Daniela Malta
Daniela Malta is an assistant professor with the School of Nutrition and is a member of the College of Dietitians of Ontario. In addition to being a registered dietitian, Malta holds a PhD in nutritional sciences from the University of Toronto. Malta’s research interests are centered upon investigating comprehensive dietary strategies and patient related outcomes in cardiovascular disease states.
Malta has also been engaged in several collaborative groups. Most recently, she is a contributing member of ‘The Science of Salt’, an ongoing initiative of the Canadian Institute for Health Research and Heart and Stroke Foundation Chair in Hypertension Prevention and Control. This is a specialized group of health researchers that produce systematic reviews on the relationship between salt and health outcomes.
Research interests:
- Cardiovascular disease: Focus on hypertension and heart failure
- Potassium
- Sodium
- Dietary intake assessment methods
Journal articles:
- McLean R, Petersen K, Arcand J, Malta D, Rae S, Raj TS,Trieu K, Campbell N. Science of Salt: A regularly updated systematic review of salt and health outcomes studies (April to October 2018). Accepted: 28-May-2019, The Journal of Clinical Hypertension. (In Press)
- Petersen K, Rae S, Venos E, Malta D, Johnson C, Trieu K, Jefferson K, Santos J, Wong M, Raj TS, Webster J, Campbell N, Arcand J. Paucity of High Quality Studies Reporting on Salt and Health Outcomes from The Science of Salt: A regularly updated systematic review of salt and health outcomes (external link) (April 2017 to March 2018). The Journal of Clinical Hypertension; 2019;21:307–323.
- Malta D, Peterson K, Johnson C, Trieu K, Rae S, Jefferson K, Wong M, Raj TS, Webster J, Campbell N, Arcand J. (2018). High sodium intake increases blood pressure and risk of kidney disease from the Science of Salt: A regularly updated systematic review of salt and health outcomes (external link) (August 2016 to March 2017). The Journal of Clinical Hypertension; 2018;20:1654–1665.
- Malta D, Arcand J, Ravindran A, Floras V, Allard JP, Newton GE. (2016). Adequate intake of potassium does not cause hyperkalemia in hypertensive individuals taking medications that antagonize the renin angiotensin aldosterone system (external link) . The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition;104(4):990-994.