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2024
Ramalivhana, FW, Veldsman, T. & Moss, SJ. (2024). Assessment of non-communicable disease risk factors, functional performance, and health-related quality of life in adults: a comparative analysis in low-resourced urban and rural areas of South Africa. BMC Public Health 24, 1580. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18964-2
Monyeki, MA, Veldsman, T., Coetzee, B., Sparks, M., Moss, SJ., Pienaar, C., Swanepoel, M., Malan, L., Kruger, HS. (2024). “Relationships between Iron Status and Selected Physical Fitness Components of South African Adolescents: The PAHL-Study” Children 11, no. 6: 659. https://doi.org/10.3390/children11060659
2023
Abrahams N, Khodabakhsh S, Toumpakari Z, Marais F, Lambert EV, Foster C. (2023). Using social networks to scale up and sustain community-based programmes to improve physical activity and diet in low-income and middle-income countries: a scoping review. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 20(1):8. doi: 10.1186/s12966-023-01412-6. PMID: 36707866; PMCID: PMC9883854.
Bartels CA, Lambert EV, Young MEM, Kolbe-Alexander T. (2023). If You Build It Will They Come? Park Upgrades, Park Use and Park-Based Physical Activity in Urban Cape Town, South Africa-The SUN Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 20(3):2574. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20032574. PMID: 36767941; PMCID: PMC9916099.
Wayas FA, Smith JA, Lambert EV, Guthrie-Dixon N, Wasnyo Y, West S, Oni T, Foley L. (2023). Association of Perceived Neighbourhood Walkability with Self-Reported Physical Activity and Body Mass Index in South African Adolescents. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Jan 30;20(3):2449. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20032449. PMID: 36767815; PMCID: PMC9916213
2022
Emeran A, Lambert EV, Paruk T, Bosch A. (2022). Changes in training activity post COVID-19 infection in recreational runners and cyclists. S Afr J Sports Med. 34(1):v34i1a13758. doi: 10.17159/2078-516X/2022/v34i1a13758. PMID: 36815935; PMCID: PMC9924504.
Makamu-Beteck, S.J., Moss, S.J., Cameron, M., Watson, F.G. (2022). The influence of clinic care on perceptions and knowledge of non-communicable diseases and physical activity from a low-resourced community: a mixed-method study. BMC Public Health 22, 673. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13097-w
Makamu-Beteck, S.J., Moss, S.J., Watson, F.G., Cameron, M. (2022). Exercise Intervention Changes the Perceptions and Knowledge of Non-Communicable Disease Risk Factors among Women from a Low-Resourced Setting. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 19, 3474. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063474
Ramírez Varela A, Hallal PC, Mejía Grueso J, Pedišić Ž, Salvo D, Nguyen A, Klepac B, Bauman A, Siefken K, Hinckson E, Oyeyemi AL, Richards J, Salih Khidir ED, Inoue S, Amagasa S, Jauregui A, da Silva MC, Lee IM, Ding M, Kohl HW, Ekelund U, Heath GW, Powell KE, Foster C, Memon AR, Doumbia A, Rather AR, Razzaque A, Diouf A, Hino AA, Damasceno A, Abebe AD, Florindo AA, Mannocci A, Aringazina A, Juričan AB, Poffet A, Decelis A, Carlin A, Enescu A, Ochoa Avilés AM, Kontsevaya A, Somhegyi A, Vuillemin A, El Hamdouchi A, Théodore AA, Masanovic B, Lynch BM, Medina C, Del Campo C, Abdeta C, Moreways C, Ranasinghe C, Howitt C, Cameron C, Jurakić D, Martinez-Gomez D, Tladi D, Diro DT, Adlakha D, Mitić D, Bjelica D, Biernat E, Chisati EM, Lambert EV, Cerin E, Lee EY, Riso EM, Cañete Villalba F, Assah F, Lovrić F, Araya-Vargas GA, La Torre G, Cruz