Laboratory for Leisure, Tourism & Sport

The University of Connecticut

Andrew Yiannakis, Ph.D., Director

Physical Activity and Health (#65)

Researched and Compiled by: Greg Kane

PhD. Candidate in Sport Management

Email: Greg.Kane@huskymail.uconn.edu

 

100 References. Updated February 2003

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Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 2001;33:255-258
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Assessment of speed of human locomotion using a differential satellite global positioning system
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 2000;32:642-646
YVES SCHUTZ; RENÉ HERREN

The association between vigorous physical activities and fat deposition in male adolescents
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 2000;32:392
ISABELLE DIONNE; NATALIE ALMÉRAS; CLAUDE BOUCHARD; ANGELO TREMBLAY

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Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 2002;34:1065-1070
HAAKON E. MEYER; ANNE JOHANNE SØGAARD; AAGE TVERDAL; RANDI M. SELMER

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A controlled trial of physician counseling to promote the adoption of physical activity.
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Cardiorespiratory fitness and stroke mortality in men

Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 2002;34:592-595
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Current injury or disability as a barrier to being more physically active
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 2001;33:778-782
CAROLINE FINCH; NEVILLE OWEN; ROBERT PRICE

Changes in physical activity patterns in the United States, by sex and cross-sectional age
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 2000;32:1601-1609
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Commuting, leisure-time physical activity, and cardiovascular risk factors in China
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 2002;34:234-238
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Comparing physical activity assessment methods in the Seasonal Variation of Blood Cholesterol Study
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 2000;32:976-984
CHARLES E. MATTHEWS; PATTY S. FREEDSON; JAMES R. HEBERT; EDWARD J. STANEK III; PHILIP A. MERRIAM; IRA S. OCKENE

Comparison of the Yale Physical Activity Survey with other physical activity measures
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 2001;33:955-961
DEBORAH ROHM YOUNG; SUN HA JEE; LAWRENCE J. APPEL

Comparisons of four methods of estimating physical activity in adult women
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 2000;32:1320-1326
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Decline of physical activity from youth to young adulthood in Finland
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 2000;32:1617-1622
RISTO TELAMA; XIAOLIN YANG

Do 9- to 12 yr-old children meet existing physical activity recommendations for health?
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 2001;33:591-596
MIKE SLEAP; KEITH TOLFREY

Dose response between total volume of physical activity and health and fitness
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 2001;33:S428-S437
PEKKA OJA


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Effects of aerobic fitness on fat oxidation and body fatness
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 2000;32:805-811
ADAMANDIA D. KRIKETOS; TERESA A. SHARP; HELEN M. SEAGLE; JOHN C. PETERS; JAMES O. HILL

Effects of exercise and weight loss on blood pressure during daily life
Medicine AND Science in Sports AND Exercise 2001;33:1635-1640
PATRICK R. STEFFEN; ANDREW SHERWOOD; ELIZABETH C. D. GULLETTE; ANASTASIA GEORGIADES; ALAN HINDERLITER; JAMES A. BLUMENTHAL

Evaluation of the Kaiser Physical Activity Survey in women
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 2000;32:1327-1338
BARBARA E. AINSWORTH; BARBARA STERNFELD; MARK T. RICHARDSON; KIRBY JACKSON

Exercise, diet, and skeletal muscle gene expression
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 34(9): 1505-1508; Sep 2002
MARK HARGREAVES; DAVID CAMERON-SMITH

Exercise training in a predominantly African-American group of stroke survivors
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 2000;32:1990-1996
JAMES H. RIMMER; BARTH RILEY; TODD CREVISTON; TERRY NICOLA

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Fitness, fatness, and estimated coronary heart disease risk: the HERITAGE Family Study
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 2001;33:585-590
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Health effects resulting from exercise versus those from body fat loss
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 2001;33:S611-S621
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Identification of correlates of physical activity among Latino adults.
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Is physical activity or physical fitness more important in defining health benefits?
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STEVEN N. BLAIR; YILING CHENG; J. SCOTT HOLDER

Jones DA, Ainsworth BE, Croft JB, et al. Moderate leisure-time physical activity: who is meeting the public health recommendations? A national cross-sectional study. Arch Fam Med 1998;7:285--9.

