Sean C Lucan
Biographic Data
| ID | 5483624 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sean C Lucan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sean C |
| FAMILY NAME | Lucan |
| SIGNATURE | LUCAN S C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Albert Einstein College of Medicine |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4447-9709 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 48 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Racial Differences in Perceived Food Swamp and Food Desert Exposure and Disparities in Self-Reported Dietary Habits
Both food swamps and food deserts have been associated with racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in obesity rates. Little is known about how the distribution of food deserts and food swamps relate to disparities in self-reported dietary habits, and health status, particularly for historically marginalized groups. In a national U.S. sample of 4305 online survey participants (age 18+), multinomial logistic regression analyses were used to …
Healthful and less-healthful foods and drinks from storefront and non-storefront businesses
Objective: Conceptualisations of ‘food deserts’ (areas lacking healthful food/drink) and ‘food swamps’ (areas overwhelm by less-healthful fare) may be both inaccurate and incomplete. Our objective was to more accurately and completely characterise food/drink availability in urban areas. Design: Cross-sectional assessment of select healthful and less-healthful food/drink offerings from storefront businesses (stores, restaurants) and non-storefront…
Unhealthful Food-and-Beverage Advertising in Subway Stations
How calorie-focused thinking about obesity and related diseases may mislead and harm public health. An alternative
Prevailing thinking about obesity and related diseases holds that quantifying calories should be a principal concern and target for intervention. Part of this thinking is that consumed calories – regardless of their sources – are equivalent; i.e. ‘a calorie is a calorie’. The present commentary discusses various problems with the idea that ‘a calorie is a calorie’ and with a primarily quantitative focus on food calories. Instead, the authors argu…
Urban farmers' markets
Mobile food vendors in urban neighborhoods—Implications for diet and diet-related health by weather and season
Standardizing Portion Sizes May Not Benefit Human or Environmental Health
AffiliationsSean C. Lucan is with the Department of Family and Social Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY. James J. DiNicolantonio is with the Mid America Heart Institute, Saint Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City, MO
The Ethics of Hospital Cafeteria Food
Case Dr. Ashby, Dr. Bennett, and Dr. Morgan all serve on their hospital board, which met to discuss a proposed new policy to revamp the cafeteria and inpatient dietary offerings. The board members expressed many opinions about this issue, and the physicians debated the issue hotly
Attempting to Reduce Sodium Intake Might Do Harm and Distract From a Greater Enemy
Take it with a grain of salt: despite assertions to the contrary,1 we do not know that reducing mean population sodium intake would decrease the risk of cardiovascular disease or save lives. Yes, we know that “excess sodium consumption raises blood pressure”1 (at least transiently, for most people,2 to a clinically minor degree3,4). But based on the intermediate outcome of blood pressure, we cannot extrapolate that lowering sodium consumption wou…
Perceived Influences on Diet Among Urban, Low-income African Americans
Strategies to improve dietary patterns in urban, low-income, African-American communities might make use of overall and age- and gender-specific perspectives from within the community we report
Fruit-and-Vegetable Consumption May Not be Inadequate
Whitehead et al. begin their intriguing article with the following two authoritative statements (leading off their abstract and introduction, respectively): “Fruit and vegetable consumption is inadequate among adults in the United States” and “Inadequate fruit and vegetable consumption is an enduring problem that presents a significant challenge to human well-being.” 1(p207) Although these statements are definitive, the evidence for them is less …
Green Carts (Mobile Produce Vendors) in the Bronx—Optimally Positioned to Meet Neighborhood Fruit-and-Vegetable Needs
Storing Empty Calories and Chronic Disease Risk
Promoters and Barriers to Fruit, Vegetable, and Fast-Food Consumption Among Urban, Low-Income African Americans—A Qualitative Approach
To identify promoters of and barriers to fruit, vegetable, and fast-food consumption, we interviewed low-income African Americans in Philadelphia. Salient promoters and barriers were distinct from each other and differed by food type: taste was a promoter and cost a barrier to all foods; convenience, cravings, and preferences promoted consumption of fast foods; health concerns promoted consumption of fruits and vegetables and avoidance of fast fo…
Promoters and Barriers to Fruit, Vegetable, and Fast-Food Consumption Among Urban, Low-Income African Americans—A Qualitative Approach
To identify promoters of and barriers to fruit, vegetable, and fast-food consumption, we interviewed low-income African Americans in Philadelphia. Salient promoters and barriers were distinct from each other and differed by food type: taste was a promoter and cost a barrier to all foods; convenience, cravings, and preferences promoted consumption of fast foods; health concerns promoted consumption of fruits and vegetables and avoidance of fast fo…
Storing Empty Calories and Chronic Disease Risk
Urban farmers' markets
