New research has been published by Dr. Erika Rees-Punia, recent PACE Lab graduate, in the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise (January 2019 issue). Her work assess the reliability and validity of a sedentary time questionnaire in the Cancer Prevention Study-3 cohort. Great work Dr. Rees-Punia!
Month: March 2019
Occupational Physical Activity Opposes Obesity – New Research from PACE Lab
Dr. Jennifer Gay has published a new article from her American Heart Association-funded project. Occupational Physical Activity Opposes Obesity: A Cross-Sectional Modern Replication of the Morris 1953 London Busmen Study was published in the latest issue of Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (2019. 61(3), 177-182). We found that the people who were most active at work had smaller waist circumferences by nearly 13 centimeters relative to people who were sedentary at work. And their body fat percentage was more than 9 percentage points smaller as well. The article can be found on the publisher’s website.
PACE Lab Presents at Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting
Anita Reina, doctoral student in the PACE Lab, presented her work on body image dissatisfaction and distortion among Mexican American youth at the recent Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. Her work considers the role of sport type and body image on weight management behaviors including wanting to lose or gain weight. Congrats on your first conference presentation!
Marilyn Wolff Receives Paper of the Year Honors!
Congratulations to PACE Lab doctoral student Marilyn Wolff for earning a Paper of the Year Award from the American Journal of Health Promotion! Her work, “Does Organizational and Coworker Support Moderate Diabetes Risk and Job Stress Among Employees?” describes the role of workplace supports on employee health outcomes. Award criteria includes studies that address a topic of timely importance to health promotion and the findings offer a unique contribution to the literature. Terrific work Marilyn!