Browsing by Subject "obesity"
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(2011-02-22)Many studies have examined the relationship between youth physical activity and their built environment. However, most of them used subjective measurement tools to measure built environment because of their low cost and ...
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(2018-07-30)More than 80% of adults don’t meet the weekly recommended physical activity guidelines and sedentary time accounts for more than 90% of the work day. Stand-capable desks have been successful in reducing sedentary behavior ...
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(2012-10-19)The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between household food inventories (HFI) and dietary recalls among Mexican-origin children (ages 6-11 years old) who reside in Texas border region colonias. ...
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(2018-08-07)As the obesity epidemic continues to affect the chronic disease status of individuals worldwide, research that aims to elucidate the contribution of maternal health status to the perpetuation of the obesity cycle has become ...
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(2016-12-07)The human gastrointestinal (GI) tract is colonized by ~10^14 bacteria belonging to ~1,000 species that are collectively termed the intestinal microbiota. Recent studies show that the intestinal microbiota impacts a wide ...
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(2021-04-06)In this study, I introduce an organ-specific scalable, multimodal, wireless optoelectronic device for precise and chronic optogenetic manipulations in vivo. When combined with an advanced, coil-antenna system and a ...
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(2017-11-10)Obesity and overweight have become national health concerns and have contributed to many non-communicable or chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes (T2D), cardiovascular complications, and cancers. A variety of factors, ...
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(2012-07-16)Health literacy affects caregivers' ability to engage in preventive health care behaviors for themselves and their children. Studies suggest that health literacy among low income families needs improvement, and this possibly ...
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(2012-10-19)The current study examined whether obesity contributed significantly to the prediction of depression and health status independent of other relevant factors such as sex, age, and perceived racism in a sample of 198 African ...
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(2014-05-19)Skeletal muscle of obese Zucker rats function at higher rates of anabolism when compared to lean littermates, and are resistant to the anabolic effect of exercise. We recently determined that DEP domain containing mammalian ...
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(2019-01-02)Alterations in gut microbiota and metabolome occur during colon carcinogenesis and metabolic syndrome, but these changes may be reduced by exposure to bioactive compounds in foods. We hypothesized that bioactive compound-rich ...
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(2018-07-06)More than half, 75%, of global deaths from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) occur in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). In Kenya, there is evidence of increasing prevalence of NCDs and risk factors such as overweight ...
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(2012-10-19)Weight perception discrepancy, the difference between a person’s medically classified weight status and their weight status as classified by their body mass index, is a growing problem. Such misperceptions of weight may ...