GIN, Baltaci G, Al Sabbah H, Nalecz H, Nashandi HL, Park H, Revuelta-Sánchez I, Nusurupia JJ, Zamora JL, Kopcakova J, Brazo-Sayavera J, Oppert JM, Nie J, Spence JC, Bradley JS, Mota J, Mitáš J, Chen J, Hylton KS, Fromel K, Milton K, Borodulin K, Moustapha KA, Martinez-Folgar K, Nasreddine L, Christiansen LB, Malisoux L, Malete L, Grepo-Jalao LC, Monteiro LZ, Al Subhi LK, Dakskobler M, Alnaji M, Garro MC, Hagströmer M, Murphy MH, Mclaughlin M, Rivera-Morales M, Scheinowitz M, Shkodra M, Piątkowska M, Chaudhury M, Alrashdi NZ, Mutrie N, Murphy N, Ahmad NH, Obeidat NA, Gómez NYR, Liangruenrom N, Arnesto OD, Flores- Flores O, Incarbone O, Chimeddamba O, Bovet P, Magalhães P, Jousilahti P, Katewongsa P, Gómez RAL, Shihab RA, Ocansey R, Veress R, Marine R, Carrizales- Ramos R, Saeed SY, El-Ashker S, Green S, Kasoma S, Beretervide S, Baldew SS, Nichols S, Khoo S, Hosseini SA, Goenka S, Gholamalishahi S, Kosen S, Compernolle S, Enescu SP, Popovic S, Paudel S, Andrade S, Titze S, Davidson T, Dusingizimana T, Dorner TE, Kolbe-Alexander TL, Huong TT, Sychareun V, Jarevska-Simovska V, Puloka VK, Onywera V, Wendel-Vos W, Dionyssiotis Y, Pratt M. (2022). Status and Trends of Physical Activity Surveillance, Policy, and Research in 164 Countries: Findings From the Global Observatory for Physical Activity-GoPA! 2015 and 2020 Surveys. J Phys Act Health. 20(2):112-128. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2022-0464. PMID: 36535269
Neethling I, Lambert EV, Cois A, Roomaney RA, Awotiwon OF, Pacella R, Bradshaw D, Pillay-van Wyk V. (2022). Estimating the changing burden of disease attributable to low levels of physical activity in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012. S Afr Med J. 112(8b):639-648. doi: 10.7196/SAMJ.2022.v112i8b.1648. PMID: 36458349.
Aubert S, Barnes JD, Demchenko I, Hawthorne M, Abdeta C, Abi Nader P, Adsuar Sala JC, Aguilar-Farias N, Aznar S, Bakalár P, Bhawra J, Brazo-Sayavera J, Bringas M, Cagas JY, Carlin A, Chang CK, Chen B, Christiansen LB, Christie CJ, De Roia GF, Delisle Nyström C, Demetriou Y, Djordjic V, Emeljanovas A, Findling Endy L, Gába A, Galaviz KI, González SA, Hesketh KD, Huang WY, Hubona O, Jeon JY, Jurakić D, Jürimäe J, Katapally TR, Katewongsa P, Katzmarzyk PT, Kim YS, Lambert EV, Lee EY, Levi S, Lobo P, Löf M, Loney T, López-Gil JF, López-Taylor J, Mäestu E, Mahendra A, Makaza D, Mallari MFT, Manyanga T, Masanovic B, Morrison SA, Mota J, Müller-Riemenschneider F, Muñoz Bermejo L, Murphy MH, Naidoo R, Nguyen P, Paudel S, Pedišić Ž, Pérez-Gómez J, Reilly JJ, Reimers AK, Richards AB, Santos Silva DA, Saonuam P, Sarmiento OL, Sember V, Shahril MR, Smith M, Standage M, Stratton G, Subedi N, Tammelin TH, Tanaka C, Tesler R, Thivel D, Tladi DM, Tlučáková L, Vanderloo LM, Williams A, Wong SHS, Wu CL, Zembura P, Tremblay MS. (2022). Global Matrix 4.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Adolescents: Results and Analyses From 57 Countries. J Phys Act Health. 19(11):700-728. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2022-0456. PMID: 36280233.
Erzse A, Rwafa-Ponela T, Kruger P, Wayas FA, Lambert EV, Mapa-Tassou C, Ngwa E, Goldstein S, Foley L, Hofman KJ, Teguia S, Oni T, Assah F, Shung-King M, Abdool Karim S. (2022). A Mixed-Methods Participatory Intervention Design Process to Develop Intervention Options in Immediate Food and Built Environments to Support Healthy Eating and Active Living among Children and Adolescents in Cameroon and South Africa. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 19(16):10263. doi: 10.3390/ijerph191610263. PMID: 36011902; PMCID: PMC9408217.
