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Aviva Must
Researcher at Tufts University
Publications - 233
Citations - 33839
Aviva Must is an academic researcher from Tufts University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Overweight & Population. The author has an hindex of 67, co-authored 223 publications receiving 31787 citations. Previous affiliations of Aviva Must include University of Massachusetts Medical School & University of Tartu.
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The Disease Burden Associated with Overweight and Obesity
Aviva Must,Jennifer L. Spadano,Eugenie Coakley,Alison E. Field,Graham A. Colditz,William H. Dietz +5 more
TL;DR: A graded increase in the prevalence ratio (PR) was observed with increasing severity of overweight and obesity for all of the health outcomes except for coronary heart disease in men and high blood cholesterol level in both men and women.
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Evidence based physical activity for school-age youth.
William B. Strong,Robert M. Malina,Cameron J. R. Blimkie,Stephen R. Daniels,Rodney K. Dishman,Bernard Gutin,Albert C. Hergenroeder,Aviva Must,Patricia A. Nixon,James M. Pivarnik,Thomas W. Rowland,Stewart G. Trost,François Trudeau +12 more
TL;DR: School-age youth should participate daily in 60 minutes or more of moderate to vigorous physical activity that is developmentally appropriate, enjoyable, and involves a variety of activities.
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Long-term morbidity and mortality of overweight adolescents. A follow-up of the Harvard Growth Study of 1922 to 1935.
TL;DR: Overweight in adolescence predicted a broad range of adverse health effects that were independent of adult weight after 55 years of follow-up and was a more powerful predictor of these risks than overweight in adulthood.
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Impact of overweight on the risk of developing common chronic diseases during a 10-year period.
Alison E. Field,Eugenie Coakley,Aviva Must,Jennifer L. Spadano,Nan M. Laird,William H. Dietz,Eric B. Rimm,Graham A. Colditz,Graham A. Colditz +8 more
TL;DR: The dose-response relationship between BMI and the risk of developing chronic diseases was evident even among adults in the upper half of the healthy weight range, suggesting that adults should try to maintain a BMI between 18.5 and 21.9 to minimize their risk of disease.
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Social and Economic Consequences of Overweight in Adolescence and Young Adulthood
TL;DR: Overweight during adolescence has important social and economic consequences, which are greater than those of many other chronic physical conditions and discrimination against overweight persons may account for these results.