R. Villegas

University of the Incarnate Word — United States

Medicine · Health Sciences

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Research Topics

Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet(9), Nutritional Studies and Diet(8), Diet and metabolism studies(4), Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins(3), Diet, Metabolism, and Disease(3)

Publications25 total

Identifying Barriers to Physical Activity and Exercise Within the Bexar County Community
Cureus·2025Open Access
Response to letter to the editor: Lost in Transition
Journal of Pediatric Urology·2024
Surgical timing and complications, with body image, quality of life, sexual function and genital sensation in patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Journal of Pediatric Urology·2024· 6 cited
Terapia biológica versus bloqueo analgésico intraarticular en el manejo del dolor post operatorio en la reconstrucción del ligamento cruzado anterior
Revista Científica CMDLT·2023Open Access
Fish, omega-3 long-chain fatty acids, and all-cause mortality in a low-income US population: Results from the Southern Community Cohort Study
Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases·2015· 20 citedOpen Access
Dietary Calcium and Magnesium and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
Elsevier eBooks·2012
Purine-rich foods, protein intake, and the prevalence of hyperuricemia: The Shanghai Men’s Health Study
Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases·2011· 194 cited
Lifestyle determinants of c-reactive protein in middle-aged, urban Chinese men
Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases·2010· 50 citedOpen Access
Dietary patterns are associated with lower incidence of type 2 diabetes in middle-aged women: the Shanghai Women's Health Study
International Journal of Epidemiology·2010· 96 citedOpen Access
Prevalence and determinants of glycosuria: the Shanghai Men's Health Study
Diabetic Medicine·2008· 1 citedOpen Access
Energy balance and type 2 diabetes: A report from the Shanghai Women's Health Study
Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases·2008· 39 citedOpen Access
Duration of breast-feeding and the incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Shanghai Women’s Health Study
Diabetologia·2007· 103 citedOpen Access
Physical activity and the incidence of type 2 diabetes in the Shanghai women's health study
International Journal of Epidemiology·2006· 71 citedOpen Access
LIPID DAMAGE DURING FROZEN STORAGE OF WHOLE JACK MACKEREL (<i>TRACHURUS SYMMETRICUS MURPHYI</i>)
Journal of Food Lipids·2006· 26 cited
samples from dairy farms in the province of Ñuble, Chile
2006
Metodología analítica y detección de residuos de ivermectina en muestras de leche de rebaños de la provincia de Ñuble, Chile
Archivos de medicina veterinaria·2006· 7 citedOpen Access
Clustering of protective factors for glucose intolerance and insulin resistance: a cross‐sectional study
Diabetic Medicine·2005· 8 cited
Prevalence and lifestyle determinants of the metabolic syndrome.
PubMed·2005· 39 cited
Prudent diet and the risk of insulin resistance
Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases·2004· 75 cited
Dietary patterns in middle-aged Irish men and women defined by cluster analysis
Public Health Nutrition·2004· 90 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Wei Zheng(5), Gong Yang(5), Xiao‐Ou Shu(5), Ivan J. Perry(5), Agus Salim(4), Tom A. Elasy(3), Wanghong Xu(3), Hongtao Li(3), Albert Flynn(3), Matilde Sierra(3), Yong‐Bing Xiang(2), Hui Cai(2), MacRae F. Linton(2), Sergio Fazio(2), Yu‐Tang Gao(2), Charles E. Matthews(2), Hui Cai(2), T.P. O'Connor(2), Joseph P. Kerry(2), D.J. Buckley(2)