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Associations between abdominal adiposity, exercise, morbidity and mortality
(2007-07-05)The increasing prevalence of abdominal obesity worldwide poses a serious public health problem and hence, presents a target for research designed to improve the assessment or treatment of abdominal obesity. Specifically, ... -
Stimulus-response specificity of human conduit artery flow mediated dilation
(2007-08-29)An increase in blood flow associated shear stress results in an endothelial dependent increase in vessel diameter (flow mediated vasodilation (FMD)). Assessment of FMD can provide an index of endothelial function. The ... -
Influence of Exercise Modality on Body Composition, Insulin Resistance and Functional Fitness in Aging: A Randomized Controlled Trial
(2007-09-19)Excessive abdominal obesity, coupled with a decline in muscle mass and physical function that is exacerbated by sedentary living, contributes substantively to the disease and disability common to our aging population. The ... -
The Effect of Menopause on Acid-Base Regulation and the Chemoreflex Control of Breathing during Wakefulness
(2007-09-28)Acid-base regulation, as reflected by hydrogen ion concentration ([H+]), and the chemoreflex control of breathing were examined in healthy pre- (PRE; n=20) and postmenopausal (POST; n=15) women of a comparable age (45 ± ... -
Hamstring Activity and Lower Extremity Loading in Knee Osteoarthritis: The Effect of Foot Rotation
(2007-10-02)Knee osteoarthritis (OA) causes more disability in community dwelling older adults than any other condition. The high costs associated with treating this disability suggest that research needs to focus on ways of preventing ... -
Evaluating outcomes of a return-to-work rehabilitation program for patients with work-related low back pain
(2007-10-03)Purpose: The overall aim of this thesis is to contribute new knowledge by examining psychosocial factors and return-to-work profiles of occupational low back pain patients in a rehabilitation clinic. Outcome measures for ... -
The Health Experience of Low-Income Church-Going Black Women: The Importance of Spirituality
(2007-11-16)Health research and services are dominated by a biomedical model which understands health as the absence of disease in the physical body. The dominance of this approach has resulted in the absence, silence and refutation ... -
The influence of sport type and interdependence on the growth experiences of young male athletes
(2007-12-04)The purpose of this study was to examine how sport type and interdependence were associated with the growth experiences of select level male basketball players (n = 150) and distance runners (n = 98), aged 14 to 17 years. ... -
The unfreedom of being Other: Canadian lone mothers' experiences of poverty and 'life on the cheque'
(SAGE Publications, 2005)This paper theorizes the experiences of lone mothers living on welfare in contemporary consumer society using a governmentality framework, with particular attention to liberalism’s practices of unfreedom. Analysis suggests ... -
Background Paper. Individual and Household Food Insecurity in Canada: Position of Dietitians of Canada
(2005)It is the position of Dietitians of Canada (DC) that all Canadians must have food security. Recognizing food security as a social determinant of health, DC recommends a population health approach to food security; that ... -
THE DETERMINANTS OF HEALTHY EATING AMONG LOW-INCOME CANADIANS
(2008-05-30)This paper outlines the state of knowledge regarding the determinants of healthy eating among low-income Canadians, as well as gaps in that knowledge. It focuses on income and social class, the first of twelve determinants ... -
Conceptualizing food security for Aboriginal people in Canada
(Canadian Journal of Public Health, 2008)Food insecurity is an urgent public health issue for Aboriginal people in Canada because of high rates of poverty; the effects of global climate change and environmental pollution on traditional food systems; and high rates ... -
Interpersonal economic abuse and intra-household inequities in food security
(Canadian Journal of Public Health, 2006)Food insecurity affected over 2.3 million Canadians in 2004. To date, the food security literature has not considered the potential impact of economic abuse on food security, but there are three ways that these two important ... -
De-centering the text: Exploring the potential for visual methods in the sociology of food
(Journal for the Study of Food and Society, 2002)In our culture, the image has become more powerful than the word, and perhaps more than ever, both social agents and social researchers “know more than we can say” in words. Yet sociological knowledge production and ... -
Age-related changes in weight and body composition: implications for health in the elderly
(2008-06-04)The objective of this thesis was to examine age-related changes in weight and body composition as they relate to health in older adults. This thesis was completed in manuscript format and consists of two studies, both of ... -
An ecological approach to examining positive youth development in competitive youth sport
(2008-06-30)Research in the field of developmental psychology has highlighted the importance of structured activities in providing positive experiences and outcomes for youth. In particular, youth participation in organized sport has ... -
Bringing the message home : enabling urban aboriginal families for wholistic health
(2008-07-08)BACKGROUND: The health of Aboriginal children and families has been negatively influenced by existing social and economic disparities, dramatic lifestyle disruption, social marginalization, inactivity, dietary change, and ... -
An analysis of the different spike attack arm swings used in elite levels of men's volleyball
(2008-07-18)Objective As part of this work, two preliminary studies were conducted that identified three possible swings used at the elite level of volleyball and the resulting ball velocities created using these swings. Therefore, ... -
Healthist ideologies : the case of Lululemon Athletica
(2008-08-14)Over the last three decades, ideas about health have been influenced by neoliberal politics. Robert Crawford coined the term healthism to refer to this dominant ideology that places much responsibility on the individual ... -
The effect of sustained static kneeling on knee joint gait parameters
(2008-08-15)Epidemiological studies have identified kneeling as an occupational risk factor for knee joint osteoarthritis (KOA), but direct biomechanical evidence for this relationship is lacking. We hypothesize one mechanism by which ...