Marie-Pierre St-Onge
Marie-Pierre St-Onge, PhD, is a professor of nutritional medicine at Columbia University School of Medicine. Her research investigates the bidirectional relationships between sleep, nutrition, and metabolic health. Her published work covers topics such as the impact of dietary patterns and meal timing on sleep quality and insomnia, as well as the effects of sleep duration and restriction on cardiometabolic disease risk.
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- Feeding the night shift: timing, cortisol, and what to do next.
- Greater adherence to healthful dietary patterns is associated with lower insomnia risk in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study.
- The timing of macronutrient and major food group intake and associations with mortality among United States adults, 1999‒March 2020: a serial cross-sectional study.
- The Physiology Of the WEight Reduced State (POWERS) study: design and rationale for assessment of food intake, physical activity and other behavioral constructs.
- 2026 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics: A Report of US and Global Data From the American Heart Association.
- Achieving Guidelines Within a 24-Hour Movement Paradigm and Risk of Mortality in US Adults.
- Fluctuations in Sleep Duration and Timing and Cardiometabolic Risk.
- Total dairy consumption is associated with healthy sleep patterns in U.S. adults.
- Metabolic assessments of neurostimulation therapy to reduce apnea (MANTRA) trial: rationale and methods.
- Application of Modified Life's Essential 8 Framework in Sleep Surgery Clinic Patients.
- Corrigendum to "The effects of intermittent fasting on sleep quality and cardiometabolic health outcomes in adults with overweight/obesity status: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials" [Sleep Medicine Reviews 84 (2025) 102193].
- Potential impact of urolithin A on pathways relevant to sleep health: a mini review.
- Prolonged Mild Sleep Restriction Changes Epigenome-Wide DNA Methylation in Peripheral Blood Cells: A Randomized Crossover Trial.
- Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonist Utilization Among Sleep Surgery Clinic Patients.
- Sleep and Cardiovascular Health Among Women With a History of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: Pilot Observational Study.
- Population-Specific Genetic and Non-Genetic Influences on Sleep Traits and Health Outcomes.
- Prolonged Short Sleep and Its Effect on Body Weight and Composition : A Pooled Analysis of Randomized Trials.
- Correction to: 2026 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics: A Report of US and Global Data From the American Heart Association.
- Effects of morning versus evening exercise on sleep: a systematic review of comparative studies with a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
- Aligning obstructive sleep apnoea care with underlying drivers: A lifestyle-metabolic perspective.
- The energetic stress cytokine GDF15 is elevated in the context of chronic and acute psychosocial stress.
- Authors' Response.
- Sleep regularity and major adverse cardiovascular events: a device-based prospective study in 72 269 UK adults.
- 2025 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics: A Report of US and Global Data From the American Heart Association.
- From Gestational Diabetes to Type 2 Diabetes-Is Poor Sleep to Blame?
- Mulberry leaf extract combined with tryptophan improves sleep and post wake mood in adults with sleep complaints - A randomized cross-over study.
- Having it both ways: The case of sleep & diet quality.
- Multidimensional Sleep Health: Definitions and Implications for Cardiometabolic Health: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.
- Advancing Chrononutrition for Cardiometabolic Health: A 2023 National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Workshop Report.
- The Metabolic Outcomes of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Surgery: A Scoping Review.
- Higher daytime intake of fruits and vegetables predicts less disrupted nighttime sleep in younger adults.
- Data-driven approach to understand associations between dietary patterns, sleep problems, and mental health in adolescents.
- Correction to: 2024 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics: A Report of US and Global Data From the American Heart Association.
- Correction to: 2025 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics: A Report of US and Global Data From the American Heart Association.
- Maintaining Stable, Adequate Sleep: Instrumental to Cardiometabolic Health.
- Role of Circadian Health in Cardiometabolic Health and Disease Risk: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.
- The effects of intermittent fasting on sleep quality and cardiometabolic health outcomes in adults with overweight/obesity status: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
- Altered neuronal response to visual food stimuli in adolescents undergoing chronic sleep restriction.
- Well-being therapy and sleep hygiene in a non-clinical population of adults reporting poor sleep quality and distress: A remote pilot randomized controlled study.
- Consistency is key: sleep regularity predicts all-cause mortality.
