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Last published 2026
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Kyle Flack

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Director of the Center for Translational Research, Associate Professor

1 pubs

Biography and Research Information

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Kyle Flack's research investigates factors influencing weight management, exercise reinforcement, and metabolic health. His work has explored the impact of beverage consumption on weight loss, particularly in middle-aged and older adults, and has examined the role of diet and exercise in diabetes prevention. Flack has also studied the physiological responses to exercise, including energy compensation and the influence of genetic variations in the dopamine reward system on exercise tolerance and reinforcement. His recent work delves into the immunomodulatory roles of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and antioxidants in exercise, focusing on heme oxygenase and bilirubin.

He holds an h-index of 19 with over 1,400 citations across 57 publications. Flack collaborates with researchers from the University of Arkansas – Fort Smith, including Adam Gabriel, Sydney Wigder, Breanna Skinner, and Elizabeth Hinton. He is the Director of the Center for Translational Research at the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education.

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  • Publications: 1

Positions

  • Director of the Center for Translational Research, Associate Professor 2024–present
    Arkansas Colleges of Health Education Pathophysiology ORCID

Selected Publications

  • Exercise Reinforcement: The Motivation to be Physically Active (2026)
    Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews DOI OpenAlex
  • Attentional bias for food cues as a mechanism driving exercise-induced hyperphagia (2026)
    Physiology DOI OpenAlex
  • Exploring Strategies to Promote Exercise as a Viable Obesity and Chronic Disease Treatment (2025)
    Nutrients 2 citations DOI OpenAlex

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