Metabolic Health — Publications

Ethnic Mixture and Body Mass Index as Modifiers of Breast Cancer Risk among Native Hawaiian Women: Insights from the Multiethnic Cohort

Valdez D, Abe JV, Bohmann P, Bogumil D, Wilkens LR, Marchand LL, Haiman CA, Shepherd JA, Maskarinec G

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, 35, 597-603 (2026)

High dietary total energy intake and energy density are associated with girls’ breast density during puberty

Carrasco C, Garmendia ML, Martínez-Arroyo A, Shepherd J, Pereira A

European Journal of Nutrition, 64, 245 (2025)

Increased adiposity and impaired sleep are associated with severity of greater trochanteric pain syndrome: a cross-sectional study

Minetto MA, Busso C, Andrighetti M, Quilico E, Shepherd J, Heymsfield SB, Pietrobelli A

Frontiers in Medicine, 12, 1718267 (2025)

Comparing body composition techniques against an adapted multicompartment model in individuals with excess body weight

Montenegro J, Bennett JP, Oliveira CLP, Berg A, Sharma AM, Mereu L, Shepherd J, Siervo M, Walter J, Prado CM

Nutrition, 143, 113033 (2025)

Tumor cell-adipocyte gap junctions activate lipolysis and contribute to breast tumorigenesis

Williams J, Camarda R, Malkov S, Zimmerman LJ, Manning S, Aran D, …, Shepherd J, et al.

Nature Communications, 16, 7438 (2025)

Prediction of future visceral adiposity and application to cancer research: The Multiethnic Cohort Study

Wilkens LR, Castelfranco AM, Monroe KR, Kristal BS, Cheng I, Maskarinec G, Hullar MA, Lampe JW, Shepherd J, Franke AA, Ernst T, Marchand LL, Lim U

PLoS ONE, 19, e0306606 (2024)

Circulating Lipids in an Older, Multiethnic Population: Self-Reported Subgroups as a Gateway to Precision Nutrition

Kristal BS, Sniatynski MJ, Belenky M, Struble JS, Lim U, Hullar MA, Lampe JW, Maskarinec G, Shepherd J, Wilkens LR, Marchand LL

Current Developments in Nutrition, 8, 103619 (2024)

Accurate prediction of three-dimensional humanoid avatars for anthropometric modeling

McCarthy C, Wong MC, Brown J, Ramirez S, Yang S, Bennett JP, Shepherd J, Heymsfield SB

International Journal of Obesity, 48, 1741-1747 (2024)

Effect of Intermittent vs. Continuous Energy Restriction on Visceral Fat: Protocol for The Healthy Diet and Lifestyle Study 2 (HDLS2)

Lewis MY, Yonemori K, Ross A, Wilkens LR, Shepherd J, Cassel K, Stenger A, Rettenmeier CA, Lim U, Boushey CJ, Marchand LL

Nutrients, 16, 1478 (2024)

Dietary intake and visceral adiposity in older adults: The Multiethnic Cohort Adiposity Phenotype study

Merritt MA, Lim U, Lampe JW, Kaenkumchorn T, Boushey CJ, Wilkens LR, Shepherd J, Ernst T, Marchand LL

Obesity Science & Practice, 10, e734 (2024)

Trunk-to-leg volume and appendicular lean mass from a commercial 3-dimensional optical body scanner for disease risk identification

Bennett JP, Wong MC, Liu YE, Quon BK, Kelly NN, Garber AK, Heymsfield SB, Shepherd J

Clinical Nutrition, 43, 2430-2437 (2024)

Generative deep learning furthers the understanding of local distributions of fat and muscle on body shape and health using 3D surface scans

Leong LT, Wong MC, Liu YE, Glaser Y, Quon BK, Kelly NN, Cataldi D, Sadowski P, Heymsfield SB, Shepherd J

Communications Medicine, 4, 13 (2024)

