MRC Epidemiology Unit

Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA. May 2018

(DOI : 10.1007/s00198-019-04862-6)

Cross-Sectional Associations of Reallocating Time Between Sedentary and Active Behaviours on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Young People: An International Children's Accelerometry Database (ICAD) Analysis.

Hansen BH, Anderssen SA, Andersen LB, Hildebrand M, Kolle E, Steene-Johannessen J, Kriemler S, Page AS, Puder JJ, Reilly JJ, Sardinha LB, van Sluijs EMF, Wedderkopp N, Ekelund U, International Childrens Accelerometry Database (ICAD) Collaborators

Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.). Apr 2018

(DOI : 10.1007/s40279-018-0909-1)

Longitudinal associations of physical activity and sedentary time with cardiometabolic risk factors in children.

Väistö J, Haapala EA, Viitasalo A, Schnurr TM, Kilpeläinen TO, Karjalainen P, Westgate K, Lakka HM, Laaksonen DE, Ekelund U, Brage S, Lakka TA

Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports. Mar 2018

(DOI : 10.1111/sms.13315)

Physical activity intensity, bout-duration, and cardiometabolic risk markers in children and adolescents.

Tarp J, Child A, White T, Westgate K, Bugge A, Grøntved A, Wedderkopp N, Andersen LB, Cardon G, Davey R, Janz KF, Kriemler S, Northstone K, Page AS, Puder JJ, Reilly JJ, Sardinha LB, van Sluijs EMF, Ekelund U, Wijndaele K, Brage S, International Childrens Accelerometry Database (ICAD) Collaborators

International journal of obesity (2005). Feb 2018

(DOI : 10.1038/s41366-018-0152-8)

The West Midlands ActiVe lifestyle and healthy Eating in School children (WAVES) study: a cluster randomised controlled trial testing the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a multifaceted obesity prevention intervention programme targeted at children aged 6-7 years.

Adab P, Barrett T, Bhopal R, Cade JE, Canaway A, Cheng KK, Clarke J, Daley A, Deeks J, Duda J, Ekelund U, Frew E, Gill P, Griffin T, Hemming K, Hurley K, Lancashire ER, Martin J, McGee E, Pallan MJ, Parry J, Passmore S

Health technology assessment (Winchester, England). Feb 2018

(DOI : 10.3310/hta22080)

Effectiveness of a childhood obesity prevention programme delivered through schools, targeting 6 and 7 year olds: cluster randomised controlled trial (WAVES study).

Adab P, Pallan MJ, Lancashire ER, Hemming K, Frew E, Barrett T, Bhopal R, Cade JE, Canaway A, Clarke JL, Daley A, Deeks JJ, Duda JL, Ekelund U, Gill P, Griffin T, McGee E, Hurley K, Martin J, Parry J, Passmore S, Cheng KK

BMJ (Clinical research ed.). Feb 2018

(DOI : 10.1136/bmj.k211)

Harmonising data on the correlates of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in young people: Methods and lessons learnt from the international Children's Accelerometry database (ICAD)

Van Sluijs EM, Atkin AJ, Biddle SJH, Broyles ST, Chinapaw M, Ekelund U, Esliger DW, Hansen BH, Kriemler S, Puder JJ, Sherar LB

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. Dec 2017

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-017-0631-7)

Wrist Acceleration Cut Points for Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity in Youth.

VAN Loo CMT, Okely AD, Batterham MJ, Hinkley T, Ekelund U, Brage S, Reilly JJ, Trost SG, Janssen X, Cliff DP

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. Oct 2017

(DOI : 10.1249/MSS.0000000000001449)

Socioeconomic position and sedentary behavior in Brazilian adolescents: A life-course approach.

Mielke GI, Brown WJ, Ekelund U, Brage S, Gonçalves H, Wehrmeister FC, Menezes AM, Hallal PC

Preventive Medicine . Aug 2017

(DOI : 10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.12.008)

The contribution of physical fitness to individual and ethnic differences in risk markers for type 2 diabetes in children: The Child Heart and Health Study in England (CHASE).

Nightingale CM, Rudnicka AR, Kerry-Barnard SR, Donin AS, Brage S, Westgate K, Ekelund U, Cook DG, Owen CG, Whincup PH

Pediatric diabetes. Aug 2017

(DOI : 10.1111/pedi.12637)

Harmonising data on the correlates of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in young people: Methods and lessons learnt from the international Children's Accelerometry database (ICAD).

Atkin AJ, Biddle SJH, Broyles ST, Chinapaw M, Ekelund U, Esliger DW, Hansen BH, Kriemler S, Puder JJ, Sherar LB, van Sluijs EMF, International Childrens Accelerometry Database (ICAD) Collaborators

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Jul 2017

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-017-0631-7)

A systematic literature review of reviews on techniques for physical activity measurement in adults: a DEDIPAC study.

Dowd KP, Szeklicki R, Minetto MA, Murphy MH, Polito A, Ghigo E, van der Ploeg H, Ekelund U, Maciaszek J, Stemplewski R, Tomczak M, Donnelly AE

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Jun 2017

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-017-0636-2)

Does adiposity mediate the relationship between physical activity and biological risk factors in youth?: a cross-sectional study from the International Children's Accelerometry Database (ICAD).

Tarp J, Bugge A, Andersen LB, Sardinha LB, Ekelund U, Brage S, Møller NC

International Journal of Obesity. Apr 2017

(DOI : 10.1038/ijo.2017.241)

Determinants of diet and physical activity (DEDIPAC): a summary of findings.

Brug J, van der Ploeg HP, Loyen A, Ahrens W, Allais O, Andersen LF, Cardon G, Capranica L, Chastin S, De Bourdeaudhuij I, De Craemer M, Donnelly A, Ekelund U, Finglas P, Flechtner-Mors M, Hebestreit A, Kubiak T, Lanza M, Lien N, MacDonncha C, Mazzocchi M, Monsivais P, Murphy M, Nicolaou M, Nöthlings U, O'Gorman DJ, Renner B, Roos G, van den Berg M, Schulze MB, Steinacker JM, Stronks K, Volkert D, Lakerveld J, DEDIPAC consortium

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Apr 2017

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-017-0609-5)

Physical Activity and Sedentary Time Associations with Metabolic Health Across Weight Statuses in Children and Adolescents.

Kuzik N, Carson V, Andersen LB, Sardinha LB, Grøntved A, Hansen BH, Ekelund U, International Childrens Accelerometry Database (ICAD) Collaborators

Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.). Mar 2017

(DOI : 10.1002/oby.21952)

Accelerometer Data Collection and Processing Criteria to Assess Physical Activity and Other Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Practical Considerations.

Migueles JH, Cadenas-Sanchez C, Ekelund U, Delisle Nyström C, Mora-Gonzalez J, Löf M, Labayen I, Ruiz JR, Ortega FB

Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.). Mar 2017

(DOI : 10.1007/s40279-017-0716-0)

Interpreting population reach of a large, successful physical activity trial delivered through primary care.

Kerry SM, Morgan KE, Limb E, Cook DG, Furness C, Carey I, DeWilde S, Victor CR, Iliffe S, Whincup P, Ussher M, Ekelund U, Fox-Rushby J, Ibison J, Harris T

BMC Public Health. Mar 2017

(DOI : 10.1186/s12889-018-5034-4)

Built environment and physical activity: domain- and activity-specific associations among Brazilian adolescents.

da Silva ICM, Hino AA, Lopes A, Ekelund U, Brage S, Gonçalves H, Menezes AB, Reis RS, Hallal PC

BMC Public Health. Mar 2017

(DOI : 10.1186/s12889-017-4538-7)

Physical Activity Throughout Adolescence and Hba1c in Early Adulthood: Birth Cohort Study.

Nakamura PM, Mielke GI, Horta BL, Assunção MC, Gonçalves H, Menezes AMB, Barros FC, Ekelund U, Brage S, Wehrmeister FC, Oliveira IO, Hallal PC

Journal of Physical Activity and Health. Feb 2017

(DOI : 10.1123/jpah.2016-0245)

Associations of Objectively Measured Physical Activity and Sedentary Time With Arterial Stiffness in Pre-Pubertal Children.

Haapala EA, Väistö J, Veijalainen A, Lintu N, Wiklund P, Westgate K, Ekelund U, Lindi V, Brage S, Lakka TA

Pediatric exercise science. Jan 2017

(DOI : 10.1123/pes.2016-0168)

Sedentary Time and Physical Activity Surveillance Through Accelerometer Pooling in Four European Countries.

Loyen A, Clarke-Cornwell AM, Anderssen SA, Hagströmer M, Sardinha LB, Sundquist K, Ekelund U, Steene-Johannessen J, Baptista F, Hansen BH, Wijndaele K, Brage S, Lakerveld J, Brug J, van der Ploeg HP

Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.). Dec 2016

(DOI : 10.1007/s40279-016-0658-y)

Does objectively measured physical activity modify the association between early weight gain and fat mass in young adulthood?

Kolle E, Horta BL, Wells J, Brage S, Barros FC, Ekelund U, Hallal PC

BMC Public Health. Dec 2016

(DOI : 10.1186/s12889-017-4924-1)

Wrist Accelerometer Cut Points for Classifying Sedentary Behavior in Children.

van Loo CM, Okely AD, Batterham MJ, Hinkley T, Ekelund U, Brage S, Reilly JJ, Trost SG, Janssen X, Cliff DP

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. Nov 2016

(DOI : 10.1249/MSS.0000000000001158)

Sedentary patterns, physical activity and health-related physical fitness in youth: a cross-sectional study.

Júdice PB, Silva AM, Berria J, Petroski EL, Ekelund U, Sardinha LB

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Nov 2016

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-017-0481-3)

Physical activity levels objectively measured among older adults: a population-based study in a Southern city of Brazil.

Ramires VV, Wehrmeister FC, Böhm AW, Galliano L, Ekelund U, Brage S, da Silva IC

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Oct 2016

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-017-0465-3)

Accelerometer-measured physical activity is not associated with two-year weight change in African-origin adults from five diverse populations.

Dugas LR, Kliethermes S, Plange-Rhule J, Tong L, Bovet P, Forrester TE, Lambert EV, Schoeller DA, Durazo-Arvizu RA, Shoham DA, Cao G, Brage S, Ekelund U, Cooper RS, Luke A

PeerJ. Sep 2016

(DOI : 10.7717/peerj.2902)

Cross-Sectional Associations of Objectively-Measured Physical Activity and Sedentary Time with Body Composition and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Mid-Childhood: The PANIC Study.

Collings PJ, Westgate K, Väistö J, Wijndaele K, Atkin AJ, Haapala EA, Lintu N, Laitinen T, Ekelund U, Brage S, Lakka TA

Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.). Aug 2016

(DOI : 10.1007/s40279-016-0606-x)

Effect of a Primary Care Walking Intervention with and without Nurse Support on Physical Activity Levels in 45- to 75-Year-Olds: The Pedometer And Consultation Evaluation (PACE-UP) Cluster Randomised Clinical Trial.

Harris T, Kerry SM, Limb ES, Victor CR, Iliffe S, Ussher M, Whincup PH, Ekelund U, Fox-Rushby J, Furness C, Anokye N, Ibison J, DeWilde S, David L, Howard E, Dale R, Smith J, Cook DG

PLoS Medicine. Aug 2016

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002210)

Does physical activity attenuate, or even eliminate, the detrimental association of sitting time with mortality? A harmonised meta-analysis of data from more than 1 million men and women.

Ekelund U, Steene-Johannessen J, Brown WJ, Fagerland MW, Owen N, Powell KE, Bauman A, Lee IM

Lancet (London, England). Aug 2016

(DOI : 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30370-1)

Predictive Validity of a Thigh-Worn Accelerometer METs Algorithm in 5- to 12-Year-old Children.

van Loo CM, Okely AD, Batterham M, Hinkley T, Ekelund U, Brage S, Reilly JJ, Peoples GE, Jones R, Janssen X, Cliff DP

Journal of physical activity & health. Jul 2016

(DOI : 10.1123/jpah.2015-0721)

Cross-sectional study of ethnic differences in physical fitness among children of South Asian, black African-Caribbean and white European origin: the Child Heart and Health Study in England (CHASE).

