• 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 ...
    • Six physical education lessons a week can reduce cardiovascular risk in school children aged 6–13 years: a longitudinal study 

      Klakk, Heidi; Andersen, Lars Bo; Heidemann, Malene; Møller, Niels Christian; Wedderkopp, Niels (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-09-20)
      Aims: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) originates during childhood and adolescence. Schools are potentially effective settings for early public health prevention strategies. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of ...
    • Striking the right balance: Evidence to inform combined physical activity and sedentary behavior recommendations 

      McGregor, Duncan E.; Cardon, Greet; Chaput, Jean-Philippe; Dall, Philippa M.; Dempsey, Paddy C.; DiPietro, Loretta; Ekelund, Ulf; Katzmarzyk, Peter T.; Leitzmann, Michael; Stamatakis, Emmanuel; van der Ploeg, Hidde P.; Chastin, Sebastien F. M.; Biddle, Stuart J. H. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Background: Crucial evidence gaps regarding: (1) the joint association of physical activity and sedentary time with health outcomes and (2) the benefits of light intensity physical activity were identified during the ...
    • Systematic review of the prospective association of daily step counts with risk of mortality, cardiovascular disease, and dysglycemia 

      Hall, Katherine S.; Hyde, Eric T.; Bassett, David R.; Carlson, Susan A.; Carnethon, Mercedes; Ekelund, Ulf; Evenson, Kelly R.; Galuska, Deborah A.; Kraus, William E.; Lee, I-Min; Matthews, Charles E.; Omura, John D.; Paluch, Amanda E.; Thomas, William; Fulton, Janet E. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Background: Daily step counts is an intuitive metric that has demonstrated success in motivating physical activity in adults and may hold potential for future public health physical activity recommendations. This review ...
    • Waist circumference thresholds and cardiorespiratory fitness 

      Dyrstad, Sindre Mikal; Edvardsen, Elisabeth; Hansen, Bjørge Herman; Anderssen, Sigmund Alfred (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
      Purpose: This study's purpose was to examine whether established risk categories of waist circumference (WC)—normal, high risk, and very high health risk—reflected significant differences in cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) ...
    • World Health Organization 2020 guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour 

      Bull, Fiona C.; Al-Ansari, Salih S.; Biddle, Stuart; Borodulin, Katja; Buman, Matthew P.; Cardon, Greet; Carty, Catherine; Chaput, Jean-Philippe; Chastin, Sebastien; Chou, Roger; Dempsey, Paddy; DiPietro, Loretta; Ekelund, Ulf; Firth, Joseph; Friedenreich, Christine M.; Garcia, Leandro; Gichu, Muthoni; Jago, Russell; Katzmarzyk, Peter T.; Lambert, Estelle; Leitzmann, Michael; Milton, Karen; Ortega, Francisco B.; Ranasinghe, Chathuranga; Stamatakis, Emmanuel; Tiedemann, Anne; Troiano, Richard P.; van der Ploeg, Hidde P.; Wari, Vicky; Willumsen, Juana F. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Objectives: To describe new WHO 2020 guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour. Methods: The guidelines were developed in accordance with WHO protocols. An expert Guideline Development Group reviewed ...