Title |
Comparisons of intensity-duration patterns of physical activity in the US, Jamaica and 3 African countries
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Published in |
BMC Public Health, August 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-14-882 |
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Authors |
Lara R Dugas, Pascal Bovet, Terrence E Forrester, Estelle V Lambert, Jacob Plange-Rhule, Ramon A Durazo-Arvizu, David Shoham, Jacolene Kroff, Guichan Cao, Richard S Cooper, Soren Brage, Ulf Ekelund, Amy Luke |
Abstract |
This difference in how populations living in low-, middle or upper-income countries accumulate daily PA, i.e. patterns and intensity, is an important part in addressing the global PA movement. We sought to characterize objective PA in 2,500 participants spanning the epidemiologic transition. The Modeling the Epidemiologic Transition Study (METS) is a longitudinal study, in 5 countries. METS seeks to define the association between physical activity (PA), obesity and CVD risk in populations of African origin: Ghana (GH), South Africa (SA), Seychelles (SEY), Jamaica (JA) and the US (suburban Chicago). |
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