ABOUT DR. DOS SANTOS
A Career Dedicated to Prevention
Physician, educator, researcher, and public health leader advancing the role of lifestyle and prevention in reducing chronic disease.
Dr. Hildemar F. Dos Santos is a physician, educator, researcher, and Professor in the Loma Linda University School of Public Health. He serves as Program Director of the Preventive Care DrPH program, helping prepare public health professionals to develop and evaluate interventions focused on wellness, lifestyle management, and the prevention of chronic disease.
His work emphasizes the lifestyle factors that influence health and the prevention and management of conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, and obesity. His teaching and research span areas including lifestyle disease and risk reduction, chronic disease interventions, preventive care management, physical activity, smoking and tobacco use, stress, spirituality, and other factors affecting health and well-being.
Through education, research, and community-focused prevention, Dr. Dos Santos has dedicated his career to helping translate preventive health knowledge into practical approaches that can improve health at the individual and population levels.
His work emphasizes the lifestyle factors that influence health and the prevention and management of conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, and obesity. His teaching and research span areas including lifestyle disease and risk reduction, chronic disease interventions, preventive care management, physical activity, smoking and tobacco use, stress, spirituality, and other factors affecting health and well-being.
Through education, research, and community-focused prevention, Dr. Dos Santos has dedicated his career to helping translate preventive health knowledge into practical approaches that can improve health at the individual and population levels.
AREAS OF FOCUS
Advancing Preventive Health
Lifestyle Medicine & Chronic Disease Prevention
Advancing lifestyle-based approaches to help prevent and manage chronic non-communicable diseases through healthier daily behaviors and evidence-based interventions.
Physical Activity & Healthy Living
Exploring how physical activity and healthy lifestyle practices can reduce disease risk, support well-being, and improve long-term health outcomes.
Community Health & Prevention
Developing and evaluating preventive health interventions that help individuals and communities reduce lifestyle-related risk factors and build healthier patterns for life.
Dr. Dos Santos' Layman Publications
Dr. Dos Santos' Publications for general readers
Books and Articles for the general public about health, prevention, humor, and a healthy lifestyle.
PUBLICACIONES EN ESPAÑOL (vea el LINK abajo)
BOOKS
1. LAUGH YOUR ILLNESS AWAY (eBook on Amazon/Kindle) Humor collections to bring joy to your life.
https://www.amazon.it/-/en/Dr-Hildemar-Dos-Santos-ebook/dp/B08BTYD2NH
2. GOD IS STILL POWERFUL (eBook on Amazon/Kindle) The power of God is still present in our time, similar to the Old Testament and Christian times - we just don't pay attention to it.
https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0CWMT8T7T
3. JOE WELL NESS - The Loma Linda Citizen - (Cartoon eBook on Amazon/Kindle) Joe Well Ness is the cartoon to promote the secrets of health of the Loma Linda Blue Zone.
https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0CWMT8T7T
PUBLICACIONES EN ESPANOL (Publications in Spanish) Articulos y consejos de salud escritos por el Dr. Hildemar Dos Santos 1. LAUGH YOUR ILLNESS AWAY (eBook on Amazon/Kindle) Humor collections to bring joy to your life.
https://www.amazon.it/-/en/Dr-Hildemar-Dos-Santos-ebook/dp/B08BTYD2NH
2. GOD IS STILL POWERFUL (eBook on Amazon/Kindle) The power of God is still present in our time, similar to the Old Testament and Christian times - we just don't pay attention to it.
https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0CWMT8T7T
3. JOE WELL NESS - The Loma Linda Citizen - (Cartoon eBook on Amazon/Kindle) Joe Well Ness is the cartoon to promote the secrets of health of the Loma Linda Blue Zone.
https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0CWMT8T7T
Dr. Dos Santos' Scientific Publications
Scientific Publications
Publications by Dr. Dos Santos as the first author, senior author, or co-author.
Dr. Dos Santos has been publishing articles as a first author or senior author (mostly with his students) in several peer-reviewed health journals. As director of the Preventive Care Research Group (PCRG), he has also published several articles with the research group team. The PCRG was responsible for designing and implementing several research studies that were the main source of the articles published in the last 5-6 years. Among these studies, we can name the Hong Kong Lifestyle Study, The Full Plate Diet Clinical Trial, The Polypharma Study, The Loma Linda Longevity Study, The Lifestyle and Infectious Disease Study, The Spirituality and Lifestyle Study, and the late Loma Linda Centenarian Study (being submitted to the LLU IRB).
Below is the list of publications by Dr. Dos Santos as a first author, senior author, or co-author. If you have a particular interest in any of those publications, we can provide a copy (pdf) of the article for you; just email hdossantos@llu.edu
Peer-Reviewed Publications
1. Luiz Fernando Sella, MD, MPH, DrPH Alaa Alabadi-Bierman, DrPH , Michael Paalani, DrPH, W. Lawrence Beeson, DrPH , and Hildemar Dos Santos, MD, DrPH (2026). The Association of Diet and Lifestyle Factors With Quality of Life and Self-Rated Health in Older Adults: The Loma Linda Longevity Study. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, DOI: 10.1177/15598276261477331.
2. Michael Paalani, DrPH, Rdn, Daijah Lofton, MPH, Salim Serrano, DrPH, Jones Ampadu Adjei, MS, Alaa Alabadi-Bierman, DrPH, MPH, Jerry W. Lee, PhD, W. Lawrence Beeson, DrPH, and Hildemar Dos Santos, MD, DrPH. The Association of Vigorous Activity With Sleep Patterns in the Adventist Health Study 2. The American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1177/15598276261471058.
3. Eskildsen, K, Dos Santos, H, Medina, E, Anjejo, D, Beeson, WL. (2026) The Association between Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis and Diabetes Status in the U.S. adults: NHANES 2013-2014. The American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, DOI: 10.1177/15598276261450525.
