MRC Epidemiology Unit

 

Simple anthropometrics are more correlated with health variables than are estimates of body composition in Yup'ik people.

Bray M, Pomeroy J, Knowler WC, Bersamin A, Hopkins S, Brage S, Stanhope K, Havel PJ, and Boyer BB

Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.). Dec 2011

(DOI : 10.1002/oby.20125)

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Estimation of daily energy expenditure in pregnant and non-pregnant women using a wrist-worn tri-axial accelerometer.

van Hees VT, Renstrom F, Wright A, Gradmark A, Catt M, Chen KY, Löf M, Bluck L, Pomeroy J, Wareham NJ, Ekelund U, Brage S, and Franks PW

PLoS ONE. Feb 2011

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0022922)

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Between-monitor differences in step counts are related to body size: implications for objective physical activity measurement.

Pomeroy J, Brage S, Curtis JM, Swan PD, Knowler WC, and Franks PW

PLoS ONE. Dec 2010

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0018942)

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