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- 15Young, T. Kue
- 6Berry, T. R.
- 6Willows, Noreen D.
- 5Spence, John C.
- 4Berry, Tanya R.
- 91Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS), Faculty of
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Spring 2014
Modifiable cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, such as adiposity, are already associated with atherosclerotic progression in childhood. Less is known about whether physical activity (PA) is associated with progression of atherosclerosis in non-clinical samples of children. This...
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Fall 2011
Purpose: This study examined whether parent physical activity (PA) is related to children’s PA, as measured with pedometers. Methods: As part of a longitudinal cohort study being conducted in Edmonton, Canada, 471 children between the ages of 6- and 10-years-old, wore SC-T2 pedometers for four...
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The Effects of Elements of Cardiometabolic Syndrome on Metformin Disposition: Obesity and Hyperlipidemia
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The influences of obesity, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass bariatric (RYGB) surgery and hyperlipidemia on metformin pharmacokinetics (PK) were investigated. A sensitive and novel HPLC-UV reverse phase assay method was developed and utilized. Detection and mass characterization for metformin metabolites...
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The effects of physical activity messages tailored to social setting on extraverts' and introverts' exercise-related social cognitions
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This thesis explored the effects of tailoring exercise messages to social setting based on the personality domain of extraversion on participants’ exercise-related social cognitions. Messages were tailored to either exercising alone (introverted social context) or exercising with others...
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Fall 2019
Background: Functional mobility is an important factor associated with quality of life. However, it is often compromised in individuals with obesity due to changes in body function and structures. With excessive adipose tissue accumulation, some individuals have a shifted center of mass,...
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Spring 2016
The prevalence of obesity worldwide has increased in the last few decades. The risk of obesity comes from its association with various clinical diseases especially cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. In this thesis, we assessed the expression of some drug metabolizing enzymes and transport...
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2009
Norris, C., Hegadoren, K.M., da Silva, D.G.V., Lasiuk, G., Chivers-Wilson, K.
Depression is a serious global health problem. It creates a huge economic burden on society and on families and has serious and pervasive health impacts on the individual and their families. Specialized psychiatric services are often scarce and thus the bulk of care delivery for depression has...