Etiology, treatment, and prevention of obesity in childhood and adolescence: A decade in review

D Spruijt‐Metz - Journal of research on Adolescence, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Childhood obesity has become an epidemic on a worldwide scale. This article gives an
overview of the progress made in childhood and adolescent obesity research in the last …

Dietary fiber, gut peptides, and adipocytokines

D Sánchez, M Miguel, A Aleixandre - Journal of medicinal food, 2012 - liebertpub.com
The consumption of dietary fiber (DF) has increased since it was related to the prevention of
a range of illnesses and pathological conditions. DF can modify some gut hormones that …

Momentary assessment of affect, physical feeling states, and physical activity in children.

GF Dunton, J Huh, AM Leventhal, N Riggs… - Health …, 2014 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: Most research on the interplay of affective and physical feelings states with
physical activity in children has been conducted under laboratory conditions and fails to …

Obesity and other modifiable factors for physical inactivity measured by accelerometer in adults with knee osteoarthritis

J Lee, J Song, JM Hootman, PA Semanik… - Arthritis care & …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To investigate the public health impact of obesity and other modifiable risk factors
related to physical inactivity in adults with knee osteoarthritis (OA). Methods The frequency …

[HTML][HTML] Dietary quality among Latinos: is acculturation making us sick?

R Pérez-Escamilla - Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 2009 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Latinos, defined herein as individuals coming from Spanish or Portuguese speaking
countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, have made and continue to make major …

Calibration and cross-validation of the ActiGraph wGT3X+ accelerometer for the estimation of physical activity intensity in children with intellectual disabilities

AM McGarty, V Penpraze, CA Melville - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background Valid objective measurement is integral to increasing our understanding of
physical activity and sedentary behaviours. However, no population-specific cut points have …

Physical activity promotion in Latin American populations: a systematic review on issues of internal and external validity

KI Galaviz, SM Harden, E Smith, KCA Blackman… - International Journal of …, 2014 - Springer
The purpose of this review was to determine the degree to which physical activity
interventions for Latin American populations reported on internal and external validity factors …

The impact of sugar sweetened beverage intake on hunger and satiety in minority adolescents

GE Shearrer, GA O'Reilly, BR Belcher, MJ Daniels… - Appetite, 2016 - Elsevier
Limited research has examined the effects of habitual SSB consumption on hunger/fullness
ratings and gut hormones. This study hypothesized that high versus low intakes of habitual …

Incorporating prototyping and iteration into intervention development: a case study of a dining hall–based intervention

AD McClain, EB Hekler, CD Gardner - Journal of American College …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Previous research from the fields of computer science and engineering
highlight the importance of an iterative design process (IDP) to create more creative and …

Effects of high‐sugar and high‐fiber meals on physical activity behaviors in Latino and African American adolescents

GA O'Reilly, BR Belcher, JN Davis, LT Martinez… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objective This crossover experimental study examined the acute effects of high‐sugar/low‐
fiber (HSLF) vs. low‐sugar/high‐fiber (LSHF) meals on sedentary behavior (SB) and light …