Walter Willett
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Willett is the principal investigator of the second Nurses' Health Study (NHS2 or NHS II), a compilation of studies regarding the health of older women and their risk factors for major chronic diseases. He has published more than 1,500 scientific articles regarding various aspects of diet and disease and is the second most cited author in clinical medicine.
Willett is perhaps best known for his 2001 book ''Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy'' and the ensuing controversy over it. The book presents nutritional information and recommendations based on what was then the consensus of nutrition scientists, and is critical of many misconceptions about diet and nutrition, including ideas presented by guidelines from American organizations such as the USDA. Willett is frequently quoted by the media in articles regarding nutrition.
In 2016, Semantic Scholar AI program included Willett on its list of top ten most influential biomedical researchers. Provided by Wikipedia
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6by MAURICIO HERNÁNDEZ-AVILA, ISABELLE ROMIEU, SOCORRO PARRA, JUAN HERNÁNDEZ-AVILA, HERLINDA MADRIGAL, WALTER WILLETTGet full text
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7by Roxana Torres, Sandra Soltero, Maria Angelica Trak, Carolyn M. Tucker, Keimari Mendez, Maribel Campos, Walter Willett, Marytere Melendez, Mathew W. Gillman, Paul W. Franks, Kaumudi Joshipura, Jeremy Pomeroy, Cristina PalaciosGet full text
Published 2016-08-01
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8by Annie N Samraj, Kimberly A Bertrand, Robert Luben, Zahra Khedri, Hai Yu, Dzung Nguyen, Christopher J Gregg, Sandra L Diaz, Sherilyn Sawyer, Xi Chen, Heather Eliassen, Vered Padler-Karavani, Kana Wu, Kay-Tee Khaw, Walter Willett, Ajit VarkiGet full text
Published 2018-01-01
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9by Rashmi Sinha, Habibul Ahsan, Martin Blaser, J. Gregory Caporaso, Joseph Russell Carmical, Andrew T. Chan, Anthony Fodor, Mitchell H. Gail, Curtis C. Harris, Kathy Helzlsouer, Curtis Huttenhower, Rob Knight, Heidi H. Kong, Gabriel Y. Lai, Diane Leigh Smith Hutchinson, Loic Le Marchand, Hongzhe Li, Michael J. Orlich, Jianxin Shi, Ann Truelove, Mukesh Verma, Emily Vogtmann, Owen White, Walter Willett, Wei Zheng, Somdat Mahabir, Christian AbnetGet full text
Published 2018-11-01
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