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Research interests
My research interests include the role of dietary composition, and of eating and physical activity patterns, in the etiology, prevention, and treatment of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease throughout the lifespan.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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Research Interest Keywords
- epidemiology
- cardiovascular disease
- nutrition
- type 2 diabetes
- fitness
- exercise
- diet
- physical activity
- obesity
- public health
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Effects of Walking in Greenspace and the Built Environment in Adults with Prediabetes: A Randomized Crossover Trial
Pereira, M. A. (PI), Berman, J. (CoI), Erickson, D. J. (CoI), Larson, J. M. (CoI) & Schneider, I. E. (CoI)
NIH NAT'L HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITU
7/1/23 → 6/30/28
Project: Research project
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Effect of Artifically Sweetened Beverages on Diabetes Control in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
Pereira, M. A. (PI), Bantle, A. E. (CoI), Knights, D. (CoI) & Seaquist, E. R. (CoI)
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE, NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH)
9/15/18 → 11/30/24
Project: Research project
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Novel Methods for Measuring Urban Greenspace Access
Pereira, M. A. (PI)
1/1/23 → 1/1/24
Project: Internal Grant
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Feasibility of a Yoga Intervention in Sedentary African-American Women
Barr-Anderson, D. J. (PI), Mitchell, N. R. (CoI), Neumark-Sztainer, D. (CoI) & Pereira, M. A. (Co-Principal Investigator)
NIH NATL CTR FOR COMPLEMENTARY
9/21/20 → 8/31/24
Project: Research project
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Association of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior with Incident Cardiovascular Disease Event Risk and All-Cause Mortaility: Role of Heart Rate Variability and Influence of Diabetes Status
Pereira, M. A. (PI) & Erickson, D. J. (CoI)
NIH NAT'L HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITU
9/1/20 → 6/30/24
Project: Research project
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Corrigendum to “Physiologic Adaptation to Macronutrient Change Distorts Findings from Short Dietary Trials: Reanalysis of a Metabolic Ward Study” [J Nutr 154 (2024) 1080–1086] (The Journal of Nutrition (2024) 154(3) (1061–1063), (S0022316624000452), (10.1016/j.tjnut.2024.01.026))
Soto-Mota, A., Jansen, L. T., Norwitz, N. G., Pereira, M. A., Ebbeling, C. B. & Ludwig, D. S., Apr 2024, In: Journal of Nutrition. 154, 4, p. 1486 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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Dietary pattern and diversity analysis using DietDiveR in R: a cross-sectional evaluation in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
Sadohara, R., Jacobs, D., Pereira, M. A. & Johnson, A. J., May 2024, In: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 119, 5, p. 1301-1308 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Genetic drivers of heterogeneity in type 2 diabetes pathophysiology
VA Million Veteran Program, Mar 1 2024, In: Nature. 627, 8003, p. 347-357 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access22 Scopus citations -
Increased low-density lipoprotein cholesterol on a low-carbohydrate diet in adults with normal but not high body weight: A meta-analysis
Soto-Mota, A., Flores-Jurado, Y., Norwitz, N. G., Feldman, D., Pereira, M. A., Danaei, G. & Ludwig, D. S., Mar 2024, In: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 119, 3, p. 740-747 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access7 Scopus citations -
Non-alcoholic fatty liver modifies associations of body mass index and waist circumference with cardiometabolic risk: The CARDIA study
Mathew, M., Pope, Z. C., Schreiner, P. J., Jacobs, D. R., VanWagner, L. B., Terry, J. G. & Pereira, M. A., Apr 2024, In: Obesity Science and Practice. 10, 2, e751.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access