Gladys Block
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Gladys Block's Degrees
- PhD Nutritional Sciences University of California, Berkeley
- Masters Nutritional Sciences University of California, Berkeley
- Bachelors Nutritional Sciences University of California, Berkeley
Why Is Gladys Block Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Gladys Block is a nutrition researcher who worked at the National Cancer Institute. Education and career From July 1991 onward, Block worked at the University of California, Berkeley as a professor of Community Health and Human Development in the School of Public Health.
Gladys Block's Published Works
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Published Works
- Fruit, vegetables, and cancer prevention: a review of the epidemiological evidence. (1992) (3279)
- A data-based approach to diet questionnaire design and testing. (1986) (2101)
- Reverse epidemiology of cardiovascular risk factors in maintenance dialysis patients. (2003) (1161)
- Validation of a self-administered diet history questionnaire using multiple diet records. (1990) (1119)
- Malnutrition-inflammation complex syndrome in dialysis patients: causes and consequences. (2003) (877)
- A review of validations of dietary assessment methods. (1982) (834)
- A malnutrition-inflammation score is correlated with morbidity and mortality in maintenance hemodialysis patients. (2001) (811)
- A Reduced Dietary Questionnaire: Development and Validation (1990) (711)
- Reverse epidemiology of conventional cardiovascular risk factors in patients with chronic heart failure. (2004) (670)
- Appetite and inflammation, nutrition, anemia, and clinical outcome in hemodialysis patients. (2004) (588)
- A rapid food screener to assess fat and fruit and vegetable intake. (2000) (532)
- Association among SF36 quality of life measures and nutrition, hospitalization, and mortality in hemodialysis. (2001) (518)
- Phytoestrogen content of foods--a compendium of literature values. (1996) (506)
- Comparison of two dietary questionnaires validated against multiple dietary records collected during a 1-year period. (1992) (493)
- Factors associated with oxidative stress in human populations. (2002) (485)
- Nutrient sources in the American diet: quantitative data from the NHANES II survey. I. Vitamins and minerals. (1985) (477)
- Vitamin C and cancer prevention: the epidemiologic evidence. (1991) (452)
- The Effect of Breakfast Type on Total Daily Energy Intake and Body Mass Index: Results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) (2003) (407)
- Nutrient sources in the American diet: quantitative data from the NHANES II survey. II. Macronutrients and fats. (1985) (401)
- Dietary intake, dietary patterns, and changes with age: an epidemiological perspective. (2001) (376)
- The data support a role for antioxidants in reducing cancer risk. (2009) (356)
- Dietary diversity and subsequent mortality in the First National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Epidemiologic Follow-up Study. (1993) (342)
- Associations of body fat and its changes over time with quality of life and prospective mortality in hemodialysis patients. (2006) (330)
- Dietary factors in oral and pharyngeal cancer. (1988) (324)
- Abdominal obesity and body mass index as risk factors for Barrett's esophagus. (2007) (324)
- Lutein and zeaxanthin in the diet and serum and their relation to age-related maculopathy in the third national health and nutrition examination survey. (2001) (310)
- Antioxidant intake is associated with semen quality in healthy men. (2005) (293)
- Evaluation of two food frequency methods of measuring dietary calcium intake. (1987) (292)
- Revision of dietary analysis software for the Health Habits and History Questionnaire. (1994) (291)
- Lifestyle and demographic factors in relation to vasomotor symptoms: baseline results from the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation. (2004) (289)
- Fruit and vegetables in the American diet: data from the NHANES II survey. (1990) (275)
- Dietary diversity in the US population, NHANES II, 1976-1980. (1991) (273)
- Validity and reliability of the Block98 food-frequency questionnaire in a sample of Canadian women (2006) (270)
- Comparing outcome predictability of markers of malnutrition-inflammation complex syndrome in haemodialysis patients. (2004) (266)
- Smoking and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke decrease some plasma antioxidants and increase gamma-tocopherol in vivo after adjustment for dietary antioxidant intakes. (2003) (265)
- Foods contributing to energy intake in the US: data from NHANES III and NHANES 1999-2000 (2004) (253)
