Accomplishments: Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences
Richard Rosenkranz, Chris Acosta (both Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) and Ana Gonzalez-Alvarez (Social and Behavioral Health), along with Andrew Hooyman, Jose Hidalgo, Romina Ballesteros-Paniagua, and Sara Rosenkranz (all Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) recently published "Accuracy in Measurement of Infant Formula Powder and Water by…
Cordero Roche, Alina Swafford (both UNLV Sports Innovation Institute) and John Mercer (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) published a paper titled "Influence of An Overhead Goal on Asymmetry During Countermovement Jump" in the Journal of Exercise Physiology - OnLine (JEPOnline).
Drs Richard Rosenkranz and Sara Rosenkranz (both Kinesiology & Nutrition Sciences), along with colleagues from Kansas State University, recently published The association of overall dietary quality on stress, anxiety, depression, and academic performance in college students: a systematic review in the Journal of American College Health.…
Olivia Perez (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) was one of three finalists in the Southwest American College of Sports Medicine Undergraduate Student Research Competition. The conference was held from October 25 to 26 in Irvine, California. The title of the presentation was "Input of Sex Data Does Not Affect Metabolic Variables Returned…
Students from the Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences department presented posters at the Southwest American College of Sports Medicine from October 25 to 26 in Irvine, California. Undergraduate students Ciya Clyde (advisor Julia Silvernail) and Myranda Peck (advisor James Navalta), and M.S. Kinesiology students Katsiaryna Afanasyeva…
Vernice Ollano, UNLV alumnae; Tedd Girouard (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences); John Mercer (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences; UNLV Sports Innovation Institute); and Mehdi Kordi from the United Kingdom published "The use of heated garments as a warm-up for sprint and submaximal effort cycling" in the Journal of Exercise Physiology - On…
Kenneth Izuora (Medicine), Amalie Alver (Medicine), Arpita Basu (Kinesiology), Kavita Batra (Medicine), Shelley Williams (Dental Medicine) and Jeffrey Ebersole (Dental Medicine) published “The Association of Dietary Micronutrient Intake and Systemic Inflammation among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Study” in the journal…
Warren O. Forbes (Ph.D. 2023, Interdisciplinary Health Sciences - CSU San Bernardino) and Janet S. Dufek (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) recently published a paper titled, "The Influence of Induced Head Acceleration on Lower-Extremity Biomechanics during a Cutting Task," in the Biomedical Section of the journal Sensors. This paper examined…
In the journal Preventive Medicine Reports, professor Richard Rosenkranz (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) recently co-authored a study: "Demographic correlates of weight-loss strategies in US adults: Cross-sectional analysis of NHANES data 2017–2020."
Faculty and students from the Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences department recently published a paper in the Human Physiology in Exercise, Health and Sports Performance special issue of the journal Sports, titled, "Validity and Reliability of Wearable Technology Devices during Simulated Pickleball Game Play." Merging two popular topics in…
As part of an international panel of experts in physical activity promotion, associate professor Sara Rosenkranz and professor Richard Rosenkranz (both in Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) recently published an article, "Development and evaluation of the Capability, Opportunity, and Motivation to deliver Physical Activity in School Scale (…
Richard Rosenkranz (Kinesiology & Nutrition Sciences), along with colleagues, recently published Improving physical activity and screen time in Australian Outside School Hours Care: Study protocol in the journal Pediatric Research.