4. Linda Sewerbridges‐Williams, Hildemar Dos Santos, Jisoo Oh, Gina Soliman (2025). The Association Between Exercise and the Well-Being of Dementia Patient’s Caregivers: An Observational Study. Health Science Reports 8:e71284, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.71284
5. Princess-Lisa Cofie, Hildemar Dos Santos, Josileide Gaio, Alicia Carranza, Wennes P Reis, Peter Chuk (2025). Higher Saliva pH Among Vegetarians Compared With Nonvegetarians in Hong Kong. Lifestyle Medicine, 2025; 6:e70030 https://doi.org/10.1002/lim2.70030
6. Hildemar Dos Santos, Alaa Alabadi-Bierman, Michael Paalani, Sen Luu Padilla, Abel Alvarez, Lawrence Beeson, Gary E. Fraser (2025). Living longer and lifestyle: A report on the oldest of the old in the Adventist Health Study 2. The Journal of Aging Research & Lifestyle 14 2025 100010. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jarlif.2025.100010
7. Tony Jehi, Hildemar Dos Santos, Gigi Kwok-Hinsley (2024). Bitter Taste Sensitivity, Food Cravings, and Risk of Chronic Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study. Cureus Journal of Medical Sciences. DOI: 7759/cureus.74509.
8. Abrar Bardesi, Alaa Alabadi-Bierman, W Lawrence Beeson, Michael Paalani, Hildemar Dos Santos (2024). The Association Between Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors and Polypharmacy in Older Adults: The Loma Linda Longevity Study. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine DOI: 10.1177/15596276241299383.
9. Razaz Shaheen, W Lawrence Beeson, Michael Paalani, Hildemar Dos Santos, Abdulla Alismail, Rhonda K Spencer-Hwang (2024). Associations between lifestyle factors and COVID-19 infection rates: a cross-sectional analysis in the USA. BMJ Public Health 2024; 2:e000906. doi:10.1136/bmjph-2024-000906
10. Alaa Alabadi-Bierman, Rhonda Spencer-Hwang, Larry Beeson, Michael Paalani, Hildemar Dos Santos (2024). The Association Between Lifestyle Factors and COVID-19 Among Older Adults in Southern California: The Loma Linda Longevity Study. Journal of Applied Gerontology 43(10): 1560-1569. DOI: 10.1177/07334648241242687
11. Jehi T, Santos H. (2024) Impact of health education intervention and intrinsic factors on microbiota in overweight individuals: a randomized clinical trial. HPHR 64. 10.54111/0001/LLL6
12. Raeann Leal, Rhonda Spencer-Hwang, Larry Beeson, Michael Paalani, and Hildemar Dos Santos (2024) Lifestyle Factors and Heart Health: Exploring Effect Modification Using Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. DOI: 10.1177/15598276241226930.
13. Hildemar Dos Santos, Micheline A. Vargas , Josileide Gaio, Princess-Lisa Cofie, Wenes P Reis, Warren Peters , Lee Berk (2024). Cardiorespiratory Fitness Decreases High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein and Improves Parameters of Metabolic Syndrome. Cureus Journal of Medical Sciences 16(6): e63317. DOI 10.7759/cureus.63317.
14. Dos Santos, H.; Chai, E.; Gaio, J.; Becerra, M.B.; Reis, W.P.; Paalani, M.; Banta, J.E. (2023). Dietary Factors Affecting Asthma Outcomes among Asthmatic Children in California. Appl. Sci. 13, 12538. https://doi.org/10.3390/app132312538.
15. Michael Paalani, Margaret Bredehoft, Susanne Montgomery, Ruben Chipuli, Hildemar Dos Santos (2023). Exergaming: A Good Exercise Option During the Coronavirus Pandemic. Cureus Journal of Medical Sciences. 15(8): e43799. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.4379
16. Moore Ude R G, Herring R, Ismail M, Bahjri K, Oda K, Reis W, Gaio J, Dos Santos H. (2023) Why Can’t I Stop Smoking: Predictors of Tobacco Use and Quit Rates in the Freedom From Tobacco Program. Cureus Journal of Medical Sciences15(7): e41649. DOI 10.7759/cureus.41649
17. Wenes Pereira Reis, Olivia Moses, Jisoo Oh, April Wilson, Josileide Gaio, and Hildemar Dos Santos (2022). The Association between Lifestyle Risk Factors and COVID-19 Hospitalization in a Healthcare Institution. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, Oct 22, published online. DOI: 10.1177/15598276221135541.
18. T. Jehi, R. Khan, H. Dos Santos. (2022) Effect of COVID-19 Outbreak on the Diet, Body Weight, and Food Security Status of Students of Higher Education; A Systematic Review. British Journal of Nutrition. Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 August 2022. DOI: 10.1017/S0007114522002604.
