• Striking the right balance: Evidence to inform combined physical activity and sedentary behavior recommendations 

      Chastin, Sebastien F.M.; McGregor, Duncan E.; Biddle, Stuart J.H.; 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. (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 ...
    • Tai Chi for chronic illness management: Synthesizing current evidence from meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials 

      Zou, Liye; Xiao, Tao; Cao, Chao; Smith, Lee; Imm, Kellie; Grabovac, Igor; Waldhoer, Thomas; Zhang, Yin; Yeung, Albert; Demurtas, Jacopo; Veronese, Nicola; Ekelund, Ulf; Park, Yikyung; Yang, Lin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      An umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) was conducted to evaluate the existing evidence of Tai Chi as a mind-body exercise for chronic illness management. MEDLINE/PubMed ...
    • Temporal trends in physical activity levels across more than a decade – a national physical activity surveillance system among Norwegian children and adolescents 

      Steene-Johannessen, Jostein; Anderssen, Sigmund Alfred; Kolle, Elin; Hansen, Bjørge Hermann; Bratteteig, Mari; Dalhaug, Emilie Frederikke Mass; Andersen, Lars Bo; Nystad, Wenche; Ekelund, Ulf; Dalene, Knut Eirik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
    • The bidirectional associations between leisure time physical activity change and body mass index gain. The Tromsø Study 1974–2016 

      Sagelv, Edvard Hamnvik; Ekelund, Ulf; Hopstock, Laila Arnesdatter; Fimland, Marius Steiro; Løvsletten, Ola; Wilsgaard, Tom; Morseth, Bente (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Objectives To examine whether leisure time physical activity changes predict subsequent body mass index (BMI) changes, and conversely, whether BMI changes predict subsequent leisure time physical activity changes. Methods: ...
    • The bidirectional associations between leisure time physical activity change and body mass index gain. The Tromsø Study 1974–2016 

      Sagelv, Edvard Hamnvik; Ekelund, Ulf; Hopstock, Laila Arnesdatter; Fimland, Marius Steiro; Løvsletten, Ola; Wilsgaard, Tom; Morseth, Bente (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Objectives To examine whether leisure time physical activity changes predict subsequent body mass index (BMI) changes, and conversely, whether BMI changes predict subsequent leisure time physical activity changes. Methods: ...
    • The independent and joint associations of physical activity and body mass index with myocardial infarction: The Tromsø Study 

      Renninger, Marius; Løchen, Maja-Lisa; Ekelund, Ulf; Hopstock, Laila Arnesdatter; Jørgensen, Lone; Mathiesen, Ellisiv B.; Njølstad, Inger; Schirmer, Henrik; Wilsgaard, Tom; Morseth, Bente (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)
      Physical activity and overweight are associated with myocardial infarction (MI). However, their joint association with MI remains unclear. Our objective was to examine the independent and joint association between leisuretime ...
    • Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: a pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19.2 million participants 

      Di Cesare, Mariachiara; Bentham, James; Stevens, Gretchen A; Bjertness, Espen; Bjertness, Marius Bergsmark; Ekelund, Ulf; Graff-Iversen, Sidsel; Kolle, Elin; Krokstad, Steinar; Steene-Johannessen, Jostein (Journal article, 2016)
    • Variation in human water turnover associated with environmental and lifestyle factors 