Nightingale CM, Donin AS, Kerry SR, Owen CG, Rudnicka AR, Brage S, Westgate K, Ekelund U, Cook DG, Whincup PH

BMJ Open. Jun 2016

(DOI : 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011131)

Corder K, Sharp SJ, Atkin AJ, Andersen LB, Cardon G, Page A, Davey R, Grøntved A, Hallal PC, Janz KF, Kordas K, Kriemler S, Puder JJ, Sardinha LB, Ekelund U, Van Sluijs EM, International Childrens Accelerometry Database (ICAD) Collaborators

Preventive medicine reports. May 2016

(DOI : 10.1016/j.pmedr.2016.05.006)

Physical activity and sedentary time in relation to academic achievement in children.

Haapala EA, Väistö J, Lintu N, Westgate K, Ekelund U, Poikkeus AM, Brage S, Lakka TA

Journal of science and medicine in sport. Mar 2016

(DOI : 10.1016/j.jsams.2016.11.003)

Determinants of Three-Year Change in Children's Objectively Measured Sedentary Time.

Atkin AJ, Foley L, Corder K, Ekelund U, Van Sluijs EM

PLoS ONE. Mar 2016

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0167826)

Validation of thigh-based accelerometer estimates of postural allocation in 5-12 year-olds.

van Loo CM, Okely AD, Batterham MJ, Hinkley T, Ekelund U, Brage S, Reilly JJ, Janssen X, Cliff DP

Journal of science and medicine in sport. Feb 2016

(DOI : 10.1016/j.jsams.2016.08.008)

Cross-sectional and prospective impact of reallocating sedentary time to physical activity on children's body composition.

Sardinha LB, Marques A, Minderico C, Ekelund U

Pediatric Obesity. Jan 2016

(DOI : 10.1111/ijpo.12153)

The independent prospective associations of activity intensity and dietary energy density with adiposity in young adolescents.

Van Sluijs EM, Sharp SJ, Ambrosini GL, Cassidy A, Griffin SJ, Ekelund U

The British journal of nutrition. Jan 2016

(DOI : 10.1017/S0007114515005097)

Adiposity, physical activity and neuromuscular performance in children.

Haapala EA, Väistö J, Lintu N, Tompuri T, Brage S, Westgate K, Ekelund U, Lampinen EK, Sääkslahti A, Lindi V, Lakka TA

Journal of sports sciences. Jan 2016

(DOI : 10.1080/02640414.2015.1134805)

Longitudinal Relationship between Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Academic Achievement.

Sardinha LB, Marques A, Minderico C, Palmeira A, Martins S, Santos DA, Ekelund U

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. Nov 2015

(DOI : 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000830)

Breaking-up sedentary time is associated with impairment in activities of daily living.

Sardinha LB, Ekelund U, dos Santos L, Cyrino ES, Silva AM, Santos DA

Experimental gerontology. Oct 2015

(DOI : 10.1016/j.exger.2015.10.010)

Fitness but not weight status is associated with projected physical independence in older adults.

Sardinha LB, Cyrino ES, Santos LD, Ekelund U, Santos DA

Age (Dordrecht, Netherlands). Sep 2015

(DOI : 10.1007/s11357-016-9911-4)

Validation of the SenseWear Mini activity monitor in 5-12-year-old children.

van Loo CM, Okely AD, Batterham MJ, Hinkley T, Ekelund U, Brage S, Reilly JJ, Peoples GE, Janssen X, Cliff DP

Journal of science and medicine in sport. Sep 2015

(DOI : 10.1016/j.jsams.2016.04.010)

Revising on the run or studying on the sofa: Prospective associations between physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and exam results in British adolescents

Brage S, Corder KL, Van Sluijs EM, Atkin AJ, Bamber DJ, Dunn VJ, Ekelund U, Goodyer IM, Owens M

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. Sep 2015

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-015-0269-2)

Are Self-report Measures Able to Define Individuals as Physically Active or Inactive?

Steene-Johannessen J, Anderssen SA, van der Ploeg HP, Hendriksen IJ, Donnelly AE, Brage S, Ekelund U

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. Sep 2015

(DOI : 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000760)

A Comparison between BMI, Waist Circumference, and Waist-To-Height Ratio for Identifying Cardio-Metabolic Risk in Children and Adolescents.

Sardinha LB, Santos DA, Silva AM, Grøntved A, Andersen LB, Ekelund U

PLoS ONE. Aug 2015

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0149351)

Objectively measured sedentary time, physical activity and kidney function in people with recently diagnosed Type 2 diabetes: a prospective cohort analysis.

Guo VY, Brage S, Ekelund U, Griffin SJ, Simmons RK

Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association. Aug 2015

(DOI : 10.1111/dme.12886)

Objectively measured physical activity and sedentary time in youth: the International children's accelerometry database (ICAD).

Cooper AR, Goodman A, Page AS, Sherar LB, Esliger DW, Van Sluijs EM, Andersen LB, Anderssen S, Cardon G, Davey R, Froberg K, Hallal P, Janz KF, Kordas K, Kreimler S, Pate RR, Puder JJ, Reilly JJ, Salmon J, Sardinha LB, Timperio A, Ekelund U

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Jun 2015

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-015-0274-5)

Breaking-up sedentary time is associated with impairment in activities of daily living.

Sardinha LB, Ekelund U, dos Santos L, Cyrino ES, Silva AM, Santos DA

Experimental gerontology. Jun 2015

(DOI : 10.1016/j.exger.2015.09.011)

Body fat measurement in adolescent girls with type 1 diabetes: a comparison of skinfold equations against dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry.

Särnblad S, Magnuson A, Ekelund U, Åman J

Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992). May 2015

(DOI : 10.1111/apa.13366)

Physical Activity throughout Adolescence and Cognitive Performance at 18 Years of Age.

Esteban-Cornejo I, Hallal PC, Mielke GI, Menezes AM, Gonçalves H, Wehrmeister F, Ekelund U, Rombaldi AJ

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. May 2015

(DOI : 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000706)

Reply to H Pareja-Galeano et al.

Ekelund U, Ward H, Luan J, Sharp SJ, Brage S, Wareham NJ

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. May 2015

(DOI : 10.3945/ajcn.115.108696)

Prospective associations between sedentary time, physical activity, fitness and cardiometabolic risk factors in people with type 2 diabetes.

Lamb MJE, Westgate K, Brage S, Ekelund U, Long GH, Griffin SJ, Simmons RK, Cooper AJ

Diabetologia. Apr 2015

(DOI : 10.1007/s00125-015-3756-8)

A cluster-randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a childhood obesity prevention programme delivered through schools, targeting 6-7 year old children: the WAVES study protocol.

Adab P, Pallan MJ, Lancashire ER, Hemming K, Frew E, Griffin T, Barrett T, Bhopal R, Cade JE, Daley A, Deeks J, Duda J, Ekelund U, Gill P, McGee E, Parry J, Passmore S, Cheng KK

BMC Public Health. Apr 2015

(DOI : 10.1186/s12889-015-1800-8)

Objectively measured physical activity and sedentary-time are associated with arterial stiffness in Brazilian young adults.

Horta BL, Schaan BD, Bielemann RM, Vianna CA, Gigante DP, Barros FC, Ekelund U, Hallal PC

Atherosclerosis. Apr 2015

(DOI : 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2015.09.005)

Association between birth weight and objectively measured sedentary time is mediated by central adiposity: data in 10,793 youth from the International Children's Accelerometry Database

Van Sluijs EM, Andersen LB, Collings PJ, Cooper AR, Ekelund U, Hallal PC, Hansen BH, Hildebrand M, Kolle E, Kordas K, Kriemler S, Sardinha LB, Sherar LB, Wijndaele K

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Apr 2015

(DOI : 10.3945/ajcn.114.103648)

Utilization and Harmonization of Adult Accelerometry Data: Review and Expert Consensus.

Wijndaele K, Westgate K, Stephens SK, Blair SN, Bull FC, Chastin SF, Dunstan DW, Ekelund U, Esliger DW, Freedson PS, Granat MH, Matthews CE, Owen N, Rowlands AV, Sherar LB, Tremblay MS, Troiano RP, Brage S, Healy GN

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. Mar 2015

(DOI : 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000661)

Association between maternal education and objectively measured physical activity and sedentary time in adolescents.

Sherar LB, Griffin TP, Ekelund U, Cooper AR, Esliger DW, Van Sluijs EM, Bo Andersen L, Cardon G, Davey R, Froberg K, Hallal PC, Janz KF, Kordas K, Kriemler S, Pate RR, Puder JJ, Sardinha LB, Timperio AF, Page AS

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. Mar 2015

(DOI : 10.1136/jech-2015-205763)

Physical activity and all-cause mortality across levels of overall and abdominal adiposity in European men and women: the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition Study (EPIC).

Ekelund U, Ward HA, Norat T, Luan J, May AM, Weiderpass E, Sharp SJ, Overvad K, Østergaard JN, Tjønneland A, Johnsen NF, Mesrine S, Fournier A, Fagherazzi G, Trichopoulou A, Lagiou P, Trichopoulos D, Li K, Kaaks R, Ferrari P, Licaj I, Jenab M, Bergmann M, Boeing H, Palli D, Sieri S, Panico S, Tumino R, Vineis P, Peeters PH, Monnikhof E, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Quirós JR, Agudo A, Sánchez MJ, Huerta JM, Ardanaz E, Arriola L, Hedblad B, Wirfält E, Sund M, Johansson M, Key TJ, Travis RC, Khaw KT, Brage S, Wareham NJ, Riboli E

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Mar 2015

(DOI : 10.3945/ajcn.114.100065)

Revising on the run or studying on the sofa: prospective associations between physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and exam results in British adolescents.

Corder KL, Atkin AJ, Bamber DJ, Brage S, Dunn VJ, Ekelund U, Owens M, Van Sluijs EM, Goodyer IM

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Feb 2015

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-015-0269-2)

Cross-sectional and prospective associations between moderate to vigorous physical activity and sedentary time with adiposity in children.

Marques A, Minderico C, Martins S, Palmeira A, Ekelund U, Sardinha LB

International Journal of Obesity. Feb 2015

(DOI : 10.1038/ijo.2015.168)

The potential yield of non-exercise physical activity energy expenditure in public health.

Smith L, Ekelund U, Hamer M

Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.). Feb 2015

(DOI : 10.1007/s40279-015-0310-2)

Development and evaluation of the Andhra Pradesh Children and Parent Study Physical Activity Questionnaire (APCAPS-PAQ): a cross-sectional study.

Matsuzaki M, Sullivan R, Ekelund U, Krishna KVR, Kulkarni B, Collier T, Ben-Shlomo Y, Kinra S, Kuper H

BMC Public Health. Feb 2015

(DOI : 10.1186/s12889-016-2706-9)

Estimation of Free-Living Energy Expenditure by Heart Rate and Movement Sensing: A Doubly-Labelled Water Study.

Brage S, Westgate K, Franks PW, Stegle O, Wright A, Ekelund U, Wareham NJ

PLoS ONE. Jan 2015

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0137206)

Association between birth weight and objectively measured sedentary time is mediated by central adiposity: data in 10,793 youth from the International Children's Accelerometry Database.

Hildebrand M, Kolle E, Hansen BH, Collings PJ, Wijndaele K, Kordas K, Cooper AR, Sherar LB, Andersen LB, Sardinha LB, Kriemler S, Hallal P, van Sluijs E, Ekelund U

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Dec 2014

(DOI : 10.3945/ajcn.114.103648)

A new approach to define and diagnose cardiometabolic disorder in children.

