Peter T Katzmarzyk

Summary

Affiliation: Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Body mass index and risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer and all-cause mortality
    Peter T Katzmarzyk
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70808 4124, USA
    Can J Public Health 103:147-51. 2012
  2. ncbi Relationship between abdominal fat and bone mineral density in white and African American adults
    Peter T Katzmarzyk
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
    Bone 50:576-9. 2012
  3. ncbi Physical activity for obese individuals: a systematic review of effects on chronic disease risk factors
    P T Katzmarzyk
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, LA 70808 4124, USA
    Obes Rev 13:95-105. 2012
  4. ncbi Accelerometer profiles of physical activity and inactivity in normal weight, overweight, and obese U.S. men and women
    Catrine Tudor-Locke
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, 70808, USA
    Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 7:60. 2010
  5. ncbi Expert panel report from the International Conference on Physical Activity and Obesity in Children, 24-27 June 2007, Toronto, Ontario: summary statement and recommendations
    Peter T Katzmarzyk
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisianna State University System, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
    Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 33:371-88. 2008
  6. ncbi Obesity and physical activity among Aboriginal Canadians
    Peter T Katzmarzyk
    School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
    Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:184-90. 2008
  7. ncbi Limitations of Canada's physical activity data: implications for monitoring trends
    Peter T Katzmarzyk
    School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
    Can J Public Health 98:S185-94. 2007
  8. ncbi Racial differences in abdominal depot-specific adiposity in white and African American adults
    Peter T Katzmarzyk
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, LA 70808 4124, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 91:7-15. 2010
  9. ncbi Ethnic-specific BMI and waist circumference thresholds
    Peter T Katzmarzyk
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
    Obesity (Silver Spring) 19:1272-8. 2011
  10. ncbi International conference on physical activity and obesity in children: summary statement and recommendations
    Peter T Katzmarzyk
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
    Int J Pediatr Obes 3:3-21. 2008

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Publications106 found, 100 shown here

  1. ncbi Body mass index and risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer and all-cause mortality
    Peter T Katzmarzyk
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70808 4124, USA
    Can J Public Health 103:147-51. 2012
    ..To determine the dose-response relationship between body mass index (BMI) and cause-specific mortality among Canadian adults...
  2. ncbi Relationship between abdominal fat and bone mineral density in white and African American adults
    Peter T Katzmarzyk
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
    Bone 50:576-9. 2012
    ..In conclusion, BMD was inversely related to abdominal VAT and SAT in white and African American adults after adjustment for LBM...
  3. ncbi Physical activity for obese individuals: a systematic review of effects on chronic disease risk factors
    P T Katzmarzyk
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, LA 70808 4124, USA
    Obes Rev 13:95-105. 2012
    ..The degree to which physical activity is effective at lowering risk factor levels among high-risk obese individuals is not known...
  4. ncbi Accelerometer profiles of physical activity and inactivity in normal weight, overweight, and obese U.S. men and women
    Catrine Tudor-Locke
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, 70808, USA
    Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 7:60. 2010
    ..abstract:..
  5. ncbi Expert panel report from the International Conference on Physical Activity and Obesity in Children, 24-27 June 2007, Toronto, Ontario: summary statement and recommendations
    Peter T Katzmarzyk
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisianna State University System, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
    Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 33:371-88. 2008
    ..Promising physical activity interventions among children were presented, and important research, policy, and practice recommendations to address the issue of physical inactivity and obesity were provided...
  6. ncbi Obesity and physical activity among Aboriginal Canadians
    Peter T Katzmarzyk
    School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
    Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:184-90. 2008
    ..To investigate ethnic differences in obesity and physical activity among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians...
  7. ncbi Limitations of Canada's physical activity data: implications for monitoring trends
    Peter T Katzmarzyk
    School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
    Can J Public Health 98:S185-94. 2007
    ....
  8. ncbi Racial differences in abdominal depot-specific adiposity in white and African American adults
    Peter T Katzmarzyk
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, LA 70808 4124, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 91:7-15. 2010
    ..There is increasing interest in understanding racial differences in adiposity in specific body depots as a way to explain differential health risks associated with obesity...
