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Journal Article

2022 county-level population changes in the United States through the lens of the Lifestyle Health Index. 

Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention. 2024

Arthritis in the regional cultures of the American Nations: an overlooked component of a larger unhealthy lifestyle syndemic. 

American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. 2024

Identifying the disability belt and epicenters in the American Nations. 

Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention. 2024

Novel approaches to addressing the US physical inactivity and obesity pandemics: an opportunity for religious organizations. 

American Journal of Medicine. 2024

Regional cultures and insufficient sleep in the United States. 

J Act Sedentary Sleep Behav. 2024

Regional cultures, voter participation, and health. 

Lancet Reg Health Am. 2024

The influence of social vulnerability and culture on physical inactivity in the United States - identifying hot spots in need of attention. 

American Journal of Medicine. 2024

The potential influence of firearm violence on physical inactivity in the United States. 

American Journal of Medicine. 2024

The relationship between the lifestyle health index and voter turnout during the 2020 United States presidential election in the context of regional cultures. 

Public Health Pract. 2024

COVID-19, unhealthy lifestyle behaviors and chronic disease in the United States: mapping the social injustice overlay. 

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases. 2023

Social injustice as a common source epidemic: the role of civic engagement in addressing inequitable population health. 

Lancet Reg Health Am. 2023

Cardiovascular health research in the workplace: a workshop report. 

Journal of the American Heart Association. 2021

Work, health, and COVID-19. The role of healthy living in pandemic preparedness for business. 

ACSMs Health Fitness J. 2021

Assessing physical activity, sedentary behavior, and cardiorespiratory fitness in worksite health promotion. 

American Journal of Health Promotion. 2019

Editor's desk: promoting physical activity in the workplace. 

American Journal of Health Promotion. 2019

Workplace wellness recognition for optimizing workplace health: a presidential advisory from the American Heart Association. 

Circulation. 2015

Editorial Article

Introducing the Lifestyle Health Index in the American Nations [editorial]. 

Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention.  44. 2024

Review

Exploring the complex relationships between health behaviors, health outcomes, social vulnerability, regional cultures, and oral health [review]. 

Current Problems in Cardiology. 2024

Physical inactivity and obesity in the United States through the lens of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections [review]. 

Current Problems in Cardiology. 2024

Predicting life expectancy in the United States: the importance of healthy living behaviors and residential geography [review]. 

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases. 2024

The Lifestyle Health Index in the context of COVID-19 mortality and vaccination in the United States: a syndemic not to be repeated [review]. 

Current Problems in Cardiology. 2024

The tip of the iceberg: will GLP-1 receptor agonists unintentionally contribute to titanic cardiovascular events in certain individuals [review]?. 

Current Problems in Cardiology. 2024

Unhealthy dietary patterns in the American Nations: a crisis with cultural distinctions [review]. 

Current Problems in Cardiology. 2024

How has physical inactivity changed in the American Nations from 2010 to 2020: a decade of lost opportunity [review]. 

Current Problems in Cardiology. 2023

Physical inactivity and obesity in the United States: at the intersection of politics, socioeconomics, race, and culture [review]. 

Current Problems in Cardiology. 2023

Systems science approaches to cardiovascular disease prevention and management in the era of COVID-19: a Humpty-Dumpty dilemma [review]?. 

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases. 2023

The geographic distribution of unhealthy living characteristics according to the American Nations model: cultural factors warranting attention [review]. 

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases. 2023

Defining the importance of stress reduction in managing cardiovascular disease - the role of exercise [review]. 

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases. 2022

Mapping one million COVID-19 deaths and unhealthy lifestyle behaviors in the United States: recognizing the syndemic pattern and taking action [review]. 

American Journal of Medicine. 2022

Post pandemic research priorities: a consensus statement from the HL-PIVOT [review]. 

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases. 2022

Current activities centered on healthy living and recommendations for the future: a position statement from the HL-PIVOT Network [review]. 

Current Problems in Cardiology. 2021

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