longitudinal Study Obesity (Silver Spring) 2018 Nov26(11)1777-1784 doi 101002oby22310 Epub 2018 Oct 3

210 Bai R Wei J An R Li Y Collett L Dang S Dong W Wang D Fang Z Zhao Y Wang Y Trends in Life Expectancy and Its Association with Economic Factors in the Belt and Road Countries-Evidence from 2000⁻2014 Int J Environ Res Public Health 2018 Dec 1715(12) pii E2890 doi

2019 211 Jia P Xue H Yin L Stein A Wang M Wang Y Spatial Technologies in Obesity Research

Current Applications and Future Promise Trends Endocrinol Metab 2019 Jan 31 pii S1043-2760(18)30227-3 doi 101016jtem201812003

212 Li M Fu R Xue H Wang Y Intergenerational Association of Maternal Obesity and Child

Peer Victimization in the United States J Health Soc Behav 2019 Jan 2922146518824566 doi 1011770022146518824566 [Epub ahead of print]

213 Jia P Stein A James P Brownson RC Wu T Xiao Q Wang L Sabel CE Wang Y Earth Observation Investigating Noncommunicable Diseases from Space Annu Rev Public Health 2019 Jan 11 doi 101146annurev-publhealth-040218-043807 [Epub ahead of print]

214 Shi Z Li M Wang Y Liu J El-Obeid T High iron intake is associated with poor cognition

among Chinese old adults and varied by weight status-a 15-y longitudinal study in 4852 adults Am J Clin Nutr 2019 Jan 1109(1)109-116 doi 101093ajcnnqy254

215 Wang Y Jia P Cheng X Xue H Improvement in food environments may help prevent

childhood obesity Evidence from a 9-year cohort study Pediatr Obes 2019 Oct14(10)e12536 doi 101111ijpo12536 Epub 2019 May 31

216 Jia P Xue H Cheng X Wang Y Effects of school neighborhood food environments on childhood obesity at multiple scales a longitudinal kindergarten cohort study in the USA BMC Med 2019 May 2217(1)99 doi 101186s12916-019-1329-2

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217 Wen X Eiden RD Justicia-Linde FE Wang Y Higgins ST Kong KL Shittu AAT Perkins JM Esadah P Mautner TE Epstein LH Reducing fetal origins of childhood obesity through maternal smoking cessation during pregnancy an intervention study Int J Obes (Lond) 2019 Jul43(7)1435-1439

218 Jia P Xue H Cheng X Wang Y Wang Y Association of neighborhood built environments

with childhood obesity Evidence from a 9-year longitudinal nationally representative survey in the US Environ Int 2019 Jul128158-164 doi 101016jenvint201903067 Epub 2019 May 3

219 Jia P Wang Y Global health efforts and opportunities related to the Belt and Road Initiative

The Lancet Global Health 2019 Jun7(6)e703-e705 doi 101016S2214-109X(19)30062-2

220 Kim J Kim G Park J Wang Y Lim H Effectiveness of Teacher-Led Nutritional Lessons in Altering Dietary Habits and Nutritional Status in Preschool Children Adoption of a NASA Mission X-Based Program Nutrients 2019 Jul 1311(7) pii E1590

221 Wei J Liu X Xue H Wang Y Shi Z Comparisons of Visceral Adiposity Index Body Shape

Index Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference and Their Associations with Diabetes Mellitus in Adults Nutrients 2019 Jul 1211(7) pii E1580

222 Lin YC Chen HJ Wang Y Min J Wu HC Carvajal NA Yang HY NASA Mission X

program for healthy eating and active living among Taiwanese elementary school students J Pediatr Nurs 2019 Jul 12 pii S0882-5963(19)30237-4

223 Jia P Lakerveld J Wu J Stein A Root ED Sabel CE Vermeulen R Remais JV Chen X

Brownson RC Amer S Xiao Q Wang L Verschuren WMM Wu T Wang Y James P Top 10 Research Priorities in Spatial Lifecourse Epidemiology Environ Health Perspect 2019 Jul127(7)74501

224 Wang Y Xue H Sun M Zhu X Zhao L Yang Y Prevention and control of obesity in China

Lancet Glob Health 2019 Sep7(9)e1166-e1167

225 Wei J Bhurtyal A Dhungana RA Zheng J Bhattara B Wang L Sun X Maskey M Wang Y Changes in patterns of the double burden of under- and over-nutrition in Nepal over time Obesity Review 2019 Sep20(9)1321-1334

226 Mulugeta W Xue H Glick M Min J Noe MF Wang Y Disease Burdens and Risk Factors for

Diabetes Hypertension and Hyperlipidemia among Refugees in Buffalo New York 2004-2014 J Health Care Poor Underserved 201930(3)1119-1131

[NOTE We have some more papers under revision invited by the journals or are under review by journals]

Invited Commentaries in Peer-reviewed Journals 1 Wang Y Child and Adolescent Obesity (book review) JAMA 2003289(14)1863

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171 Wang Y Min J Khuri J Li M A Systematic Examination of the Association between Parental

and Child Obesity across Countries Adv Nutr 2017 May 158(3)436-448

172 Wu Y Xue H Wang H Su C Du S Wang Y The impact of urbanization on the community food environment in China Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 2017 May26(3)504-513

173 Li M Xue H Wang W Wang Y Parental Expectation and Childrenrsquos Screen-based and

Academic-related Sedentary Behaviors in China A Nationally Representative Study American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2017 May 3152(5)680-9

174 Wang H Xue H Du S Zhang J Wang Y Zhang B Time trends and factors in body mass

index and obesity among children in China 1997 to 2011 Int J Obes (Lond) 2017 Jun41(6)964-970

175 Wang Y Yan F Wang HJ Xu F Child and parental perspectives on health promotion and

childhood obesity prevention in Beijing and Nanjing China Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 201726(5)888-898

176 Min J Wang VH Xue H Mi J Wang Y Maternal perception of child overweight status and

its association with weight-related parenting practices their childrens health behaviours and weight change in China Public Health Nutr 2017 Aug20(12)2096-2103

177 Mulugeta W Glick M Min J Xue H Noe M Wang Y Longitudinal Changes and High-Risk

Subgroups for Obesity and OverweightObesity Among Refugees in Buffalo NY 2004ndash2014 J Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities 2017 Mar 311-8

178 Wang Y Xue H Huang L Zhang D A Systematic Review of Application and Effectiveness of

mHealth Interventions for Obesity and Diabetes Treatment and Self-Management Adv Nutr 2017 May 158(3)449-462

179 Park S Kwon KI Kweon SJ Wang Y Gittelsohn J Creating a school nutrition environment

index and pilot testing it in elementary and middle schools in urban South Korea Nutr Res Pract 2017 Oct11(5)402-411

180 Lim H Lee HJ Choue R Wang Y Trends in Fast-Food and Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption and Their Association with Social Environmental Status in South Korea J Acad Nutr Diet 2017 Oct 4 pii S2212-2672(17)31149-8

181 Li Y Zhang D Thapa JR Madondo K Yi S Fisher E Griffin K Liu B Wang Y Pagaacuten JA Assessing the role of access and price on the consumption of fruits and vegetables across new York City using agent-based modeling Prev Med 2017 Oct 4 pii S0091-7435(17)30364-X

