• Changes in physical activity and sedentary patterns on cardiometabolic outcomes in the transition to adolescence: International Children's Accelerometry Database 2.0 

      Júdice, Pedro B.; Hetherington-Rauth, Megan; Northstone, Kate; Andersen, Lars Bo; Wedderkopp, Niels; Ekelund, Ulf; Sardinha, Luís B. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Objective: To examine the associations of changes in physical activity and sedentary patterns with changes in cardiometabolic outcomes from childhood to adolescence. Study design: Youth from the International Children's ...
    • 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, ...
    • A closer look at the relationship among accelerometer-based physical activity metrics: ICAD pooled data 

      Kwon, Soyang; Andersen, Lars Bo; Grøntved, Anders; Kolle, Elin; Cardon, Greet; Davey, Rachel; Kriemler, Susi; Northstone, Kate; Page, Angie S.; Puder, Jardena J.; Reilly, John J.; Sardinha, Luís B.; van Sluijs, Esther M.F.; Janz, Kathleen F. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Background: Accelerometers are widely used to assess child physical activity (PA) levels. Using the accelerometer data, several PA metrics can be estimated. Knowledge about the relationships between these different metrics ...
    • Physical Activity and Sedentary Time Associations with Metabolic Health Across Weight Statuses in Children and Adolescents 

      Kuzik, Nicholas; Carson, Valerie; Andersen, Lars Bo; Sardinha, Luís B.; Grøntved, Anders; Hansen, Bjørge Herman; Ekelund, Ulf (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of metabolic health across weight statuses and the associations of physical activity and sedentary time within and across metabolic health-weight status groups. ...
    • Physical activity attenuates metabolic risk of adolescents with overweight or obesity: The ICAD multi-country study 

      Werneck, André O.; Silva, Danilo R.; Oyeyemi, Adewale L.; Fernandes, Rômulo A.; Steene-Johannessen, Jostein; Andersen, Lars Bo; Northstone, Kate; Sardinha, Luís B. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Background: Although the benefits of physical activity (PA) at an early age are well established, there is no robust evidence of the role of PA as well as its intensities in attenuating the association between weight status ...
    • Recommendations for determining the validity of consumer wearable and smartphone step count: Expert statement and checklist of the INTERLIVE network 

      Johnston, William; Júdice, Pedro B.; Molina-Garcia, Pablo; Lykke Skovgaard, Esben; Stang, Julie; Schumann, Moritz; Cheng, Shulin; Bloch, Wilhelm; Brønd, Jan Christian; Ekelund, Ulf; Grøntved, Anders; Caulfield, Brian; Ortega, Francisco B.; Sardinha, Luís B.; Mühlen, Jan M. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Consumer wearable and smartphone devices provide an accessible means to objectively measure physical activity (PA) through step counts. With the increasing proliferation of this technology, consumers, practitioners and ...
    • Recommendations for determining the validity of consumer wearable heart rate devices: Expert statement and checklist of the INTERLIVE Network 

      Mühlen, Jan M.; Stang, Julie; Júdice, Pedro B.; Molina-Garcia, Pablo; Johnston, William; Sardinha, Luís B.; Ortega, Francisco B.; Caulfield, Brian; Bloch, Wilhelm; Cheng, Sulin; Ekelund, Ulf; Brønd, Jan Christian; Grøntved, Anders; Schumann, Moritz; Skovgaard, Esben Lykke (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Assessing vital signs such as heart rate (HR) by wearable devices in a lifestyle-related environment provides widespread opportunities for public health related research and applications. Commonly, consumer wearable devices ...
    • Relative Body Weight and Standardised Brightness-Mode Ultrasound Measurement of Subcutaneous Fat in Athletes: An International Multicentre Reliability Study, Under the Auspices of the IOC Medical Commission 

      Müller, Wolfram; Fürhapter-Rieger, Alfred; Ahammer, Helmut; Lohman, Timothy G.; Meyer, Nanna L.; Sardinha, Luís B.; Stewart, Arthur D.; Maughan, Ronald J.; Sundgot-Borgen, Jorunn; Müller, Tom; Harris, Margaret; Kirihennedige, Nuwanee; Magalhães, João P.; Melo, Xavier; Pirstinger, Wolfram; Reguant-Closa, Alba; Risoul-Salas, Vanessa; Ackland, Timothy R. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Introduction: Fat is a metabolic fuel, but excess body fat is ballast mass, and therefore, many elite athletes reduce body fat to dangerously low levels. Uncompressed subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) thickness measured ...
    • Variations in accelerometry measured physical activity and sedentary time across Europe: Harmonized analyses of 47,497 children and adolescents 

      Steene-Johannessen, Jostein; Hansen, Bjørge Herman; Dalene, Knut Eirik; Kolle, Elin; Northstone, Kate; Møller, Niels Christian; Grøntved, Anders; Wedderkopp, Niels; Kriemler, Susi; Page, Angie S.; Puder, Jardena J.; Reilly, John J.; Sardinha, Luís B.; van Sluijs, Esther M.F.; Andersen, Lars Bo; van der Ploeg, Hidde P.; Ahrens, Wolfgang; Flexeder, Claudia; Standl, Marie; Shculz, Holger; Moreno, Luis A.; De Henauw, Stefaan; Michels, Nathalie; Cardon, Greet; Ortega, Francisco B.; Ruiz, Jonatan; Aznar, Susana; Fogelholm, Mikael; Decelis, Andrew; Olesen, Line Grønholt; Hjorth, Mads F.; Santos, Rute; Vale, Susana; Christiansen, Lars Breum; Jago, Russell; Basterfield, Laura; Owen, Christopher G.; Nightingale, Claire M.; Eiben, Gabriele; Polito, Angela; Lauria, Fabio; Vanhelst, Jeremy; Hadjigeorgiou, Charalambos; Konstabel, Kenn; Molnár, Dénes; Sprengeler, Ole; Manios, Yannis; Harro, Jaanus; Kafatos, Anthony; Anderssen, Sigmund Alfred; Ekelund, Ulf (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Background: Levels of physical activity and variation in physical activity and sedentary time by place and person in European children and adolescents are largely unknown. The objective of the study was to assess the ...
    • Weather and children's physical activity; How and why do relationships vary between countries? 

      Harrison, Flo; Goodman, Anna; van Sluijs, Esther M.F.; Andersen, Lars Bo; Cardon, Greet; Davey, Rachel; Janz, Kathleen F.; Kriemler, Susi; Molloy, Lynn; Page, Angie S.; Pate, Russ; Puder, Jardena J.; Sardinha, Luís B.; Timperio, Anna; Wedderkopp, Niels; Jones, Andy P. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
      Background: Globally most children do not engage in enough physical activity. Day length and weather conditions have been identified as determinants of physical activity, although how they may be overcome as barriers is ...