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Objective Measures of Activity in the Elderly: Distribution and Associations With Demographic and Health Factors.

Koolhaas CM, van Rooij FJA, Schoufour JD, Cepeda M, Tiemeier H, Brage S, Franco OH

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association Feb 2017

(DOI : 10.1016/j.jamda.2017.04.017)

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)

Adiposity and grip strength as long-term predictors of objectively measured physical activity in 93 015 adults: the UK Biobank study.

Kim Y, White T, Wijndaele K, Sharp SJ, Wareham NJ, Brage S

International Journal of Obesity Jan 2017

(DOI : 10.1038/ijo.2017.122)

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)

Mortality Risk Reductions from Substituting Screen Time by Discretionary Activities.

Wijndaele K, Sharp SJ, Wareham NJ, Brage S

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise Jan 2017

(DOI : 10.1249/MSS.0000000000001206)

Physical Activity, Sedentary Time, and Fatness in a Biethnic Sample of Young Children.

Collings PJ, Brage S, Bingham DD, Costa S, West J, McEachan RRC, Wright J, Barber SE

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise Jan 2017

(DOI : 10.1249/MSS.0000000000001180)

Transient cardiac dysfunction but elevated cardiac and kidney biomarkers 24 h following an ultra-distance running event in Mexican Tarahumara.

Christensen DL, Espino D, Infante-Ramírez R, Cervantes-Borunda MS, Hernández-Torres RP, Rivera-Cisneros AE, Castillo D, Westgate K, Terzic D, Brage S, Hassager C, Goetze JP, Kjaergaard J

Extreme physiology & medicine Jan 2017

(DOI : 10.1186/s13728-017-0057-5)

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)

Estimation of Physical Activity Energy Expenditure during Free-Living from Wrist Accelerometry in UK Adults.

White T, Westgate K, Wareham NJ, Brage S

PLoS ONE Oct 2016

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0167472)

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)

Associations between body mass index-related genetic variants and adult body composition: The Fenland cohort study.

Clifton EA, Day FR, De Lucia Rolfe E, Forouhi NG, Brage S, Griffin SJ, Wareham NJ, Ong KK

International Journal of Obesity Sep 2016

(DOI : 10.1038/ijo.2017.11)

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)

Cardiorespiratory fitness levels and associations with physical activity and body composition in young South African adults from Soweto.

Prioreschi A, Brage S, Westgate K, Norris SA, Micklesfield LK

BMC Public Health Aug 2016

(DOI : 10.1186/s12889-017-4212-0)

Genetic Correlation between Body Fat Percentage and Cardiorespiratory Fitness Suggests Common Genetic Etiology.

Schnurr TM, Gjesing AP, Sandholt CH, Jonsson A, Mahendran Y, Have CT, Ekstrøm CT, Bjerregaard AL, Brage S, Witte DR, Jørgensen ME, Aadahl M, Thuesen BH, Linneberg A, Eiberg H, Pedersen O, Grarup N, Kilpeläinen TO, Hansen T

PLoS ONE Aug 2016

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0166738)

Intakes and sources of dietary sugars and their association with metabolic and inflammatory markers.

O'Connor L, Imamura F, Brage S, Griffin SJ, Wareham NJ, Forouhi NG

Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland) Aug 2016

(DOI : 10.1016/j.clnu.2017.05.030)

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)

Large Scale Population Assessment of Physical Activity Using Wrist Worn Accelerometers: The UK Biobank Study.

Doherty A, Jackson D, Hammerla N, Plötz T, Olivier P, Granat MH, White T, van Hees VT, Trenell MI, Owen CG, Preece SJ, Gillions R, Sheard S, Peakman T, Brage S, Wareham NJ

PLoS ONE Jul 2016

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0169649)

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)

Faurholt-Jepsen M, Brage S, Kessing LV, Munkholm K

Journal of psychiatric research Jul 2016

(DOI : 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2016.10.005)

Ten-year change in sedentary behaviour, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness and cardiometabolic risk: independent associations and mediation analysis.