  9. ncbi Ethnic-specific BMI and waist circumference thresholds
    Peter T Katzmarzyk
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
    Obesity (Silver Spring) 19:1272-8. 2011
    ..There are no apparent ethnic differences in men; however, in AA women the optimal BMI and WC values are ~3 kg/m2 and 5 cm higher than in white women...
  10. ncbi International conference on physical activity and obesity in children: summary statement and recommendations
    Peter T Katzmarzyk
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
    Int J Pediatr Obes 3:3-21. 2008
    ..Promising physical activity interventions among children were presented, and important research, policy and practice recommendations to address the issue of physical inactivity and obesity were provided...
  11. ncbi Sitting time and mortality from all causes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer
    Peter T Katzmarzyk
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70808 4124, USA
    Med Sci Sports Exerc 41:998-1005. 2009
    ..We prospectively examined sitting time and mortality in a representative sample of 17,013 Canadians 18-90 yr of age...
  12. ncbi A short-term physical activity randomized trial in the Lower Mississippi Delta
    Peter T Katzmarzyk
    Population Science, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 6:e26667. 2011
    ..The purpose of this study was to determine if a short-term pedometer-based intervention results in immediate increases in time spent in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) compared to a minimal educational intervention...
  13. ncbi [Limitations of data on physical activity in Canada: implications for monitoring trends]
    Peter T Katzmarzyk
    Ecole de kinésiologie et d études en santé, Université Queen s, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
    Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 32:S206-16. 2007
    ....
  14. ncbi Fitness alters the associations of BMI and waist circumference with total and abdominal fat
    Ian Janssen
    Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
    Obes Res 12:525-37. 2004
    ..DISCUSSION: These findings suggest that a reduction in total adiposity and abdominal fat may be a means by which CRF attenuates the health risk attributable to obesity as determined by BMI and WC...
  15. ncbi Prevalence of risk factors for metabolic syndrome in adolescents: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 2001-2006
    William D Johnson
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center, 6400 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 163:371-7. 2009
    ..To investigate the prevalence of distinct combinations of components of the metabolic syndrome among adolescents...
  16. ncbi Profiles of sedentary behavior in children and adolescents: the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2001-2006
    Susan B Sisson
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
    Int J Pediatr Obes 4:353-9. 2009
    ..To describe the prevalence of time spent in sedentary behaviors (e.g., TV/video and computer use) among youth in the US...
  17. ncbi Utility of childhood BMI in the prediction of adulthood disease: comparison of national and international references
    Ian Janssen
    School of Physical and Health Education, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
    Obes Res 13:1106-15. 2005
    ..The differences in the predictive capacity of the CDC Reference and IOTF Reference are, however, minimal...
  18. ncbi The relationship of waist circumference and BMI to visceral, subcutaneous, and total body fat: sex and race differences
    Sarah M Camhi
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
    Obesity (Silver Spring) 19:402-8. 2011
    ..Sex differences, and in some instances race differences, in the relationships between anthropometry and fat-specific depots demonstrate that these characteristics need to be considered when predicting adiposity from WC or BMI...
  19. ncbi Are Canadians meeting the guidelines for moderate and vigorous leisure-time physical activity?
    Shirley N Bryan
    Queen s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
    Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 34:707-15. 2009
    ..These findings should be considered when designing and implementing public health interventions that promote participation in daily physical activity...
  20. ncbi Consistency of fat mass--fat-free mass relationship across ethnicity and sex groups
    Stephanie T Broyles
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, 6400 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70808 4124, USA
    Br J Nutr 105:1272-6. 2011
    ..In conclusion, results from our large, biethnic sample of men and women found a FM-FFM relationship very close to that originally described by Forbes, absent of significant variability by ethnicity or sex...
  21. ncbi Combined influence of body mass index and waist circumference on coronary artery disease risk factors among children and adolescents
    Ian Janssen
    Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, School of Physical and Health Education, Queen s University, Kingston, ON, K7L 3N6, Canada
    Pediatrics 115:1623-30. 2005
    ....
  22. ncbi Accelerometer-determined steps/day and metabolic syndrome
    Susan B Sisson
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808, USA
    Am J Prev Med 38:575-82. 2010
    ..There is a lack of knowledge about the relationship between objectively measured physical activity and the odds of having metabolic syndrome (MetS) and cardiovascular (CVD) risk factors...
