Physical activity and cancer survivorship

DO Garcia, CA Thomson - Nutrition in Clinical Practice, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
There has been an increase in the cancer survivor population in the United States over the
past several decades primarily due to improvements in early detection of first malignancies …

Hispanic male's perspectives of health behaviors related to weight management

DO Garcia, LA Valdez… - American journal of men's …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Hispanic males have the highest prevalence of overweight and obesity among men in the
United States; yet are significantly underrepresented in weight loss research. The purpose of …

American Cancer Society nutrition and physical activity guideline for cancer survivors

…, KS Courneya, TE Crane, DO Garcia… - CA: a cancer journal …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The overall 5‐year relative survival rate for all cancers combined is now 68%, and there are
over 16.9 million survivors in the United States. Evidence from laboratory and observational …

Genome-wide association study of habitual physical activity in over 377,000 UK Biobank participants identifies multiple variants including CADM2 and APOE

…, DA Raichlen, J Bea, DO Garcia… - International journal of …, 2018 - nature.com
Background/objectives Physical activity (PA) protects against a wide range of diseases.
Habitual PA appears to be heritable, motivating the search for specific genetic variants that may …

Adherence to diet and physical activity cancer prevention guidelines and cancer outcomes: a systematic review

LN Kohler, DO Garcia, RB Harris, E Oren, DJ Roe… - … Biomarkers & Prevention, 2016 - AACR
Many studies have reported that adherence to health promotion guidelines for diet, physical
activity, and maintenance of healthy body weight may decrease cancer incidence and …

Intentional weight loss and obesity-related cancer risk

…, BV Howard, K Reding, GY Ho, DO Garcia… - JNCI cancer …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background Epidemiologic studies regarding weight loss and subsequent cancer risk are
sparse. The study aim was to evaluate the association between weight change by …

[HTML][HTML] Health promotion interventions for African Americans delivered in US barbershops and hair salons-a systematic review

…, J Hatcher, DG Marrero, CA Thomson, DO Garcia - BMC Public Health, 2021 - Springer
Background African American adults suffer disproportionately from obesity-related chronic
diseases, particularly at younger ages. In order to close the gap in these health disparities, …

Web-based and mHealth interventions for intimate partner violence victimization prevention: a systematic review

…, A Welter, DJ McClelland, DO Garcia… - … Violence, & Abuse, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Mobile health (mHealth) technologies are increasingly used across health programming
including intimate partner violence (IPV) prevention to optimize screening, educational outreach…

A randomized trial of diet and physical activity in women treated for stage II–IV ovarian cancer: Rationale and design of the Lifestyle Intervention for Ovarian Cancer …

CA Thomson, TE Crane, A Miller, DO Garcia… - Contemporary clinical …, 2016 - Elsevier
Ovarian cancer is the most common cause of gynecological cancer death in United States
women. Efforts to improve progression free survival (PFS) and quality of life (QoL) after …

Relationships between dog ownership and physical activity in postmenopausal women

DO Garcia, BC Wertheim, JAE Manson… - Preventive …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Positive associations between dog ownership and physical activity in older adults
have been previously reported. Purpose The objective of this study was to examine cross-…