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Race/ethnicity, social class and their relation to physical inactivity during leisure time: results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988–1994 by Crespo, Carlos J, Smit, Ellen, Andersen, Ross E, Carter-Pokras, Olivia, Ainsworth, Barbara E

“…Background: Physical inactivity is more prevalent among racial and ethnic minorities than among Caucasians. It is not known if differences in participation in…”
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Relationship of Physical Activity and Television Watching With Body Weight and Level of Fatness Among Children: Results From the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey by Andersen, Ross E, Crespo, Carlos J, Bartlett, Susan J, Cheskin, Lawrence J, Pratt, Michael

“…CONTEXT.— Physical inactivity contributes to weight gain in adults, but whether this relationship is true for children of different ethnic groups is not well…”
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Lifestyle physical activity interventions: History, short- and long-term effects, and recommendations by Dunn, Andrea L., Andersen, Ross E., Jakicic, John M.

“…Introduction: Lifestyle physical activity interventions have resulted in response to the public health problem of promoting regular amounts of physical…”
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Effects of Lifestyle Activity vs Structured Aerobic Exercise in Obese Women: A Randomized Trial by Andersen, Ross E, Wadden, Thomas A, Bartlett, Susan J, Zemel, Babette, Verde, Tony J, Franckowiak, Shawn C

“…CONTEXT Physical inactivity contributes to weight gain, but only 22% of Americans are regularly active. OBJECTIVE To examine short- and long-term changes in…”
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Serum levels of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S), and their relationships with serum interleukin-6, in the geriatric syndrome of frailty by Leng, Sean X, Cappola, Anne R, Andersen, Ross E, Blackman, Marc R, Koenig, Kathleen, Blair, Michael, Walston, Jeremy D

“…The geriatric syndrome of frailty has been conceptualized as a loss of physiologic reserve associated with endocrine dysregulation and immune dysfunction. Our…”
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Relationship between Body Weight Gain and Significant Knee, Hip, and Back Pain in Older Americans by Andersen, Ross E., Crespo, Carlos J., Bartlett, Susan J., Bathon, Joan M., Fontaine, Kevin R.

“…Objective: To examine the association between BMI (kilograms per meter squared) and reports of significant knee, hip, and back pain using data from a…”
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The spread of the childhood obesity epidemic by Andersen, R E

“…There is an old Chinese proverb that states "A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step." It is time for physicians and health care professionals to…”
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Hormone Replacement Therapy and Its Relationship to Lipid and Glucose Metabolism in Diabetic and Nondiabetic Postmenopausal Women by Crespo, Carlos J., Smit, Ellen, Snelling, Anastacia, Sempos, Christopher T., Andersen, Ross E.

“…Hormone Replacement Therapy and Its Relationship to Lipid and Glucose Metabolism in Diabetic and Nondiabetic Postmenopausal Women Results from the Third…”
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How common is hip pain among older adults? Results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey by Christmas, Colleen, Crespo, Carlos J, Franckowiak, Shawn C, Bathon, Joan M, Bartlett, Susan J, Andersen, Ross E

“…To determine the incidence of self-reported significant hip pain using a nationally representative sample of older adults in the United States. Subjects were…”
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Can inexpensive signs encourage the use of stairs? Results from a Community intervention by ANDERSEN, R. E, FRANCKOWIAK, S. C, SNYDER, J, BARTLETT, S. J, FONTAINE, K. R

“…The U.S. Surgeon General advocates the accumulation of moderate-intensity activity throughout the day to improve health. To test the effectiveness of signs to…”
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Tumor necrosis factor-α-238 and -308 polymorphisms do not associate with traits related to obesity and insulin resistance by WALSTON, J, SEIBERT, M, YEN, C.-J, CHESKIN, L. J, ANDERSEN, R. E

“…Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) is expressed primarily in adipocytes, and elevated levels of this cytokine have been linked to obesity and insulin…”
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Impact of Weight Loss on Health-Related Quality of Life by Kevin R. fontaine, Barofsky, Ivan, Ross E. Andersen, Susan J. Bartlett, Lori Wiersema, Lawrence J. Cheskin, Shawn C. Franckowiak

“…To examine the effect of treatment-induced weight loss on Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQL), 38 mildly-to-moderately overweight persons recruited to…”
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The relationship of race/ethnicity and social class to hormone replacement therapy: results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1988–1994 by Friedman-Koss, Diana, Crespo, Carlos J., Bellantoni, Michele F., Andersen, Ross E.

“…OBJECTIVETo use a nationally representative sample to examine the prevalence of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) use and its relationship to different markers…”
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Exercise in the Treatment of Obesity: Effects of Four Interventions on Body Composition, Resting Energy Expenditure, Appetite, and Mood by Wadden, Thomas A, Vogt, Renee A, Andersen, Ross E, Bartlett, Susan J, Foster, Gary D, Kuehnel, Robert H, Wilk, Joshua, Weinstock, Ruth, Buckenmeyer, Philip, Berkowitz, Robert I, Steen, Suzanne N

“…This study investigated changes in body composition, resting energy expenditure (REE), appetite, and mood in 128 obese women who were randomly assigned to 1 of…”
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U.S. military weight standards: what percentage of U.S. young adults meet the current standards? by Nolte, Rochelle, Franckowiak, Shawn C, Crespo, Carlos J, Andersen, Ross E

“…Each branch of the U.S. military enforces maximum allowable weight standards that must be met to join the military. We wanted to determine what percentage of…”
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Pooling Analysis of Genetic Data: The Association of Leptin Receptor (LEPR) Polymorphisms With Variables Related to Human Adiposity by Heo, M, Leibel, R. L, Boyer, B. B, Chung, W. K, Koulu, M, Karvonen, M. K, Pesonen, U, Rissanen, A, Laakso, M, Uusitupa, M. I. J, Chagnon, Y, Bouchard, C, Donohoue, P. A, Burns, T. L, Shuldiner, A. R, Silver, K, Andersen, R. E, Pedersen, O, Echwald, S, Sorensen, T. I. A, Behn, P, Permutt, M. A, Jacobs, K. B, Elston, R. C, Hoffman, D. J, Allison, D. B

“…Analysis of raw pooled data from distinct studies of a single question generates a single statistical conclusion with greater power and precision than…”
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Encouraging patients to become more physically active : The physician's role by ANDERSEN, R. E, BLAIR, S. N, CHESKIN, L. J, BARTLETT, S. J

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Prevalence of Significant Knee Pain Among Older Americans: Results From the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey by Andersen, Ross E., Crespo, Carlos J., Ling, Shari M., Bathon, Joan M., Bartlett, Susan J.

“…OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence of persistent knee pain among older adults in the US. DESIGN: A nationally representative cross‐sectional survey with an…”
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Physiologic changes after diet combined with structured aerobic exercise or lifestyle activity by Andersen, Ross E., Franckowiak, Shawn C., Bartlett, Susan J., Fontaine, Kevin R.

“…Moderate intensity physical activity achieved through changes in lifestyle may promote weight management. However, little is known about changes in physiologic…”
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Effects of weight loss and exercise training on natural killer cell activity in obese women by SCANGA, C. B, VERDE, T. J, PAOLONE, A. M, ANDERSEN, R. E, WADDEN, T. A

“…The purposes of this study were two-fold: (1) to evaluate the effects of an 8-wk weight loss program on natural killer (NK) cell activity in obese women and 2)…”
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