Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Tim Kambic, Nejc Sarabon, Vedran Hadzic, Mitja Lainscak
Summary: Self-reported physical activity levels in patients with coronary artery disease tend to overestimate moderate-to-vigorous-intensity physical activity and underestimate sedentary behavior, compared to objective measures. Objective assessment using accelerometers is recommended for more accurate evaluation.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Brenda Kitilya, George PrayGod, Robert Peck, John Changalucha, Kidola Jeremiah, Bazil Baltazar Kavishe, Henrik Friis, Suzanne Filteau, Daniel Faurholt-Jepsen, Rikke Krogh-Madsen, Soren Brage, Mette F. Olsen
Summary: In Mwanza, Tanzania, HIV-infected individuals have lower levels of physical activity and capacity compared to HIV-uninfected individuals. The correlates of physical activity and capacity differ between HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected individuals.
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Nutrition & Dietetics
Ingeborg Barth Vedoy, Knut Ragnvald Skulberg, Sigmund Alfred Anderssen, Morten Wang Fagerland, Hege Eikeland Tjomsland, Miranda Thurston
Summary: This study found that increasing sedentary behavior was positively associated with mental wellbeing in boys, while increasing physical activity volume was positively associated with mental wellbeing in girls. However, there was no clear evidence of a relationship between changes in volume or intensity of physical activity and mental health problems in an overall healthy adolescent sample.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
(2021)
Article
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Boyang Xiang, Yujia Zhou, Xiaoguang Wu, Xiang Zhou
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the long-term benefits of physical activity for individuals with hypertension. The findings suggested that moderate-intensity physical activity was associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality. However, higher intensities of physical activity did not provide additional benefits.
Review
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Antonio Garcia-Hermoso, Yasmin Ezzatvar, Robinson Ramirez-Velez, Jordi Olloquequi, Mikel Izquierdo
Summary: The study indicates that vigorous-intensity physical activity (VPA) is negatively associated with overall adiposity and cardiometabolic risk score, and positively associated with cardiorespiratory fitness and total body bone mineral density in children and adolescents.
JOURNAL OF SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Sport Sciences
Alejandro Sanchez-Delgado, Sandra Sanchez-Parente, David Martinez-Gomez, Sonia Gomez-Martinez, Oscar L. L. Veiga, Ascension Marcos, Jose Castro-Pinero, Alejandro Perez-Bey
Summary: This study aimed to examine the association between physical activity (PA) levels and patterns with metabolic syndrome score (MetS) in children and adolescents. The results showed that vigorous PA, moderate-vigorous PA, number of bouts per day in 10 min (N10), and total time in bouts per day in 10 min (T10) were negatively associated with MetS in male children and adolescents at cross-sectional level. Longitudinally, total time in bouts per day in 20 min in male children, and vigorous PA and N10 in female children were also negatively associated with MetS. Therefore, choosing shorter bouts of PA duration would be advisable for future studies in the pediatric population.
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS
(2023)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Yurun Cai, Jennifer A. Schrack, Hang Wang, E. Jian-Yu, Amal A. Wanigatunga, Yuri Agrawal, Jacek K. Urbanek, Eleanor M. Simonsick, Luigi Ferrucci, Bonnielin K. Swenor
Summary: Worse contrast sensitivity, visual fields, and best-corrected visual acuity were associated with fewer activity counts, less active time, and more fragmented activity patterns. Differences in activity levels were most pronounced from 6 AM to 6 PM in participants with visual impairments compared to those without.
JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Ashokan Arumugam, Shima Mohammad A. Zadeh, Zina Anwar Zabin, Tamara Mohammad Emad Hawarneh, Hejab Iftikhar Ahmed, Fatema Shabbir Jauhari, Hanan Youssef Alkalih, Tamer Mohamed Shousha, Ibrahim M. Moustafa, Charlotte K. Haeger
Summary: A study validates the ATLS-2 questionnaire by comparing it with Fibion accelerometer-measured data, and finds that the questionnaire underestimates sedentary and physical activity time. The correlation and agreement between self-reported measures and objective accelerometer measurements are low, suggesting that assessment of sedentary and physical activity in young adults and adolescents should not rely solely on self-reported measures.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Frederick K. Ho, Ziyi Zhou, Fanny Petermann-Rocha, Solange Para-Soto, Jirapitcha Boonpor, Paul Welsh, Jason M. R. Gill, Stuart R. Gray, Naveed Sattar, Jill P. Pell, Carlos Celis-Morales
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between physical activity and heart failure. The results showed that moderate-intensity physical activity was associated with a lower risk of heart failure, and increasing moderate-intensity physical activity may be beneficial for overall health.
