• Age-related patterns of vigorous-intensity physical activity in youth: The International Children's Accelerometry Database 

      Corder, Kirsten; Sharp, Stepher J.; Atkin, Andrew J.; Andersen, Lars Bo; Cardon, Greet; Page, Angie; Davey, Rachel; Grøntvedt, Anders; Hallal, Pedro C.; Janz, Kathleen F.; Kordas, Katarzyna; Kriemler, Susi; Puder, Jardena J.; Sardinha, Luis B.; Ekelund, Ulf; van Sluijs, Esther M. F. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-05-16)
      Physical activity declines during youth but most evidence reports on combined moderate and vigorous-intensity physical activity. We investigated how vigorous-intensity activity varies with age. Cross-sectional data from ...
    • Association between maternal education and objectively measured physical activity and sedentary time in adolescents 

      Sherar, Lauren B.; Griffin, Tom P.; Ekelund, Ulf; Cooper, Ashley R.; Esliger, Dale W.; van Sluijs, Esther M. F.; Andersen, Lars Bo; Cardon, Greet; Davey, Rachel; Froberg, Karsten; Hallal, Pedro C.; Janz, Kathleen F.; Kordas, Katarzyna; Kriemler, Susi; Pate, Russell R.; Puder, Jardena J.; Sardinha, Luis B.; Timperio, Anna F.; Page, Angie S. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-01-22)
      Background: Investigating socioeconomic variation in physical activity (PA) and sedentary time is important as it may represent a pathway by which socioeconomic position (SEP) leads to ill health. Findings on the association ...
    • Associations of Intrauterine and Postnatal Weight and Length Gains With Adolescent Body Composition: Prospective Birth Cohort Study From Brazil 

      Wells, Jonathan; Dumith, Samuel C.; Ekelund, Ulf; Reichert, Felipe F.; Menezes, Ana MB; Victora, Cesar G.; Hallal, Pedro C. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      Purpose: Early growth patterns have been associated with subsequent obesity risk. However, findings from middle-income populations suggest that early infant growth may benefit lean mass and height rather than adiposity. ...
    • Built environment and physical activity: Domain- and activity-specific associations among Brazilian adolescents 

      da Sliva, Inacio C. M.; Hino, Adriano Akira; Lopes, Adalberto; Ekelund, Ulf; Brage, Søren; Goncalves, Helen; Menezes, Ana; Reis, Rodriogo S.; Hallal, Pedro C. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-07-03)
      Background: Physical activity is likely to be determined as a complex interplay between personal, interpersonal, and environmental factors. Studying the built environment involves expanding the focus from the individual ...
    • Children's moderate-to-vigorous physical activity on weekdays versus weekend days: A multi-country analysis 

      Brazendale, Keith; Beets, Michael W.; Armstrong, Bridget; Weaver, R. Glenn; Hunt, Ethan T.; Pate, Russell R.; Brusseau, Timothy A.; Bohnert, Amy M.; Olds, Timothy; Tassitano, Rafael M.; Tenorio, Maria Cecilia M.; Garcia, Jeanette; Andersen, Lars Bo; Davey, Rachel; Hallal, Pedro C.; Jago, Russell; Kolle, Elin; Kriemler, Susi; Kristensen, Peter L.; Kwon, Soyang; Puder, Jardena J.; Salmon, Jo; Sardinha, Luís B.; van Sluijs, Esther M. F. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Purpose: The Structured Days Hypothesis (SDH) posits that children’s behaviors associated with obesity – such as physical activity – are more favorable on days that contain more ‘structure’ (i.e., a pre-planned, segmented, ...
    • Does birth weight influence physical activity in youth? a combined analysis of four studies using objectively measured physical activity 

      Ridgway, Charlotte L.; Brage, Søren; Sharp, Stephen J.; Corder, Kirsten; Westgate, Kate; van Sluijs, Esther M. F.; Goodyer, Ian M.; Hallal, Pedro C.; Anderssen, Sigmund A.; Sardinha, Luis B.; Andersen, Lars Bo; Ekelund, Ulf (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-01-12)
      Animal models suggest growth restriction in utero leads to lower levels of motor activity. Furthermore, individuals with very low birth weight report lower levels of physical activity as adults. The aim of this study was ...
    • Does objectively measured physical activity modify the association between early weight gain and fat mass in young adulthood? 