Unhealthful Food-and-Beverage Advertising in Subway Stations
Mobile food vendors in urban neighborhoods—Implications for diet and diet-related health by weather and season
Green Carts (Mobile Produce Vendors) in the Bronx—Optimally Positioned to Meet Neighborhood Fruit-and-Vegetable Needs
Fruit-and-Vegetable Consumption May Not be Inadequate
Whitehead et al. begin their intriguing article with the following two authoritative statements (leading off their abstract and introduction, respectively): “Fruit and vegetable consumption is inadequate among adults in the United States” and “Inadequate fruit and vegetable consumption is an enduring problem that presents a significant challenge to human well-being.” 1(p207) Although these statements are definitive, the evidence for them is less …
Storing Empty Calories and Chronic Disease Risk
Promoters and Barriers to Fruit, Vegetable, and Fast-Food Consumption Among Urban, Low-Income African Americans—A Qualitative Approach
To identify promoters of and barriers to fruit, vegetable, and fast-food consumption, we interviewed low-income African Americans in Philadelphia. Salient promoters and barriers were distinct from each other and differed by food type: taste was a promoter and cost a barrier to all foods; convenience, cravings, and preferences promoted consumption of fast foods; health concerns promoted consumption of fruits and vegetables and avoidance of fast fo…
Green Carts (Mobile Produce Vendors) in the Bronx—Optimally Positioned to Meet Neighborhood Fruit-and-Vegetable Needs
Perceived Influences on Diet Among Urban, Low-income African Americans
Strategies to improve dietary patterns in urban, low-income, African-American communities might make use of overall and age- and gender-specific perspectives from within the community we report
Fruit-and-Vegetable Consumption May Not be Inadequate
Whitehead et al. begin their intriguing article with the following two authoritative statements (leading off their abstract and introduction, respectively): “Fruit and vegetable consumption is inadequate among adults in the United States” and “Inadequate fruit and vegetable consumption is an enduring problem that presents a significant challenge to human well-being.” 1(p207) Although these statements are definitive, the evidence for them is less …
The Ethics of Hospital Cafeteria Food
Case Dr. Ashby, Dr. Bennett, and Dr. Morgan all serve on their hospital board, which met to discuss a proposed new policy to revamp the cafeteria and inpatient dietary offerings. The board members expressed many opinions about this issue, and the physicians debated the issue hotly
Attempting to Reduce Sodium Intake Might Do Harm and Distract From a Greater Enemy
Take it with a grain of salt: despite assertions to the contrary,1 we do not know that reducing mean population sodium intake would decrease the risk of cardiovascular disease or save lives. Yes, we know that “excess sodium consumption raises blood pressure”1 (at least transiently, for most people,2 to a clinically minor degree3,4). But based on the intermediate outcome of blood pressure, we cannot extrapolate that lowering sodium consumption wou…
Mobile food vendors in urban neighborhoods—Implications for diet and diet-related health by weather and season
Standardizing Portion Sizes May Not Benefit Human or Environmental Health
AffiliationsSean C. Lucan is with the Department of Family and Social Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY. James J. DiNicolantonio is with the Mid America Heart Institute, Saint Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City, MO
How calorie-focused thinking about obesity and related diseases may mislead and harm public health. An alternative
Prevailing thinking about obesity and related diseases holds that quantifying calories should be a principal concern and target for intervention. Part of this thinking is that consumed calories – regardless of their sources – are equivalent; i.e. ‘a calorie is a calorie’. The present commentary discusses various problems with the idea that ‘a calorie is a calorie’ and with a primarily quantitative focus on food calories. Instead, the authors argu…
Urban farmers' markets
Unhealthful Food-and-Beverage Advertising in Subway Stations
Racial Differences in Perceived Food Swamp and Food Desert Exposure and Disparities in Self-Reported Dietary Habits
Both food swamps and food deserts have been associated with racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in obesity rates. Little is known about how the distribution of food deserts and food swamps relate to disparities in self-reported dietary habits, and health status, particularly for historically marginalized groups. In a national U.S. sample of 4305 online survey participants (age 18+), multinomial logistic regression analyses were used to …
Healthful and less-healthful foods and drinks from storefront and non-storefront businesses
Objective: Conceptualisations of ‘food deserts’ (areas lacking healthful food/drink) and ‘food swamps’ (areas overwhelm by less-healthful fare) may be both inaccurate and incomplete. Our objective was to more accurately and completely characterise food/drink availability in urban areas. Design: Cross-sectional assessment of select healthful and less-healthful food/drink offerings from storefront businesses (stores, restaurants) and non-storefront…
Medicine (12 works) · Environmental health (11 works) · Nutritional Studies and Diet (11 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (11 works) · Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling (5 works) · Gerontology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Biology (4 works) · Business (4 works) · Geography (4 works)