Wachira LJ, Arena R, Sallis JF, Lambert EV, Ong’wen OM, Laddu DR, Onywera V, Oyeyemi AL; HL-PIVOT Network. (2022). Why are COVID-19 effects less severe in Sub- Saharan Africa? Moving more and sitting less may be a primary reason. Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 71:103-105. doi: 10.1016/j.pcad.2022.04.012. Epub 2022 Apr 27. PMID: 35487264; PMCID: PMC9042414.
Muzenda T, Shung-King M, Lambert EV, Brugulat Panés A, Weimann A, McCreedy N, Tatah L, Mapa-Tassou C, Govia I, Were V, Oni T. (2022). Three Growth Spurts in Global Physical Activity Policies between 2000 and 2019: A Policy Document Analysis. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 19(7):3819. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19073819. PMID: 35409498; PMCID: PMC8997640.
Wachira, L. J., Hayker, S. O., Larouche, R., Oyeyemi, A. L., Prista, A., Owino, G. E., … & Onywera, V. O. (2022). Physical activity and active transportation behaviour among rural, peri-urban and urban children in Kenya, Mozambique and Nigeria: The PAAT Study. PLoS one, 17(1), e0262768.
2021
Abrahams N, Lambert EV, Marais F, Toumpakari Z, Foster C. (2021). Using social networks to scale up and sustain community-based programmes to improve physical activity and diet in low-income and middle-income countries: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open. 11(9):e053586. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053586. PMID: 34521681; PMCID: PMC8442048.
Jáuregui A, Lambert EV, Panter J, Moore C, Salvo D. (2021). Scaling up urban infrastructure for physical activity in the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. Lancet. 398(10298):370-372. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01599-3. Epub 2021 Jul 21. PMID: 34302763.
Ramnath U, Rauch L, Lambert EV, Kolbe-Alexander T. (2021). Efficacy of interactive video gaming in older adults with memory complaints: A cluster-randomized exercise intervention. PLoS One. 16(5):e0252016. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252016. PMID: 34032799; PMCID: PMC8148311.
Lopes, L., Santos, R., Coelho-e-Silva, M., Draper, C., Mota, J., Jidovtseff, B., … & Agostinis-Sobrinho, C. (2021). A narrative review of motor competence in children and adolescents: what we know and what we need to find out. International journal of environmental research and public health, 18(1), 18.
Isiagi M, Okop KJ, Lambert EV. (2021). The Relationship between Physical Activity and the Objectively-Measured Built Environment in Low- and High-Income South African Communities. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 18(8):3853. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18083853. PMID: 33916926; PMCID: PMC8067549.
2020
Lambert EV, Kolbe-Alexander T, Adlakha D, Oyeyemi A, Anokye NK, Goenka S, Mogrovejo P, Salvo D. (2020). Making the case for ‘physical activity security’: the 2020 WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour from a Global South perspective. Br J Sports Med. 54(24):1447-1448. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2020-103524. PMID: 33239348.
González SA, Sarmiento OL, Lemoine PD, Larouche R, Meisel JD, Tremblay MS, Naranjo M, Broyles ST, Fogelholm M, Holguin GA, Lambert EV, Katzmarzyk PT. (2020). Active School Transport among Children from Canada, Colombia, Finland, South Africa, and the United States: A Tale of Two Journeys. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 28;17(11):3847. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17113847. PMID: 32481728; PMCID: PMC7312928.
González SA, Sarmiento OL, Lemoine PD, Larouche R, Meisel JD, Tremblay MS, Naranjo M, Broyles ST, Fogelholm M, Holguin GA, Lambert EV, Katzmarzyk PT. (2020). Active School Transport among Children from Canada, Colombia, Finland, South Africa, and the United States: A Tale of Two Journeys. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 28;17(11):3847. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17113847. PMID: 32481728; PMCID: PMC7312928.
Odunitan-Wayas FA, Hamann N, Sinyanya NA, King AC, Banchoff A, Winter SJ, Hendricks S, Okop KJ, Lambert EV. (2020). A citizen science approach to determine perceived barriers and promoters of physical activity in a low-income South African community. Glob Public Health. 2020 May;15(5):749-762. doi: 10.1080/17441692.2020.1712449. Epub 2020 Jan 29. PMID: 31992139.
2019
Mabweazara SZ, Leach LL, Ley C, Onagbiye SO, Dave JA, Levitt NS, Lambert EV. (2019). Demographic and socio-economic predictors of physical activity among people living with HIV of low socio-economic status. Health SA. 24;24:1127. doi: 10.4102/hsag.v24i0.1127. Erratum in: Health SA. 29;26:1560. PMID: 31934422; PMCID: PMC6917422.
