Kristi B Adamo
Biographic Data
| ID | 5410217 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kristi B Adamo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kristi B |
| FAMILY NAME | Adamo |
| SIGNATURE | ADAMO K B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ottawa |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7925-1889 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Postpartum Women’s Perceptions of Risk of Musculoskeletal Injuries in the Canadian Armed Forces
Musculoskeletal injuries (MSKi) are a major concern within military forces, significantly reducing productivity and military readiness. Within the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), MSKi are the most common cause of delayed deployment of members. There is a lack of research specifically focused on the experiences of postpartum CAF members and their perceived risk of MSKi. Drawing on Giles et al.’s equity-centered 4 E’s injury prevention framework (educ…
Examining the Effects of Gestational Physical Activity and Hofbauer Cell Polarization on Angiogenic Factors
While gestational physical activity (PA) has demonstrated health benefits for both birthing parent and fetus, the mechanisms still need to be fully understood. Placental macrophages, or Hofbauer cells (HBCs), comprise a heterogenous population containing inflammatory (CD206-) and anti-inflammatory (CD206+) phenotypes. Similar to other tissue-resident macrophages (TRMs), HBCs are potential mediators of angiogenesis due to their secretion of both p…
Evaluation of Afterschool Activity Programs’ (Asap) Effect on Children’s Physical Activity, Physical Health, and Fundamental Movement Skills
Background Physical literacy-focused afterschool activity programs (ASAPs) can be an effective strategy to improve children’s health-related parameters. We sought to compare physical activity, body composition, aerobic capacity, and fundamental movement skills between physical literacy-focused ASAP and a standard recreational ASAP. Method A pre–post (6 months) comparison study was conducted in 5- to 12-year-old children in a physical literacy-foc…
Training Pre-Service Early Childhood Educators in Physical Activity (Teach)
The TEACH study represents a novel, evidence-informed approach to address the existing gap in physical activity and sedentary behaviour-related education in Canadian post-secondary early childhood education programs. Moreover, e-Learning platforms, can be employed as an innovative, standardized, and scalable way to provide ECEs with consistent training across jurisdictions
The impact of new government childcare accreditation standards on children’s in-care physical activity and sedentary time
The new accreditation criterion may not significantly change physical activity or ST in childcare settings and therefore may not explain findings for BMI Z-scores and cognitive development. Additional training and resources may be needed
Change in pre- and in-service early childhood educators’ knowledge, self-efficacy, and intentions following an e-learning course in physical activity and sedentary behaviour
These findings provide preliminary evidence of the potential efficacy of the e-Learning course at improving ECEs' knowledge, self-efficacy, behavioural intention, and perceived behavioural control to support PA and minimize SB in childcare. Following the success of the pilot study, testing the effectiveness of the TEACH e-Learning course on a larger scale, with a comparison group, is warranted prior to recommending broader dissemination of the tr…
Associations Between the Child Care Environment and Children’s In-Care Physical Activity and Sedentary Time
BACKGROUND: Child care centers are important for children's behaviors. AIMS: To examine the cross-sectional associations between child care environmental characteristics and physical activity and sedentary time in children. METHODS: Participants were 124 toddlers and 118 preschoolers from 19 centers in Alberta and Ontario, Canada, in the supporting Healthy physical AcTive CHildcare setting (HATCH) study. In-care physical activity and sedentary ti…
Pubertal growth in height, sitting height and leg length in achondroplasia
Background: Children with achondroplasia (ACH) appear to lack a pubertal growth spurt in height. Aim To explore the growth spurt in height and its segments sitting height and leg length, in a large sample of ACH cases using growth curve modelling. Subjects and methods: Height and sitting height were measured longitudinally in ACH children, and the data were analysed using the SITAR (SuperImposition by Translation and Rotation) growth model, which…
Eating Habits, Advice from Family/Friends, and Limited Personal Effort May Increase the Likelihood of Gaining Outside Gestational Weight Gain Recommendations
The effects of intervening with physical activity in the early years (ages 3–5) on health-related quality of life
Taking a patient-oriented approach in exercise interventions for pregnant women
Validation of a child version of the Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire in a Canadian sample
Objective To examine score validity and reliability of a child version of the twenty-one-item Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire (CTFEQ-R21) in a sample of Canadian children and adolescents and its relationship with BMI Z -score and food/taste preferences. Design Cross-sectional study. Setting School-based. Participants Children ( n 158), sixty-three boys (mean age 11·5 ( sd 1·6) years) and ninety-five girls (11·9 ( sd 1·9) years). Results Explora…
The Need to Objectively Measure Physical Activity During Pregnancy
Associations of Parenthood with Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Sleep
