Dr. Todd Hagobian is an Assistant Professor in the Kinesiology Department and member
of STRIDE at California Polytechnic State University. He earned his Master’s degree in
Kinesiology from San Francisco State University, and his Doctoral degree from the
University of Massachusetts Amherst. He completed a Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship at
the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the Department of Kinesiology. Dr. Hagobian’s
research is focused on the prevention of obesity through physical activity and nutrition.
His current emphasis is the prevention of excessive body weight gain during pregnancy and
prevention of gestational diabetes. Dr. Hagobian has extensive research experience
centered on hormonal, metabolic, and appetite responses to physical activity, and on the
regulation of body fat. Dr. Hagobian is currently conducting studies on the hormonal and
metabolic responses during pregnancy. He has several refereed publications and
professional presentations focused on obesity and disease prevention. 

Articles

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Physical Activity and Hormonal Regulation of Appetite: Sex Differences and Weight Control (with Barry Braun), Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews (2010)

Physical activity is an important contributor to regulation of energy balance and body composition. In...

 

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Effects of short-term exercise and energy surplus on hormones related to regulation of energy balance (with Carrie G. Sharoff and Barry Braun), Metabolism (2008)

Energy surplus raises circulating concentrations of leptin and insulin while lowering plasma ghrelin. Exercise has...

 

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Impact of Metformin on Peak Aerobic Capacity (with Barry Braun, Pamela Eze, Brooke R. Stephens, Carrie G. Sharoff, Stuart R. Chipkin, and Benjamin Goldstein), Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism (2008)

Individually, exercise and the drug metformin have been shown to prevent or delay type 2...

 

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Changes in Ventilatory Threshold at High Altitude: Effect of Antioxidants (with Andrew W. Subudi, Kevin A. Jacobs, Jill A. Fattor, Stephen R. Muza, Charles S. Fulco, Allen Cymerman, and Anne L. Friedlander), Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise (2006)

Purpose: To investigate the effects of prolonged hypoxia and antioxidant supplementation on ventilatory threshold (VT)...

 

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Interactions between energy surplus and short-term exercise on glucose and insulin responses in healthy people with induced, mild insulin insensitivity (with Barry Braun), Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental (2006)

Short-term exercise can enhance insulin action, but the effect may be negated by the opposing...