James J DiNicolantonio
Biographic Data
| ID | 5503667 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James J DiNicolantonio |
| GIVEN NAMES | James J |
| FAMILY NAME | DiNicolantonio |
| SIGNATURE | DINICOLANTONIO J J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Saint Luke's Hospital |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7888-1528 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
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…
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
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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…
Environmental health (2 works) · Gerontology (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Nutritional Studies and Diet (2 works) · Public health (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Art history (1 work) · Calorie (1 work) · Center (category theory) (1 work) · Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling (1 work)