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Parental bonding may moderate the relationship between parent physical activity and youth physical activity after school

Dzewaltowski, David A.; Ryan, Gregory J.; Rosenkranz, Richard R. (2008)

Objectives: The processes and conditions through which parents may influence children's physical activity have not been identified. This study tested the hypothesis that bonding with parents would moderate the relationships ...
Parents attending a family weight management program perceive similar home fruit and vegetable accessibility, but greater child proxy agency and physical activity opportunity

Rosenkranz, Richard R.; Geller, Karly S.; Dzewaltowski, David A. (2007)

Many children do not meet current guidelines for physical activity and fruit and vegetable consumption, two areas of health-related behavior with links to obesity. Objective: To examine child and parent perceptions of child ...
Physical activity and healthy eating in the after-school environment

Coleman, Karen J.; Geller, Karly S.; Rosenkranz, Richard R.; Dzewaltowski, David A. (2008)

BACKGROUND: No research to date has extensively described moderate and vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and healthful eating (HE) opportunities in the after-school environment. The current study described the quality of ...
Physical activity and inactivity in Girl Scout Junior troop meetings

Ornelas, Samuel; Rosenkranz, Richard R. (2009)

Purpose: To describe the environmental context, physical activity, and inactivity levels in Girl Scout Junior troop meetings. Methods: Forty-two girls (mean age 10.8 ± 1.2) from four troops wore accelerometers during 28 ...
Physical activity and physical function in older adults: the 45 and up study

Yorston, Lisa C.; Kolt, Gregory S.; Rosenkranz, Richard R. (2012)

OBJECTIVES: To determine the strength of the relationship between physical activity and physical function in older adults. DESIGN: Cross-sectional. SETTING: The 45 and Up Study baseline questionnaire, New South Wales, ...
Physical activity levels among children attending after-school programs

Trost, Stewart G.; Rosenkranz, Richard R.; Dzewaltowski, David (2008)

Purpose: To describe the physical activity (PA) levels of children attending after-school programs, 2) examine PA levels in specific after-school sessions and activity contexts, and 3) evaluate after-school PA differences ...
Physical activity promotion and obesity prevention in Girl Scouts: SNAP+

Guagliano, Justin M.; Rosenkranz, Richard R. (2012)

Background: A previous version of Scouting Nutrition and Activity Program (SNAP) resulted in greater physical activity (PA) during troop meetings, but no impact on girls’ body mass index (BMI) or overall PA. The purpose ...
Potential mechanisms of cancer prevention by weight control

Jiang, Yu; Wang, Weiqun (2008)

Weight control via dietary caloric restriction and/or physical activity has been demonstrated in animal models for cancer prevention. However, the underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. Body weight loss due to ...
Predicting congregate meal program participation: applying the extended theory of planned behavior

Lee, Kuei-I; Gould, Rebecca A. (2012)

Authorized under Title III-C of Older Americans Act, congregate meal programs provides individuals 60 years of age and older nutritious meals in senior centers. Declining participation in recent years underscores the need ...
Predicting success for new flavors with information known pre-launch: a flavored snack food case study

Doan, Alisa R.; Chambers, Edgar (2012)

Success in the marketplace is the goal of every product launch. Knowing what data to collect before launching a product that could predict success would be valuable to companies. Thus, the objective of this study was to ...
Primary trauma of female partners in a military sample: individual symptoms and relationship satisfaction

Hamilton, Stacy; Goff, Briana S. Nelson; Crow, Janet R.; Reisbig, Allison M.J. (Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2009)

Research traditionally has focused on the development of symptoms in those who experienced war-trauma directly but overlooked the impact of trauma in the partners of soldiers. The current study reports data from 45 couples ...
Promoting better family meals for girls attending summer programs

Rosenkranz, Richard R.; Dzewaltowski, David A. (2009)

Numerous cross-sectional studies and some longitudinal studies have identified the positive attributes and protective effects of the traditional family meal. Children and adolescents who frequently eat meals with their ...
Promoting diagnostic accuracy in the GP management of otitis media in children: findings from a multimodal, interactive workshop on tympanometry and pneumatic otoscopy

Rosenkranz, Sara; Abbott, Penelope; Reath, Jennifer; Gunasekera, Hasantha; Hu, Wendy (2012)

PURPOSE: Previous research has shown that General Practitioners (GPs) rarely use pneumatic otoscopy (PO) or tympanometry (TYM) as recommended by best practice guidelines for diagnosing otitis media (OM). The purpose of ...
Psychosocial and demographic correlates of objectively measured physical activity in structured and unstructured after-school recreation sessions

Rosenkranz, Richard R.; Welk, Greg J.; Hastmann, Tanis J.; Dzewaltowski, David A. (2011)

Most studies of psychosocial and demographic correlates of physical activity (PA) have examined relationships across various types of physical and social environments, rather than within a specific environmental behavior ...
The quality of dietary intake methodology and reporting in child and adolescent obesity intervention trials: a systematic review

Burrows, Tracy; Golley, Rebecca K.; Khambalia, Amina; McNaughton, Sarah A.; Magarey, Anthea; Rosenkranz, Richard R.; Alllman-Farinelli, Margaret; Rangan, Anna M.; Truby, Helen; Collins, Clare (2012)

Background: Assessing dietary intake is important in evaluating childhood obesity intervention effectiveness. Purpose: To evaluate the dietary intake methods and reporting in intervention studies that included a dietary ...
Raising awareness of assistive technology in older adults through a community-based, Cooperative Extension program

Sellers, Debra M.; Markham, Melinda Stafford (2012)

The Fashion an Easier Lifestyle with Assistive Technology (FELAT) curriculum was developed as a needs-based, community educational program provided through a state Cooperative Extension Service. The overall goal for ...
The recipe for being a good military wife: how military wives managed OIF/OEF deployment

Aducci, C. J.; Baptist, Joyce A.; George, Jayashree; Barros, Patricia M.; Goff, Briana S. Nelson (2011)

Interviews with 25 military wives to elicit their lived experience of OIF/OEF deployment found two main themes: the recipe for being a good military wife and managing split loyalties. Military wives’ experience reflected ...
Regulating “Culture Change” in Long-term Care

Kaup, Migette L. (2010)

As an institutional type, nursing homes can be most closely linked to the hospitals created during the Industrial era of our nation’s history, and have adopted similar approaches to providing clinical care. While often ...
The relationship between physical health and psychological well-being among oldest-old adults

Cho, Jinmyoung; Martin, Peter; Margrett, Jennifer; MacDonald, Maurice; Poon, Leonard W. (2011)

Structural equation modeling examined health influences on psychological well-being among 306 octogenarians and centenarians from the Georgia Centenarian Study. There were significant direct effects of subjective health ...
Relationship maintenance behavior and adult attachment: an analysis of the actor-partner interdependence model

Adams, Rebekah D.; Baptist, Joyce A. (2012)

Associations between relationships maintenance behaviors (positivity, openness, assurances, and sharing tasks) and anxious and avoidant attachment were examined in 265 married couples. Using structural equation modeling ...

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