Marion Franz

Nutrition Concepts by Franz, Inc, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Marion Franz is a registered dietitian (RD) and Certified Diabetes Educator. She is currently working as nutrition/health consultant with Nutrition Concepts by Franz, Inc. She was previously affiliated with the University of Minnesota as teaching specialist in the Department of Food Science and Nutrition.

She has received the American Diabetes Association Award for Outstanding Health Professional Educator, the American Dietetic Association Award for Excellence in the Practice of Clinical Nutrition, and the Park Nicollet Medical Center Community Service Award, among other honors. She is the current Co-Chair of the task force to revise the American Diabetes Association.

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Faculty Member: Diabetes & Endocrinology > Diabetes & Obesity (since 18 April 2006)

All recent recommendations

• 3.0
  Patterns of Alcohol Consumption and the Metabolic Syndrome.
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• 3.0
  Interindividual variability and intra-individual reproducibility of glycemic index values for commercial white bread.
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• 3.0
  The Canadian Trial of Carbohydrates in Diabetes (CCD), a 1-y controlled trial of low-glycemic-index dietary carbohydrate in type 2 diabetes: no effect on glycated hemoglobin but reduction in C-reactive protein.
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• 3.0
  Effects of aerobic training, resistance training, or both on glycemic control in type 2 diabetes: a randomized trial.
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• 6.0
  The loss of postprandial glycemic control precedes stepwise deterioration of fasting with worsening diabetes.
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• 6.0
  Metabolic effects of interventions to increase exercise in adults with type 2 diabetes.
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• 6.0
  Low-carbohydrate-high-protein diet and long-term survival in a general population cohort.
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• 6.0
  Long-term effects of 2 energy-restricted diets differing in glycemic load on dietary adherence, body composition, and metabolism in CALERIE: a 1-y randomized controlled trial.
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• 6.0
  Sustained reduction in the incidence of type 2 diabetes by lifestyle intervention: follow-up of the Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study.
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• 4.8
  Effect of rosiglitazone on the frequency of diabetes in patients with impaired glucose tolerance or impaired fasting glucose: a randomised controlled trial.
  Recommended by Gunter Stalla, Marion Franz
  
• 3.0
  Randomized trial of lifestyle modification and pharmacotherapy for obesity.
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• 3.0
  A self-regulation program for maintenance of weight loss.
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• 3.2
  Calcium plus vitamin D supplementation and the risk of fractures.
  Recommended by Marion Franz, Maria Brandi
  
• 4.8
  Low-fat dietary pattern and weight change over 7 years: the Women's Health Initiative Dietary Modification Trial.
  Recommended by Neil Stone, Marion Franz
  
• 3.0
  Systematic review of long-term weight loss studies in obese adults: clinical significance and applicability to clinical practice.
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• 3.0
  Modified Mediterranean diet and survival: EPIC-elderly prospective cohort study.
  Recommended by Marion Franz