      Kolle, Elin; Horta, Bernardo L.; Wells, Jonathan; Brage, Soren; Barros, Fernando C.; Ekelund, Ulf; Hallal, Pedro C. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Background: Substantial evidence suggests that weight gain in early life is associated with increased adiposity and other metabolic disorders later in life. It is, however, unknown whether physical activity (PA) may modify ...
    • Energy expenditure compared to physical activity measured by accelerometry and self-report in adolescents: A validation study 

      Hallal, Pedro C.; Reichert, Felipe F.; Clark, Valerie L.; Cordeira, Kelly L.; Menezes, Ana M. B.; Eaton, Simon; Ekelund, Ulf; Wells, Jonathan C. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-11-04)
      Background: Physical inactivity is responsible for 5.3 million deaths annually worldwide. To measure physical activity energy expenditure, the doubly labeled water (DLW) method is the gold standard. However, questionnaires ...
    • Global physical activity levels: surveillance progress, pitfalls, and prospects 

      Hallal, Pedro C.; Andersen, Lars Bo; Bull, Fiona C.; Guthold, Regina; Haskell, William; Ekelund, Ulf (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-07-18)
      To implement effective non-communicable disease prevention programmes, policy makers need data for physical activity levels and trends. In this report, we describe physical activity levels worldwide with data for adults ...
    • The multivariate physical activity signature associated with metabolic health in children and youth: An International Children's Accelerometry Database (ICAD) analysis 

      Aadland, Eivind; Kvalheim, Olav Martin; Hansen, Bjørge Herman; Kriemler, Susi; Ried-Larsen, Mathias; Wedderkopp, Niels; Sardinha, Luis B.; Møller, Niels Christian; Hallal, Pedro C.; Anderssen, Sigmund Alfred; Northstone, Kate; Andersen, Lars Bo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      There is solid evidence for an association between physical activity and metabolic health outcomes in children and youth, but for methodological reasons most studies describe the intensity spectrum using only a few summary ...
    • Objectively measured physical activity and sedentary-time are associated with arterial stiffness in brazilian young adults 

      Horta, Bernardo L.; Schaan, Beatriz D.; Bielemann, Renata M.; Vianna, Carolina Avila; Gigante, D. Petrucci; Fernando, C.; Ekelund, Ulf; Hallal, Pedro C. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-11)
      Objective: To examine the associations between objectively measured physical activity and sedentary time with pulse wave velocity (PWV) in Brazilian young adults. Methods: Cross-sectional analysis with participants ...
    • Physical activity and safety from crime among adults: a systematic review 

      Da Silva, Inacio C. M.; Payne, Valerie L. C.; Hino, Adriano Akira; Varela, Andrea Ramirez; Reis, Rodrigo S.; Ekelund, Ulf; Hallal, Pedro C. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Background: The aim of this study was to review the evidence to date on the association between physical activity and safety from crime. Methods: Articles with adult populations of 500+ participants investigating the ...
    • Physical activity levels in three Brazilian birth cohorts as assessed with raw triaxial wrist accelerometry 

      Da Silva, Inacio C. M.; van Hees, Vincent T.; Ramires, Virgilio V.; Knuth, Alan G.; Bielemann, Renata M.; Ekelund, Ulf; Brage, Søren; Hallal, Pedro C. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-10-30)
      Background: Data on objectively measured physical activity are lacking in low- and middle-income countries. The aim of this study was to describe objectively measured overall physical activity and time spent in ...
    • Physical activity throughout adolescence and cognitive performance at 18 years of age 

      Esteban-Cornejo, Irene; Hallal, Pedro C.; Mielke, Grégory; Menezes, Ana Maria B.; Goncalves, Helen; Wehrmeister, Fernando César; Ekelund, Ulf; Rombaldi, Airton J. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-05)
      Purpose: This study aimed to examine the prospective associations of physical activity at 11, 15, and 18 yr of age with cognitive performance in young adulthood in a large birth cohort study from Brazil. Methods: ...
    • Prenatal and birth predictors of objectively measured physical activity and sedentary time in three population-based birth cohorts in Brazil 

      Ding, Ding; Mielke, Gregore I.; Silva, Inácio Crochemore M.; Wehrmeister, Fernando César; Horta, Bernardo L.; Brage, Soren; Hallal, Pedro C.; Ekelund, Ulf (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Physical inactivity is a global pandemic with no signs of improvement. Prolonged sitting time is an emerging risk factor that exacerbates the health consequences of physical inactivity. Both behaviours are influenced by ...
    • Status and Trends of Physical Activity Surveillance, Policy, and Research in 164 Countries: Findings From the Global Observatory for Physical Activity—GoPA! 2015 and 2020 Surveys 