Clinical Anthropometrics and Body Composition from 3-Dimensional Optical Imaging

Minetto MA, Busso C, Ferraris A, Pietrobelli A, Shepherd J, McCarthy C, Heymsfield SB

Journal of Visualized Experiments, , (2024)

Breast composition during and after puberty: the Chilean Growth and Obesity Cohort Study

Pereira A, Garmendia ML, Leiva V, Corvalán C, Michels KB, Shepherd J

Breast Cancer Research, 26, 45 (2024)

Prediction of total and regional body composition from 3D body shape

Qiao C, Rolfe EDL, Mak E, Sengupta A, Powell RC, Watson L, Heymsfield SB, Shepherd J, Wareham NJ, Brage S, Cipolla R

npj Digital Medicine, 7, 298 (2024)

Evaluation of visceral adipose tissue thresholds for elevated metabolic syndrome risk across diverse populations: A systematic review

Bennett JP, Prado CM, Heymsfield SB, Shepherd J

Obesity Reviews, 25, e13767 (2024)

Untargeted serum metabolomic profiles and breast density in young women

Jung S, Silva S, Dallal CM, LeBlanc ES, Paris K, Shepherd J, Snetselaar L, Horn LV, Zhang Y, Dorgan JF

Cancer Causes & Control, 35, 323-334 (2023)

Predictors of visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue and muscle density: The ShapeUp! Kids study

Maskarinec G, Shvetsov YB, Wong MC, Cataldi D, Bennett JP, Garber AK, Buchthal SD, Heymsfield SB, Shepherd J

Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, 34, 799-806 (2023)

A comparison of associations of body mass index and dual‐energy x‐ray absorptiometry measured percentage fat and total fat with global serum metabolites in young women

Dorgan JF, Ryan AS, LeBlanc ES, Horn LV, Magder LS, Snetselaar L, Zhang Y, Dallal CM, Jung S, Shepherd J

Obesity, 31, 525-536 (2023)

The association of a healthy lifestyle index and imaging-based body fat distribution with glycemic status and Type 2 diabetes in the Multi Ethnic Cohort: a cross-sectional analysis

Klapp R, Nimptsch K, Pischon T, Wilkens LR, Lim U, Guillermo C, Setiawan VW, Shepherd J, Marchand LL, Maskarinec G

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 78, 236-242 (2023)

Genome-wide association study of abdominal MRI-measured visceral fat: The multiethnic cohort adiposity phenotype study

Streicher SA, Lim U, Park SL, Li Y, Sheng X, Hom V, …, Shepherd J, et al.

PLoS ONE, 18, e0279932 (2023)

Equations for smartphone prediction of adiposity and appendicular lean mass in youth soccer players

Minetto MA, Pietrobelli A, Ferraris A, Busso C, Magistrali M, Vignati C, Sieglinger BA, Bruner DM, Shepherd J, Heymsfield SB

Scientific Reports, 13, 20734 (2023)

Visceral adipose tissue reference data computed for GE HealthCare DXA from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data set

Bennett JP, Quon BK, Fan B, Liu E, Kazemi L, Villegas‐Valle RC, Ahgun R, Wu X, Zhou H, Lü Y, Shepherd J

Obesity, 31, 2947-2959 (2023)

Cross-sectional assessment of body composition and detection of malnutrition risk in participants with low body mass index and eating disorders using 3D optical surface scans

Garber AK, Bennett JP, Wong MC, Tian IY, Maskarinec G, Kennedy S, McCarthy C, Kelly NN, Liu YE, Machen VI, Heymsfield SB, Shepherd J

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 118, 812-821 (2023)

Standardization of dual‐energy x‐ray visceral adipose tissue measures for comparison across clinical imaging systems

Bennett JP, Fan B, Liu E, Kazemi L, Wu X, Zhou H, Lü Y, Shepherd J

Obesity, 31, 2936-2946 (2023)

Total and regional appendicular skeletal muscle mass prediction from dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry body composition models

McCarthy C, Tinsley GM, Bosy‐Westphal A, Müller MJ, Shepherd J, Gallagher D, Heymsfield SB

Scientific Reports, 13, 2590 (2023)

Body composition changes in a 12-week exercise intervention for breast cancer patients.

