Steven N. Blair
University of South Carolina
892 Papers
6.9K Citations
Steven N. Blair is an academic researcher from University of South Carolina. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Physical fitness. The author has an hindex of 165, co-authored 879 publications. Previous affiliations of Steven N. Blair include Stanford University & University of Western Australia.
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Papers
Adverse metabolic response to regular exercise: Is it a rare or common occurrence?
Claude Bouchard,Steven N. Blair,Timothy S. Church,Conrad P. Earnest,James M. Hagberg,Keijo Häkkinen,Nathan T. Jenkins,Laura Karavirta,William E. Kraus,Arthur S. Leon,D. C. Rao,Mark A. Sarzynski,James S. Skinner,Cris A. Slentz,Tuomo Rankinen +14 more
TL;DR: Adverse responses to regular exercise in cardiovascular and diabetes risk factors occur and identifying the predictors of such unwarranted responses and how to prevent them will provide the foundation for personalized exercise prescription.
Ideal Weight and Weight Satisfaction: Association With Health Practices
Jennifer L. Kuk,Chris I. Ardern,Timothy S. Church,James R. Hébert,Xuemei Sui,Steven N. Blair +5 more
TL;DR: Increased weight satisfaction, in conjunction with increases in societal overweight/obesity, may result in decreased motivation to lose weight and/or adopt healthier lifestyle behaviors.
Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between different exercise types and food cravings in free-living healthy young adults.
Clemens Drenowatz,Line Holtet Evensen,Linda Ernstsen,John E. Blundell,Gregory A. Hand,Robin P. Shook,James R. Hébert,Stephanie Burgess,Steven N. Blair +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between habitual exercise participation and food cravings in free-living young adults, and found that exercise participation was associated with more frequent and greater difficulty to food craving in women compared to men.
Exercise dose and quality of life: a randomized controlled trial.
Corby K. Martin,Timothy S. Church,A. Thompson,Conrad P. Earnest,Steven N. Blair +4 more
TL;DR: Exercise-induced QOL improvements were dose dependent and independent of weight change, and higher doses of exercise were associated with larger improvements in mental and physical aspects of QOL.
Cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with lower abdominal fat independent of body mass index.
Suzy L. Wong,Peter T. Katzmarzyk,Milton Z. Nichaman,Timothy S. Church,Steven N. Blair,Robert Ross +5 more
TL;DR: The findings suggest that the ability of CRF to attenuate the health risks associated with BMI may be partially mediated through a reduction in abdominal AT, and reinforce the importance of regular physical activity in the prevention and reduction of obesity-related health risk independent of a corresponding reduction in body weight.