Does Weight Gain in Infancy & Childhood Predict Variability in Adolescent Physical Activity
Research Paper Title Infancy and Childhood Growth and Physical Activity in Adolescence: Prospective Birth Cohort Study from Brazil. Background The Developmental Origins of Health and Disease hypothesis suggests that intrauterine, infancy and early childhood variables play a key role at programming later health. However, little is known on the programming of behavioural variables, because most… Read More
Indicators of Performance for Elite Units
Research Paper Title Physiological Variables and Performance Markers of Serving Soldiers from Two “Elite” units of the British Army. Background The aim of this study was to compare selected physiological variables and performance markers of soldiers from two “elite” units of the British Army. Methods Ten soldiers from each of the two units were recruited… Read More
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Blood Pressure: Know Your Numbers
High blood pressure is a factor in 67% of heart attacks and 77% of strokes in the United States. Blood pressure is the force of blood against the walls of the arteries, and when the force stays too high it becomes a life-threatening condition called high blood pressure (also known as hypertension); an estimated one… Read More
What is the Link between Adiposity & Cardiometabolic Disease?
A genetic predisposition to obesity is randomly allocated, and mendelian randomisation studies exploit this natural experiment to find out if well established associations between obesity and disease are likely to be causal. The latest study used a genetic variation that increases body mass index (BMI) by 0.36 unit per allele. In analyses pooling 36 observational… Read More
Carbohydrate-gel Supplementation & Endurance Performance
Research Paper Title Carbohydrate-gel Supplementation and Endurance Performance during Intermittent High-intensity Shuttle Running. Background The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of a carbohydrate (CHO) gel on performance after prolonged intermittent high-intensity shuttle running. Method Seven male soccer players performed 2 exercise trials, 7 days apart. On each occasion, participants completed five… Read More
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