• Effects of 2-year dietary and physical activity intervention on cognition in children: A nonrandomized controlled trial 

      Naveed, Sehrish; Sallinen, Taisa; Eloranta, Aino-Maija; Skog, Hannamari; Jalkanen, Henna; Brage, Søren Karl; Ekelund, Ulf; Pentikäinen, Heikki; Savonen, Kai; Lakka, Timo A.; Haapala, Eero A. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Background and Objective: We investigated the effects of a combined dietary and PA intervention on cognition in children and whether changes in diet quality, PA, sedentary behavior (SB), and sedentary time (ST) are associated ...
    • Energy expenditure and intensity of ritual jumping–dancing in male Maasai 

      Christensen, Dirk L.; Westgate, Kate; Griffiths, Lewis; Sironga, Joseph; Maro, Venance P.; Helge, Jørn W.; Larsen, Steen; Bygbjerg, Ib C.; Ramaiya, Kaushik L.; Jensen, Jørgen; Brage, Søren Karl (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Objectives: Traditional jumping–dance rituals performed by Maasai men involve prolonged physical exertion that may contribute significantly to overall physical activity level. We aimed to objectively quantify the metabolic ...
    • Greater male variability in daily energy expenditure develops through puberty 

      Halsey, Lewis G.; Careau, Vincent; Ainslie, Philip N.; Alemán-Mateo, Heliodoro; Andersen, Lene Frost; Anderson, Liam J.; Arab, Leonore; Baddou, Issad; Bandini, Linda; Bedu-Addo, Kweku; Blaak, Ellen E.; Blanc, Stephane; Bonomi, Alberto G.; Bouten, Carlijn V. C.; Bovet, Pascal; Brage, Søren Karl; Buchowski, Maciej S.; Butte, Nancy F.; Ekelund, Ulf; Speakman, John R. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      There is considerably greater variation in metabolic rates between men than between women, in terms of basal, activity and total (daily) energy expenditure (EE). One possible explanation is that EE is associated with male ...