- The nutritional status of astronauts is altered after long-term space flight aboard the International Space Station. (2005) (247)
- The Effect of Folate Fortification of Cereal-Grain Products on Blood Folate Status, Dietary Folate Intake, and Dietary Folate Sources among Adult Non-Supplement Users in the United States (2005) (244)
- Estimates of nutrient intake from a food frequency questionnaire: the 1987 National Health Interview Survey. (1992) (238)
- Evaluation of a Brief Telephone Questionnaire to Estimate Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in Diverse Study Populations (1993) (233)
- Issues in reproducibility and validity of dietary studies. (1989) (206)
- Use of vitamin and mineral supplements: demographics and amounts of nutrients consumed. The 1987 Health Interview Survey. (1990) (202)
- Nutritional Factors and Susceptibility to Arsenic-Caused Skin Lesions in West Bengal, India (2004) (199)
- Folate intake and food sources in the US population. (1989) (195)
- Food intake characteristics of hemodialysis patients as obtained by food frequency questionnaire. (2002) (190)
- A brief dietary screen for high fat intake (1989) (189)
- Which plasma antioxidants are most related to fruit and vegetable consumption? (2001) (185)
- Diabetes Prevention and Weight Loss with a Fully Automated Behavioral Intervention by Email, Web, and Mobile Phone: A Randomized Controlled Trial Among Persons with Prediabetes (2015) (185)
- A low, rather than a high, total plasma homocysteine is an indicator of poor outcome in hemodialysis patients. (2004) (182)
- Vitamin supplement use, by demographic characteristics. (1988) (174)
- An evaluation of a food frequency questionnaire for assessing dietary intake of specific carotenoids and vitamin E among low-income black women. (1991) (173)
- Glutathione in foods listed in the National Cancer Institute's Health Habits and History Food Frequency Questionnaire. (1992) (166)
- Race, ethnicity, sex and temporal differences in Barrett’s oesophagus diagnosis: a large community-based study, 1994–2006 (2008) (166)
- Validation of a retrospective questionnaire assessing diet 10-15 years ago. (1989) (160)
- Antioxidant supplementation decreases lipid peroxidation biomarker F(2)-isoprostanes in plasma of smokers. (2002) (160)
- Improving diet and physical activity with ALIVE: a worksite randomized trial. (2009) (157)
- Usage patterns, health, and nutritional status of long-term multiple dietary supplement users: a cross-sectional study (2007) (154)
- Guidelines on diet, nutrition, and cancer prevention: Reducing the risk of cancer with healthy food choices and physical activity (1996) (149)
- Dietary fat and breast cancer in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey I Epidemiologic Follow-up Study. (1987) (145)
- Association of cancer prevention-related nutrition knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes to cancer prevention dietary behavior. (1997) (144)
- The association of folate, zinc and antioxidant intake with sperm aneuploidy in healthy non-smoking men. (2008) (144)
- Vitamin supplement use and reduced risk of oral and pharyngeal cancer. (1992) (143)
- Epidemiologic evidence regarding vitamin C and cancer. (1991) (143)
- Ascorbic acid and dehydroascorbic acid content of foods-as-eaten (1990) (140)
- Food group intake patterns and associated nutrient profiles of the US population. (1991) (137)
- Relations of glycemic index and glycemic load with plasma oxidative stress markers. (2006) (135)
- Collection of dietary-supplement data and implications for analysis. (1994) (135)
- Food choices and the cancer guidelines. (1988) (134)
- Activities Contributing to Total Energy Expenditure in the United States: Results from the NHAPS Study (2004) (132)
- Vitamin E intakes and sources in the United States. (1990) (132)
- Calories, fat and cholesterol: intake patterns in the US population by race, sex and age. (1988) (126)
- Dietary fiber intake in the US population. (1987) (124)
- Dietary fat, fat subtypes, and breast cancer in postmenopausal women: a prospective cohort study. (2000) (120)
- The effect of vitamins C and E on biomarkers of oxidative stress depends on baseline level. (2008) (120)
- Does γ-Tocopherol Play a Role in the Primary Prevention of Heart Disease and Cancer? A Review (2006) (117)
- Maternal supplemental and dietary zinc intake and the occurrence of neural tube defects in California. (1999) (115)
- Vitamin C treatment reduces elevated C-reactive protein. (2009) (114)
- A review: dietary and endogenously formed N-nitroso compounds and risk of childhood brain tumors (2005) (110)
- Ascorbic acid: biologic functions and relation to cancer. (1991) (109)
- The Alpha-Tocopherol, Beta-Carotene Cancer Prevention Study in Finland. (2009) (109)
