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Southern Adventist University Undergraduate Handbook 2025-2026
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Metabolically Guided Walking and Plant-Based Nutrition Enhance Body Composition and Weight Loss
No full textSedentary behavior contributes to obesity and metabolic dysfunction, yet few interventions individualize exercise intensity using fuel-based metrics such as the respiratory exchange ratio (RER; VCO2/VO2). This study investigated the effects of metabolically guided walking combined with whole-food, plant-based nutrition on body composition and metabolic outcomes in sedentary overweight and obese women. Forty-four women mean age 43 years; BMI 30.1 kg·m−2) were randomized to low-intensity continuous training (LICT; RER ≈ 0.75), moderate-intensity intermittent training (MIIT; RER ≈ 0.85), or high-intensity continuous training (HICT; RER ≈ 0.95). Following a 2-week dietary lead-in with an individualized ~200 kcal·day−1 energy deficit, participants completed an 8-week RER-guided walking program (5 sessions·week−1; 15–50 min·session−1). Assessments included air-displacement plethysmography (BodPod) body composition, resting metabolic rate and substrate utilization, and oxygen uptake at the first ventilatory threshold (VT1). Data were analyzed using ANCOVA, mixed-factorial ANOVA, and Pearson correlations. Percent body fat decreased significantly across participants (p \u3c 0.0001, η2 = 0.827), with MIIT demonstrating the most favorable integrated outcomes. MIIT elicited the largest reductions in total body mass (−11.2%), fat mass (−25.9%), and percent body fat (−17.1%), alongside improvements in VT1 VO2 (Δ = 1.487 ± 0.895 L·min−1; p = 0.038). Resting respiratory quotient (RQ) declined in LICT and MIIT but increased in HICT, corresponding with increased fat oxidation in LICT and MIIT and reduced fat oxidation in HICT. Changes in RQ were significantly associated with changes in percent body fat (r = 0.316, p = 0.039). Metabolically guided moderate-intensity intermittent walking combined with whole-food, plant-based nutrition produced the most consistent improvements in adiposity, substrate utilization, and submaximal fitness, supporting the public-health feasibility of a community-deliverable, substrate-informed walking prescription
Southern Adventist University Undergraduate Catalog 2025-2026
No full textSouthern Adventist University\u27s undergraduate catalog for the academic year 2025-2026.https://knowledge.e.southern.edu/undergrad_catalog/1126/thumbnail.jp
The God of Second Chances
No full text““But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.” (Jonah 1:3
Anticipating the Kingdom
No full text“Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten bridesmaids who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. The five who were foolish didn’t take enough olive oil for their lamps, but the other five were wise enough to take along extra oil. When the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep,” Matthew 7:13-14, ESV
Walking in Newness of Life
No full textTherefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. (Romans 6:4
Southern Adventist University Graduate Catalog 2025-2026
No full textSouthern Adventist University\u27s undergraduate catalog for the academic year 2025-2026.https://knowledge.e.southern.edu/undergrad_catalog/1125/thumbnail.jp
Beyond homo deus: Building a biblical worldview in an AI era
No full textThen I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people—saying with a loud voice, ‘Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water’ ” (Rev. 14:6, 7, NKJV).
How are we to understand this text in the context of the fourth industrial revolution—the era of artificial intelligence (AI) and the ensuing vision of transhumanism? Transhumanism promotes homo deus—a technologically enhanced, potentially immortal superhuman—as humanity’s next supposed evolutionary step. How can we have a balanced view of AI while remaining aware of the transhumanist worldview, which directly challenges biblical Creation and eschatology?
Understanding this challenge is crucial because our worldview functions as the lens through which we interpret reality, purpose, and the future—and some versions of AI are directly contrary to the biblical view of reality, purpose, and the future
Library Lens February 2026
No full textThe February 2026 Library Lens features information for Black History Month, the library\u27s Valentine\u27s Day craft station, human anatomy models, and Campus Research Day
Kingdom Peacemakers, not Peacekeepers
No full text“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.