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Nutrition Research Students

Inside the mind of researcher Mayra Crespo-Bellido

Mayra Crespo-Bellido is pursuing a PhD in nutrition and hopes to improve the food security of Puerto Ricans.

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Kinesiology News Research

Let’s get moving

Oregon State University researchers wanted to better understand the impacts of a physical activity class requirement. Here’s what they found.

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Kinesiology News Research

Unnecessarily difficult

Web page articles and other written materials designed to encourage physical activity are often too difficult to be easily read and understood by most U.S. adults, limiting their effectiveness, new research shows.

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Improving confidence keeps breast cancer survivors exercising

Regular exercise may reduce the risk of breast cancer recurrence and breast cancer-related mortality, experts say, making it crucial to effectively target breast cancer survivors who do not engage in regular physical activity for interventions.

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Jovan Duvall

Jovan Duvall, healthy eater, cultural ambassador, writer, leader, OSU Graduate (almost), cooks for the masses as a co-leader for launch of the $1.2-million Food Hero Social Marketing Campaign.

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Knee injuries in women linked to motion, nervous system differences

Scientists at Oregon State University found that men control nerve impulses similar to individuals trained for explosive muscle usage – like those of a sprinter – while the nerve impulses of women are more similar to those of an endurance-trained athlete, like a distance runner.