- Helicobacter pylori infection and the risk of Barrett’s oesophagus: a community-based study (2007) (108)
- Exposure to Bovine Leukemia Virus Is Associated with Breast Cancer: A Case-Control Study (2015) (107)
- Ascorbic Acid Status and Subsequent Diastolic and Systolic Blood Pressure (2001) (104)
- Alcohol types and sociodemographic characteristics as risk factors for Barrett's esophagus. (2009) (103)
- Food choices of whites, blacks, and Hispanics: data from the 1987 National Health Interview Survey. (1995) (102)
- Human dietary assessment: methods and issues. (1989) (101)
- Effect of antioxidant intake on sperm chromatin stability in healthy nonsmoking men. (2005) (98)
- Maternal Dietary Risk Factors in Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (United States) (2004) (97)
- Nutritional status assessment in semiclosed environments: ground-based and space flight studies in humans. (2001) (97)
- Validation of a Food Frequency Questionnaire for Hispanics (2006) (95)
- Diet and oral and pharyngeal cancer among blacks. (1990) (93)
- Sources of energy and six nutrients in diets of low-income Hispanic-American women and their children: quantitative data from HHANES, 1982-1984. (1995) (91)
- The bioavailability to humans of ascorbic acid from oranges, orange juice and cooked broccoli is similar to that of synthetic ascorbic acid. (1993) (91)
- Dietary Antioxidants, Fruits, and Vegetables and the Risk of Barrett's Esophagus (2008) (89)
- Development of Alive! (A Lifestyle Intervention Via Email), and Its Effect on Health-related Quality of Life, Presenteeism, and Other Behavioral Outcomes: Randomized Controlled Trial (2008) (88)
- Telephone surveys as a method for obtaining dietary information: a review. (1992) (87)
- Plasma C-Reactive Protein Concentrations in Active and Passive Smokers: Influence of Antioxidant Supplementation (2004) (87)
- The association of time in the US and diet during pregnancy in low-income women of Mexican descent. (2005) (84)
- Variation in nutrient intakes by ethnicity: results from the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN) (2002) (82)
- A dietary and risk factor questionnaire and analysis system for personal computers. (1989) (81)
- Dietary Assessment of Individuals with Chronic Kidney Disease (2010) (79)
- Vitamin C Supplementation Decreases Oxidative Stress Biomarker F2-Isoprostanes in Plasma of Nonsmokers Exposed to Environmental Tobacco Smoke (2003) (79)
- Dietary guidelines and the results of food consumption surveys. (1991) (76)
- Diet and lifestyle factors associated with premenstrual symptoms in a racially diverse community sample: Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN). (2007) (75)
- The apparent validity of diet questionnaires is influenced by number of diet-record days used for comparison. (1990) (73)
- Influence of selected environmental and personal factors on dietary behavior for chronic disease prevention: A review of the literature (1997) (72)
- US trends in nutrient intake: the 1987 and 1992 National Health Interview Surveys. (1997) (71)
- Zinc intake and sources in the US adult population: 1976-1980. (1995) (68)
- Reproducibility of a self-administered diet history questionnaire administered three times over three different seasons. (1996) (68)
- Vitamin C in plasma is inversely related to blood pressure and change in blood pressure during the previous year in young Black and White women (2008) (68)
- Dietary glutathione intake in humans and the relationship between intake and plasma total glutathione level. (1994) (67)
- Intraindividual Variability of Plasma Antioxidants, Markers of Oxidative Stress, C-Reactive Protein, Cotinine, and Other Biomarkers (2006) (64)
- Final results of the Maryland WIC Food for Life Program. (2003) (64)
- Dietary vitamin B-6 intake and food sources in the US population: NHANES II, 1976-1980. (1990) (64)
- Demonstration of an E-mailed Worksite Nutrition Intervention Program (2004) (63)
- Influence of using different sources of carotenoid data in epidemiologic studies. (1996) (62)
- Dietary fiber sources in the United States by demographic group. (1987) (61)
- Development and Reliability of Brief Dietary Assessment Tools for Hispanics (2006) (59)
- Genetic variants in the folate pathway and risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (2011) (59)
- Does gamma-tocopherol play a role in the primary prevention of heart disease and cancer? A review. (2006) (58)
- Nutrient sources of provitamin A carotenoids in the American diet. (1994) (58)
- Dietary patterns and the risk of Barrett's esophagus. (2008) (56)
- Effects of Dietary Fiber, Fats, and Meat Intakes on the Risk of Barrett's Esophagus (2009) (56)