Integrated approaches that promote healthy 24-hour behavioral patterns among parents, especially mothers, should be considered
Systematic review of the relationships between physical activity and health indicators in the early years (0-4 years)
Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for the Early Years (0–4 years)
These guidelines represent a sensible evolution of public health guidelines whereby optimal health is framed within the balance of movement behaviours across the whole day, while respecting preferences of end-users. Future research should consider the integrated relationships among movement behaviours, and similar integrated guidelines for other age groups should be developed
Development and Preliminary Validation of a Comprehensive Questionnaire to Assess Women’s Knowledge and Perception of the Current Weight Gain Guidelines during Pregnancy
The aim of this study was to develop and validate an electronic questionnaire, the Electronic Maternal Health Survey ( EMat Health Survey ), related to women's knowledge and perceptions of the current gestational weight gain guidelines (GWG), as well as pregnancy-related health behaviours. Constructs addressed within the questionnaire include self-efficacy, locus of control, perceived barriers, and facilitators of physical activity and diet, outc…
Self-report Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire overestimates physical activity
Can We Modify the Intrauterine Environment to Halt the Intergenerational Cycle of Obesity
Child obesity is a global epidemic whose development is rooted in complex and multi-factorial interactions. Once established, obesity is difficult to reverse and epidemiological, animal model, and experimental studies have provided strong evidence implicating the intrauterine environment in downstream obesity. This review focuses on the interplay between maternal obesity, gestational weight gain and lifestyle behaviours, which may act independent…
A comparison of direct versus self-report measures for assessing physical activity in adults
Short-term growth at adolescence in healthy girls
Short-term growth during the pubertal growth spurt in these healthy girls is an irregular and discontinuous process, composed of three types of events: stasis, steep changes and continuous growth periods with a wide individual range of daily height increments
Validity of reported parental height in outpatient growth clinics in Buenos Aires city
Differences between reported and properly measured parental height were evaluated in 82 mothers and 62 fathers attending either of two growth clinics in Buenos Aires city. Measured height was adjusted to its physiological decline with age. A significant trend towards overestimation of mother's and father's self stature and of mothers' report of their husband's stature was found in the private clinic (PRC). Variances of differences between reporte…
Validity of reported parental height in outpatient growth clinics in Buenos Aires city
Differences between reported and properly measured parental height were evaluated in 82 mothers and 62 fathers attending either of two growth clinics in Buenos Aires city. Measured height was adjusted to its physiological decline with age. A significant trend towards overestimation of mother's and father's self stature and of mothers' report of their husband's stature was found in the private clinic (PRC). Variances of differences between reporte…
Short-term growth at adolescence in healthy girls
Short-term growth during the pubertal growth spurt in these healthy girls is an irregular and discontinuous process, composed of three types of events: stasis, steep changes and continuous growth periods with a wide individual range of daily height increments
A comparison of direct versus self-report measures for assessing physical activity in adults
Can We Modify the Intrauterine Environment to Halt the Intergenerational Cycle of Obesity
Child obesity is a global epidemic whose development is rooted in complex and multi-factorial interactions. Once established, obesity is difficult to reverse and epidemiological, animal model, and experimental studies have provided strong evidence implicating the intrauterine environment in downstream obesity. This review focuses on the interplay between maternal obesity, gestational weight gain and lifestyle behaviours, which may act independent…
Self-report Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire overestimates physical activity
Development and Preliminary Validation of a Comprehensive Questionnaire to Assess Women’s Knowledge and Perception of the Current Weight Gain Guidelines during Pregnancy
The aim of this study was to develop and validate an electronic questionnaire, the Electronic Maternal Health Survey ( EMat Health Survey ), related to women's knowledge and perceptions of the current gestational weight gain guidelines (GWG), as well as pregnancy-related health behaviours. Constructs addressed within the questionnaire include self-efficacy, locus of control, perceived barriers, and facilitators of physical activity and diet, outc…
Systematic review of the relationships between physical activity and health indicators in the early years (0-4 years)
Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for the Early Years (0–4 years)
These guidelines represent a sensible evolution of public health guidelines whereby optimal health is framed within the balance of movement behaviours across the whole day, while respecting preferences of end-users. Future research should consider the integrated relationships among movement behaviours, and similar integrated guidelines for other age groups should be developed
The Need to Objectively Measure Physical Activity During Pregnancy
