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• My overall research focuses on the promotion of health in children and families through physical activity. Specifically, I am interested in the use of physical activity as a prevention and treatment method in childhood obesity and the metabolic syndrome. I am also interested in identifying factors that influence physical activity participation in children. Through research I have been able to combine my Exercise Science and Epidemiology expertise and I have used cross-sectional and intervention study designs, along with analysis of secondary data sources, such as NHANES. My research has focused around the following three areas: 1) physical and health, 2) physical activity promotion, and 3) determines of physical activity.
  Research Interest: Children's physical activity, obesity prevention and treatment, motor skill development, physical activity epidemiology, and data analysis of secondary data national data sets (NHANES)