- Determinants of plasma vitamin E in healthy males. (1993) (55)
- Cigarette smoking and the risk of Barrett’s esophagus (2009) (55)
- Food consumption by children and the risk of childhood acute leukemia. (2004) (54)
- Vitamin C Status and Cancer (1992) (53)
- Helicobacter pylori and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: A Case–Control Study (2008) (53)
- Dietary guideline adherence for gastroesophageal reflux disease (2014) (52)
- Use of Adjustment Factors with a Brief Food Frequency Questionnaire to Obtain Nutrient Values (1990) (52)
- Erythrocyte folate and its response to folic acid supplementation is assay dependent in women. (2005) (51)
- Supplement use, other dietary and demographic variables, and serum vitamin C in NHANES II. (1994) (50)
- A Randomized Trial of the Little by Little CD-ROM: Demonstrated Effectiveness in Increasing Fruit and Vegetable Intake in a Low-income Population (2004) (49)
- Estrogen Receptor Status and Dietary Intakes in Breast Cancer Patients (1993) (49)
- Breastfeeding patterns and risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (2005) (48)
- Long-term effects of nutrient intervention on markers of bone remodeling and calciotropic hormones in late-postmenopausal women. (2002) (48)
- Volume and Type of Alcohol During Early Pregnancy and the Risk of Miscarriage (2014) (48)
- Vitamin and Mineral Status of Women of Childbearing Potential (1993) (47)
- Invited commentary: another perspective on food frequency questionnaires. (2001) (46)
- Body weight and prior depletion affect plasma ascorbate levels attained on identical vitamin C intake: a controlled-diet study. (1999) (46)
- Associations between apolipoprotein E genotype and circulating F2-isoprostane levels in humans (2005) (45)
- Design and development of a dialysis food frequency questionnaire. (2011) (44)
- An interactive CD-ROM for nutrition screening and counseling. (2000) (41)
- Determinants of plasma ascorbic acid in a healthy male population. (1992) (39)
- Maternal Diet and Risk of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (2009) (38)
- Near infra-red interactance for longitudinal assessment of nutrition in dialysis patients. (2001) (38)
- Understanding the increased risk of neural tube defect-affected pregnancies among Mexico-born women in California: immigration and anthropometric factors. (2006) (37)
- Vitamin C intake and dietary sources by demographic characteristics. (1987) (35)
- Serum vitamin C and other biomarkers differ by genotype of phase 2 enzyme genes GSTM1 and GSTT1. (2011) (35)
- Vitamin C: a new look. (1991) (34)
- High maternal vitamin A intake and risk of anomalies of structures with a cranial neural crest cell contribution (1996) (32)
- Summary of the round table discussion on strategies for cancer prevention: diet, food, additives, supplements, and drugs. (1994) (32)
- Trends in food intake: the 1987 and 1992 National Health Interview Surveys. (1997) (28)
- On Food Frequency Questionnaires: The Contribution of Open-ended Questions and Questions on Ethnic Foods (2004) (27)
- Are clinical trials really the answer? (1995) (26)
- Improving diet, activity and wellness in adults at risk of diabetes: randomized controlled trial (2016) (26)
- Cognitive ability is associated with suspected reporting errors on food frequency questionnaires. (2007) (24)
- Cancer Prevention-Related Nutrition Knowledge, Beliefs, and Attitudes of U.S. Adults: 1992 NHIS Cancer Epidemiology Supplement (1998) (24)
- Dietary Glycemic Load, Glycemic Index, and Associated Factors in a Multiethnic Cohort of Midlife Women (2009) (23)
- A Fully Automated Diabetes Prevention Program, Alive-PD: Program Design and Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol (2015) (22)
- Invited commentary: comparison of the Block and the Willett food frequency questionnaires. (1998) (20)
- Iron Intake and Body Iron Stores as Risk Factors for Barrett's Esophagus: A Community-Based Study (2008) (18)
- Nonlinearity in demographic and behavioral determinants of morbidity. (2003) (18)
- Ascorbic Acid, Blood Pressure, and the American Diet (2002) (17)
- Vitamin C and Cardiovascular Risk Factors (1998) (17)
- Maternal prenatal intake of one-carbon metabolism nutrients and risk of childhood leukemia (2016) (15)
- Insulin-like growth factor-1 and growth hormone (GH) levels in canine cerebrospinal fluid are unaffected by GH or GH secretagogue (MK-0677) administration. (1999) (15)
- A Lifestyle Intervention via Email in Minority Breast Cancer Survivors: Randomized Parallel-Group Feasibility Study (2017) (14)
- Problems with estimating vitamin C intakes. (1993) (14)
- Nutrititional Status Assessment of International Space Station Crew Members (2005) (14)