Associations of Parenthood with Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Sleep
Integrated approaches that promote healthy 24-hour behavioral patterns among parents, especially mothers, should be considered
Validation of a child version of the Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire in a Canadian sample
Objective To examine score validity and reliability of a child version of the twenty-one-item Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire (CTFEQ-R21) in a sample of Canadian children and adolescents and its relationship with BMI Z -score and food/taste preferences. Design Cross-sectional study. Setting School-based. Participants Children ( n 158), sixty-three boys (mean age 11·5 ( sd 1·6) years) and ninety-five girls (11·9 ( sd 1·9) years). Results Explora…
Eating Habits, Advice from Family/Friends, and Limited Personal Effort May Increase the Likelihood of Gaining Outside Gestational Weight Gain Recommendations
The effects of intervening with physical activity in the early years (ages 3–5) on health-related quality of life
Taking a patient-oriented approach in exercise interventions for pregnant women
Associations Between the Child Care Environment and Children’s In-Care Physical Activity and Sedentary Time
BACKGROUND: Child care centers are important for children's behaviors. AIMS: To examine the cross-sectional associations between child care environmental characteristics and physical activity and sedentary time in children. METHODS: Participants were 124 toddlers and 118 preschoolers from 19 centers in Alberta and Ontario, Canada, in the supporting Healthy physical AcTive CHildcare setting (HATCH) study. In-care physical activity and sedentary ti…
Pubertal growth in height, sitting height and leg length in achondroplasia
Background: Children with achondroplasia (ACH) appear to lack a pubertal growth spurt in height. Aim To explore the growth spurt in height and its segments sitting height and leg length, in a large sample of ACH cases using growth curve modelling. Subjects and methods: Height and sitting height were measured longitudinally in ACH children, and the data were analysed using the SITAR (SuperImposition by Translation and Rotation) growth model, which…
Evaluation of Afterschool Activity Programs’ (Asap) Effect on Children’s Physical Activity, Physical Health, and Fundamental Movement Skills
Background Physical literacy-focused afterschool activity programs (ASAPs) can be an effective strategy to improve children’s health-related parameters. We sought to compare physical activity, body composition, aerobic capacity, and fundamental movement skills between physical literacy-focused ASAP and a standard recreational ASAP. Method A pre–post (6 months) comparison study was conducted in 5- to 12-year-old children in a physical literacy-foc…
Training Pre-Service Early Childhood Educators in Physical Activity (Teach)
The TEACH study represents a novel, evidence-informed approach to address the existing gap in physical activity and sedentary behaviour-related education in Canadian post-secondary early childhood education programs. Moreover, e-Learning platforms, can be employed as an innovative, standardized, and scalable way to provide ECEs with consistent training across jurisdictions
The impact of new government childcare accreditation standards on children’s in-care physical activity and sedentary time
The new accreditation criterion may not significantly change physical activity or ST in childcare settings and therefore may not explain findings for BMI Z-scores and cognitive development. Additional training and resources may be needed
Change in pre- and in-service early childhood educators’ knowledge, self-efficacy, and intentions following an e-learning course in physical activity and sedentary behaviour
These findings provide preliminary evidence of the potential efficacy of the e-Learning course at improving ECEs' knowledge, self-efficacy, behavioural intention, and perceived behavioural control to support PA and minimize SB in childcare. Following the success of the pilot study, testing the effectiveness of the TEACH e-Learning course on a larger scale, with a comparison group, is warranted prior to recommending broader dissemination of the tr…
Examining the Effects of Gestational Physical Activity and Hofbauer Cell Polarization on Angiogenic Factors
While gestational physical activity (PA) has demonstrated health benefits for both birthing parent and fetus, the mechanisms still need to be fully understood. Placental macrophages, or Hofbauer cells (HBCs), comprise a heterogenous population containing inflammatory (CD206-) and anti-inflammatory (CD206+) phenotypes. Similar to other tissue-resident macrophages (TRMs), HBCs are potential mediators of angiogenesis due to their secretion of both p…
Postpartum Women’s Perceptions of Risk of Musculoskeletal Injuries in the Canadian Armed Forces
Musculoskeletal injuries (MSKi) are a major concern within military forces, significantly reducing productivity and military readiness. Within the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), MSKi are the most common cause of delayed deployment of members. There is a lack of research specifically focused on the experiences of postpartum CAF members and their perceived risk of MSKi. Drawing on Giles et al.’s equity-centered 4 E’s injury prevention framework (educ…
Medicine (20 works) · Psychology (15 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (12 works) · Physical therapy (10 works) · Internal Medicine (7 works) · Physical activity (7 works) · Pregnancy (7 works) · Demography (6 works) · Demography (6 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works)