  23. ncbi Leisure time sedentary behavior, occupational/domestic physical activity, and metabolic syndrome in U.S. men and women
    Susan B Sisson
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808, USA
    Metab Syndr Relat Disord 7:529-36. 2009
    ....
  24. ncbi Characteristics of step-defined physical activity categories in U.S. adults
    Susan B Sisson
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
    Am J Health Promot 26:152-9. 2012
    ..The purpose of this project was to describe step-defined categories (as measured by accelerometer) of U.S. adults and to determine predictors of sedentary classification (<5000 steps/d)...
  25. ncbi Trunk versus extremity adiposity and cardiometabolic risk factors in white and African American adults
    Gang Hu
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
    Diabetes Care 34:1415-8. 2011
    ..To determine contributions of trunk and extremity adiposity to cardiometabolic risk factors (blood pressure, fasting blood glucose, HDL cholesterol, and triglycerides) among white and African American adults...
  26. ncbi Tracking of obesity and physical activity from childhood to adulthood: the Physical Activity Longitudinal Study
    Katya M Herman
    School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario
    Int J Pediatr Obes 4:281-8. 2009
    ..Tracking studies have often had limited follow-up lengths. The aim was to investigate BMI and PA tracking over 22 years from youth to adulthood...
  27. ncbi Occupational, commuting, and leisure-time physical activity in relation to heart failure among finnish men and women
    Yujie Wang
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
    J Am Coll Cardiol 56:1140-8. 2010
    ..The purpose of this study was to examine the association of different levels of occupational, commuting, and leisure-time physical activity and heart failure (HF) risk...
  28. ncbi Ethnic differences in subcutaneous adiposity and waist girth in children and adolescents
    Susan B Sisson
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
    Obesity (Silver Spring) 17:2075-81. 2009
    ..Differences in adiposity between ethnic groups should be considered in disease risk assessment and stratification as they are observed even for a given BMI level...
  29. ncbi Predicting adult body mass index-specific metabolic risk from childhood
    Sarah M Camhi
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808, USA
    Metab Syndr Relat Disord 8:165-72. 2010
    ..Metabolic risk varies within adult body mass index (BMI) categories; however, the development of BMI-specific metabolic risk from childhood is unknown...
  30. ncbi Lifestyle factors in relation to heart failure among Finnish men and women
    Yujie Wang
    Population Science, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
    Circ Heart Fail 4:607-12. 2011
    ..The role of lifestyle factors in explaining the risk of heart failure (HF) is not properly established...
  31. ncbi Race and sex similarities in exercise-induced changes in blood lipids and fatness
    Chris I Ardern
    School of Physical and Health Education, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
    Med Sci Sports Exerc 36:1610-5. 2004
    ..CONCLUSION: The multivariate associations among fat loss and changes in blood lipids consequent to aerobic exercise training are similar in black and white men and women...
  32. ncbi Waist circumference and not body mass index explains obesity-related health risk
    Ian Janssen
    Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
    Am J Clin Nutr 79:379-84. 2004
    ..Thus, for a given WC value, overweight and obese persons and normal-weight persons have comparable health risks. However, when WC is dichotomized as normal or high, BMI remains a significant predictor of health risk...
  33. ncbi Discrimination of health risk by combined body mass index and waist circumference
    Christopher I Ardern
    School of Physical and Health Education, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
    Obes Res 11:135-42. 2003
    ..DISCUSSION: In women already at increased health risk because of an elevated BMI, the additional measurement of WC may help identify cardiovascular risk...
  34. ncbi Metabolic syndrome and diabetes, alone and in combination, as predictors of cardiovascular disease mortality among men
    Timothy S Church
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
    Diabetes Care 32:1289-94. 2009
    ..To examine cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality risk in men with diabetes only, metabolic syndrome only, and concurrent metabolic syndrome and diabetes...
  35. ncbi Physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness and body mass index as predictors of substantial weight gain and obesity: the Canadian physical activity longitudinal study
    Susan E Brien
    School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen s University, Kingston, ON
    Can J Public Health 98:121-4. 2007
    ..The purpose of this investigation was to determine the relationships between physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness, body mass index (BMI), and the development of future obesity...
