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List of works by Robert L Newton

A 12-week randomized controlled pilot study of dance exergaming in a group: Influence on psychosocial factors in adolescent girls

scientific article published on 01 January 2018

A Church-Based Weight Loss Intervention in African American Adults using Text Messages (LEAN Study): Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

scientific article published on 24 August 2018

A randomized controlled exercise training trial on insulin sensitivity in African American men: The ARTIIS study: Major category: study design, statistical design, study protocols.

scientific article published on 12 May 2015

A randomized controlled trial of dance exergaming for exercise training in overweight and obese adolescent girls.

scientific article published on 26 February 2016

A randomized pilot trial of exercise promotion in sedentary African-American adults.

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A systematic review of weight loss, physical activity and dietary interventions involving African American men.

scientific article published on October 2014

Abdominal adiposity depots are correlates of adverse cardiometabolic risk factors in Caucasian and African-American adults.

scientific article published on 31 January 2011

Accelerometry measured ethnic differences in activity in rural adolescents.

scientific article published in February 2011

Adherence to exercise prescriptions: effects of prescribing moderate versus higher levels of intensity and frequency

scientific article published on 01 September 2002

Adiposity and physical activity are not related to academic achievement in school-aged children

scientific article published on July 2012

An environmental intervention to prevent excess weight gain in African-American students: a pilot study.

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Association of body size estimation and age in African-American females.

scientific article published in December 2005

Association of depression with Body Mass Index, sedentary behavior, and maladaptive eating attitudes and behaviors in 11 to 13-year old children

scientific article published on 01 September 2006

Baton Rouge Healthy Eating and Lifestyle Program (BR-HELP): A Pilot Health Promotion Program

scientific article published on April 2015

Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Exercise Training in African Americans

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Cardiovascular Health, Adiposity, and Food Insecurity in an Underserved Population

scientific article published on 19 June 2019

Children in School Cafeterias Select Foods Containing More Saturated Fat and Energy than the Institute of Medicine Recommendations

scientific article published on July 28, 2010

Comparison of body composition methods in obese African-American women.

scientific article published in March 2006

Comparison of perceived health to physiological measures of health in Black and White women.

scientific article published in May 2003

Development of a mobile phone app to maintain physical activity in African American men: MobileMen

scientific article published on 13 June 2019

Development of an internet-based obesity prevention program for children.

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Effect of Hospitalizations on Physical Activity Patterns in Mobility-Limited Older Adults

scientific article published on 19 November 2018

Efficacy of a pilot Internet-based weight management program (H.E.A.L.T.H.) and longitudinal physical fitness data in Army Reserve soldiers.

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Ethnic differences in self-reported and measured obesity.

scientific article published on 18 December 2008

Exercise Testing Reveals Everyday Physical Challenges of Bariatric Surgery Candidates.

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H.E.A.L.T.H.: efficacy of an internet/population-based behavioral weight management program for the U.S. Army.

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Home-based exergaming among children with overweight and obesity: a randomized clinical trial

scientific article published on 20 July 2018

Ideal cardiovascular health and peripheral artery disease in African Americans: Results from the Jackson Heart Study

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Intervention to Improve Preschool Children's Fundamental Motor Skills: Protocol for a Parent-Focused, Mobile App-Based Comparative Effectiveness Trial

scientific article published on 20 October 2020

Low cardiorespiratory fitness in African Americans: a health disparity risk factor?

scientific article published on December 2013

Mediators of weight loss in a family-based intervention presented over the internet.

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Modification of the school cafeteria environment can impact childhood nutrition. Results from the Wise Mind and LA Health studies.

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Parent-targeted mobile phone intervention to increase physical activity in sedentary children: randomized pilot trial

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Pedometer determined physical activity tracks in African American adults: the Jackson Heart Study.

scientific article published on 18 April 2012

Percent body fat measured by BIA and DEXA in obese, African-American adolescent girls.

scientific article published in June 2005

Physical activity and obesity in African Americans: the Jackson Heart Study.

scientific article published on January 2010

Predictors for selection of insurance-funded weight loss approaches in individuals with severe obesity.

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Prescribing exercise at varied levels of intensity and frequency: a randomized trial.

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Promoting Successful Weight Loss in Primary Care in Louisiana (PROPEL): Rationale, design and baseline characteristics

scientific article published on 2 February 2018

Psychometric characteristics of process evaluation measures for a rural school-based childhood obesity prevention study: Louisiana Health.

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Racial differences in abdominal depot–specific adiposity in white and African American adults

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Racial differences in the response of cardiorespiratory fitness to aerobic exercise training in Caucasian and African American postmenopausal women.

scientific article published on 7 March 2013

Reformulation of the Children's Eating Attitudes Test (ChEAT): factor structure and scoring method in a non-clinical population.

scientific article published in December 2006

Step Tracking with Goals Increases Children's Weight Loss in Behavioral Intervention

scientific article published on 25 April 2017

Steps/day and metabolic syndrome in African American adults: the Jackson Heart Study.

scientific article published on 03 October 2013

TVs in the bedrooms of children: Does it impact health and behavior?

scientific article published on December 2, 2010

The Influence of Neighborhood Crime on Increases in Physical Activity during a Pilot Physical Activity Intervention in Children

scientific article published on 7 March 2016

The energy expenditure of sedentary behavior: a whole room calorimeter study.

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Twelve weeks of dance exergaming in overweight and obese adolescent girls: Transfer effects on physical activity, screen time, and self-efficacy.

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Two-year internet-based randomized controlled trial for weight loss in African-American girls.

scientific article published in July 2006

Uncovering physiological mechanisms for health disparities in type 2 diabetes

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Validation of the Activity Preference Assessment: a tool for quantifying children's implicit preferences for sedentary and physical activities

scientific article published on 24 August 2020

Validation of the Jackson Heart Study Physical Activity Survey in African Americans

scientific article published on 01 January 2009