      Varela, Andrea Ramirez; Hallal, Pedro C.; Grueso, Juliana Mejía; Pedišić, Željko; Salvo, Deborah; Nguyen, Anita; Klepac, Bojana; Bauman, Adrian; Siefken, Katja; Hinckson, Erica; Oyeyemi, Adewale L.; Richards, Justin; Khidir, Elena Daniela Salih; Inoue, Shigeru; Amagasa, Shiho; Jauregui, Alejandra; da Silva, Marcelo Cozzensa; Lee, I-Min; Ding, Melody; Kohl, Harold W.; Ekelund, Ulf; Heath, Gregory W.; Powell, Kenneth E.; Foster, Charlie; Memon, Aamir Raoof; Doumbia, Abdoulaye; Rather, Abdul Roof; Razzaque, Abdur; Diouf, Adama; Hino, Adriano Akira; Damasceno, Albertino; Abebe, Alem Deksisa; Florindo, Alex Antonio; Mannocci, Alice; Aringazina, Altyn; Jurican, Andrea Backović; Poffet, Andrea; Decelis, Andrew; Carlin, Angela; Enescu, Angelica; Avilés, Angélica María Ochoa; Kontsevaya, Anna; Somhegyi, Annamaria; Vuillemin, Anne; El Hamdouchi, Asmaa; Théodore, Asse Amangoua; Masanovic, Bojan; Lynch, Brigid M.; Medina, Catalina; del Campo, Cecilia; Abdeta, Chalchisa; Moreways, Changa; Ranasinghe, Chathuranga; Howitt, Christina; Cameron, Christine; Jurakić, Danijel; Martinez-Gomez, David; Tladi, Dawn; Diro, Debrework Tesfaye; Adlakha, Deepti; Mitić, Dušan; Bjelica, Duško; Biernat, Elżbieta; Chisati, Enock M.; Lambert, Estelle Victoria; Cerin, Ester; Lee, Eun-Young; Riso, Eva-Maria; Villalba, Felicia Canete; Assah, Felix; Lovrić, Franjo; Araya-Vargas, Gerardo A.; La Torre, Giuseppe; Cruz, Gloria Isabel Nino; Baltaci, Gul; Al Sabbah, Haleama; Nalecz, Hanna; Nashandi, Hilde Liisa; Park, Hyuntae; Revuelta-Sánchez, Inés; Nusurupia, Jackline Jema; Zamora, Jaime Leppe; Kopcakova, Jaroslava; Brazo-Sayavera, Javier; Oppert, Jean-Michel; Nie, Jinlei; Spence, John C.; Bradley, John Stewart; Mota, Jorge; Mitáš, Josef; Chen, Junshi; Hylton, Kamilah S.; Fromel, Karel; Milton, Karen; Borodulin, Katja; Moustapha, Keita Amadou; Martinez-Folgar, Kevin; Nasreddine, Lara; Christiansen, Lars Breum; Malisoux, Laurent; Malete, Leapetswe; Grepo-Jalao, Lorelie C.; Monteiro, Luciana Zaranza; Al Subhi, Lyutha K.; Dakskobler, Maja; Alnaji, Majed; Garro, Margarita Claramunt; Hagströmer, Maria; Murphy, Marie H.; McLaughlin, Matthew; Rivera-Morales, Mercedes; Scheinowitz, Mickey; Shkodra, Mimoza; Piatkowska, Monika; Chaudhury, Moushumi; Alrashdi, Naif Ziyad; Mutrie, Nanette; Murphy, Niamh; Ahmad, Norhayati Haji; Obeidat, Nour A.; Gómez, Nubia Yaneth Ruiz; Liangruenrom, Nucharapon; Arnesto, Oscar Díaz; Flores-Flores, Oscar; Incarbone, Oscar; Chimeddamba, Oyun; Bovet, Pascal; Magalhães, Pedro; Jousilahti, Pekka; Katewongsa, Piyawat; Gómez, Rafael Alexander Leandro; Shihab, Rawan Awni; Ocansey, Reginald; Veress, Réka; Marine, Richard; Carrizales-Ramos, Rolando; Saeed, Saad Younis; El-Ashker, Said; Green, Samuel; Kasoma, Sandra; Beretervide, Santiago; Baldew, Se-Sergio; Nichols, Selby; Khoo, Selina; Hosseini, Seyed Ali; Goenka, Shifalika; Gholamalishahi, Shima; Kosen, Soewarta; Compernolle, Sofie; Enescu, Stefan Paul; Popovic, Stevo; Paudel, Susan; Andrade, Susana; Titze, Sylvia; Davidson, Tamu; Dusingizimana, Theogene; Dorner, Thomas E.; Kolbe-Alexander, Tracy L.; Huong, Tran Thanh; Sychareun, Vanphanom; Jarevska-Simovska, Vera; Puloka, Viliami Kulikefu; Onywera, Vincent; Wendel-Vos, Wanda; Dionyssiotis, Yannis; Pratt, Michael (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Background: Physical activity (PA) surveillance, policy, and research efforts need to be periodically appraised to gain insight into national and global capacities for PA promotion. The aim of this paper was to assess the ...