• 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 ...
    • Objectively Measured Physical Activity Reduces the Risk of Mortality among Brazilian Older Adults 

      Bielemann, Renata M.; LaCroix, Andrea Z.; Bertoldi, Andréa D.; Tomasi, Elaine; Demarco, Flávio F.; Gonzalez, Maria Christina; da Silva, Pedro Augusto Crespo; Wendt, Andrea; da Silva, Inácio Crochemore Mohnsam; Brage, Soren; Ekelund, Ulf; Pratt, Michael (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      OBJECTIVES: Use of objectively measured physical activity(PA) in older adults to assess relationship between PA andrisk of all-causes mortality is scarce. This study evaluatedthe associations of PA based on accelerometry ...