Hila Zelicha

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 745 citations indexed

About

Hila Zelicha is a scholar working on Physiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Hila Zelicha has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 745 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Physiology, 9 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 7 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Hila Zelicha's work include Diet and metabolism studies (18 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (6 papers) and Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity (5 papers). Hila Zelicha is often cited by papers focused on Diet and metabolism studies (18 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (6 papers) and Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity (5 papers). Hila Zelicha collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Germany. Hila Zelicha's co-authors include Gal Tsaban, Anat Yaskolka Meir, Iris Shai, Alon Kaplan, Ehud Rinott, Meir J. Stampfer, Uta Ceglarek, Ilan Shelef, Michael Stümvoll and Matthias Blüher and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and NeuroImage.

In The Last Decade

Hila Zelicha

32 papers receiving 729 citations

Hit Papers

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Effect of green-Mediterranean diet on intrahepatic fat: the DIRECT PLUS randomised controlled trial

2021 171 citations Anat Yaskolka Meir, Ehud Rinott et al. profile →

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Anat Yaskolka Meir United States

Alon Kaplan Israel

Sarah A. Johnson United States

Alessandra Feraco Italy

Margaret Murphy United Kingdom

Elisabetta Camajani Italy

Manfred Lamprecht Austria

Suocheng Hui China

Jun Tang China

Zala Jenko Pražnikar Slovenia

Anat Yaskolka Meir United States

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hila Zelicha

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Zelicha, Hila, Tony G. Babb, Vipa Bernhardt, et al.. (2025). Improvement in breathlessness following bariatric surgery as measured by a new heart failure–specific health-related quality of life instrument: a prospective longitudinal study. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 22(1). 137–144.

Zelicha, Hila, et al.. (2025). Potential for error when relying on administrative data. British journal of surgery. 112(7).

Zelicha, Hila, Anat Yaskolka Meir, Ehud Rinott, et al.. (2025). 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. BMC Medicine. 23(1). 57–57. 2 indexed citations

Tsaban, Gal, Hila Zelicha, Anat Yaskolka Meir, et al.. (2024). The effect of Mankai plant consumption on postprandial glycaemic response among patients with type 2 diabetes: A randomized crossover trial. Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism. 26(10). 4713–4723. 3 indexed citations

Ravona‐Springer, Ramit, Yael Inbar, Hila Zelicha, et al.. (2024). Abdominal fat depots are related to lower cognitive functioning and brain volumes in middle‐aged males at high Alzheimer's risk. Obesity. 32(5). 1009–1022. 6 indexed citations

Zelicha, Hila, Jieping Yang, Susanne M. Henning, et al.. (2024). Effect of cinnamon spice on continuously monitored glycemic response in adults with prediabetes: a 4-week randomized controlled crossover trial. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 119(3). 649–657. 7 indexed citations

Kaplan, Alon, Hila Zelicha, Anat Yaskolka Meir, et al.. (2024). Deep learning‐based BMI inference from structural brain MRI reflects brain alterations following lifestyle intervention. Human Brain Mapping. 45(3). e26595–e26595. 4 indexed citations

Tsaban, Gal, Ehud Rinott, Alon Kaplan, et al.. (2023). Long-term green-Mediterranean diet may favor fasting morning cortisol stress hormone; the DIRECT-PLUS clinical trial. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 14. 1243910–1243910. 7 indexed citations

Greenshpan, Yariv, Yftach Gepner, Gal Tsaban, et al.. (2023). Vertebrae but not femur marrow fat transiently decreases in response to body weight loss in an 18-month randomized control trial. Bone. 171. 116727–116727. 4 indexed citations

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Kaplan, Alon, Anat Yaskolka Meir, Ehud Rinott, et al.. (2023). The effect of weight loss following 18 months of lifestyle intervention on brain age assessed with resting-state functional connectivity. eLife. 12. 13 indexed citations

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Rinott, Ehud, Anat Yaskolka Meir, Gal Tsaban, et al.. (2022). The effects of the Green-Mediterranean diet on cardiometabolic health are linked to gut microbiome modifications: a randomized controlled trial. Genome Medicine. 14(1). 29–29. 97 indexed citations

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Gepner, Yftach, Nir Goldstein, Ilan Shelef, et al.. (2021). Dissociation Between Long-term Weight Loss Intervention and Blood Pressure: an 18-month Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 36(8). 2300–2306. 4 indexed citations

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Meir, Anat Yaskolka, Maria Keller, Stephan Wolf, et al.. (2021). Lifestyle weight-loss intervention may attenuate methylation aging: the CENTRAL MRI randomized controlled trial. Clinical Epigenetics. 13(1). 48–48. 29 indexed citations

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Kaplan, Alon, Hila Zelicha, Anat Yaskolka Meir, et al.. (2021). Retest Reliability of Integrated Speed–Accuracy Measures. Assessment. 29(4). 717–730. 11 indexed citations

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Sela, Ilan, Anat Yaskolka Meir, Alexander Brandis, et al.. (2020). Wolffia globosa–Mankai Plant-Based Protein Contains Bioactive Vitamin B12 and Is Well Absorbed in Humans. Nutrients. 12(10). 3067–3067. 78 indexed citations

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Keller, Maria, Anat Yaskolka Meir, Stephan Wolf, et al.. (2020). DNA methylation signature in blood mirrors successful weight-loss during lifestyle interventions: the CENTRAL trial. Genome Medicine. 12(1). 97–97. 38 indexed citations

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Zelicha, Hila, Alon Kaplan, Anat Yaskolka Meir, et al.. (2019). The Effect of Wolffia globosa Mankai, a Green Aquatic Plant, on Postprandial Glycemic Response: A Randomized Crossover Controlled Trial. Diabetes Care. 42(7). 1162–1169. 27 indexed citations

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Hoffman, Jay R., Mattan W. Hoffman, Hila Zelicha, et al.. (2019). The Effect of 2 Weeks of Inactivated Probiotic Bacillus coagulans on Endocrine, Inflammatory, and Performance Responses During Self-Defense Training in Soldiers. The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 33(9). 2330–2337. 29 indexed citations

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Kaplan, Alon, Hila Zelicha, Gal Tsaban, et al.. (2018). Protein bioavailability of Wolffia globosa duckweed, a novel aquatic plant – A randomized controlled trial. Clinical Nutrition. 38(6). 2576–2582. 58 indexed citations

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Gepner, Yftach, Ilan Shelef, Dan Schwarzfuchs, et al.. (2017). Intramyocellular triacylglycerol accumulation across weight loss strategies; Sub-study of the CENTRAL trial. PLoS ONE. 12(11). e0188431–e0188431. 11 indexed citations

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