19. Dos Santos, H., Han, D., Perez, M., Johnson, S. and Shaheen, R. (2022), "Ketogenic vs plantogenic diets for health: a review article." Nutrition & Food Science, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/NFS-11-2021-0344
20. Tony Jehi, Raihan Khan, Hildemar Dos Santos, Nader Majzoub (2022). Effect of COVID-19 outbreak on anxiety among students of higher education; A review of literature. Current Psychology, Jan 07, 2022: 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-02587-6
21. Joachim-Célestin, M., Gamboa-Maldonado, T., Dos Santos, H., & Montgomery S.B. (2021). Delivering an intervention to Hispanic/Latinos with pre-diabetes and diabetes. Early evidence of success in a longitudinal mixed method study. INQUIRY. DOI 10.1177/00469580211055595 (09/2021)
22. Dos Santos H, Gaio J, Durisic A, Beeson WL, Alabadi A. (2021). The Polypharma Study: Association Between Diet and Amount of Prescription Drugs Among Seniors. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. October 2021. doi:10.1177/15598276211048812
23. Wenes Reis, Hildemar Dos Santos, Monica Walbolt, Patti Herring, Clay Sherman, Salem Dehom, Josileide Gaio (2021). Perception of Family Functioning Among Adolescents that are Overweight and Obese: A Cross-Sectional Study. Archives of Pediatrics and Neonatology 4, (1):4-13. DOI: https://doi.org/10.22259/2638-5155.0401002
24. Cindy Ogolla Jean-Baptiste, R. Patti Herring, W. Lawrence Beeson, Jim E. Banta, Hildemar Dos Santos (2020). Assessing the Validity, Reliability and Efficacy of the Cross-Cultural Stress Scale (CCSS) for Psychosomatic Studies. Journal of Affective Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.12.118
25. Cindy O. Jean-Baptiste, Patti Herring, W. Lawrence Beeson, Jim E. Banta, Hildemar Dos Santos, (2020). Development of the cross-cultural stress scale. Minerva Psichiatrica 61(4):131-42 DOi: 10.23736/s0391-1772.20.02071-3
26. Wenes Reis, Josileide Gaio, H. Dos Santos, and Cesar Reis (2020) Anti-30S Ribosomal Subunit: Aminoglycosides in Pharmacology in Clinical Neurosciences, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020 H. Prabhakar et al. (eds.) Chapter 10.2 - 420-446. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3591-8_10
27. Wenes Reis, Josileide Gaio, H. Dos Santos, and Cesar Reis (2020). DNA and RNA Synthesis Inhibitors: Fluoroquinolones in Pharmacology in Clinical Neurosciences, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020 H. Prabhakar et al. (eds.) Chapter 10.1 - 400-416. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3591-8_10
28. Wenes Reis, Josileide Gaio, Tracy Trang, Haley Reis, JipingTang, H.Juma, H. Dos Santos, and Cesar Reis (2020) Penicillins in Pharmacology in Clinical Neurosciences, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020 H. Prabhakar et al. (eds.), Chapter 10.1 – 265 -270. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3591-8_10
29. Malik N, Tonstad S, Paalani M, Dos Santos H, Luiz do Prado W. (2020) Are long-term FAD diets restricting micronutrient intake? A randomized controlled trial. Food Sci Nutr. 00:1–14. https://doi.org/10.1002/ fsn3.1895
30. Cindy Ogolla Jean-Baptiste, DrPH, MA, R. Patti Herring, PhD, RN, W. Lawrence Beeson, DrPH, Hildemar Dos Santos, MD, DrPH, Jim E. Banta, PhD. (2020) Stressful Life Events and Social Capital During the Early Phase of COVID-19 in the U.S. Social Sciences & Humanities, DOI: 10.1016/j.ssaho.2020.100057
31. Maud Joachim-Célestin, Thelma Gamboa-Maldonado, Hildemar Dos Santos, and Susanne B. Montgomery, 2020. A Qualitative Study on the Perspectives of Latinas Enrolled in a Diabetes Prevention Program: Is the Cost of Prevention Too High? Journal of Primary Care and Community Health 11:1-14. DOI: 10.1177/2150132720945423
32. Wenes Pereira Reis, Mark Ghamsary, Caroline Galustian, Henrik Galust, Patti Herring, Josileide Gaio, and Hildemar Dos Santos, 2020. Childhood Obesity: Is the Built Environment More Important Than the Food Environment? Clinical Medicine Insights: Pediatrics 14:1-8. DOI: 10.1177/1179556520932123.
33. Eiman M. Alghmdi, W. Lawrence Beeson, Ernesto Medina, Anna Nelson, Hildemar Dos Santos (2020). Exergaming and Body Mass Index among Female Adolescents in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Health Education and Public Health 3:2.DOI: 2020; 3(2): 270 – 275. DOI: 10.31488 /heph.138
34. Wenes Reis, Elena Chai, Josileide Gaio, Monideepa Becerra, Jim Banta, Hildemar Dos Santos (2020). Dietary factors associated with asthma prevalence among children in California. Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonology 33(2) 85-91. DOI: 10.1089/ped.2020.1157.
35. Hildemar Dos Santos, MD, DrPH, CHES, CNS, CE-P, Monica M. Walbolt, MS, DrPH, Kristen N. Arthur, PhD, MPH, Clay Sherman, PhD, MA, Salem Dehorn, PhD, MPH, R. Patti Herring, PhD, RN, and Wenes Reis, MD, MS, 2020. The Effect of the SHAPEDOWN Program on BMI, Waist=Hip Ration and Family Functioning – A Family-based Weigh-Reduction Intervention Serviceable to Low-Income Minority Communities. Journal of Cultural Diversity, 27(1): 22-28.
36. Mineyama, Y, Hyder Ferry, L, Arechiga, A, Dos Santos, H, Berk, L., 2019. The Effect of a Tobacco Dependence Treatment Program With Stress Management Through Mindfulness Technique Training in US Veterans. Adv Mind Body Med 33(2):12-17.
37. Tony Jehi, W. Lawrence Beeson, Gina Segovia-Siapco, Brenda Koranda, Hildemar Dos Santos, 2019. A Health Education Intervention to Increase Fiber Intake: A Randomized Clinical Trial. International Journal of Advanced Nutritional and Health Science, 7(1): 354-366. ISSN 2348-5140, Crossref: 10.23953/cloud.ijanhs.438
38. Hildemar Dos Santos, W Lawrence Beeson , Gina Segovia-Siapco, Brenda Koranda and Tony Jehi, 2019. Effects of nutrition education on cardio-metabolic outcomes: A randomised clinical trial. Health Education Journal 1 –13, DOI: 10.1177/0017896919887221
39. Hildemar Dos Santos, Henrik Galust, Sylvia Cramer, Colwik Wilson, Susanne Montgomery, Denise Tavares Schwab Dias, Josileide Gaio (2019) Psychosocial and Behavioral Predictors of Successful Weight Loss in Individuals that are Obese. International Journal of Advanced Nutritional and Health Science 2019, Volume 7, Issue 1, pp. 343-353 ISSN 2348-5140, Crossref: 10.23953/cloud.ijanhs.434
40. Hildemar Dos Santos, Natalie Gonzalez. (2019) Fiber, the Ultimate Diet. Am J Biomed Sci & Res. 5(2). AJBSR.MS.ID.000896. DOI: 10.34297/ AJBSR.2019.05.000896.