Article
Psychiatry
Noemi Hagemann, Olivia J. Kirtley, Ginette Lafit, Martien Wampers, Robin Achterhof, Karlijn S. F. M. Hermans, Anu P. Hiekkaranta, Aleksandra Lecei, Davy Vancampfort, Inez Myin-Germeys
Summary: This study examined the relationships between objectively measured light physical activity (LPA) and moderate-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and psychopathology symptoms in adolescents. The results showed a non-significant relationship between LPA, MVPA, and symptoms of general psychopathology, depression, anxiety, and psychoticism. The study suggests that an integrative approach considering multiple lifestyle factors and individual experiences of physical activity may provide a better understanding of the relationship between PA and psychopathology.
MENTAL HEALTH AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Nicole L. Glass, John Bellettiere, Purva Jain, Michael J. LaMonte, Andrea Z. LaCroix
Summary: Increased time spent in light-intensity physical activity is associated with reduced incident mobility disability in older women, suggesting a greater emphasis on promoting light-intensity physical activity for preserving mobility in later life.
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Rema Ramakrishnan, Jian-Rong He, Anne-Louise Ponsonby, Mark Woodward, Kazem Rahimi, Steven N. Blair, Terence Dwyer
Summary: The use of objective measures of physical activity, such as accelerometers, pedometers, and doubly labeled water method, shows a strong negative association with all cause mortality. Current physical activity recommendations based on questionnaire data may underestimate the true reduction in mortality risk associated with physical activity.
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Pediatrics
Jeremy Vanhelst, Laurent Beghin, Dominique Turck, Julien Labreuche, Stephanie Coopman, Frederic Gottrand, Delphine Ley
Summary: This study aimed to assess physical activity patterns among children and adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), comparing them with healthy controls. The results showed that pediatric patients with inactive or mildly active IBD have similar physical activity patterns compared with healthy controls, except for male patients who have reduced moderate-to-vigorous physical activity. Most patients with IBD did not meet the recommended levels of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity for health benefits.
PEDIATRIC RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Sport Sciences
Luiza Isnardi Cardoso Ricardo, Pedro Hallal, Marlos Rodrigues Domingues, Ricardo Santos Oliveira, Cauane Blumenberg, Debora Tornquist, Luciana Tornquist, Fernando Barros, Inacio Crochemore-Silva
Summary: This study aims to examine the association between parental physical activity and child's physical activity. The findings demonstrate a positive correlation between maternal and paternal physical activity and overall physical activity in 4-year-old children. These results are significant for developing interventions and policies to promote physical activity in young children, taking into consideration the role of parents.
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS
(2022)
Article
Biology
Ana Myriam Lavin-Perez, Daniel Collado-Mateo, Alexander Gil Arias, Lorena Gutierrez, Carmen Ecija, Patricia Catala, Cecilia Penacoba
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the role of self-efficacy, fibromyalgia impact, and activity patterns on objective physical activity levels. The results indicated that self-efficacy was directly related to light, moderate, and vigorous physical activity, and inversely related to sedentary time. Keeping high levels of physical activity is challenging for patients with fibromyalgia, making self-efficacy a crucial variable in reducing sedentarism and physical inactivity.
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Betina Soldateli, Rita C. Silveira, Renato Soibelmann Procianoy, Mandy Belfort, Arthur Caye, Douglas Leffa, Adelar Pedro Franz, Fernando C. Barros, Ina S. Santos, Alicia Matijasevich, Aluisio J. D. Barros, Luciana Tovo-Rodrigues, Ana M. B. Menezes, Helen Goncalves, Fernando C. Wehrmeister, Luis Augusto Paim Rohde
Summary: The objective of this study is to examine the association between preterm infants' size at 1 year and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) assessed in childhood and adolescence. The findings suggest that increased head circumference at 1 year is associated with a lower risk of ADHD diagnosis and fewer attention symptoms.