Knaeps S, Bourgois JG, Charlier R, Mertens E, Lefevre J, Wijndaele K

British Journal of Sports Medicine Jul 2016

(DOI : 10.1136/bjsports-2016-096083)

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)

Home and Work Physical Activity Environments: Associations with Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Physical Activity Level in French Women.

Oppert JM, Charles MA, Charreire H, Menai M, De Bourdeaudhuij I, Brage S, de Lauzon-Guillain B, Fagherazzi G, Balkau B

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Jun 2016

(DOI : 10.3390/ijerph13080824)

Physical activity and incident type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies.

Smith AD, Crippa A, Woodcock J, Brage S

Diabetologia May 2016

(DOI : 10.1007/s00125-016-4079-0)

Accuracy of inclinometer functions of the activPAL and ActiGraph GT3X+: A focus on physical activity.

An HS, Kim Y, Lee JM

Gait & posture May 2016

(DOI : 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2016.10.014)

Frequency and duration of physical activity bouts in school-aged children: A comparison within and between days.

Brooke HL, Atkin AJ, Corder K, Brage S, Van Sluijs EM

Preventive medicine reports May 2016

(DOI : 10.1016/j.pmedr.2016.10.007)

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)

Occupational and leisure-time physical activity and workload among construction workers - a randomized control study.

Gram B, Westgate K, Karstad K, Holtermann A, Søgaard K, Brage S, Sjøgaard G

International journal of occupational and environmental health Apr 2016

(DOI : 10.1080/10773525.2016.1142724)

Correlates of Physical Activity among Young Children with Moderate Acute Malnutrition.

Yaméogo CW, Cichon B, Fabiansen C, Iuel-Brockdorf AS, Shepherd S, Filteau S, Traoré AS, Christensen VB, Michaelsen KF, Brage S, Friis H, Faurholt-Jepsen D

The Journal of pediatrics Apr 2016

(DOI : 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.10.073)

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)

Long-term physical activity: an exogenous risk factor for sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis?

Harwood CA, Westgate K, Gunstone S, Brage S, Wareham NJ, McDermott CJ, Shaw PJ

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis & frontotemporal degeneration Mar 2016

(DOI : 10.3109/21678421.2016.1154575)

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)

A randomised controlled trial of three very brief interventions for physical activity in primary care.

Pears S, Bijker M, Morton KL, Vasconcelos J, Parker RA, Westgate K, Brage S, Wilson E, Prevost AT, Kinmonth AL, Griffin SJ, Sutton S, Hardeman W

BMC Public Health Feb 2016

(DOI : 10.1186/s12889-016-3684-7)

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)

Impact of sit-stand desks at work on energy expenditure and sedentary time: protocol for a feasibility study.

Mantzari E, Wijndaele K, Brage S, Griffin SJ, Marteau TM

Pilot and feasibility studies Jan 2016

(DOI : 10.1186/s40814-016-0071-1)

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)

Validity of visceral adiposity estimates from DXA against MRI in Kuwaiti men and women.

Mohammad A, De Lucia Rolfe E, Sleigh A, Kivisild T, Behbehani K, Wareham NJ, Brage S, Mohammad T

Nutrition & diabetes Jan 2016

(DOI : 10.1038/nutd.2016.38)

Does neighborhood fast-food outlet exposure amplify inequalities in diet and obesity? A cross-sectional study.

Burgoine T, Forouhi NG, Griffin SJ, Brage S, Wareham NJ, Monsivais P

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Dec 2015

(DOI : 10.3945/ajcn.115.128132)

Challenges and Opportunities for Harmonizing Research Methodology: Raw Accelerometry.

van Hees VT, Thaler-Kall K, Wolf KH, Brønd JC, Bonomi A, Schulze M, Vigl M, Morseth B, Hopstock LA, Gorzelniak L, Schulz H, Brage S, Horsch A

Methods of information in medicine Dec 2015

(DOI : 10.3414/ME15-05-0013)

Benefits of a Paleolithic diet with and without supervised exercise on fat mass, insulin sensitivity, and glycemic control: a randomized controlled trial in individuals with type 2 diabetes.

