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2026

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Overview

Lee Smith is affiliated with Anglia Ruskin University in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on medicine, with a substantial number of publications in this broad field. Key subfields of their work include physiology, clinical psychology, public health, environmental and occupational health, general health professions, and epidemiology.

Smith's research interests span a variety of topics, prominently including COVID-19 and mental health, physical activity and health, obesity, physical activity and diet, health disparities and outcomes, nutrition and health in aging, COVID-19 clinical research studies, and the long-term effects of COVID-19.

Notable recent publications by Lee Smith include:

  • Changes in physical activity and sedentary behaviours from before to during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown: a systematic review (2021), BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine
  • A meta-review of "lifestyle psychiatry": the role of exercise, smoking, diet and sleep in the prevention and treatment of mental disorders (2020), World Psychiatry
  • Coronavirus Diseases (COVID-19) Current Status and Future Perspectives: A Narrative Review (2020), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • The role of vitamin D in the prevention of coronavirus disease 2019 infection and mortality (2020), Aging Clinical and Experimental Research
  • Changes in Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in Response to COVID-19 and Their Associations with Mental Health in 3052 US Adults (2020), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Lee Smith include Ai Koyanagi, Jae Il Shin, Dong Keon Yon, Louis Jacob, and Guillermo F. López Sánchez.

Key venues where Smith frequently publishes include:

  • Aging Clinical and Experimental Research
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Medical Virology

Smith has also contributed to book publications, notably with Springer International Publishing. Among these is the book titled Sexual Behaviour and Health in Older Adults published in 2023.

Best Publications

  • The Lancet Psychiatry Commission: a blueprint for protecting physical health in people with mental illness

    Joseph Firth;Joseph Firth;Joseph Firth;Najma Siddiqi;Ai Koyanagi;Ai Koyanagi;Ai Koyanagi;Dan J Siskind

  • Changes in physical activity and sedentary behaviours from before to during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown: a systematic review

    Stephanie Stockwell;Mike Trott;Mark A. Tully;Jae Il Shin

  • Coronavirus Diseases (COVID-19) Current Status and Future Perspectives: A Narrative Review.

    Francesco Di Gennaro;Damiano Pizzol;Claudia Marotta;Mario Antunes

  • A meta-review of "lifestyle psychiatry": the role of exercise, smoking, diet and sleep in the prevention and treatment of mental disorders.

    Joseph Firth;Joseph Firth;Marco Solmi;Robyn E Wootton;Davy Vancampfort

  • The role of vitamin D in the prevention of coronavirus disease 2019 infection and mortality.

    Petre Cristian Ilie;Simina Stefanescu;Lee Smith

  • Changes in Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in Response to COVID-19 and Their Associations with Mental Health in 3052 US Adults.

    Jacob D. Meyer;Cillian P. McDowell;Jeni Lansing;Cassandra S. Brower

  • The "online brain": how the Internet may be changing our cognition

    Joseph Firth;John B Torous;Brendon Stubbs;Josh A Firth

  • How to reduce sitting time? A review of behaviour change strategies used in sedentary behaviour reduction interventions among adults

    Benjamin Gardner;Lee Smith;Fabiana Lorencatto;Mark Hamer

  • Correlates of symptoms of anxiety and depression and mental wellbeing associated with COVID-19: a cross-sectional study of UK-based respondents.

    Lee Smith;Louis Jacob;Anita Yakkundi;Daragh McDermott

  • Exercise as Medicine for Mental and Substance Use Disorders: A Meta-review of the Benefits for Neuropsychiatric and Cognitive Outcomes.

    Garcia Ashdown-Franks;Joseph Firth;Joseph Firth;Joseph Firth;Rebekah Carney;Andre F Carvalho

  • Associations of moderate to vigorous physical activity and sedentary behavior with depressive and anxiety symptoms in self-isolating people during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional survey in Brazil.

    Felipe B. Schuch;Rugero A. Bulzing;Jacob Meyer;Davy Vancampfort

  • Digital health behaviour change interventions targeting physical activity and diet in cancer survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Anna L. Roberts;Abigail Fisher;Lee Smith;Malgorzata Heinrich

  • Health-Related Behaviors Among School-Aged Children and Adolescents During the Spanish Covid-19 Confinement

    Rubén López-Bueno;Guillermo Felipe López-Sánchez;José A Casajús;Joaquín Calatayud

  • Bullying Victimization and Suicide Attempt Among Adolescents Aged 12–15 Years From 48 Countries

    Ai Koyanagi;Ai Koyanagi;Hans Oh;Andre F. Carvalho;Lee Smith

  • COVID-19 Confinement and Health Risk Behaviors in Spain

    Rubén López-Bueno;Joaquín Calatayud;José Casaña;José A Casajús

  • Environmental risk factors, protective factors, and peripheral biomarkers for ADHD: an umbrella review.

    Jae Han Kim;Jong Yeob Kim;Jinhee Lee;Gwang Hun Jeong

  • The relationship between physical activity and mental health in a sample of the UK public: A cross-sectional study during the implementation of COVID-19 social distancing measures

    Louis Jacob;Mark A. Tully;Yvonne Barnett;Guillermo F. Lopez-Sanchez

  • Inflammation, Frailty and Cardiovascular Disease.

    Pinar Soysal;Ferhat Arik;Lee Smith;Sarah E Jackson

  • Alcohol use and mental health during COVID-19 lockdown: A cross-sectional study in a sample of UK adults.

    Louis Jacob;Lee Smith;Nicola C. Armstrong;Anita Yakkundi

  • Potential health-related behaviors for pre-school and school-aged children during COVID-19 lockdown: A narrative review.

    Rubén López-Bueno;Guillermo F. López-Sánchez;José A. Casajús;Joaquín Calatayud

  • Sexual Activity is Associated with Greater Enjoyment of Life in Older Adults

    Lee Smith;Lin Yang;Nicola Veronese;Pinar Soysal

  • Use of corticosteroids in Coronavirus disease 2019 pneumonia: A systematic review of the literature

    Nicola Veronese;Jacopo Demurtas;Lin Yang;Lin Yang;Roberto Tonelli

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph Firth
Joseph Firth University of Manchester
Mark A. Tully
Mark A. Tully University of Ulster
Felipe Barreto Schuch
Felipe Barreto Schuch Universidad Autónoma de Chile
Laurie T. Butler
Laurie T. Butler Anglia Ruskin University
Benjamin Gardner
Benjamin Gardner University of Surrey
Andrew Steptoe
Andrew Steptoe University College London
Jane Wardle
Jane Wardle University College London
Henry W. W. Potts
Henry W. W. Potts University College London
Mats Hallgren
Mats Hallgren Karolinska Institute
Trish Gorely
Trish Gorely University of the Highlands and Islands

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