182 Min J Zhao Y Slivka L Wang Y Double burden of diseases worldwide coexistence of

undernutrition and overnutrition-related non-communicable chronic diseases Obes Rev 2018 Jan19(1)49-61

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183 Tan Z Min J Xue H Wang W Wang Y Parenting practices and overweight status of junior high school students in China A nationally representative study of 19487 students from 112 schools Prev Med 2017 Sep 14 pii S0091-7435(17)30336-5

184 An R Xue H Wang L Wang Y Projecting the Impact of a Nationwide School Plain Water Access Intervention on Childhood Obesity A Cost-benefit Analysis Pediatr Obes 2017 Sep 22 doi 101111ijpo12236 [Epub ahead of print]

185 Yang Y Hong X Gurney JG Wang Y Active Travel to and From School Among School-Age

Children During 1997-2011 and Associated Factors in China J Phys Act Health 2017 Sep14(9)684-691

186 Min J Xue H Wang VHC Li M Wang Y Are single children more likely to be overweight or

obese than those with siblings The influence of Chinas one-child policy on childhood obesity Prev Med 2017 Oct1038-13

187 An R Yang Y Hoschke A Xue H Wang Y Influence of neighbourhood safety on childhood

obesity a systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies Obes Rev 2017 Nov18(11)1289-1309

188 Zhao Y Wang L Xue B Wang Y Associations between general and central obesity and

hypertension among children The Childhood Obesity Study in China Mega-Cities Sci Rep 2017 Dec 47(1)16895

189 Zhao Y Wang L Xue H Wang H Wang Y Fast food consumption and its associations with

obesity and hypertension among children results from the baseline data of the Childhood Obesity Study in China Mega-cities BMC Public Health 2017 Dec 617(1)933

190 Li M Xue H Wang W Wen W Wang Y Increased obesity risks for being an only child in

China findings from a nationally representative study of 19487 children Public Health 2017 Dec15344-51

191 Li M Xue H Wen M Wang W Wang Y Nutrition and physical activity related school

environmentpolicy factors and child obesity in China a nationally representative study of 8573 students in 110 middle schools Pediatr Obes 2017 Dec12(6)485-493

2018 192 Min J Zhao Y Sliviska L Wang Y Systematic examination of the double burden of disease

coexistence of undernutrition and obesity related non-communicable disease worldwide Obes Rev 2018 Jan19(1)49-61

193 Wang V Min J Xue H Xu F Wang H Wang Y Factors contributing to sex differences in childhood obesity prevalence in China Public Health Nutrition 2018 Feb 261-9

194 Mulugeta W Glick M Min J Xue H Noe MF Wang Y Longitudinal Changes and High-

Risk Subgroups for Obesity and OverweightObesity Among Refugees in Buffalo NY 2004-2014

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

41

J Racial Ethn Health Disparities 2018 Feb5(1)187-194 195 Wen X Eiden RD Justicia-Linde FE Wang Y Higgins ST Thor N Haghdel A Peters AR

Epstein LH A multicomponent behavioral intervention for smoking cessation during pregnancy a nonconcurrent multiple-baseline design Transl Behav Med 2018 Apr 10 doi 101093tbmiby027 [Epub ahead of print]

196 Min J Kim G Lim H Carvajal N Lloyd C Wang Y Effect of the Adapted National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Mission X international child fitness program on young children and their parents in South Korea Global Health Promotion 2018 1757975918760517

197 Min J Yan F Wang Y Obesity body image and its impact on childrenrsquos eating and exercise behaviors in China A nationwide longitudinal study Prev Med 2018106101-106

198 Mulugeta W Xue H Glick M Min J Noe MF Wang Y Burden of Mental Illness and Non-

communicable Diseases and Risk Factors for Mental Illness Among Refugees in Buffalo NY 2004-2014 J Racial Ethn Health Disparities 2018 May 21 doi 101007s40615-018-0498-6 [Epub ahead of print]

199 Yang HY Chen HJ Hsu YJ Cheskin LJ Wang Y Impact of weight-related advice from healthcare professionals on body mass index of patients in the USA Public Health 2018 Jun15950-57

200 Min J Tan Z Abadie L Townsend S Xue H Wang Y An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of

the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Mission-X Child Health Promotion Program in the United States Am J Health Promot 2018 Jul32(6)1333-1339

201 Lim H Lee HJ Choue R Wang Y Trends in Fast-Food and Sugar-Sweetened Beverage

Consumption and Their Association with Social Environmental Status in South Korea J Acad Nutr Diet 2018 Jul118(7)1228-1236e1

202 Chen HJ Xue H Liu S Huang TTK Wang YC Wang Y Obesity trend in the United States and economic intervention options to change it A simulation study linking ecological epidemiology and system dynamics modeling Public Health 2018 Aug16120-28

203 Min J Xue H Wang Y Association between household poverty dynamics and childhood

overweight risk and health behaviours in the United States a 8-year nationally representative longitudinal study of 16 800 children Pediatr Obes 2018 Aug 15 doi 101111ijpo12292 [Epub ahead of print]

204 Min J Jahns L Xue H Kandiah J Wang Y Americans Perceptions about Fast Food and

How They Associate with Its Consumption and Obesity Risk Adv Nutr 2018 Sep 19(5)590-601

205 Xue H Slivka L Igusa T Huang TT Wang Y Applications of systems modelling in obesity research Obes Rev 2018 Sep19(9)1293-1308

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

42

206 Min J Wen X Xue H Wang Y Ethnic disparities in childhood BMI trajectories and obesity and potential causes among 29250 US children Findings from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth and Kindergarten Cohorts Int J Obes (Lond) 2018 Sep42(9)1661-1670 doi 101038s41366-018-0091-4 Epub 2018 Jun 15

207 Ghesmaty Sangachin M Cavuoto LA Wang Y Use of various obesity measurement and

classification methods in occupational safety and health research a systematic review of the literature BMC Obes 2018 Nov 1528 doi 101186s40608-018-0205-5 eCollection 2018

208 Min J Xue H Goodale H Brey R Wang Y Disparities in Obesity in the United States and

Implications for Public Health Intervention Efforts Obesity Review in press

209 Min J Fang Yan A Wang Y Mismatch in Childrens Weight Assessment Ideal Body Image and Rapidly Increased Obesity Prevalence in China A 10-Year Nationwide Longitudinal Study Obesity (Silver Spring) 2018 Nov26(11)1777-1784 doi 101002oby22310 Epub 2018 Oct 3

210 Bai R Wei J An R Li Y Collett L Dang S Dong W Wang D Fang Z Zhao Y Wang Y Trends in Life Expectancy and Its Association with Economic Factors in the Belt and Road Countries-Evidence from 2000⁻2014 Int J Environ Res Public Health 2018 Dec 1715(12) pii E2890 doi

2019 211 Jia P Xue H Yin L Stein A Wang M Wang Y Spatial Technologies in Obesity Research

Current Applications and Future Promise Trends Endocrinol Metab 2019 Jan 31 pii S1043-2760(18)30227-3 doi 101016jtem201812003