Andersen LB, Lauersen JB, Brønd JC, Anderssen SA, Sardinha LB, Steene-Johannessen J, McMurray RG, Barros MV, Kriemler S, Møller NC, Bugge A, Kristensen PL, Ried-Larsen M, Grøntved A, Ekelund U

Journal of diabetes research. Nov 2014

(DOI : 10.1155/2015/539835)

Prospective associations between sedentary time, sleep duration and adiposity in adolescents.

Collings PJ, Wijndaele K, Corder KL, Westgate K, Ridgway CL, Sharp SJ, Atkin AJ, Bamber D, Goodyer I, Brage S, Ekelund U

Sleep medicine. Nov 2014

(DOI : 10.1016/j.sleep.2015.02.532)

Evaluation of reliability and validity of the General Practice Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPPAQ) in 60-74 year old primary care patients.

Ahmad S, Harris T, Limb E, Kerry S, Victor C, Ekelund U, Iliffe S, Whincup P, Beighton C, Ussher M, Cook DG

BMC family practice. Oct 2014

(DOI : 10.1186/s12875-015-0324-8)

Associations between organized sports participation and objectively measured physical activity, sedentary time and weight status in youth.

Marques A, Ekelund U, Sardinha LB

Journal of science and medicine in sport. Oct 2014

(DOI : 10.1016/j.jsams.2015.02.007)

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)

Evaluation of Actical equations and thresholds to predict physical activity intensity in young children.

Janssen X, Cliff D, Reilly J, Hinkley T, Jones R, Batterham M, Ekelund U, Brage S, Okely T

Journal of sports sciences. Sep 2014

(DOI : 10.1080/02640414.2014.949826)

Associations between diet, physical activity and body fat distribution: a cross sectional study in an Indian population.

Bowen L, Taylor AE, Sullivan R, Ebrahim S, Kinra S, Krishna KV, Kulkarni B, Ben-Shlomo Y, Ekelund U, Wells JC, Kuper H

BMC Public Health. Sep 2014

(DOI : 10.1186/s12889-015-1550-7)

The changing relationship between rainfall and children's physical activity in spring and summer: a longitudinal study.

Harrison F, Van Sluijs EM, Corder KL, Ekelund U, Jones A

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Sep 2014

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-015-0202-8)

The changing relationship between rainfall and children's physical activity in spring and summer: a longitudinal study.

Harrison F, Van Sluijs EM, Corder K, Ekelund U, Jones A

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Sep 2014

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-015-0202-8)

Prospective Associations Between Physical Activity Level and Body Composition in Adolescence: 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) Birth Cohort.

Reichert FF, Wells JC, Ekelund U, Menezes AM, Victora CG, Hallal PC

Journal of Physical Activity and Health. Aug 2014

(DOI : 10.1123/jpah.2013-0509)

Objectively measured physical activity and longitudinal changes in adolescent body fatness: an observational cohort study.

Collings PJ, Wijndaele K, Corder KL, Westgate K, Ridgway CL, Sharp SJ, Atkin AJ, Stephen AM, Bamber D, Goodyer I, Brage S, Ekelund U

Pediatric Obesity. Aug 2014

(DOI : 10.1111/ijpo.12031)

Effects of reducing sedentary time on glucose metabolism in immigrant Pakistani men.

Andersen E, Ekelund U, Anderssen SA

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. Jul 2014

(DOI : 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000460)

Magnitude and determinants of change in objectively-measured physical activity, sedentary time and sleep duration from ages 15 to 17.5y in UK adolescents: the ROOTS study.

Collings PJ, Wijndaele K, Corder KL, Westgate K, Ridgway CL, Sharp SJ, Dunn V, Goodyer I, Ekelund U, Brage S

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Jul 2014

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-015-0222-4)

Association of car ownership and physical activity across the spectrum of human development: Modeling the Epidemiologic Transition Study (METS).

Shoham DA, Dugas LR, Bovet P, Forrester TE, Lambert EV, Plange-Rhule J, Schoeller DA, Brage S, Ekelund U, Durazo-Arvizu RA, Cooper RS, Luke A

BMC Public Health. Jul 2014

(DOI : 10.1186/s12889-015-1435-9)

Changes in time-segment specific physical activity between ages 10 and 14 years: A longitudinal observational study.

Brooke HL, Atkin AJ, Corder K, Ekelund U, Van Sluijs EM

Journal of science and medicine in sport. Jul 2014

(DOI : 10.1016/j.jsams.2014.10.003)

Association between physical activity, sedentary time, and healthy fitness in youth.

Marques A, Santos R, Ekelund U, Sardinha LB

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. Jul 2014

(DOI : 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000426)

Age group comparability of raw accelerometer output from wrist- and hip-worn monitors.

Hildebrand M, van Hees VT, Hansen BH, Ekelund U

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. Jun 2014

(DOI : 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000289)

A primary care nurse-delivered walking intervention in older adults: PACE (pedometer accelerometer consultation evaluation)-Lift cluster randomised controlled trial.

Harris T, Kerry SM, Victor CR, Ekelund U, Woodcock A, Iliffe S, Whincup PH, Beighton C, Ussher M, Limb ES, David L, Brewin D, Adams F, Rogers A, Cook DG

PLoS Medicine. May 2014

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001783)

Towards the integration and development of a cross-European research network and infrastructure: the DEterminants of DIet and Physical ACtivity (DEDIPAC) Knowledge Hub.

Lakerveld J, van der Ploeg HP, Kroeze W, Ahrens W, Allais O, Andersen LF, Cardon G, Capranica L, Chastin S, Donnelly A, Ekelund U, Finglas P, Flechtner-Mors M, Hebestreit A, Hendriksen I, Kubiak T, Lanza M, Loyen A, MacDonncha C, Mazzocchi M, Monsivais P, Murphy M, Nöthlings U, O'Gorman DJ, Renner B, Roos G, Schuit AJ, Schulze M, Steinacker J, Stronks K, Volkert D, Van't Veer P, Lien N, De Bourdeaudhuij I, Brug J

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. May 2014

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-014-0143-7)

Sedentary behavior and incident cancer: a meta-analysis of prospective studies.

Shen D, Mao W, Liu T, Lin Q, Lu X, Wang Q, Lin F, Ekelund U, Wijndaele K

PLoS ONE. Apr 2014

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0105709)

Comparisons of intensity-duration patterns of physical activity in the US, Jamaica and 3 African countries.

Dugas LR, Bovet P, Forrester TE, Lambert EV, Plange-Rhule J, Durazo-Arvizu RA, Shoham D, Kroff J, Cao G, Cooper RS, Brage S, Ekelund U, Luke A

BMC Public Health. Apr 2014

(DOI : 10.1186/1471-2458-14-882)

Preventing childhood obesity, phase II feasibility study focusing on South Asians: BEACHeS.

Adab P, Pallan MJ, Cade J, Ekelund U, Barrett T, Daley A, Deeks J, Duda J, Gill P, Parry J, Bhopal R, Cheng KK

BMJ Open. Apr 2014

(DOI : 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004579)

Activity levels in mothers and their preschool children.

Hesketh KR, Goodfellow L, Ekelund U, McMinn AM, Godfrey KM, Inskip HM, Cooper C, Harvey NC, Van Sluijs EM

Pediatrics. Mar 2014

(DOI : 10.1542/peds.2013-3153)

Activity levels in mothers and their preschool children

Van Sluijs EM, Cooper C, Ekelund U, Godfrey KM, Goodfellow L, Harvey NC, Hesketh KR, Inskip HM, McMinn AM

Pediatrics. Mar 2014

(DOI : 10.1542/peds.2013-3153)

Perceived family functioning and friendship quality: cross-sectional associations with physical activity and sedentary behaviours.

Atkin AJ, Corder K, Goodyer I, Bamber D, Ekelund U, Brage S, Dunn V, Van Sluijs EM

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Mar 2014

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-015-0180-x)

Perceived family functioning and friendship quality: cross-sectional associations with physical activity and sedentary behaviours.

Atkin AJ, Corder KL, Goodyer I, Bamber D, Ekelund U, Brage S, Dunn V, Van Sluijs EM

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Mar 2014

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-015-0180-x)

Examining the causal association of fasting glucose with blood pressure in healthy children and adolescents: a Mendelian randomization study employing common genetic variants of fasting glucose.

Goharian TS, Andersen LB, Franks PW, Wareham NJ, Brage S, Veidebaum T, Ekelund U, Lawlor DA, Loos RJ, Grøntved A

Journal of Human Hypertension. Mar 2014

(DOI : 10.1038/jhh.2014.63)

Physical activity, sedentary time and gain in overall and central body fat: 7-year follow-up of the ProActive trial cohort.

Golubic R, Wijndaele K, Sharp SJ, Simmons RK, Griffin SJ, Wareham NJ, Ekelund U, Brage S, ProActive Study Group

International Journal of Obesity. Jan 2014

(DOI : 10.1038/ijo.2014.66)

Objectively measured physical activity in four-year-old British children: a cross-sectional analysis of activity patterns segmented across the day

Van Sluijs EM, Collings PJ, Cooper C, Ekelund U, Godfrey KM, Harvey NC, Hesketh KR, Inskip HM, McMinn AM, Sharp SJ

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. Jan 2014

(DOI : 10.1186/1479-5868-11-1)

Which older people decline participation in a primary care trial of physical activity and why: insights from a mixed methods approach.

Rogers A, Harris T, Victor C, Woodcock A, Limb E, Kerry S, Iliffe S, Whincup P, Ekelund U, Beighton C, Ussher M, Adams F, Cook DG

BMC geriatrics. Dec 2013

(DOI : 10.1186/1471-2318-14-46)

Validity of electronically administered Recent Physical Activity Questionnaire (RPAQ) in ten European countries.

Golubic R, May AM, Benjaminsen Borch K, Overvad K, Charles MA, Diaz MJ, Amiano P, Palli D, Valanou E, Vigl M, Franks PW, Wareham NJ, Ekelund U, Brage S

PLoS ONE. Dec 2013

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0092829)

Multiple behaviour change intervention and outcomes in recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes: the ADDITION-Plus randomised controlled trial.

Griffin SJ, Simmons RK, Prevost AT, Williams KM, Hardeman W, Sutton S, Brage S, Ekelund U, Parker RA, Wareham NJ, Kinmonth AL

Diabetologia. Dec 2013

(DOI : 10.1007/s00125-014-3236-6)

Breakfast consumption and physical activity in adolescents: daily associations and hourly patterns.

Corder K, Van Sluijs EM, Ridgway CL, Steele RM, Prynne CJ, Stephen AM, Bamber DJ, Dunn VJ, Goodyer IM, Ekelund U

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Nov 2013

(DOI : 10.3945/ajcn.111.027607)

Change in objectively measured physical activity during the transition to adolescence

Griffin SJ, Jones AP, Van Sluijs EM, Corder KL, Ekelund U, Sharp SJ

British Journal of Sports Medicine. Nov 2013

(DOI : 10.1136/bjsports-2013-093190)

Breakfast consumption and physical activity in adolescents: daily associations and hourly patterns

Van Sluijs EM, Bamber DJ, Corder KL, Dunn VJ, Ekelund U, Goodyer IM, Prynne CJ, Ridgway CL, Steele RM, Stephen AM

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Nov 2013

(DOI : 10.3945/ajcn.111.027607)

Physical Activity Awareness of British Adolescents.

Corder KL, Van Sluijs EM, Goodyer I, Ridgway CL, Steele RM, Bamber D, Dunn V, Griffin SJ, Ekelund U

Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine. Nov 2013

(DOI : PMC3812705)

Change in objectively measured physical activity during the transition to adolescence.

Corder KL, Sharp SJ, Atkin AJ, Griffin SJ, Jones AP, Ekelund U, Van Sluijs EM

British Journal of Sports Medicine. Oct 2013

(DOI : 10.1136/bjsports-2013-093190)

Guide to the assessment of physical activity: Clinical and research applications: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association.