Zhang, J., & Jemmott III, J. B. (2019). Mobile app-based small-group physical activity intervention for young African American women: a pilot randomized controlled trial. Prevention Science, 20(6), 863-872.
2018
Heeren, G. A., Jemmott III, J. B., Marange, C. S., Rumosa Gwaze, A., Batidzirai, J. M., Ngwane, Z., … & Tyler, J. C. (2018). Health-promotion intervention increases self-reported physical activity in sub-Saharan African University students: a randomized controlled pilot study. Behavioral Medicine, 44(4), 297-305.
Monyeki, M. A., Moss, S. J., Kemper, H. C., & Twisk, J. W. (2018). Self-reported physical activity is not a valid method for measuring physical activity in 15-year-old South African boys and girls. Children, 5(6), 71.
Moss, S. J., & Czyz, S. H. (2018). Level of agreement between physical activity levels measured by ActiHeart and the International Physical Activity Questionnaire in persons with intellectual disability. Disability and Rehabilitation, 40(3), 360-366.
2014
Alayode, A.M., Babalola, A.J., and Oyesegun, O.O. (2014). Perceived motives for participation in leisure-time physical activity among employees of tertiary institutions in Ondo State, Nigeria. Journal of Education and Human Development, 3 (1), 559-571.
Dickie, K., Micklesfield, L.K., Chantler, S., Lambert, E.V., and Goedecke, J.H. (2014). Meeting physical activity guidelines is associated with reduced risk for cardiovascular disease in black South African women: a 5.5-year follow-up study. BMC Public Health, 14, 498.
Jemmott, J.B., Jemmott, L.S., Ngwane, Z., Zhang, J., Heeren, G.A., Icard, L.D., O’Leary, A., Mtose, X., Teitelman, A., and Carty, C. (2014). Theory-based behavioral intervention increases self-reported physical activity in South African men: a cluster-randomized controlled trial. Preventative Medicine, 64, 114-120.
Luke, A., Bovet, P., Plange-Rhule, J., Forrester, T.E., Lambert, E.V., Schoeller, D.A., Dugas, L.R., Durazo-Arvizu, R.A., Shoham, D.A., Cao, G., Brage, S., Ekelund, U., and Cooper, R.S. (2014). A mixed ecologic-cohort comparison of physical activity & weight among young adults from five populations of African origin. BMC Public Health, 14, 397.
McVeigh, J., and Meiring, R. (2014). Physical activity and sedentary behavior in an ethnically diverse group of South African school children. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 13 (2), 371-378. [Open access PDF] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3990892/pdf/jssm-13-371.pdf
Micklesfield, L.K., Pedro, T.M., Kahn, K., Kinsman, J., Pettifor, J.M., Tollman, S., and Norris, S.A. (2014). Physical activity and sedentary behavior among adolescents in rural South Africa: levels, patterns and correlates. BMC Public Health, 14, 40.
Muthuri, S.K., Wachira, L.M., Leblanc, A.G., Francis, C.E., Sampson, M., Onywera, V.O., and Tremblay, M.S. (2014). Temporal trends and correlates of physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and physical fitness among school-aged children in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review. International Journal of Environment Research and Public Health, 11, 3327-3359.
Muthuri, S.K., Wachira, L.M., Onywera, V.O., and Tremblay, M.S. (2014). Correlates of Objectively Measured Overweight/Obesity and Physical Activity in Kenyan School Children: Results from ISCOLE-Kenya. BMC Public Health, 14, 436.
Muthuri, S.K., Wachira, L.M., Onywera, V.O., and Tremblay, M.S. Socioeconomic Differences in Objectively Measured Overweight/Obesity and Physical Activity in Kenyan School Children: Results from ISCOLE-Kenya. Global Summit on the Physical Activity of Children, Toronto, Canada; Journal of Physical Activity and Health 2014; 11(Supp 1): S126-S198.
Muthuri, S.K., Wachira, L.M., Onywera, V.O., and Tremblay, M.S. (2014). Direct and Self-Reported Measures of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviours by Weight Status in School-Aged Children: Results from ISCOLE-Kenya. Annals of Human Biology. [Epub ahead of print].
Muthuri, S.K., Wachira, L.M., Onywera, V.O., and Tremblay, M.S. (2014). Comparative Study of Physical Activity Patterns among School Children in Kenya and Canada: Results from the ISCOLE Project. African Journal for Physical Health Education, Recreation and Dance, 20 (2), 765-779.