212 Li M Fu R Xue H Wang Y Intergenerational Association of Maternal Obesity and Child

Peer Victimization in the United States J Health Soc Behav 2019 Jan 2922146518824566 doi 1011770022146518824566 [Epub ahead of print]

213 Jia P Stein A James P Brownson RC Wu T Xiao Q Wang L Sabel CE Wang Y Earth Observation Investigating Noncommunicable Diseases from Space Annu Rev Public Health 2019 Jan 11 doi 101146annurev-publhealth-040218-043807 [Epub ahead of print]

214 Shi Z Li M Wang Y Liu J El-Obeid T High iron intake is associated with poor cognition

among Chinese old adults and varied by weight status-a 15-y longitudinal study in 4852 adults Am J Clin Nutr 2019 Jan 1109(1)109-116 doi 101093ajcnnqy254

215 Wang Y Jia P Cheng X Xue H Improvement in food environments may help prevent

childhood obesity Evidence from a 9-year cohort study Pediatr Obes 2019 Oct14(10)e12536 doi 101111ijpo12536 Epub 2019 May 31

216 Jia P Xue H Cheng X Wang Y Effects of school neighborhood food environments on childhood obesity at multiple scales a longitudinal kindergarten cohort study in the USA BMC Med 2019 May 2217(1)99 doi 101186s12916-019-1329-2

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

43

217 Wen X Eiden RD Justicia-Linde FE Wang Y Higgins ST Kong KL Shittu AAT Perkins JM Esadah P Mautner TE Epstein LH Reducing fetal origins of childhood obesity through maternal smoking cessation during pregnancy an intervention study Int J Obes (Lond) 2019 Jul43(7)1435-1439

218 Jia P Xue H Cheng X Wang Y Wang Y Association of neighborhood built environments

with childhood obesity Evidence from a 9-year longitudinal nationally representative survey in the US Environ Int 2019 Jul128158-164 doi 101016jenvint201903067 Epub 2019 May 3

219 Jia P Wang Y Global health efforts and opportunities related to the Belt and Road Initiative

The Lancet Global Health 2019 Jun7(6)e703-e705 doi 101016S2214-109X(19)30062-2

220 Kim J Kim G Park J Wang Y Lim H Effectiveness of Teacher-Led Nutritional Lessons in Altering Dietary Habits and Nutritional Status in Preschool Children Adoption of a NASA Mission X-Based Program Nutrients 2019 Jul 1311(7) pii E1590

221 Wei J Liu X Xue H Wang Y Shi Z Comparisons of Visceral Adiposity Index Body Shape

Index Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference and Their Associations with Diabetes Mellitus in Adults Nutrients 2019 Jul 1211(7) pii E1580

222 Lin YC Chen HJ Wang Y Min J Wu HC Carvajal NA Yang HY NASA Mission X

program for healthy eating and active living among Taiwanese elementary school students J Pediatr Nurs 2019 Jul 12 pii S0882-5963(19)30237-4

223 Jia P Lakerveld J Wu J Stein A Root ED Sabel CE Vermeulen R Remais JV Chen X

Brownson RC Amer S Xiao Q Wang L Verschuren WMM Wu T Wang Y James P Top 10 Research Priorities in Spatial Lifecourse Epidemiology Environ Health Perspect 2019 Jul127(7)74501

224 Wang Y Xue H Sun M Zhu X Zhao L Yang Y Prevention and control of obesity in China

Lancet Glob Health 2019 Sep7(9)e1166-e1167

225 Wei J Bhurtyal A Dhungana RA Zheng J Bhattara B Wang L Sun X Maskey M Wang Y Changes in patterns of the double burden of under- and over-nutrition in Nepal over time Obesity Review 2019 Sep20(9)1321-1334

226 Mulugeta W Xue H Glick M Min J Noe MF Wang Y Disease Burdens and Risk Factors for

Diabetes Hypertension and Hyperlipidemia among Refugees in Buffalo New York 2004-2014 J Health Care Poor Underserved 201930(3)1119-1131

[NOTE We have some more papers under revision invited by the journals or are under review by journals]

Invited Commentaries in Peer-reviewed Journals 1 Wang Y Child and Adolescent Obesity (book review) JAMA 2003289(14)1863

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

40

183 Tan Z Min J Xue H Wang W Wang Y Parenting practices and overweight status of junior high school students in China A nationally representative study of 19487 students from 112 schools Prev Med 2017 Sep 14 pii S0091-7435(17)30336-5

184 An R Xue H Wang L Wang Y Projecting the Impact of a Nationwide School Plain Water Access Intervention on Childhood Obesity A Cost-benefit Analysis Pediatr Obes 2017 Sep 22 doi 101111ijpo12236 [Epub ahead of print]

185 Yang Y Hong X Gurney JG Wang Y Active Travel to and From School Among School-Age

Children During 1997-2011 and Associated Factors in China J Phys Act Health 2017 Sep14(9)684-691

186 Min J Xue H Wang VHC Li M Wang Y Are single children more likely to be overweight or

obese than those with siblings The influence of Chinas one-child policy on childhood obesity Prev Med 2017 Oct1038-13

187 An R Yang Y Hoschke A Xue H Wang Y Influence of neighbourhood safety on childhood

obesity a systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies Obes Rev 2017 Nov18(11)1289-1309

188 Zhao Y Wang L Xue B Wang Y Associations between general and central obesity and

hypertension among children The Childhood Obesity Study in China Mega-Cities Sci Rep 2017 Dec 47(1)16895

189 Zhao Y Wang L Xue H Wang H Wang Y Fast food consumption and its associations with

obesity and hypertension among children results from the baseline data of the Childhood Obesity Study in China Mega-cities BMC Public Health 2017 Dec 617(1)933

190 Li M Xue H Wang W Wen W Wang Y Increased obesity risks for being an only child in

China findings from a nationally representative study of 19487 children Public Health 2017 Dec15344-51

191 Li M Xue H Wen M Wang W Wang Y Nutrition and physical activity related school

environmentpolicy factors and child obesity in China a nationally representative study of 8573 students in 110 middle schools Pediatr Obes 2017 Dec12(6)485-493

2018 192 Min J Zhao Y Sliviska L Wang Y Systematic examination of the double burden of disease

coexistence of undernutrition and obesity related non-communicable disease worldwide Obes Rev 2018 Jan19(1)49-61

193 Wang V Min J Xue H Xu F Wang H Wang Y Factors contributing to sex differences in childhood obesity prevalence in China Public Health Nutrition 2018 Feb 261-9

194 Mulugeta W Glick M Min J Xue H Noe MF Wang Y Longitudinal Changes and High-

Risk Subgroups for Obesity and OverweightObesity Among Refugees in Buffalo NY 2004-2014

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

41

J Racial Ethn Health Disparities 2018 Feb5(1)187-194 195 Wen X Eiden RD Justicia-Linde FE Wang Y Higgins ST Thor N Haghdel A Peters AR

Epstein LH A multicomponent behavioral intervention for smoking cessation during pregnancy a nonconcurrent multiple-baseline design Transl Behav Med 2018 Apr 10 doi 101093tbmiby027 [Epub ahead of print]

