Glenn Gaesser

Professor of Exercise Physiology
Director of the Kinesiology program

Big Fat Lies About Ideal Weight
October 15, 2004
VA Beach, VA

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Manuscripts (Refereed Journals)

Gaesser, GA, and GA Brooks. Muscular efficiency during steady-rate exercise: effects of speed and work rate. J Appl Physiol 38: 1132-1139, 1975.

Gaesser, GA, and GA Brooks. Glycogen repletion following continuous and intermittent exercise to exhaustion. J Appl Physiol 49: 722-728, 1980.

Brooks, GA, and GA Gaesser. Endpoints of lactate and glucose metabolism after prolonged exhaustive exercise. J Appl Physiol 49: 1057-1069, 1980.

Gaesser, GA, and GA Brooks. Metabolic bases of excess post-exercise oxygen consumption: a review. Med Sci Sports Exercise 16: 29-43, 1984.

Gaesser, GA, and RG Rich. Effects of high- and low-intensity exercise training on aerobic capacity and blood lipids. Med Sci Sports Exercise 16: 269-274, 1984.

Gaesser, GA, DC Poole, and BP Gardner. Dissociation between VO2max and ventilatory threshold responses to endurance training. Eur J Appl Physiol 53: 242-247, 1984.

Gaesser, GA, and RG Rich. Influence of caffeine on blood lactate response during incremental exercise. Int J Sports Med 6: 207-211, 1985.

Poole, DC, and GA Gaesser. Response of ventilatory and lactate thresholds to continuous and interval training. J Appl Physiol 58: 1115-1121, 1985.

Mairbaurl, H, W Schobersberger, W Hasibeder, G Schwaberger, G Gaesser, and KR Tanaka. Regulation of red cell 2, 3-DPG and Hb-O2-affinity during acute exercise. Eur J Appl Physiol 55: 174-180, 1986.

Gaesser, GA, and DC Poole. Lactate and ventilatory thresholds: disparity in time course of adaptations to training. J Appl Physiol 61: 999-1004, 1986.

Ivey, PA, and GA Gaesser. Postexercise muscle and liver glycogen metabolism in male and female rats. J Appl Physiol 62: 1250-1254, 1987. Belman, MJ, and GA Gaesser. Ventilatory muscle training in the elderly. J Appl Physiol 64: 899-905, 1988.

Gaesser, GA, and DC Poole. Blood lactate during exercise: time course of training adaptation in humans. Int J Sports Med 9:284-288, 1988

Gaesser, GA, and LA Wilson. Effects of continuous and interval training on the parameters of the power-endurance time relationship for high-intensity exercise. Int J Sports Med 9:417-421, 1988

Carnevale, TJ, and GA Gaesser. Effects of pedaling speed on the power-endurance time relationship for high-intensity exercise. Med Sci Sports Exerc 23: 242-246, 1991.

Belman, MJ, and GA Gaesser. Exercise training below and above the lactate threshold in the elderly. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 23: 562-568, 1991.

Poole, DC, GA Gaesser, MC Hogan, DR Knight, and PD Wagner. Pulmonary and leg VO2 during submaximal exercise: implications for muscular efficiency. J Appl Physiol 72: 805-810, 1992.

Weltman, A, CM Wood, CJ Womack, SE Davis, , JL Blumer, J Alvarez, K Sauer, and GA Gaesser. Catecholamine and blood lactate responses to incremental rowing and running exercise. J Appl Physiol 76: 1144-1149, 1994.

Steed, J, GA Gaesser, and A Weltman. Rating of perceived exertion and blood lactate concentration during submaximal running. Med Sci Sports Exerc 26: 797-803, 1994.

Gaesser, GA. Influence of endurance training and catecholamines on exercise VO2 response. Med Sci Sports Exerc 26: 1341-1346, 1994.

Poole, DC, TJ Barstow, WT Willis, GA Gaesser, and BJ Whipp. V02 slow component: physiological and functional significance. Med Sci Sports Exerc 26: 1354-1358, 1994.

Gaesser, GA, SA Ward, VC Baum, and BJ Whipp. The effects of infused epinephrine on the "excess" O2 uptake of heavy exercise in humans. J Appl Physiol 77: 2413-2419, 1994.

Womack, CJ, SE Davis, J Blumer, E Barrett, A Weltman, and GA Gaesser. Slow component of O2 uptake during heavy exercise: adaptation to exercise training. J Appl Physiol 79: 838-845, 1995.

Gaesser, GA, TJ Carnevale, AJ Garfinkel, DO Walter, and CJ Womack. Estimation of critical power with nonlinear and linear models. Med Sci Sports Exerc 27: 1430-1438, 1995.