      Yamada, Yosuke; Zhang, Xueying; Henderson, Mary E T; Sagayama, Hiroyuki; Pontzer, Herman; Watanabe, Daiki; Yoshida, Tsukasa; Kimura, Misaka; Ainslie, Philip N.; Andersen, Lene Frost; Anderson, Liam J.; Arab, Lenore; Baddou, Issad; Bedu-Addo, Kweku; Blaak, Ellen E.; Blanc, Stephane; Bonomi, Alberto G.; Bouten, Carlijn V C; Bovet, Pascal; Buchowski, Maciej S.; Butte, Nancy F.; Camps, Stefan G.; Close, Graeme L.; Cooper, Jamie A.; Cooper, Richard; Das, Sai Krupa; Dugas, Lara R.; Eaton, Simon; Ekelund, Ulf; Entringer, Sonja; Forrester, Terrence; Fudge, Barry W.; Goris, Annelies H.; Gurven, Michael; Halsey, Lewis G.; Hambly, Catherine; El Hamdouchi, Asmaa; Hoos, Marije B.; Hu, Sumei; Joonas, Noorjehan; Joosen, Annemiek M.; Katzmarzyk, Peter; Kempen, Kitty P.; Kraus, William E.; Kriengsinyos, Wantanee; Kushner, Robert F.; Lambert, Estelle V.; Leonard, William R.; Lessan, Nader; Martin, Corby K.; Medin, Anine Christine; Meijer, Erwin P.; Morehen, James C.; Morton, James P.; Neuhouser, Marian L.; Nicklas, Theresa A.; Ojiambo, Robert M.; Pietiläinen, Kirsi H.; Pitsiladis, Yannis P.; Plange-Rhule, Jacob; Plasqui, Guy; Prentice, Ross L.; Rabinovich, Roberto A.; Racette, Susan B.; Raichlen, David A.; Ravussin, Eric; Redman, Leanne M.; Reilly, John J.; Reynolds, Rebecca M.; Roberts, Susan B.; Schuit, Albertine J.; Sardinha, Luis B.; Silva, Analiza M.; Sjödin, Anders M.; Stice, Eric; Urlacher, Samuel S.; Valenti, Giulio; Van Etten, Ludo M.; Van Mil, Edgar A.; Wells, Jonathan C K; Wilson, George; Wood, Brian M.; Yanovski, Jack A.; Murphy-Alford, Alexia J.; Loechl, Cornelia U.; Luke, Amy H.; Rood, Jennifer; Westerterp, Klaas R.; Wong, William W.; Miyachi, Motohiko; Schoeller, Dale A.; Speakman, John R. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
    • 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 evidence ...
    • Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants 

      Zhou, Bin; Bentham, James; Di Cesare, Mariachiara; Bixby, Honor; Danaei, Goodarz; Cowan, Melanie J.; Paciorek, Christopher J.; Singh, Gitanjali M; Hajifathalian, Kaveh; Bennett, James E.; Taddei, Cristina; Bilano, Ver; Carrillo-Larco, Rodrigo M.; Djalalinia, Shirin; Khatibzadeh, Shahab; Lugero, Charles; Peykari, Niloofar; Zhang, Wan Zhu; Lu, Yuan; Stevens, Gretchen A.; Riley, Leanne M.; Bovet, Pascal; Elliott, Paul; Gu, Dongfeng; Ikeda, Nayu; Jackson, Rod T; Joffres, Michel; Kengne, André Pascal; Laatikainen, Tiina; Lam, Tai Hing; Laxmaiah, Avula; Liu, Jing; Miranda, J. Jaime; Mondo, Charles K; Neuhauser, Hannelore K; Sundström, Johan; Smeeth, Liam; Sorić, Maroje; Woodward, Mark; Ezzati, Majid; Abarca-Gómez, Leandra; Abdeen, Ziad A.; Abdul Rahim, Hanan; Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen M.; Acosta-Cazares, Benjamin; Adams, Robert; Aekplakorn, Wichai; Afsana, Kaosar; Aguilar-Salinas, Carlos A.; Agyemang, Charles; Ahmadvand, Alireza; Ahrens, Wolfgang; Al Raddadi, Rajaa; Al Woyatan, Rihab; Ali, Mohamed M; Alkerwi, Ala'a; Aly, Eman; Amuzu, Antoinette; Amouyel, Philippe; Andersen, Lars Bo; Anderssen, Sigmund Alfred; Ängquist, Lars; Anjana, Ranjit Mohan; Ansong, Daniel; Aounallah-Skhiri, Hajer; Araújo, Joana; Ariansen, Inger Kristine; Aris, Tahir; Arlappa, Nimmathota; Aryal, Krishna; Arveiler, Dominique; Assah, Felix K.; Assunção, Maria Cecília; Avdicová, Mária; Azevedo, Ana; Azizi, Fereidoun; Babu, Bontha V; Bahijri, Suhad; Balakrishna, Nagalla; Bandosz, Piotr; Banegas, Jose R; Barbagallo, Carlo M.; Barcelo, Alberto; Barkat, Amina; Barros, Aluisio J.D.; Barros, Mauro V; Bata, Iqbal; Batieha, Anwar M.; Baur, Louise A.; Beaglehole, Robert; Ben Romdhane, Habiba; Benet, Mikhail; Benson, Lowell S.; Bernabe-Ortiz, Antonio; Bernotiene, Gailute; Bettiol, Heloisa; Bhagyalaxmi, Aroor; Bharadwaj, Sumit; Bhargava, Santosh K.; Bi, Yufang; Bikbov, Mukharram; Bjerregaard, Peter; Bjertness, Espen; Ekelund, Ulf; Graff-Iversen, Sidsel; Janszky, Imre; Kolle, Elin; Krokstad, Steinar; Laugsand, Lars Erik; Mathiesen, Ellisiv B.; Sen, Abhijit; Steene-Johannessen, Jostein; Vatten, Lars Johan; Wilsgaard, Tom (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)
    • Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults 