  36. ncbi Cardiorespiratory fitness as a predictor of cancer mortality among men with pre-diabetes and diabetes
    Angela M Thompson
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center, 4600 Perkins Rd, Baton Rouge, LA 70808 4124, USA
    Diabetes Care 31:764-9. 2008
    ..The purpose of this article was to examine the risk of cancer mortality across levels of fitness and to examine the fitness-mortality relation for site-specific cancers in men with pre-diabetes and diabetes...
  37. ncbi Genome-wide linkage scan for the metabolic syndrome in the HERITAGE Family Study
    Ruth J F Loos
    Human Genomics Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808, USA
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab 88:5935-43. 2003
    ..Some of these chromosomal regions harbor promising potential candidate genes...
  38. ncbi Prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factor clustering and body mass index in adolescents
    Sarah M Camhi
    Population Science, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
    J Pediatr 159:303-7. 2011
    ..To establish prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factor clustering within US adolescent body mass index (BMI) groups...
  39. ncbi Ethnic differences in self-reported and measured obesity
    William D Johnson
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
    Obesity (Silver Spring) 17:571-7. 2009
    ..However, comparisons depend on the true prevalence within ethnicity-gender groups. After controlling for obesity prevalence, disparity in underestimation was greater in EA than in AA men (P < 0.003) but not women...
  40. ncbi Patterns and trends in walking behaviour among Canadian adults
    Shirley N Bryan
    School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen s University, Kingston, ON
    Can J Public Health 100:294-8. 2009
    ..The purpose of this study is to describe the epidemiology of walking for exercise among Canadian adults aged 18-55 years...
  41. ncbi Subclinical atherosclerosis and metabolic risk: role of body mass index and waist circumference
    Sarah M Camhi
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
    Metab Syndr Relat Disord 9:119-25. 2011
    ..However, the influence of body mass index (BMI) or waist circumference (WC) on the relationship between IMT and metabolic risk is unclear...
  42. ncbi Patterns of adult stepping cadence in the 2005-2006 NHANES
    Catrine Tudor-Locke
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center, 6400 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
    Prev Med 53:178-81. 2011
    ..The purpose of this study was to determine cadence patterns in free-living adults, and in particular, time spent at increasing cadence increments including 100 steps/min and beyond...
  43. ncbi Volume of exercise and fitness nonresponse in sedentary, postmenopausal women
    Susan B Sisson
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
    Med Sci Sports Exerc 41:539-45. 2009
    ..There is a wide individual heterogeneity in the maximal aerobic fitness (V x O 2max) response to exercise training...
  44. ncbi Trends over 5 decades in U.S. occupation-related physical activity and their associations with obesity
    Timothy S Church
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 6:e19657. 2011
    ..The objective of this analysis was to examine trends in occupational physical activity during the past 5 decades and explore how these trends relate to concurrent changes in body weight in the U.S...
  45. ncbi Visceral fat is an independent predictor of all-cause mortality in men
    Jennifer L Kuk
    School of Physical and Health Education, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
    Obesity (Silver Spring) 14:336-41. 2006
    ..93; 1.15 to 3.23) was a significant predictor of mortality. DISCUSSION: Visceral fat is a strong, independent predictor of all-cause mortality in men...
  46. ncbi Cardiorespiratory fitness attenuates metabolic risk independent of abdominal subcutaneous and visceral fat in men
    SoJung Lee
    School of Physical and Health Education, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L 3N6
    Diabetes Care 28:895-901. 2005
    ..06). CONCLUSIONS: High levels of CRF are associated with a substantial reduction in health risk for a given level of visceral and subcutaneous fat...
  47. ncbi Cardiorespiratory fitness and metabolic syndrome: US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2002
    Susan E Brien
    School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
    Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 32:143-7. 2007
    ..In men, the odds of MetS were significantly lower in moderate and high CRF categories versus the low CRF category, whereas in women there were no significant relationships between CRF and MetS...
  48. ncbi The pediatric obesity epidemic continues unabated in Bogalusa, Louisiana
    Stephanie Broyles
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
    Pediatrics 125:900-5. 2010
    ..To examine 35-year trends in the prevalence of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents from Bogalusa, Louisiana...
