Walter C. Willett
Harvard University
2514 Papers
22.7K Citations
Walter C. Willett is an academic researcher from Harvard University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Risk factor. The author has an hindex of 334, co-authored 2399 publications. Previous affiliations of Walter C. Willett include Tulane University & Tufts University.
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Papers
Association of Obesity With Risk of Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer Among Women.
Po Hong Liu,Kana Wu,Kimmie Ng,Ann G. Zauber,Long H. Nguyen,Mingyang Song,Xiaosheng He,Charles S. Fuchs,Shuji Ogino,Walter C. Willett,Walter C. Willett,Andrew T. Chan,Edward Giovannucci,Yin Cao,Yin Cao +14 more
TL;DR: Obesity was associated with an increased risk of early-onset CRC among women and similar associations were observed among women without a family history of CRC and without lower endoscopy within the past 10 years.
Diet and Lifestyle in the Prevention of Ovulatory Disorder Infertility
TL;DR: Following a “fertility diet” pattern may favorably influence fertility in otherwise healthy women, and the majority of infertility cases due to ovulation disorders may be preventable through modifications of diet and lifestyle.
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Trends in the Incidence of Coronary Heart Disease and Changes in Diet and Lifestyle in Women
Frank B. Hu,Meir J. Stampfer,JoAnn E. Manson,Francine Grodstein,Graham A. Colditz,Frank E. Speizer,Walter C. Willett +6 more
TL;DR: Following 85,941 women who were 34 to 59 years old and had no previously diagnosed cardiovascular disease or cancer from 1980 to 1994 in the Nurses' Health Study found the incidence of coronary disease declined by 31 percent.
Body-Mass Index and Mortality among Adults with Incident Type 2 Diabetes
Deirdre K Tobias,An Pan,Chandra L. Jackson,Éilis J. O'Reilly,Eric L. Ding,Walter C. Willett,JoAnn E. Manson,Frank B. Hu +7 more
TL;DR: No evidence of lower mortality among patients with diabetes who were overweight or obese at diagnosis, as compared with their normal-weight counterparts, or of an obesity paradox is found.
A prospective study of plasma homocyst(e)ine and risk of ischemic stroke.
TL;DR: In subgroup analyses, elevated homocyst(e)ine levels appeared to be more strongly predictive of ischemic stroke in normotensive subjects and in men 60 years or younger, and in subgroups otherwise at low risk, eg, younger men and those with normal blood pressure.
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