196 Min J Kim G Lim H Carvajal N Lloyd C Wang Y Effect of the Adapted National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Mission X international child fitness program on young children and their parents in South Korea Global Health Promotion 2018 1757975918760517

197 Min J Yan F Wang Y Obesity body image and its impact on childrenrsquos eating and exercise behaviors in China A nationwide longitudinal study Prev Med 2018106101-106

198 Mulugeta W Xue H Glick M Min J Noe MF Wang Y Burden of Mental Illness and Non-

communicable Diseases and Risk Factors for Mental Illness Among Refugees in Buffalo NY 2004-2014 J Racial Ethn Health Disparities 2018 May 21 doi 101007s40615-018-0498-6 [Epub ahead of print]

199 Yang HY Chen HJ Hsu YJ Cheskin LJ Wang Y Impact of weight-related advice from healthcare professionals on body mass index of patients in the USA Public Health 2018 Jun15950-57

200 Min J Tan Z Abadie L Townsend S Xue H Wang Y An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of

the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Mission-X Child Health Promotion Program in the United States Am J Health Promot 2018 Jul32(6)1333-1339

201 Lim H Lee HJ Choue R Wang Y Trends in Fast-Food and Sugar-Sweetened Beverage

Consumption and Their Association with Social Environmental Status in South Korea J Acad Nutr Diet 2018 Jul118(7)1228-1236e1

202 Chen HJ Xue H Liu S Huang TTK Wang YC Wang Y Obesity trend in the United States and economic intervention options to change it A simulation study linking ecological epidemiology and system dynamics modeling Public Health 2018 Aug16120-28

203 Min J Xue H Wang Y Association between household poverty dynamics and childhood

overweight risk and health behaviours in the United States a 8-year nationally representative longitudinal study of 16 800 children Pediatr Obes 2018 Aug 15 doi 101111ijpo12292 [Epub ahead of print]

204 Min J Jahns L Xue H Kandiah J Wang Y Americans Perceptions about Fast Food and

How They Associate with Its Consumption and Obesity Risk Adv Nutr 2018 Sep 19(5)590-601

205 Xue H Slivka L Igusa T Huang TT Wang Y Applications of systems modelling in obesity research Obes Rev 2018 Sep19(9)1293-1308

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

42

206 Min J Wen X Xue H Wang Y Ethnic disparities in childhood BMI trajectories and obesity and potential causes among 29250 US children Findings from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth and Kindergarten Cohorts Int J Obes (Lond) 2018 Sep42(9)1661-1670 doi 101038s41366-018-0091-4 Epub 2018 Jun 15

207 Ghesmaty Sangachin M Cavuoto LA Wang Y Use of various obesity measurement and

classification methods in occupational safety and health research a systematic review of the literature BMC Obes 2018 Nov 1528 doi 101186s40608-018-0205-5 eCollection 2018

208 Min J Xue H Goodale H Brey R Wang Y Disparities in Obesity in the United States and

Implications for Public Health Intervention Efforts Obesity Review in press

209 Min J Fang Yan A Wang Y Mismatch in Childrens Weight Assessment Ideal Body Image and Rapidly Increased Obesity Prevalence in China A 10-Year Nationwide Longitudinal Study Obesity (Silver Spring) 2018 Nov26(11)1777-1784 doi 101002oby22310 Epub 2018 Oct 3

210 Bai R Wei J An R Li Y Collett L Dang S Dong W Wang D Fang Z Zhao Y Wang Y Trends in Life Expectancy and Its Association with Economic Factors in the Belt and Road Countries-Evidence from 2000⁻2014 Int J Environ Res Public Health 2018 Dec 1715(12) pii E2890 doi

2019 211 Jia P Xue H Yin L Stein A Wang M Wang Y Spatial Technologies in Obesity Research

Current Applications and Future Promise Trends Endocrinol Metab 2019 Jan 31 pii S1043-2760(18)30227-3 doi 101016jtem201812003

212 Li M Fu R Xue H Wang Y Intergenerational Association of Maternal Obesity and Child

Peer Victimization in the United States J Health Soc Behav 2019 Jan 2922146518824566 doi 1011770022146518824566 [Epub ahead of print]

213 Jia P Stein A James P Brownson RC Wu T Xiao Q Wang L Sabel CE Wang Y Earth Observation Investigating Noncommunicable Diseases from Space Annu Rev Public Health 2019 Jan 11 doi 101146annurev-publhealth-040218-043807 [Epub ahead of print]

214 Shi Z Li M Wang Y Liu J El-Obeid T High iron intake is associated with poor cognition

among Chinese old adults and varied by weight status-a 15-y longitudinal study in 4852 adults Am J Clin Nutr 2019 Jan 1109(1)109-116 doi 101093ajcnnqy254

215 Wang Y Jia P Cheng X Xue H Improvement in food environments may help prevent

childhood obesity Evidence from a 9-year cohort study Pediatr Obes 2019 Oct14(10)e12536 doi 101111ijpo12536 Epub 2019 May 31

216 Jia P Xue H Cheng X Wang Y Effects of school neighborhood food environments on childhood obesity at multiple scales a longitudinal kindergarten cohort study in the USA BMC Med 2019 May 2217(1)99 doi 101186s12916-019-1329-2

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

43

217 Wen X Eiden RD Justicia-Linde FE Wang Y Higgins ST Kong KL Shittu AAT Perkins JM Esadah P Mautner TE Epstein LH Reducing fetal origins of childhood obesity through maternal smoking cessation during pregnancy an intervention study Int J Obes (Lond) 2019 Jul43(7)1435-1439

218 Jia P Xue H Cheng X Wang Y Wang Y Association of neighborhood built environments

with childhood obesity Evidence from a 9-year longitudinal nationally representative survey in the US Environ Int 2019 Jul128158-164 doi 101016jenvint201903067 Epub 2019 May 3

219 Jia P Wang Y Global health efforts and opportunities related to the Belt and Road Initiative

The Lancet Global Health 2019 Jun7(6)e703-e705 doi 101016S2214-109X(19)30062-2

220 Kim J Kim G Park J Wang Y Lim H Effectiveness of Teacher-Led Nutritional Lessons in Altering Dietary Habits and Nutritional Status in Preschool Children Adoption of a NASA Mission X-Based Program Nutrients 2019 Jul 1311(7) pii E1590

221 Wei J Liu X Xue H Wang Y Shi Z Comparisons of Visceral Adiposity Index Body Shape

Index Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference and Their Associations with Diabetes Mellitus in Adults Nutrients 2019 Jul 1211(7) pii E1580

222 Lin YC Chen HJ Wang Y Min J Wu HC Carvajal NA Yang HY NASA Mission X

program for healthy eating and active living among Taiwanese elementary school students J Pediatr Nurs 2019 Jul 12 pii S0882-5963(19)30237-4

223 Jia P Lakerveld J Wu J Stein A Root ED Sabel CE Vermeulen R Remais JV Chen X

Brownson RC Amer S Xiao Q Wang L Verschuren WMM Wu T Wang Y James P Top 10 Research Priorities in Spatial Lifecourse Epidemiology Environ Health Perspect 2019 Jul127(7)74501

