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Sedentary Behavior, Physical Inactivity, and Metabolic Syndrome: Pilot Findings From the Rapid Assessment Disuse Index Study.

Journal of physical activity & health

Shuval K, Sahar L, Gabriel KP, Knell G, Weinstein G, Gafni Gal T, Lobelo F, DiPietro L.
PMID: 32908021
J Phys Act Health. 2020 Sep 09;17(10):1042-1046. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2019-0645.

BACKGROUND: The Rapid Assessment Disuse Index (RADI) is a brief tool aimed to promptly assess primary care patients' overall physical inactivity and sedentary behavior. This study examines the relation between physical inactivity and sitting time (RADI) to cardiometabolic risk...

Evaluating primary care doctors' evidence-based medicine skills in a busy clinical setting.

Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

Shuval K, Shachak A, Linn S, Brezis M, Reis S.
PMID: 17683299
J Eval Clin Pract. 2007 Aug;13(4):576-80. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2007.00805.x.

RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: To date, primary care doctors' (PCDs) evidence-based medicine (EBM) skills have rarely been studied. We conducted a cross-sectional study to evaluate PCDs' practical EBM skills and to determine risk markers associated with these skills.METHODS: The...

Fit and Tipsy? The Interrelationship between Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Alcohol Consumption and Dependence.

Medicine and science in sports and exercise

Shuval K, Leonard D, Chartier KG, Barlow CE, Fennis BM, Katz DL, Abel K, Farrell SW, Pavlovic A, Defina LF.
PMID: 34431829
Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2022 Jan 01;54(1):113-119. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000002777.

PURPOSE: To examine whether higher levels of cardiorespiratory fitness are related to increased alcohol consumption and dependence among a large sample of adults attending a preventive medicine clinic.METHODS: A cross-sectional study of 38,653 apparently healthy patients who visited the...

Satisfaction with Family Physicians and Specialists and the use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Israel.

Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM

Shmueli A, Shuval J.
PMID: 16786059
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2006 Jun;3(2):273-8. doi: 10.1093/ecam/nel009. Epub 2006 May 02.

Higher utilization of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is commonly explained by dissatisfaction or disappointment with conventional medical treatment. To explore, at two points in time in Israel, the associations between six domains of satisfaction (attitude, length of visits,...

Fit and Tipsy? The Interrelationship between Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Alcohol Consumption and Dependence.

Medicine and science in sports and exercise

Shuval K, Leonard D, Chartier K, Barlow CE, Fennis BM, Katz DL, Abel K, Farrell SW, Pavlovic A, DeFina LF.
PMID: 34431829
Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2021 Aug 24; doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000002777. Epub 2021 Aug 24.

PURPOSE: To examine whether higher levels of cardiorespiratory fitness are related to increased alcohol consumption and dependence among a large sample of adults attending a preventive medicine clinic.METHODS: A cross-sectional study of 38,653 apparently healthy patients who visited the...

Complementary and alternative health care in Israel.

Israel journal of health policy research

Shuval JT, Averbuch E.
PMID: 22913721
Isr J Health Policy Res. 2012 Feb 20;1(1):7. doi: 10.1186/2045-4015-1-7.

The paper explores the patterns of coexistence of alternative/complementary health care (CAM) and conventional medicine in Israel in the cultural, political, and social contexts of the society. The data are drawn from over ten years of sociological research on...

5 ways to empower patients during the payment process.

Healthcare financial management : journal of the Healthcare Financial Management Association

Shoval T.
PMID: 26376506
Healthc Financ Manage. 2015 Jul;69(7):33.

No abstract available.

If You Build It, Will They Come? A Quasi-experiment of Sidewalk Improvements and Physical Activity.

Translational journal of the American College of Sports Medicine

Knell G, Durand CP, Shuval K, Kohl HW, Salvo D, Olyuomi A, Gabriel KP.
PMID: 30148210
Transl J Am Coll Sports Med. 2018 May;3(9):66-71.

Improving sidewalks could lead to more physical activity through improved access, while providing a safe and defined space to walk. Yet, findings on the association between sidewalks and physical activity are inconclusive.PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to...

Transit use and physical activity: Findings from the Houston travel-related activity in neighborhoods (TRAIN) study.

Preventive medicine reports

Knell G, Durand CP, Shuval K, Kohl Iii HW, Salvo D, Sener I, Gabriel KP.
PMID: 29340271
Prev Med Rep. 2017 Dec 23;9:55-61. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2017.12.012. eCollection 2018 Mar.

Transportation-related physical activity can significantly increase daily total physical activity through active transportation or walking/biking to transit stops. The purpose of this study was to assess the relations between transit-use and self-reported and monitor-based physical activity levels in a...

Economic Preferences and Obesity among a Low-Income African American Community.

Journal of economic behavior & organization

de Oliveira AC, Leonard TC, Shuval K, Skinner CS, Eckel C, Murdoch JC.
PMID: 28133400
J Econ Behav Organ. 2016 Nov;131:196-208. doi: 10.1016/j.jebo.2015.11.002. Epub 2015 Nov 24.

Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the US, with a significantly higher fraction of African Americans who are obese than whites. Yet there is little understanding of why some individuals become obese while others do not. We conduct a...

The reconstruction of professional identity among immigrant physicians in three societies.

Journal of immigrant health

Shuval JT.
PMID: 16228740
J Immigr Health. 2000 Oct;2(4):191-202. doi: 10.1023/A:1009588229071.

The paper concerns the processes by which migrant physicians seek to re-establish themselves professionally in a new society. The empirical findings are drawn from a study of physicians who emigrated from the former Soviet Union in the early nineties...

Cardiorespiratory fitness, white blood cell count, and mortality in men and women.

Journal of sport and health science

Farrell SW, Leonard D, Shuval K, DeFina LF, Barlow CE, Pavlovic A, Haskell WL.
PMID: 34740872
J Sport Health Sci. 2021 Nov 03; doi: 10.1016/j.jshs.2021.10.005. Epub 2021 Nov 03.

BACKGROUND: We examined the associations of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and white blood cell count (WBC) with mortality outcomes.METHODS: A total of 52,056 apparently healthy adults completed a comprehensive health examination, including a maximal treadmill test and blood chemistry analyses....

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