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| Jennifer L KukSummaryAffiliation: York University Country: Canada Publications
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Prevalence and characteristics of postpartum depression symptomatology among Canadian women: a cross-sectional studyAndrea Lanes
Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
BMC Public Health 11:302. 2011..Mothers who suffer from postpartum depression may endure difficulties regarding their ability to cope with life events, as well as negative clinical implications for maternal-infant attachment...
Influence of age on the association between various measures of obesity and all-cause mortalityJennifer L Kuk
School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, Canada
J Am Geriatr Soc 57:2077-84. 2009..To determine whether the association between various simple measures of obesity and risk for all-cause mortality differs between younger and older men and women...- Are metabolically normal but obese individuals at lower risk for all-cause mortality?Jennifer L Kuk
School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, Canada
Diabetes Care 32:2297-9. 2009..The clinical relevance of the metabolically normal but obese phenotype for mortality risk is unclear. This study examines the risk for all-cause mortality in metabolically normal and abnormal obese (MNOB and MAOB, respectively) individuals... - Age and sex differences in the clustering of metabolic syndrome factors: association with mortality riskJennifer L Kuk
School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Diabetes Care 33:2457-61. 2010.... - Ideal weight and weight satisfaction: association with health practicesJennifer L Kuk
York University, Toronto, Canada
Am J Epidemiol 170:456-63. 2009.... - Independent associations between cardiorespiratory fitness and abdominal obesity with metabolic risk in adolescents and adultsJennifer L Kuk
School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Obesity (Silver Spring) 18:2061-3. 2010..Thus, in conclusion, both high WC and low CRF are associated with increased odds of MetS in adolescents and adults. However, increased abdominal obesity is more strongly associated with MetS in adolescents and adults... - Edmonton Obesity Staging System: association with weight history and mortality riskJennifer L Kuk
School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada
Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 36:570-6. 2011..Further research is necessary to determine what EOSS factors are most predictive of mortality risk, and whether these findings can be generalized to other obese populations... - Feasibility of an interdisciplinary program for obesity management in CanadaSean Wharton
Wharton Medical Clinic, Hamilton, Ont, Canada
Can Fam Physician 58:e32-8. 2012..To assess the feasibility of a medically supervised, publicly funded interdisciplinary program for obesity management in a Canadian setting... 
Cardiorespiratory fitness attenuates metabolic risk independent of abdominal subcutaneous and visceral fat in menSoJung Lee
School of Physical and Health Education, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L 3N6
Diabetes Care 28:895-901. 2005..06). CONCLUSIONS: High levels of CRF are associated with a substantial reduction in health risk for a given level of visceral and subcutaneous fat...- Liver fat is not a marker of metabolic risk in lean premenopausal womenJennifer L Kuk
School of Physical and Health Education, Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Metabolism 53:1066-71. 2004..Conversely, both visceral and the deep subcutaneous depot are determinants of metabolic risk in premenopausal woman despite the absence of obesity... - Effect of the timing of weight cycling during adulthood on mortality risk in overweight and obese postmenopausal womenKevin Y Taing
Faculty of Health, School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Obesity (Silver Spring) 20:407-13. 2012..04-1.20)). In conclusion, merely investigating WgtC and WgtV by weight changes across adulthood may not be sufficient to fully describe mortality risk, and the age at which the weight change occurred might be as important to consider... - Measurement site and the association between visceral and abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue with metabolic risk in womenJennifer L Kuk
School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Obesity (Silver Spring) 18:1336-40. 2010..Thus, there is not enough evidence to support changing the current research practice of assessing VAT volume or at L4-L5 for the prediction of metabolic risk... - Exercise-induced reduction in obesity and insulin resistance in women: a randomized controlled trialRobert Ross
School of Physical and Health Education, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Obes Res 12:789-98. 2004..To determine the effects of equivalent diet- or exercise-induced weight loss and exercise without weight loss on subcutaneous fat, visceral fat, and insulin sensitivity in obese women... - Secular trends in the diagnosis and treatment of obesity among US adults in the primary care settingErika A Yates
Faculty of Health, School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Obesity (Silver Spring) 20:1909-14. 2012..05). Thus, the surveillance of secular trends reveals that the likelihood of physician- and self-care of overweight decreased between 1994 and 2008 and further highlights the deficiencies in the management of excess weight... - Underestimating a serving size may lead to increased food consumption when using Canada's Food GuideSharona L Abramovitch
School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 37:923-30. 2012..Thus, revision to CFG or greater public education regarding the dietary guidelines is warranted... - Associations between changes in abdominal and thigh muscle quantity and qualityJennifer L Kuk
School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Med Sci Sports Exerc 40:1277-81. 2008..Also unclear is whether changes in thigh SM quantity and quality are reflected by corresponding changes in abdominal SM quantity and quality... - Age-related changes in total and regional fat distributionJennifer L Kuk
School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ageing Res Rev 8:339-48. 2009..Consideration will also be given to the strengths and limitations associated with some of the anthropometric methodologies employed for assessing these changes... - Relation of physical activity to cardiovascular disease mortality and the influence of cardiometabolic risk factorsJacinta I Reddigan
School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Am J Cardiol 108:1426-31. 2011..Taken together these results suggest that physical activity may protect against CVD mortality regardless of the presence of metabolic risk factors... - Body mass index and hip and thigh circumferences are negatively associated with visceral adipose tissue after control for waist circumferenceJennifer L Kuk
School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Am J Clin Nutr 85:1540-4. 2007.... - Do vasoregulatory mechanisms in exercising human muscle compensate for changes in arterial perfusion pressure?Kathryn L Walker
Human Vascular Control Laboratory, School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293:H2928-36. 2007..Local arterial perfusion pressure is an important determinant of steady-state blood flow in the exercising human forearm... - Exercise and the fatty liverNatasha A Spassiani
School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 33:802-7. 2008..The relative contribution of each remains unclear, but implies that both should be considered when developing therapeutic interventions for chronic metabolic disease...