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

      Luke, Amy; Bovet, Pascal; Plange-Rhule, Jacob; Forrester, Terrence E.; Lambert, Estelle V.; Schoeller, Dale A.; Dugas, Lara R.; Durazo-arvizu, Ramon A.; Shoham, David A.; Cao, Guichan; Brage, Søren; Ekelund, Ulf; Cooper, Richard S. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-04-24)
      Background: Examination of patterns and intensity of physical activity (PA) across cultures where obesity prevalence varies widely provides insight into one aspect of the ongoing epidemiologic transition. The primary ...
    • Accelerometer-measured physical activity is not associated with two-year weight change in African-origin adults from five diverse populations 

      Dugas, Lara R.; Kliethermes, Stephanie; Plange-Rhule, Jacob; Tong, Liping; Bovet, Pascal; Forrester, Terrence E.; Lambert, Estelle V.; Schoeller, Dale A.; Durazo-Arvizu, Ramon A.; Shoham, David A.; Cao, Guichan; Brage, Søren; Ekelund, Ulf; Cooper, Richard S.; Luke, Amy (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-01-19)
      Background. Increasing population-levels of physical activity (PA) is a controversial strategy for managing the obesity epidemic, given the conflicting evidence for weight loss from PA alone per se. We measured PA and ...
    • Comparisons of intensity-duration patterns of physical activity in the US, Jamaica and 3 African countries 

      Dugas, Lara R.; Bovet, Pascal; Forrester, Terrence E.; Lambert, Estelle V.; Plange-Rhule, Jacob; Durazo-Arvizu, Ramon A.; Shoham, David; Kroff, Jacolene; Cao, Guichan; Cooper, Richard S.; Brage, Søren; Ekelund, Ulf; Luke, Amy (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-08-27)
      This difference in how populations living in low-, middle or upper-income countries accumulate daily PA, i.e. patterns and intensity, is an important part in addressing the global PA movement. We sought to characterize ...