Otten J, Stomby A, Waling M, Isaksson A, Tellström A, Lundin-Olsson L, Brage S, Ryberg M, Svensson M, Olsson T

Diabetes/metabolism research and reviews Nov 2015

(DOI : 10.1002/dmrr.2828)

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)

Objective Sedentary Time, Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity, and Physical Capability in a British Cohort.

Keevil VL, Cooper AJ, Wijndaele K, Luben R, Wareham NJ, Brage S, Khaw KT

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise Oct 2015

(DOI : 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000785)

Seasonal Variation in Children's Physical Activity and Sedentary Time.

Atkin AJ, Sharp SJ, Harrison F, Brage S, Van Sluijs EM

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise Oct 2015

(DOI : 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000786)

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)

Does the importance of dietary costs for fruit and vegetable intake vary by socioeconomic position?

Mackenbach JD, Brage S, Forouhi NG, Griffin SJ, Wareham NJ, Monsivais P

The British journal of nutrition Sep 2015

(DOI : 10.1017/S0007114515003025)

The cross-sectional association between snacking behaviour and measures of adiposity: the Fenland Study, UK.

O'Connor L, Brage S, Griffin SJ, Wareham NJ, Forouhi NG

The British journal of nutrition Sep 2015

(DOI : 10.1017/S000711451500269X)

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)

The descriptive epidemiology of accelerometer-measured physical activity in older adults.

Berkemeyer K, Wijndaele K, White T, Cooper AJ, Luben R, Westgate K, Griffin SJ, Khaw KT, Wareham NJ, Brage S

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity Aug 2015

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-015-0316-z)

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)

Characterizing the context of sedentary lifestyles in a representative sample of adults: a cross-sectional study from the physical activity measurement study project.

Kim Y, Welk GJ

BMC Public Health Aug 2015

(DOI : 10.1186/s12889-015-2558-8)

Quantifying the physical activity energy expenditure of commuters using a combination of global positioning system and combined heart rate and movement sensors.

Costa S, Ogilvie D, Dalton A, Westgate K, Brage S, Panter J

Preventive medicine Jul 2015

(DOI : 10.1016/j.ypmed.2015.09.022)

Adverse associations of car time with markers of cardio-metabolic risk.

Sugiyama T, Wijndaele K, Koohsari MJ, Tanamas SK, Dunstan DW, Owen N

Preventive Medicine Jul 2015

(DOI : 10.1016/j.ypmed.2015.11.029)

Physical activity energy expenditure vs cardiorespiratory fitness level in impaired glucose metabolism.

Lidegaard LP, Hansen AL, Johansen NB, Witte DR, Brage S, Lauritzen T, Jørgensen ME, Christensen DL, Færch K

Diabetologia Jun 2015

(DOI : 10.1007/s00125-015-3738-x)

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)

Cardiovascular risk factors in rural Kenyans are associated with differential age gradients, but not modified by sex or ethnicity.

Christensen DL, Faurholt-Jepsen D, Birkegaard L, Mwaniki DL, Boit MK, Kilonzo B, Brage S, Friis H, Tetens I, Borch-Johnsen K, Vistisen D

Annals of human biology Jun 2015

(DOI : 10.3109/03014460.2015.1013987)

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)

Faurholt-Jepsen M, Brage S, Vinberg M, Kessing LV

Psychiatry research Apr 2015

(DOI : 10.1016/j.psychres.2016.01.047)

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)

Television viewing, walking speed, and grip strength in a prospective cohort study.