Asato C, Vance A, Cheng S, Lim S, Yamada PM, Teranishi-Hashimoto C, Shepherd J, Fukui J

Journal of Clinical Oncology, 40, e12500 (2022)

Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and breast composition in a longitudinal study of Chilean girls

Yoon L, Corvalán C, Pereira A, Shepherd J, Michels KB

Breast Cancer Research, 24, 3 (2022)

Are methods of estimating fat-free mass loss with energy-restricted diets accurate?

Heymsfield SB, Ludwig DS, Wong JM, McCarthy C, Heo M, Shepherd J, Ebbeling CB

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 77, 525-531 (2022)

Emergence of the adolescent obesity epidemic in the United States: five-decade visualization with humanoid avatars

Bennett JP, Wong MC, McCarthy C, Fearnbach N, Queen K, Shepherd J, Heymsfield SB

International Journal of Obesity, 46, 1587-1590 (2022)

Emergence of the obesity epidemic: 6-decade visualization with humanoid avatars

Wong MC, McCarthy C, Fearnbach N, Yang S, Shepherd J, Heymsfield SB

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 115, 1189-1193 (2022)

Three‐dimensional optical body shape and features improve prediction of metabolic disease risk in a diverse sample of adults

Bennett JP, Liu YE, Quon BK, Kelly NN, Leong LT, Wong MC, Kennedy S, Chow DC, Garber AK, Weiss EJ, Heymsfield SB, Shepherd J

Obesity, 30, 1589-1598 (2022)

Subcutaneous and visceral fat assessment by DXA and MRI in older adults and children

Maskarinec G, Shvetsov YB, Wong MC, Garber AK, Monroe KR, Ernst T, Buchthal SD, Lim U, Marchand LL, Heymsfield SB, Shepherd J

Obesity, 30, 920-930 (2022)

Next-generation smart watches to estimate whole-body composition using bioimpedance analysis: accuracy and precision in a diverse, multiethnic sample

Bennett JP, Liu YE, Kelly NN, Quon BK, Wong MC, McCarthy C, Heymsfield SB, Shepherd J

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 116, 1418-1429 (2022)

Digital Anthropometry for Body Circumference Measurements: European Phenotypic Variations throughout the Decades

Minetto MA, Pietrobelli A, Busso C, Bennett JP, Ferraris A, Shepherd J, Heymsfield SB

Journal of Personalized Medicine, 12, 906 (2022)

Anthropometric evaluation of a 3D scanning mobile application

Smith B, McCarthy C, Dechenaud M, Wong MC, Shepherd J, Heymsfield SB

Obesity, 30, 1181-1188 (2022)

Biomarker-based visceral adiposity score and incident type 2 diabetes in the multiethnic cohort

Maskarinec G, Raquinio PA, Setiawan VW, Ernst T, Franke AA, Buchthal SD, Shepherd J, Wilkens LR, Lim U, Marchand LL

Annals of Epidemiology, 63, 29-34 (2021)

Associations of the Dietary Inflammatory Index With Total Adiposity and Ectopic Fat and the Mediating Effect of the Gut Microbiota

Panizza C, Wilkens LR, Shvetsov YB, Maskarinec G, Park S, Shepherd J, Boushey CJ, Hébert JR, Wirth MD, Ernst T, Randolph TW, Lim U, Lampe JW, Marchand LL, Hullar MA

Current Developments in Nutrition, 5, 1173 (2021)

Diet and Liver Adiposity in Older Adults: The Multiethnic Cohort Adiposity Phenotype Study

Kaenkumchorn T, Merritt MA, Lim U, Marchand LL, Boushey CJ, Shepherd J, Wilkens LR, Ernst T, Lampe JW

Journal of Nutrition, 151, 3579-3587 (2021)

Genome-wide association study of pancreatic fat: The Multiethnic Cohort Adiposity Phenotype Study

Streicher SA, Lim U, Park SL, Li Y, Sheng X, Hom V, …, Shepherd J, et al.