41. Dos Santos, H, Raphael, JC, Reis, WP, Gaio, J, Berk, LS, Bellinger, DL, Lee, JW. (2019) The association between Affect and Biomarkers of Stress and Inflammation in Healthy Seventh-Day Adventists. Advances in Mind and Body Medicine, 33(3):12-20.
42. Dos Santos H, Beeson L, Ng B, Chuk, P, Wong M, Gaio J, Reis W. (2019).. Hong Kong Lifestyle Study: Effects of a vegetarian diet on disease outcome and medical visits. International Journal of Advanced Nutritional and Health Sciences 7(1):334-342 ISSN 2348-5140, Crossref: 10.23953/cloud.ijanhs.427
43. Dos Santos, H, Reis, WP, Cramer, S, Wilson, C, Montgomery, S. (2019) Impact of a Funded (Sponsored) Versus an Unfunded Clinical Weight Management Program on Obesity. The Journal of Applied Sciences Research 5(3):21-31. ISSN: 2383 2215
44. Alghmdi, EM, Beeson, LM, Medina, E, Nelson, A, Dos Santos, H. (2019) The Association of exergaming and other activities with the WHO physical activity recommendations among female adolescents in Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Advanced Nutritional and Health Sciences, 7(1):325-333. DOI: 10.23953/cloud.ijanhs.423
45. Dos Santos, H, Reis, W, Ghamsary, M, Jackson, A, Herring, P. (2019) Lifestyle and Environmental Factors Associated with Predictors of Childhood Obesity. International Journal of Advanced Nutritional and Health Sciences 7(1): 313-324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.23953/cloud.ijanhs.413
46. Jeffrey. E.S., Banta, J.E., Modeste, N.N., Dos Santos, H. (2018) Association of household structure with childhood obesity in 5-12 years old Latinos in the US between 5-12 years old in the National Health Information Survey 2008-2015. Scholar Journal of Applied Sciences and Research 1(3) 60-65.
47. Jeffrey. E.S., Banta, J.E., Modeste, N.N., Dos Santos, H. (2018) Childhood obesity factors and family structure on Latino-American adolescents in the national health information survey from 2008 to 2015. Journal of Childhood Obesity 3(2) 11 DOI: 10.21767/2572-5394.100051
48. Alanazi NH, Lee JW, Dos Santos H, Jayakaran J, Bahjri K. (2017) The use of planned behavior theory in predicting cigarette smoking among Waterpipe users. Tobacco Induced Diseases 15:29. 06/2017 DOI 10.1186/s12971017013
49. Rosario, C, Modeste, N., Dos Santos, H., Handysides, D., Gamboa-Maldonado, T., Boyd, K. (2017). An examination of ecological predictors of health literacy in black college students. Journal of American College Health 65(6) DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2017.1341894
50. Cordero-McIntyre, Z., Dos Santos, H., Motta, C. (2017). Public Policy and Environmental Supports for Healthy Eating in: Nutrition in Lifestyle Medicine, by Humana Press, Editor J. Rippe, Chapter 22.
51. Dos Santos, H., Bredehoft, M.D., Gonzalez, F., Montgomery, S. (2016) Exercise video games and exercise self-efficacy in children. Global Pediatric Health 3:1-6. DOI: 10.1177/2333704X16644139
52. Mennen-Winchell, L.J., Grigoriev, V., Alpert, P., Dos Santos. H., and Tonstad, S. (2015) Determinants of vitamin D levels in men receiving androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners 27(1):3
53. Tareg, ARC, Modeste, NN, Lee, J, Dos Santos, H. (2015) Health Beliefs About Tobacco With Betel Nut Use Among Adults in Yap, Micronesia. International Quarterly of Community Health Education, 35(3); 245-257 doi: 10.1177/0272684X15581344
54. Montgomery, SB, De Borba Silva, M, Singh, P, Santos, HD, Job, JS, Brink, TL, (2015). Exploring Demographic And Substance Use Correlates Of Hookah Use In A Sample Of Southern California Community College Students. California Journal of Health Promotion 13 (1): 26-37.
55. Nguyen S.N., Marshak H.M., Dos Santos H., Luu S.M., Berk L.S., McMahon P.T., Riggs M. (2014) The Effects of Simultaneous Technique of Exercise and Psychotherapy (STEP) on Depressive Symptoms in Inpatient Psychiatric Older Adults. Advances in Mind Body Medicine, 28(4), 8-17.
56. Japas C., Knutsen S., Dehom S., Dos Santos H., Tonstad S. (2014) Body mass index gain between ages 20 and 40 years and lifestyle characteristics of men at ages 40-60 years: The Adventist Health Study-2. Obesity Research Clinical Practice 8, e549 – e557.
57. Mennen-Winchell L.J., Grigoriev V., Alpert P., Dos Santos H., Tonstad S. (2014) Self-reported exercise and bone mineral density in prostate cancer patients receiving androgen deprivation therapy. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. 26:40-8. DOI: 10.1002/2327-6924.12066.
