2024
Improving lifestyle behaviors during chemotherapy for breast cancer: The Lifestyle, Exercise, and Nutrition Early After Diagnosis (LEANer) Trial
Puklin L, Ferrucci L, Harrigan M, McGowan C, Zupa M, Cartmel B, Li F, Ligibel J, Spiegelman D, Sharifi M, Sanft T, Irwin M. Improving lifestyle behaviors during chemotherapy for breast cancer: The Lifestyle, Exercise, and Nutrition Early After Diagnosis (LEANer) Trial. Cancer 2024, 130: 2440-2452. PMID: 38470431, PMCID: PMC11214600, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.35280.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPhysical activityDiet qualityHEI-2015Strength trainingLifestyle behaviorsHealthy Eating Index (HEI)-2015Breast cancerAssociated with baseline fatigueImprove physical activityImprove lifestyle behaviorsHigher HEI-2015Associated with higher oddsExercise interventionUsual careIntervention armIntervention groupBaseline fatigueLifestyle interventionYearlong interventionLower fatigueHigher oddsSecondary analysisLogistic regressionNewly diagnosed patientsStudy arms
2021
Characteristics of achieving clinically important weight loss in two paediatric weight management interventions
Fiechtner L, Castro I, Cheng ER, Sharifi M, Gerber MW, Luo M, Goldmann D, Sandel M, Block J, Orav EJ, Taveras EM. Characteristics of achieving clinically important weight loss in two paediatric weight management interventions. Pediatric Obesity 2021, 16: e12784. PMID: 33734583, PMCID: PMC8355061, DOI: 10.1111/ijpo.12784.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric weight management interventionsWeight management interventionsSevere obesityImportant weight lossSugary beveragesWeight lossBMI z-scoreLog-binomial regressionYears of ageHealth trialsMultivariable analysisLower BMILifestyle behaviorsAssociation of childAnalysis of childrenYounger ageZ-scoreObesityManagement interventionsLower likelihoodInterventionChildrenAgeBeveragesYears