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Timothy S. Church is affiliated with the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in the United States. Their scientific work primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a focus on Physiology, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Cell Biology.

The research topics that Timothy S. Church has frequently contributed to include:

  • Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
  • Physical Activity and Health
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Muscle metabolism and nutrition
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Pharmacology and Obesity Treatment

Their research output has appeared in several publication venues, with multiple contributions in the following journals:

  • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise (10 publications)
  • Diabetologia (3 publications)
  • Obesity (2 publications)
  • Sports Medicine (2 publications)
  • JAMA Internal Medicine (1 publication)

Some of the recent papers from their body of work include:

  • "Strength training is more effective than aerobic exercise for improving glycaemic control and body composition in people with normal-weight type 2 diabetes: a randomised controlled trial" (2023), published in Diabetologia
  • "Effect of Structured, Moderate Exercise on Kidney Function Decline in Sedentary Older Adults" (2022), published in JAMA Internal Medicine
  • "Impact and Lessons From the Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elders (LIFE) Clinical Trials of Physical Activity to Prevent Mobility Disability" (2020), published in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
  • "Effect of Aerobic Exercise-induced Weight Loss on the Components of Daily Energy Expenditure" (2021), published in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
  • "Physical activity in the new era of antiobesity medications" (2023), published in Obesity

Timothy S. Church has collaborated frequently with other researchers. Notable co-authors include:

  • Neil M. Johannsen
  • Corby K. Martin
  • Conrad P. Earnest
  • William E. Kraus
  • Guillaume Spielmann

Best Publications

  • Sitting time and mortality from all causes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer.

    Peter T. Katzmarzyk;Timothy S. Church;Cora L. Craig;Claude Bouchard

  • Importance of Assessing Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Clinical Practice: A Case for Fitness as a Clinical Vital Sign: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.

    Robert Ross;Steven N. Blair;Ross Arena;Timothy S. Church

  • Effect of Structured Physical Activity on Prevention of Major Mobility Disability in Older Adults: The LIFE Study Randomized Clinical Trial

    Marco Pahor;Jack M. Guralnik;Jack M. Guralnik;Walter T. Ambrosius;Steven Blair

  • Trends over 5 decades in U.S. occupation-related physical activity and their associations with obesity.

    Timothy S. Church;Diana M. Thomas;Catrine Tudor-Locke;Peter T. Katzmarzyk

  • Effects of Aerobic and Resistance Training on Hemoglobin A1c Levels in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Timothy S. Church;Steven N. Blair;Shannon Cocreham;Neil Johannsen

  • Effects of different doses of physical activity on cardiorespiratory fitness among sedentary, overweight or obese postmenopausal women with elevated blood pressure: a randomized controlled trial.

    Timothy S. Church;Conrad P. Earnest;James S. Skinner;Steven N. Blair

  • The Role of Exercise and Physical Activity in Weight Loss and Maintenance

    Damon L. Swift;Neil M. Johannsen;Carl J. Lavie;Conrad P. Earnest

  • Leisure-Time Running Reduces All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality Risk

    Duck-chul Lee;Russell R. Pate;Carl J. Lavie;Xuemei Sui

  • Visceral fat is an independent predictor of all-cause mortality in men.

    Jennifer L. Kuk;Peter T. Katzmarzyk;Milton Z. Nichaman;Timothy S. Church

  • Exercise and the cardiovascular system: clinical science and cardiovascular outcomes

    Carl J. Lavie;Ross Arena;Damon L. Swift;Neil M. Johannsen

  • Sedentary behaviors increase risk of cardiovascular disease mortality in men.

    Tatiana Y. Warren;Vaughn Barry;Steven P. Hooker;Xuemei Sui

  • Obesity and Cardiovascular Diseases: Implications Regarding Fitness, Fatness, and Severity in the Obesity Paradox

    Carl J. Lavie;Carl J. Lavie;Paul A. McAuley;Timothy S. Church;Richard V. Milani

  • Cardiorespiratory Fitness Is Inversely Associated With the Incidence of Metabolic Syndrome A Prospective Study of Men and Women

    Michael J. LaMonte;Carolyn E. Barlow;Radim Jurca;James B. Kampert

  • Exercise capacity and body composition as predictors of mortality among men with diabetes

    Timothy S. Church;Yiling J. Cheng;Conrad P. Earnest;Carolyn E. Barlow

  • Long-term effects of changes in cardiorespiratory fitness and body mass index on all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in men: the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study.

    Duck-chul Lee;Xuemei Sui;Enrique G. Artero;Enrique G. Artero;I-Min Lee

  • Cardiorespiratory fitness attenuates the effects of the metabolic syndrome on all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in men.

    Peter T. Katzmarzyk;Timothy S. Church;Steven N. Blair

  • Associations Between Cardiorespiratory Fitness and C-Reactive Protein in Men

    Timothy S. Church;Carolyn E. Barlow;Conrad P. Earnest;James B. Kampert

  • The intriguing metabolically healthy but obese phenotype: cardiovascular prognosis and role of fitness

    Francisco B. Ortega;Duck-chul Lee;Peter T. Katzmarzyk;Jonatan R. Ruiz;Jonatan R. Ruiz

  • Cardiorespiratory fitness and body mass index as predictors of cardiovascular disease mortality among men with diabetes.

    Timothy S. Church;Michael J. LaMonte;Carolyn E. Barlow;Steven N. Blair

  • Metabolic syndrome, obesity, and mortality: impact of cardiorespiratory fitness.

    Peter T. Katzmarzyk;Timothy S. Church;Ian Janssen;Robert Ross

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven N. Blair
Steven N. Blair University of South Carolina
Conrad P. Earnest
Conrad P. Earnest Texas A&M University
Carl J. Lavie
Carl J. Lavie University of Queensland
Xuemei Sui
Xuemei Sui University of South Carolina
Peter T. Katzmarzyk
Peter T. Katzmarzyk Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Catrine Tudor-Locke
Catrine Tudor-Locke University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Marco Pahor
Marco Pahor University of Florida
Robert Ross
Robert Ross Queen's University
Martyn Standage
Martyn Standage University of Bath
Gang Hu
Gang Hu Pennington Biomedical Research Center

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