Russell Jago, Ph.D.
No longer at Baylor College of Medicine
Understanding
and Promoting Physical Activity Among Children and
Adolescents
My research focuses upon understanding
the environmental and personal factors that influence
the physical activity levels of children and adolescents
as well as designing and evaluating programs that are
designed to increase the physical activity levels of
these groups. Areas of particular interest are the
promotion of physical activity among minority groups
(Hispanic and African American) and the effect of increased
physical activity on risk factors for type 2 diabetes,
heart disease and cancer.
I am principal investigator on a grant entitled
the moderating effect of the environment on adolescent
physical activity change. The aims of this study are
1) to assess whether the environment in which 250 11-14
year old boys live influences the amount of regular
physical activity in which they engage, and if so which
components; and 2) to assess whether the environment
influenced the response of the same participants to
a physical activity intervention (i.e. did boys who
lived in a neighborhood in which they could exercise
obtain larger increases in their physical activity
than those who did not).
I am a co-investigator on three currently funded
grants: Studies to Treat or Prevent Pediatric Type
2 Diabetes (a U01 grant to prevent type 2 diabetes
among 11-14 year old middle school children funded
by the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and
Kidney Diseases); the Multicultural 5 A Day and Physical
Activity Boy Scout Badges (an intervention to increase
physical activity and consumption of fruit, juice and
vegetables (FJV) among Boy Scouts funded by the American
Cancer Society); and the Computer-based Intervention
for Type 2 Diabetes in Youth in which we are developing
an interactive multimedia product to increase the FJV
consumption and physical activity levels of middle
school children. I am principally concerned with the
design, implementation, and evaluation of the physical
activity components of each of these studies as well
as the effect of the intervention on health outcomes
such as adiposity, insulin, glucose, and other risk
factors.
Representative Publications:
Jago R, Baranowksi T. Innovative non-curricular
approaches for increasing physical activity in youth:
A review. Preventive Medicine, 39:157-163, 2004.
Jago R, Baranowski T, Yoo S, Cullen KW, Watson K,
Zakeri I, Himes J, Pratt C, Sun W. Relationship between
physical activity and diet among African American
girls. Obesity Research, 12: 55S-63S, 2004.
Thompson D, Jago R, Baranowski T, Watson K, Zakeri
I, Cullen KW, Story M, Sherwood N, Pruitt L, Matheson
D. Co-variability in diet and physical activity African
American Girls. Obesity Research, 12: 46S-54S, 2004.
Jago R, Baranowski T, Watson K, Baranowski J, Zakeri
I. Relationship between mother and child’s
metabolic risk factors: Influence of physical activity
and ethnicity. Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent
Medicine (In Press).
Jago R, Nicklas T, Baranowksi T, Zakeri I, Yang
SJ, Berenson G. Physical activity and health enhancing
dietary behaviors in young adults: Bogalusa Heart
Study. Preventive Medicine (In Press).
Bailey R, Doherty J, Jago R . Physical Development
and Physical Education. In J Riley, R prentice (Eds.)
Learning in the Early Years: A guide for teachers
of 3-7. London: Paul Chapman Publishing 2003, 157-184.
Jago R and Bailey R. Ethics and paediatric exercise
science: Issues and making a submission to a local
Ethics and Research committee. Journal of Sport Science,
19:527-535, 2001.
Research Projects
Principal Investigator:
Moderating effect of the environment on adolescent
physical activity change
Co-Investigator:
Multicultural 5 A Day and Physical Activity Boy
Scout Badges (T Baranowski, Ph.D., Principal Investigator)
Studies to Treat or Prevent Pediatric Type 2 Diabetes
(STOPP-T2D) (T Baranowski, Ph.D., Principal Investigator)
Computer-based Intervention for Type 2 Diabetes
in Youth (T Baranowski, Ph.D., Principal Investigator)
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