224 Wang Y Xue H Sun M Zhu X Zhao L Yang Y Prevention and control of obesity in China

Lancet Glob Health 2019 Sep7(9)e1166-e1167

225 Wei J Bhurtyal A Dhungana RA Zheng J Bhattara B Wang L Sun X Maskey M Wang Y Changes in patterns of the double burden of under- and over-nutrition in Nepal over time Obesity Review 2019 Sep20(9)1321-1334

226 Mulugeta W Xue H Glick M Min J Noe MF Wang Y Disease Burdens and Risk Factors for

Diabetes Hypertension and Hyperlipidemia among Refugees in Buffalo New York 2004-2014 J Health Care Poor Underserved 201930(3)1119-1131

[NOTE We have some more papers under revision invited by the journals or are under review by journals]

Invited Commentaries in Peer-reviewed Journals 1 Wang Y Child and Adolescent Obesity (book review) JAMA 2003289(14)1863

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

41

J Racial Ethn Health Disparities 2018 Feb5(1)187-194 195 Wen X Eiden RD Justicia-Linde FE Wang Y Higgins ST Thor N Haghdel A Peters AR

Epstein LH A multicomponent behavioral intervention for smoking cessation during pregnancy a nonconcurrent multiple-baseline design Transl Behav Med 2018 Apr 10 doi 101093tbmiby027 [Epub ahead of print]

196 Min J Kim G Lim H Carvajal N Lloyd C Wang Y Effect of the Adapted National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Mission X international child fitness program on young children and their parents in South Korea Global Health Promotion 2018 1757975918760517

197 Min J Yan F Wang Y Obesity body image and its impact on childrenrsquos eating and exercise behaviors in China A nationwide longitudinal study Prev Med 2018106101-106

198 Mulugeta W Xue H Glick M Min J Noe MF Wang Y Burden of Mental Illness and Non-

communicable Diseases and Risk Factors for Mental Illness Among Refugees in Buffalo NY 2004-2014 J Racial Ethn Health Disparities 2018 May 21 doi 101007s40615-018-0498-6 [Epub ahead of print]

199 Yang HY Chen HJ Hsu YJ Cheskin LJ Wang Y Impact of weight-related advice from healthcare professionals on body mass index of patients in the USA Public Health 2018 Jun15950-57

200 Min J Tan Z Abadie L Townsend S Xue H Wang Y An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of

the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Mission-X Child Health Promotion Program in the United States Am J Health Promot 2018 Jul32(6)1333-1339

201 Lim H Lee HJ Choue R Wang Y Trends in Fast-Food and Sugar-Sweetened Beverage

Consumption and Their Association with Social Environmental Status in South Korea J Acad Nutr Diet 2018 Jul118(7)1228-1236e1

202 Chen HJ Xue H Liu S Huang TTK Wang YC Wang Y Obesity trend in the United States and economic intervention options to change it A simulation study linking ecological epidemiology and system dynamics modeling Public Health 2018 Aug16120-28

203 Min J Xue H Wang Y Association between household poverty dynamics and childhood

overweight risk and health behaviours in the United States a 8-year nationally representative longitudinal study of 16 800 children Pediatr Obes 2018 Aug 15 doi 101111ijpo12292 [Epub ahead of print]

204 Min J Jahns L Xue H Kandiah J Wang Y Americans Perceptions about Fast Food and

How They Associate with Its Consumption and Obesity Risk Adv Nutr 2018 Sep 19(5)590-601

205 Xue H Slivka L Igusa T Huang TT Wang Y Applications of systems modelling in obesity research Obes Rev 2018 Sep19(9)1293-1308

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

42

206 Min J Wen X Xue H Wang Y Ethnic disparities in childhood BMI trajectories and obesity and potential causes among 29250 US children Findings from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth and Kindergarten Cohorts Int J Obes (Lond) 2018 Sep42(9)1661-1670 doi 101038s41366-018-0091-4 Epub 2018 Jun 15

207 Ghesmaty Sangachin M Cavuoto LA Wang Y Use of various obesity measurement and

classification methods in occupational safety and health research a systematic review of the literature BMC Obes 2018 Nov 1528 doi 101186s40608-018-0205-5 eCollection 2018

208 Min J Xue H Goodale H Brey R Wang Y Disparities in Obesity in the United States and

Implications for Public Health Intervention Efforts Obesity Review in press

209 Min J Fang Yan A Wang Y Mismatch in Childrens Weight Assessment Ideal Body Image and Rapidly Increased Obesity Prevalence in China A 10-Year Nationwide Longitudinal Study Obesity (Silver Spring) 2018 Nov26(11)1777-1784 doi 101002oby22310 Epub 2018 Oct 3

210 Bai R Wei J An R Li Y Collett L Dang S Dong W Wang D Fang Z Zhao Y Wang Y Trends in Life Expectancy and Its Association with Economic Factors in the Belt and Road Countries-Evidence from 2000⁻2014 Int J Environ Res Public Health 2018 Dec 1715(12) pii E2890 doi

2019 211 Jia P Xue H Yin L Stein A Wang M Wang Y Spatial Technologies in Obesity Research

Current Applications and Future Promise Trends Endocrinol Metab 2019 Jan 31 pii S1043-2760(18)30227-3 doi 101016jtem201812003

212 Li M Fu R Xue H Wang Y Intergenerational Association of Maternal Obesity and Child

Peer Victimization in the United States J Health Soc Behav 2019 Jan 2922146518824566 doi 1011770022146518824566 [Epub ahead of print]

213 Jia P Stein A James P Brownson RC Wu T Xiao Q Wang L Sabel CE Wang Y Earth Observation Investigating Noncommunicable Diseases from Space Annu Rev Public Health 2019 Jan 11 doi 101146annurev-publhealth-040218-043807 [Epub ahead of print]

214 Shi Z Li M Wang Y Liu J El-Obeid T High iron intake is associated with poor cognition

among Chinese old adults and varied by weight status-a 15-y longitudinal study in 4852 adults Am J Clin Nutr 2019 Jan 1109(1)109-116 doi 101093ajcnnqy254

215 Wang Y Jia P Cheng X Xue H Improvement in food environments may help prevent

childhood obesity Evidence from a 9-year cohort study Pediatr Obes 2019 Oct14(10)e12536 doi 101111ijpo12536 Epub 2019 May 31

216 Jia P Xue H Cheng X Wang Y Effects of school neighborhood food environments on childhood obesity at multiple scales a longitudinal kindergarten cohort study in the USA BMC Med 2019 May 2217(1)99 doi 101186s12916-019-1329-2

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

43

217 Wen X Eiden RD Justicia-Linde FE Wang Y Higgins ST Kong KL Shittu AAT Perkins JM Esadah P Mautner TE Epstein LH Reducing fetal origins of childhood obesity through maternal smoking cessation during pregnancy an intervention study Int J Obes (Lond) 2019 Jul43(7)1435-1439

218 Jia P Xue H Cheng X Wang Y Wang Y Association of neighborhood built environments

with childhood obesity Evidence from a 9-year longitudinal nationally representative survey in the US Environ Int 2019 Jul128158-164 doi 101016jenvint201903067 Epub 2019 May 3

