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Accelerometer-measured physical activity is not associated with two-year weight change in African-origin adults from five diverse populations.
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Modeling the Epidemiologic Transition: Energy Expenditure, Obesity and Diabetes
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
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- The utility of physical activity questionnaires among African origin populations; lost in translation?Research square · 2024Article
- Data Analytics in Physical Activity Studies With Accelerometers: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- Acceptability and use of waist-worn physical activity monitors in Jamaican adolescents: lessons from the field.BMC research notes · 2023Article
- The bidirectional associations between leisure time physical activity change and body mass index gain. The Tromsø Study 1974-2016.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2021Article
- Physical activity and 4-year changes in body weight in 52,498 non-obese people: the Lifelines cohort.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2021Article
- Accelerometer-assessed physical activity and incident diabetes in a population covering the adult life span: the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2020Article
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- Physical activity and sedentary time in a rural adult population in Malawi compared with an age-matched US urban population.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2020Article
- Objectively-measured physical activity patterns and longitudinal weight category status in a rural setting.BMC research notes · 2019Article
- Physical Activity in the Prevention of Weight Gain: the Impact of Measurement and Interpretation of Associations.Current obesity reports · 2019Review
- Will new physical activity guidelines prevent weight gain?Nature reviews. Endocrinology · 2019Article
- Decreased microbial co-occurrence network stability and SCFA receptor level correlates with obesity in African-origin women.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Independent association of resting energy expenditure with blood pressure: confirmation in populations of the African diaspora.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2018Article
- Influence of socioeconomic status on changes in body size and physical activity in ageing black South African women.European review of aging and physical activity : official journal of the European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity · 2018Article
- Objectively measured sedentary time and physical activity and associations with body weight gain: does body weight determine a decline in moderate and vigorous intensity physical activity?International journal of obesity (2005) · 2017Article
- Understanding the Relationship between Socio-Economic Status, Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour, and Adiposity in Young Adult South African Women Using Structural Equation Modelling.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundIncreasing population-levels of physical activity (PA) is a controversial strategy for managing the obesity epidemic, given the conflicting evidence for weight loss from PA alone
methodsA total of 1,944 men and women had baseline data, and at least 1 follow-up examination including measures of anthropometry (weight/BMI), and objective PA (accelerometer, 7-day) following the three-year study period. PA was explored as 1-minute bouts of moderate and vigorous PA (MVPA) as well as daily sedentary time.
resultsAt baseline; Ghanaian and South African men had the lowest body weights (63.4 ± 9.5, 64.9 ± 11.8 kg, respectively) and men and women from the USA the highest (93.6 ± 25.9, 91.7 ± 23.4 kg, respectively). Prevalence of normal weight ranged from 85% in Ghanaian men to 29% in USA men and 52% in Ghanaian women to 15% in USA women. Over the two-year follow-up period, USA men and Jamaican women experienced the smallest yearly weight change rate (0.1 ± 3.3 kg/yr; -0.03 ± 3.0 kg/yr, respectively), compared to South African men and Ghanaian women greatest yearly change (0.6.0 ± 3.0 kg/yr; 1.22 ± 2.6 kg/yr, respectively). Mean yearly weight gain tended to be larger among normal weight participants at baseline than overweight/obese at baseline. Neither baseline MVPA nor sedentary time were associated with weight gain. Using multiple linear regression, only baseline weight, age and gender were significantly associated with weight gain. DISCUSSION: From our study it is not evident that higher volumes of PA alone are protective against future weight gain, and by deduction our data suggest that other environmental factors such as the food environment may have a more critical role.
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