Melony C. De Smidt-Fortuin
Cape Town, WC, South Africa
Last Updated: 09/26/2026
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Found 18 publications
Omics Approach for Personalised Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus for African and European Populations (OPTIMA): a protocol paper.
Journal: BMJ open
Published: April 22, 2025
Associations of Adolescent BMI and Physical Fitness With Cardiovascular Health in Middle Age: A Population-Based Prospective Study of Swedish Men.
Journal: American journal of preventive medicine
Published: March 13, 2025
Assessment of the performance of non-invasive risk models to predict incident type 2 diabetes in a Swedish population - Västerbotten Intervention Programme.
Journal: Diabetes & metabolic syndrome
Published: December 23, 2024
Physical fitness in male adolescents and atherosclerosis in middle age: a population-based cohort study.
Journal: British journal of sports medicine
Published: January 11, 2024
Early adulthood exercise capacity, but not muscle strength, associates with subclinical atherosclerosis 40 years later in Swedish men.
Journal: European journal of preventive cardiology
Published: June 29, 2022
Physical activity attenuates but does not eliminate coronary heart disease risk amongst adults with risk factors: EPIC-CVD case-cohort study.
Journal: European journal of preventive cardiology
Published: November 18, 2021
Exercise training improves mitochondrial respiration and is associated with an altered intramuscular phospholipid signature in women with obesity.
Journal: Diabetologia
Published: October 05, 2020
Improved Sleep Quality and Depressive Symptoms With Exercise Training in Obese Women From a Low Socioeconomic Community: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Journal: Journal of physical activity & health
Published: September 29, 2020
Exercise Training Alters Red Blood Cell Fatty Acid Desaturase Indices and Adipose Tissue Fatty Acid Profile in African Women with Obesity.
Journal: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)
Published: February 27, 2020
Effect of exercise training on insulin sensitivity, hyperinsulinemia and ectopic fat in black South African women: a randomized controlled trial.
Journal: European journal of endocrinology
Published: November 21, 2019
Exercise training results in depot-specific adaptations to adipose tissue mitochondrial function.
Journal: Scientific reports
Published: October 17, 2019
Last Updated: 09/26/2026