PLoS ONE, 16, e0249615 (2021)

Utility of self-rated adherence for monitoring dietary and physical activity compliance and assessment of participant feedback of the Healthy Diet and Lifestyle Study pilot

O’Reilly H, Panizza C, Lim U, Yonemori K, Wilkens LR, Shvetsov YB, Harvie M, Shepherd J, Zhu F, Marchand LL, Boushey CJ, Cassel K

Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 7, 48 (2021)

Body Fat Distribution, Glucose Metabolism, and Diabetes Status Among Older Adults: The Multiethnic Cohort Adiposity Phenotype Study

Maskarinec G, Raquinio P, Kristal BS, Franke AA, Buchthal SD, Ernst T, Monroe KR, Shepherd J, Shvetsov YB, Marchand LL, Lim U

Journal of Epidemiology, 32, 314-322 (2021)

Multicomponent density models for body composition: Review of the dual energy X‐ray absorptiometry volume approach

Heymsfield SB, Smith B, Wong MC, Bennett JP, Ebbeling CB, Wong JM, Strauss BJ, Shepherd J

Obesity Reviews, 22, e13274 (2021)

Metabolic syndrome screening using visceral adipose tissue (VAT) from opportunistic MRI locations in a multi-ethnic population

Villegas‐Valle RC, Lim U, Maskarinec G, Franke AA, Ernst T, Fan B, Álvarez-Hernández G, Candia-Plata MDC, Díaz-Zavala RG, Wilkens LR, Monroe KR, Valencia ME, Marchand LL, Shepherd J

Obesity Research & Clinical Practice, 15, 227-234 (2021)

Digital anthropometric evaluation of young children: comparison to results acquired with conventional anthropometry

Kennedy S, Smith B, Sobhiyeh S, Dechenaud M, Wong MC, Kelly NN, Shepherd J, Heymsfield SB

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 76, 251-260 (2021)

The Gut Microbiome Is Associated with Circulating Dietary Biomarkers of Fruit and Vegetable Intake in a Multiethnic Cohort

Frankenfeld CL, Hullar MA, Maskarinec G, Monroe KR, Shepherd J, Franke AA, Randolph TW, Wilkens LR, Boushey CJ, Marchand LL, Lim U, Lampe JW

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 122, 78-98 (2021)

Associations of the gut microbiome with hepatic adiposity in the Multiethnic Cohort Adiposity Phenotype Study

Hullar MA, Jenkins I, Randolph TW, Curtis KR, Monroe KR, Ernst T, Shepherd J, Stram DO, Cheng I, Kristal BS, Wilkens LR, Franke AA, Marchand LL, Lim U, Lampe JW

Gut Microbes, 13, 1965463 (2021)

Assessment of clinical measures of total and regional body composition from a commercial 3-dimensional optical body scanner

Bennett JP, Liu YE, Quon BK, Kelly NN, Wong MC, Kennedy S, Chow DC, Garber AK, Weiss EJ, Heymsfield SB, Shepherd J

Clinical Nutrition, 41, 211-218 (2021)

Associations of the Dietary Inflammatory Index with total adiposity and ectopic fat through the gut microbiota, LPS, and C-reactive protein in the Multiethnic Cohort–Adiposity Phenotype Study

Panizza C, Wilkens LR, Shvetsov YB, Maskarinec G, Park S, Shepherd J, Boushey CJ, Hébert JR, Wirth MD, Ernst T, Randolph TW, Lim U, Lampe JW, Marchand LL, Hullar MA

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 115, 1344-1356 (2021)

The effect of longitudinal exercise programming in breast cancer patients.

