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Angela Alberga

Concordia University
Verified email at concordia.ca
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Overweight and obese teenagers: why is adolescence a critical period?

AS Alberga, RJ Sigal, G Goldfield… - Pediatric …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This paper discusses the critical period of adolescence and its potential role in the development
and persistence of obesity. The adolescent years are characteristic of changes in body …

[HTML][HTML] Positioning of weight bias: Moving towards social justice

S Nutter, S Russell-Mayhew, AS Alberga, N Arthur… - Journal of …, 2016 - hindawi.com
Weight bias is a form of stigma with detrimental effects on the health and wellness of individuals
with large bodies. Researchers from various disciplines have recognized weight bias as …

Weight bias reduction in health professionals: a systematic review

AS Alberga, BJ Pickering, K Alix Hayden… - Clinical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Innovative and coordinated strategies to address weight bias among health professionals
are urgently needed. We conducted a systematic literature review of empirical peer‐reviewed …

Effects of aerobic training, resistance training, or both on percentage body fat and cardiometabolic risk markers in obese adolescents: the healthy eating aerobic and …

RJ Sigal, AS Alberga, GS Goldfield… - JAMA …, 2014 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Little evidence exists on which exercise modality is optimal for obese adolescents.
Objective To determine the effects of aerobic training, resistance training, and combined …

The snail gene required for mesoderm formation in Drosophila is expressed dynamically in derivatives of all three germ layers

A Alberga, JL Boulay, E Kempe, C Dennefeld… - …, 1991 - journals.biologists.com
The zygotic effect gene snail (sna) encodes a zinc-finger protein required for mesodenn
formation in Drosophila embryos. By in situ analysis, sna transcripts are first detected at syncytial …

Ultrasonic determination of the volume viscosity of N2, CO, CH4 and CD4 between 77 and 300 K

GJ Prangsma, AH Alberga, JJM Beenakker - Physica, 1973 - Elsevier
Results are reported for the frequency-independent volume viscosity in N 2 , CO, CH 4 and
CD 4 at temperatures ranging from 77 to 300 K as determined from sound-absorption …

[HTML][HTML] Obesity in adults: a clinical practice guideline

…, L Biertho, D Campbell-Scherer, K Adamo, A Alberga… - Cmaj, 2020 - Can Med Assoc
This guideline update reflects substantial advances in the epidemiology, determinants,
pathophysiology, assessment, prevention and treatment of obesity, and shifts the focus of obesity …

The Drosophila developmental gene snail encodes a protein with nucleic acid binding fingers

JL Boulay, C Dennefeld, A Alberga - Nature, 1987 - nature.com
Pattern formation in the Drosophila embryo requires the concerted expression of maternal
and zygotic genes. At least nineteen genes, twelve of which are maternally expressed, are …

[HTML][HTML] Video game playing is independently associated with blood pressure and lipids in overweight and obese adolescents

…, GP Kenny, S Hadjiyannakis, P Phillips, AS Alberga… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Objective To examine the association between duration and type of screen time (TV, video
games, computer time) and blood pressure (BP) and lipids in overweight and obese …

Effects of aerobic and resistance training on abdominal fat, apolipoproteins and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein in adolescents with obesity: the HEARTY …

AS Alberga, D Prud'Homme, GP Kenny… - International journal of …, 2015 - nature.com
Objectives: To investigate the effects of aerobic training, resistance training, or both on
abdominal subcutaneous fat (subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT))(deep and superficial), visceral …