Publications

2024 so far (nourish team member names are bolded)

1. Carew AS, Warren RA, Bancks MP, Levy AP, Sapp J, Bahnson J, Lewis CE, Rimm EB, Espeland MA, Cahill LE. The relationship between repeated measurements of HbA1c and risk of coronary events among the common haptoglobin phenotype groups: the Action for Health in Diabetes (Look AHEAD) study. 2024. Accepted at Cardiovasc Diabetol. 

2. Luongo G, Tarasuk V, Cahill LE, Hajizadeh M, Yi Y, Mah CL. Cost of a Healthy Diet: A Population-Representative Comparison of 3 Diet Cost Methods in Canada. J Nutr. 2024 Sep 11:S0022-3166(24)01015-0. doi: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2024.09.002. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39270849. 

3. Veldhuijzen van Zanten D, Vantomme E, Ford K, Cahill L, Jin J, Keller H, Nasser R, Lagendyk L, Strickland T, MacDonald B, Boudreau S, Gramlich L. Physician Perspectives on Malnutrition Screening, Diagnosis, and Management: A Qualitative Analysis. Nutrients. 2024 Jul 11;16(14):2215. doi: 10.3390/nu16142215. PMID: 39064658. 

4. Cahill LE*, Warren RA*, Bahn GD, Carew AS, Levy AP, Sapp J, Rimm EB, Reaven P. Haptoglobin phenotype and intensive glycemic control for coronary artery disease risk reduction in people with type two diabetes: The Veterans Affairs Diabetes Trial. Am J Prev Cardiol. 2024 May 9;18:100681. doi: 10.1016/j.ajpc.2024.100681. PMID: 38800835; PMCID: PMC11127177. *co first authors.

5. Cahill LE, Hummel SL. Eating to Prevent Both Heart and Planetary Failure: The EAT-Lancet Diet. JACC Heart Fail. 2024 May 10:S2213-1779(24)00332-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2024.04.012. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38795112.

6.  Harvey A, Mannette J, Sigall-Boneh R, Macintyre B, Parrott M, Cahill L, Connors J, Otley A, van Limbergen J, Grant S. Co-Development of Three Dietary Indices to Facilitate Dietary Intake Assessment of Pediatric Crohn's Disease Patients. Can J Diet Pract Res. 2024 Apr 18:1-8. doi: 10.3148/cjdpr-2024-005. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38634640.

7. Cahill LE, Warren RA, Carew AS, Levy AP, Sapp J, Samuel M, Selvin E, Lavallée SK, Poulter N, Marre M, Harrap S, Mancia G, Harris K, Chalmers J, Woodward M, Rimm EB. Haptoglobin Phenotype and Intensive Glycemic Control for Coronary Artery Disease Risk Reduction in People With Type 2 Diabetes: The ADVANCE Study. Diabetes Care. 2024 Mar 14:dc232165. doi: 10.2337/dc23-2165. PMID: 38484336. 

8. Warren RA, Bancks MP, Carew AS, Levy AP, Sapp J, Bahnson J, Lewis CE, Rimm EB, Espeland MA, Cahill LE. Intensive lifestyle intervention in type 2 diabetes and risk of incident coronary artery disease for the common haptoglobin phenotypes: the Look AHEAD study. Cardiovasc Diabetol. 2024 Feb 24;23(1):82. doi: 10.1186/s12933-024-02164-8. PMID: 38402400; PMCID: PMC10894470.

9. Hassan N, Lacaille D, Xu A, Alandejani A, Sidi S, Mansourian M, Butt ZA, Cahill LE, Iyamu IO, Lang JJ, Rana J, Somayaji R, Sarrafzadegan N, Kopec JA; GBD RA Collaborator Group. National burden of rheumatoid arthritis in Canada, 1990-2019: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 - a GBD collaborator-led study. RMD Open. 2024 Jan 12;10(1):e003533. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2023-003533. PMID: 38216285.