Keevil VL, Wijndaele K, Luben R, Sayer AA, Wareham NJ, Khaw KT

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise Mar 2015

(DOI : 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000453)

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)

Protocol for Get Moving: a randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of three minimal contact interventions to promote fitness and physical activity in working adults.

Cooper AJ, Dearnley K, Williams KM, Sharp SJ, Van Sluijs EM, Brage S, Sutton S, Griffin SJ

BMC Public Health Mar 2015

(DOI : 10.1186/s12889-015-1654-0)

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)

Higher physical activity is associated with lower aortic stiffness but not with central blood pressure: the ADDITION-Pro Study.

Laursen AS, Hansen AL, Wiinberg N, Brage S, Sandbæk A, Lauritzen T, Witte DR, Jørgensen ME, Johansen NB

Medicine Feb 2015

(DOI : 10.1097/MD.0000000000000485)

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)

Effects of an outdoor bicycle-based intervention in healthy rural Indian men with normal and low birth weight.

Madsen C, Mogensen P, Thomas N, Christensen DL, Bygbjerg IC, Mohan V, Inbakumari M, Nadig SV, Alex R, Geetanjali FS, Westgate K, Brage S, Vaag A, Grunnet LG

Journal of developmental origins of health and disease Dec 2014

(DOI : 10.1017/S2040174414000609)

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)

Physical activity, sedentary time and physical capability in early old age: British birth cohort study.

Cooper AJ, Simmons RK, Kuh D, Brage S, Cooper R

PLoS ONE Dec 2014

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0126465)

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)

Exercise and depressive symptoms in adolescents: a longitudinal cohort study.

Toseeb U, Brage S, Corder K, Dunn VJ, Jones PB, Owens M, St Clair MC, Van Sluijs EM, Goodyer IM

JAMA pediatrics Oct 2014

(DOI : 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.1794)

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)

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 nutritional supplementation for HIV patients starting antiretroviral treatment: randomised controlled trial in Ethiopia.

Olsen MF, Abdissa A, Kæstel P, Tesfaye M, Yilma D, Girma T, Wells JC, Ritz C, Mølgaard C, Michaelsen KF, Zerfu D, Brage S, Andersen ÅB, Friis H

BMJ (Clinical research ed.) Aug 2014

(DOI : 10.1136/bmj.g3187)

Electronic monitoring of psychomotor activity as a supplementary objective measure of depression severity.

Faurholt-Jepsen M, Brage S, Vinberg M, Jensen HM, Christensen EM, Knorr U, Kessing LV

Nordic journal of psychiatry Aug 2014

(DOI : 10.3109/08039488.2014.936501)

Sleep duration and cardiometabolic risk factors among individuals with type 2 diabetes.

Cooper AJ, Westgate K, Brage S, Prevost AT, Griffin SJ, Simmons RK

Sleep medicine Aug 2014

(DOI : 10.1016/j.sleep.2014.10.006)

Physical Activity and Mental Well-being in a Cohort Aged 60-64 Years.

Black SV, Cooper R, Martin KR, Brage S, Kuh D, Stafford M

American Journal of Preventive Medicine Aug 2014

(DOI : 10.1016/j.amepre.2015.03.009)

Physical activity and capacity at initiation of antiretroviral treatment in HIV patients in Ethiopia.

Olsen MF, Kæstel P, Tesfaye M, Abdissa A, Yilma D, Girma T, Mølgaard C, Faurholt-Jepsen D, Christensen DL, Brage S, Andersen ÅB, Friis H

Epidemiology and infection Jul 2014

(DOI : 10.1017/S0950268814001502)

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)

The impact of health behaviours on incident cardiovascular disease in Europeans and South Asians--a prospective analysis in the UK SABRE study.

Eriksen A, Tillin T, O'Connor L, Brage S, Hughes A, Mayet J, McKeigue P, Whincup P, Chaturvedi N, Forouhi NG

PLoS ONE Jun 2014

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0117364)

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