      Bentham, James; Di Cesare, Mariachiara; Bilano, Ver; Bixby, Honor; Zhou, Bin; Stevens, Gretchen A.; Riley, Leanne M.; Taddei, Cristina; Hajifathalian, Kaveh; Lu, Yuan; Savin, Stefan; Cowan, Melanie J.; Paciorek, Christopher J.; Chirita-Emandi, Adela; Hayes, Alison J; Katz, Joanne; Kelishadi, Roya; Kengne, André Pascal; Khang, Young-Ho; Laxmaiah, Avula; Li, Yanping; Ma, Jun; Miranda, J. Jaime; Mostafa, Aya; Neovius, Martin; Padez, Cristina; Rampal, Lekhraj; Zhu, Aubrianna; Bennett, James E.; Danaei, Goodarz; Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.; Ezzati, Majid; Abarca-Gómez, Leandra; Abdeen, Ziad A.; Hamid, Zargar Abdul; Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen M.; Acosta-Cazares, Benjamin; Acuin, Cecilia; Adams, Robert J.; Aekplakorn, Wichai; Afsana, Kaosar; Aguilar-Salinas, Carlos A.; Agyemang, Charles; Ahmadvand, Alireza; Ahrens, Wolfgang; Ajlouni, Kamel; Akhtaeva, Nazgul; Al-Hazzaa, Hazzaa M.; Al-Othman, Amani Rashed; Al-Raddadi, Rajaa; AlBuhairan, Fadia S.; AlDhukair, Shahla; Ali, Mohamed M; Ali, Osman; Alkerwi, Ala'a; Alvarez-Pedrerol, Mar; Aly, Eman; Amarapurkar, Deepak N.; Amouyel, Philippe; Amuzu, Antoinette; Andersen, Lars Bo; Anderssen, Sigmund Alfred; Andrade, Dolores S; Ängquist, Lars; Anjana, Ranjit Mohan; Aounallah-Skhiri, Hajer; Araújo, Joana; Ariansen, Inger Kristine; Aris, Tahir; Arlappa, Nimmathota; Arveiler, Dominique; Aryal, Krishna; Aspelund, Thor; Assah, Felix K.; Assunção, Maria Cecília; Aung, May Soe; Avdicová, Mária; Azevedo, Ana; Azizi, Fereidoun; Babu, Bontha V; Bahijri, Suhad; Baker, Jennifer L.; Balakrishna, Nagalla; Bamoshmoosh, Mohamed; Banach, Maciej; Bandosz, Piotr; Banegas, Jose R; Barbagallo, Carlo M.; Barcelo, Alberto; Barkat, Amina; Barros, Aluisio J.D.; Barros, Mauro V.G.; Bata, Iqbal; Biehl, Anna Månsson; Bjertness, Espen; Bjertness, Marius Bergsmark; Ekelund, Ulf; Graff-Iversen, Sidsel; Janszky, Imre; Kolle, Elin; Krokstad, Steinar; Laugsand, Lars Erik; Mathiesen, Ellisiv B.; Meisfjord, Jørgen Rajan; Meyer, Haakon E; Sen, Abhijit; Steene-Johannessen, Jostein; Vatten, Lars Johan; Wilsgaard, Tom (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
    • Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults 