2023 

1. Adepalli N, Cumby J, Campbell N, Pavlova B, Alda M, Cahill LE, Uher R. Developmental Trajectory of Body Weight in Youths at Risk for Major Mood Disorders. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Oct 2;6(10):e2338540. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.38540. PMID: 37856119. 

2. Iman Y, Balshaw R, Alexiuk M, Hingwala J, Cahill L, Mollard R, Tangri N, Mackay D. Dietary potassium liberalization with fruit and vegetables versus potassium restriction in people with chronic kidney disease (DK-Lib CKD): a clinical trial protocol. BMC Nephrol. 2023 Oct 13;24(1):301. doi: 10.1186/s12882-023-03354-4. PMID: 37833679; PMCID: PMC10576319. 

3. Warren RA, Carew AS, Andreou P, Levy AP, Sapp J, Lache O, Ginsberg HN, Rimm EB, Herman C, Kirkland S, Cahill LE. Relationship Between Time-Varying Achieved High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Risk of Coronary Events Depends on Haptoglobin Phenotype Within the ACCORD Lipid Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2023 Oct 3;12(19):e030288. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.123.030288. Epub 2023 Sep 30. PMID: 37776200. 

4. Cahill LE, Warren RA, Carew AS, Levy AP, Ginsberg HN, Sapp J, Lache O, Rimm EB. The Relationship Between Time-Varying Achieved HbA1c and Risk of Coronary Events Depends on Haptoglobin Phenotype Among White and Black ACCORD Participants. Diabetes Care. 2023 Aug 28:dc230760. doi: 10.2337/dc23-0760. PMID: 37639669.

5. Theou O, O’Brien MW, Godin J, Blanchard C, Cahill L, Hajizadeh M, Hartley P, Jarrett P, Kehler DS, Romero-Ortuno R, Visvanathan R, Rockwood K. Interrupting Bedtime to Reverse Frailty Levels in Acute Care: A Study Protocol for the Breaking Bad Rest Study. (accepted) 2023; BMC Geriatrics. Interrupting bedtime to reverse frailty levels in acute care: a study protocol for the Breaking Bad Rest randomized controlled trial. BMC Geriatr. 2023 Aug 10;23(1):482. doi: 10.1186/s12877-023-04172-x. PMID: 37563553. 

6. Mollard R, Cachero K, Lubovyy B, Martin H, Moisiuk S, Balshaw R, Collister D, Cahill L, Tennankore K, Tangri N, MacKay D. Reducing Dietary Acid with Fruit and Vegetables Versus Oral Alkali in People With Chronic Kidney Disease (ReDACKD): A Clinical Research Protocol. Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease. 2023 Aug 7; 10:20543581231190180. doi: 10.1177/20543581231190180. PMID: 37560749. 

7. Cahill, LE. Supporting supper: a supportive social environment is important for healthy nutrition in middle-aged and older adults. J Nutr. 2023 Jun;153(6):1661-1662. PMID: 37023963. 

2022 

1. Carew AS, Mekary RA, Kirkland S, Theou O, Urquhart R, Parkash R, Cahill LE. Eating Timing and Frequency as a Predictor of Hospitalization and/or Mortality From Coronary Artery Disease: The Linked CCHS-DAD-CMDB 2004-2013 Study. CJC Open. 2022 Apr 14;4(7):625-635. doi: 10.1016/j.cjco.2022.03.011. PMID: 35865018; PMCID: PMC9294983.

2.  Carew AS, Mekary RA, Kirkland S, Theou O, Siddiqi F, Urquhart R, George M, Blanchard C, Biggs ML, Djoussé L, Mukamal KJ, Cahill LE. Prospective study of breakfast frequency and timing and the risk of incident type 2 diabetes in community-dwelling older adults: The Cardiovascular Health Study. Am J Clin Nutr. 2022 Apr 5:nqac087. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqac087. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35380627.

3.  Melanson L, Ramsay D, Fenwick P, Colborne A, Olga Theou O, Cahill LE, Recent medical graduates’ attitudes towards nutrition education and its role in medical practice. 2022 Dalhousie Medical Journal Vol 48 November 2022. link to PDF: https://ojs.library.dal.ca/DMJ/article/view/11471.