Fukui J, Cheng S, Lim S, Shepherd J, Yamada PM, Teranishi-Hashimoto C

Journal of Clinical Oncology, 38, TPS12124 (2020)

Effect of excessive gestational weight on daughters’ breast density at the end of puberty onset

López A, Garmendia ML, Shepherd J, Michels KB, Corvalán C, Pereira A

Scientific Reports, 10, 6636 (2020)

Predictors of liver fat among children and adolescents from five different ethnic groups

Maskarinec G, Garber AK, Wong MC, Kelly NN, Kazemi L, Buchthal SD, Fearnbach N, Heymsfield SB, Shepherd J

Obesity Science & Practice, 7, 53-62 (2020)

Association between indicators of systemic inflammation biomarkers during puberty with breast density and onset of menarche

Michels KB, Keller K, Pereira A, Kim CE, Santos JL, Shepherd J, Corvalán C, Binder AM

Breast Cancer Research, 22, 104 (2020)

Diet Quality and Visceral Adiposity among a Multiethnic Population of Young, Middle, and Older Aged Adults

Panizza C, Wong MC, Kelly NN, Liu YE, Shvetsov YB, Lowe DA, Weiss EJ, Heymsfield SB, Kennedy S, Boushey CJ, Maskarinec G, Shepherd J

Current Developments in Nutrition, 4, nzaa090 (2020)

Distinct phenotypic characteristics of normal-weight adults at risk of developing cardiovascular and metabolic diseases

Stanley A, Schuna JM, Yang S, Kennedy S, Heo M, Wong MC, Shepherd J, Heymsfield SB

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 112, 967-978 (2020)

Differences in the association of diet quality with body fat distribution between men and women

Maskarinec G, Namatame LA, Kang M, Buchthal SD, Ernst T, Monroe KR, Shepherd J, Wilkens LR, Boushey CJ, Marchand LL, Lim U

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 74, 1434-1441 (2020)

Genome‐Wide Association Study of Liver Fat: The Multiethnic Cohort Adiposity Phenotype Study

Park S, Li Y, Sheng X, Hom V, Xia L, Zhao K, …, Shepherd J, et al.

Hepatology Communications, 4, 1112-1123 (2020)

Predicting 3D body shape and body composition from conventional 2D photography

Tian IY, Ng BK, Wong MC, Kennedy S, Hwaung P, Kelly NN, Liu E, Garber AK, Curless B, Heymsfield SB, Shepherd J

Medical Physics, 47, 6232-6245 (2020)

Novel body fat estimation using machine learning and 3-dimensional optical imaging

Harty PS, Sieglinger BA, Heymsfield SB, Shepherd J, Bruner DM, Stratton MT, Tinsley GM

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 74, 842-845 (2020)

Body Composition Measurements from Birth through 5 Years: Challenges, Gaps, and Existing & Emerging Technologies—A National Institutes of Health workshop

Gallagher D, Andres A, Fields DA, Evans WJ, Kuczmarski RJ, Lowe WL, Lumeng JC, Oken E, Shepherd J, Sun SS, Heymsfield SB

Obesity Reviews, 21, e13033 (2020)

Associations of plasma trimethylamine N-oxide, choline, carnitine, and betaine with inflammatory and cardiometabolic risk biomarkers and the fecal microbiome in the Multiethnic Cohort Adiposity Phenotype Study

Fu BC, Hullar MA, Randolph TW, Franke AA, Monroe KR, Cheng I, Wilkens LR, Shepherd J, Madeleine MM, Marchand LL, Lim U, Lampe JW

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 111, 1226-1234 (2020)

Myosteatosis in the Context of Skeletal Muscle Function Deficit: An Interdisciplinary Workshop at the National Institute on Aging

Correa‐de‐Araujo R, Addison O, Miljkovic I, Goodpaster BH, Bergman BC, Clark RV, Elena JW, Esser KA, Ferrucci L, Harris‐Love MO, Kritchevsky S, Lorbergs AL, Shepherd J, Shulman GI, Rosen CJ

