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Neighborhood Safety And Attractiveness Influence Physical Activity Among African American And Hispanic Or Latina Women, Angela M. Ho, Scherezade K. Mama, Ashley V. Medina, Rebecca E. Lee
Neighborhood Safety And Attractiveness Influence Physical Activity Among African American And Hispanic Or Latina Women, Angela M. Ho, Scherezade K. Mama, Ashley V. Medina, Rebecca E. Lee
International Journal of Exercise Science: Conference Proceedings
Introduction: Although the benefits of adopting physical activity (PA) are well publicized, physical inactivity rates remain high, and African American and Hispanic or Latina women do less PA compared to white women. Many interventions have begun to focus on conveniently performed lifestyle PA, such as walking. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between neighborhood safety and attractiveness and PA in a sample of African American (AA) and Hispanic or Latina (HL) women participating in Health Is Power (1R01CA109403). Method: Women (AA N=202 and HL N=107) who enrolled in the study were middle-aged (M=45.8 years), overweight (M …
Mediation And Moderation Effects Of The "5 A Day Achievement Badge" Intervention For Boy Scouts, Tracey Ledoux, Kathy Watson, Janice Baranowski, Tom Baranowski
Mediation And Moderation Effects Of The "5 A Day Achievement Badge" Intervention For Boy Scouts, Tracey Ledoux, Kathy Watson, Janice Baranowski, Tom Baranowski
International Journal of Exercise Science: Conference Proceedings
Title: MEDIATION AND MODERATION EFFECTS OF THE “5 A DAY ACHIEVEMENT BADGE” INTERVENTION FOR BOY SCOUTS. Authors: Tracey Ledoux, PhD, RD1, 2, Kathy Watson, PhD2, Janice Baranowski, MPH, RD2, & Tom Baranowski, PhD2 Affiliations: 1Health and Human Performance Department, University of Houston; Children’s Nutrition Research Center, USDA/ARS, Baylor College of Medicine. Purpose: To test the moderating effect of parent value for health (PVH) and mediating effects of fruit and vegetable (FV) availability, FV accessibility, child asking behavior (CAB), and FV preference changes on the relationship between program dose and change in FV consumption from an intervention that increased FV consumption …
A Culturally Friendly Web-Based Hybrid Intervention To Prevent Obesity: The Salsa Study, Scherezade K. Mama, Ashley V. Medina, Raul Orlando Edwards, Lorna Mcneill, Ygnacio Lopez Iii, Rebecca E. Lee
A Culturally Friendly Web-Based Hybrid Intervention To Prevent Obesity: The Salsa Study, Scherezade K. Mama, Ashley V. Medina, Raul Orlando Edwards, Lorna Mcneill, Ygnacio Lopez Iii, Rebecca E. Lee
International Journal of Exercise Science: Conference Proceedings
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