Strath SJ, Kaminsky LA, Ainsworth BE, Ekelund U, Freedson PS, Gary RA, Richardson CR, Smith DT, Swartz AM

Circulation. Oct 2013

(DOI : 10.1161/01.cir.0000435708.67487.da)

A mixed ecologic-cohort comparison of physical activity & weight among young adults from five populations of African origin.

Luke A, Bovet P, Plange-Rhule J, Forrester TE, Lambert EV, Schoeller DA, Dugas LR, Durazo-Arvizu RA, Shoham DA, Cao G, Brage S, Ekelund U, Cooper RS

BMC Public Health. Oct 2013

(DOI : 10.1186/1471-2458-14-397)

Combined influence of epoch length, cut-point and bout duration on accelerometry-derived physical activity.

Orme M, Wijndaele K, Sharp SJ, Westgate K, Ekelund U, Brage S

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Oct 2013

(DOI : 10.1186/1479-5868-11-34)

Heritability of objectively assessed daily physical activity and sedentary behavior.

den Hoed M, Brage S, Zhao JH, Westgate K, Nessa A, Ekelund U, Spector TD, Wareham NJ, Loos RJ

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Sep 2013

(DOI : 10.3945/ajcn.113.069849)

Validation of activPAL defined sedentary time and breaks in sedentary time in 4- to 6-year-olds.

Janssen X, Cliff DP, Reilly JJ, Hinkley T, Batterham M, Ekelund U, Brage S, Okely AD

Pediatric exercise science. Sep 2013

(DOI : 10.1123/pes.2013-0106)

PACE-UP (Pedometer and consultation evaluation--UP)--a pedometer-based walking intervention with and without practice nurse support in primary care patients aged 45-75 years: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Harris T, Kerry SM, Victor CR, Shah SM, Iliffe S, Ussher M, Ekelund U, Fox-Rushby J, Whincup P, David L, Brewin D, Ibison J, DeWilde S, Limb E, Anokye N, Furness C, Howard E, Dale R, Cook DG

Trials. Sep 2013

(DOI : 10.1186/1745-6215-14-418)

Correlates of light and moderate-to-vigorous objectively measured physical activity in four-year old children.

Griffin SJ, Van Sluijs EM, Ekelund U, Godfrey KM, Harvey NC, Inskip HM, McMinn AM

PLoS ONE. Sep 2013

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0074934)

Levels and patterns of objectively-measured physical activity volume and intensity distribution in UK adolescents: the ROOTS study.

Collings PJ, Wijndaele K, Corder KL, Westgate K, Ridgway CL, Dunn V, Goodyer I, Ekelund U, Brage S

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Sep 2013

(DOI : 10.1186/1479-5868-11-23)

More of the same or a change of scenery: an observational study of variety and frequency of physical activity in British children

Griffin SJ, Van Sluijs EM, Brooke HL, Corder KL, Ekelund U

BMC Public Health. Aug 2013

What do adolescents want in order to do more physical activity?

Van Sluijs EM, Atkin AJ, Corder KL, Ekelund U

BMC Public Health. Aug 2013

Levels of physical activity among a nationally representative sample of people in early old age: results of objective and self-reported assessments.

Golubic R, Martin KR, Ekelund U, Hardy R, Kuh D, Wareham NJ, Cooper R, Brage S

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Jul 2013

(DOI : 10.1186/1479-5868-11-58)

Comparison of the EPIC Physical Activity Questionnaire with combined heart rate and movement sensing in a nationally representative sample of older British adults.

España-Romero V, Golubic R, Martin KR, Hardy R, Ekelund U, Kuh D, Wareham NJ, Cooper R, Brage S

PLoS ONE. Jul 2013

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0087085)

Determinants of Change in Children’s Sedentary Time

Griffin SJ, Van Sluijs EM, Corder KL, Ekelund U, Wijndaele K

PLoS ONE. Jun 2013

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0067627)

Increasing objectively measured sedentary time increases clustered cardiometabolic risk: a 6 year analysis of the ProActive study.

Wijndaele K, Orrow G, Ekelund U, Sharp SJ, Brage S, Griffin SJ, Simmons RK

Diabetologia. Jun 2013

(DOI : 10.1007/s00125-013-3102-y)

Predictive validity and classification accuracy of ActiGraph energy expenditure equations and cut-points in young children.

Janssen X, Cliff DP, Reilly JJ, Hinkley T, Batterham M, Ekelund U, Brage S, Okely AD

PLoS ONE. Jun 2013

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0079124)

Objectively measured physical activity in four-year-old British children: a cross-sectional analysis of activity patterns segmented across the day.

Hesketh KR, McMinn AM, Ekelund U, Sharp SJ, Collings PJ, Harvey NC, Godfrey KM, Inskip HM, Cooper C, Van Sluijs EM

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Jun 2013

(DOI : 10.1186/1479-5868-11-1)

Calibration and cross-validation of a wrist-worn Actigraph in young preschoolers.

Johansson E, Ekelund U, Nero H, Marcus C, Hagströmer M

Pediatric Obesity. May 2013

(DOI : 10.1111/j.2047-6310.2013.00213.x)

Validation and calibration of the activPAL™ for estimating METs and physical activity in 4-6 year olds.

Janssen X, Cliff DP, Reilly JJ, Hinkley T, Batterham M, Ekelund U, Brage S, Okely AD

Journal of science and medicine in sport. May 2013

(DOI : 10.1016/j.jsams.2013.10.252)

Accuracy of a combined heart rate and motion sensor for assessing energy expenditure in free-living adults during a double-blind crossover caffeine trial using doubly labeled water as the reference method.

Silva AM, Santos DA, Matias CN, Júdice PB, Magalhães JP, Ekelund U, Sardinha LB

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. May 2013

(DOI : 10.1038/ejcn.2014.51)

Association between objectively assessed sedentary time and physical activity with metabolic risk factors among people with recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes.

Cooper AJ, Brage S, Ekelund U, Wareham NJ, Griffin SJ, Simmons RK

Diabetologia. Apr 2013

(DOI : 10.1007/s00125-013-3069-8)

What do adolescents want in order to become more active?

Corder KL, Atkin AJ, Ekelund U, Van Sluijs EM

BMC Public Health. Apr 2013

(DOI : 10.1186/1471-2458-13-718)

Correlates of light and moderate-to-vigorous objectively measured physical activity in four-year-old children.

Van Sluijs EM, McMinn AM, Inskip HM, Ekelund U, Godfrey KM, Harvey NC, Griffin SJ

PLoS ONE. Apr 2013

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0074934)

Independent and combined association of muscle strength and cardiorespiratory fitness in youth with insulin resistance and β-cell function in young adulthood: the European Youth Heart Study.

Grøntved A, Ried-Larsen M, Ekelund U, Froberg K, Brage S, Andersen LB

Diabetes care. Apr 2013

(DOI : 10.2337/dc12-2252)

Physical activity intensity, sedentary time, and body composition in preschoolers.

Collings PJ, Brage S, Ridgway CL, Harvey NC, Godfrey KM, Inskip HM, Cooper C, Wareham NJ, Ekelund U

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Apr 2013

(DOI : 10.3945/ajcn.112.045088)

Energy expenditure compared to physical activity measured by accelerometry and self-report in adolescents: a validation study.

Hallal PC, Reichert FF, Clark VL, Cordeira KL, Menezes AM, Eaton S, Ekelund U, Wells JC

PLoS ONE. Mar 2013

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0077036)

Impact of study design on development and evaluation of an activity-type classifier.

van Hees VT, Golubic R, Ekelund U, Brage S

Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985). Feb 2013

(DOI : 10.1152/japplphysiol.00984.2012)

Predictors of change differ for moderate and vigorous intensity physical activity and for weekdays and weekends: a longitudinal analysis.

Corder K, Craggs C, Jones AP, Ekelund U, Griffin SJ, Van Sluijs EM

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Feb 2013

(DOI : 10.1186/1479-5868-10-69)

Determinants of change in children's sedentary time.

Atkin AJ, Corder KL, Ekelund U, Wijndaele K, Griffin SJ, Van Sluijs EM

PLoS ONE. Feb 2013

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0067627)

Cross-sectional associations of objectively measured physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness and anthropometry in European adults.

Wientzek A, Tormo Diaz MJ, Castaño JM, Amiano P, Arriola L, Overvad K, Østergaard JN, Charles MA, Fagherazzi G, Palli D, Bendinelli B, Skeie G, Borch KB, Wendel-Vos W, de Hollander E, May AM, den Ouden ME, Trichopoulou A, Valanou E, Söderberg S, Franks PW, Brage S, Vigl M, Boeing H, Ekelund U

Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.). Jan 2013

(DOI : 10.1002/oby.20530)

More of the same or a change of scenery: an observational study of variety and frequency of physical activity in British children.

Brooke HL, Corder KL, Griffin SJ, Ekelund U, Van Sluijs EM

BMC Public Health. Jan 2013

(DOI : 10.1186/1471-2458-13-761)

Sedentary time in children: influence of accelerometer processing on health relations.

Atkin AJ, Ekelund U, Møller NC, Froberg K, Sardinha LB, Andersen LB, Brage S

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. Jan 2013

(DOI : 10.1249/MSS.0b013e318282190e)

Separating movement and gravity components in an acceleration signal and implications for the assessment of human daily physical activity.

van Hees VT, Gorzelniak L, Dean León EC, Eder M, Pias M, Taherian S, Ekelund U, Renstrom F, Franks PW, Horsch A, Brage S

PLoS ONE. Dec 2012

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0061691)

Physical activity intensity and subclinical atherosclerosis in Danish adolescents: the European Youth Heart Study.

Ried-Larsen M, Grøntved A, Froberg K, Ekelund U, Andersen LB

Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports. Dec 2012

(DOI : 10.1111/sms.12046)

Randomised controlled trial of a complex intervention by primary care nurses to increase walking in patients aged 60-74 years: protocol of the PACE-Lift (Pedometer Accelerometer Consultation Evaluation - Lift) trial.

Harris T, Kerry S, Victor C, Ekelund U, Woodcock A, Iliffe S, Whincup P, Beighton C, Ussher M, David L, Brewin D, Adams F, Rogers A, Cook D

BMC Public Health. Dec 2012

(DOI : 10.1186/1471-2458-13-5)

Identification of heart rate-associated loci and their effects on cardiac conduction and rhythm disorders.