Frontiers in Physiology, 11, 963 (2020)

Effects of Time-Restricted Eating on Weight Loss and Other Metabolic Parameters in Women and Men With Overweight and Obesity

Lowe DA, Wu N, Rohdin-Bibby L, Moore AH, Kelly NN, Liu YE, Philip EJ, Vittinghoff E, Heymsfield SB, Olgin JE, Shepherd J, Weiss EJ

JAMA Internal Medicine, 180, 1491 (2020)

Association of Imaging-Based Body Fat Distribution and Mammographic Density in the Multiethnic Cohort Adiposity Phenotype Study

Maskarinec G, Ciba M, Ju D, Shepherd J, Ernst T, Wu AH, Monroe KR, Lim U, Wilkens LR, Marchand LL

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, 29, 352-358 (2019)

Greater Height Is Associated with a Larger Carotid Lumen Diameter

Hwaung P, Heo M, Bourgeois B, Kennedy S, Shepherd J, Heymsfield SB

Medicines, 6, 57 (2019)

Changes in Visceral and Subcutaneous Fat in Youth With Type 2 Diabetes in the TODAY Study

Dhaliwal R, Shepherd J, ghormli LE, Copeland KC, Geffner ME, Higgins J, Levitsky LL, Nadeau KJ, Weinstock RS, White NH

Diabetes Care, 42, 1549-1559 (2019)

Combined effect of volumetric breast density and body mass index on breast cancer risk

Engmann NJ, Scott CG, Jensen MR, Winham SJ, Miglioretti DL, Ma L, …, Shepherd J, et al.

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 177, 165-173 (2019)

Optimum waist circumference‐height indices for evaluating adult adiposity: An analytic review

Hwaung P, Heo M, Kennedy S, Hong S, Thomas DM, Shepherd J, Heymsfield SB

Obesity Reviews, 21, e12947 (2019)

Effects of Intermittent Energy Restriction Combined with a Mediterranean Diet on Reducing Visceral Adiposity: A Randomized Active Comparator Pilot Study

Panizza C, Lim U, Yonemori K, Cassel K, Wilkens LR, Harvie M, Maskarinec G, Delp EJ, Lampe JW, Shepherd J, Marchand LL, Boushey CJ

Nutrients, 11, 1386 (2019)

Children and Adolescents’ Anthropometrics Body Composition from 3‐D Optical Surface Scans

Wong MC, Ng BK, Kennedy S, Hwaung P, Liu EY, Kelly NN, Pagano I, Garber AK, Chow DC, Heymsfield SB, Shepherd J

Obesity, 27, 1738-1749 (2019)

Body mass index, mammographic density, and breast cancer risk by estrogen receptor subtype

Shieh Y, Scott CG, Jensen MR, Norman AD, Bertrand KA, Pankratz VS, Brandt KR, Visscher DW, Shepherd J, Tamimi RM, Vachon CM, Kerlikowske K

Breast Cancer Research, 21, 48 (2019)

Fecal Microbial Diversity and Structure Are Associated with Diet Quality in the Multiethnic Cohort Adiposity Phenotype Study

Maskarinec G, Hullar MA, Monroe KR, Shepherd J, Hunt J, Randolph TW, Wilkens LR, Boushey CJ, Marchand LL, Lim U, Lampe JW

Journal of Nutrition, 149, 1575-1584 (2019)

Detailed 3-dimensional body shape features predict body composition, blood metabolites, and functional strength: the Shape Up! studies

Ng BK, Sommer MJ, Wong MC, Pagano I, Nie Y, Fan B, …, Shepherd J

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 110, 1316-1326 (2019)

The Shape of the Glucose Response Curve During an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test: Forerunner of Heightened Glycemic Failure Rates and Accelerated Decline in β-Cell Function in TODAY

Arslanian S, ghormli LE, Kim JY, Bacha F, Chan CL, Ismail HM, et al.

