BACKGROUND A socioeconomic gradient in childhood obesity is known to be present by the age of school entry in the UK. The origin of this gradient is unclear at present, but must lie in socioeconomic differences in habitual physical activity, sedentary behaviour, or dietary intake. AIMS To test the hypothesis that habitual physical activity and/or sedentary behaviour are associated with socioe...

BACKGROUND Large-scale RCTs comparing different types of exercise training in institutionalised older people are scarce, especially regarding effects on habitual physical activity and constipation. This study investigated the effects of different training protocols on habitual physical activity and constipation of older adults living in long-term care facilities. METHODS A randomized controll...

PURPOSE To systematically review and compare the daily habitual physical activity levels and sedentary times of young people with cerebral palsy to their typically developing peers and to physical activity guidelines. METHOD After searching electronic databases, two reviewers independently applied criteria. Studies were required to include young people with cerebral palsy (up to 18 years) and...

BACKGROUND Accelerometry is rapidly becoming the instrument of choice for measuring physical activity in children. However, as limited data exist on the minimum number of days accelerometry required to provide a reliable estimate of habitual physical activity, we aimed to quantify the number of days of recording required to estimate both habitual physical activity and habitual sedentary behavio...

Corder K, Ekelund U, Steele RM, Wareham NJ, Brage S. Assessment of physical activity in youth. J Appl Physiol 105: 977–987, 2008. First published July 17, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00094.2008.—Despite much progress with physical activity assessment, the limitations concerning the accurate measurement of physical activity are often amplified in young people due to the cognitive, physiologic...

Background: In Alzheimer’s disease (AD) it is important to understand which factors can alter the trajectory of cognitive decline. Evidence suggests that physical activity levels are associated with global cognitive change in AD (Winchester et al., 2013). The aim of this study was to determine whether habitual physical activity specifically influences executive function change in AD over 1 year...