
Danijela Gasevic
@danijelagasevic
Associate Professor in Chronic Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
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New UK Biobank paper on sleep regularity vs duration and type 2 #diabetes, in Diabetes Care, a research journal of the ADA 🌟 diabetesjournals.org/care/article-a… One of several studies suggesting that regularity may be more important than total duration for cardiometabolci health 👋to Jean-Philippe Chaput and Raaj Kishore Biswas





It is such an honour to work with and learn from Dragan Ilic, an amazing person, mentor, and education leader. His excellent work has been awarded by Vice- Chancellor's education excellence award for educational leadership! Congratulations! Well deserved! MERQ Monash Public Health



If you think you're too old to #exercise, think again. Study of over 2 million shows being active reduces early death in all ages, even >80 yrs. *And* the association got stronger with age, meaning older people benefited more. JAMA Network Open: jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…


Congrats to Yuming Guo Danijela Gasevic and team for their award for 'research team of the year' at our recent VC awards. Well deserved recognition of the outstanding work done by the team Monash Public Health


"We’d all like to live longer... But what about enjoying the time we have while we’re here and living healthier?" Matthew Lees answer: strength training to maintain muscle, strength, anabolic sensitivity, independence & quality of life Stuart Phillips (he/him) theconversation.com/healthspan-ver…

Even in people with #dementia, physical activity may prevent early death. In study of 60K people with dementia, activity levels similar to 20-30 min of brisk walking daily led to a 30% lower risk British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM). Of course, people with severe dementia may be less active. Link below.



Teaching in health and needs some help developing your materials. This short course is the answer Dragan Ilic Monash Public Health monash.edu/medicine/sphpm…



🆕 More than half of adults and a third of children and adolescents predicted to have overweight or obesity by 2050. Explore the data ⤵️ Paper 1: bit.ly/41sGoJA Paper 2: bit.ly/4h8fgoU #WorldObesityDay #MedSky Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)


Pressed for time? Try walking (or any other activity). In people with low activity "...an hour’s walk could add an impressive 6 hours to life." Comparing the least to highest activity group resulted in 11 more years of life. British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) : bjsm.bmj.com/content/59/5/3…



Increasing activity later in life may prevent accumulation of amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques. Study found people who became active had less brain Aβ burden compared to those who reduced activity or remained inactive Alzheimer's Association: alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10… #exercise #FitnessMotivation

