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| Margarita S TreuthSummaryAffiliation: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Country: USA Publications
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Validity and reliability of the Fels physical activity questionnaire for childrenMargarita S Treuth
Center for Human Nutrition, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 37:488-95. 2005..The aim was to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Fels physical activity questionnaire (PAQ) for children 7-19 yr of age...- Accelerometry-measured activity or sedentary time and overweight in rural boys and girlsMargarita S Treuth
Center for Human Nutrition, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Obes Res 13:1606-14. 2005..The aim of this study was to examine the association between overweight and physical activity or sedentary time measured by accelerometry in rural boys and girls 7 to 19 years old... 
Challenge! Health promotion/obesity prevention mentorship model among urban, black adolescentsMaureen M Black
Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Pediatrics 126:280-8. 2010..The objective of this study was to evaluate a 12-session home/community-based health promotion/obesity prevention program (Challenge!) on changes in BMI status, body composition, physical activity, and diet...- Pregnancy-related changes in physical activity, fitness, and strengthMargarita S Treuth
Center for Human Nutrition, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 37:832-7. 2005..The objective was to examine the pregnancy-related changes in physical activity, fitness, and strength in women of varying body mass indices (BMI)... 
Defining accelerometer thresholds for activity intensities in adolescent girlsMargarita S Treuth
Center for Human Nutrition, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 36:1259-66. 2004....- Physical activity self-report and accelerometry measures from the Girls health Enrichment Multi-site StudiesMargarita S Treuth
Center for Human Nutrition, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Prev Med 38:S43-9. 2004..Valid and reliable physical activity checklists are needed to assess effectiveness of interventions. This study tested the validity and reliability of the Girls health Enrichment Multi-site Studies (GEMS) Activity Questionnaire... - A longitudinal study of fitness and activity in girls predisposed to obesityMargarita S Treuth
Center for Human Nutrition, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 36:198-204. 2004..To determine whether physical activity and fitness change in girls with and without a predisposition to obesity from 8 to 10 yr of age... - Predictors of body fat gain in nonobese girls with a familial predisposition to obesityMargarita S Treuth
Center for Human Nutrition, The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205 2179, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 78:1212-8. 2003..Conflicting evidence exists on the causal factors underlying the development of excess adiposity in children... - Validity and reliability of activity measures in African-American girls for GEMSMargarita S Treuth
Center for Human Nutrition, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 35:532-9. 2003..To determine the reliability and validity of physical activity monitors and self-report instruments suitable for young African-American girls... - Weekend and weekday patterns of physical activity in overweight and normal-weight adolescent girlsMargarita S Treuth
Center for Human Nutrition, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 15:1782-8. 2007..To describe the patterns (specifically comparing weekdays and weekends classified by intensities) of physical activity (PA) measured by accelerometry in adolescent girls... - Prevalence of overweight among Baltimore City schoolchildren and its associations with nutrition and physical activityMegan L Jehn
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 14:989-93. 2006..To determine the prevalence of overweight and at-risk-for-overweight in schoolchildren from Baltimore City... - Progressive adaptive physical activity in stroke improves balance, gait, and fitness: preliminary resultsKathleen Michael
Division of Gerontology, Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center Geriatrics Research, Education, and Clinical Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Top Stroke Rehabil 16:133-9. 2009.... - An integrated multi-institutional diabetes prevention program improves knowledge and healthy food acquisition in northwestern Ontario First NationsLara S Ho
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Health Educ Behav 35:561-73. 2008..The multi-institutional approach demonstrated promising results in modifying selected risk factors for diabetes First Nations communities... - Comparison of two approaches to structured physical activity surveys for adolescentsRobert G McMurray
Department of Exercise and Sport Science, CB 8700, Fetzer Gym, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 8700, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 36:2135-43. 2004.... - Patterns of objectively measured physical activity in the United StatesJesse S Metzger
Departments of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 40:630-8. 2008..We used latent class analysis (LCA) to assess patterns of physical activity among adults, using the 7 d of accelerometer data from the 2003-2004 NHANES... - Promoting physical activity in middle school girls: Trial of Activity for Adolescent GirlsLarry S Webber
Department of Biostatistics, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA
Am J Prev Med 34:173-84. 2008..Physical activity is important for weight control and good health; however, activity levels decline in the adolescent years, particularly in girls... - Objectively assessed associations between physical activity and body composition in middle-school girls: the Trial of Activity for Adolescent GirlsJune Stevens
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Am J Epidemiol 166:1298-305. 2007..More population-based research using objective physical activity and body composition measurements is needed to make evidence-based physical activity recommendations for US youth... - School-level intraclass correlation for physical activity in adolescent girlsDavid M Murray
Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152 3230, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 36:876-82. 2004..As a result, we conducted a substudy to estimate the school-level ICC for intensity-weighted minutes of MVPA measured using an accelerometer... - Travel by walking before and after school and physical activity among adolescent girlsBrit I Saksvig
Department of Kinesiology, University of Maryland, College Park 20742, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 161:153-8. 2007..To examine how "travel by walking" before and after school contributes to total physical activity of adolescent girls... - Physical activities in adolescent girls: variability in energy expenditureKarin A Pfeiffer
Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
Am J Prev Med 31:328-31. 2006..The purpose of this study was to describe the variability in energy expenditure for selected physical activities among adolescent girls... - Energy requirements during pregnancy based on total energy expenditure and energy depositionNancy F Butte
US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Children s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 79:1078-87. 2004..Energy requirements during pregnancy remain controversial because of uncertainties regarding maternal fat deposition and reductions in physical activity... - Associations of body size and composition with physical activity in adolescent girlsTimothy G Lohman
Department of Physiology and Department of Nutritional Sciences, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 38:1175-81. 2006..To examine whether components of body composition (size, fat mass, and fat-free mass) were related to physical activity... - Metabolic adaptation to high-fat and high-carbohydrate diets in children and adolescentsMargarita S Treuth
US Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston 77030, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 77:479-89. 2003..01) and in the subsequent feeding period (P = 0.05). CONCLUSION: Healthy, nonobese children and adolescents adapt appropriately to HF and HC diets... - Energy requirements of women of reproductive ageNancy F Butte
US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Children s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 77:630-8. 2003..The energy requirements of women have been based on total energy expenditure (TEE) derived from the factorial approach or as multiples of basal metabolic rate (BMR)... - Effects of dietary macronutrient content on glucose metabolism in childrenAgneta L Sunehag
Children s Nutrition Research Center, USDA Agricultural Research Service, 1100 Bates Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 87:5168-78. 2002..In the adolescents, the high carbohydrate diet resulted in increased insulin sensitivity, thus facilitating insulin-mediated glucose uptake...