den Hoed M, Eijgelsheim M, Esko T, Brundel BJ, Peal DS, Evans DM, Nolte IM, Segrè AV, Holm H, Handsaker RE, Westra HJ, Johnson T, Isaacs A, Yang J, Lundby A, Zhao JH, Kim YJ, Go MJ, Almgren P, Bochud M, Boucher G, Cornelis MC, Gudbjartsson D, Hadley D, van der Harst P, Hayward C, den Heijer M, Igl W, Jackson AU, Kutalik Z, Luan J, Kemp JP, Kristiansson K, Ladenvall C, Lorentzon M, Montasser ME, Njajou OT, O'Reilly PF, Padmanabhan S, St Pourcain B, Rankinen T, Salo P, Tanaka T, Timpson NJ, Vitart V, Waite L, Wheeler W, Zhang W, Draisma HH, Feitosa MF, Kerr KF, Lind PA, Mihailov E, Onland-Moret NC, Song C, Weedon MN, Xie W, Yengo L, Absher D, Albert CM, Alonso A, Arking DE, de Bakker PI, Balkau B, Barlassina C, Benaglio P, Bis JC, Bouatia-Naji N, Brage S, Chanock SJ, Chines PS, Chung M, Darbar D, Dina C, Dörr M, Elliott P, Felix SB, Fischer K, Fuchsberger C, de Geus EJ, Goyette P, Gudnason V, Harris TB, Hartikainen AL, Havulinna AS, Heckbert SR, Hicks AA, Hofman A, Holewijn S, Hoogstra-Berends F, Hottenga JJ, Jensen MK, Johansson Å, Junttila J, Kääb S, Kanon B, Ketkar S, Khaw KT, Knowles JW, Kooner AS, Kors JA, Kumari M, Milani L, Laiho P, Lakatta EG, Langenberg C, Leusink M, Liu Y, Luben RN, Lunetta KL, Lynch SN, Markus MR, Marques-Vidal P, Mateo Leach I, McArdle WL, McCarroll SA, Medland SE, Miller KA, Montgomery GW, Morrison AC, Müller-Nurasyid M, Navarro P, Nelis M, O'Connell JR, O'Donnell CJ, Ong KK, Newman AB, Peters A, Polasek O, Pouta A, Pramstaller PP, Psaty BM, Rao DC, Ring SM, Rossin EJ, Rudan D, Sanna S, Scott RA, Sehmi JS, Sharp SJ, Shin JT, Singleton AB, Smith AV, Soranzo N, Spector TD, Stewart C, Stringham HM, Tarasov KV, Uitterlinden AG, Vandenput L, Hwang SJ, Whitfield JB, Wijmenga C, Wild SH, Willemsen G, Wilson JF, Witteman JC, Wong A, Wong Q, Jamshidi Y, Zitting P, Boer JM, Boomsma DI, Borecki IB, van Duijn CM, Ekelund U, Forouhi NG, Froguel P, Hingorani A, Ingelsson E, Kivimaki M, Kronmal RA, Kuh D, Lind L, Martin NG, Oostra BA, Pedersen NL, Quertermous T, Rotter JI, van der Schouw YT, Verschuren WM, Walker M, Albanes D, Arnar DO, Assimes TL, Bandinelli S, Boehnke M, de Boer RA, Bouchard C, Caulfield WL, Chambers JC, Curhan G, Cusi D, Eriksson J, Ferrucci L, van Gilst WH, Glorioso N, de Graaf J, Groop L, Gyllensten U, Hsueh WC, Hu FB, Huikuri HV, Hunter DJ, Iribarren C, Isomaa B, Järvelin MR, Jula A, Kähönen M, Kiemeney LA, van der Klauw MM, Kooner JS, Kraft P, Iacoviello L, Lehtimäki T, Lokki ML, Mitchell BD, Navis G, Nieminen MS, Ohlsson C, Poulter NR, Qi L, Raitakari OT, Rimm EB, Rioux JD, Rizzi F, Rudan I, Salomaa V, Sever PS, Shields DC, Shuldiner AR, Sinisalo J, Stanton AV, Stolk RP, Strachan DP, Tardif JC, Thorsteinsdottir U, Tuomilehto J, van Veldhuisen DJ, Virtamo J, Viikari J, Vollenweider P, Waeber G, Widén E, Cho YS, Olsen JV, Visscher PM, Willer C, Franke L, Erdmann J, Thompson JR, Pfeufer A, Sotoodehnia N, Newton-Cheh C, Ellinor PT, Stricker BH, Metspalu A, Perola M, Beckmann JS, Smith GD, Stefansson K, Wareham NJ, Munroe PB, Sibon OC, Milan DJ, Snieder H, Samani NJ, Loos RJ

Nature genetics. Dec 2012

(DOI : 10.1038/ng.2610)

Validity of a combined heart rate and motion sensor for the measurement of free-living energy expenditure in very active individuals.

Santos DA, Silva AM, Matias CN, Magalhães JP, Fields DA, Minderico CS, Ekelund U, Sardinha LB

Journal of science and medicine in sport. Dec 2012

(DOI : 10.1016/j.jsams.2013.09.006)

Physical activity and blood pressure in primary school children: a longitudinal study.

Knowles G, Pallan M, Thomas GN, Ekelund U, Cheng KK, Barrett T, Adab P

Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979). Nov 2012

(DOI : 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.112.201277)

Practical utility and reliability of whole-room calorimetry in young children.

Janssen X, Cliff D, Okely AD, Batterham M, Ekelund U, Brage S, Reilly JJ

The British journal of nutrition. Sep 2012

(DOI : 10.1017/S0007114512003820)

Commentary: Too much sitting--a public health threat?

Ekelund U

International Journal of Epidemiology. Sep 2012

(DOI : 10.1093/ije/dys128)

Screen time, cardiorespiratory fitness and adiposity among school-age children from Monteria, Colombia.

Arango CM, Parra DC, Gómez LF, Lema L, Lobelo F, Ekelund U

Journal of science and medicine in sport. Sep 2012

(DOI : 10.1016/j.jsams.2013.09.010)

Children younger than 7 years with type 1 diabetes are less physically active than healthy controls.

Sundberg F, Forsander G, Fasth A, Ekelund U

Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992). Aug 2012

(DOI : 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2012.02803.x)

Is wearing a pedometer associated with higher physical activity among adolescents?

Ho V, Simmons RK, Ridgway CL, Van Sluijs EM, Bamber DJ, Goodyer IM, Dunn VJ, Ekelund U, Corder K

Preventive medicine. Jul 2012

(DOI : 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.01.015)

Objectively measured physical activity in the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort.

Reichert FF, Hallal PC, Wells JC, Horta BL, Ekelund U, Menezes AM

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. Jul 2012

(DOI : 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3182687d35)

Global physical activity levels: surveillance progress, pitfalls, and prospects.

Hallal PC, Andersen LB, Bull FC, Guthold R, Haskell W, Ekelund U

Lancet (London, England). Jul 2012

(DOI : 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60646-1)

Youth screen-time behaviour is associated with cardiovascular risk in young adulthood: the European Youth Heart Study.

Grøntved A, Ried-Larsen M, Møller NC, Kristensen PL, Wedderkopp N, Froberg K, Hu FB, Ekelund U, Andersen LB

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. Jul 2012

(DOI : 10.1177/2047487312454760)

The link between family history and risk of type 2 diabetes is not explained by anthropometric, lifestyle or genetic risk factors: the EPIC-InterAct study.

Scott RA, Langenberg C, Sharp SJ, Franks PW, Rolandsson O, Drogan D, van der Schouw YT, Ekelund U, Kerrison ND, Ardanaz E, Arriola L, Balkau B, Barricarte A, Barroso I, Bendinelli B, Beulens JW, Boeing H, de Lauzon-Guillain B, Deloukas P, Fagherazzi G, Gonzalez C, Griffin SJ, Groop LC, Halkjaer J, Huerta JM, Kaaks R, Khaw KT, Krogh V, Nilsson PM, Norat T, Overvad K, Panico S, Rodriguez-Suarez L, Romaguera D, Romieu I, Sacerdote C, Sánchez MJ, Spijkerman AM, Teucher B, Tjonneland A, Tumino R, van der A DL, Wark PA, McCarthy MI, Riboli E, Wareham NJ

Diabetologia. Jun 2012

(DOI : 10.1007/s00125-012-2715-x)

The association of education with long-term weight change in the EPIC-PANACEA cohort.

Rohrmann S, Steinbrecher A, Linseisen J, Hermann S, May A, Luan J, Ekelund U, Overvad K, Tjønneland A, Halkjær J, Fagherazzi G, Boutron-Ruault MC, Clavel-Chapelon F, Agnoli C, Tumino R, Masala G, Mattiello A, Ricceri F, Travier N, Amiano P, Ardanaz E, Chirlaque MD, Sánchez MJ, Rodriguez L, Nilsson LM, Johansson I, Hedblad B, Rosvall M, Lund E, Braaten T, Naska A, Orfanos P, Trichopoulou A, van den Berg S, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Bergmann MM, Steffen A, Kaaks R, Teucher B, Wareham NJ, Khaw KT, Crowe FL, Illner AK, Slimani N, Gallo V, Mouw T, Norat T, Peeters PH

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Jun 2012

(DOI : 10.1038/ejcn.2012.55)

Rate of weight gain predicts change in physical activity levels: a longitudinal analysis of the EPIC-Norfolk cohort.

Golubic R, Ekelund U, Wijndaele K, Luben R, Khaw KT, Wareham NJ, Brage S

International Journal of Obesity. Apr 2012

(DOI : 10.1038/ijo.2012.58)

Likelihood of acute coronary syndrome in emergency department chest pain patients varies with time of presentation.

Ekelund U, Akbarzadeh M, Khoshnood A, Björk J, Ohlsson M

BMC research notes. Apr 2012

(DOI : 10.1186/1756-0500-5-420)

Validity and comparability of a wrist-worn accelerometer in children.

Ekblom O, Nyberg G, Bak EE, Ekelund U, Marcus C

Journal of Physical Activity and Health. Mar 2012

Breakfast consumption and daily physical activity patterns in adolescents

Griffin SJ, Van Sluijs EM, Bamber D, Corder KL, Ekelund U, Goodyer IM, Steele R, Stephen AM

British Journal of Nutrition. Mar 2012

(DOI : 10.1017/S0007114510003272)

Associations of intrauterine and postnatal weight and length gains with adolescent body composition: prospective birth cohort study from Brazil.

Wells JC, Dumith SC, Ekelund U, Reichert FF, Menezes AM, Victora CG, Hallal PC

The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine. Mar 2012

(DOI : 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2012.08.013)

Evaluation of common genetic variants identified by GWAS for early onset and morbid obesity in population-based samples.

den Hoed M, Luan J, Langenberg C, Cooper C, Sayer AA, Jameson K, Kumari M, Kivimaki M, Hingorani AD, Grøntved A, Khaw KT, Ekelund U, Wareham NJ, Loos RJ

International Journal of Obesity. Mar 2012

(DOI : 10.1038/ijo.2012.34)

No interactions between previously associated 2-hour glucose gene variants and physical activity or BMI on 2-hour glucose levels.

Scott RA, Chu AY, Grarup N, Manning AK, Hivert MF, Shungin D, Tönjes A, Yesupriya A, Barnes D, Bouatia-Naji N, Glazer NL, Jackson AU, Kutalik Z, Lagou V, Marek D, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Stringham HM, Tanaka T, Aadahl M, Arking DE, Bergmann S, Boerwinkle E, Bonnycastle LL, Bornstein SR, Brunner E, Bumpstead SJ, Brage S, Carlson OD, Chen H, Chen YD, Chines PS, Collins FS, Couper DJ, Dennison EM, Dowling NF, Egan JS, Ekelund U, Erdos MR, Forouhi NG, Fox CS, Goodarzi MO, Gräßler J, Gustafsson S, Hallmans G, Hansen T, Hingorani A, Holloway JW, Hu FB, Isomaa B, Jameson KA, Johansson I, Jonsson A, Jørgensen T, Kivimaki M, Kovacs P, Kumari M, Kuusisto J, Laakso M, Lecoeur C, Lévy-Marchal C, Li G, Loos RJ, Lyssenko V, Marmot M, Marques-Vidal P, Morken MA, Müller G, North KE, Pankow JS, Payne F, Prokopenko I, Psaty BM, Renstrom F, Rice K, Rotter JI, Rybin D, Sandholt CH, Sayer AA, Shrader P, Schwarz PE, Siscovick DS, Stančáková A, Stumvoll M, Teslovich TM, Waeber G, Williams GH, Witte DR, Wood AR, Xie W, Boehnke M, Cooper C, Ferrucci L, Froguel P, Groop L, Kao WH, Vollenweider P, Walker M, Watanabe RM, Pedersen O, Meigs JB, Ingelsson E, Barroso I, Florez JC, Franks PW, Dupuis J, Wareham NJ, Langenberg C

Diabetes. Mar 2012

(DOI : 10.2337/db11-0973)

A systematic review of reliability and objective criterion-related validity of physical activity questionnaires.

Helmerhorst HJ, Brage S, Warren J, Besson H, Ekelund U

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Feb 2012

(DOI : 10.1186/1479-5868-9-103)

Moderate to vigorous physical activity and sedentary time and cardiometabolic risk factors in children and adolescents.

