Publications by authors named "Sarah R Dash"
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- The study focused on evaluating the effectiveness of vaccination and previous SARS-CoV-2 infection in protecting Utah middle and high school students against COVID-19 during the omicron variant surge.
- Data from 17,910 students showed that those with hybrid immunity (previous infection and vaccination) had the highest protection, especially those who received three vaccine doses.
- Overall, the research concluded that hybrid immunity offered the best defense against SARS-CoV-2 infection among students, highlighting the importance of vaccination and prior infections.
Aims: We aimed to explore the relationships between diet quality, dietary inflammatory potential or body mass index and outcomes of a clinical trial of nutraceutical treatment for bipolar depression.
Methods: This is a sub-study of a randomised controlled trial of participants with bipolar depression who provided dietary intake data ( = 133). Participants received 16 weeks adjunctive treatment of either placebo or -acetylcysteine-alone or a combination of mitochondrial-enhancing nutraceuticals including -acetylcysteine (combination treatment).
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- The study explored lifestyle and biomedical risk factors for chronic diseases in men and women across different adult age groups (25-51, 52-64, and 65+), using data from the 2011-2012 Australian Health Survey with 3,024 participants.
- Results showed that early-middle adults often failed to meet dietary and activity recommendations, while older adults had higher rates of overweight/obesity and hypertension.
- Notably, men generally had higher consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and poorer adherence to physical activity guidelines, but women showed significant increases in risk factors as they transitioned to middle adulthood, indicating a need for targeted public health interventions.
Global assessments of burden of disease suggests there are sex differences in risk factors for chronic disease, including overweight/obesity, dietary patterns and habitual physical activity. Given that prevention efforts aim to target such factors to reduce disease risk, the age at which sex differences may occur is of particular interest. Early life to young adulthood is the optimal time for intervention, with lifestyle habits typically forming during this period.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDepression and type 2 diabetes (T2D) contribute significantly to global burden of disease and often co-occur. Underpinning type 2 diabetes is poor glycaemic control and glucose is also an obligatory substrate for brain metabolism, with potential implications for cognition, motivation and mood. This research aimed to examine the relationships between fasting plasma glucose and depressive symptoms in a large, population representative sample of US adults, controlling for other demographic and lifestyle behavioural risk factors.
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