Nianhong Yang
Professor of Nutrition & Food Hygiene 
Department of Nutrition & Food Hygiene
华中科技大学主页平台管理系统 杨年红--中文主页--首页 (hust.edu.cn)
* zynh@mails.tjmu.edu.cn
Academic Areas
Nutrition and Food Hygiene
Research Interests
> The primary focus of my research is on nutrition and health, especially prenatal nutrition and the risk of adulthood chronic disease.
> We study long effects of early life nutrition on epigenetic, gene-environment interactions in relation to obesity and other metabolism diseases.
> We also aim to improve prevention strategies start from early life for protecting from chronic diseases.
Selected Professional Affiliations
2017- General Secretary, Council of Maternal and Child Nutrition, Chinese Nutrition Society
Courses Taught
Nutrition and Food Hygiene/Preventive Medicine
Awards and Honors
Education
2003-2006 Ph.D., Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China
1988-1991 MD., Tongji Medical University, China
1983-1988 B.S. Med, Tongji Medical University, China
Professional/working Experience
2006-present Professor, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
2000-2006 Associate Professor, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
1995-2000 Lecturer, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical University
1991-1994 Teaching Assistant, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical University
Past and ongoing projects, funding, programs
> 2017-2020, Effects of iron status and hepcidin during pregnancy on the risk of gestational diabetes. NSFC, PI
> 2013-2017, Maternal and infant health survey. National Program on Basic Research Project of China, PI
> 2013-2016, The role of hypothalamic FAT/CD36 in energy homeostasis and obesity. NSFC, PI
> Select Publications
Journal Article
* Corresponding author
1. Li Qian, Zhang Yu, Huang Li, Zhong Chunrong, Chen Renjuan, Zhou Xuezhen, Chen Xi, Li Xiating, Cui Wenli, Xiong Ting, Gao Qin, Xu Shangzhi, Wu Yuanjue, Wang Xiaoyi, Zhang Guofu, Zhang Xu, Lin Lixia, Gao Duan, Xiao Mei, Xiong Guoping, Yang Hongying, Yang Nianlan，Yang Xuefeng, Hao Liping, Jin Zhichun, Yang Nianhong *. High-dose folic acid supplement use from pre-pregnancy through mid-pregnancy is associated with increased risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: a prospective cohort study. Diabetes Care. 2019 . doi: 10.2337/dc18-2572
2. Liu Chaoqun, Zhong Chunrong, Chen Renjuan, Zhou Xuezhen, Wu Jiangyue, Han Juan, Li Xiating, Zhang Yu, Gao Qin, Xiao Mei, Hu Xingwen, Xiong Guoping, Han Weizhen, Yang Xuefeng, Hao Liping, Yang Nianhong *. Higher dietary vitamin C intake is associated with a lower risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: A longitudinal cohort study. Clin Nutr. 2019. doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2019.01.015.
3. Gao, Qin; Zhong, Chunrong; Zhou, Xuezhen; Chen, Renjuan; Xiong, Ting; Hong, Miao; Li, Qian; Kong, Man; Han, Weizhen; Sun, Guoqiang; Yang, Xuefeng; Yang, Nianhong*; Hao, Liping*. The association between dietary lycopene and other carotenoids intake and gestational diabetes mellitus risk during mid-trimester: a cross-sectional study. Br J Nutr. 2019, doi: 10.1017/S0007114519000606.
4. Huang, Li; Chen, Xi; Zhang, Yu; Sun, Guoqiang; Zhong, Chunrong; Wang, Weiye; Li, Qian; Li, Xiating; Yin, Heng; Yang, Xuefeng; Hao, Liping; Xiao, Mei; Yang, Nianhong*. Gestational weight gain is associated with delayed onset of lactogenesis in the TMCHC study: a prospective cohort study. Clin Nutr. 2018. doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2018.11.001.
5. Zhang, Guofu; Wang, Xiaoyi; Zhang, Xu; Li, Qian; Xu, Shangzhi; Huang, Li; Zhang, Yu; Lin, Lixia; Gao, Duan; Wu, Meng; Sun, Guoqiang; Song, Yang; Zhong, Chunrong; Yang, Xuefeng; Hao, Liping; Yang, Hongying; Yang, Lei; Yang, Nianhong*. Antimony in urine during early pregnancy correlates with increased risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: a prospective cohort study. Environ Int. 2019;123:164-170.
6. Zhou, Xuezhen; Chen, Renjuan; Zhong, Chunrong; Wu, Jiangyue; Li, Xiating; Li, Qian; Cui, Wenli; Yi, Nianhua; Xiao, Mei; Yin, Heng; Xiong, Guoping; Han Weizhen; Hao, Liping; Yang, Xuefeng*; Yang Nianhong*. Fresh fruit intake in pregnancy and the association with gestational diabetes mellitus: a prospective Chinese cohort study, Nutrition. 2019, 60:129-135.