Ocansey, R.T., Aryeetey, R., Sofo, S., Delali, M.B., Pambo, P., and Nyawornota, V.K. (2014). Results from Ghana’s 2014 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth. Journal of Physical Acivitu and Health, 11 (Supp 1), S58-S62.
Odindo, F.O., Muthuri, S.K., Wachira, L.M., Onywera, V.O., and Tremblay, M.S. Assessment of Health Related Physical Fitness and Motor Skill Ability of 9-11 Year Old School Children in Nairobi County, Kenya. Global Summit on the Physical Activity of Children, Toronto, Canada; Journal of Physical Activity and Health 2014; 11(Supp 1): S126-S198.
Padrão, P., Severo, M., Damasceno, A., Silva-Matos, C., Prista, A., Azevedo, A., and Lunet, N. (2014). Model-based patterns of cardiovascular risk factors in Mozambique. Annals of Human Biology. [Epub ahead of print].
Prista, A., Picardo, S., Ribeiro, E., Libombo, J., and Daca, T. (2014). Results From Mozambique’s 2014 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 11 (Supp 1), S79-S82.
Prista, A., Silva-Magaia, Silva-Matos, C., & Damasceno, A. (2014). Saúde, estilo de vida e urbanização em Moçambique: Problemas e perspectivas. Revista Mocambicana de Ciências de Saúde, Vol. 1
Shukla, A., Kumar, K., and Singh, A. (2014). Association between obesity and selected morbidities: a study of BRICS countries. PLoS One, 9 (4), e94433.
Tremblay, M.S., Gray, C.E., Akinroye, K., Harrington, D.M., Katzmarzyk, P.T., Lambert, E.V., Liukkonen, J., Maddison, R., Ocansey, R.T., Onywera, V.O., Prista, A., Reilly, J.J., del Pilar, M., Martínez, R., Sarmiento Duenas, O.L., Standage, M., and Tomkinson, G. (2014). Physical Activity of Children: A Global Matrix of Grades Comparing 15 Countries. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 11 (Supp 1), S113-S125.
Uys, M., Draper, C.E., Hendricks, S., de Villiers, A., Fourie, J., Steyn, N., and Lambert, E.V. (2014). Factors influencing break-time physical activity of South African primary school learners from low-income communities. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. [Epub ahead of print].
Wachira, L.M., Muthuri, S.K., Tremblay, M.S., and Onywera, V.O. (2014). Results from the Kenya’s 2014 Report Card on the Physical Activity and Body Weights of Children and Youth. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 11(Supp 1), S69-S73.
Wachira, L.M., Muthuri, S.K., Tremblay, M.S., and Onywera, V.O. Association between BMI and Percent Body Fat Status and Screen-Based Sedentary Activity of Kenyan Urban School Children: Results from ISCOLE-Kenya. Global Summit on the Physical Activity of Children, Toronto, Canada; Journal of Physical Activity and Health 2014; 11(Supp 1): S126-S198.
Wushe, S.N., Moss, S.J., and Monyeki, M.A. (2014). Objectively determined habitual physical activity in South African adolescents: the PAHL study. BMC Public Health, 14, 471.
Yan, H., Prista, A., Ranadive, S.M., Damasceno, A., Caupers, P., Kanaley, J.A., and Fernhall, B. (2014). Effect of aerobic training on glucose control and blood pressure in T2DDM East African males. ISRN Endocrinology, article ID 864897.
2013
Craig, E., Bland, E., and Reilly, J. (2013). Objectively measured physical activity levels of children and adolescents in rural South Africa: High volume of physical activity at low intensity. Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism, 38 (1), 81-84.
de Moraes Forjaz, C. L., & Prista, A. (2013). Risco Cardiovascular e Prática de Atividade Física em Adultos de Muzambinho/Mg: Influência Do Gênero E Da Idade”.Revista Brasileira de Atividade Física & Saúde
dos Santos, F.K., Gomes, T.N., Damasceno, A., Prista, A., Eisenmann, J., and Maia, J.A. (2013). Physical activity, fitness and the metabolic syndrome in rural youths from Mozambique. Annals of Human Biology, 40 (1), 15-22.
Heroux, M., Onywera, V.O., Tremblay, M.S., Adamo, K.B., Taylor, J.L., Ulloa, E.J., and Janssen, I. (2013). The relation between aerobic fitness, muscular fitness, and obesity in children from three countries at different stages of the physical activity transition. ISRN Obesity, 134835.