- Chronic Insufficient Sleep in Women Impairs Insulin Sensitivity Independent of Adiposity Changes: Results of a Randomized Trial.
- Chronic Mild Sleep Restriction Does Not Lead to Marked Neuronal Alterations Compared With Maintained Adequate Sleep in Adults.
- Time of eating and mortality in U.S. adults with heart failure: Analyses of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2003-2018.
- The effects of insufficient sleep and adequate sleep on cognitive function in healthy adults.
- 2024 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics: A Report of US and Global Data From the American Heart Association.
- The effects of sustained mild sleep restriction on stress and distress among healthy adults: Findings from two randomized crossover studies.
- The Association Between Ultra-Processed Food Consumption and Chronic Insomnia in the NutriNet-Santé Study.
- Response to Comment on Zuraikat et al. Chronic Insufficient Sleep in Women Impairs Insulin Sensitivity Independent of Adiposity Changes: Results of a Randomized Trial. Diabetes Care 2024;47:117-125.
- Diet and Meal Pattern Determinants of Glucose Levels and Variability in Adults with and without Prediabetes or Early-Onset Type 2 Diabetes: A Pilot Study.
- Chrono-nutrition and sleep: lessons from the temporal feature of eating patterns in human studies - A systematic scoping review.
- Chrononutrition and Cardiometabolic Health: An Overview of Epidemiological Evidence and Key Future Research Directions.
- Sleep Irregularity and the Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes: A Device-Based Prospective Study in Adults.
- Optimal Instruments for Measurement of Dietary Intake, Physical Activity, and Sleep Among Adults in Population-Based Studies: Report of a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Workshop.
- Shortened sleep duration impairs adipose tissue adrenergic stimulation of lipolysis in postmenopausal women.
- Myocardial infarction augments sleep to limit cardiac inflammation and damage.
- Impact of sleep restriction on biomarkers of thyroid function: Two pooled randomized trials.
- Intuitive and mindful eating to improve physiological health parameters: a short narrative review of intervention studies.
- Variable Eating Patterns: A Potential Novel Risk Factor for Systemic Inflammation in Women.
- Ultra-processed foods and the development of obesity in adults.
- Toward Precision Medicine: Circadian Rhythm of Blood Pressure and Chronotherapy for Hypertension - 2021 NHLBI Workshop Report.
- The association of multidimensional sleep health with adiposity in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.
- OxPhos defects cause hypermetabolism and reduce lifespan in cells and in patients with mitochondrial diseases.
- Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics-2023 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association.
- Timing of Meals and Sleep in the Mediterranean Population: The Effect of Taste, Genetics, Environmental Determinants, and Interactions on Obesity Phenotypes.
- Exploring the Role of Dairy Products In Sleep Quality: From Population Studies to Mechanistic Evaluations.
- Racial/ethnic disparities in sleep-disordered breathing during pregnancy in the nuMoM2b study.
- Effect of sleep restriction on insulin sensitivity and energy metabolism in postmenopausal women: A randomized crossover trial.
- Wake up! It's time to recognize the importance of sleep in metabolic health.
- The interrelationship between sleep, diet, and glucose metabolism.
- Changes in eating patterns in response to chronic insufficient sleep and their associations with diet quality: a randomized trial.
- A Systematic Review of the Bidirectional Association Between Consumption of Ultra-processed Food and Sleep Parameters Among Adults.
- Lifestyle behaviors: Timing may be as relevant as quantity.
- Dietary polyphenols and sleep modulation: Current evidence and perspectives.
- Mild sleep restriction increases endothelial oxidative stress in female persons.
- Paradoxical Effects of Prolonged Insufficient Sleep on Lipid Profile: A Pooled Analysis of 2 Randomized Trials.
- Diet Composition and Objectively Assessed Sleep Quality: A Narrative Review.
- Diet as adjunctive therapy for sleep apnea risk: not only how much but also what to eat.
- Preventing insufficient sleep in adolescents: one step in helping them achieve a healthy lifestyle?
- Sleep Deprivation Impairs Vascular Function in Healthy Women: A Clinical Trial.
- Sleep exerts lasting effects on hematopoietic stem cell function and diversity.
- Delaying mealtimes reduces fat oxidation: A randomized, crossover, controlled feeding study.
