Anat Yaskolka Meir

Biography

Education and Training

• BSc Nutr, Nutrition
  Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• MPH, Public Health
  Ben Gurion University of the Negev
• PhD, Epidemiology
  Ben Gurion University of the Negev

Awards and Honors

• Council for Higher Education- Zuckerman support program for outstanding postdoctoral female research, 2021 - 2022

Publications

• Serum Galectin-9 and Decorin in relation to brain aging and the green-Mediterranean diet: A secondary analysis of the DIRECT PLUS randomized trial.

  Pachter D, Yaskolka Meir A, Kaplan A, Tsaban G, Zelicha H, Rinott E, Levakov G, Finkelstein O, Shelef I, Salti M, Beyer F, Witte V, Klöting N, Isermann B, Ceglarek U, Riklin Raviv T, Blüher M, Stumvoll M, Wang DD, Hu FB, Stampfer MJ, Avidan G, Shai I. Clin Nutr 2025 Aug 23

  PMID: 40897150

• Cross-omics risk scores of inflammation markers are associated with all-cause mortality: The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.

  Yaskolka Meir A, Yun H, Hu J, Li J, Liu J, Bever A, Ratanatharathorn A, Song M, Eliassen AH, Chibnik L, Koenen K, Pare G, Stampfer MJ, Liang L. Am J Hum Genet 2025 Jul 03

  PMID: 40633542

• Individual response to lifestyle interventions: a pooled analysis of three long-term weight loss trials.

  Yaskolka Meir A, Tsaban G, Rinott E, Zelicha H, Schwarzfuchs D, Gepner Y, Rudich A, Shelef I, Blüher M, Stumvoll M, Ceglarek U, Isermann B, Klöting N, Keller M, Kovacs P, Qi L, Wang DD, Liang L, Hu FB, Stampfer MJ, Shai I. Eur J Prev Cardiol 2025 Jun 05

  PMID: 40472282

• Should we favour organic foods over non-organic products in cardiovascular disease prevention?

  Yaskolka Meir A, Guo Y. Eur J Prev Cardiol 2025 Mar 28

  PMID: 40155052

• Visceral adipose tissue area and proportion provide distinct reflections of cardiometabolic outcomes in weight loss; pooled analysis of MRI-assessed CENTRAL and DIRECT PLUS dietary randomized controlled trials.

  Klein H, Zelicha H, Yaskolka Meir A, Rinott E, Tsaban G, Kaplan A, Chassidim Y, Gepner Y, Blüher M, Ceglarek U, Isermann B, Stumvoll M, Shelef I, Qi L, Li J, Hu FB, Stampfer MJ, Shai I. BMC Med 2025 Feb 04

  PMID: 39901232