EUROPEAN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Article
Rheumatology
Meredyth G. Ll Wilkinson, Dale Moulding, Thomas C. R. McDonnell, Michael Orford, Chris Wincup, Joanna Y. J. Ting, Georg W. Otto, Restuadi Restuadi, Daniel Kelberman, Charalampia Papadopoulou, Sergi Castellano, Simon Eaton, Claire T. Deakin, Elizabeth C. Rosser, Lucy R. Wedderburn
Summary: This study identifies a novel pathway in which altered mitochondrial biology in CD14+ monocytes of Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) patients leads to the production of oxidized mitochondrial DNA (oxmtDNA) and stimulates the expression of interferon (IFN) type 1 signature genes. Targeting this pathway has therapeutic potential in JDM and other IFN type 1-driven autoimmune diseases.
ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Delan Devakumar, Laura Busert, Manoji Gitanjali Sathiadas, Pushpika Jayawardana, Angela Arulpragasam, Clive Osmond, Caroline H. D. Fall, Jonathan C. K. Wells, V. Pujitha Wickramasinghe
Summary: This study investigated the health status of 12-13-year-old adolescents in Sri Lanka born to mothers affected by the Indian Ocean tsunami and conflict. The findings showed higher BMI and body fat percentages in adolescents from affected regions compared to unaffected regions. Therefore, adolescents with early life exposure to natural disasters and war should be closely monitored for long-term health risks.
ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Amanda E. Paluch, Shivangi Bajpai, Marcel Ballin, David R. Bassett, Thomas W. Buford, Mercedes R. Carnethon, Ariel Chernofsky, Erin E. Dooley, Ulf Ekelund, Kelly R. Evenson, Deborah A. Galuska, Barbara J. Jefferis, Lingsong Kong, William E. Kraus, Martin G. Larson, I-Min Lee, Charles E. Matthews, Robert L. Newton, Anna Nordstrom, Peter Nordstrom, Priya Palta, Alpa V. Patel, Kelley Pettee Gabriel, Carl F. Pieper, Lisa Pompeii, Erika Rees-Punia, Nicole L. Spartano, Ramachandran S. Vasan, Peter H. Whincup, Shengping Yang, Janet E. Fulton
Summary: There is a significant difference in the association between steps per day and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk between older and younger adults. For older adults, taking more steps per day was associated with a progressively decreased risk of CVD. However, no significant relationship was found between steps per day and CVD risk among younger adults.
Article
Sport Sciences
Jakob Tarp, Jenny Rossen, Ulf Ekelund, Ing-Mari Dohrn
Summary: Higher levels of physical activity and less sedentary time are associated with a lower risk of mortality, regardless of body mass index (BMI). Physical activity should be encouraged and recommended for individuals with low levels of physical activity.
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Adriana Kramer Fiala Machado, Andrea Wendt, Ana Maria Baptista Menezes, Helen Goncalves, Fernando C. Wehrmeister
Summary: By studying the sleep clusters among young adults, the prevalence of modifiable risk behaviors for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) was determined and described according to these clusters.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Joe Piper, Clever Mazhanga, Gloria Mapako, Idah Mapurisa, Tsitsi Mashedze, Eunice J. Munyama, Marian C. Mwapaura, Dzivaidzo F. Chidhanguro, Eddington V. Mpofu, Batsirai Mutasa, Melissa J. Gladstone, Jonathan Wells, Lisa Langhaug, Naume Tavengwa, Robert Ntozini, Andrew Prendergast
Summary: We developed the SAHARAN toolbox to assess growth, physical and cognitive function in school-age children. The toolbox was feasible and acceptable in rural Zimbabwe, with clear associations between growth and physical function. However, cognitive function did not show significant associations. The SAHARAN toolbox can be used to characterize school-age growth and function in sub-Saharan Africa.
