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Temporal patterns of diet and chrononutrition 

系列一：飲食時序型態與時間營養學

Chen HJ, Tsai YC, Hsu YT, Chu J. Effect of recommendations of breakfast and late-evening snack habits on body composition and blood pressure: A pilot randomized trial. Chronobiol Int. 2024 Jul;41(7):1021-1033. 

Chen HJ, Chuang SY, Chang HY, Pan WH. Energy intake at different times of the day: Its association with elevated total and LDL cholesterol levels. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2019 Apr;29(4):390-397.

Chau CA, Pan WH, Chen HJ. Employment status and temporal patterns of energy intake: Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan, 2005-2008. Public Health Nutrition. 2017 Dec;20(18):3295-3303.

Chen HJ, Wang Y, Cheskin LJ. Relationship between frequency of eating and cardiovascular  disease mortality in U.S. adults: the NHANES III follow-up study. Annals of Epidemiology,  2016 Aug; 26(8):527-33. 

Obesogenic environment and its impact

系列二：致胖環境及其衝擊

Lord AYZ, Chiang YT, Cheng YY, Chang YP, Chen HJ, Huang YC, Pan WH. Participation effects of workplace promoting activities on healthy eating behavior. Public Health Pract (Oxf). 2022 Jun 22;4:100286.

Chen HJ, Xue H, Kumanyika S, Wang Y. School beverage environment and children's energy  expenditure associated with physical education class: an agent-based model simulation.  Pediatric Obesity. 2017 Jun;12(3):203-212.

Chen HJ, Weng SH, Cheng YY, Lord AYZ, Lin HH, Pan WH. The application of traffic-light food labelling in a worksite canteen intervention in Taiwan. Public Health. 2017 Sep;150:17-25. 

Chen HJ, Wang Y. Changes in the neighborhood food store environment and children's body  mass index at peri-puberty in the United States. Journal of Adolescent Health, 2016 Jan; 58(1):  111–8.

Chen HJ, Wang Y. Do Weight Status and Television-Viewing Influence Children’s Subsequent  Dietary Changes? A National Longitudinal Study in the United States. International Journal of  Obesity, 2015 Jun; 39(6):931-8.

Chen HJ, Wang Y. Influence of school beverage environment on the association of beverage  consumption with physical education participation among US adolescents with physical  education participation among US adolescents. Am J Public Health, 2013 Nov;103(11):e63-70.

Chen HJ, Wang Y. The changing food outlet distributions and local contextual factors in the  United States. BMC Public Health, 2014 Jan 16;14:42.

Social determinants of nutrition and health

系列三：群體營養之社會成因

Chen HJ, Strong C, Yang HY. Dietary Social Norms in School and Home Settings and Their Influence on Children's Healthy Eating: Short-Term Longitudinal Analysis. J Prev (2022). 2026 Jan 21. doi: 10.1007/s10935-026-00897-8. Epub ahead of print.

Chen HJ, Xue H, Liu S, Huang TTK, Wang YC, Wang Y. Obesity trend in the United States and economic intervention options to change it: A simulation study linking ecological epidemiology and system dynamics modeling. Public Health. 2018 May 29;161:20-28.

Juwara A, Huang N, Chien LY, Chen HJ. Stunting and weight statuses of adolescents differ between public and private schools in urban Gambia. Int J Public Health. 2016 Jul;61(6):717-726. 

Chen HJ, Liu Y, Wang Y. Socioeconomic and demographic factors for spousal resemblance in obesity status and habitual physical activity in the United States. J Obes. 2014;2014:703215. 

Kirby JB, Liang L, Chen HJ, Wang Y. Race, place, and obesity: the complex relationships among community racial/ethnic composition, individual race/ethnicity, and obesity in the United States. Am J Public Health. 2012 Aug;102(8):1572-8. 

Metabolic syndrome and obesity

系列四：代謝症候群與肥胖

HJ Chen, WH Pan. Probable Blind Spot in the International Diabetes Federation Definition of  Metabolic Syndrome. Obesity Res, 2007 May; 15 (5), 1096-1100.

HJ Chen, CH Bai, WT Yeh, HC Chiu, WH Pan. Influence of metabolic syndrome and general  obesity on the risk of ischemic stroke. Stroke, 2006 Apr; 37 (4), 1060-1064.