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Effect of high-intensity interval training on cardiorespiratory fitness, physical activity and body composition in people with schizophrenia: a randomized controlled trial
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background Exercise may improve cardiorespiratory fitness in people with schizophrenia, however, possible condition-specific cardiorespiratory disadvantages, a scarcity of methodologically sound studies, and conflicting ... -
Effect of pedometer-based walking interventions on long-term health outcomes: Prospective 4-year follow-up of two randomised controlled trials using routine primary care data
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Background: Data are lacking from physical activity (PA) trials with long-term follow-up of both objectively measured PA levels and robust health outcomes. Two primary care 12-week pedometer-based walking interventions in ... -
Effectiveness and acceptability of the physical exercise and dietary therapy in a healthy life center
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Objective: The high burden of eating disorders (EDs) and limited availability of treatment speaks of a need to explore new avenues for treatment delivery. To understand if new treatment avenues are helpful and acceptable ... -
Effectiveness of a School-Based Physical Activity Intervention on Cognitive Performance in Danish Adolescents: LCoMotion—Learning, Cognition and Motion – A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-06-24)Background: Physical activity is associated not only with health-related parameters, but also with cognitive and academic performance. However, no large scale school-based physical activity interventions have investigated ... -
Effects of a physical activity intervention on schoolchildren's health-related quality of life: The active smarter kids (ASK) cluster-randomized controlled trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)We investigated whether a seven-month (November 2014 to June 2015), school-based cluster-randomized controlled physical activity intervention improved health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in 10-year old children. The ... -
Effects of a school-based physical activity intervention on academic performance in 14-year old adolescents: A cluster randomized controlled trial – the School in Motion study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background: School-based physical activity interventions evaluating the effect on academic performance usually includes children. We aimed to investigate the effect of a nine-month, school-based physical activity intervention ... -
Effects of physical activity on schoolchildren's academic performance : The Active Smarter Kids (ASK) cluster-randomized controlled trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-09-07)Objective: To investigate the effect of a seven-month, school-based cluster-randomized controlled trial on academic performance in 10-year-old children. Methods: In total, 1129 fifth-grade children from 57 elementary ... -
Effects of school-based physical activity interventions on mental health in adolescents: The School in Motion cluster randomized controlled trial
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Purpose: To investigate the effects of two school-based physical activity interventions on mental health in Norwegian adolescents. Methods: Students from 29 lower secondary schools in Norway (n = 2084; 14–15 years; 49% ... -
Energy expenditure and intensity of ritual jumping–dancing in male Maasai
(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 ... -
Estimation of free-living energy expenditure by heart rate and movement sensing: a doubly-labelled water study.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-09-08)Background: Accurate assessment of energy expenditure (EE) is important for the study of energy balance and metabolic disorders. Combined heart rate (HR) and acceleration (ACC) sensing may increase precision of physical ... -
Evaluation of reliability and validity of the General Practice Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPPAQ) in 60–74 year old primary care patients
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-09-02)BACKGROUND: GPPAQ (General Practice Physical Activity Questionnaire) is a self-assessment physical activity questionnaire widely used in primary care. Reliability and validity data in older people are lacking. The ... -
Exercise dependence and body image concerns amongst group fitness instructors: A self-determination theory approach
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Introduction: Despite the fact that group fitness instructors serve as significant role models with potentially great impact on class participants' motivation for exercise, they are a very under-researched group. The aim ... -
Exploring the provision and motives behind the adoption of health-promotion programmes in professional football clubs across four European countries
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)This study mapped existing health-promotion provisions targeting adults in professional football clubs across England, the Netherlands, Norway, and Portugal, and explored motives behind the clubs’ adoption of the European ... -
Exploring the relationship between adiposity and fitness in young children
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-09)Objective: High levels of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) may attenuate the association between excessive adiposity and the risks of cardiovascular and metabolic disease. The purpose of this study was to stratify children ... -
Factors associated with aerobic fitness in adolescents with asthma
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Background: In adolescents with asthma, information on factors associated with cardiorespiratory fitness levels is limited. The present study aimed to determine if objectively measured physical activity as well as potential ... -
Factors associated with physical activity in young people with haemophilia A on prophylaxis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Introduction: Physical activity (PA) is influenced by numerous factors, and the literature describing why people with haemophilia (PWH) are physically active or not is inconclusive. Aims: To investigate factors associated ... -
Factors influencing the implementation of the EuroFIT lifestyle change program in professional football clubs in Europe: A qualitative study in four European countries
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This paper investigated facilitators and barriers to implementing the European Football Fans in Training program (EuroFIT) in professional sports clubs in England, the Netherlands, Norway, and Portugal. We analyzed qualitative ... -
Fitness Mediates Activity and Sedentary Patterns Associations with Adiposity in Youth
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Purpose: We aimed to examine the cross-sectional associations of patterns of sedentary time (ST) and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) with total fat mass index (FMI) and abdominal FMI (FMIabd) in children, and ... -
Fitness, fatness, and mortality in men and women from the UK biobank: Prospective cohort study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background: Cardiorespiratory fitness may moderate the association between obesity and all‐cause mortality (ie, the “fat‐but‐fit” hypothesis), but unaddressed sources of bias are a concern. Methods and Results: ... -
Harmonising data on the correlates of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in young people: Methods and lessons learnt from the international Children's Accelerometry database (ICAD)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Background: Large, heterogeneous datasets are required to enhance understanding of the multi-level influences on children’s physical activity and sedentary behaviour. One route to achieving this is through the pooling and ...