• Associations between Device-measured Physical Activity and Cardiometabolic Health in the Transition to Early Adulthood 

      Mielke, Gregore I.; Menezes, Ana Maria B.; da Silva, Bruna Gonçalves Cordeiro; Ekelund, Ulf; Crochemore-Silva, Inacio; Wehrmeister, Fernando César; Gonçalves, Helen; Brown, Wendy J. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Purposes: The aims of this study were to investigate the cross-sectional and prospective associations between accelerometer-measured physical activity and cardiometabolic health in the transition to adulthood. Methods: ...
    • Associations of physical activity and sedentary time with body composition in Brazilian young adults 

      da Silva, Bruna Gonçalves Cordeiro; da Silva, Inácio Crochemore Mohnsam; Ekelund, Ulf; Brage, Søren; Ong, Ken K.; de Lucia Rolfe, Emanuella; Lima, Natália Peixoto; da Silva, Shana Ginar; de Franca, Giovanny V. Araújo; Horta, Bernardo Lessa (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      The findings of studies on the association between physical activity and adiposity are not consistent, and most are cross-sectional and used only self-reported measures. The aims of this study were to evaluate: 1) independent ...
    • How many days are needed to estimate wrist-worn accelerometry-assessed physical activity during the second trimester in pregnancy? 

      da Silva, Shana Ginar; Evenson, Kelly R.; Ekelund, Ulf; da Silva, Inácio Crochemore Mohnsam; Domingues, Marlos Rodrigues; da Silva, Bruna Gonçalves Cordeiro; Mendes, Márcio de Almeida; Cruz, Gloria Isabel Niño; Hallal, Pedro Curi (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Background: Objective methods to measure physical activity (PA) can lead to better cross-cultural comparisons, monitoring temporal PA trends, and measuring the effect of interventions. However, when applying this technology ...