MRC Epidemiology Unit

 

A systematic review of reliability and objective criterion-related validity of physical activity questionnaires.

Helmerhorst HJ, Brage S, Warren J, Besson H, and Ekelund U

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Feb 2012

(DOI : 10.1186/1479-5868-9-103)

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Physical activity and gain in abdominal adiposity and body weight: prospective cohort study in 288,498 men and women.

Ekelund U, Besson H, Luan J, May AM, Sharp SJ, Brage S, Travier N, Agudo A, Slimani N, Rinaldi S, Jenab M, Norat T, Mouw T, Rohrmann S, Kaaks R, Bergmann MM, Boeing H, Clavel-Chapelon F, Boutron-Ruault MC, Overvad K, Jakobsen MU, Johnsen NF, Halkjaer J, González CA, Rodriguez L, Sánchez MJ, Arriola L, Barricarte A, Navarro C, Key TJ, Spencer EA, Orfanos P, Naska A, Trichopoulou A, Manjer J, Lund E, Palli D, Pala V, Vineis P, Mattiello A, Tumino R, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, van den Berg SW, Odysseos AD, Riboli E, Wareham NJ, and Peeters PH

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Feb 2011

(DOI : 10.3945/ajcn.110.006593)

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Television viewing and incident cardiovascular disease: prospective associations and mediation analysis in the EPIC Norfolk Study.

Wijndaele K, Brage S, Besson H, Khaw KT, Sharp SJ, Luben R, Bhaniani A, Wareham NJ, and Ekelund U

PLoS ONE. Dec 2010

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0020058)

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The association of education with body mass index and waist circumference in the EPIC-PANACEA study.

Hermann S, Rohrmann S, Linseisen J, May AM, Kunst A, Besson H, Romaguera D, Travier N, Tormo MJ, Molina E, Dorronsoro M, Barricarte A, Rodriguez L, Crowe FL, Khaw KT, Wareham NJ, van Boeckel PG, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Overvad K, Jakobsen MU, Tjønneland A, Halkjær J, Agnoli C, Mattiello A, Tumino R, Masala G, Vineis P, Naska A, Orfanos P, Trichopoulou A, Kaaks R, Bergmann MM, Steffen A, Van Guelpen B, Johansson I, Borgquist S, Manjer J, Braaten T, Fagherazzi G, Clavel-Chapelon F, Mouw T, Norat T, Riboli E, Rinaldi S, Slimani N, and Peeters PH

BMC Public Health. Sep 2010

(DOI : 10.1186/1471-2458-11-169)

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Correlates of objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behaviour in English children.

King AC, Parkinson KN, Adamson AJ, Murray L, Besson H, Reilly JJ, and Basterfield L

European Journal of Public Health. Jul 2010

(DOI : 10.1093/eurpub/ckq104)

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Objectively measured physical activity and obesity prevention in children, adolescents and adults: a systematic review of prospective studies.

Wilks DC, Besson H, Lindroos AK, and Ekelund U

Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity. Jul 2010

(DOI : 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2010.00775.x)

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Television viewing time independently predicts all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: the EPIC Norfolk study.

Wijndaele K, Brage S, Besson H, Khaw KT, Sharp SJ, Luben R, Wareham NJ, and Ekelund U

International Journal of Epidemiology. Jun 2010

(DOI : 10.1093/ije/dyq105)

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The association between physical activity in different domains of life and risk of osteoporotic fractures.

Moayyeri A, Besson H, Luben RN, Wareham NJ, and Khaw KT

Bone. Mar 2010

(DOI : 10.1016/j.bone.2010.06.023)

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Assessment of physical activity - a review of methodologies with reference to epidemiological research: a report of the exercise physiology section of the European Association of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation.

Warren JM, Ekelund U, Besson H, Mezzani A, Geladas N, and Vanhees L

European journal of cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation : official journal of the European Society of Cardiology, Working Groups on Epidemiology & Prevention and Cardiac Rehabilitation and Exercise Physiology. Mar 2010

(DOI : 10.1097/HJR.0b013e32832ed875)

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Validation of the historical adulthood physical activity questionnaire (HAPAQ) against objective measurements of physical activity.

Besson H, Harwood CA, Ekelund U, Finucane FM, McDermott CJ, Shaw PJ, and Wareham NJ

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Jan 2010

(DOI : 10.1186/1479-5868-7-54)

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Estimating physical activity energy expenditure, sedentary time, and physical activity intensity by self-report in adults.

Besson H, Brage S, Jakes RW, Ekelund U, and Wareham NJ

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Nov 2009

(DOI : 10.3945/ajcn.2009.28432)

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The effects of aerobic exercise on metabolic risk, insulin sensitivity and intrahepatic lipid in healthy older people from the Hertfordshire Cohort Study: a randomised controlled trial.

