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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Physical inactivity and obesity is not a myth: Dr Steven Blair comments on Dr Aseem Malhotra's editorial
TL;DR: I respectfully disagree with many of the claims in the report, including the claim that over the past 30 years, there has been little change in physical activity, so the obesity epidemic must be due to increases in caloric intake.
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Addition of cardiorespiratory fitness within an obesity risk classification model identifies men at increased risk of all-cause mortality
TL;DR: For most of the body mass index and waist circumference categories, inclusion of cardiorespiratory fitness allowed for improved identification of men at increased mortality risk.
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Comparative Effects of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Angiotensin Receptor Blockers on Response to a Physical Activity Intervention in Older Adults: Results From the Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elders Study.
Joshua D. Brown,Steven M. Smith,Elsa S. Strotmeyer,Stephen B. Kritchevsky,Thomas M. Gill,Steven N. Blair,Roger A. Fielding,Thomas W. Buford,Marco Pahor,Todd M. Manini +9 more
TL;DR: Results suggest that ARBs may protect from major mobility disability by other mechanisms than improving physical performance.
Is less sedentary behavior, more physical activity, or higher fitness associated with sleep quality? A cross-sectional study in Singapore
Robert A. Sloan,Youngdeok Kim,Susumu S. Sawada,Akihiro Asakawa,Steven N. Blair,Eric A. Finkelstein +5 more
TL;DR: Physical activity/exercise training programs that aim to improve CRF may be useful in lowering the odds or poor SQ in working adults.
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Association between cardiorespiratory fitness and submaximal systolic blood pressure among young adult men: a reversed J-curve pattern relationship.
Vivek K. Prasad,Clemens Drenowatz,Gregory A. Hand,Carl J. Lavie,Xuemei Sui,Madison M. DeMello,Steven N. Blair +6 more
TL;DR: There was a reverse J-curve pattern relationship between SSBP and CRF, with the lowest SSBP among men with fair or good CRF and highest among those with poor CRF.
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