James Rippe

James M. Rippe (born June 26, 1947)[1] is an American cardiologist. He is the founder and director of the Rippe Lifestyle Institute, located in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, and professor of biomedical sciences at the University of Central Florida.[2]

Education

Rippe received his B.A. from Harvard College in 1969 and his M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 1979.[1]

Career

From 1983 to 1993, Rippe worked at the Exercise Physiology and Nutrition Laboratory at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.[1] He was an associate professor of medicine at Tufts University from 1994 to 2012.[1] He has been a professor of biomedical sciences at the University of Central Florida since 2005.[1]

Research and views

Rippe's research has found that the health benefits of exercise extend to mild exercise, such as walking, and that the benefit from walking is about the same regardless of the speed of walking.[3] He has been described as "a founder of the fitness walking movement."[4] He has said that the adverse health effects of physical inactivity are comparable to those of smoking a pack of cigarettes per day.[5]

High fructose corn syrup research

Rippe has worked with the food industry on the health effects of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), and he has said that there is no link between HFCS and obesity.[6] In 2014, it was reported that Rippe had received about $10 million over the course of four years from the Corn Refiners Association, after which he released a number of studies disputing the adverse health effects of HFCS, some of which argued that it was not nutritionally different from sugar.[7][8]

Editorial activities

Rippe is the editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine,[2] as well as the co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Intensive Care Medicine.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "James M. Rippe Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  2. 1 2 "About Dr. Rippe". Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  3. ↑ Higdon, Hal (16 August 1988). "Exercise To Keep Quitters Going 12-minute Workout Helps Overall Health". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  4. ↑ Hellmich, Nanci (19 August 2007). "Is TV's 'Fat March' out of step?". USA Today. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  5. ↑ Tweed, Vera (15 December 2015). "Healthy Joints: Right Foods, Exercises, Supplements Ease Pain". Newsmax. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  6. ↑ Lengle, Kim (1 October 2008). "Sweetener Controversy Grows". CBS News. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  7. ↑ Lipton, Eric (12 February 2014). "Rival Industries Sweet-Talk the Public". New York Times. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  8. ↑ Hamburger, Tom (12 February 2014). "‘Soft lobbying’ war between sugar, corn syrup shows new tactics in Washington influence". Washington Post. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  9. ↑ "Journal of Intensive Care Medicine". Sage Publications. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, March 13, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.