Kemp, C., and Pienaar, A.E. (2013). Relationship between the body composition and motor and physical competence of Grade 1 learners in South Africa. Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, 53 (6), 635-643.
Kolbe-Alexander, T.L., Conradie, J., and Lambert, E.V. (2013). Clustering of risk factors for non-communicable disease and healthcare expenditure in employees with private health insurance presenting for health risk appraisal: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health, 13, 1213.
Lambert, E.V., and Kolbe-Alexander, T.L. (2013). Innovative strategies targeting obesity and non-communicable diseases in South Africa: What can we learn from the private healthcare sector? Obesity Reviews, 14 (S2), 141-149.
Malete, L., Motlhoiwa, K. Shaibu, S., Wrotniak, B.H., Maruapula, .SD., Jackson, J., and Compher, C.W. (2013). Body image dissatisfaction is increased in male and overweight/obese adolescents in Botswana. Journal of Obesity, 763624.
Maruf, F.A., Ezenwafor, N.V., Moroof, S.O., Adeniyi, A.F., and Okoye, E.C. (2013). Physical activity level and adiposity: are they associated with primary dysmenorrhea in school adolescents? African Journal of Reproductive Health, 17 (4), 167-174.
Mathunjwa, M.L., Semple, S.J., and du Preez C. (2013). A 10-week aerobic exercise program reduces cardiometabolic disease risk in overweight/obese female African university students. Ethnicity and Disease, 23 (2), 143-148.
Murphy, G.A., Asiki, G., Ekoru, K., Nsubuga, R.N., Nakiyingi-Miiro, J., Young, E.H., Seeley, J., Sandhu, M.S., and Kamali, A. (2013). Sociodemographic distribution of non-communicable disease risk factors in rural Uganda: a cross-sectional study. International Journal of Epidemiology, 42 (6), 1740-1753.
Muzigaba, M., Kolbe-Alexander, T.L., and Wong, F. (2013). The perceived role and influencers of physical activity among pregnant women from low socioeconomic status communities in South Africa. Journal of Physical Activity and Health [Epub ahead of print].
Nhantumbo, L., Ribeiro Maia, J.A., dos Santos, F.K., Jani, I.V., Gudo, E.S., Katzmarzyk, P.T., and Prista, A. (2013). Nutritional status and its association with physical fitness, physical activity and parasitological indicators in youths from rural Mozambique. American Journal ofHuman Biology, 25 (4), 516-523.
Ojiambo, R.M., Magutah, K., Thairu, K., Takahashi, R., and Wilunda, C. (2013). The relation between physical activity and indicators of body fatness in Kenyan adolescents. Journal of Applied Medical Sciences, 2, 43–59.
Onywera, V.O., Heroux, M., Jaureguiulloa, E., Adamo, K.B., Taylor, J.L., Janssen, I., and Tremblay, M.S. (2013). Adiposity and physical activity among children in countries at different stages of the physical activity transition: Canada, Mexico and Kenya. African Journal for Physical Health Education, Recreation and Dance, 19, 132–142.
Oyeyemi, A.L., Sallis, J.F., Deforche, B., Oyeyemi, A.Y., De Bourdeaudhuij, I., and Van Dyck, D. (2013). Evaluation of the Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale in Nigeria. International Journal of Health Geographics, 12, 16.
Oyeyemi, A.L., Deforche, B., Sallis, J.F., De Bourdeaudhuij. I., and Van Dyck, D. (2013). Behavioral mediators of the association between neighborhood environment and weight status in Nigerian adults. American Journal of Health Promotion, 28 (1), 23-31.
Oyeyemi, A.L., Oyeyemi, A.Y., Jidda, Z.A., and Babagana, F. (2013). Prevalence of Physical Activity among Adults in a Metropolitan Nigerian City: A Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of Epidemiology, 23 (3), 169-177.
Oyeyemi, A.L., Sallis, J.F., Oyeyemi, A.Y., Mahmud-Amin, M., De Bourdeaudhuij, I., and Deforche, B. (2013). Adaptation, test-retest reliability, and construct validity of the physical activity neighborhood environment scale in Nigeria. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 10 (8), 1079-1090.