  49. ncbi Revised Adult Treatment Panel III guidelines and cardiovascular disease mortality in men attending a preventive medical clinic
    Chris I Ardern
    School of Physical and Health Education, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6, Canada
    Circulation 112:1478-85. 2005
    ..Furthermore, men who were physically fit or who did not have the metabolic syndrome had a lower risk of CVD mortality...
  50. ncbi Trial of prevention and reduction of obesity through active living in clinical settings: a randomized controlled trial
    Robert Ross
    School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, 28 Division St, Queen s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
    Arch Intern Med 172:414-24. 2012
    ..The efficacy of physical activity with a healthful diet to reduce obesity is established; however, little is known about the translation of effective lifestyle strategies for obesity reduction in primary care settings...
  51. ncbi Step-based translation of physical activity guidelines in the Lower Mississippi Delta
    Deirdre M Harrington
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
    Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 36:583-5. 2011
    ..Results indicate that overweight residents of the LMD should be accumulating at least 8300-9100 steps·day(-1) to meet the recommendation of 30 min·day(-1) MVPA...
  52. ncbi Estimating leisure-time physical activity energy expenditure in the Canadian population: a comparison of 2 methods
    Shirley N Bryan
    Queen s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
    Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 34:666-72. 2009
    ..The results of this study should be considered when performing inferential statistics on the relationship between physical activity and health outcomes...
  53. ncbi The importance of waist circumference in the definition of metabolic syndrome: prospective analyses of mortality in men
    Peter T Katzmarzyk
    School of Physical and Health Education, Queen s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
    Diabetes Care 29:404-9. 2006
    ....
  54. ncbi Musculoskeletal fitness and weight gain in Canada
    Caitlin Mason
    School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen s University, Kingston, Canada
    Med Sci Sports Exerc 39:38-43. 2007
    ..Obesity is a growing health issue in Canada, and identifying the determinants of weight gain is important for the development of appropriate prevention strategies...
  55. ncbi Development of health-related waist circumference thresholds within BMI categories
    Chris I Ardern
    School of Physical and Health Education, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
    Obes Res 12:1094-103. 2004
    ..In normal weight, overweight, obese I, and obese II+ patients, WC cut-offs of 90, 100, 110, and 125 cm in men and 80, 90, 105, and 115 cm in women, respectively, can be used to identify those at increased risk...
  56. ncbi Cardiorespiratory fitness attenuates the effects of the metabolic syndrome on all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in men
    Peter T Katzmarzyk
    School of Physical and Health Education, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
    Arch Intern Med 164:1092-7. 2004
    ..The metabolic syndrome is a prevalent condition that carries with it an increased risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and mortality...
  57. ncbi Mortality and self-rated health in Canada
    Caitlin Mason
    School of Physical and Health Education, Queen s University, Kingston, ON
    J Phys Act Health 4:423-33. 2007
    ..This study investigates the degree to which the relationship between self-rated health and mortality is consistent across income groups in Canada and whether it can be explained by differentials in physical activity...
  58. ncbi Effects of physical activity on pediatric reference data for obesity
    Peter T Katzmarzyk
    School of Kinesiology and Health Studies and Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Queen s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
    Int J Pediatr Obes 2:138-43. 2007
    ..To examine the influence of physical activity on pediatric obesity reference data for Canada...
  59. ncbi The utility of the international child and adolescent overweight guidelines for predicting coronary heart disease risk factors
    Peter T Katzmarzyk
    School of Physical and Health Education, Queen s University, K7L 3N6, Kingston, ON, Canada
    J Clin Epidemiol 56:456-62. 2003
    ..The results add evidence that the international cutoffs are related to health risks in youth, supporting the adoption of the guidelines...
  60. ncbi Accelerometer-determined steps per day in US adults
    Catrine Tudor-Locke
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
    Med Sci Sports Exerc 41:1384-91. 2009
    ..This accelerometer is known to have a lower sensitivity threshold than accepted pedometers, leading to relatively higher step estimates...
  61. ncbi Overweight and obesity in Canadian adolescents and their associations with dietary habits and physical activity patterns
    Ian Janssen
    Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
    J Adolesc Health 35:360-7. 2004
    ..To present recent overweight and obesity prevalence rates for 11-16-year-old Canadian youth and to examine associations between overweight and obesity with dietary habits and leisure-time physical activities...