- Vitamin C status and cancer. Epidemiologic evidence of reduced risk. (1992) (14)
- Maternal diet quality before pregnancy and risk of childhood leukaemia (2016) (14)
- Oxidative Stress in Human Populations (2002) (13)
- Relation of changes in amount and type of dietary fat to fecapentaenes in premenopausal women. (1988) (13)
- Do multivitamin supplements modify the relationship between prenatal alcohol intake and miscarriage? (2009) (13)
- Vitamin C, cancer and aging (1993) (12)
- Vitamin C intervention may lower the levels of persistent organic pollutants in blood of healthy women - A pilot study. (2016) (12)
- Incorporating fat-modified foods into a food frequency questionnaire improves classification of fat intake. (1997) (12)
- The work and home activities questionnaire: energy expenditure estimates and association with percent body fat. (2009) (11)
- Association of fruit and vegetable intake with dietary fat intake (1992) (11)
- Does Lack of Multinutrient Supplementation During Early Pregnancy Increase Vulnerability to Alcohol-Related Preterm or Small-for-Gestational-Age Births? (2010) (11)
- Antioxidant Intake in the U.S (1993) (9)
- Relationship between dietary antioxidants and childhood asthma: more epidemiological studies are needed. (2004) (9)
- Hemochromatosis Gene Status as a Risk Factor for Barrett’s Esophagus (2008) (8)
- Bovine leukemia virus infection is significantly associated with risk of breast cancer (2007) (8)
- Emerging Role of Nutrition in Chronic Disease Prevention: A Look at the Data, with an Emphasis on Vitamin C (1999) (6)
- Estimation of Vitamin C Intake Requirements Based on Body Weight: Implications for Obesity (2022) (5)
- Sustained Minimal Residual Disease Negativity in Multiple Myeloma is Associated with Stool Butyrate and Healthier Plant-Based Diets (2022) (5)
- A malnutrition-inflammation score is correlated with mortality in maintenance hemodialysis patients (2001) (5)
- What Is the Average Effect on Energy, Macronutrient, and Micronutrient Intake Whenever Americans Substitute Plant Protein for Beef or Pork? (2005) (4)
- Erratum: Diet and lifestyle factors associated with premenstrual symptoms in a racially diverse community sample: Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN) (Journal of Women's Health 16 (5) (641-656)) (2007) (3)
- Effect of vitamins C and E on biomarkers of oxidative stress in nonsmokers (2009) (3)
- Genetics and women's health issues—The commitment of EMS to women scientists and gender‐associated disease topics (2010) (2)
- Effect of ready-to-eat cereal consumption on serum total homocysteine concentrations and folate status (2004) (2)
- The association of time in the United States and diet during pregnancy in low-income women of Mexican descent (2014) (2)
- Nutritional factors and age-related macular degeneration (AMD): Results of a case-control study☆ (1992) (2)
- Reply to SS Mirvish (1993) (1)
- Modulation of Cigarette Smoke Effects by Diet and Antioxidants (2006) (1)
- Morbidity and Health‐National Health Interview Survey, 1987: In Generalized Additive Models (1999) (0)
- Long-term effects of nutrient intervention on markers of bone remodeling and calciotropic hormones in late-postmenopausal women 1 – 4 (0)
- Protocol A Fully Automated Diabetes Prevention Program , Alive-PD : Program Design and Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol (2015) (0)
- Methodological Issues in Epidemiological Studies of Disease Clusters and Environmental Contamination (2006) (0)
- Vitamin E intakes and sources in the United 2 (1990) (0)
- Nutritional Status Assessment During the Phase IIA and Phase III Lunar/Mars Life Support Test Project (2000) (0)
- 87-LB: Reduced Risk of Metabolic Syndrome and T2DM after One Year in an Automated No-Coaches Online Behavior Change Program (2019) (0)
- Understanding the results of epidemiologic studies. (1983) (0)
- Randomized Controlled Trial of an Online Diabetes Prevention Program (2014) (0)
- Case-Control Study of Colorectal Cancer and Fecapentaene Excretion1 (2006) (0)
- Development and clinical trial of an eHealth program for pre‐diabetics (1035.12) (2014) (0)
- Erratum to “Final results of the Maryland WIC Food for Life Program” [Prev. Med. 37 (2003) 406–416] (2004) (0)
- Calories, FatandCholesterol: Intake Patterns intheUSPopulation byRace,SexandAge (1988) (0)
- Maternal prenatal intake of one-carbon metabolism nutrients and risk of childhood leukemia (2016) (0)
- CRAWFORD PB ET AL. VITAMIN C TREATMENT REDUCES ELEVATED C-REACTIVE PROTEIN (2009) (0)
- A Multi-media Cd-rom To Provide Tailored Nutrition Education For Low-income And Multiethnic Populations (1996) (0)
- Food consumption of children and risk of childhood leukemia (2004) (0)
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