Anantaraman, R, AA Carmines, GA Gaesser, and A Weltman. Effects of carbohydrate supplementation on performance during 1 hour of high-intensity exercise. Int J Sports Med 16: 461-465, 1995.

Wideman, L, N Stoudemire, K Pass, C McGinnes, GA Gaesser, and A Weltman. Assessment of the Aerosport TEEM 100 portable metabolic measurement system. Med Sci Sports Exerc 28: 509-515, 1996.

Stoudemire, NM, L Wideman, KA Pass, CL McGinnes, GA Gaesser, and A Weltman. The validity of regulating blood lactate concentration during running by ratings of perceived exertion. Med Sci Sports Exerc 28: 490-496, 1996.

Womack, CJ, SE Davis, CM Wood, K Sauer, J Alvarez, A Weltman, and GA Gaesser. Effects of training on physiological correlates of rowing ergometer performance. J. Strength Cond. Res. 10: 234-238, 1996.

Gaesser, GA, and DC Poole. The slow component of oxygen uptake kinetics in humans. In: Exerc Sports Sci Rev , vol. 24 (J.O. Holloszy, editor), Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, pp. 35-70, 1996.

Weltman, A, JY Weltman, CJ Womack, SE Davis, JL Blumer, GA Gaesser, and ML Hartman. Exercise training decreases the growth hormone (GH) response to acute constant-load exercise. Med Sci Sports Exerc 29: 669-676, 1997.

GA Gaesser. An exercise physiologist's perspective (Theme: Dietary fats and Diabetes: A Fresh perspective). On The Cutting Edge (Diabetes Care and Education practice group of The American Dietetic Association) 18 (6): 25-26, 1997.

Womack, CJ, SE Davis, E Barrett, J Blumer, AL Weltman, and GA Gaesser. The effect of training and epinephrine infusion on potential mediators of perceived exertion. Int J Sports Med 19: 121-124, 1998.Invited Service Related Publications

GA Gaesser. Burning Carbohydrate to Lose Fat. Sports Medicine Digest, vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 5-6, March 1995.

GA Gaesser. Exercise for "Metabolic" Fitness. Sports Medicine Digest, vol. 17, No. 7, page 9, July 1995.

GA Gaesser. Body Weight and Health: Conventional Wisdom vs. the Evidence. SCAN's Pulse (A publication for Sports, Cardiovascular, and Wellness Nutritionists) 16 (3): 8-10, 1997

GA Gaesser. Fit and Healthy Bodies Can Come in Many Sizes. SCAN's Pulse (A publication for Sports, Cardiovascular, and Wellness Nutritionists), 16 (4): 5-7, 1997.

GA Gaesser. The Roads to Wellness May Not be so Narrow. Wellness Management (Newsletter of the National Wellness Association), 13 (2): 1, 6, 1997.

GA Gaesser. The Road To Fitness: Wide Enough For All. Club Business International (CBI), trade publication of IHRSA, International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association), vol. 18, No. 7, page 20, July 1997.

GA Gaesser. Are the health risks of obesity exaggerated? (Symposium) Insight, pp. 24, 26-27, November 10, 1997.

GA Gaesser. Obesity, Health, & Metabolic Fitness. Mesomorphosis.com (Website), posted January 28, 1998.

GA Gaesser. Body weight, fitness, and health: Does Shaping Up Require Changing Shape? Student Doctor (In Press, Vol. 19, no. 4, 1998)

About the speaker

Glenn Gaesser, Ph.D., is a professor of exercise physiology and director of the kinesiology program at the University of Virginia. Dr. Gaesser is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and an editorial advisory board member of Health at Every Size.

He was graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California, Berkeley in 1972, where he stayed on to complete both his M.A. (1975) and Ph.D. (1978) with a specialization in exercise physiology. Dr. Gaesser has conducted research and published many articles on exercise, health and fitness in scientific journals, trade publications and newsletters.

He is also the author of three books: Big Fat Lies: The Truth About Your Weight and Your Health (Gurze, 2002), Eating Well, Living Well: When You Can't Diet Anymore, (with Karin Kratina, M.A., R.D.), (Wheat Foods Council, Parker, CO, 2000), and The Spark: The Revolutionary New Plan to Get Fit and Lose Weight 10 Minutes at a Time, (with Karla Dougherty), Fireside, New York, 2002.

Dr. Gaesser has presented frequently at local, regional, national and international meetings on the subject of body weight, fitness, nutrition, and health. He has appeared on Good Morning America, ABC’s 20/20, World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, NBC Nightly News, CNN, and Dateline NBC. In addition, he has been a guest on dozens of radio shows in North America and has been interviewed for stories on body weight, fitness and health for numerous newspapers and magazines throughout the world.

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