  62. ncbi Waist circumference is an independent correlate of errors in self-reported BMI
    Ruth Sullivan
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
    Obesity (Silver Spring) 18:2237-9. 2010
    ..These results suggest that WC could be useful in gaining an insight into people's awareness of their own body size and fatness...
  63. ncbi National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III guidelines and obesity: implications for Canada
    Christopher I Ardern
    School of Physical and Health Education, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
    Can J Cardiol 19:1171-7. 2003
    ..On the other hand, by 2011 over one million Canadians will be drug-eligible because of an elevated body mass index, if the recent trends in overweight and obese status continue...
  64. ncbi Accelerometer-determined moderate intensity lifestyle activity and cardiometabolic health
    Sarah M Camhi
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center, 6400 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
    Prev Med 52:358-60. 2011
    ..Objective To assess the relationship between moderate intensity lifestyle activity (LA) and cardiometabolic health using accelerometer data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2005-2006...
  65. ncbi Body mass index is inversely related to mortality in older people after adjustment for waist circumference
    Ian Janssen
    School of Physical and Health Education, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
    J Am Geriatr Soc 53:2112-8. 2005
    ..To examine the individual and combined influence of body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) on mortality risk in older people...
  66. ncbi Metabolic syndrome and changes in body fat from a low-fat diet and/or exercise randomized controlled trial
    Sarah M Camhi
    Population Science, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
    Obesity (Silver Spring) 18:548-54. 2010
    ..004). After adjustment for DeltaBF, low-fat diet alone and in combination with exercise had no effect on MetS. The key component for MetS from low-fat diet and/or increased physical activity appears to be body fat loss...
  67. ncbi Accelerometer-determined lifestyle activities in US adults
    Sarah M Camhi
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
    J Phys Act Health 8:382-9. 2011
    ..We describe 1) quantity of LA (minutes and steps per day) across demographic groups, 2) proportion of LA to total physical activity, and 3) relationships between LA and MVPA using NHANES 2005-2006 accelerometer adult data (n = 3744)...
  68. ncbi Physical activity guidelines and guides for Canadians: facts and future
    Mark S Tremblay
    Children s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    Can J Public Health 98:S218-24. 2007
    ..Recommendations on how to proceed are based on the evidence base provided by this series of papers; the immediate next steps mandated by this initiative are outlined and priorities for future research are indicated...
  69. ncbi Metabolic syndrome, obesity, and mortality: impact of cardiorespiratory fitness
    Peter T Katzmarzyk
    School of Physical and Health Education, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
    Diabetes Care 28:391-7. 2005
    ..To determine in normal weight, overweight, and obese men the risk of all-cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality associated with the metabolic syndrome (MetS) and the influence of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF)...
  70. ncbi Variability in waist circumference measurements according to anatomic measurement site
    Caitlin Mason
    School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
    Obesity (Silver Spring) 17:1789-95. 2009
    ..Adopting a standard measurement protocol will facilitate the interpretation and clinical utility of WC for obesity-related risk stratification...
  71. ncbi Physical activity of Aboriginal people in Canada
    T Kue Young
    Department of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Can J Public Health 98:S148-60. 2007
    ..Future research among Aboriginal groups should examine the minimal and optimal levels of physical activity required to achieve health benefits...
  72. ncbi Overweight and obesity mortality trends in Canada, 1985-2000
    Peter T Katzmarzyk
    Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, School of Physical and Health Education
    Can J Public Health 95:16-20. 2004
    ..To investigate the temporal trends in the mortality burden attributed to overweight and obesity in Canada between 1985 and 2000...
  73. ncbi Body mass index, waist circumference, and health risk: evidence in support of current National Institutes of Health guidelines
    Ian Janssen
    School of Physical and Health Education, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
    Arch Intern Med 162:2074-9. 2002
    ..CONCLUSIONS: The National Institutes of Health cutoff points for WC help to identify those at increased health risk within the normal-weight, overweight, and class I obese BMI categories...
  74. ncbi Duration of overweight and metabolic health risk in American men and women
    Ian Janssen
    Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Queen's University, Kingston, K7L 3N6, Ontario, Canada
    Ann Epidemiol 14:585-91. 2004
    ..CONCLUSIONS: The duration of overweight has a significant effect on obesity-related comorbidities in men and women...
