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Gary D Foster

WW (formerly Weight Watchers), University of Pennsylvania
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The Top 10 fungal pathogens in molecular plant pathology

R Dean, JAL Van Kan, ZA Pretorius… - Molecular plant …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this review was to survey all fungal pathologists with an association with the
journal Molecular Plant Pathology and ask them to nominate which fungal pathogens they …

Top 10 plant pathogenic bacteria in molecular plant pathology

J Mansfield, S Genin, S Magori… - Molecular plant …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Many plant bacteriologists, if not all, feel that their particular microbe should appear in any
list of the most important bacterial plant pathogens. However, to our knowledge, no such list …

Top 10 plant viruses in molecular plant pathology

KBG Scholthof, S Adkins, H Czosnek… - Molecular plant …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Many scientists, if not all, feel that their particular plant virus should appear in any list of the
most important plant viruses. However, to our knowledge, no such list exists. The aim of this …

[HTML][HTML] A randomized trial of a low-carbohydrate diet for obesity

GD Foster, HR Wyatt, JO Hill… - … England Journal of …, 2003 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Despite the popularity of the low-carbohydrate, high-protein, high-fat (Atkins)
diet, no randomized, controlled trials have evaluated its efficacy. Methods We conducted a …

Primary care physicians' attitudes about obesity and its treatment

GD Foster, TA Wadden, AP Makris… - Obesity …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: This study was designed to assess physicians' attitudes toward obese patients
and the causes and treatment of obesity. Research Methods and Procedures: A …

Obesity: responding to the global epidemic.

TA Wadden, KD Brownell, GD Foster - Journal of consulting and …, 2002 - psycnet.apa.org
Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the United States and other developed
nations. In the United States, 27% of adults are obese and an additional 34% are …

Obstructive sleep apnea among obese patients with type 2 diabetes

GD Foster, MH Sanders, R Millman, G Zammit… - Diabetes …, 2009 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE To assess the risk factors for the presence and severity of obstructive sleep
apnea (OSA) among obese patients with type 2 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND …

Weight and metabolic outcomes after 2 years on a low-carbohydrate versus low-fat diet: a randomized trial

GD Foster, HR Wyatt, JO Hill, AP Makris… - Annals of internal …, 2010 - acpjournals.org
This article has been corrected. The original version (PDF) is appended to this article as a
supplement. Background: Previous studies comparing low-carbohydrate and low-fat diets …

What is a reasonable weight loss? Patients' expectations and evaluations of obesity treatment outcomes.

GD Foster, TA Wadden, RA Vogt… - Journal of consulting and …, 1997 - psycnet.apa.org
Expert panels and governmental guidelines now recommend that obese persons seek
modest (ie," reasonable") reductions in body weight rather than striving for" ideal" weights …

A randomized study on the effect of weight loss on obstructive sleep apnea among obese patients with type 2 diabetes: the Sleep AHEAD study

GD Foster, KE Borradaile, MH Sanders… - Archives of internal …, 2009 - jamanetwork.com
Background The belief that weight loss improves obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has limited
empirical support. The purpose of this 4-center study was to assess the effects of weight loss …