58. Maria De Borba-Silva, MPH, Pramil Singh, DrPH, Hildemar Dos Santos, MD, Jayakaran Job, MD, MPH, T.L. Brink, PhD, Susanne Montgomery, PhD. (2013) The Emergent Threat of Community College Hookah Waterpipe Use. Journal of Adolescent Health, 52 (2), SUPPLEMENT 1, S16. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2012.10.042
59. Hammoudeh S., Bener A., Zirie M., Al-Hamaq A., Chandra P., Moses O., Dos Santos H., Tonstad S. (2013). The effect of non-exercise activity thermogenesis on subjects with metabolic syndrome - a proof of concept study in Qatar. Qatar Medical Journal: Vol. 2013, 1, 3. DOI: 10.5339/qmj.2013.3
60. Dos Santos, H., Tonstad, S., Montgomery, S., Paalani, M & Faed, P. (2011). Smoking cessation behavior in male Portuguese Californians. California Journal of Health Promotion 9(2): 103-110.
61. Raynor K., Modeste N., Marshak H.H., Dos Santos, H. (2010). Gender differences in perception of weight and body image and comparison to recommended weight among adult Bermudians. International Quarterly of Community Health Education 30(2): 153-169.
62. Dos Santos, H (2007). The short-term benefits of exercise and a vegetarian diet in the prevention of lifestyle-related diseases. In: Marketing Sport and Physical Activity: a Twenty-First Century Priority, edited by Frank Fu and Robert Robertson, Hong Kong Baptist University. P. 83-86.
63. Dos Santos, H.F. (1999). Influence of acculturation and psychosocial predictors on smoking status of Portuguese immigrant males in California, using the transtheoretical model of behavior change. Dissertation document. Loma Linda University, Del Webb Library, HV 5740 D76 1999 Theses.
Below is the list of publications by Dr. Dos Santos as a first author, senior author, or co-author. If you have a particular interest in any of those publications, we can provide a copy (pdf) of the article for you; just email hdossantos@llu.edu
Peer-Reviewed Publications
1. Luiz Fernando Sella, MD, MPH, DrPH Alaa Alabadi-Bierman, DrPH , Michael Paalani, DrPH, W. Lawrence Beeson, DrPH , and Hildemar Dos Santos, MD, DrPH (2026). The Association of Diet and Lifestyle Factors With Quality of Life and Self-Rated Health in Older Adults: The Loma Linda Longevity Study. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, DOI: 10.1177/15598276261477331.
2. Michael Paalani, DrPH, Rdn, Daijah Lofton, MPH, Salim Serrano, DrPH, Jones Ampadu Adjei, MS, Alaa Alabadi-Bierman, DrPH, MPH, Jerry W. Lee, PhD, W. Lawrence Beeson, DrPH, and Hildemar Dos Santos, MD, DrPH. The Association of Vigorous Activity With Sleep Patterns in the Adventist Health Study 2. The American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1177/15598276261471058.
3. Eskildsen, K, Dos Santos, H, Medina, E, Anjejo, D, Beeson, WL. (2026) The Association between Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis and Diabetes Status in the U.S. adults: NHANES 2013-2014. The American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, DOI: 10.1177/15598276261450525.
4. Linda Sewerbridges‐Williams, Hildemar Dos Santos, Jisoo Oh, Gina Soliman (2025). The Association Between Exercise and the Well-Being of Dementia Patient’s Caregivers: An Observational Study. Health Science Reports 8:e71284, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.71284
5. Princess-Lisa Cofie, Hildemar Dos Santos, Josileide Gaio, Alicia Carranza, Wennes P Reis, Peter Chuk (2025). Higher Saliva pH Among Vegetarians Compared With Nonvegetarians in Hong Kong. Lifestyle Medicine, 2025; 6:e70030 https://doi.org/10.1002/lim2.70030
6. Hildemar Dos Santos, Alaa Alabadi-Bierman, Michael Paalani, Sen Luu Padilla, Abel Alvarez, Lawrence Beeson, Gary E. Fraser (2025). Living longer and lifestyle: A report on the oldest of the old in the Adventist Health Study 2. The Journal of Aging Research & Lifestyle 14 2025 100010. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jarlif.2025.100010
7. Tony Jehi, Hildemar Dos Santos, Gigi Kwok-Hinsley (2024). Bitter Taste Sensitivity, Food Cravings, and Risk of Chronic Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study. Cureus Journal of Medical Sciences. DOI: 7759/cureus.74509.
8. Abrar Bardesi, Alaa Alabadi-Bierman, W Lawrence Beeson, Michael Paalani, Hildemar Dos Santos (2024). The Association Between Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors and Polypharmacy in Older Adults: The Loma Linda Longevity Study. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine DOI: 10.1177/15596276241299383.
9. Razaz Shaheen, W Lawrence Beeson, Michael Paalani, Hildemar Dos Santos, Abdulla Alismail, Rhonda K Spencer-Hwang (2024). Associations between lifestyle factors and COVID-19 infection rates: a cross-sectional analysis in the USA. BMJ Public Health 2024; 2:e000906. doi:10.1136/bmjph-2024-000906
10. Alaa Alabadi-Bierman, Rhonda Spencer-Hwang, Larry Beeson, Michael Paalani, Hildemar Dos Santos (2024). The Association Between Lifestyle Factors and COVID-19 Among Older Adults in Southern California: The Loma Linda Longevity Study. Journal of Applied Gerontology 43(10): 1560-1569. DOI: 10.1177/07334648241242687
11. Jehi T, Santos H. (2024) Impact of health education intervention and intrinsic factors on microbiota in overweight individuals: a randomized clinical trial. HPHR 64. 10.54111/0001/LLL6
12. Raeann Leal, Rhonda Spencer-Hwang, Larry Beeson, Michael Paalani, and Hildemar Dos Santos (2024) Lifestyle Factors and Heart Health: Exploring Effect Modification Using Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. DOI: 10.1177/15598276241226930.