  75. ncbi Familial resemblance of 7-year changes in body mass and adiposity
    Melanie S Hunt
    School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Obes Res 10:507-17. 2002
    ..The significant heritabilities observed for change scores suggest that lifestyle, transient environmental factors, and possibly age-related gene effects are important determinants of changes in body mass and adiposity...
  76. ncbi Body mass index, waist circumference, and clustering of cardiovascular disease risk factors in a biracial sample of children and adolescents
    Peter T Katzmarzyk
    School of Physical and Health Education and Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
    Pediatrics 114:e198-205. 2004
    ..To derive optimal body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference thresholds for children and adolescents, to predict risk factor clustering...
  77. ncbi Estimated daily energy expenditure and blood lipids in adolescents: the Québec Family Study
    Joey C Eisenmann
    York University School of Kinesiology and Health Science, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    J Adolesc Health 33:147-53. 2003
    ..To examine the association between estimated daily energy expenditure and blood lipids in a sample of adolescents...
  78. ncbi The Canadian obesity epidemic: an historical perspective
    Peter T Katzmarzyk
    School of Physical and Health Education, Queen s Univeristy, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
    Obes Res 10:666-74. 2002
    ..To examine temporal trends in stature, body mass, body mass index (BMI), and the prevalence of overweight and obesity in Canada...
  79. ncbi The economic costs associated with physical inactivity and obesity in Canada: an update
    Peter T Katzmarzyk
    School of Physical and Health Education, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
    Can J Appl Physiol 29:90-115. 2004
    ..6% and 2.2%, respectively, of the total health care costs in Canada. The results underscore the importance of public health efforts aimed at combating the current epidemics of physical inactivity and obesity in Canada...
  80. ncbi Coffee consumption and the risk of heart failure in Finnish men and women
    Yujie Wang
    Chronic Disease Epidemiology Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, 6400 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
    Heart 97:44-8. 2011
    ..To evaluate the association of coffee consumption with the risk of heart failure (HF) in the Finnish population...
  81. ncbi Accelerometer-determined steps per day in US children and youth
    Catrine Tudor-Locke
    Walking Behavior Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
    Med Sci Sports Exerc 42:2244-50. 2010
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  82. ncbi Frequently reported activities by intensity for U.S. adults: the American Time Use Survey
    Catrine Tudor-Locke
    Walking Behavior Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge LA 70808, USA
    Am J Prev Med 39:e13-20. 2010
    ..Knowing the most-frequently reported physical activities can inform intervention strategies, enhance questionnaire design, and inform objective monitor calibration studies...
  83. ncbi Accelerometer steps/day translation of moderate-to-vigorous activity
    Catrine Tudor-Locke
    Walkling Behavior Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
    Prev Med 53:31-3. 2011
    ..Step counters can be used to collect objective PA expressed as steps/day, however the association between steps/day and recommended PA levels is unclear...
  84. ncbi Geographic and demographic variation in the prevalence of overweight Canadian children
    J Douglas Willms
    Canadian Research Institute for Social Policy, University of New Brunswick, College of Kinesiology, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
    Obes Res 11:668-73. 2003
    ..To examine the geographic and demographic variation in the prevalence of overweight Canadian children...
  85. ncbi Joint effects of physical activity, body mass index, waist circumference, and waist-to-hip ratio on the risk of heart failure
    Gang Hu
    Population Science, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
    Circulation 121:237-44. 2010
    ..We evaluated the single and joint associations of physical activity and different indicators of adiposity (body mass index, waist circumference, and waist-to-hip ratio) with HF risk...
  86. ncbi Independent effects of waist circumference and physical activity on all-cause mortality in Canadian women
    Peter T Katzmarzyk
    School of Physical and Health Education, Queen s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
    Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 31:271-6. 2006
    ..79; 95% CI: 0.65-0.96) and WC (HR = 1.16; 95% C.I.: 1.04-1.30) remained independent significant predictors of mortality. In conclusion, physical inactivity and high WC have significant independent risks of premature mortality among women...
  87. ncbi Targeting the metabolic syndrome with exercise: evidence from the HERITAGE Family Study
    Peter T Katzmarzyk
    School of Physical and Health Education, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
    Med Sci Sports Exerc 35:1703-9. 2003
    ..To determine the efficacy of exercise training in treating the metabolic syndrome...