      Bentham, James; Di Cesare, Mariachiara; Bilano, Ver; Bixby, Honor; Zhou, Bin; Stevens, Gretchen A.; Riley, Leanne M.; Taddei, Cristina; Hajifathalian, Kaveh; Lu, Yuan; Savin, Stefan; Cowan, Melanie J.; Paciorek, Christopher J.; Chirita-Emandi, Adela; Hayes, Alison J; Katz, Joanne; Kelishadi, Roya; Kengne, André Pascal; Khang, Young-Ho; Laxmaiah, Avula; Li, Yanping; Ma, Jun; Miranda, J. Jaime; Mostafa, Aya; Neovius, Martin; Padez, Cristina; Rampal, Lekhraj; Zhu, Aubrianna; Bennett, James E.; Danaei, Goodarz; Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.; Ezzati, Majid; Abarca-Gómez, Leandra; Abdeen, Ziad A.; Hamid, Zargar Abdul; Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen M.; Acosta-Cazares, Benjamin; Acuin, Cecilia; Adams, Robert J.; Aekplakorn, Wichai; Afsana, Kaosar; Aguilar-Salinas, Carlos A.; Agyemang, Charles; Ahmadvand, Alireza; Ahrens, Wolfgang; Ajlouni, Kamel; Akhtaeva, Nazgul; Al-Hazzaa, Hazzaa M.; Al-Othman, Amani Rashed; Al-Raddadi, Rajaa; AlBuhairan, Fadia S.; AlDhukair, Shahla; Ali, Mohamed M; Ali, Osman; Alkerwi, Ala'a; Alvarez-Pedrerol, Mar; Aly, Eman; Amarapurkar, Deepak N.; Amouyel, Philippe; Amuzu, Antoinette; Andersen, Lars Bo; Anderssen, Sigmund Alfred; Andrade, Dolores S; Ängquist, Lars; Anjana, Ranjit Mohan; Aounallah-Skhiri, Hajer; Araújo, Joana; Ariansen, Inger Kristine; Aris, Tahir; Arlappa, Nimmathota; Arveiler, Dominique; Aryal, Krishna; Aspelund, Thor; Assah, Felix K.; Assunção, Maria Cecília; Aung, May Soe; Avdicová, Mária; Azevedo, Ana; Azizi, Fereidoun; Babu, Bontha V; Bahijri, Suhad; Baker, Jennifer L.; Balakrishna, Nagalla; Bamoshmoosh, Mohamed; Banach, Maciej; Bandosz, Piotr; Banegas, Jose R; Barbagallo, Carlo M.; Barcelo, Alberto; Barkat, Amina; Barros, Aluisio J.D.; Barros, Mauro V.G.; Bata, Iqbal; Biehl, Anna Månsson; Bjertness, Espen; Bjertness, Marius Bergsmark; Ekelund, Ulf; Graff-Iversen, Sidsel; Htet, Aung Soe; Janszky, Imre; Kolle, Elin; Krokstad, Steinar; Laugsand, Lars Erik; Mathiesen, Ellisiv B.; Meisfjord, Jørgen Rajan; Meyer, Haakon E; Sen, Abhijit; Steene-Johannessen, Jostein; Vatten, Lars Johan; Wilsgaard, Tom (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)