Yu Zhang: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- nutritional epidemiology researcher at Harvard University
- Quoted on
- Dementia, Mental health
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 30 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 27 Aug 2026
“Dementia is one of the most important and challenging public health problems worldwide, and there are still very limited effective treatments. So, identifying modifiable lifestyle factors that may be linked to dementia risk is critical.”
What Yu Zhang has said
“Our study alone can't prove causality, but to our knowledge, it is the best evidence to date looking at coffee and tea intake and cognitive health, and it is consistent with plausible biology.”
nutritional epidemiology researcher at Harvard University · Mental health · 27 Aug 2026 · A couple of teas or coffees a day could lower risk of dementia, scientists say ↗
Where Yu Zhang has been quoted
- Could tea or coffee reduce dementia risk? Here’s what you need to knowalzheimersresearchuk.org · 30 Sept 2026
- A couple of teas or coffees a day could lower risk of dementia, scientists saytheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
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