219 Jia P Wang Y Global health efforts and opportunities related to the Belt and Road Initiative

The Lancet Global Health 2019 Jun7(6)e703-e705 doi 101016S2214-109X(19)30062-2

220 Kim J Kim G Park J Wang Y Lim H Effectiveness of Teacher-Led Nutritional Lessons in Altering Dietary Habits and Nutritional Status in Preschool Children Adoption of a NASA Mission X-Based Program Nutrients 2019 Jul 1311(7) pii E1590

221 Wei J Liu X Xue H Wang Y Shi Z Comparisons of Visceral Adiposity Index Body Shape

Index Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference and Their Associations with Diabetes Mellitus in Adults Nutrients 2019 Jul 1211(7) pii E1580

222 Lin YC Chen HJ Wang Y Min J Wu HC Carvajal NA Yang HY NASA Mission X

program for healthy eating and active living among Taiwanese elementary school students J Pediatr Nurs 2019 Jul 12 pii S0882-5963(19)30237-4

223 Jia P Lakerveld J Wu J Stein A Root ED Sabel CE Vermeulen R Remais JV Chen X

Brownson RC Amer S Xiao Q Wang L Verschuren WMM Wu T Wang Y James P Top 10 Research Priorities in Spatial Lifecourse Epidemiology Environ Health Perspect 2019 Jul127(7)74501

224 Wang Y Xue H Sun M Zhu X Zhao L Yang Y Prevention and control of obesity in China

Lancet Glob Health 2019 Sep7(9)e1166-e1167

225 Wei J Bhurtyal A Dhungana RA Zheng J Bhattara B Wang L Sun X Maskey M Wang Y Changes in patterns of the double burden of under- and over-nutrition in Nepal over time Obesity Review 2019 Sep20(9)1321-1334

226 Mulugeta W Xue H Glick M Min J Noe MF Wang Y Disease Burdens and Risk Factors for

Diabetes Hypertension and Hyperlipidemia among Refugees in Buffalo New York 2004-2014 J Health Care Poor Underserved 201930(3)1119-1131

[NOTE We have some more papers under revision invited by the journals or are under review by journals]

Invited Commentaries in Peer-reviewed Journals 1 Wang Y Child and Adolescent Obesity (book review) JAMA 2003289(14)1863

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

42

206 Min J Wen X Xue H Wang Y Ethnic disparities in childhood BMI trajectories and obesity and potential causes among 29250 US children Findings from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth and Kindergarten Cohorts Int J Obes (Lond) 2018 Sep42(9)1661-1670 doi 101038s41366-018-0091-4 Epub 2018 Jun 15

207 Ghesmaty Sangachin M Cavuoto LA Wang Y Use of various obesity measurement and

classification methods in occupational safety and health research a systematic review of the literature BMC Obes 2018 Nov 1528 doi 101186s40608-018-0205-5 eCollection 2018

208 Min J Xue H Goodale H Brey R Wang Y Disparities in Obesity in the United States and

Implications for Public Health Intervention Efforts Obesity Review in press

209 Min J Fang Yan A Wang Y Mismatch in Childrens Weight Assessment Ideal Body Image and Rapidly Increased Obesity Prevalence in China A 10-Year Nationwide Longitudinal Study Obesity (Silver Spring) 2018 Nov26(11)1777-1784 doi 101002oby22310 Epub 2018 Oct 3

210 Bai R Wei J An R Li Y Collett L Dang S Dong W Wang D Fang Z Zhao Y Wang Y Trends in Life Expectancy and Its Association with Economic Factors in the Belt and Road Countries-Evidence from 2000⁻2014 Int J Environ Res Public Health 2018 Dec 1715(12) pii E2890 doi

2019 211 Jia P Xue H Yin L Stein A Wang M Wang Y Spatial Technologies in Obesity Research

Current Applications and Future Promise Trends Endocrinol Metab 2019 Jan 31 pii S1043-2760(18)30227-3 doi 101016jtem201812003

212 Li M Fu R Xue H Wang Y Intergenerational Association of Maternal Obesity and Child

Peer Victimization in the United States J Health Soc Behav 2019 Jan 2922146518824566 doi 1011770022146518824566 [Epub ahead of print]

213 Jia P Stein A James P Brownson RC Wu T Xiao Q Wang L Sabel CE Wang Y Earth Observation Investigating Noncommunicable Diseases from Space Annu Rev Public Health 2019 Jan 11 doi 101146annurev-publhealth-040218-043807 [Epub ahead of print]

214 Shi Z Li M Wang Y Liu J El-Obeid T High iron intake is associated with poor cognition

among Chinese old adults and varied by weight status-a 15-y longitudinal study in 4852 adults Am J Clin Nutr 2019 Jan 1109(1)109-116 doi 101093ajcnnqy254

215 Wang Y Jia P Cheng X Xue H Improvement in food environments may help prevent

childhood obesity Evidence from a 9-year cohort study Pediatr Obes 2019 Oct14(10)e12536 doi 101111ijpo12536 Epub 2019 May 31

216 Jia P Xue H Cheng X Wang Y Effects of school neighborhood food environments on childhood obesity at multiple scales a longitudinal kindergarten cohort study in the USA BMC Med 2019 May 2217(1)99 doi 101186s12916-019-1329-2

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

43

217 Wen X Eiden RD Justicia-Linde FE Wang Y Higgins ST Kong KL Shittu AAT Perkins JM Esadah P Mautner TE Epstein LH Reducing fetal origins of childhood obesity through maternal smoking cessation during pregnancy an intervention study Int J Obes (Lond) 2019 Jul43(7)1435-1439

218 Jia P Xue H Cheng X Wang Y Wang Y Association of neighborhood built environments

with childhood obesity Evidence from a 9-year longitudinal nationally representative survey in the US Environ Int 2019 Jul128158-164 doi 101016jenvint201903067 Epub 2019 May 3

219 Jia P Wang Y Global health efforts and opportunities related to the Belt and Road Initiative

The Lancet Global Health 2019 Jun7(6)e703-e705 doi 101016S2214-109X(19)30062-2

220 Kim J Kim G Park J Wang Y Lim H Effectiveness of Teacher-Led Nutritional Lessons in Altering Dietary Habits and Nutritional Status in Preschool Children Adoption of a NASA Mission X-Based Program Nutrients 2019 Jul 1311(7) pii E1590

221 Wei J Liu X Xue H Wang Y Shi Z Comparisons of Visceral Adiposity Index Body Shape

Index Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference and Their Associations with Diabetes Mellitus in Adults Nutrients 2019 Jul 1211(7) pii E1580

222 Lin YC Chen HJ Wang Y Min J Wu HC Carvajal NA Yang HY NASA Mission X

program for healthy eating and active living among Taiwanese elementary school students J Pediatr Nurs 2019 Jul 12 pii S0882-5963(19)30237-4

223 Jia P Lakerveld J Wu J Stein A Root ED Sabel CE Vermeulen R Remais JV Chen X

Brownson RC Amer S Xiao Q Wang L Verschuren WMM Wu T Wang Y James P Top 10 Research Priorities in Spatial Lifecourse Epidemiology Environ Health Perspect 2019 Jul127(7)74501