7. Zhou, Xuezhen; Chen, Renjuan; Zhong, Chunrong; Wu, Jiangyue; Li, Xiating; Li, Qian; Cui,Wenli; Yi, Nianhua; Xiao, Mei; Yin, Heng; Xiong, Gopuing; Han, Weizhen; Hao, Liping; Yang, Xuefeng*; Yang, Nianhong*. Maternal dietary pattern characterized by high-protein and low-carbohydrate intake in pregnancy is associated with a higher risk of gestational diabetes mellitus in Chinese women: a prospective cohort study. Br J Nutr. 2018,120:1045-4055.
8. Chen Renjuan; Li Qian ; Cui Wenli; Wang Xiaoyi;, Gao Qin; Zhong Chunrong; Sun Guoqiang; Chen Xinlin; Xiong Guoping;, Yang Xuefeng; Hao Liping; Yang Nianhong*.Maternal iodine insufficiency and excess are associated with adverse effects on fetal growth: a prospective cohort study in Wuhan, China. J Nutr 2018 ;148:1814-1820.
9. Li Peiyin; Zhong Chunrong; Li Shuzhen; Sun Taoping; Huang Hao; Chen Xi; Zhu Yalun; Hu Xiaoli, Peng Xiaobo; Zhang Xu; Bao Wei; Shan Zhilei; Cheng Jinquan; Hu Frank B.; Yang Nianhong*, Liu Liegang*. Plasma concentration of trimethylamine-N-oxide and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus. Am J Clin Nutr 2018;108:603-610.
10. Kong, Man; Liu, Chaoqun; Guo, Yanfang; Gao, Qing; Zhong, Chunrong; Zhou, Xuezhen; Chen, Renjuan; Xiong, Guoping; Yang, Xuefeng; Hao, Liping; Yang, Nianhong*. Higher level of GGT during mid-pregnancy is associated with increased risk of gestational diabetes mellitus. Clin Endocrinol(Oxf) 2018, 88:700-705.
11. Zhong, Chunrong; Chen, Renjuan; Zhou, Xuezhen; Xu, Shangzhi; Li, Qian; Cui, Wenli; Wang, Weiye; Li, Xiating; Wu, Jiangyue; Liu, Chaoqun; Xiao, Mei; Sun, Guoqiang; Yang, Xuefeng; Hao, Liping; Yang, Nianhong*. Poor sleep during early pregnancy increases subsequent risk of gestational diabetes mellitus.Sleep Med 2018, 46: 20-25.
12. Wu, Yuanjue; Wang Yan; Huang, Junmei; Zhang,Zhen; Wang,Jing; Zhou, Li; Ni,Zemin; Hao,Liping; Yang, Nianhong & Yang, Xuefeng .The association between caesarean delivery and the initiation and duration of breastfeeding: a prospective cohort study in China. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2018 ; 72:1644-1654.
13. Huang, Junmei; Zhang, Zhen; Wu, Yuanjue; Wang, Yan; Wang, Jing; Zhou, Li; Ni, Zemin; Hao, Liping; Yang, Nianhong*; Yang, Xuefeng*. Early feeding of larger volumes of formula milk is associated with greater body weight or overweight in later infancy. Nutr J 2018;17:12-20.
14. Xiong, Ting; Zhong, Chunrong; Zhou, Xuezhen;Chen, Renjuan; Xiao, Mei; Wu, Yuanjue; Hu, Xingwen; Wang, Weiye; Li, Xiating; Liu, Chaoqun; Xiong, Guoping; Yang, Xuefeng; Hao, Liping; Yang, Nianhong*. Maternal Circulating Transthyretin Level Is Longitudinally Associated With Increased Risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: It Is Not Just an Indicator of Nutritional Status. Diabetes care.2017. 40(5):e53-54.
15. Zhong, Chunrong; Li, Xiating; Chen, Renjuan; Zhou, Xuezhen; Liu, Chaoqun; Wu, Jiangyue; Xu, Shangzhi; Wang, Weiye; Xiao, Mei; Xiong, Guoping; Wang, Jing; Yang, Xuefeng; Hao, Liping; Yang, Nianhong*. Greater early and mid-pregnancy gestational weight gain are associated with increased risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: A prospective cohort study. Clin Nutr ESPEN. 2017;22:48-53.
16. Liu, Chaoqun; Zhong, Chunrong; Zhou, Xuezhen; Chen, Renjuan; Wu, Jiangyue; Wang, Weiye; Li, Xiating; Ding, Huisi; Guo, Yanfang; Gao, Qin; Hu, Xingwen; Xiong, Guoping; Yang, Xuefeng; Hao, Liping; Xiao, Mei; Yang, Nianhong*. Higher direct bilirubin levels during mid-pregnancy are associated with lower risk of gestational diabetes mellitus. Endocrine 2017, 55(1): 165-172.
