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Susan Jebb

Professor of Diet and Population Health, University of Oxford
Verified email at phc.ox.ac.uk
Cited by 57751

[HTML][HTML] Healthy percentage body fat ranges: an approach for developing guidelines based on body mass index

D Gallagher, SB Heymsfield, M Heo, SA Jebb… - The American journal of …, 2000 - Elsevier
Background: Although international interest in classifying subject health status according to
adiposity is increasing, no accepted published ranges of percentage body fat currently exist. …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of recombinant leptin therapy in a child with congenital leptin deficiency

IS Farooqi, SA Jebb, G Langmack… - New England journal …, 1999 - Mass Medical Soc
Severely obese (ob/ob) mice are deficient in the adipocyte-derived hormone leptin, which
acts on the hypothalamus to control appetite and energy expenditure. The administration of …

[HTML][HTML] Beneficial effects of leptin on obesity, T cell hyporesponsiveness, and neuroendocrine/metabolic dysfunction of human congenital leptin deficiency

…, C Agwu, V Sanna, SA Jebb… - The Journal of …, 2002 - Am Soc Clin Investig
The wide range of phenotypic abnormalities seen in the leptin-deficient ob/ob mouse and
their reversibility by leptin administration provide compelling evidence for the existence of …

Obesity in Britain: gluttony or sloth?

AM Prentice, SA Jebb - Bmj, 1995 - bmj.com
The prevalence of clinical obesity in Britain has doubled in the past decade. The Health of
the Nation initiative has set ambitious targets for reversing the trend in recognition of the …

Beyond body mass index

AM Prentice, SA Jebb - Obesity reviews, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Body mass index (BMI) is the cornerstone of the current classification system for obesity and
its advantages are widely exploited across disciplines ranging from international …

Meat consumption, health, and the environment

…, P Scarborough, M Springmann, SA Jebb - Science, 2018 - science.org
BACKGROUND The global average per capita consumption of meat and the total amount of
meat consumed are rising (see the figure), driven by increasing average individual incomes …

[HTML][HTML] Associations between body-mass index and COVID-19 severity in 6· 9 million people in England: a prospective, community-based, cohort study

…, S O'Rahilly, P Aveyard, SA Jebb - The lancet Diabetes & …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Obesity is a major risk factor for adverse outcomes after infection with SARS-CoV-2.
We aimed to examine this association, including interactions with demographic and …

Fast foods, energy density and obesity: a possible mechanistic link

AM Prentice, SA Jebb - Obesity reviews, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Fast foods are frequently linked to the epidemic of obesity, but there has been very little
scientific appraisal of a possible causal role. Here we review a series of studies demonstrating …

[HTML][HTML] Diets with high or low protein content and glycemic index for weight-loss maintenance

…, SM Dalskov, M van Baak, SA Jebb… - … England Journal of …, 2010 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Studies of weight-control diets that are high in protein or low in glycemic index
have reached varied conclusions, probably owing to the fact that the studies had insufficient …

[HTML][HTML] Dominant and recessive inheritance of morbid obesity associated with melanocortin 4 receptor deficiency

…, JM Keogh, S Aminian, SA Jebb… - The Journal of …, 2000 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Over 20 severely obese subjects in 11 independent kindreds have been reported to have
pathogenic heterozygous mutations in the gene encoding the melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R)…