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Scientific Contributions to Diet and Exercise Initiatives

Relationships between energy balance, protein intake and exercise in healthy and obese children

Pikosky, M., A. Faigenbaum, W. Westcott, N. Rodriguez. Effects of resistance training on protein utilization in healthy children. Med Sci Sport Exer 34: 820-827, 2002.

Bolster, D., Pikosky, M., McCarthy, L., Barnas, D. N. Rodriguez. The effects of programmed exercise on protein utilization in healthy children. J Nutrition 131:2659-2663, 2001.

N. R. Rodriguez and C.B. Ebbeling. Exercise is beneficial during diet therapy for treatment of pediatric obesity. Am J Med Sports July/August, 2001.

Ebbeling, C.B., J.R. Backstrand, N.R. Rodriguez. Screening indices for pediatric obesity. Nutr Res 19:805-816, 1999.

Ebbeling, C.B., N.R. Rodriguez. Effects of exercise combined with diet therapy on protein utilization in obese children. Med Sci Sport Exer 31: 378-385, 1999.

Ebbeling, C.B., N.R. Rodriguez. Effects of reduced energy intake on protein utilization in obese children. Metabolism 47: 1434-1439, 1998.

Protein intake, energy status, and exercise training

Vislocky, L.M., S. Vega-Lopez, M. Pikosky, K.L. Herron, P.C. Gaine, W.F. Martin, T. Zern, M.L. Fernandez, and N. Rodriguez. Endurance training improves plasma lipid profiles in untrained men and women. J Nutr Biochem. 2009 Jan;20(1):26-34.

Pikosky, M.A., P.C. Gaine, W.F. Martin, C.M. Maresh, A.A. Ferrando, R.R. Wolfe, N.R. Rodriguez. Endurance training affects muscle protein synthesis at rest in men and women. J Nutr 136: 379-383, 2006.

Martin, W.F., D.R. Bolster, P.C. Gaine, L.J. Hanley, M.A. Pikosky, B.T. Bennett, C.M. Maresh, L.E. Armstrong, N.R. Rodriguez. Effects of increased protein intake on hydration indexes. JADA 106:587-589, 2006.

Gaine, P.C., M.A. Pikosky, W.F. Martin, D.R. Bolster, C.M. Maresh, N.R. Rodriguez. Level of dietary protein impacts whole body protein turnover in trained males at rest. Metabolism 55: 501-507, 2006.

Bolster, D.R., M.A. Pikosky, P. C. Gaine, W.F. Martin, R.R. Wolfe, K.D. Tipton, D.A. MacLean, C.M. Maresh, N.R. Rodriguez. Dietary protein intake impacts skeletal muscle fractional synthetic rates following endurance exercise. Am J Physiol 289:E678-683, 2005

Gaine, P.C., C.T. Viesselman, M.A. Pikosky, W.F. Martin, L.E. Armstrong, L.S.Pescatello, and N.R. Rodriguez. Aerobic exercise training decreases leucine oxidation at rest in healthy adults J Nutr 135:1088-1092, 2005.

Milk as Sport Nutrition Beverage

Lunn WR, Pasiakos SM, Colletto MR, Karfonta KE, Carbone JW, Anderson JM, NR Rodriguez. Chocolate milk and endurance exercise recovery: protein balance, glycogen, and performance Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2012 Apr;44(4):682-91.

Miller, S.L., C.M. Maresh, L.E. Armstrong, C.B. Ebbeling, S. Lennon and N.R. Rodriguez. Metabolic response to provision of mixed protein-carbohydrate supplementation during endurance exercise. 2002. Int J Sport Nutr Exerc Metab 12:384-397.

Emerging Areas of Exploration

Yoga, Protein Intake, and Healthy Aging

Colletto, M and NR Rodriguez. Routine yoga practice improves whole body protein balance in healthy middle-aged women. J Aging Phys Act. 2018 26(1):68-74.

Rehabilitative Nutrition

Howard, E. E., Pasiakos, S. M., Blesso, C., Fussell, M. A., & Rodriguez, N. Divergent roles of inflammation in skeletal muscle recovery from injury. Front Physiol. 2020 Feb 13;11:87. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2020.00087

Howard, EE, Pasiakos, SM, Fussell, MA and NR Rodriguez. Skeletal muscle disuse atrophy and the rehabilitative role of protein in recovery from musculoskeletal injury. Adv Nutr. 2020 11(4):989-1001.

Protein Source and Essential Amino Acid Density

Fussell, M, Contillo, A, Druehl, H, and NR Rodriguez. Essential amino acid density: Differences in animal- and plant-based dietary patterns designed for older women. Nutr Today January/February 2021.