13. Hildemar Dos Santos, Micheline A. Vargas , Josileide Gaio, Princess-Lisa Cofie, Wenes P Reis, Warren Peters , Lee Berk (2024). Cardiorespiratory Fitness Decreases High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein and Improves Parameters of Metabolic Syndrome. Cureus Journal of Medical Sciences 16(6): e63317. DOI 10.7759/cureus.63317.
14. Dos Santos, H.; Chai, E.; Gaio, J.; Becerra, M.B.; Reis, W.P.; Paalani, M.; Banta, J.E. (2023). Dietary Factors Affecting Asthma Outcomes among Asthmatic Children in California. Appl. Sci. 13, 12538. https://doi.org/10.3390/app132312538.
15. Michael Paalani, Margaret Bredehoft, Susanne Montgomery, Ruben Chipuli, Hildemar Dos Santos (2023). Exergaming: A Good Exercise Option During the Coronavirus Pandemic. Cureus Journal of Medical Sciences. 15(8): e43799. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.4379
16. Moore Ude R G, Herring R, Ismail M, Bahjri K, Oda K, Reis W, Gaio J, Dos Santos H. (2023) Why Can’t I Stop Smoking: Predictors of Tobacco Use and Quit Rates in the Freedom From Tobacco Program. Cureus Journal of Medical Sciences15(7): e41649. DOI 10.7759/cureus.41649
17. Wenes Pereira Reis, Olivia Moses, Jisoo Oh, April Wilson, Josileide Gaio, and Hildemar Dos Santos (2022). The Association between Lifestyle Risk Factors and COVID-19 Hospitalization in a Healthcare Institution. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, Oct 22, published online. DOI: 10.1177/15598276221135541.
18. T. Jehi, R. Khan, H. Dos Santos. (2022) Effect of COVID-19 Outbreak on the Diet, Body Weight, and Food Security Status of Students of Higher Education; A Systematic Review. British Journal of Nutrition. Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 August 2022. DOI: 10.1017/S0007114522002604.
19. Dos Santos, H., Han, D., Perez, M., Johnson, S. and Shaheen, R. (2022), "Ketogenic vs plantogenic diets for health: a review article." Nutrition & Food Science, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/NFS-11-2021-0344
20. Tony Jehi, Raihan Khan, Hildemar Dos Santos, Nader Majzoub (2022). Effect of COVID-19 outbreak on anxiety among students of higher education; A review of literature. Current Psychology, Jan 07, 2022: 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-02587-6
21. Joachim-Célestin, M., Gamboa-Maldonado, T., Dos Santos, H., & Montgomery S.B. (2021). Delivering an intervention to Hispanic/Latinos with pre-diabetes and diabetes. Early evidence of success in a longitudinal mixed method study. INQUIRY. DOI 10.1177/00469580211055595 (09/2021)
22. Dos Santos H, Gaio J, Durisic A, Beeson WL, Alabadi A. (2021). The Polypharma Study: Association Between Diet and Amount of Prescription Drugs Among Seniors. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. October 2021. doi:10.1177/15598276211048812
23. Wenes Reis, Hildemar Dos Santos, Monica Walbolt, Patti Herring, Clay Sherman, Salem Dehom, Josileide Gaio (2021). Perception of Family Functioning Among Adolescents that are Overweight and Obese: A Cross-Sectional Study. Archives of Pediatrics and Neonatology 4, (1):4-13. DOI: https://doi.org/10.22259/2638-5155.0401002
24. Cindy Ogolla Jean-Baptiste, R. Patti Herring, W. Lawrence Beeson, Jim E. Banta, Hildemar Dos Santos (2020). Assessing the Validity, Reliability and Efficacy of the Cross-Cultural Stress Scale (CCSS) for Psychosomatic Studies. Journal of Affective Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.12.118
25. Cindy O. Jean-Baptiste, Patti Herring, W. Lawrence Beeson, Jim E. Banta, Hildemar Dos Santos, (2020). Development of the cross-cultural stress scale. Minerva Psichiatrica 61(4):131-42 DOi: 10.23736/s0391-1772.20.02071-3
26. Wenes Reis, Josileide Gaio, H. Dos Santos, and Cesar Reis (2020) Anti-30S Ribosomal Subunit: Aminoglycosides in Pharmacology in Clinical Neurosciences, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020 H. Prabhakar et al. (eds.) Chapter 10.2 - 420-446. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3591-8_10
27. Wenes Reis, Josileide Gaio, H. Dos Santos, and Cesar Reis (2020). DNA and RNA Synthesis Inhibitors: Fluoroquinolones in Pharmacology in Clinical Neurosciences, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020 H. Prabhakar et al. (eds.) Chapter 10.1 - 400-416. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3591-8_10
28. Wenes Reis, Josileide Gaio, Tracy Trang, Haley Reis, JipingTang, H.Juma, H. Dos Santos, and Cesar Reis (2020) Penicillins in Pharmacology in Clinical Neurosciences, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020 H. Prabhakar et al. (eds.), Chapter 10.1 – 265 -270. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3591-8_10
29. Malik N, Tonstad S, Paalani M, Dos Santos H, Luiz do Prado W. (2020) Are long-term FAD diets restricting micronutrient intake? A randomized controlled trial. Food Sci Nutr. 00:1–14. https://doi.org/10.1002/ fsn3.1895
30. Cindy Ogolla Jean-Baptiste, DrPH, MA, R. Patti Herring, PhD, RN, W. Lawrence Beeson, DrPH, Hildemar Dos Santos, MD, DrPH, Jim E. Banta, PhD. (2020) Stressful Life Events and Social Capital During the Early Phase of COVID-19 in the U.S. Social Sciences & Humanities, DOI: 10.1016/j.ssaho.2020.100057
31. Maud Joachim-Célestin, Thelma Gamboa-Maldonado, Hildemar Dos Santos, and Susanne B. Montgomery, 2020. A Qualitative Study on the Perspectives of Latinas Enrolled in a Diabetes Prevention Program: Is the Cost of Prevention Too High? Journal of Primary Care and Community Health 11:1-14. DOI: 10.1177/2150132720945423
32. Wenes Pereira Reis, Mark Ghamsary, Caroline Galustian, Henrik Galust, Patti Herring, Josileide Gaio, and Hildemar Dos Santos, 2020. Childhood Obesity: Is the Built Environment More Important Than the Food Environment? Clinical Medicine Insights: Pediatrics 14:1-8. DOI: 10.1177/1179556520932123.