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Physical activity and mortality in postmenopausal women.
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Relation of leisure-time physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness to the risk of acute myocardial infarction in men.
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Leisure-time physical activities and their relationship to cardiorespiratory fitness in healthy men and women 18-95 years old
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Leisure time physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness, and plasma fibrinogen concentrations in nonsmoking middle-aged men
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 2000;32:620-626
SEAN CARROLL; CARLTON B. COOKE; RONALD J. BUTTERLY


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A multisite field test on the acceptability of physical activity counseling in primary care: Project PACE.
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Osteoporosis and exercise in women.
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Occupational physical activity is related to physical fitness in young workers
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 2002;34:158-165
TUIJA TAMMELIN; SIMO NÄYHÄ; HANNU RINTAMÄKI; PAAVO ZITTING

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Physical activity, all-cause mortality, and longevity in college alumni.
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Physical activity and all-cause mortality: what is the dose-response relation?
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 2001;33:S459-S471
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Physical activity and cancer risk: dose-response and cancer, all sites and site-specific
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 2001;33:S530-S550
INGER THUNE; ANNE-SOFIE FURBERG

Physical activity and the presence and extent of calcified coronary atherosclerosis
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 2002;34:228-233
ALLEN J. TAYLOR; TAMMY WATKINS; DEBBIE BELL; JON CARROW; JODY BINDEMAN; DIANE SCHERR; IRWIN FEUERSTEIN; HENRY WONG; SAROJ BHATTARAI; MARK VAITKUS; PATRICK G. O퀾ALLEY

Physical activity dose-response effects on outcomes of depression and anxiety
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 2001;33:S587-S597
ANDREA L. DUNN; MADHUKAR H. TRIVEDI; HEATHER A. O퀿EAL

Physical activity, total and regional obesity: dose-response considerations
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 2001;33:S521-S527
ROBERT ROSS; IAN JANSSEN


Physical activity of young people: the Amsterdam Longitudinal Growth and Health Study
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 2000;32:1610-1616
WILLEM VAN MECHELEN; JOS W. R. TWISK; G. BERTHEKE POST; JAN SNEL; HAN C. G. KEMPER S. Biddle J. F. Sallis N. Cavill S. Biddle J. F. Sallis N. Cavill


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Population attributable risk: implications of physical activity dose
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 2001;33:S635-S639
CAROLINE A. MACERA; KENNETH E. POWELL

Postexercise immune correlates in children with and without cystic fibrosis
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 2000;32:1997-2004
STEVEN R. BOAS; MICHAEL J. DANDURAN; ALISON L. McBRIDE; SUSANNA A. McCOLLEY; MAURICE R.G. O퀶ORMAN

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Physical activity and chronic diseases.
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Prevalence of physical activity during leisure time in the European Union
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 2001;33:1142-1146
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Reliability and validity of self-reported physical activity in Latinos.
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Reliability and validity of Canada's Physical Activity Monitor for assessing trends
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 34(9): 1462-1467; Sep 2002
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Self-administered questionnaire compared with interview to assess past-year physical activity
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 2000;32:1119-1124
ANNE VUILLEMIN; JEAN-MICHEL OPPERT; FRANCIS GUILLEMIN; LUC ESSERMEANT; ANNE-MARIE FONTVIEILLE; PILAR GALAN; ANDREA M. KRISKA; SERGE HERCBERG


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Twenty-five-year trends in physical activity of 30- to 59-year-old populations in eastern Finland
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 2002;34:1302-1307
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Type of activity: resistance, aerobic and leisure versus occupational physical activity
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 2001;33:S364-369
EDWARD T. HOWLEY


Validation of the Minnesota Leisure Time Physical Activity Questionnaire in Spanish Women
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 2000;32:1431-1437
ROBERTO ELOSUA; MONTSERRAT GARCIA; AMPARO AGUILAR; LUIS MOLINA; MARÍA-ISABEL COVAS; JAUME MARRUGAT on behalf of investigators of the MARATDON group

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