Patel, D., Goetzel, R. Z., Beckowski, M., Milner, K., Greyling, M., da Silva, R., Kolbe-Alexander, T., Tabrizi, M. J., and Nossel, C. (2013). The Healthiest Company Index: A Campaign to Promote Worksite Wellness in South Africa. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 55 (2), 172-178.
Peer, N., Bradshaw, D., Laubscher, R., Steyn, N., and Steyn K. (2013). Urban-rural and gender differences in tobacco and alcohol use, diet and physical activity among young black South Africans between 1998 and 2003. Global Health Action, 6, 1-10.
Prista, A., Macucule, C.F., Queiroz, A.C., Silva, N.D. Jr., Cardoso, C.G. Jr., Tinucci, T., Damasceno, A.A., and Forjaz, C.L. (2013). A bout of resistance exercise following the 2007 AHA guidelines decreases asleep blood pressure in Mozambican men. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 27(3), 786-792.
2012
Ajibua, M.A., Olorunsola H.K., and Bewaji, O. (2012). Perceived motivational factors influencing leisure-time physical activity involvement among employees of tertiary institutions in Ondo State. International Journal of Asian Social Science, 3 (1), 10-19.
Alla, J.B., and Ajibua, M.A. (2012). Pattern of leisure-time physical activity involvement among academic and non-academic staff of tertiary institutions in Ondo State. American Journal of Human Ecology, 1 (1), 28-32.
Bovet, P.; Paccaud, F.; and Chiolero, A. (2012). Socio-economic status and obesity in children in Africa. Obesity Reviews, 13, 1080.
Christensen, DL., Faurholt-Jepsen, D., Boit, MK., Mwaniki, DL., Kilonzo, B., Tetens, I., Kiplamai, FK., Cheruiyot, SC., Friis, H., Borch-Jonhnsen, K., Wareham, N.J., and Brage, S. (2012). Cardiorespiratory fitness and physical activity in Luo, Kamba, and Maasai of rural Kenya. American Journal of Human Biology, 24 (6), 723-729.
Cook, I., Alberts, M., and Lambert, EV. (2012). Influence of cut-points on patterns of accelerometry-measured free-living physical activity in rural and urban black South African women. Journal of Physical Activity and Public Health, 9 (2), 300-310.
Dabone, C., Delisle, H., and Receveur, O. (2012). Cardiometabolic Risk Factors and Associated Features in 5th Grade Schoolchildren in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (West Africa). International Journal of Child Health and Nutrition, 1 (2).
Delisle, H., Ntandou-Bouzitou, G., Agueh, V., Sodjinoe, R., and Fayomi, B. (2012). Urbanisation, nutrition transition and cardiometabolic risk: the Benin Study. British Journal of Nutrition, 107 (10), 1534-1544.
Dhurup, M., and Grobler, W.C.J. (2012). The built environment and physical activity participation in a semi-urban area in Southern Gauteng: physical activity and health. African Journal for Physical Health Education, Recreation and Dance: Contemporary issues in sport in the 21st Century, Supplement 1_2, 18, 414-430.
Hjorth, M.F., Kloster, S., Girma, T., Faurholt-Jepsen, D., Andersen, G., Kaestel, P., Brage, S., and Friis, H. (2012). Level and intensity of objectively assessed physical activity among pregnant women from urban Ethiopia. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth, 12, 154.
Jones, A.C., and Geneau, R. (2012). Assessing research on priority interventions for non-communicable disease prevention in low- and middle-income countries: a bibliometric analysis. Global Health Action, 5, 1-13.
Louw, A. J., Van Biljon,A., and Mugandani, S. C. (2012). Exercise motivation and barriers among men and women of different age groups. African Journal for Physical, Health Education, Recreation and Dance, 18 (4).
Micklesfield, L.; Pedro, T.; Twine, R.; Kinsman, J.; Pettifor, J.; Tollman, S.; Kahn, K.; and Norris, S. Physical Activity Patterns and Determinants in Rural South African Adolescents. In Proceedings of the Be Active 2012 Conference, Sydney, Australia, 26-28 September 2012; pp. S251.
Monyeki, M.; Neetens, R.; Moss, S.; and Twisk, J. The Relationship of Body Composition with Physical Fitness in the 14 Adolescents Residing within the Tlokwe Local Municipality, South Africa: The PAHL Study. In Proceedings of the Be Active 2012 Conference, Sydney, Australia, 26-28 September 2012; pp. S170-S171.
