Eva C. Diaz

Researcher

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

faculty

12 h-index 42 pubs 478 cited

Research Areas

Child and Adolescent Health Diet and metabolism studies Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Obesity Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Birth, Development, and Health

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Eva C. Diaz's research focuses on the cardiometabolic health of children and adolescents, particularly in relation to obesity, diet, and physical activity. Her work has investigated the associations between cardiorespiratory fitness and markers of metabolic health in children, such as blood pressure. Diaz has also examined the impact of obesity on liver steatosis in children with type 1 diabetes and explored how breastfeeding duration influences offspring dietary palmitate oxidation in relation to maternal weight status. Further investigations include the role of gut-derived tryptophan metabolites in cardiovascular health markers in adolescents with obesity and how childhood cardiometabolic risk factors relate to the perinatal environment. She has published 42 papers, accumulating 478 citations, and holds an h-index of 12. Diaz collaborates extensively with researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Elisabet Børsheim, Judith Weber, Clark Sims, and Florêncio Diniz-Sousa.

Metrics

  • h-index: 12
  • Publications: 42
  • Citations: 478

Selected Publications

  • Liver Fat Is Associated With Elevated <scp>FGF21</scp> in Youth With Obesity but Without <scp>MASLD</scp> (2026) DOI
  • The Effect of an Exercise Program on Maternal Health and Birth Outcomes in Sedentary Pregnant Participants with Obesity: Randomized Controlled Trial (2025) DOI
  • Associations Between Serum Gut-Derived Tryptophan Metabolites and Cardiovascular Health Markers in Adolescents with Obesity (2025) DOI
  • The association between hepatic steatosis, vitamin D status, and insulin resistance in adolescents with obesity (2025) DOI
  • The oxygen uptake efficiency slope does not accurately predict V˙O2peak of children – the Arkansas Active Kids study (2024) DOI
  • The Oxygen Uptake Efficiency Slope Does Not Accurately Predict VO2peak In Young Children (2024) DOI
  • Childhood cardiometabolic risk factors associated with the perinatal environment of the maternal–paternal–child triad (2024) DOI
  • Effects of short‐term supervised exercise training on liver fat in adolescents with obesity: a randomized controlled trial (2023) DOI
  • Offspring-sex modifies the association between early-pregnancy adiposity and 2-year-old total physical activity – The Glowing Study (2023) DOI
  • Elevated LDL-C, high blood pressure, and low peak VO2 associate with platelet mitochondria function in children—The Arkansas Active Kids Study (2023) DOI
  • Obesity, but not glycemic control, predicts liver steatosis in children with type 1 diabetes (2022) DOI
  • Wild-Blueberry Volatile and Phenolic Fractions Mitigate LPS-Induced Inflammatory Responses in Whole Blood of Children (2022) DOI
  • Maternal adiposity inversely associates with physical activity in 2‐year‐old girls (2022) DOI
  • Breastfeeding duration modifies the association between maternal weight status and offspring dietary palmitate oxidation (2022) DOI
  • Cardiorespiratory Fitness Associates with Blood Pressure and Metabolic Health of Children—The Arkansas Active Kids Study (2021) DOI

Collaborators

Researchers in the database who share publications

Elisabet Børsheim University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 15 shared publications Judith Weber University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 7 shared publications Clark Sims University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 4 shared publications Florêncio Diniz‐Sousa University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 4 shared publications Sean H. Adams University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 4 shared publications Aline Andres University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 3 shared publications Xiawei Ou University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 2 shared publications Sarah Sobik University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 2 shared publications

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