Diabetes Care, 42, 164-172 (2018)

Subcutaneous Fat Fibrosis Links Obesity to Insulin Resistance in Chinese Americans

Alba D, Farooq J, Lin M, Schafer AL, Shepherd J, Koliwad SK

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 103, 3194-3204 (2018)

Transethnic Evaluation Identifies Low-Frequency Loci Associated With 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentrations

Hong J, Hatchell KE, Bradfield JP, Bjonnes A, Chesi A, Lai C, …, Shepherd J, et al.

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 103, 1380-1392 (2018)

Improved strength prediction combining clinically available measures of skeletal muscle mass and quality

Bourgeois B, Fan B, Johannsen NM, González MC, Ng BK, Sommer MJ, Shepherd J, Heymsfield SB

Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle, 10, 84-94 (2018)

Propensity for Intra-abdominal and Hepatic Adiposity Varies Among Ethnic Groups

Lim U, Monroe KR, Buchthal S, Fan B, Cheng I, Kristal BS, Lampe JW, Hullar MA, Franke AA, Stram DO, Wilkens LR, Shepherd J, Ernst T, Marchand LL

Gastroenterology, 156, 966-975.e10 (2018)

First Genome-Wide Association Study of Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults Reveals Novel Insights Linking Immune and Metabolic Diabetes

Cousminer DL, Ahlqvist E, Mishra R, Andersen MK, Chesi A, Hawa MI, …, Shepherd J, et al.

Diabetes Care, 41, 2396-2403 (2018)

Should postmenopausal women eat more protein? Or do the elite just exercise and eat better?

Shepherd J, Shepherd J

Menopause The Journal of The North American Menopause Society, 24, 480-481 (2017)

Proceedings of the 2016 Santa Fe Bone Symposium: New Concepts in the Management of Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases

Lewiecki EM, Bilezikian JP, Bukata SV, Camacho PM, Clarke B, McClung MR, Miller PD, Shepherd J

Journal of Clinical Densitometry, 20, 134-152 (2017)

Modeling the shape and composition of the human body using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry images

Shepherd J, Ng BK, Fan B, Schwartz AV, Cawthon PM, Cummings SR, Kritchevsky SB, Nevitt M, Santanasto AJ, Cootes T

PLoS ONE, 12, e0175857 (2017)

Determinants of volumetric breast density in Chilean premenopausal women

Pereira A, Garmendia ML, Uauy R, Neira P, López‐Arana S, Malkov S, Shepherd J

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 162, 343-352 (2017)

Dairy intake in relation to breast and pubertal development in Chilean girls,

Gaskins AJ, Pereira A, Quintiliano DA, Shepherd J, Uauy R, Corvalán C, Michels KB

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 105, 1166-1175 (2017)

Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry body composition reference values of limbs and trunk from NHANES 1999–2004 with additional visualization methods

Hinton B, Fan B, Ng BK, Shepherd J

PLoS ONE, 12, e0174180 (2017)

Diet Quality in Midadulthood Predicts Visceral Adiposity and Liver Fatness in Older Ages: The Multiethnic Cohort Study

Maskarinec G, Lim U, Jacobs S, Monroe KR, Ernst T, Buchthal SD, Shepherd J, Wilkens LR, Marchand LL, Boushey CJ

Obesity, 25, 1442-1450 (2017)

Faster ticking rate of the epigenetic clock is associated with faster pubertal development in girls

Binder AM, Corvalán C, Mericq V, Pereira A, Santos JL, Horvath S, Shepherd J, Michels KB

Epigenetics, 13, 85-94 (2017)

Measuring body composition in low‐resource settings across the life course

Shepherd J, Heymsfield SB, Norris SA, Redman LM, Ward LC, Slater C

Obesity, 24, 985-988 (2016)

Clinical anthropometrics and body composition from 3D whole-body surface scans

Ng BK, Hinton B, Fan B, Kanaya AM, Shepherd J

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 70, 1265-1270 (2016)

