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
Clinical Implications of Obesity With Specific Focus on Cardiovascular Disease A Statement for Professionals From the American Heart Association Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism: Endorsed by the American College of Cardiology Foundation
Samuel Klein,Lora E. Burke,George A. Bray,Steven N. Blair,David B. Allison,Xavier Pi-Sunyer,Yuling Hong,Robert H. Eckel +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the American Heart Association Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism reviewed the relationship between obesity and the cardiovascular system, evaluated the effect of weight loss on coronary heart disease risk factors, and provided practical weight management treatment guidelines for cardiovascular healthcare professionals.
Association between muscular strength and mortality in men: prospective cohort study
Jonatan R. Ruiz,Xuemei Sui,Felipe Lobelo,James R. Morrow,Allen W. Jackson,Michael Sjöström,Steven N. Blair +6 more
TL;DR: Muscular strength is inversely and independently associated with death from all causes and cancer in men, even after adjusting for cardiorespiratory fitness and other potential confounders.
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Exercise and Acute Cardiovascular Events Placing the Risks Into Perspective: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism and the Council on Clinical Cardiology
Paul D. Thompson,Barry A. Franklin,Gary J. Balady,Steven N. Blair,Domenico Corrado,N.A. Mark Estes,Janet E. Fulton,Neil F. Gordon,William L. Haskell,Mark S. Link,Barry J. Maron,Murray A. Mittleman,Antonio Pelliccia,Nanette K. Wenger,Stefan N. Willich,Fernando Ferreira Costa +15 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the potential cardiovascular complications of exercise, their pathological substrate, and their incidence are discussed and strategies to reduce these complications are suggested, but no strategies have been adequately studied to evaluate their ability to reduce exercise-related acute cardiovascular events.
Effects of Aerobic and Resistance Training on Hemoglobin A1c Levels in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Timothy S. Church,Steven N. Blair,Shannon Cocreham,Neil M. Johannsen,William D. Johnson,Kimberly Kramer,Catherine R. Mikus,Valerie H. Myers,Melissa Nauta,Ruben Q. Rodarte,Lauren M. Sparks,Angela M. Thompson,Conrad P. Earnest +12 more
TL;DR: Among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, a combination of aerobic and resistance training compared with the nonexercise control group improved HbA(1c) levels, but this was not achieved by aerobic or resistance training alone.
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Weight Bias among Health Professionals Specializing in Obesity
Marlene B. Schwartz,Heather O Neal Chambliss,Kelly D. Brownell,Steven N. Blair,Charles J. Billington +4 more
TL;DR: Characteristics significantly predictive of lower levels of implicit anti-fat bias include being male, older, having a positive emotional outlook on life, weighing more, having friends who are obese, and indicating an understanding of the experience of obesity.