Ekelund U, Luan J, Sherar LB, Esliger DW, Griew P, Cooper A

JAMA. Feb 2012

(DOI : 10.1001/jama.2012.156)

Travel to School and Physical Activity Levels in 9–10 Year-Old UK Children of Different Ethnic Origin; Child Heart and Health Study in England (CHASE)

Van Sluijs EM, Cook DG, Ekelund U, Nightingale CM, Owen CG, Rudnicka AR, Whincup PH

PLoS ONE. Feb 2012

(DOI : 10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0030932)

Validity of reporting oxygen uptake efficiency slope from submaximal exercise using respiratory exchange ratio as secondary criterion.

Williamson W, Fuld J, Westgate K, Sylvester K, Ekelund U, Brage S

Pulmonary medicine. Dec 2011

(DOI : 10.1155/2012/874020)

Determinants of non- response to a second assessment of lifestyle factors and body weight in the EPIC-PANACEA study.

May AM, Adema LE, Romaguera D, Vergnaud AC, Agudo A, Ekelund U, Steffen A, Orfanos P, Slimani N, Rinaldi S, Mouw T, Rohrmann S, Hermann S, Boeing H, Bergmann MM, Jakobsen MU, Overvad K, Wareham NJ, Gonzalez C, Tjonneland A, Halkjaer J, Key TJ, Spencer EA, Hellstrom V, Manjer J, Hedblad B, Lund E, Braaten T, Clavel-Chapelon F, Boutron-Ruault MC, Rodriguez L, Sánchez MJ, Dorronsoro M, Barricarte A, Huerta JM, Naska A, Trichopoulou A, Palli D, Pala V, Norat T, Mattiello A, Tumino R, van der A D, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Riboli E, Peeters PH

BMC Medical Research Methodology. Dec 2011

(DOI : 10.1186/1471-2288-12-148)

Prediction of childhood obesity by infancy weight gain: an individual-level meta-analysis.

Druet C, Stettler N, Sharp SJ, Simmons RK, Cooper C, Smith GD, Ekelund U, Lévy-Marchal C, Järvelin MR, Kuh D, Ong KK

Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology. Dec 2011

(DOI : 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2011.01213.x)

Assessing physical activity using wearable monitors: measures of physical activity.

Butte NF, Ekelund U, Westerterp KR

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. Dec 2011

(DOI : 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3182399c0e)

Bidirectional cross-sectional and prospective associations between physical activity and body composition in adolescence: birth cohort study.

Hallal PC, Reichert FF, Ekelund U, Dumith SC, Menezes AM, Victora CG, Wells J

Journal of sports sciences. Dec 2011

(DOI : 10.1080/02640414.2011.631570)

Physical activity reduces the risk of incident type 2 diabetes in general and in abdominally lean and obese men and women: the EPIC-InterAct Study.

Ekelund U, Palla L, Brage S, Franks PW, Peters T, Balkau B, Diaz MJ, Huerta JM, Agnoli C, Arriola L, Ardanaz E, Boeing H, Clavel-Chapelon F, Crowe F, Fagherazzi G, Groop L, Føns Johnsen N, Kaaks R, Khaw KT, Key TJ, de Lauzon-Guillain B, May A, Monninkhof E, Navarro C, Nilsson P, Nautrup Østergaard J, Norat T, Overvad K, Palli D, Panico S, Redondo ML, Ricceri F, Rolandsson O, Romaguera D, Romieu I, Sánchez Pérez MJ, Slimani N, Spijkerman A, Teucher B, Tjonneland A, Travier N, Tumino R, Vos W, Vigl M, Sharp SJ, Langenberg C, Forouhi N, Riboli E, Feskens E, Wareham NJ

Diabetologia. Nov 2011

(DOI : 10.1007/s00125-012-2532-2)

Infancy and childhood growth and physical activity in adolescence: prospective birth cohort study from Brazil.

Hallal PC, Dumith SC, Ekelund U, Reichert FF, Menezes AM, Victora CG, Wells JC

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Oct 2011

(DOI : 10.1186/1479-5868-9-82)

Protocol for the modeling the epidemiologic transition study: a longitudinal observational study of energy balance and change in body weight, diabetes and cardiovascular disease risk.

Luke A, Bovet P, Forrester TE, Lambert EV, Plange-Rhule J, Schoeller DA, Dugas LR, Durazo-Arvizu RA, Shoham D, Cooper RS, Brage S, Ekelund U, Steyn NP

BMC Public Health. Oct 2011

(DOI : 10.1186/1471-2458-11-927)

Validity and Comparability of a Wrist-Worn Accelerometer in Children.

Ekblom O, Nyberg G, Ekblom Bak E, Ekelund U, Marcus C

Journal of Physical Activity and Health. Sep 2011

(DOI : 2010-0228)

Validity of a short questionnaire to assess physical activity in 10 European countries.

Peters T, Brage S, Westgate K, Franks PW, Gradmark A, Tormo Diaz MJ, Huerta JM, Bendinelli B, Vigl M, Boeing H, Wendel-Vos W, Spijkerman A, Benjaminsen-Borch K, Valanou E, de Lauzon Guillain B, Clavel-Chapelon F, Sharp SJ, Kerrison N, Langenberg C, Arriola L, Barricarte A, Gonzales C, Grioni S, Kaaks R, Key T, Khaw KT, May A, Nilsson P, Norat T, Overvad K, Palli D, Panico S, Ramón Quirós J, Ricceri F, Sánchez MJ, Slimani N, Tjonneland A, Tumino R, Feskins E, Riboli E, Ekelund U, Wareham NJ

European Journal of Epidemiology. Aug 2011

(DOI : 10.1007/s10654-011-9625-y)

What proportion of youth are physically active? Measurement issues, levels and recent time trends.

Ekelund U, Tomkinson G, Armstrong N

British Journal of Sports Medicine. Aug 2011

(DOI : 10.1136/bjsports-2011-090190)

Aerobic fitness and its relationship to sport, exercise training and habitual physical activity during youth.

Armstrong N, Tomkinson G, Ekelund U

British Journal of Sports Medicine. Aug 2011

(DOI : 10.1136/bjsports-2011-090200)

International Olympic Committee consensus statement on the health and fitness of young people through physical activity and sport.

Mountjoy M, Andersen LB, Armstrong N, Biddle S, Boreham C, Bedenbeck HP, Ekelund U, Engebretsen L, Hardman K, Hills AP, Hills A, Kahlmeier S, Kriemler S, Lambert E, Ljungqvist A, Matsudo V, McKay H, Micheli L, Pate R, Riddoch C, Schamasch P, Sundberg CJ, Tomkinson G, van Sluijs E, van Mechelen W

British Journal of Sports Medicine. Aug 2011

(DOI : 10.1136/bjsports-2011-090228)

Bicycling but not walking is independently associated with fasting insulin in abdominally obese women.

Hemmingsson E, Ekelund U, Uddén J

Journal of Physical Activity and Health. Aug 2011

Physical activity awareness of British adolescents

Griffin SJ, Van Sluijs EM, Bamber D, Corder KL, Dunn V, Ekelund U, Goodyer IM, Ridgway CL, Steele R

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. Jul 2011

(DOI : 10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.94)

Criterion validity of a 10-category scale for ranking physical activity in Norwegian women.

Borch KB, Ekelund U, Brage S, Lund E

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Jun 2011

(DOI : 10.1186/1479-5868-9-2)

Travel to school and physical activity levels in 9-10 year-old UK children of different ethnic origin; Child Heart and Health Study in England (CHASE).

Owen CG, Nightingale CM, Rudnicka AR, Sluijs EM, Ekelund U, Cook DG, Whincup PH

PLoS ONE. Jun 2011

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0030932)

Socio-demographic patterning of physical activity across migrant groups in India: results from the Indian Migration Study.

Sullivan R, Kinra S, Ekelund U, Bharathi AV, Vaz M, Kurpad A, Collier T, Reddy KS, Prabhakaran D, Ben-Shlomo Y, Davey Smith G, Ebrahim S, Kuper H

PLoS ONE. Jun 2011

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0024898)

International Olympic Committee consensus statement on the health and fitness of young people through physical activity and sport

Van Sluijs EM, Andersen LB, Armstrong N, Bedenbeck HP, Biddle SJ, Boreham C, Ekelund U, Engebretsen L, Hardman K, Hills A, Kahlmeier S, Kriemler S, Lambert E, Ljungqvist A, Matsudo V, McKay H, Micheli L, Mountjoy M, Pate R, Riddoch C, Schamasch P, Sundberg CJ, van Mechelen W

British Journal of Sports Medicine. Jun 2011

(DOI : 10.1136/bjsports-2011-090228)

Differences in metabolic risk factors between normal weight and overweight children.

Nyberg G, Ekelund U, Yucel-Lindberg TL, Mode R T, Marcus C

International journal of pediatric obesity : IJPO : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity. May 2011

(DOI : 10.3109/17477166.2011.575226)

Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between physical activity and blood pressure in adolescence: birth cohort study.

Hallal PC, Dumith SC, Reichert FF, Menezes AM, Araújo CL, Wells JC, Ekelund U, Victora CG

Journal of Physical Activity and Health. May 2011

(DOI : PMC3672951)

The association of lifetime alcohol use with measures of abdominal and general adiposity in a large-scale European cohort.

Bergmann MM, Schütze M, Steffen A, Boeing H, Halkjaer J, Tjonneland A, Travier N, Agudo A, Slimani N, Rinaldi S, Norat T, Romaguera D, Rohrmann S, Kaaks R, Jakobsen MU, Overvad K, Ekelund U, Spencer EA, Rodriguez L, Sánchez MJ, Dorronsoro M, Barricarte A, Chirlaque MD, Orfanos P, Naska A, Trichopoulou A, Palli D, Grioni S, Vineis P, Panico S, Tumino R, Riboli E, Wareham NJ, Bueno-de-Mesquita B, May A, Peeters PH

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. May 2011

(DOI : 10.1038/ejcn.2011.70)

Evaluation of the Indian Migration Study Physical Activity Questionnaire (IMS-PAQ): a cross-sectional study.

Sullivan R, Kinra S, Ekelund U, Bharathi AV, Vaz M, Kurpad A, Collier T, Reddy KS, Prabhakaran D, Ebrahim S, Kuper H

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. May 2011

(DOI : 10.1186/1479-5868-9-13)

Association of genetic Loci with glucose levels in childhood and adolescence: a meta-analysis of over 6,000 children.

Barker A, Sharp SJ, Timpson NJ, Bouatia-Naji N, Warrington NM, Kanoni S, Beilin LJ, Brage S, Deloukas P, Evans DM, Grontved A, Hassanali N, Lawlor DA, Lecoeur C, Loos RJ, Lye SJ, McCarthy MI, Mori TA, Ndiaye NC, Newnham JP, Ntalla I, Pennell CE, St Pourcain B, Prokopenko I, Ring SM, Sattar N, Visvikis-Siest S, Dedoussis GV, Palmer LJ, Froguel P, Smith GD, Ekelund U, Wareham NJ, Langenberg C

Diabetes. Apr 2011

(DOI : 10.2337/db10-1575)

Physical activity attenuates the influence of FTO variants on obesity risk: a meta-analysis of 218,166 adults and 19,268 children.

