Increasing physical activity among African-American women and girlsMelicia C Whitt-Glover
Gramercy Research Group, Winston Salem, NC 27101, USA
Curr Sports Med Rep 8:318-24. 2009
..This article summarizes the findings from those 11 studies and provides recommendations for improving strategies to increase physical activity in African-American women and girls...
Translating the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet for use in underresourced, urban African American communities, 2010Melicia C Whitt-Glover
Gramercy Research Group, 500 W 4th St, Ste 203, Winston Salem, NC 27101, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 10:120088. 2013
..The objective of this pilot study was to test the feasibility of using a culturally modified version of DASH among African Americans in an underresourced community...
- Learning and Developing Individual Exercise Skills (L.A.D.I.E.S.) for a better life: a physical activity intervention for black women
Melicia C Whitt-Glover
Gramercy Research Group, Winston Salem, NC 27101, USA
Contemp Clin Trials 33:1159-71. 2012
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- Recommendations for advancing opportunities to increase physical activity in racial/ethnic minority communities
Melicia C Whitt-Glover
Gramercy Research Group, Winston Salem, NC, USA
Prev Med 49:292-3. 2009
..We provide suggestions for advancing opportunities for effective and sustainable strategies for increasing physical activity in racial/ethnic minority populations...
- Systematic review of interventions to increase physical activity and physical fitness in African-Americans
Melicia C Whitt-Glover
Gramercy Research Group, 500 West 4th Street, Suite 203, Winston Salem, NC 27101, USA
Am J Health Promot 23:S33-56. 2009
..To identify characteristics of effective interventions designed to increase physical activity (PA) or fitness among African-Americans...
- Pilot study of a faith-based physical activity program among sedentary blacks
Melicia C Whitt-Glover
Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1063, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 5:A51. 2008
..This pilot study evaluated the feasibility and acceptability of implementing a physical activity program for sedentary black adults in churches...
Self-reported physical activity among blacks: estimates from national surveysMelicia C Whitt-Glover
Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
Am J Prev Med 33:412-7. 2007
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- Instant Recess®: a practical tool for increasing physical activity during the school day
Melicia C Whitt-Glover
Gramercy Research Group, Los Angeles School of Public Health, USA
Prog Community Health Partnersh 5:289-97. 2011
..Interventions are needed that increase activity levels without sacrificing time spent in academics...
- Disparities in physical activity and sedentary behaviors among US children and adolescents: prevalence, correlates, and intervention implications
Melicia C Whitt-Glover
Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1063, USA
J Public Health Policy 30:S309-34. 2009
..To eliminate health disparities, changes in policies that have an impact on physical activity may be necessary to promote physical activity among high-risk youth...
- Physical activity patterns in children with and without Down syndrome
Melicia C Whitt-Glover
Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA
Pediatr Rehabil 9:158-64. 2006
..To describe physical activity (PA) patterns in children with Down syndrome (DS) compared to their unaffected siblings...
- The association between physical activity and subclinical atherosclerosis: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
Alain G Bertoni
Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
Am J Epidemiol 169:444-54. 2009
..These data suggest that walking pace is associated with less subclinical atherosclerosis; these associations may be mediated by cardiovascular disease risk factors...
