Browsing College of Health and Human Performance by Author "Bales, Connie W."
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Dietary carbohydrate intake and high sensitivity C reactive protein in at-risk women and men
Huffman, Kim M.; Orenduff, Melissa C.; Samsa, Gregory P.; Houmard, Joseph A.; Kraus, William E.; Bales, Connie W. (East Carolina University, 2007-11)Background— The quality and quantity of dietary carbohydrate intake, measured as dietary glycemic load (GL), is associated with a number of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors and, in healthy young women, is related ... -
Relationships between Adipose Tissue and Cytokine Responses to a Randomized Controlled Exercise Training Intervention
Huffman, Kim M.; Slentz, Cris A.; Bales, Connie W.; Houmard, Joseph A.; Kraus, William E. (East Carolina University, 2008-04)Adipose-derived cytokines play a prominent role in mediating the metabolic consequences of obesity and excess body fat. Given this, we hypothesized that alterations in adipose tissue stores incurred with exercise training ...