Kilpeläinen TO, Qi L, Brage S, Sharp SJ, Sonestedt E, Demerath E, Ahmad T, Mora S, Kaakinen M, Sandholt CH, Holzapfel C, Autenrieth CS, Hyppönen E, Cauchi S, He M, Kutalik Z, Kumari M, Stančáková A, Meidtner K, Balkau B, Tan JT, Mangino M, Timpson NJ, Song Y, Zillikens MC, Jablonski KA, Garcia ME, Johansson S, Bragg-Gresham JL, Wu Y, Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk JV, Onland-Moret NC, Zimmermann E, Rivera NV, Tanaka T, Stringham HM, Silbernagel G, Kanoni S, Feitosa MF, Snitker S, Ruiz JR, Metter J, Larrad MT, Atalay M, Hakanen M, Amin N, Cavalcanti-Proença C, Grøntved A, Hallmans G, Jansson JO, Kuusisto J, Kähönen M, Lutsey PL, Nolan JJ, Palla L, Pedersen O, Pérusse L, Renstrom F, Scott RA, Shungin D, Sovio U, Tammelin TH, Rönnemaa T, Lakka TA, Uusitupa M, Rios MS, Ferrucci L, Bouchard C, Meirhaeghe A, Fu M, Walker M, Borecki IB, Dedoussis GV, Fritsche A, Ohlsson C, Boehnke M, Bandinelli S, van Duijn CM, Ebrahim S, Lawlor DA, Gudnason V, Harris TB, Sørensen TI, Mohlke KL, Hofman A, Uitterlinden AG, Tuomilehto J, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari O, Isomaa B, Njølstad PR, Florez JC, Liu S, Ness A, Spector TD, Tai ES, Froguel P, Boeing H, Laakso M, Marmot M, Bergmann S, Power C, Khaw KT, Chasman D, Ridker P, Hansen T, Monda KL, Illig T, Järvelin MR, Wareham NJ, Hu FB, Groop LC, Orho-Melander M, Ekelund U, Franks PW, Loos RJ

PLoS Medicine. Apr 2011

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001116)

International children's accelerometry database (ICAD): design and methods.

Sherar LB, Griew P, Esliger DW, Cooper AR, Ekelund U, Judge K, Riddoch C

BMC Public Health. Apr 2011

(DOI : 10.1186/1471-2458-11-485)

Physical activity and gain in abdominal adiposity and body weight: prospective cohort study in 288,498 men and women.

Ekelund U, Besson H, Luan J, May AM, Sharp SJ, Brage S, Travier N, Agudo A, Slimani N, Rinaldi S, Jenab M, Norat T, Mouw T, Rohrmann S, Kaaks R, Bergmann MM, Boeing H, Clavel-Chapelon F, Boutron-Ruault MC, Overvad K, Jakobsen MU, Johnsen NF, Halkjaer J, González CA, Rodriguez L, Sánchez MJ, Arriola L, Barricarte A, Navarro C, Key TJ, Spencer EA, Orfanos P, Naska A, Trichopoulou A, Manjer J, Lund E, Palli D, Pala V, Vineis P, Mattiello A, Tumino R, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, van den Berg SW, Odysseos AD, Riboli E, Wareham NJ, Peeters PH

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Feb 2011

(DOI : 10.3945/ajcn.110.006593)

Cohort profile: updating the cohort profile for the MRC National Survey of Health and Development: a new clinic-based data collection for ageing research.

Kuh D, Pierce M, Adams EJ, Deanfield J, Ekelund U, Friberg P, Ghosh AK, Harwood N, Hughes A, Macfarlane PW, Mishra G, Pellerin D, Wong A, Stephen AM, Richards M, Hardy R, NSHD scientific and data collection team

International Journal of Epidemiology. Feb 2011

(DOI : 10.1093/ije/dyq231)

Estimation of daily energy expenditure in pregnant and non-pregnant women using a wrist-worn tri-axial accelerometer.

van Hees VT, Renstrom F, Wright A, Gradmark A, Catt M, Chen KY, Löf M, Bluck L, Pomeroy J, Wareham NJ, Ekelund U, Brage S, Franks PW

PLoS ONE. Feb 2011

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0022922)

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)

NOS3 variants, physical activity, and blood pressure in the European Youth Heart Study.

Grøntved A, Andersen LB, Franks PW, Verhage B, Wareham NJ, Ekelund U, Loos RJ, Brage S

American journal of hypertension. Jan 2011

(DOI : 10.1038/ajh.2010.265)

Obesity-susceptibility loci have a limited influence on birth weight: a meta-analysis of up to 28,219 individuals.

Kilpeläinen TO, den Hoed M, Ong KK, Grøntved A, Brage S, Jameson K, Cooper C, Khaw KT, Ekelund U, Wareham NJ, Loos RJ

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Jan 2011

(DOI : 10.3945/ajcn.110.000828)

Television viewing and incident cardiovascular disease: prospective associations and mediation analysis in the EPIC Norfolk Study.

Wijndaele K, Brage S, Besson H, Khaw KT, Sharp SJ, Luben R, Bhaniani A, Wareham NJ, Ekelund U

PLoS ONE. Dec 2010

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0020058)

A proposed method of bias adjustment for meta-analyses of published observational studies.

Thompson S, Ekelund U, Jebb S, Lindroos AK, Mander A, Sharp SJ, Turner R, Wilks D

International Journal of Epidemiology. Dec 2010

(DOI : 10.1093/ije/dyq248)

Design and cohort description of the InterAct Project: an examination of the interaction of genetic and lifestyle factors on the incidence of type 2 diabetes in the EPIC Study.

Langenberg C, Sharp SJ, Forouhi NG, Franks PW, Schulze MB, Kerrison N, Ekelund U, Barroso I, Panico S, Tormo MJ, Spranger J, Griffin SJ, van der Schouw YT, Amiano P, Ardanaz E, Arriola L, Balkau B, Barricarte A, Beulens JW, Boeing H, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Buijsse B, Chirlaque Lopez MD, Clavel-Chapelon F, Crowe FL, de Lauzon-Guillan B, Deloukas P, Dorronsoro M, Drogan D, Froguel P, Gonzalez C, Grioni S, Groop L, Groves C, Hainaut P, Halkjaer J, Hallmans G, Hansen T, Huerta Castaño JM, Kaaks R, Key TJ, Khaw KT, Koulman A, Mattiello A, Navarro C, Nilsson P, Norat T, Overvad K, Palla L, Palli D, Pedersen O, Peeters PH, Quirós JR, Ramachandran A, Rodriguez-Suarez L, Rolandsson O, Romaguera D, Romieu I, Sacerdote C, Sánchez MJ, Sandbaek A, Slimani N, Sluijs I, Spijkerman AM, Teucher B, Tjonneland A, Tumino R, van der A DL, Verschuren WM, Tuomilehto J, Feskens E, McCarthy M, Riboli E, Wareham NJ

Diabetologia. Dec 2010

(DOI : 10.1007/s00125-011-2182-9)

Physical activity, calcium intake and childhood bone mineral: a population-based cross-sectional study.

Harvey NC, Cole ZA, Crozier SR, Kim M, Ntani G, Goodfellow L, Robinson SM, Inskip HM, Godfrey KM, Dennison EM, Wareham NJ, Ekelund U, Cooper C

Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA. Nov 2010

(DOI : 10.1007/s00198-011-1641-y)

Fat-free mass mediates the association between birth weight and aerobic fitness in youth.

Ridgway CL, Brage S, Anderssen S, Sardinha LB, Andersen LB, Ekelund U

International journal of pediatric obesity : IJPO : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity. Nov 2010

(DOI : 10.3109/17477166.2010.526225)

Do physical activity and aerobic fitness moderate the association between birth weight and metabolic risk in youth?: the European Youth Heart Study.

Ridgway CL, Brage S, Anderssen SA, Sardinha LB, Andersen LB, Ekelund U

Diabetes care. Oct 2010

(DOI : 10.2337/dc10-1178)

Change in children’s physical activity over 12 months; longitudinal results from the SPEEDY study.

Griffin SJ, Jones AP, Van Sluijs EM, Corder KL, Ekelund U

Pediatrics. Oct 2010

(DOI : 10.1542/peds.2010-0048)

Changes in children's physical activity over 12 months: longitudinal results from the SPEEDY study.

Corder KL, Van Sluijs EM, Ekelund U, Jones AP, Griffin SJ

Pediatrics. Sep 2010

(DOI : 10.1542/peds.2010-0048)

The contribution of prenatal environment and genetic factors to the association between birth weight and adult grip strength.

Ridgway CL, Sharp SJ, Derom C, Beunen G, Fagard R, Vlietinck R, Ekelund U, Loos RJ

PLoS ONE. Sep 2010

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0017955)

Breakfast consumption and physical activity in British adolescents.

Corder KL, Van Sluijs EM, Steele RM, Stephen AM, Dunn V, Bamber D, Goodyer I, Griffin SJ, Ekelund U

The British journal of nutrition. Sep 2010

(DOI : 10.1017/S0007114510003272)

Breakfast consumption and physical activity in British adolescents

Griffin SJ, Van Sluijs EM, Bamber D, Corder KL, Dunn V, Ekelund U, Goodyer IM, Steele RM, Stephen AM

British Journal of Nutrition. Sep 2010

(DOI : 10.1017/S0007114510003272)

Genetic susceptibility to obesity and related traits in childhood and adolescence: influence of loci identified by genome-wide association studies.

den Hoed M, Ekelund U, Brage S, Grontved A, Zhao JH, Sharp SJ, Ong KK, Wareham NJ, Loos RJ

Diabetes. Aug 2010

(DOI : 10.2337/db10-0370)

Objectively measured physical activity and fat mass in children: a bias-adjusted meta-analysis of prospective studies.

Wilks DC, Sharp SJ, Ekelund U, Thompson SG, Mander AP, Turner RM, Jebb SA, Lindroos AK

PLoS ONE. Aug 2010

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0017205)

Does birth weight influence physical activity in youth? A combined analysis of four studies using objectively measured physical activity.

Ridgway CL, Brage S, Sharp SJ, Corder K, Westgate K, Van Sluijs EM, Goodyer IM, Hallal PC, Anderssen SA, Sardinha LB, Andersen LB, Ekelund U

PLoS ONE. Aug 2010

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0016125)

An investigation of patterns of children's sedentary and vigorous physical activity throughout the week.

Steele RM, Van Sluijs EM, Sharp SJ, Landsbaugh JR, Ekelund U, Griffin SJ

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Jul 2010

(DOI : 10.1186/1479-5868-7-88)

Family dog ownership and levels of physical activity in childhood: findings from the Child Heart and Health Study in England.

Owen CG, Nightingale CM, Rudnicka AR, Ekelund U, McMinn AM, Van Sluijs EM, Griffin SJ, Cook DG, Whincup PH

American Journal of Public Health. Jul 2010

(DOI : 10.2105/AJPH.2009.188193)

Objectively measured physical activity and obesity prevention in children, adolescents and adults: a systematic review of prospective studies.

Wilks DC, Besson H, Lindroos AK, Ekelund U

Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity. Jul 2010

(DOI : 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2010.00775.x)

Television viewing time independently predicts all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: the EPIC Norfolk study.

Wijndaele K, Brage S, Besson H, Khaw KT, Sharp SJ, Luben R, Wareham NJ, Ekelund U

International Journal of Epidemiology. Jun 2010

(DOI : 10.1093/ije/dyq105)

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)

Association between birth weight and visceral fat in adults.

Rolfe Ede L, Loos RJ, Druet C, Stolk RP, Ekelund U, Griffin SJ, Forouhi NG, Wareham NJ, Ong KK

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Jun 2010

(DOI : 10.3945/ajcn.2010.29247)

Comparisons of leisure-time physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness as predictors of all-cause mortality in men and women.

Lee DC, Sui X, Ortega FB, Kim YS, Church TS, Winett RA, Ekelund U, Katzmarzyk PT, Blair SN

British Journal of Sports Medicine. Apr 2010

(DOI : 10.1136/bjsm.2009.066209)

Validity of a physical activity questionnaire in Shanghai.

Peters TM, Shu XO, Moore SC, Xiang YB, Yang G, Ekelund U, Liu DK, Tan YT, Ji BT, Schatzkin AS, Zheng W, Chow WH, Matthews CE, Leitzmann MF

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. Apr 2010

(DOI : 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181e1fcd5)

The ABC of Physical Activity for Health: a consensus statement from the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences.

