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| ROLAND WEINSIERSummaryAffiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham Country: USA Publications
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Energy expenditure and free-living physical activity in black and white women: comparison before and after weight lossR L Weinsier
Departments of Nutrition Sciences, Human Studies, Biostatistics and Biomathematics, and Critical and Diagnostic Care and the General Clinical Research Center, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 71:1138-46. 2000..The prevalence of obesity is higher in black than in white women. Differences in energy economy and physical activity may contribute to this difference...- Physical activity in free-living, overweight white and black women: divergent responses by race to diet-induced weight lossRoland L Weinsier
Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 76:736-42. 2002..Black women are at greater risk of obesity than are white women, perhaps because of their lower levels of physical activity... - Free-living activity energy expenditure in women successful and unsuccessful at maintaining a normal body weightRoland L Weinsier
Department of Nutrition Sciences, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 75:499-504. 2002..Although physical inactivity is believed to contribute to the rising prevalence of obesity, the role and magnitude of its contribution to weight gain are unknown... - Body fat distribution in white and black women: different patterns of intraabdominal and subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue utilization with weight lossR L Weinsier
Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 74:631-6. 2001..Weight reduction is advocated for overweight people to reduce total body fat and IAAT, although little is known about the effect of weight loss on abdominal fat distribution in different races... - Do adaptive changes in metabolic rate favor weight regain in weight-reduced individuals? An examination of the set-point theoryR L Weinsier
Departments of Nutrition Sciences and Human Studies, the General Clinical Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 72:1088-94. 2000..Obese persons generally regain lost weight, suggesting that adaptive metabolic changes favor return to a preset weight... - Dairy foods and bone health: examination of the evidenceR L Weinsier
Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 72:681-9. 2000..However, white women <30 y old are most likely to benefit. There are too few studies in males and minority ethnic groups to determine whether dairy foods promote bone health in most of the US population... - Weight loss and race modulate nitric oxide metabolism in overweight womenCatherine P Fenster
Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
Free Radic Biol Med 37:695-702. 2004.... - Low resting and sleeping energy expenditure and fat use do not contribute to obesity in womenRoland L Weinsier
Department of Nutrition Sciences, Clinical Nutrition Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294-1250, USA
Obes Res 11:937-44. 2003.... - Association of African genetic admixture with resting metabolic rate and obesity among womenJose R Fernandez
Department of Nutrition Sciences and the Clinical Nutrition Research Center, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA
Obes Res 11:904-11. 2003.... - Influence of distribution of lean body mass on resting metabolic rate after weight loss and weight regain: comparison of responses in white and black womenNuala M Byrne
Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 77:1368-73. 2003..Little is known about the effect of weight change on regional lean body mass (LBM) distribution or on racial differences in resting metabolic rate (RMR)... - Muscle metabolic function, exercise performance, and weight gainKotcha Larew
Departments of Human Studies, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL 35294-1250, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 35:230-6. 2003.... - Effects of weight loss on changes in insulin sensitivity and lipid concentrations in premenopausal African American and white womenBarbara A Gower
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Nutrition Sciences, 35294 3360, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 76:923-7. 2002.... - Visceral adipose tissue in women: longitudinal study of the effects of fat gain, time, and raceCristina Lara-Castro
Department of Nutrition Sciences, Clinical Nutrition Research Unit, Comprehensive Cancer Center, 1675 Webb Nutrition Sciences Building, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
Obes Res 10:868-74. 2002..To determine the effects of fat gain, time, and race on the accumulation of visceral adipose tissue (VAT) in a group of normal-weight premenopausal women... - Age is independently related to muscle metabolic capacity in premenopausal womenGary R Hunter
Department of Human Studies, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294, USA
J Appl Physiol 93:70-6. 2002..These data suggest that, in sedentary premenopausal women, both oxidative and glycolytic muscle capacity decrease with age even when physical activity is taken into account... - Metabolic equivalent: one size does not fit allNuala M Byrne
School of Human Movement Studies, Queensland Univ of Technology, Victoria Park Rd, Kelvin Grove, Q4059, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
J Appl Physiol 99:1112-9. 2005..Using measured or predicted RMR (ml O2 x kg(-1) x min(-1) or kcal x kg(-1) x h(-1)) as a correction factor can appropriately adjust for individual differences when estimating the energy cost of moderate intensity walking (5.6 km/h)... - Obesity, aerobic exercise, and vascular disease: the role of oxidant stressCatherine P Fenster
Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
Obes Res 10:964-8. 2002..In this review, we discuss current concepts in the biology of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species and how their function is modulated in the context of vascular disease, obesity, and aerobic exercise... - A festschrift for Roland L. Weinsier: nutrition scientist, educator, and clinicianDouglas C Heimburger
Department of Nutrition Sciences, Clinical Nutrition Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA
Obes Res 11:1246-62. 2003..He was well respected as a staunch defender of NAASO's scientific integrity in these roles. Sadly, Roland Weinsier died on November 27, 2002...
Research Grants
- LONG TERM FOLLOW UP OF POST OBESE BLACK AND WHITE WOMENROLAND WEINSIER; Fiscal Year: 2001....
- ENERGY EXPENDITURE IN POSTOBESE BLACK AND WHITE WOMENROLAND WEINSIER; Fiscal Year: 1999..Such information is critical to understand the etiology of obesity and the potential importance of physical activity for its treatment and prevention, especially in the black population. ..
- EXERCISE TRAINING IN OBESITY-PRONE BLACK AND WHITE WOMENROLAND WEINSIER; Fiscal Year: 2003....