Browsing by Author "Houmard, Joseph A"
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The Effects of the OPTIFAST Diet and Aerobic Exercise on Insulin Sensitivity
Brown, Taylor Travon (East Carolina University, 2022-04-21)BACKGROUND: Clinical weight loss (CWL) (5-10%) combined with aerobic exercise improves insulin sensitivity. The OPTIFAST program is a medically supervised diet for weight loss, however, there is minimal data available on ... -
Use of offspring mesenchymal stem cells to study in-utero maternal-fetal programming
Chaves, Alec B. (East Carolina University, 2021-08-13)Offspring born from mothers with obesity are at a greater risk for obesity, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes, forming a vicious cycle across generations. Although metabolic diseases are often thought to result from ...