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Eduardo Bustamante, PhD

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Center:
IL-Institute on Disability & Human Development, UCEDD/LEND
Contact Information:
1919 W. Taylor St. Room 626, M/C 517, Chicago, IL, 60612
312-413-7270
Leadership:
Discipline Coordinators:
Nutrition
Discipline(s):
Psychology
Public Health
Kinesiology
AUCD Council Membership:
No Council Membership
Vita/Bio:

Dr. Bustamante is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition at University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). He is also the founder and director the UIC Healthy Kids Lab. Prior to joining the UIC faculty, Dr. Bustamante was a Postdoctoral Fellow focused on pediatric obesity at Medical College of Georgia. His research explores the relationships between health behaviors, brain development, and mental health in youth, especially children with ADHD and disruptive behavior disorders. Dr. Bustamante is committed to promoting health in communities where childhood obesity, chronic disease, and mental health disorder rates are high and resources available to meet needs are low. Towards these ends, he partners with youth service organizations in the city to develop evidence-based interventions to simultaneously promote children's physical and mental health. His work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and published in high-level peer-reviewed scientific journals.

Service:
Dr. Bustamante is active on-campus, including co-founding the Exercise is Medicine-On Campus Program at UIC. Dr. Bustamante is a Fellow and Trustee of the American College of Sports Medicine, and has led and supported diversity programming in that organization since 2015.
Linked Projects
Be Unstoppable In Life Together (BUILT),
Great First Eight Curriculum
Be Unstoppable in Life Together (BUILT) Family Lifestyle Program
Family Lifestyle Intervention for ADHD and Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Program Evaluation for Art of Stepping: the REMO System.
Linked Products
The effects of the BAILAMOSTM dance program on physical activity levels and cognition of older Latino adults: A pilot study
Supporting physical activity in patients and populations during life events and transitions: A scientific statement from the American Heart Association
BAILAMOS with mHealth technology! Improving physical activity and well-being in middle-aged and older Latinxs
Enjoyment of physical activity—not MVPA during physical education—predicts future MVPA participation and sport self-concept
Physical activity and public health: Four decades of progress
The SPACE hypothesis: Physical activity as medium—not medicine—for public health impact
Feasibility of a Latin dance program with mHealth for middle-aged and older Latinxs (BAILA TECH)
Movement behaviors and mood among adolescent females during the pandemic: An ecological momentary assessment study
Childhood physical activity participation and adolescent mental health outcomes
When do sedentary time disparities between children and adolescents occur?
Diverse Multi-Week Physical Activity Programs Reduce ADHD Symptoms: A Meta-Analysis.
Physical activity and ADHD symptoms: Medicine or medium? A meta-analysis of multi-week physical activity programs
Sedentary activities and device-based sedentary time of female adolescents on an average weekday during the COVID-19 pandemic
Should children gain more minutes of MVPA during PE or learn to enjoy physical activity?
Leaders@Play out-of-school time program: Community-academic collaboration to promote adolescent mental health
Up for Debate: Does Regular Physical Activity Really Improve Mental Health?
Household Chaos: How and Why Disruptions at Home Derail Healthy Habits
Building Bridges and Breaking Barriers in Early Education
Project EMBRACE
In-Person Implementation of the BUILT Family Lifestyle Program
Project EMBRACE
In-Person Implementation of the BUILT Family Lifestyle Program
Effects of a School-Based Nutrition and Exercise Intervention on Inhibitory Control
Effects of a School-Based Nutrition and Exercise Intervention on Inhibitory Control
Effects of a School-Based Nutrition and Exercise Intervention on Inhibitory Contro
Assessing the Feasibility and Dosage of RESPIRA+
BUILT: Partnering With Parents and Parks to Promote Physical Literacy.
Effects of the BUILT Family Lifestyle Program on Home Structure and Routines
More Than a Game (Episode 36)
Science Friday: Why Is Working Out Good For Your Mental Health?
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