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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)

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.

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International Journal of Obesity Feb 2009

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

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Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) Feb 2009

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

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Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) Feb 2009

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

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The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Jan 2009

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BMC Public Health Jan 2009

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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

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The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Dec 2008

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

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Diabetes care Nov 2008

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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