Browsing by Author/Contributor "Booth, Frank W., Ph. D."
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Cost and Consequences of Sedentary Living: New Battleground for an Old Enemy
Booth, Frank W., Ph. D.; Chakravarthy, Manu V. (2002)The purpose of this review is to update our earlier review by itemizing, as best we can, the costs and consequences of sedentary living, and thus provide cost reasons to fight a war against sedentary lifestyles. -
Integration of exercise sciences research: Achieving a balance between reductionist versus integrative approaches
Booth, Frank W., Ph. D. (2000)This presentation argues that exercise sciences will badly miss achieving a balance between reductionistic versus integrative approaches under the current NIH plan to reorganize NIH study sections. NIH wants to score ... -
Interdisciplinary Approach to Examine the Effects of Lifestyle Modifications on Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Rector, R. Scott (Randy Scott); Uptergrove, Grace M.E.; Booth, Frank W., Ph. D.; Thyfault, John P.; Ibdah, Jamal A. (2010)A critical complication of the obesity epidemic experienced in Westernized societies is nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). NAFLD, fatty liver not due to alcohol consumption, is the most common chronic liver disease ... -
Sedentary death syndrome is what researchers now call America's second largest threat to public health
Booth, Frank W., Ph. D.; Krupa, Donna J. (2001)Obesity has doubled, Type 2 diabetes has increased nine-fold, and heart disease remains the number one cause of death for Americans. Sedentary Death Syndrome, or "SeDS," is a growing list of health disorders that are ...