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Tucker, Larry

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Larry A. Tucker
PhD, FACSM, FNAASO
EXERCISE SCIENCES, DEPARTMENT OF
College of Health and Human Performance

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Courses: EXSC 387, EXSC 480, EXSC 599R, EXSC 631, EXSC 661, EXSC 671, EXSC 673
Office: 237 SFH
Phone: (801) 422-4927
Email: tucker@byu.edu

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Area of Discipline / Professional Expertise:

  • Lifestyle Medicine
  • Obesity and Weight Management
  • Worksite Health Promotion

Research:

  • The Effect of Lifestyle on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
  • Obesity and Weight Management

Education:

  • PHD, Health Promotion, Southern Illinois University, 1981
  • MS, Health Science, Brigham Young University, 1979
  • BS, Exercise Science, Brigham Young University, 1978

Affiliations:

  • Fellow, American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)
  • Fellow, North America Association for the Study of Obesity (NAASO)

Selected Publications:

  • Tucker L., Cook A., Nokes N., Adams TB. Telephone-based diet and exercise coaching and a weight-loss supplement result in weight and fat loss in 120 men and women. American Journal of Health Promotion, 2008, 23(2): 121-129.
  • Peterson T., Tucker, L. Physical activity and body composition: A 20-month prospective study of middle-age women. Sports Sciences Journal, 2008, 1, 38-44.
  • Tucker L., Gardner L. Restrained eating and risk of gaining weight and body fat in middle-aged women: A 3-year prospective study. American Journal of Health Promotion, 2009, 23(3): 187-194.

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  • Bailey B., Tucker L., Peterson T., LeCheminant J. A prospective study of physical activity intensity and change in adiposity in middle-aged women, American Journal of Health Promotion, 2007, 21(6)492-497.
  • Meier MD, Hager R, Vincent S, Tucker L, Vincent WJ. The effect of leisure-based screen time on physical activity, American Journal of Health Education, 2007, 38:139-146.
  • LeCheminant, J., Tucker, L., Bailey, B., & Peterson, T. The relationship between intensity of physical activity and HDL cholesterol in 272 women, Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 2005, 3:333-344.
  • Tucker, L., & Peterson, T. Objectively measured intensity of physical activity and adiposity in middle-aged women, Obesity Research, 2003, 11(12): 1581-1587.Tucker, L. Move more, stress less, Ensign, 2004, August: 58-59.
  • Tucker, L., & Clegg, A. Differences in Health Care Costs and Utilization Among Adults With Selected Lifestyle-Related Risk Factors, American Journal of Health Promotion, 2002, 16(4): 225-233.
  • Tucker, L., Bahr, A. Emotional health and weight gain in women: A prospective cohort study. Obesity, 2008; 16(1):S95.
  • Tucker, J, Ihmels, M, Welk, G, Tucker, L. Prenatal, familial, and early environmental factors associated with childhood overweight. Obesity, 2008; 16(1):S179.
  • Reece, J, Tucker, L. Fiber intake predicts changes in body weight in women independent of physical activity: A prospective cohort study. Obesity, 2008; 16(1):S247.
  • Nokes, N, Tucker, L. Cardiorespiratory fitness and risk of weight gain in middle-aged women: A prospective cohort study. Obesity, 2008; 16(1):S247.
  • Hoyt, G, Tucker, L. Dairy intake and insulin resistance in middle-aged women, Obesity, 2008; 16(1): S323.
  • Nokes, N, Tucker, L., Peterson, T. Objectively measured physical activity intensity and VO2max in women, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 2007; 39(5): S35.
  • Cook, A, Tucker, L., Nokes, N, Adams, T. Effects of telephone weight loss coaching on body weight in adults: a randomized controlled study, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 2007; 39(5): S227.
  • Tucker, L., Nokes, N, Adams, T. Effect of a dietary supplement on hip and spine BMD: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 2007; 39(5): S230.
  • Thomas, K, Tucker, L., Peterson, T. How much more sedentary are depressed women than emotionally healthy women?” Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 2007; 39(5): S243.
  • Hoyt, G, Tucker, L., A cross-sectional investigation of meat intake and obesity in women, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 2007; 39(5): S383.
  • Bahr, A, Tucker, L., Peterson, T. Depression and obesity in 283 middle-age women, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 2007; 39(5): S451.
  • Strong, JE, Tucker, L. Physical activity volume is predictive of hip bone mineral density in middle-aged women, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 2006; 38(5): S530.
  • Nokes, N, Tucker, L. Weight loss is associated with loss of hip BMD in women: a 4-year prospective study, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 2006; 38(5): S352.
  • Tucker, L., Peterson, T, Strong, E, Bailey, B, LeCheminant, J, Davidson, L, Bikman, B, Nokes, N, Tucker, J. Objectively measured physical activity and body fat gains in women: a 4-year prospective study, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 2006; 38(5): S57.
  • Tucker, JM, Tucker, L., Bikman, B. Soft drink consumption and changes in body composition in 170 women: a 4-year prospective study, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 2006; 38(5): S57.

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