MRC Epidemiology Unit

 

Shared correlates of maternal and childhood overweight in Cameroon: a cross-sectional analysis of demographic and health survey data.

Tatah L, Bain LE, Kongnyuy E, Assah F, Mbanya JC

BMC Public Health. Jun 2023

(DOI : 10.1186/s12889-023-16164-y)

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The association between plasma zinc concentrations and markers of glucose metabolism in adults in Cameroon.

Mba CM, Jones KS, Forouhi NG, Imamura F, Assah F, Mbanya JC, Wareham NJ

The British journal of nutrition. Jan 2023

(DOI : 10.1017/S0007114523000223)

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Association between circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D and cardiometabolic risk factors in adults in rural and urban settings.

Mba CM, Koulman A, Forouhi NG, Sharp SJ, Imamura F, Jones K, Meadows SR, Assah F, Mbanya JC, Wareham NJ

Nutrition & diabetes. Jul 2022

(DOI : 10.1038/s41387-022-00215-1)

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Travel Behaviour and Barriers to Active Travel among Adults in Yaoundé, Cameroon

Tatah L, Wasnyo Y, Pearce M, Oni T, Foley L, Mogo ERI, Obonyo CO, Mbanya JC, Woodcock J, Assah FK

Sustainability. Jul 2022

(DOI : 10.3390/su14159092)

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Associations of Serum Folate and Holotranscobalamin with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Rural and Urban Cameroon.

Mba CM, Koulman A, Forouhi NG, Imamura F, Assah F, Mbanya JC, Wareham NJ

Nutrients. Nov 2021

(DOI : 10.3390/nu14010178)

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Analysis of Cameroon's Sectoral Policies on Physical Activity for Noncommunicable Disease Prevention.

Tatah L, Mapa-Tassou C, Shung-King M, Oni T, Woodcock J, Weimann A, McCreedy N, Muzenda T, Govia I, Mbanya JC, Assah F

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Oct 2021

(DOI : 10.3390/ijerph182312713)

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Adolescent Levers for a Diet and Physical Activity Intervention Across Socioecological Levels in Kenya, South Africa, Cameroon, and Jamaica: Mixed Methods Study Protocol.

Odunitan-Wayas FA, Wadende P, Mogo ERI, Brugulat-Panés A, Micklesfield LK, Govia I, Mapa-Tassou C, Mukoma G, Smith JA, Motlhalhedi M, Wasnyo Y, Were V, Assah F, Okop KJ, Norris SA, Obonyo C, Mbanya JC, Tulloch-Reid MK, King AC, Lambert EV, Oni T

JMIR research protocols. Dec 2020

(DOI : 10.2196/26739)

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The global diet and activity research (GDAR) network: a global public health partnership to address upstream NCD risk factors in urban low and middle-income contexts.

Oni T, Assah F, Erzse A, Foley L, Govia I, Hofman KJ, Lambert EV, Micklesfield LK, Shung-King M, Smith J, Turner-Moss E, Unwin N, Wadende P, Woodcock J, Mbanya JC, Norris SA, Obonyo CO, Tulloch-Reid M, Wareham NJ, GDAR network GDAR network

Globalization and health. Dec 2019

(DOI : 10.1186/s12992-020-00630-y)

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The need for an integrated approach for chronic disease research and care in Africa.

Smeeth L, Wareham NJ, Rotimi CN, Mbanya JC, Sandhu MS

Global health, epidemiology and genomics. Feb 2016

(DOI : 10.1017/gheg.2016.16)

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Patterns and correlates of objectively measured free-living physical activity in adults in rural and urban Cameroon.

Assah F, Mbanya JC, Ekelund U, Wareham NJ, Brage S

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. Oct 2014

(DOI : 10.1136/jech-2014-205154)

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Urbanization, physical activity, and metabolic health in sub-Saharan Africa.

Assah FK, Ekelund U, Brage S, Mbanya JC, Wareham NJ

Diabetes care. Jan 2011

(DOI : 10.2337/dc10-0990)

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Accuracy and validity of a combined heart rate and motion sensor for the measurement of free-living physical activity energy expenditure in adults in Cameroon.

Assah FK, Ekelund U, Brage S, Wright A, Mbanya JC, Wareham NJ

International Journal of Epidemiology. Jun 2010

(DOI : 10.1093/ije/dyq098)

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Predicting physical activity energy expenditure using accelerometry in adults from sub-Sahara Africa.

Assah FK, Ekelund U, Brage S, Corder KL, Wright A, Mbanya JC, Wareham NJ

Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.). Feb 2009

(DOI : 10.1038/oby.2009.39)

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Free-living physical activity energy expenditure is strongly related to glucose intolerance in Cameroonian adults independently of obesity.

Assah FK, Ekelund U, Brage S, Mbanya JC, Wareham NJ

Diabetes care. Nov 2008

(DOI : 10.2337/dc08-1538)

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