Monyeki, M.; and Mamabolo, R. Relationships between Physical Activity with BMI and Percentage Body Fat among Girls by Locality in Tlokwe Local Municipality, South Africa: The PAHL-Study. In Proceedings of the Be Active 2012 Conference, Sydney, Australia, 26-28 September 2012; p. S42.
Monyeki, M.A., Neetens, R., Moss, SJ., and Twisk, J. (2012). The relationship between body composition and physical fitness in 14 year old adolescents residing within the Tlokwe local municipality, South Africa: The PAHL study. BMC Public Health, 12, 374.
Muhihi, A., Njelekela, M., Mpembeni, R., Masesa, Z., Kitamori, K., Mori, M., Kato, N., Mtabaji, J., and Yamori, Y. (2012). Physical activity and cardiovascular disease risk factors among young and middle-aged men in urban Mwanza, Tanzania. Pan African Medical Journal, 11, 11.
Musa, D.I.; and Williams, C.A. (2012). Cardiorespiratory fitness, fatness, and blood pressure associations in Nigerian youth. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 44, 1978–1985.
Musa, L. O., Toriola, A. L., and Goon, D. T. (2012). Youth, physical activity and leisure education: Need for a paradigm shift. African Journal for Physical, Health Education, Recreation and Dance, 18 (4).
Naidoo, T.; Konkol, K.; Biccard, B.; Dudose, K.; and McKune, A.J. (2012). Elevated salivary c – reactive protein predicted by low cardio-respiratory fitness and being overweight in African children. Cardiovascular Journal of Africa, 23, 501–506.
Nhantumbo, L., Saranga, S., Prista, A., Basso, L., & Maia, J. (2012). Estudo alométrico da aptidão funcional de crianças e jovens rurais de Moçambique. Revista Brasileira de Cineantropometria & Desempenho Humano 14: 507-516.
Ojiambo, RM., Easton, C., Casajús, JA., Konstabel, K., Reilly, JJ., and Pitsiladis, Y. (2012). Effect of urbanization on objectively measured physical activity levels, sedentary time, and indices of adiposity in Kenyan adolescents. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 9 (1), 115-123.
Onywera, V.O.; Adamo, K.B.; Sheel, A.W.; Waudo, J.N.; Boit, M.K.; and Tremblay, M. (2012). Emerging Evidence of the Physical Activity Transition in Kenya. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 9, 554–562.
Oyeyemi, AL., Adegoke, BO., Sallis, JF., Oyeyemi, AY., and De Bourdeaudhuij, I. (2012). Perceived crime and traffic safety is related to physical activity among adults in Nigeria. BMC Public Health, 12, 294.
Padrão, P., Damasceno, A., Silva-Matos, C., Prista, A., and Lunet, N. (2012). Physical activity patterns in Mozambique: urban/rural differences during epidemiological transition. Preventative Medicine, 55 (5), 444-449.
Pienaar, AE., Salome Kruger, H., Steyn, HS., and Naudé, D. (2012). Change over three years in adolescents’ physical activity levels and patterns after a physical activity intervention: play study. The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, 52 (3), 300-310.
Prista, A. (2012). Sedentarismo, urbanização e transição epidemiológica. Revista Cientifica da UEM. Series Ciências Biomédicas e Saúde. Vol 1 No 28-38, 2012
Richards, J.; and Foster, C. The Impact of a Sport-for-Development Programme on the Physical Activity Levels of Young Adolescent Boys in Gulu, Northern Uganda. In Proceedings of the Be Active 2012 Conference, Sydney, Australia, 26-28 September 2012; pp. S257–S258.
Skaal, L., and Pengpid, S. (2012). The predictive validity and effects of using the transtheoretical model to increase the physical activity of healthcare workers in a public hospital in South Africa. Translational Behavioral Medicine, 2 (4), 384-391.
Toriola, O.M.; and Monyeki, M.A. (2012). Health-related fitness, body composition and physical activity status among adolescent learners: The PAHL study. African Journal for Physical Health Education, Recreation and Dance, 18, 795–811.
Truter, L.; Pienaar, A.E.; and Toit, D. (2012). The relationship of overweight and obesity to the motor performance of children living in South Africa. South African Family Practice, 54, 429–435.
Muthuri, S.K., Wachira, L.M., Leblanc, A.G., Francis, C.E., Sampson, M., Onywera, V.O., and Tremblay, M.S. (2014) Temporal trends and correlates of physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and physical fitness among school-aged children in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review. International Journal of Environment Research and Public Health, 11, 3327-3359.
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