Sofiya Alhassan

Summary

Affiliation: University of Massachusetts
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Metabolic syndrome: do clinical criteria identify similar individuals among overweight premenopausal women?
    Sofiya Alhassan
    Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    Metabolism 57:49-56. 2008
  2. ncbi Dietary adherence and weight loss success among overweight women: results from the A TO Z weight loss study
    S Alhassan
    Department of Kinesiology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003 9258, USA
    Int J Obes (Lond) 32:985-91. 2008
  3. ncbi Objectively measured physical activity and cardiovascular disease risk factors in African American girls
    Sofiya Alhassan
    Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
    Ethn Dis 18:421-6. 2008
  4. ncbi Comparison of the Atkins, Zone, Ornish, and LEARN diets for change in weight and related risk factors among overweight premenopausal women: the A TO Z Weight Loss Study: a randomized trial
    Christopher D Gardner
    Stanford Prevention Research Center and the Department of Medicine, Stanford University Medical School, Stanford, Calif, USA
    JAMA 297:969-77. 2007
  5. ncbi A randomized controlled trial of culturally tailored dance and reducing screen time to prevent weight gain in low-income African American girls: Stanford GEMS
    Thomas N Robinson
    Division of General Pediatrics and Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, 1070 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 164:995-1004. 2010
  6. ncbi Defining accelerometer thresholds for physical activity in girls using ROC analysis
    Sofiya Alhassan
    Department of Kinesiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
    J Phys Act Health 7:45-53. 2010
  7. ncbi The effects of increasing outdoor play time on physical activity in Latino preschool children
    Sofiya Alhassan
    Stanford Prevention Research Center, Department of Medicine and Division of General Pediatrics, University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305 5705, USA
    Int J Pediatr Obes 2:153-8. 2007
  8. ncbi Blood lipid responses after continuous and accumulated aerobic exercise
    Michael L Mestek
    Dept of Health and Human Performance, Auburn University, AL 36849, USA
    Int J Sport Nutr Exerc Metab 16:245-54. 2006
  9. ncbi Estimating physical activity from incomplete accelerometer data in field studies
    Sofiya Alhassan
    Dept of Kinesiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherts, MA 01003 0258, USA
    J Phys Act Health 5:S112-25. 2008

Detail Information

Publications9

  1. ncbi Metabolic syndrome: do clinical criteria identify similar individuals among overweight premenopausal women?
    Sofiya Alhassan
    Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    Metabolism 57:49-56. 2008
    ..Regardless of MetSyn clinical criteria, >/=7% reduction in body weight has a beneficial impact on variables used to define MetSyn...
  2. ncbi Dietary adherence and weight loss success among overweight women: results from the A TO Z weight loss study
    S Alhassan
    Department of Kinesiology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003 9258, USA
    Int J Obes (Lond) 32:985-91. 2008
    ..Dietary adherence has been implicated as an important factor in the success of dieting strategies; however, studies assessing and investigating its association with weight loss success are scarce...
  3. ncbi Objectively measured physical activity and cardiovascular disease risk factors in African American girls
    Sofiya Alhassan
    Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
    Ethn Dis 18:421-6. 2008
    ..This study examines the associations between objectively measured physical activity and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in preadolescent African American girls...
  4. ncbi Comparison of the Atkins, Zone, Ornish, and LEARN diets for change in weight and related risk factors among overweight premenopausal women: the A TO Z Weight Loss Study: a randomized trial
    Christopher D Gardner
    Stanford Prevention Research Center and the Department of Medicine, Stanford University Medical School, Stanford, Calif, USA
    JAMA 297:969-77. 2007
    ..Popular diets, particularly those low in carbohydrates, have challenged current recommendations advising a low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet for weight loss. Potential benefits and risks have not been tested adequately...
  5. ncbi A randomized controlled trial of culturally tailored dance and reducing screen time to prevent weight gain in low-income African American girls: Stanford GEMS
    Thomas N Robinson
    Division of General Pediatrics and Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, 1070 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 164:995-1004. 2010
    ..To test a 2-year community- and family-based obesity prevention program for low-income African American girls: Stanford GEMS (Girls' health Enrichment Multi-site Studies)...
  6. ncbi Defining accelerometer thresholds for physical activity in girls using ROC analysis
    Sofiya Alhassan
    Department of Kinesiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
    J Phys Act Health 7:45-53. 2010
    ..The purpose of this analysis was to use ROC analysis to determine the optimal accelerometer-measured physical activity (PA) thresholds for predicting selective cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors...
  7. ncbi The effects of increasing outdoor play time on physical activity in Latino preschool children
    Sofiya Alhassan
    Stanford Prevention Research Center, Department of Medicine and Division of General Pediatrics, University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305 5705, USA
    Int J Pediatr Obes 2:153-8. 2007
    ..A randomized controlled pilot study to test the hypothesis that increasing preschool children's outdoor free play time increases their daily physical activity levels...
  8. ncbi Blood lipid responses after continuous and accumulated aerobic exercise
    Michael L Mestek
    Dept of Health and Human Performance, Auburn University, AL 36849, USA
    Int J Sport Nutr Exerc Metab 16:245-54. 2006
    ..These findings suggest that three smaller bouts accumulated on the same day may have a modestly greater effect for achieving transient increases in HDL-C compared to a continuous bout of similar caloric expenditure...
  9. ncbi Estimating physical activity from incomplete accelerometer data in field studies
    Sofiya Alhassan
    Dept of Kinesiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherts, MA 01003 0258, USA
    J Phys Act Health 5:S112-25. 2008
    ..The purpose of this study was to develop a data-driven approach for analyzing incomplete accelerometer data from field-base studies...