Junbo Wang

Associate Professor
bmuwjbxy@bjmu.edu.cn
Xueyuan Road 38, Haidian District, Beijing, China
Peking University

Personal profile

Wang Junbo, PhD, is associate professor, master's supervisor and deputy director of Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Peking University. He is also visiting professor at Tibet University.

He graduated from Beijing Medical University in 1995 with a bachelor's degree in preventive medicine, and began to work in the Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene in the same year. In 2005, he was promoted to associate professor and master's supervisor; in 2001, he received a master's degree in medicine from Peking University; in 2007, he graduated from Peking University with a doctor's degree in medicine; during 2012.12-2013.12, he was a member of the 13th “doctoral service groups” organized by Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee and Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, and served as assistant director of the Tibet Health Department, also he served as vice chairman of trade union of Peking University Health Science Center from March 2014 to January 2019.

Currently, he is the chairman of Beijing Nutrition Society, executive director of China Nutrition Society, member of the expert committee of National Nutrition Improvement Plan for Rural Compulsory Education Students, expert of the National Food Safety Risk Assessment Center "Three New" Food Administrative Licensing Review, executive director of the Children's Medical Health Products Branch of the World Federation of Chinese Medical Societies, Vice chairman of the Chinese Association for Improving Birth Outcome and Child Development, deputy secretary-general of the Steering Committee Concerned about the Next Generation Dietary and Nutrition of China Cuisine Association, standing member of Nutrition Literacy Branch of China Association of Health Promotion and Education, standing member of the Diabetes Professional Committee of the China Medical Education Association, member of the Exposure omics and Exposure Science Professional Committee of the Chinese Environmental Mutagen Society, representative of the 10th Member Congress of the Beijing Association for Science and Technology, member of Beijing Food Safety Standards Expert Bank, expert of Campus Balanced Diet and Health Promotion Action in Beijing, member of the Tumor Immunotherapy Committee of Beijing Breast Disease Society.

He has been engaged in teaching, scientific research and dietary nutrition education for a long time. In recent years, he is author of more than 90 papers (including 29 SCI papers) and more than 10 books. As the main researcher, his scientific works have been awarded by the Ministry of Education, Chinese Medical Association, Chinese Preventive Medicine Association, Chinese Nutrition Society and so on.

Main research directions

1. Nutrition and chronic diseases;

2. Infant nutrition

3. Peptide nutrition

4. Health/Functional food and food safety

Representative scientific research projects

1. National Science and Technology Innovation 2030 Key Project, 2023ZD0406305, Construction of Unknown Risk Substitution Toxicity Screening System for New Biological Breeding Products(2023-2025)

2. National Key R&D Program Project, 2017YFD0401202, Research on the scientific foundation of staple food and coarse cereals formulation, and demonstration of key techniques in staple food application and functionalization (2017-2020)

3. National 12^th Five-Year Plan Key Project, 2011 ZX0811-005, Application of special toxicological evaluation techniques in genetically modified organisms (2012-2015)

4. National 11^th Five-Year Plan Key Project, 2008 ZX0811-005, Methodological study on reproductive and developmental toxicity of genetically modified organisms (2018-2011)

5. Chinese Nutrition Society Fund, CNS-NCL2022-138, Effect and Mechanism of Dihydromyricetin on Improving Skin Aging through the Anti-AGEs Pathway (2022-2023)

10 representative papers

1.Ying Zhang, Yaqing Meng, Junbo Wang*. Higher Adherence to Plant-Based Diet Lowers Type 2 Diabetes Risk among High and Non-High Cardiovascular Risk Populations: A Cross-Sectional Study in Shanxi, China. Nutrients. 2023; 15,786. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15030786.

2.Xueqian Yin, Siqi Liu, Xiaoxuan Zhang, Yuanzhi Jian, Jing Wen, Ruoyu Zhou, Ning Yin, Xinran Liu, Chao Hou, Junbo Wang*. Hypoglycemic Effects and Mechanisms of Buckwheat–Oat–Pea Composite Flour in Diabetic Rats. Foods. 2022;11,3938. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11233938.

3.Ning Yin, Xinran Liu, Xiaoxuan Zhang, Jing Wen, Huijuan Ma, Xueqian Yin, Craig-Kui Xie, Yanmei Hou, Junbo Wang*. Comparison of the effects of different infant formulas on the growth and development and intestinal flora of infants. Food Science & Nutrition. 2022;00:1-14. doi: 10.1002/fsn3.3149.

4.Ning Yin, Xiaohui Yu, Fei Wang, Yingjie Yu, Jing Wen, Dandan Guo, Yuanzhi Jian, Hong Li, Liyu Huang, Junbo Wang*, Yao Zhao*. Self-Reported Sedentary Behavior and Metabolic Syndrome among Children Aged 6–14 Years in Beijing, China. Nutrients. 2022; 14, 1869. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14091869.

5.Siqi Liu, Xueqian Yin, Chao Hou, Xinran Liu, Huijuan Ma, Xiaoxuan Zhang, Meihong Xu, Ying Xie, Yong Li, Junbo Wang*. As a staple food substitute, Oat and Buckwheat Compound improves diabetes in rats. Frontiers in Nutrition. 2022;8:762277. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2021.762277.

6.Jing Wen, Huijuan Ma, Yingjie Yu, Xiaoxuan Zhang, Dandan Guo, Xueqian Yin, Xiaohui Yu, Ning Yin, Junbo Wang*, Yao Zhao*. Sugar Content of Market Beverages and Children’s Sugar Intake from Beverages in Beijing, China. Nutrients. 2021;13, 4297. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13124297.

7.Xiaoxuan Zhang, Chao Hou, Siqi Liu, Rui Liu, Xueqian Yin, Xinran Liu, Huijuan Ma, Jing Wen, Ruoyu Zhou, Ning Yin, Yuanzhi Jian, Shan Liu, Junbo Wang*. Effects of transgenic Bacillus Thuringiensis maize (2A-7) on the growth and development in rats. Food and Chemical Toxicology. 2021;158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fct.2021.112694.

8.Junbo Wang#, Xinran Liu#, Siqi Liu, Rui-xue Mao, Chao Hou, Na Zhu, Rui Liu, Hui-juan Ma, Yong Li*. Hypoglycemic Effects of Oat Oligopeptides in High-Calorie Diet/STZ-Induced Diabetic Rats. Molecules. 2019;24,558, doi:10. 3390/molecules24030558.

9.Hui Li, Xiang Li, Jie Liu, Langping Jin, Fan Yang, Junbo Wang*, Ouchen Wang* Ying Gao*. Correlation between serum lead and thyroid diseases: papillary thyroid carcinoma, nodular goiter, and thyroid adenoma. International Journal of Environmental Health Research. 2017;27(5): 409-419.

10.Meihong Xu, Bin Sun, Di Li, Ruixue Mao, Hui Li, Yong Li, Junbo Wang*. Beneficial Effects of Small Molecule Oligopeptides Isolated from Panax ginseng Meyer on Pancreatic Beta-Cell Dysfunction and Death in Diabetic Rats. Nutrients. 2017;9(1061):1-13. doi:10.3390/nu9101061.