Accomplishments: Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences
Neda Akhavan (Kinesiology and Nutritional Sciences), along with colleagues, recently published "Effect of green tea supplementation on blood pressure in adults: a GRADE-assessed systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials" in the journal Blood Pressure.
James W. Navalta (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) coauthored an original research article titled, 鈥淒oes digital device software lead to exclusion? Investigating a portable metabolic analysis system and the input of sex data on physiological parameters,鈥 published in Frontiers in Digital Health (Impact Factor 3.2) as part of the 鈥淒igital Health鈥
Asma Awan (Social and Behavioral Health), Kara Radzak (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health and Department of Internal Medicine), published a paper titled, "A Theory-Based Approach to Explain the Correlates of Safe Physical Activity in Pregnant and Postpartum Individuals," in the Journal of Health and鈥
Richard Rosenkranz (Kinesiology & Nutrition Sciences), along with colleagues, recently published, "Sociodemographic influences on children鈥檚 out-of-school time organized activity participation and physical activity in rural communities: A cross-sectional study," in the journal PLOS One.
Alina Swafford (Sports Innovation Institute), along with co-authors James Navalta (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences). Julia Freedman-Silvernail (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), Nancy Lough (Intercollegiate and Sports Professional Management), and John Mercer (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) published "Physiological and Biomechanical鈥
Ph.D. student Adrian Wolff (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) was awarded more than $11,000 in grants from the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) for his research project, 鈥淧hysiological demands of crouched and upright gait for tactical locomotion鈥. This grant program funds graduate research in strength and conditioning that鈥
Neda Akhavan (Kinesiology & Nutrition Sciences), along with colleagues, recently published "Daily Consumption of Prunes and Cardiovascular Health in Older Men- A Randomized Clinical Trial" in the journal Academia Nutrition and Dietetics.
Members from the Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences teamed up with Partnering 4 Health to share the imporance of joy and mindset to fourth graders at Paradise Elementary School. Faculty and students played with fourth graders and discussed the importance of physical and mental health.
Fourth graders had the opportunity to test out鈥
黑料网鈥檚 Athletic Training Program achieved a remarkable victory at the Far West Athletic Trainers鈥 Association (FWATA) Quiz Bowl, winning first place among 12 accredited programs across the district (California, Hawaii, and Nevada) during the annual FWATA conference meeting.
This outstanding accomplishment marks the fifth time since鈥
Neda Akhavan (Kinesiology & Nutrition Sciences), along with colleagues, recently published "Association between dietary inflammatory index and risk of chronic kidney disease and low glomerular filtration rate; a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies" in the Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition.
Arpita Basu (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) published with colleagues at the 黑料网 School of Medicine (Kenneth Izuora, Amber Champion, Shauna Groven) and Dental Medicine (Jeffrey Ebersole) findings from a 28-week randomized control trial titled, "Strawberries improve insulin resistance and related cardiometabolic markers in鈥
Alina Swafford (黑料网 Sports Innovation Institute), Dr. Nate Hollister (Medicine), undergraduate student Scott McDonald, and John Mercer (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences; 黑料网 Sports Innovation Institute) published a perspective paper representing a call to action to research circus movements. The focus of the paper is on the use of wearable鈥