Sex and Ethnic Differences in the Association of Obesity With Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Setiawan VW, Lim U, Lipworth L, Lu SC, Shepherd J, Ernst T, Wilkens LR, Henderson BE, Marchand LL

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 14, 309-316 (2015)

Youth and Young Adult Physical Activity and Body Composition of Young Adult Women: Findings from the Dietary Intervention Study in Children

Hodge MG, Hovinga ME, Gabriel KP, Snetselaar L, Shepherd J, Horn LV, Stevens VJ, Egleston BL, Robson AM, Jung S, Dorgan JF

Pediatric Exercise Science, 27, 140-150 (2014)

Analysis of Body Composition in Individuals With High Bone Mass Reveals a Marked Increase in Fat Mass in Women But Not Men

Gregson CL, Paggiosi M, Crabtree N, Steel SA, McCloskey E, Duncan EL, Fan B, Shepherd J, Fraser WD, Smith GD, Tobias JH

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 98, 818-828 (2013)

Ratio of Trunk to Leg Volume as a New Body Shape Metric for Diabetes and Mortality

Wilson J, Kanaya AM, Fan B, Shepherd J

PLoS ONE, 8, e68716 (2013)

Is Osteoporosis an Obesity Paradox?

Journal of Clinical Densitometry, 16, 131-132 (2012)

Asian Ethnicity is Associated With a Higher Trunk/Peripheral Fat Ratio in Women and Adolescent Girls

Morimoto Y, Maskarinec G, Conroy SM, Lim U, Shepherd J, Novotny R

Journal of Epidemiology, 22, 130-135 (2012)

Height, adiposity and body fat distribution and breast density in young women

Dorgan JF, Klifa C, Shepherd J, Egleston BL, Kwiterovich PO, Himes JH, Gabriel KP, Horn LV, Snetselaar L, Stevens VJ, Barton B, Robson AM, Lasser NL, Deshmukh S, Hylton NM

Breast Cancer Research, 14, R107 (2012)

Adolescent Diet and Metabolic Syndrome in Young Women: Results of the Dietary Intervention Study in Children (DISC) Follow-Up Study

Dorgan JF, Liu L, Barton B, Deshmukh S, Snetselaar L, Horn LV, Stevens VJ, Robson AM, Lasser NL, Himes JH, Shepherd J, Pourfarzib R, Gabriel KP, Kriska AM, Kwiterovich PO

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 96, E1999-E2008 (2011)

Puberty, body fat, and breast density in girls of several ethnic groups

Novotny R, Daida YG, Morimoto Y, Shepherd J, Maskarinec G

American Journal of Human Biology, 23, 359-365 (2011)

Effect of 1 year of an intentional weight loss intervention on bone mineral density in type 2 diabetes: Results from the look AHEAD randomized trial

Schwartz AV, Johnson K, Kahn SE, Shepherd J, Nevitt MC, Peters AL, Walkup MP, Hodges A, Williams CC, Bray GA

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 27, 619-627 (2011)

The Impact of Recent Technological Advances on the Trueness and Precision of DXA to Assess Body Composition

Toombs RJ, Ducher G, Shepherd J, Souza MJD

Obesity, 20, 30-39 (2011)

Body composition data for individuals 8 years of age and older: U.S. population, 1999-2004.

Borrud LG, Flegal KM, Looker AC, Everhart JE, Harris TB, Shepherd J

Vital and Health Statistics, Series 11, , 1-87 (2010)

High adiposity and high body mass index–for-age in US children and adolescents overall and by race-ethnic group

Flegal KM, Ogden CL, Yanovski JA, Freedman DS, Shepherd J, Graubard BI, Borrud LG

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 91, 1020-1026 (2010)

Comparisons of percentage body fat, body mass index, waist circumference, and waist-stature ratio in adults

Flegal KM, Shepherd J, Looker AC, Graubard BI, Borrud LG, Ogden CL, Harris TB, Everhart JE, Schenker N

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 89, 500-508 (2008)