33. Eiman M. Alghmdi, W. Lawrence Beeson, Ernesto Medina, Anna Nelson, Hildemar Dos Santos (2020). Exergaming and Body Mass Index among Female Adolescents in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Health Education and Public Health 3:2.DOI: 2020; 3(2): 270 – 275. DOI: 10.31488 /heph.138
34. Wenes Reis, Elena Chai, Josileide Gaio, Monideepa Becerra, Jim Banta, Hildemar Dos Santos (2020). Dietary factors associated with asthma prevalence among children in California. Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonology 33(2) 85-91. DOI: 10.1089/ped.2020.1157.
35. Hildemar Dos Santos, MD, DrPH, CHES, CNS, CE-P, Monica M. Walbolt, MS, DrPH, Kristen N. Arthur, PhD, MPH, Clay Sherman, PhD, MA, Salem Dehorn, PhD, MPH, R. Patti Herring, PhD, RN, and Wenes Reis, MD, MS, 2020. The Effect of the SHAPEDOWN Program on BMI, Waist=Hip Ration and Family Functioning – A Family-based Weigh-Reduction Intervention Serviceable to Low-Income Minority Communities. Journal of Cultural Diversity, 27(1): 22-28.
36. Mineyama, Y, Hyder Ferry, L, Arechiga, A, Dos Santos, H, Berk, L., 2019. The Effect of a Tobacco Dependence Treatment Program With Stress Management Through Mindfulness Technique Training in US Veterans. Adv Mind Body Med 33(2):12-17.
37. Tony Jehi, W. Lawrence Beeson, Gina Segovia-Siapco, Brenda Koranda, Hildemar Dos Santos, 2019. A Health Education Intervention to Increase Fiber Intake: A Randomized Clinical Trial. International Journal of Advanced Nutritional and Health Science, 7(1): 354-366. ISSN 2348-5140, Crossref: 10.23953/cloud.ijanhs.438
38. Hildemar Dos Santos, W Lawrence Beeson , Gina Segovia-Siapco, Brenda Koranda and Tony Jehi, 2019. Effects of nutrition education on cardio-metabolic outcomes: A randomised clinical trial. Health Education Journal 1 –13, DOI: 10.1177/0017896919887221
39. Hildemar Dos Santos, Henrik Galust, Sylvia Cramer, Colwik Wilson, Susanne Montgomery, Denise Tavares Schwab Dias, Josileide Gaio (2019) Psychosocial and Behavioral Predictors of Successful Weight Loss in Individuals that are Obese. International Journal of Advanced Nutritional and Health Science 2019, Volume 7, Issue 1, pp. 343-353 ISSN 2348-5140, Crossref: 10.23953/cloud.ijanhs.434
40. Hildemar Dos Santos, Natalie Gonzalez. (2019) Fiber, the Ultimate Diet. Am J Biomed Sci & Res. 5(2). AJBSR.MS.ID.000896. DOI: 10.34297/ AJBSR.2019.05.000896.
41. Dos Santos, H, Raphael, JC, Reis, WP, Gaio, J, Berk, LS, Bellinger, DL, Lee, JW. (2019) The association between Affect and Biomarkers of Stress and Inflammation in Healthy Seventh-Day Adventists. Advances in Mind and Body Medicine, 33(3):12-20.
42. Dos Santos H, Beeson L, Ng B, Chuk, P, Wong M, Gaio J, Reis W. (2019).. Hong Kong Lifestyle Study: Effects of a vegetarian diet on disease outcome and medical visits. International Journal of Advanced Nutritional and Health Sciences 7(1):334-342 ISSN 2348-5140, Crossref: 10.23953/cloud.ijanhs.427
43. Dos Santos, H, Reis, WP, Cramer, S, Wilson, C, Montgomery, S. (2019) Impact of a Funded (Sponsored) Versus an Unfunded Clinical Weight Management Program on Obesity. The Journal of Applied Sciences Research 5(3):21-31. ISSN: 2383 2215
44. Alghmdi, EM, Beeson, LM, Medina, E, Nelson, A, Dos Santos, H. (2019) The Association of exergaming and other activities with the WHO physical activity recommendations among female adolescents in Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Advanced Nutritional and Health Sciences, 7(1):325-333. DOI: 10.23953/cloud.ijanhs.423
45. Dos Santos, H, Reis, W, Ghamsary, M, Jackson, A, Herring, P. (2019) Lifestyle and Environmental Factors Associated with Predictors of Childhood Obesity. International Journal of Advanced Nutritional and Health Sciences 7(1): 313-324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.23953/cloud.ijanhs.413
46. Jeffrey. E.S., Banta, J.E., Modeste, N.N., Dos Santos, H. (2018) Association of household structure with childhood obesity in 5-12 years old Latinos in the US between 5-12 years old in the National Health Information Survey 2008-2015. Scholar Journal of Applied Sciences and Research 1(3) 60-65.