  88. ncbi Physical activity and the metabolic syndrome in Canada
    Susan E Brien
    School of Physical and Health Education, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
    Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 31:40-7. 2006
    ..06) for men and women, respectively. In summary, physical activity was associated with lower odds of MetS, particularly in men. Further research is required to determine the effectiveness of physical activity in the treatment of MetS...
  89. ncbi Canadian population trends in leisure-time physical activity levels, 1981-1998
    Marny J Bruce
    School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, ON
    Can J Appl Physiol 27:681-90. 2002
    ..6 kJ x kg(-1) x day(-1) has decreased; however, it remains high (women: 77%; men: 74%). The high prevalence of physical inactivity emphasizes the importance of population-level physical activity surveillance and interventions...
  90. ncbi A modest proposal to meet our Kyoto commitments: the answer lies within
    Peter T Katzmarzyk
    School of Physical and Health Education and Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont
    CMAJ 169:1293. 2003
  91. ncbi The Canadian obesity epidemic, 1985-1998
    Peter T Katzmarzyk
    School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, Ont
    CMAJ 166:1039-40. 2002
  92. ncbi Obesity, overweight and ethnicity
    Mark S Tremblay
    Health Statistics Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0T6
    Health Rep 16:23-34. 2005
    ..This article describes the prevalence of self-reported overweight and obesity, based on body mass index (BMI), by ethnicity and examines the influence of time since immigration within and between ethnic groups...
  93. ncbi Physical activity and obesity in Canadian cancer survivors: population-based estimates from the 2005 Canadian Community Health Survey
    Kerry S Courneya
    Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    Cancer 112:2475-82. 2008
    ..Few studies, however, have provided population-based estimates of these risk factors in cancer survivors and compared them with individuals without a history of cancer. Here such estimates for the Canadian population are reported...
  94. ncbi Prevalence of class I, II and III obesity in Canada
    Peter T Katzmarzyk
    School of Physical and Health Education, and Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont
    CMAJ 174:156-7. 2006
  95. ncbi Evidence-informed physical activity guidelines for Canadian adults
    Darren E R Warburton
    Cardiovascular Physiology and Rehabilitation Laboratory, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
    Can J Public Health 98:S16-68. 2007
    ..It also appears that the prevention of weight gain and the maintenance of weight loss require greater physical activity levels than current recommendations...
  96. ncbi Physical activity and ethnicity: evidence from the Canadian Community Health Survey
    Shirley N Bryan
    Health Statistics Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, ON
    Can J Public Health 97:271-6. 2006
    ..CONCLUSION: These results suggest that the prevalence of physically active Canadian adults varies by ethnicity. Strategies to promote physical activity and prevent physical inactivity should consider these findings...
  97. ncbi Modifying effects of sex, age, and education on 22-year trajectory of leisure-time physical activity in a Canadian cohort
    Tracie A Barnett
    Dept of Social and Preventive Medicine, Groupe de Recherche Interdisciplinaire de Sante, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, PQ H3C 3J7
    J Phys Act Health 4:153-66. 2007
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  98. ncbi Musculoskeletal fitness and risk of mortality
    Peter T Katzmarzyk
    School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
    Med Sci Sports Exerc 34:740-4. 2002
    ..To quantify the relationship between musculoskeletal fitness and all-cause mortality in the Canadian population...
  99. ncbi Trends in physical activity research in Canada
    Katya M Herman
    School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
    Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 32:400-8. 2007
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  100. ncbi Physical activity, aerobic fitness, and seven-year changes in adiposity in the Canadian population
    Michelle D Fortier
    School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, North York, Ontario
    Can J Appl Physiol 27:449-62. 2002
    ..In conclusion, physical activity was not predictive of 7-y changes in indicators of adiposity in this sample...
  101. ncbi Physical activity and fitness in an international growth standard for preadolescent and adolescent children
    Robert M Malina
    Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas, USA
    Food Nutr Bull 27:S295-313. 2006
    ..The review concludes with specific recommendations for and limitations of inclusion of indicators of physical activity and fitness in the construction of an International Growth Standard for Preadolescent and Adolescent Children...