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Cross-sectional associations of actigraphy-assessed sleep with dietary outcomes in emerging adults
Emerging adults (~18–28 years of age) have a high prevalence of poor slee** habits and poor diet quality; however, little is known on whether these poor slee** habits are associated with dietary outcomes i...
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Prospective cohort of pre- and post-diagnosis alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking on survival outcomes: an Alberta Endometrial Cancer Cohort Study
To examine the independent and joint relationships between cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption with survival outcomes after endometrial cancer diagnosis.
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Social-cognitive, demographic, clinical, and health-related correlates of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in newly diagnosed women with breast cancer
Identifying correlates of physical activity and sedentary behaviour allows for the identification of factors that may be targeted in future behaviour change interventions. This study sought to determine the so...
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Associations between health-related fitness and quality of life in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients
Newly diagnosed breast cancer patients face substantial stress and uncertainty that may undermine their quality of life (QoL). The purpose of the present study was to examine the associations between health-re...
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Energy balance in cancer survivors at risk of weight gain: a review
The study of energy balance [i.e., energy intake (EI) and energy expenditure (EE)] is a powerful tool for understanding body weight regulation and may contribute to our understanding of rapid weight gain risk ...
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Adherence to a lower versus higher intensity physical activity intervention in the Breast Cancer & Physical Activity Level (BC-PAL) Trial
The first aim is to examine adherence to a lower versus higher intensity physical activity (PA) prescription in breast cancer survivors in the Breast Cancer & Physical Activity Level (BC-PAL) Trial. The second...
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Open AccessThe Alberta moving beyond breast cancer (AMBER) cohort study: baseline description of the full cohort
The Alberta Moving Beyond Breast Cancer (AMBER) Study is an ongoing prospective cohort study investigating how direct measures of physical activity (PA), sedentary behavior (SB), and health-related fitness (HRF) ...
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Dietary patterns with combined and site-specific cancer incidence in Alberta’s Tomorrow Project cohort
Poor diet quality has been associated with an increased risk of cancer. Here, we examine the association between dietary patterns derived with two methods, and combined and site-specific cancer incidence in Ca...
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Dose-response effects of aerobic exercise on adiposity markers in postmenopausal women: pooled analyses from two randomized controlled trials
Exercise may reduce the risk of breast cancer through adiposity changes, but the dose-response effects of exercise volume on adiposity markers are unknown in postmenopausal women. We aimed to compare the dose-...
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Sleep Duration and Timing in the Medium- to Long-Term Post-Bariatric Surgery
Sleep duration improves short-term following bariatric surgery; however, little is known about its association with bodyweight medium- to long-term post-surgery. The purpose of this study was to describe sleep...
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Reply to a letter to the editor referencing “Breast cancer survivors’ perspectives on a home-based physical activity intervention utilizing wearable technology”
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Breast cancer survivors’ perspectives on a home-based physical activity intervention utilizing wearable technology
To gain breast cancer survivors’ perspectives on participation in a home-based physical activity intervention and the factors that contributed to their acceptance and adherence to physical activity.
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The association between sleep duration and cancer-specific mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis
In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we aimed to estimate cancer-specific mortality and all-cause mortality among cancer survivors associated with both short (typically 5 or 6 h/night) and long (typica...
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Autonomic cardiac function, body composition and cardiorespiratory fitness changes in adolescents after a multidisciplinary obesity treatment program: a feasibility study
This feasibility study aimed to analyze the effects of a multidisciplinary (e.g., psychological, nutritional and water-based exercise interventions) obesity treatment program on resting heart rate variability ...
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Open AccessEffects of prescribed aerobic exercise volume on physical activity and sedentary time in postmenopausal women: a randomized controlled trial
Physical activity has emerged as an important lifestyle factor for primary prevention of numerous diseases, including postmenopausal breast cancer. No study to date has assessed the acute and long-term effects...
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Human occupation of northern Australia by 65,000 years ago
The time of arrival of people in Australia is an unresolved question. It is relevant to debates about when modern humans first dispersed out of Africa and when their descendants incorporated genetic material f...
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Improvements in self-reported and parent-proxy perceptions of adolescents’ health-related quality of life following a multidisciplinary obesity treatment program
To evaluate the effects of a Multidisciplinary Obesity Treatment Program (PMTO) on parent-proxy perceptions and self-reported health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in overweight and obese adolescents.
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Obesity and Endometrial Cancer
Endometrial cancer is the sixth most common cancer in women worldwide and the most common gynecologic malignancy in the developed world. This chapter explores the current epidemiologic evidence on the associat...
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Parasympathetic Cardiac Activity is Associated with Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Overweight and Obese Adolescents
The aim of this study was to investigate the association between cardiac parasympathetic activity and cardiorespiratory fitness, insulin, and hemodynamic profile in overweight and obese adolescent girls and bo...