47. Jeffrey. E.S., Banta, J.E., Modeste, N.N., Dos Santos, H. (2018) Childhood obesity factors and family structure on Latino-American adolescents in the national health information survey from 2008 to 2015. Journal of Childhood Obesity 3(2) 11 DOI: 10.21767/2572-5394.100051
48. Alanazi NH, Lee JW, Dos Santos H, Jayakaran J, Bahjri K. (2017) The use of planned behavior theory in predicting cigarette smoking among Waterpipe users. Tobacco Induced Diseases 15:29. 06/2017 DOI 10.1186/s12971017013
49. Rosario, C, Modeste, N., Dos Santos, H., Handysides, D., Gamboa-Maldonado, T., Boyd, K. (2017). An examination of ecological predictors of health literacy in black college students. Journal of American College Health 65(6) DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2017.1341894
50. Cordero-McIntyre, Z., Dos Santos, H., Motta, C. (2017). Public Policy and Environmental Supports for Healthy Eating in: Nutrition in Lifestyle Medicine, by Humana Press, Editor J. Rippe, Chapter 22.
51. Dos Santos, H., Bredehoft, M.D., Gonzalez, F., Montgomery, S. (2016) Exercise video games and exercise self-efficacy in children. Global Pediatric Health 3:1-6. DOI: 10.1177/2333704X16644139
52. Mennen-Winchell, L.J., Grigoriev, V., Alpert, P., Dos Santos. H., and Tonstad, S. (2015) Determinants of vitamin D levels in men receiving androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners 27(1):3
53. Tareg, ARC, Modeste, NN, Lee, J, Dos Santos, H. (2015) Health Beliefs About Tobacco With Betel Nut Use Among Adults in Yap, Micronesia. International Quarterly of Community Health Education, 35(3); 245-257 doi: 10.1177/0272684X15581344
54. Montgomery, SB, De Borba Silva, M, Singh, P, Santos, HD, Job, JS, Brink, TL, (2015). Exploring Demographic And Substance Use Correlates Of Hookah Use In A Sample Of Southern California Community College Students. California Journal of Health Promotion 13 (1): 26-37.
55. Nguyen S.N., Marshak H.M., Dos Santos H., Luu S.M., Berk L.S., McMahon P.T., Riggs M. (2014) The Effects of Simultaneous Technique of Exercise and Psychotherapy (STEP) on Depressive Symptoms in Inpatient Psychiatric Older Adults. Advances in Mind Body Medicine, 28(4), 8-17.
56. Japas C., Knutsen S., Dehom S., Dos Santos H., Tonstad S. (2014) Body mass index gain between ages 20 and 40 years and lifestyle characteristics of men at ages 40-60 years: The Adventist Health Study-2. Obesity Research Clinical Practice 8, e549 – e557.
57. Mennen-Winchell L.J., Grigoriev V., Alpert P., Dos Santos H., Tonstad S. (2014) Self-reported exercise and bone mineral density in prostate cancer patients receiving androgen deprivation therapy. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. 26:40-8. DOI: 10.1002/2327-6924.12066.
58. Maria De Borba-Silva, MPH, Pramil Singh, DrPH, Hildemar Dos Santos, MD, Jayakaran Job, MD, MPH, T.L. Brink, PhD, Susanne Montgomery, PhD. (2013) The Emergent Threat of Community College Hookah Waterpipe Use. Journal of Adolescent Health, 52 (2), SUPPLEMENT 1, S16. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2012.10.042
59. Hammoudeh S., Bener A., Zirie M., Al-Hamaq A., Chandra P., Moses O., Dos Santos H., Tonstad S. (2013). The effect of non-exercise activity thermogenesis on subjects with metabolic syndrome - a proof of concept study in Qatar. Qatar Medical Journal: Vol. 2013, 1, 3. DOI: 10.5339/qmj.2013.3
60. Dos Santos, H., Tonstad, S., Montgomery, S., Paalani, M & Faed, P. (2011). Smoking cessation behavior in male Portuguese Californians. California Journal of Health Promotion 9(2): 103-110.
61. Raynor K., Modeste N., Marshak H.H., Dos Santos, H. (2010). Gender differences in perception of weight and body image and comparison to recommended weight among adult Bermudians. International Quarterly of Community Health Education 30(2): 153-169.
62. Dos Santos, H (2007). The short-term benefits of exercise and a vegetarian diet in the prevention of lifestyle-related diseases. In: Marketing Sport and Physical Activity: a Twenty-First Century Priority, edited by Frank Fu and Robert Robertson, Hong Kong Baptist University. P. 83-86.
63. Dos Santos, H.F. (1999). Influence of acculturation and psychosocial predictors on smoking status of Portuguese immigrant males in California, using the transtheoretical model of behavior change. Dissertation document. Loma Linda University, Del Webb Library, HV 5740 D76 1999 Theses.
Publicacoes em Portugues - Publicaciones en Espanol
Saude e Estilo de Vida - Portugues / Salud y Estilo de Vida - Espanol
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Livro: 100 Anos Com Saude (Amazon.com.br) Manual de Longevidade
https://www.amazon.com.br/100-Anos-Com-Saude-Longevidade-ebook/dp/B082K9K6SB
Artigos: Coluna de Saude da Divisao Sul Americana da Igreja Adventista do Setimo Dia.
https://noticias.adventistas.org/pt/coluna/hildemar-santos/
ESPANOL - Articulos de Salud - Dr. Hildemar (Columna de salud de la Division Sudamericana de la Iglesia Adventista del Septimo Dia)
https://noticias.adventistas.org/es/columna/hildemar-santos/
Artigos sobre Saude em Portugues Livro: 100 Anos Com Saude (Amazon.com.br) Manual de Longevidade
https://www.amazon.com.br/100-Anos-Com-Saude-Longevidade-ebook/dp/B082K9K6SB
Artigos: Coluna de Saude da Divisao Sul Americana da Igreja Adventista do Setimo Dia.
https://noticias.adventistas.org/pt/coluna/hildemar-santos/
ESPANOL - Articulos de Salud - Dr. Hildemar (Columna de salud de la Division Sudamericana de la Iglesia Adventista del Septimo Dia)
https://noticias.adventistas.org/es/columna/hildemar-santos/