O'Donovan G, Blazevich AJ, Boreham C, Cooper AR, Crank H, Ekelund U, Fox KR, Gately P, Giles-Corti B, Gill JM, Hamer M, McDermott I, Murphy M, Mutrie N, Reilly JJ, Saxton JM, Stamatakis E

Journal of sports sciences. Apr 2010

(DOI : 10.1080/02640411003671212)

Assessment of physical activity - a review of methodologies with reference to epidemiological research: a report of the exercise physiology section of the European Association of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation.

Warren JM, Ekelund U, Besson H, Mezzani A, Geladas N, Vanhees L

European journal of cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation : official journal of the European Society of Cardiology, Working Groups on Epidemiology & Prevention and Cardiac Rehabilitation and Exercise Physiology. Mar 2010

(DOI : 10.1097/HJR.0b013e32832ed875)

Family dog ownership and levels of physical activity in childhood: findings from the Child Heart And health Study in England (CHASE)

Griffin SJ, Van Sluijs EM, Cook DG, Ekelund U, McMinn AM, Nightingale CM, Owen CG, Rudnicka AR, Whincup PH

American Journal of Public Health. Mar 2010

(DOI : 10.2105/AJPH.2009.188193)

Physical activity attenuates the genetic predisposition to obesity in 20,000 men and women from EPIC-Norfolk prospective population study.

Li S, Zhao JH, Luan J, Ekelund U, Luben RN, Khaw KT, Wareham NJ, Loos RJ

PLoS Medicine. Feb 2010

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000332)

Physical activity energy expenditure of adolescents in India.

Corder KL, Brage S, Wright A, Ramachandran A, Snehalatha C, Yamuna A, Wareham NJ, Ekelund U

Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.). Feb 2010

(DOI : 10.1038/oby.2010.4)

Lack of association between PCK1 polymorphisms and obesity, physical activity, and fitness in European Youth Heart Study (EYHS).

Vimaleswaran KS, Franks PW, Brage S, Grontved A, Wareham NJ, Ekelund U, Loos RJ

Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.). Feb 2010

(DOI : 10.1038/oby.2010.13)

Validation of the historical adulthood physical activity questionnaire (HAPAQ) against objective measurements of physical activity.

Besson H, Harwood CA, Ekelund U, Finucane FM, McDermott CJ, Shaw PJ, Wareham NJ

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Jan 2010

(DOI : 10.1186/1479-5868-7-54)

Adiposity measures as indicators of metabolic risk factors in adolescents.

Neovius M, Rossner SM, Vågstrand K, von Hausswolff-Juhlin YL, Hoffstedt J, Ekelund U

Obesity facts. Jan 2010

(DOI : 10.1159/000229308)

Physical activity, obesity and cardiometabolic risk factors in 9- to 10-year-old UK children of white European, South Asian and black African-Caribbean origin: the Child Heart And health Study in England (CHASE).

Owen CG, Nightingale CM, Rudnicka AR, Sattar N, Cook DG, Ekelund U, Whincup PH

Diabetologia. Jan 2010

(DOI : 10.1007/s00125-010-1781-1)

Estimating physical activity energy expenditure, sedentary time, and physical activity intensity by self-report in adults.

Besson H, Brage S, Jakes RW, Ekelund U, Wareham NJ

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Nov 2009

(DOI : 10.3945/ajcn.2009.28432)

Targeting sedentary time or moderate- and vigorous-intensity activity: independent relations with adiposity in a population-based sample of 10-y-old British children.

Steele RM, Van Sluijs EM, Cassidy A, Griffin SJ, Ekelund U

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Sep 2009

(DOI : 10.3945/ajcn.2009.28153)

Common genetic determinants of glucose homeostasis in healthy children: the European Youth Heart Study.

Kelliny C, Ekelund U, Andersen LB, Brage S, Loos RJ, Wareham NJ, Langenberg C

Diabetes. Sep 2009

(DOI : 10.2337/db09-0374)

Physical activity patterns measured by accelerometry in 6- to 10-yr-old children.

Nyberg GA, Nordenfelt AM, Ekelund U, Marcus C

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. Sep 2009

(DOI : 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181a48ee6)

Accelerometer-measured physical activity in Chinese adults.

Peters TM, Moore SC, Xiang YB, Yang G, Shu XO, Ekelund U, Ji BT, Tan YT, Liu DK, Schatzkin A, Zheng W, Chow WH, Matthews CE, Leitzmann MF

American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Aug 2009

(DOI : 10.1016/j.amepre.2010.02.012)

The effects of aerobic exercise on metabolic risk, insulin sensitivity and intrahepatic lipid in healthy older people from the Hertfordshire Cohort Study: a randomised controlled trial.

Finucane FM, Sharp SJ, Purslow LR, Horton K, Horton J, Savage DB, Brage S, Besson H, De Lucia Rolfe E, Sleigh A, Martin HJ, Aihie Sayer A, Cooper C, Ekelund U, Griffin SJ, Wareham NJ

Diabetologia. Aug 2009

(DOI : 10.1007/s00125-009-1641-z)

Novel daily energy expenditure estimation by using objective activity type classification: where do we go from here?

van Hees VT, Ekelund U

Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985). Jul 2009

(DOI : 10.1152/japplphysiol.00793.2009)

Physical activity attenuates the body mass index-increasing influence of genetic variation in the FTO gene.

Vimaleswaran KS, Li S, Zhao JH, Luan J, Bingham SA, Khaw KT, Ekelund U, Wareham NJ, Loos RJ

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Jun 2009

(DOI : 10.3945/ajcn.2009.27652)

Intensity and timing of physical activity in relation to postmenopausal breast cancer risk: the prospective NIH-AARP diet and health study.

Peters TM, Moore SC, Gierach GL, Wareham NJ, Ekelund U, Hollenbeck AR, Schatzkin A, Leitzmann MF

BMC cancer. Jun 2009

(DOI : 10.1186/1471-2407-9-349)

A comparison of questionnaire, accelerometer, and pedometer: measures in older people.

Harris TJ, Owen CG, Victor CR, Adams R, Ekelund U, Cook DG

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. Jun 2009

(DOI : 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31819b3533)

Objectively measured sedentary time may predict insulin resistance independent of moderate- and vigorous-intensity physical activity.

Helmerhorst HJ, Wijndaele K, Brage S, Wareham NJ, Ekelund U

Diabetes. May 2009

(DOI : 10.2337/db08-1773)

Birth size, infant weight gain, and motor development influence adult physical performance.

Ridgway CL, Ong KK, Tammelin T, Sharp SJ, Ekelund U, Järvelin MR

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. May 2009

(DOI : 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31819794ab)

Infant motor development predicts sports participation at age 14 years: northern Finland birth cohort of 1966.

Ridgway CL, Ong KK, Tammelin TH, Sharp SJ, Ekelund U, Järvelin MR

PLoS ONE. May 2009

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0006837)

Increased physical activity in abdominally obese women through support for changed commuting habits: a randomized clinical trial.

Hemmingsson E, Uddén J, Neovius M, Ekelund U, Rössner S

International Journal of Obesity. May 2009

(DOI : 10.1038/ijo.2009.77)

Altered respiratory function is associated with increased metabolic risk, independently of adiposity, fitness and physical activity.

Steele RM, Finucane FM, Simmons RK, Griffin SJ, Wareham NJ, Ekelund U

Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association. Apr 2009

(DOI : 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2009.02689.x)

Ethnic and gender differences in physical activity levels among 9-10-year-old children of white European, South Asian and African-Caribbean origin: the Child Heart Health Study in England (CHASE Study).

Owen CG, Nightingale CM, Rudnicka AR, Cook DG, Ekelund U, Whincup PH

International Journal of Epidemiology. Apr 2009

(DOI : 10.1093/ije/dyp176)

Perception versus reality awareness of physical activity levels of British children.

Corder K, Van Sluijs EM, McMinn AM, Ekelund U, Cassidy A, Griffin SJ

American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Apr 2009

(DOI : 10.1016/j.amepre.2009.08.025)

A 4-year, cluster-randomized, controlled childhood obesity prevention study: STOPP.

Marcus C, Nyberg G, Nordenfelt A, Karpmyr M, Kowalski J, Ekelund U

International Journal of Obesity. Mar 2009

(DOI : 10.1038/ijo.2009.38)

Randomized controlled trial of the efficacy of aerobic exercise in reducing metabolic risk in healthy older people: The Hertfordshire Physical Activity Trial.

Finucane FM, Horton J, Purslow LR, Savage DB, Brage S, Besson H, Horton K, Rolfe Ede L, Sleigh A, Sharp SJ, Martin HJ, Sayer AA, Cooper C, Ekelund U, Griffin SJ, Wareham NJ

BMC endocrine disorders. Mar 2009

(DOI : 10.1186/1472-6823-9-15)

Objectively measured moderate- and vigorous-intensity physical activity but not sedentary time predicts insulin resistance in high-risk individuals.

Ekelund U, Brage S, Griffin SJ, Wareham NJ

Diabetes care. Mar 2009

(DOI : 10.2337/dc08-1895)

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)

A cross-sectional analysis of physical activity and obesity indicators in European participants of the EPIC-PANACEA study.

Besson H, Ekelund U, Luan J, May AM, Sharp SJ, Travier N, Agudo A, Slimani N, Rinaldi S, Jenab M, Norat T, Mouw T, Rohrmann S, Kaaks R, Bergmann M, Boeing H, Clavel-Chapelon F, Boutron-Ruault MC, Overvad K, Andreasen EL, Johnsen NF, Halkjaer J, Gonzalez C, Rodriguez L, Sánchez MJ, Arriola L, Barricarte A, Navarro C, Key TJ, Spencer EA, Orfanos P, Naska A, Trichopoulou A, Manjer J, Wirfält E, Lund E, Palli D, Agnoli C, Vineis P, Panico S, Tumino R, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, van den Berg SW, Odysseos AD, Riboli E, Wareham NJ, Peeters PH

International Journal of Obesity. Feb 2009

(DOI : 10.1038/ijo.2009.25)

Obesity is associated with altered lung function independently of physical activity and fitness.

Steele RM, Finucane FM, Griffin SJ, Wareham NJ, Ekelund U

Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.). Feb 2009

(DOI : 10.1038/oby.2008.584)

Absence of association between the INSIG2 gene polymorphism (rs7566605) and obesity in the European Youth Heart Study (EYHS).

Vimaleswaran KS, Franks PW, Brage S, Sardinha LB, Andersen LB, Wareham NJ, Ekelund U, Loos RJ

Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.). Feb 2009

(DOI : 10.1038/oby.2008.650)

Is it possible to assess free-living physical activity and energy expenditure in young people by self-report?

Corder KL, Van Sluijs EM, Wright A, Whincup P, Wareham NJ, Ekelund U

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Jan 2009

(DOI : 10.3945/ajcn.2008.26739)

Correlates of objectively assessed physical activity and sedentary time in children: a cross-sectional study (The European Youth Heart Study).

Nilsson A, Andersen LB, Ommundsen Y, Froberg K, Sardinha LB, Piehl-Aulin K, Ekelund U

BMC Public Health. Jan 2009

(DOI : 10.1186/1471-2458-9-322)

Physical activity and postmenopausal breast cancer risk in the NIH-AARP diet and health study.

Peters TM, Schatzkin A, Gierach GL, Moore SC, Lacey JV, Wareham NJ, Ekelund U, Hollenbeck AR, Leitzmann MF

Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology. Jan 2009

(DOI : 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-08-0768)

Prevalence and correlates of the metabolic syndrome in a population-based sample of European youth.

Ekelund U, Anderssen S, Andersen LB, Riddoch CJ, Sardinha LB, Luan J, Froberg K, Brage S

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Dec 2008

(DOI : 10.3945/ajcn.2008.26649)

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)

PPARGC1A sequence variation and cardiovascular risk-factor levels: a study of the main genetic effects and gene x environment interactions in children from the European Youth Heart Study.

Brito EC, Vimaleswaran KS, Brage S, Andersen LB, Sardinha LB, Wareham NJ, Ekelund U, Loos RJ, Franks PW

Diabetologia. Nov 2008