17. Wang, Weiye; Zhong, Chunrong; Zhang, Yu; Huang, Li; Chen, Xi; Zhou, Xuezhen; Chen, Renjuan; Li, Xiating; Xiao, Mei; Hao, Liping; Yang, Xuefeng; Yang, Nianhong*; Wei, Sheng*. Shorter sleep duration in early pregnancy is associated with birth length: a prospective cohort study in Wuhan, China. Sleep Med 2017; 34:99-104.
18. Ma, Yan; Wang, Xiaoyi; Yang, Hongying; Zhang, Xu; Yang, Nianhong*. Involvement of CD36 in Modulating the Decrease of NPY and AgRP Induced by Acute Palmitic Acid Stimulation in N1E-115 Cells. Nutrients 2017; 9:626-635.
19. Wang, Weiye; Zhong, Chunrong; Huang, Li; Zhou, Xuezhen; Chen, Renjuan; Wu, Jiangyue; Li, Xiating; Xiong, Ting; Liu, Chaoqun; Xiao, Mei; Yang, Xuefeng; Hao, Liping; Yang, Nianhong*; Wei, Sheng*. Prenatal NO2 exposure and ultrasound measures of foetal growth: a prospective cohort study in Wuhan, China. Occup Environ Med. 2017;74:204-210.
20. Wang, Jing; Wu, Yuanjue; Xiong, Guoping; Chao, Tingting; Jin, Qiu; Liu, Rui; Hao, Liping; Wei, Sheng; Yang, Nianhong; Yang, Xuefeng*. Introduction of complementary feeding before 4 months of age increases the risk of childhood overweight or obesity: a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies. Nutr Res. 2016:36:759-770.
21. Zhang, Hongmin; Qiu, Xiang; Zhong, Chunrong; Zhang, Kewei; Xiao, Mei; Yi, Nianhua; Xiong, Guoping; Wang, Jing; Yao, Jing; Hao, Liping; Wei, Sheng; Yang, Nianhong; Yang, Xuefeng*. Reproducibility and relative validity of a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire for Chinese pregnant women. Nutr J. 2015;14:56-65.
22. Wang, Xiaoke; Cheng, Mengjie; Zhao, Min; Ge, Aiguo; Guo, Fangfang; Zhang, Min; Yang, Yanhong; Liu, Liegang;Yang, Nianhong*, Differential effects of high-fat-diet rich in lard oil or soybean oil on osteopontin expression and inflammation of adipose tissue in diet-induced obese rats. Eur J Nutr.2013;52:1181-1189.
23. Zhao, Min; Zang, Baocai; Cheng, Mengjie; Ma, Yan; Yang, Yanhong; Yang, Nianhong*. Differential responses of hepatic endoplasmic reticulum stress and inflammation in diet-induced obese rats with high-fat diet rich in lard oil or soybean oil. PLoS One. 2013;8(11):e78620.
24. Zhao, Min; Zhang, Min; Zhou, Xiaoqi; Yang, Hongying; Yang, Yanhong; Yang, Nianhong*. Weight misperception and its barriers to keep health weight in Chinese children. Acta Paediatr 2012 101(12): e550-556.
25. Wang, Xiaoke; Ge, Aiguo; Cheng, Mengjie; Guo, Fangfang; Zhao, Min; Zhou, Xiaoqi; Liu, Liegang; Yang, Nianhong*. Increased hypothalamic Inflammation associated with the susceptibility to obesity in rats exposed to high-fat diet. Exp Diabetes Res. 2012; 2012:847246. doi: 10.1155/2012/847246.
26. Yang, Nianhong*; Liu, Xiaoli; Ding, Eric L.; Xu, Mingjia; Wu, Songwen; Liu, Liegang; Sun, Xiufa; Hu, Frank B., Impaired Ghrelin Response after High-Fat Meals Is Associated with Decreased Satiety in Obese and Lean Chinese Young Adults. J Nutr 2009, 139:1286-1291.
27. Wang Chongjian, Yang Nianhong*, Wu Songwen, Liu Liegang, Sun Xiufa, Nie Shaofa. Difference of NPY and its receptor gene expressions between obesity and obesity-resistant rats in response to high-fat diet. Horm Metab Res 2007, 39:262-267.
28. Yang Nianhong*, Wang Chongjian, Xu Minjia, Mao Limei, Liu Liegang, Sun Xiufa. Interaction of dietary composition and PYY gene expression in diet-induced obesity in rats. J Huazhong Univ Sci Technolog Med Sci 2005, 25:243-246.
