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Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Faculty

Academic and professional preparation:

• Autonomous University of Barcelona, University of Barcelona, Loma Linda University SPH

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• EPDM 566 Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease
• NUTR 509 Public Health Nutrition
• NUTR 510 Advanced Public Health Nutrition
• NUTR 527 Assessment of Nutritional Status
• NUTR 543 Concepts in Nutrition Epidemiology
• NUTR 539 - Research methods in nutrition

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Research Interests:

The role of nut consumption in cardiovascular risk factors and IHD prevention, dietary assessment methodology, and dietary factors in the prevention and management of diabetes. Dietary characteristics of vegetarian children and adults, anthropometric parameters of vegetarian children and adults.

• The role of nuts in CVD risk factors.
• Dietary assessment methodologies.
• Anthropometric parameters of vegetarians.
• Diet and coronary heart disease risk

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Controlled trials on the effect of nut composition and CVD risk factors. Co-investigator on the AHS-2, calibration studies of dietary questionnaires.

Recent publications:

Sabaté, J, Ed. Vegetarian Nutrition. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2001, 551 pages, ISBN 0-8493-8508-3.

Sabaté, J. The Contribution of Vegetarian Diets to Human Health. In Modern Aspects of Nutrition Present Knowledge and Future Perspectives. Forum of Nutrition No. 56. Karger, Basel, 2003, pg. 218-220.

Rajaram, S, Dyett, PA, Sabaté, J. Nutrition and Vegetarianism. In. Klimis-Azcas, D, Wolinsky, I., Ed., Nutritional Concerns of Women. CRC Press, Boca Raton, 2004, pg. 419-456.

Other:

Chair of the program planning committee, fourth international congress on vegetarian nutrition. Scheduled for March 2002.

Articles:

Sabaté, J. The contribution of vegetarian diets to human health. Forum of Nutrition, (formerly "Bibliotheca Nutritio et Dieta"), S. Karger publishers, Basil, Switzerland, 2003;56:218-220 (in press)

Sabaté, J, Haddad E, Tanzman JS, Jambazian P, Rajaram S. Serum lipid response to a graded enrichment of a Step I diet with almonds: a randomized feeing trial. Am J Clin Nutr, 2003, 77:1379-84.

Sabaté, J. The contribution of vegetarian diets to health and disease - a paradigm shift? Am J Clin Nutr , Am J Clin Nutr 2003, 78:502S-507S.

Singh, PN, Sabaté, J, Fraser, GE. Does low meat consumption increase life expectancy in humans? Am J Clin Nutr 2003, 78:526S-532S.

Sabaté, J. Nut consumption and body weight. Am J Clin Nutr 2003, 78:647S-650S.

Wien, MA, Ikle, DN, Cole, SE, Saad, MF, Sabaté, JM , Kandeel, FR. Almonds vs Complex Carbohydrates in a Weight Reduction Program. Int J Obes 2003, 27:1365-1372.

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