224 Wang Y Xue H Sun M Zhu X Zhao L Yang Y Prevention and control of obesity in China

Lancet Glob Health 2019 Sep7(9)e1166-e1167

225 Wei J Bhurtyal A Dhungana RA Zheng J Bhattara B Wang L Sun X Maskey M Wang Y Changes in patterns of the double burden of under- and over-nutrition in Nepal over time Obesity Review 2019 Sep20(9)1321-1334

226 Mulugeta W Xue H Glick M Min J Noe MF Wang Y Disease Burdens and Risk Factors for

Diabetes Hypertension and Hyperlipidemia among Refugees in Buffalo New York 2004-2014 J Health Care Poor Underserved 201930(3)1119-1131

[NOTE We have some more papers under revision invited by the journals or are under review by journals]

Invited Commentaries in Peer-reviewed Journals 1 Wang Y Child and Adolescent Obesity (book review) JAMA 2003289(14)1863

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

43

217 Wen X Eiden RD Justicia-Linde FE Wang Y Higgins ST Kong KL Shittu AAT Perkins JM Esadah P Mautner TE Epstein LH Reducing fetal origins of childhood obesity through maternal smoking cessation during pregnancy an intervention study Int J Obes (Lond) 2019 Jul43(7)1435-1439

218 Jia P Xue H Cheng X Wang Y Wang Y Association of neighborhood built environments

with childhood obesity Evidence from a 9-year longitudinal nationally representative survey in the US Environ Int 2019 Jul128158-164 doi 101016jenvint201903067 Epub 2019 May 3

219 Jia P Wang Y Global health efforts and opportunities related to the Belt and Road Initiative

The Lancet Global Health 2019 Jun7(6)e703-e705 doi 101016S2214-109X(19)30062-2

220 Kim J Kim G Park J Wang Y Lim H Effectiveness of Teacher-Led Nutritional Lessons in Altering Dietary Habits and Nutritional Status in Preschool Children Adoption of a NASA Mission X-Based Program Nutrients 2019 Jul 1311(7) pii E1590

221 Wei J Liu X Xue H Wang Y Shi Z Comparisons of Visceral Adiposity Index Body Shape

Index Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference and Their Associations with Diabetes Mellitus in Adults Nutrients 2019 Jul 1211(7) pii E1580

222 Lin YC Chen HJ Wang Y Min J Wu HC Carvajal NA Yang HY NASA Mission X

program for healthy eating and active living among Taiwanese elementary school students J Pediatr Nurs 2019 Jul 12 pii S0882-5963(19)30237-4

223 Jia P Lakerveld J Wu J Stein A Root ED Sabel CE Vermeulen R Remais JV Chen X

Brownson RC Amer S Xiao Q Wang L Verschuren WMM Wu T Wang Y James P Top 10 Research Priorities in Spatial Lifecourse Epidemiology Environ Health Perspect 2019 Jul127(7)74501

224 Wang Y Xue H Sun M Zhu X Zhao L Yang Y Prevention and control of obesity in China

Lancet Glob Health 2019 Sep7(9)e1166-e1167

225 Wei J Bhurtyal A Dhungana RA Zheng J Bhattara B Wang L Sun X Maskey M Wang Y Changes in patterns of the double burden of under- and over-nutrition in Nepal over time Obesity Review 2019 Sep20(9)1321-1334

226 Mulugeta W Xue H Glick M Min J Noe MF Wang Y Disease Burdens and Risk Factors for

Diabetes Hypertension and Hyperlipidemia among Refugees in Buffalo New York 2004-2014 J Health Care Poor Underserved 201930(3)1119-1131

[NOTE We have some more papers under revision invited by the journals or are under review by journals]

Invited Commentaries in Peer-reviewed Journals 1 Wang Y Child and Adolescent Obesity (book review) JAMA 2003289(14)1863

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

44

2 Wang Y Tussing L Culturally Appropriate Approaches Are Needed to Reduce Ethnic Disparity in Childhood Obesity Journal of the American Dietetic Association 2004104(11)1664-6

3 Caballero B Wang Y Commentary Obesity and mortalitymdashlight at the end but still a long tunnel

International Journal of Epidemiology 200635(1)21-2 4 Wang Y The influence of blood pressure on risks for cardiovascular diseases What should be

done now American Journal of Hypertension 200821(3)247

5 Chen X Wang Y Commentary Optimal body mass index cut points International Journal of Epidemiology 2010 201039(4)1045-7 [YW as corresponding author]

6 Zhang Q Wang Y Socioeconomic and RacialEthnic Disparity in Americansrsquo Adherence to Federal Dietary Recommendations Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 2012112(5)614-6 [YW as corresponding author]

7 Wang Y Prevention of Childhood Obesity Whatrsquos the Current Evidence The World Health Organization (WHO) electronic Library of Evidence for Nutrition Actions (eLENA) (httpwwwwhointelenaenindexhtml) 2012

Letters in Peer-reviewed Journals 1 Wang Y Wang JQ Standard definition of child overweight and obesity worldwide authors

standard compares well with WHO standard British Medical Journal (BMJ) 20003211158 2 Wang Y Popkin BM Wang X Reply to RS Lindsay et al (Tracking of body mass index during

childhood and adolescence) American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 200174 149-50 3 Wang Y Wang X Letter to the Editor RE Tracking of cardiovascular risk factors the Tromso

Study 1979-1995rdquo American Journal of Epidemiology 20021551144-1145 4 Wang Y Is Obesity Associated With Early Sexual Maturation Pediatrics 2004113171-172 5 Koh-Banerjee P Wang Y Willett W Authorsrsquo response to Snijder et al RE Changes in Body

Weight and Body Fat Distribution as Risk Factors for Clinical Diabetes in US Men American Journal of Epidemiology 2004160 1134-1135

6 Wang Y Rimm EB Stampfer MJ Willett WC Hu FB Is waist circumference good enough as a

simple anthropometric measure for predicting obesity-related health risks American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 200582 1135

7 Wang Y Zhang Q Authorrsquos response to ldquoPoverty threshold as an indicator of the association

between childhood overweight and SES over timerdquo American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 200785(5)1437-8

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

45

8 Beydoun MA Beydoun H Wang Y Authorrsquos response to ldquoObesity and central obesity as risk factors for incident dementia and its sub-types A systematic review and meta-analysisrdquo Obesity Reviews 20089(6)633-4

9 Qu W Zheng W Wang S Wang Y Chinas new national standard for drinking water takes effect Lancet 2012380(9853)e8 doi 101016S0140-6736(12)61884-4

Book chapters monographs and manuals 1 Wang Y Mi J Shang X Childhood obesity an important public health problem In ldquoOn the

Frontiers of Science (Vol 1) Life Sciencerdquo Ed Liu GK Tsinghua University Press and Interpress Beijing 2003

2 Wang Y Prevalence and trends in childhood obesity In ldquoChildhood Obesity The New Crisis in

Public Healthrdquo The International Obesity TaskForce (IOTF)rsquos Report to the WHO Ed Tim Lobstein Louise Baur Ricardo Uauy 2003

3 Wang Y Must A Global burden of childhood obesity In ldquoThe Nationrsquos Nutritionrdquo Ed E

Kennedy and RJ Deckelbaum The International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI)(book chapter) 2007 4 Wang Y Kumanyika S Epidemiology of Obesity in the United States In ldquoHandbook of Obesity