Finucane FM, Sharp SJ, Purslow LR, Horton K, Horton J, Savage DB, Brage S, Besson H, De Lucia Rolfe E, Sleigh A, Martin HJ, Aihie Sayer A, Cooper C, Ekelund U, Griffin SJ, and Wareham NJ

Diabetologia. Aug 2009

(DOI : 10.1007/s00125-009-1641-z)

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Adherence to the Mediterranean diet is associated with lower abdominal adiposity in European men and women.

Romaguera D, Norat T, Mouw T, May AM, Bamia C, Slimani N, Travier N, Besson H, Luan J, Wareham NJ, Rinaldi S, Couto E, Clavel-Chapelon F, Boutron-Ruault MC, Cottet V, Palli D, Agnoli C, Panico S, Tumino R, Vineis P, Agudo A, Rodriguez L, Sánchez MJ, Amiano P, Barricarte A, Huerta JM, Key TJ, Spencer EA, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Büchner FL, Orfanos P, Naska A, Trichopoulou A, Rohrmann S, Kaaks R, Bergmann M, Boeing H, Johansson I, Hellstrom V, Manjer J, Wirfält E, Uhre Jacobsen M, Overvad K, Tjonneland A, Halkjaer J, Lund E, Braaten T, Engeset D, Odysseos A, Riboli E, and Peeters PH

The Journal of nutrition. Jul 2009

(DOI : 10.3945/jn.109.108902)

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Randomized controlled trial of the efficacy of aerobic exercise in reducing metabolic risk in healthy older people: The Hertfordshire Physical Activity Trial.

Finucane FM, Horton J, Purslow LR, Savage DB, Brage S, Besson H, Horton K, Rolfe Ede L, Sleigh A, Sharp SJ, Martin HJ, Sayer AA, Cooper C, Ekelund U, Griffin SJ, and Wareham NJ

BMC endocrine disorders. Mar 2009

(DOI : 10.1186/1472-6823-9-15)

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A cross-sectional analysis of physical activity and obesity indicators in European participants of the EPIC-PANACEA study.

Besson H, Ekelund U, Luan J, May AM, Sharp SJ, Travier N, Agudo A, Slimani N, Rinaldi S, Jenab M, Norat T, Mouw T, Rohrmann S, Kaaks R, Bergmann M, Boeing H, Clavel-Chapelon F, Boutron-Ruault MC, Overvad K, Andreasen EL, Johnsen NF, Halkjaer J, Gonzalez C, Rodriguez L, Sánchez MJ, Arriola L, Barricarte A, Navarro C, Key TJ, Spencer EA, Orfanos P, Naska A, Trichopoulou A, Manjer J, Wirfält E, Lund E, Palli D, Agnoli C, Vineis P, Panico S, Tumino R, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, van den Berg SW, Odysseos AD, Riboli E, Wareham NJ, and Peeters PH

International Journal of Obesity. Feb 2009

(DOI : 10.1038/ijo.2009.25)

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Smoking and body fatness measurements: a cross-sectional analysis in the EPIC-PANACEA study.

Travier N, Agudo A, May AM, Gonzalez C, Luan J, Besson H, Wareham NJ, Slimani N, Rinaldi S, Clavel-Chapelon F, Boutron-Ruault MC, Palli D, Agnoli C, Mattiello A, Tumino R, Vineis P, Rodriguez L, Sánchez MJ, Dorronsoro M, Barricarte A, Tormo MJ, Norat T, Mouw T, Key TJ, Spencer EA, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Vrieling A, Orfanos P, Naska A, Trichopoulou A, Rohrmann S, Kaaks R, M Bergmann M, Boeing H, Hallmans G, Johansson I, Manjer J, Lindkvist B, Jakobsen MU, Overvad K, Tjonneland A, Halkjaer J, Lund E, Braaten T, Odysseos A, Riboli E, and Peeters PH

Preventive Medicine . Jan 2009

(DOI : 10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.08.009)

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Relationship between subdomains of total physical activity and mortality.

Besson H, Ekelund U, Brage S, Luben R, Bingham S, Khaw KT, and Wareham NJ

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. Oct 2008

(DOI : 10.1249/MSS.0b013e318180bcad)

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Anthropometric characteristics and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and multiple myeloma risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC).

Britton JA, Khan AE, Rohrmann S, Becker N, Linseisen J, Nieters A, Kaaks R, Tjønneland A, Halkjaer J, Severinsen MT, Overvad K, Pischon T, Boeing H, Trichopoulou A, Kalapothaki V, Trichopoulos D, Mattiello A, Tagliabue G, Sacerdote C, Peeters PH, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Ardanaz E, Navarro C, Jakszyn P, Altzibar JM, Hallmans G, Malmer B, Berglund G, Manjer J, Allen N, Key T, Bingham S, Besson H, Ferrari P, Jenab M, Boffetta P, Vineis P, and Riboli E

Haematologica. Oct 2008

(DOI : 10.3324/haematol.13078)

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Time spent being sedentary and weight gain in healthy adults: reverse or bidirectional causality?

Ekelund U, Brage S, Besson H, Sharp SJ, and Wareham NJ

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Sep 2008

(DOI : 10.1093/ajcn/88.3.612)

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