Article
Neurosciences
Jenny Lange, Olivia Gillham, Michael Flower, Heather Ging, Simon Eaton, Sneha Kapadia, Andreas Neueder, Michael R. Duchen, Patrizia Ferretti, Sarah J. Tabrizi
Summary: Huntington's Disease is a neurodegenerative disease caused by a genetic mutation. Astrocyte dysfunction, specifically changes in gene expression and metabolic activity, plays a role in the pathogenesis of the disease. Additionally, all Huntington's Disease astrocytes exhibit increased DNA damage and a DNA damage response, suggesting a potential mechanism for their dysfunction.
PROGRESS IN NEUROBIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Maria Chorozoglou, Isabel Reading, Simon Eaton, Shehryer Naqvi, Caroline Pardy, Keren Sloan, Christina Major, Natasha Demellweek, Nigel J. Hall
Summary: We conducted a health economic sub-study to compare the non-operative treatment pathway with surgery for uncomplicated acute appendicitis in children. Our objectives were to assess data collection tools and methods, determine indicative costs and benefits, and evaluate the feasibility of conducting a full economic evaluation.
QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Sport Sciences
Gregore Iven Mielke, Marcio de Almeida Mendes, Ulf Ekelund, Alex V. Rowlands, Felipe Fossati Reichert, Inacio Crochemore-Silva
Summary: This study aimed to compare raw triaxial acceleration data from two accelerometer brands (GENEActiv and ActiGraph GT3X+), as well as different placement positions (non-dominant wrist, dominant wrist, and waist). Thresholds for differentiating inactivity, moderate intensity, and vigorous intensity were derived. The results showed that the acceleration increases with the intensity of activities, regardless of brand or placement. The thresholds obtained from this study can be used to classify movement behaviors in adults accurately.
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS
(2023)
Article
Respiratory System
Rogelio Perez-Padilla, Maria Montes de Oca, Ireri Thirion-Romero, Fernando C. Wehrmeister, Maria Victorina Lopez, Gonzalo Valdivia, Jose R. Jardim, Adriana Muino, Ana Maria B. Menezes, Rogelio Perez-Padilla
Summary: PRISm is a heterogeneous and unstable condition with a prevalence of 5.0% in the population. It is associated with adverse outcomes such as increased mortality risk and transition to other spirometric categories. Adequate follow-up and monitoring are important for patients with PRISm.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
(2023)
Article
Biology
Jonathan C. K. Wells
Summary: Evolutionary perspectives on obesity aim to understand how genetic constitution is shaped by selective pressures. The polygenetic basis of adiposity stabilizes phenotype and coordinates phenotypic variance in volatile environments. This article helps understand the sensitivity of adiposity to diverse environmental factors and the variable health impacts of obesity.
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Sport Sciences
Sehrish Naveed, Taisa Sallinen, Aino-Maija Eloranta, Hannamari Skog, Henna Jalkanen, Soren Brage, Ulf Ekelund, Heikki Pentikaeinen, Kai Savonen, Timo A. Lakka, Eero A. Haapala
Summary: In this study, a combined dietary and physical activity intervention in children did not have an effect on cognition. However, improvements in diet quality and participation in organized sports and reading were associated with improved cognition.
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Bruna Goncalves Cordeiro da Silva, Ana Maria Baptista Menezes, Helen Goncalves, Charles Phillipe de Lucena Alves, Felipe Mendes Delpino, Rafaela Costa Martins, Fernando Cesar Wehrmeister
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the association between physical activity (PA) during adolescence and depression and anxiety disorders in young adulthood. The study found that active participants in leisure-time PA and total PA at 11 years had a lower risk of depression at age 22. Additionally, the more PA recommendations were met during adolescence, the lower the prevalence of depression. However, PA during adolescence was not associated with anxiety in young adults after controlling for potential confounders.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY & HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Porsha Hall, Mary Anne Adams
Summary: Black lesbians face more health issues and economic insecurity in old age due to long-term marginalization. Despite the lack of dedicated organizations, ZAMI NOBLA is the only national organization in the US led by Black lesbians that focuses on improving the wellbeing of Black lesbian elders. During the COVID-19 pandemic, they collaborated with community partners to leverage technology and community solidarity, creating spaces for learning, healing, and thriving for Black lesbians and their networks.
JOURNAL OF LESBIAN STUDIES
(2023)