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| Wendy C KingSummaryAffiliation: University of Pittsburgh Country: USA Publications
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Associations between physical activity and mental health among bariatric surgical candidatesWendy C King
University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Pittsburgh 15261, USA
J Psychosom Res 74:161-9. 2013..To examine associations between physical activity (PA) and mental health among adults undergoing bariatric surgery...- The importance of preoperative and postoperative physical activity counseling in bariatric surgeryWendy C King
Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Exerc Sport Sci Rev 41:26-35. 2013..This review provides the rationale for PA counseling in bariatric surgery and describes how to appropriately tailor strategies to preoperative and postoperative patients... - Walking capacity of bariatric surgery candidatesWendy C King
University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Surg Obes Relat Dis 8:48-59. 2012..The setting was multi-institutional at research university hospitals in the United States... - Pre- to postoperative changes in physical activity: report from the longitudinal assessment of bariatric surgery-2 (LABS-2)Wendy C King
University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Surg Obes Relat Dis 8:522-32. 2012..Numerous studies have reported that bariatric surgery patients report more physical activity (PA) after surgery than before; however, the quality of the PA assessment has been questionable... 
Prevalence of alcohol use disorders before and after bariatric surgeryWendy C King
Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
JAMA 307:2516-25. 2012..Anecdotal reports suggest bariatric surgery may increase the risk of alcohol use disorder (AUD), but prospective data are lacking...
Objective measures of neighborhood environment and physical activity in older womenWendy C King
Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Am J Prev Med 28:461-9. 2005..Yet, most older women are not regularly active. This study attempts to identify objectively measured attributes of the neighborhood environment that may be associated with physical activity levels in older women...- Physical activity levels of patients undergoing bariatric surgery in the Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery studyWendy C King
Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
Surg Obes Relat Dis 4:721-8. 2008..We also examined the relationships between objectively determined PA level and the patient's body mass index and self-reported purposeful exercise... - Distribution of 10-year and lifetime predicted risk for cardiovascular disease prior to surgery in the longitudinal assessment of bariatric surgery-2 studyRachel H Mackey
University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pennsylvania, USA
Am J Cardiol 110:1130-7. 2012..clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/results?term=NCT00465829)... - Predictors of weight control advice in primary care practices: patient health and psychosocial characteristicsLaurey R Simkin-Silverman
Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Prev Med 40:71-82. 2005..Past research has surveyed primary care physicians (PCP) about their attitudes and practices towards obese patients, yet less is known about the patients receiving advice... - Reproductive health of women electing bariatric surgeryGabriella G Gosman
University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Magee Womens Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Fertil Steril 94:1426-31. 2010..To describe the reproductive health history and characteristics of women having bariatric surgery and to determine whether this differs by age of onset of obesity... - The relationship between convenience of destinations and walking levels in older womenWendy C King
Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
Am J Health Promot 18:74-82. 2003.... - Determining activity monitor wear time: an influential decision ruleWendy C King
Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
J Phys Act Health 8:566-80. 2011..adults) may dictate the duration of monitor inactivity indicative of nonwear. A standardized method for determining appropriate decision rules to identify wear time is needed... - Objectively measured physical activity of USA adults by sex, age, and racial/ethnic groups: a cross-sectional studyMarquis S Hawkins
Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, 130 DeSoto Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 6:31. 2009..abstract:.. - Relationship of body mass index with demographic and clinical characteristics in the Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (LABS)Steven H Belle
Surg Obes Relat Dis 4:474-80. 2008..Outcomes analyses should consider the potential for the confounding of BMI with demographic and clinical characteristics...