Browsing by Subject "physical activity"
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Developing Predictors of Long-Term Adherence to Exercise Among Older Veterans and Spouses.
(Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society, 2019-09-21)Behavior change theory was used to explore predictors of long-term adherence (≥2 years) to exercise. A retrospective analysis of data from participants (N = 97) who reached a 6-month follow-up, which served as the baseline, ... -
Is bigger really better? Obesity among high school football players, player position, and team success.
(Clin Pediatr (Phila), 2013-10)OBJECTIVE: American football is one of the most common high school sports in the United States. We examine obesity among high school football players, and variations based on positions, team division, and team success. PATIENTS ... -
Overcoming Childhood Obesity: Barriers to the Implementation of Obesity Prevention Policies in Elementary Schools
(2012-12)Childhood obesity rates in the United States have been increasing at alarming rates. Schools must play an integral role in obesity prevention efforts to reverse current trends. In order to understand how schools can improve ... -
Physical Activity in Early Parkinson Disease.
(Journal of Parkinson's disease, 2018-01)Physical activity and exercise improve outcomes in Parkinson disease (PD), however little is known about activity levels in early PD patients.We examined self-reported activity scores and examined associations with clinical ... -
Sitting, squatting, and the evolutionary biology of human inactivity.
(Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2020-03-09)Recent work suggests human physiology is not well adapted to prolonged periods of inactivity, with time spent sitting increasing cardiovascular disease and mortality risk. Health risks from sitting are generally linked with ... -
The impact of COVID-19 on cardiovascular health behaviors in people living with HIV.
(AIDS care, 2023-02)The COVID-19 pandemic's impact on cardiovascular health behaviors including diet, physical activity, medication adherence, and self-care among people living with HIV (PLWH) remains unknown. Using qualitative analyses, we ... -
The Warrior Wellness Study: A Randomized Controlled Exercise Trial for Older Veterans with PTSD.
(Translational journal of the American College of Sports Medicine, 2018-03)Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affects up to 30% of military veterans. Older veterans, many of whom have lived with PTSD symptoms for several decades, report a number of negative health outcomes. Despite the demonstrated ... -
Therapeutic Aerobic Exercise in a Mouse Model of Breast Cancer: Effects on Tumor Progression, Angiogenesis, and Response to Chemotherapy
(2012)Over the past decade, exercise has gained increasing attention from both clinicians and patients as a beneficial adjunct therapy to maintain or enhance quality of life in breast cancer patients. Recent epidemiological studies ...
