Selected Publications

Kendall, C., Francis, S.L., Shelley, M., Ventura-Marra, M., Sahyoun, N.R., Monroe-Lord, L., Xu., F., Weidauer, L., & Arthur, A. (2023). Middle age and older adults: Their nutrition and physical activity needs and how best to address them. Journal of Nutrition in Gerontology and Geriatrics. 42(2), 59-71. doi:10.1080/21551197.2023.2192186

Xu, F., Earp, J.E., Adami, A., Riebe, D., & Greene, G.W. (2023). Sex and race/ethnicity specific reference predictive equations for abdominal adiposity indices using anthropometry in US adults. Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases. 33(5), 956-966. doi:10.1016/j.numecd.2023.03.001

Xu, F., Earp, J.E., Adami, A., Lofgren, I.E., Delmonico, M.J., Greene, G.W. & Riebe, D. (2022). The sex and racial/ethnic group specific relationships of body mass index, waist circumference to abdominal adiposity in US adults. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(23), 15521. doi:10.3390/ijerph192315521

Xu, F., Earp, J.E., Adami, A., Weidauer, L., & Greene, G.W. (2022). The relationship of physical activity and diet quality with diabetes prevalence in US adults: Findings from NHANES 2011-2018. Nutrients. 14(16), 3324. doi: 10.3390/nu14163324.

Xu, F., Earp, J.E., LoBuono, D.L., & Greene, G.W. (2022). The relationship of physical activity and dietary quality with android fat composition and distribution in young and middle-aged US adults. Nutrients, 14(14), 2804. doi: 10.3390/nu14142804.

Xu, F., Greene, G.W., Earp, J.E., Adami, A., Delmonico, M.J., Lofgren, I.E., & Greaney, M.L (2020). The relationships of physical activity and dietary quality with body composition and fat distribution in US adults. Obesity (Silver Spring). 28(12), 2431-2440. doi: 10.1002/oby.23018

Xu, F., Cohen, S.A., Greaney, M.L., Earp, J.E., Delmonico, M.J. (2020) Longitudinal sex-specific physical function trends by age, race/ethnicity and weight status. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 68(10), 2270-2278. doi: 10.1111/jgs.16638 

Greaney, M.L., Cohen, S.A., Blissmer, B.J., Earp, J.E., & Xu, F. (2019). Age specific trend in health-related quality of life among US adults: Findings from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2001-2016. Quality of Life Research, 28(12), 3249-3257. doi: 10.1007/s11136-019-02280-z

Xu, F., Adam, S.K., Cohen, S.A., Earp, J.E., & Greaney, M.L. (2019). Relationship between physical activity, screen time and sleep quantity and quality in US adolescents aged 16-19. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(9), 1524. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16091524.

Nobles, J., White, J., Tovar, A., Marchand, S., Xu, F., & Greene, G.W. (2019). The effect of a family-based dietary intervention on dietary fiber density in children ages 6-11 years. Topics in Clinical Nutrition, 34(2), 90-99. doi: 10.1097/TIN.0000000000000173

Xu, F., Cohen, S.A., Lofgren, I.E., Greene, G.W., Delmonico, M.J., & Greaney, M.L. (2019). The association between physical activity and metabolic syndrome in older adults with obesity. Journal of Frailty and Aging, 8(1), 27-32. doi: 10.14283/jfa.2018.34

MacNab, L., Francis, S.L., Lofgren, I.E., Violette, C., Shelley, M.C., Delmonico, M.J., & Xu, F. (2018). Factors influencing dietary intake frequencies and nutritional risk among community-residing older adults. Journal of Nutrition in Gerontology and Geriatrics, 37(3-4), 255-268. doi: 10.1080/21551197.2018.1524809

Xu, F., Cohen, S.A., Lofgren, I.E., Greene, G.W., Delmonico, M.J., & Greaney, M.L. (2018). Relationship between diet quality, physical activity and health-related quality of life in older adults: Findings from 2007-2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging, 22(9), 1072-1079. 

Xu, F., Cohen, S.A., Greaney, M.L., & Greene, G.W. (2018). The association between US adolescents’ weight status, weight perception, weight satisfaction, and their physical activity and dietary behaviors. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(9), 1931. doi:10.3390/ijerph15091931.

Xu, F., Greaney, M.L., Cohen, S.A., Riebe, D., & Greene, G.W. (2018). Association between adolescents’ weight perception and health behaviors: Analysis of National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data, 2011-2014. Journal of Obesity, 2018, 1-8. doi:10.1155/2018/3547856

Renna, E.N., Slezak, S.G., Mahoney, K.B., Lofgren, I.E., Hatfield, D., Delmonico, M.J. & Xu, F. (2017). The relationship between arthritis and muscular strength in older women with symptoms of sarcopenia. Journal of Aging Research & Clinical Practice, 6, 217-222. doi: 10.14283/jarcp.2017.29.

Xu, F., Marchand, S., Corcoran, C., DiBiasio, H., Clough, R., Dyer, C.S., Nobles, J., White, J., Greaney, M.L. & Greene, G.W. (2017). A community-based nutrition and physical activity intervention for children who are overweight or obese and their caregivers. Journal of Obesity, 2017, 1-9. doi:10.1155/2017/2746595

Slezak, S.G., Mahoney, K.B., Renna, E.N., Lofgren, I.E., Xu, F., Hatfield, D.L. & Delmonico, M.J. (2017). Comparison of current sarcopenia classification criteria in older New England women. Journal of Aging Research & Clinical Practice, 6, 163-167. doi: 10.14283/jarcp.2017.21

Xu, F., Delmonico, M.J., Lofgren, I.E., Uy, K.M., Maris, S.A., Quintanilla, D., Taetzsch, A., Letendre, J., & Mahler, L. (2017). Effect of a combined Tai Chi, resistance training and dietary intervention on cognitive function in obese older women. Journal of Frailty and Aging, 6(3), 167-171.

Xu, F., Letendre, J., Bekke, J., Beebe, N., Mahler, L., Lofgren, I.E., & Delmonico, M.J. (2015). The effects of Tai Chi plus behaviorally-based dietary weight loss on physical functioning and coronary heart disease risk factors in community-dwelling obese older women. Journal of Nutrition in Gerontology and Geriatrics, 34(1), 50-65. doi:10.1080/21551197.2014.1003672

Maris, S.A., Quintanilla, D., Taetzsch, A., Picard, A., Letendre, J., Mahler, L., Lofgren, I.E., Xu, F., & Delmonico, M.J. (2014). The combined effects of Tai Chi, resistance training, and diet on physical function and body composition in obese older women. Journal of Aging Research, 2014, 1-8. doi:10.1155/2014/657851