4. Warren RA, Carew AS, Andreou P, Herman C, Levy AP, Ginsberg HN, Sapp J, Rimm EB, Kirkland S, Cahill LE. Haptoglobin Phenotype Modifies the Effect of Fenofibrate on Risk of Coronary Event: ACCORD Lipid Trial. Diabetes Care. 2022 Jan 1;45(1):241-250. doi: 10.2337/dc21-1429. PMID: 34785535 PDF of Article

5. Loung C-Y, Sarfaraz S, Carew AS, MacKay DS, Cahill LE. Many authors of publicly-available top-selling nutrition books in Canada are without clinical nutrition credentials, do not cite evidence, and promote their own services or products. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2022 Sep 29. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2022-0051. Online ahead of print. PMID: 36174235.

6. Jayanama K, Theou O, Godin J, Mayo A, Cahill L, Rockwood K. Relationship of body mass index with frailty and all-cause mortality among middle-aged and older adults. BMC Med. 2022 Oct 24;20(1):404. doi: 10.1186/s12916-022-02596-7. PMID: 36280863.

2021

1. Eckert K, Campbell LA, Asbridge M, Stewart S, Bennett M, Loewen O, Veugelers P, Cahill LE. Meal regularity is associated with self-esteem among grade five children. Am J Clin Nutr. 2021 Feb 2;113(2):467-475. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqaa321. PMID: 33300041; PMCID: PMC7851821.

2. Jayanama K, Theou O, Godin J, Cahill L, Shivappa N, Hebert J, Wirth MD, Park YM, Fung TT, and Rockwood K. Relationship between diet quality scores and the risk of frailty and mortality in adults across a wide age spectrum. BMC Medicine 2021; Mar 16;19(1):64. doi: 10.1186/s12916-021-01918-5. PMID: 33722232

3. Carew AS, Mekary RA, Ivey, K, Bennett M, Urquhart R, Blanchard C, Parkash R, Siddiqi F, Theou O, Mukamal K, Kirkland SA, Hu F, Rimm EB, Cahill LE. Prospective study of skipping meals to lose weight as a predictor of incident type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease: the Canadian 1995 Nova Scotia Health Survey. Canadian Journal of Diabetes 2021; Jun;45(4):306-312. :doi: 10.1016/j.jcjd. PMID: 33218923 

2020

1.     Cahill L. About time: eating timing is a complex risk factor for obesity. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2020;113(1):5-6. PMID: 33300034 

2.     Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases Collaborators. Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990-2019: Update From the GBD 2019 Study. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020;76(25): 2982-3021. PMID: 33309175 

3.     Fenwick P, Colborne A, Theou O, Cahill LE. Medical students’ perceptions of nutrition in medical education and future practice. Dalhousie Medical Journal 2020; 47(1)23-30 PDF of article

4.    Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 Risk Factors Collaborators. Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet. 2020 Oct 17;396(10258):1223-1249. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30752-2. PMID: 33069327  PDF of article

5.     Carew AS, Levy AP, Ginsberg HN, Coca S, Lache O, Ransom T, Byington R, Rimm EB, Sapp J, Gardner M, Cahill LE. Haptoglobin Phenotype Modifies the Influence of Intensive Glycemic Control on Cardiovascular Outcomes. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020 Feb 11;75(5):512-521. PMID: 32029134

2019

1.    Jayanama K, Theou O, Godin J, Cahill L, and Rockwood K. Association of fatty acid consumption with frailty and mortality among middle-aged and older adults. Nutrition. 2019. Oct 11;70:110610. doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2019.110610.