- Redefining Cardiovascular Health to Include Sleep: Prospective Associations With Cardiovascular Disease in the MESA Sleep Study.
- Keeping an eye on circadian time in clinical research and medicine.
- Interrelationships Between Sleep, Obesity, and Glycemic Control in Children.
- Science dialogue mapping of knowledge and knowledge gaps related to the effects of dairy intake on human cardiovascular health and disease.
- Weight Loss Is Integral to Obstructive Sleep Apnea Management. Ten-Year Follow-up in Sleep AHEAD.
- Circadian rhythms and meal timing: impact on energy balance and body weight.
- Go Red for Women Strategically Focused Research Network: Summary of Findings and Network Outcomes.
- Does sex influence the effects of experimental sleep curtailment and circadian misalignment on regulation of appetite?
- Evening Chronotype Is Associated with Poorer Habitual Diet in US Women, with Dietary Energy Density Mediating a Relation of Chronotype with Cardiovascular Health.
- Sustained Mild Sleep Restriction Increases Blood Pressure in Women: An Update From the American Heart Association Go Red for Women Strategically Focused Research Network.
- Actigraphy-Derived Sleep Is Associated with Eating Behavior Characteristics.
- Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.
- Sleep and circadian rhythms: pillars of health-a Keystone Symposia report.
- Sleep and Diet: Mounting Evidence of a Cyclical Relationship.
- Variability in Daily Eating Patterns and Eating Jetlag Are Associated With Worsened Cardiometabolic Risk Profiles in the American Heart Association Go Red for Women Strategically Focused Research Network.
- Effect of Physical Activity, Smoking, and Sleep on Telomere Length: A Systematic Review of Observational and Intervention Studies.
- High glycemic index and glycemic load diets as risk factors for insomnia: analyses from the Women's Health Initiative.
- Measures of Poor Sleep Quality Are Associated With Higher Energy Intake and Poor Diet Quality in a Diverse Sample of Women From the Go Red for Women Strategically Focused Research Network.
- Variability in Sleep Patterns: an Emerging Risk Factor for Hypertension.
- Impact of change in bedtime variability on body composition and inflammation: secondary findings from the Go Red for Women Strategically Focused Research Network.
- Mild sleep restriction increases 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure in premenopausal women with no indication of mediation by psychological effects.
- Sleep Regularity and Cardiometabolic Heath: Is Variability in Sleep Patterns a Risk Factor for Excess Adiposity and Glycemic Dysregulation?
- A Mediterranean Dietary Pattern Predicts Better Sleep Quality in US Women from the American Heart Association Go Red for Women Strategically Focused Research Network.
- Habitual Nightly Fasting Duration, Eating Timing, and Eating Frequency are Associated with Cardiometabolic Risk in Women.
- Association between diet quality and sleep apnea in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
- Sleep and meal timing influence food intake and its hormonal regulation in healthy adults with overweight/obesity.
- Reciprocal Roles of Sleep and Diet in Cardiovascular Health: a Review of Recent Evidence and a Potential Mechanism.
- Response to Hudgel: Poor diet, poor sleep in sleep apnea, which is the cart and which is the horse?
- Association of sleep characteristics with cardiovascular health among women and differences by race/ethnicity and menopausal status: findings from the American Heart Association Go Red for Women Strategically Focused Research Network.
- Information on Bedtimes and Wake Times Improves the Relation Between Self-Reported and Objective Assessments of Sleep in Adults.
- Effects of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure on Body Composition in Individuals with Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Non-Randomized, Matched Before-After Study.
- Sleep restriction and testosterone concentrations in young healthy males: randomized controlled studies of acute and chronic short sleep.
- Can Healthy Sleep Improve Long-Term Bariatric Surgery Outcomes? Results of a Pilot Study and Call for Further Research.
- Napping: is it really a means by which short sleepers can have their cake and eat it too?
- Plant-based diets: Reducing cardiovascular risk by improving sleep quality?
- Sleep Extension in Short Sleepers: An Evaluation of Feasibility and Effectiveness for Weight Management and Cardiometabolic Disease Prevention.
- Mediterranean diet pattern and sleep duration and insomnia symptoms in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
- Characterization and Comparison of Nutritional Intake between Preparatory and Competitive Phase of Highly Trained Athletes.