Publications by authors named "Heather Hayes Betz"
Assess physical activity (PA) and nutrition recommendation knowledge in college students. : 71 students ( = 41 females;18 to 22 years) measured in May of 2014. METHODS: Knowledge of existence and accuracy of PA and nutrition recommendations were assessed via a verbal survey.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The objective of this study was to examine the independent and combined association of physical activity and body mass index (BMI) with blood pressure in youth.
Methods: Youth aged 8-18 years from the 2003-2006 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) with BMI, blood pressure, and physical activity (accelerometer) were included in the analyses. A total of 2585 subjects (1303 males; 47% of all 8- to 18-year-olds) met these criteria.
Background: Quantifying lifetime physical activity using self-reported measures is challenging due to reliance on recall, especially in older populations. The purpose of this study was to determine the 1-year reproducibility of the Veterans Physical Activity Questionnaire (VAPAQ) in a cohort of patients with documented abdominal aortic aneurysm disease (AAA).
Methods: Subjects included men (n = 52) and women (n = 3) enrolled in AAA STOP, a randomized trial designed to test the ability of supervised exercise training to modify AAA biology and early disease progression.
Objectives: To determine the joint association of junk food consumption (JFC) and screen time (ST) with adiposity in children.
Methods: Two hundred fourteen (121 girls, 93 boys) third-to-fifth-grade students (54% Hispanic, 35% African American, 8% white) completed a lifestyle behavior survey, which included self-reported JFC and ST, as part of a school-based lifestyle intervention program.
Results: Neither JFC nor ST, independently or jointly, was associated with adiposity measures.