2.    Cahill LE, Sacks FM, Rimm EB, and Jensen MK. Cholesterol Efflux Capacity, HDL Cholesterol, and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease: a Nested Case-Control Study in Men. 2019 J Lipid Res. 2019 May 29. pii: jlr.P093823. doi: 10.1194/jlr.P093823. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 31142574  PDF of article

3.    Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 Diet Collaborators. Health effects of dietary risks in 195 countries, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Lancet. 2019 May 11;393(10184):1958-1972.  PMID: 30954305  PDF of article

4.    Alam S, Lang JJ, Drucker AM, Gotay C, Kozloff N, Mate K, Patten SB, M. Orpana HM, Afshin A, and Cahill LE. Assessment of the burden of diseases and injuries attributable to risk factors in Canada from 1990 to 2016: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study.  CMAJ Open. PMID: 30819694   Full-Text of Article     PDF of article 

2018

1.    Lang J, Alam S, Cahill L, Drucker A, Gotay C Kayibanda J, Kozloff N, Mate K, Patten S and Orpana H. Global Burden of Disease Study trends for Canada from 1990 to 2016. 2018. CMAJ. 2018 Nov 5;190(44):E1296-E1304. PMID: 30397156

2.    Eckert K and Cahill LE. Malnutrition in Canadian hospitals. CMAJ. 2018. Oct 9;190(40):1207. PMID: 30301744

3.   Mokdad AH, Ballestros K, Echko M, Glenn S, Olsen HE, Mullany E, Lee A, Khan AR, Ahmadi A, Ferrari AJ, Kasaeian A, Werdecker A, Carter A, Zipkin B, Sartorius B, Serdar B, Sykes BL, Troeger C, Fitzmaurice C, Rehm CD, Santomauro D, Kim D, Colombara D, Schwebel DC, Tsoi D, Kolte D, Nsoesie E, Nichols E, Oren E, Charlson FJ, Patton GC, Roth GA, Hosgood HD, Whiteford HA, Kyu H, Erskine HE, Huang H, Martopullo I, Singh JA, Nachega JB, Sanabria JR, Abbas K, Ong K, Tabb K, Krohn KJ, Cornaby L, Degenhardt L, Moses M, Farvid M, Griswold M, Criqui M, Bell M, Nguyen M, Wallin M, Mirarefin M, Qorbani M, Younis M, Fullman N, Liu P, Briant P, Gona P, Havmoller R, Leung R, Kimokoti R, Bazargan-Hejazi S, Hay SI, Yadgir S, Biryukov S, Vollset SE, Alam T, Frank T, Farid T, Miller T, Vos T, Bärnighausen T, Gebrehiwot TT, Yano Y, Al-Aly Z, Mehari A, Handal A, Kandel A, Anderson B, Biroscak B, Mozaffarian D, Dorsey ER, Ding EL, Park EK, Wagner G, Hu G, Chen H, Sunshine JE, Khubchandani J, Leasher J, Leung J, Salomon J, Unutzer J, Cahill L, Cooper L, Horino M, Brauer M, Breitborde N, Hotez P, Topor-Madry R, Soneji S, Stranges S, James S, Amrock S, Jayaraman S, Patel T, Akinyemiju T, Skirbekk V, Kinfu Y, Bhutta Z, Jonas JB, Murray CJL. The State of US Health: Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors among US States, 1990-2016. JAMA. 2018. 319(14):1444-1472. PMID: 29634829

4.    Canadian trends in disability from opioid use disorder and opioid related mortality from 1990 to 2014 as examined through the lens of the Global Burden of Disease Study. Orpana HM, Lang JL, Baxi M, Halverson J, Kozloff N, Cahill L, Alam S, Patten S, and Howard Morrison H. Health Promot and Chronic Dis Prev. 2018. 38(6):234-243. PMID: 29911819

5.    Global Burden of Disease Study Collaborators. Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Lancet. 2018. 392(10159):1923-1994. PMID: 30496105

6.   Jayanama K, Theou O, Blodgett JM, Cahill L, and Rockwood K. Frailty, nutrition-related parameters, and mortality across the adult age spectrum. BMC Med. 2018.16(1):188. PMID: 30360759

2017: Our first trainee started September 2017

A complete list of Principal Investigator Dr. Leah Cahill's peer-reviewed journal articles is located here on pubmed.

Dr. Leah Cahill's google scholar profile.