Preventionrdquo Ed Kumanyika S and Brownson R Springer (book chapter) 2007 5 Wang Y ldquoThe Link Between Leisure Time Activities And the Increasing Prevalence of Obesity

Among Youth In Developed Countriesrdquo in the United Nations 2007 World Youth Report 6 Wang Y Child Obesity and Health In Encyclopedia of Public Health Ed Kris Heggenhougen

Elsevier 2010 7 Wang Y Mi J Tao Y Chen P Epidemiology of obesity in children and adolescents in China In

Epidemiology of Obesity in Children and Adolescents Springer (book chapter) 2011 8 Rodriacuteguez G Pietrobelli A Wang Y Moreno LA Methodological aspects for childhood and

adolescence obesity epidemiology In Epidemiology of Obesity in Children and Adolescents Springer (book chapter) 2011

9 Wang Y Gender Ethnicityrace Socioeconomic Status and Obesity In Obesity Ed Manuel

Serrano Riacuteos Joseacute M Ordovaacutes amp Joseacute AGutieacuterrez-Fuentes (book chapter) 2011

10 Zhang Q Wang Y Fruit and Vegetable Prices Dietary Intakes and Income Potential Cost versus Benefit In Nutrients Dietary Supplements and Nutriceuticals Cost Analysis versus Clinical Benefits (book chapter) 2012

11 Wang Y Chen HJ Use of percentiles and Z-scores in anthropometry Use of percentiles and Z-

scores in anthropometry In Handbook of Anthropometry Physical Measures of Human Form in Health and Disease Springer (book chapter) 2012

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

46

12 Wang Y Wu Y Wilson RF Bleich S Cheskin L Weston C Showell N Fawole O Lau B Segal J Childhood Obesity Prevention Programs Comparative Effectiveness Review and Meta-Analysis [Internet] Rockville (MD) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US) 2013 Jun PMID 23865092 httpwwweffectivehealthcareahrqgovehcproducts3301524obesity-child-report-130610pdf [This is an 835-page report available online]

13 Wang Y Lim HL Epidemiology of Obesity The Global Situation In Integrative Weight

Management Springer (book chapter) 2nd edition 2014 14 Wang Y Lim HL Epidemiology of obesity in children In Adipose Tissue and Adipokines in

Health and Disease Springer (book chapter) 2014

15 Wang Y Wang L Child obesity and health in ldquoInternational Encyclopedia of Public Healthrdquo 2nd edition (book chapter) 2015

16 Wang Y Global perspectives of childhood obesity Prevalence contributing factors and

preventionin the book ldquoChildhood Obesity Causes Consequences and Intervention Approachesrdquo edited by Michael Goran (book chapter) 2016

17 Wang Y Chapter 9 Potential mechanisms in childhood obesity causes and prevention In Energy balance and obesity IARC Working Group Reports Volume 10 2017 Edited by Isabelle Romieu Laure Dossus and Walter C Willett WHO httppublicationsiarcfrBook-And-Report-SeriesIarc-Working-Group-ReportsEnergy-Balance-And-Obesity-2017 [It is a commissioned report for the World Health Organization (WHO) organized Energy Balance and Obesity Workshop 2016 which included 17 invited international leaders in the field IARC Working Group Reports Volume 10 Energy balance and obesity httpwwwiarcfrenmedia-centreiarcnews2017workinggroupreport10php [This is WHO IARC commissioned project ldquoThe International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) is pleased to announce the publication of a new IARC Working Group Report The report entitled Energy Balance and Obesity reviews the drivers of obesity including the roles of excess energy intake and specific foods and nutrients in the global obesity epidemic The report is the result of the collaborative work of 17 international experts and is based on the latest scientific evidencerdquo]

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Main research interests

bull Childhood obesity assessment global trends causes health consequences and prevention bull Child growth sexual maturation and health bull Non-communicable chronic diseases (NCDs eg hypertension cardiovascular disease

metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes) bull Tracking of obesity and lifestyles from childhood to adulthood changes in American

childrenrsquos and adultsrsquo eating and physical activity patterns over time bull Health disparities

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

46

12 Wang Y Wu Y Wilson RF Bleich S Cheskin L Weston C Showell N Fawole O Lau B Segal J Childhood Obesity Prevention Programs Comparative Effectiveness Review and Meta-Analysis [Internet] Rockville (MD) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US) 2013 Jun PMID 23865092 httpwwweffectivehealthcareahrqgovehcproducts3301524obesity-child-report-130610pdf [This is an 835-page report available online]

13 Wang Y Lim HL Epidemiology of Obesity The Global Situation In Integrative Weight

Management Springer (book chapter) 2nd edition 2014 14 Wang Y Lim HL Epidemiology of obesity in children In Adipose Tissue and Adipokines in

Health and Disease Springer (book chapter) 2014

15 Wang Y Wang L Child obesity and health in ldquoInternational Encyclopedia of Public Healthrdquo 2nd edition (book chapter) 2015

16 Wang Y Global perspectives of childhood obesity Prevalence contributing factors and

preventionin the book ldquoChildhood Obesity Causes Consequences and Intervention Approachesrdquo edited by Michael Goran (book chapter) 2016

17 Wang Y Chapter 9 Potential mechanisms in childhood obesity causes and prevention In Energy balance and obesity IARC Working Group Reports Volume 10 2017 Edited by Isabelle Romieu Laure Dossus and Walter C Willett WHO httppublicationsiarcfrBook-And-Report-SeriesIarc-Working-Group-ReportsEnergy-Balance-And-Obesity-2017 [It is a commissioned report for the World Health Organization (WHO) organized Energy Balance and Obesity Workshop 2016 which included 17 invited international leaders in the field IARC Working Group Reports Volume 10 Energy balance and obesity httpwwwiarcfrenmedia-centreiarcnews2017workinggroupreport10php [This is WHO IARC commissioned project ldquoThe International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) is pleased to announce the publication of a new IARC Working Group Report The report entitled Energy Balance and Obesity reviews the drivers of obesity including the roles of excess energy intake and specific foods and nutrients in the global obesity epidemic The report is the result of the collaborative work of 17 international experts and is based on the latest scientific evidencerdquo]

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Main research interests

bull Childhood obesity assessment global trends causes health consequences and prevention bull Child growth sexual maturation and health bull Non-communicable chronic diseases (NCDs eg hypertension cardiovascular disease

metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes) bull Tracking of obesity and lifestyles from childhood to adulthood changes in American

childrenrsquos and adultsrsquo eating and physical activity patterns over time bull Health disparities

Youfa Wang MD PhD MS FTOS 2019

47

bull Global health bull Calcium and dairy consumption and health outcomes bull Nutritional epidemiology application of advanced statistical data analysis methods in

epidemiologic research BigData bull Application of systems science methods in public health bull mHealth

• Society Membership and Leadership
• 2007- Advisory Board National Childhood Obesity Foundation (ongoing)
• • University of Illinois at Chicago 2001-2004
  • Title ldquoSystems-Based Intervention Trial Multi-level Obesity Prevention Study (Be More Healthy Community for Kids)rdquo (one of the three key projects in the NIH U54 Center grant)