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| C L CraigSummaryAffiliation: Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute Country: Canada Publications
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CANPLAY pedometer normative reference data for 21,271 children and 12,956 adolescentsCora L Craig
Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Med Sci Sports Exerc 45:123-9. 2013....- Trends in aerobic fitness among Canadians, 1981 to 2007-2009Cora L Craig
Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute, Ottawa, ON K2P 0J2, Canada
Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 37:511-9. 2012..Future work is required to validate prediction equations of aerobic fitness for young people to make it possible to compare fitness levels over the lifespan and across time... 
How many steps/day are enough? For adultsCatrine Tudor-Locke
Walking Behavior Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 8:79. 2011....- How many steps/day are enough? For older adults and special populationsCatrine Tudor-Locke
Walking Behaviour Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 8:80. 2011..Those living with disability and/or chronic illness (that limits mobility and or/physical endurance) display lower levels of background daily activity, and this will affect whole-day estimates of recommended physical activity... - How many steps/day are enough? for children and adolescentsCatrine Tudor-Locke
Walking Behavior Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 8:78. 2011.... - Canadian children's and youth's pedometer-determined steps/day, parent-reported TV watching time, and overweight/obesity: the CANPLAY Surveillance StudyCatrine Tudor-Locke
Walking Behaviour Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 8:66. 2011..This study examines associations between pedometer-determined steps/day and parent-reported child's Body Mass Index (BMI) and time typically spent watching television between school and dinner... - ParticipACTION: Overview and introduction of baseline research on the "new" ParticipACTIONMark S Tremblay
Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group HALO, Children s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L1, Canada
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 6:84. 2009..CONCLUSION: Rapid response research and funding mechanisms facilitated the collection of baseline information on the new ParticipACTION. These data will allow for comprehensive assessments of future initiatives of ParticipACTION... - ParticipACTION: Baseline assessment of the 'new ParticipACTION': A quantitative survey of Canadian organizational awareness and capacityRonald C Plotnikoff
School of Public Health and the Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 6:86. 2009..abstract:.. - Distinct trajectories of leisure time physical activity and predictors of trajectory class membership: a 22 year cohort studyTracie A Barnett
Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte Justine, 3175, Côte Sainte Catherine Montréal Québec, H3T 1C5, Canada
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 5:57. 2008..or.. - ParticipACTION: Awareness of the participACTION campaign among Canadian adults - Examining the knowledge gap hypothesis and a hierarchy-of-effects modelJohn C Spence
Sedentary Living Lab, Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, E 488 Van Vliet, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2H9, Canada
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 6:85. 2009..Thus, future promotion campaigns should include specific strategies to target different segments of the population, especially people who are living in deprived conditions with lower levels of education... - Individual, social, environmental, and physical environmental correlates with physical activity among Canadians: a cross-sectional studySai Yi Pan
Evidence and Risk Assessment Division, Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
BMC Public Health 9:21. 2009..This study examined the influences of various individual, social and physical environmental factors on PA participation by gender, age and socioeconomic status, using data from the 2002 nationwide survey of the Physical Activity Monitor... - Testing the hierarchy of effects model: ParticipACTION's serial mass communication campaigns on physical activity in CanadaC L Craig
Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute, 201 185 Somerset St W, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Health Promot Int 25:14-23. 2010..This provides support to an often-used theoretical framework for designing health promotion media campaigns... - Non-response bias in physical activity trend estimatesCora L Craig
Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada
BMC Public Health 9:425. 2009..The purpose of this short report is to examine the potential impact of changes in response rates over time on the prevalence of adequate PA in Canadian adults... - Process and treatment of pedometer data collection for youth: the Canadian Physical Activity Levels among Youth studyCora Lynn Craig
Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Med Sci Sports Exerc 42:430-5. 2010..Pedometry methods for collecting data in young populations are advancing, but it is unclear how many days of data are enough for population monitoring... 
Exploring the effect of the environment on physical activity: a study examining walking to workCora L Craig
Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Am J Prev Med 23:36-43. 2002....- Proximal impact of Canada on the Move: the relationship of campaign awareness to pedometer ownership and useCora L Craig
Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute, Ottawa, ON
Can J Public Health 97:S21-7, S22-9. 2006..This study examines the immediate impact of the Canada on the Move initiative to promote walking through pedometer use among adult Canadians... - Reliability and validity of Canada's Physical Activity Monitor for assessing trendsCora Lynn Craig
Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute, 185 Somerset Street West, Suite 201, Ottawa, Ontario, K2P 0J2, Canada
Med Sci Sports Exerc 34:1462-7. 2002.... - ParticipACTION: A mass media campaign targeting parents of inactive children; knowledge, saliency, and trialing behavioursCora L Craig
Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 6:88. 2009..abstract:.. - Twenty-year trends in physical activity among Canadian adultsCora L Craig
Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute, Ottawa, ON
Can J Public Health 95:59-63. 2004..Physical inactivity is associated with increased risk of mortality and chronic diseases, yet trend information is lacking in most countries. This investigation examines physical activity levels of Canadian adults aged 18 years and older... - Descriptive epidemiology of youth pedometer-determined physical activity: CANPLAYCora L Craig
Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute, 201 185 Somerset Street W, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Med Sci Sports Exerc 42:1639-43. 2010..The purpose of this article was to present the descriptive epidemiology of children and youth pedometer-determined physical activity on the basis of a large national sample... - Twelve-month effects of Canada on the Move: a population-wide campaign to promote pedometer use and walkingC L Craig
Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute, 201 185 Somerset Street West, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K2P 0J2
Health Educ Res 22:406-13. 2007..The effectiveness of health promotion to increase walking may be enhanced by combining motivational health-related messages with the dissemination and adoption of an easy-to-use tool for self-monitoring purposes... - Adiposity, physical fitness and incident diabetes: the physical activity longitudinal studyP T Katzmarzyk
School of Kinesiology and Health Studies and Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Queen s University, Kingston, ON, K7L 3N6, Canada
Diabetologia 50:538-44. 2007..The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships among adiposity, physical activity, physical fitness and the development of diabetes in a diverse sample of Canadians... - Original article underweight, overweight and obesity: relationships with mortality in the 13-year follow-up of the Canada Fitness SurveyP T Katzmarzyk
School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, 4700 Keele St, Ontario, M3J 1P3, North York, Canada
J Clin Epidemiol 54:916-20. 2001..96, 95% CI 1.39-6.29) categories. Similar patterns were observed in sex-specific analyses. Underweight, overweight and obese Canadians are all at increased risk of mortality compared to those who are normal weight... - International physical activity questionnaire: 12-country reliability and validityCora L Craig
Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada
Med Sci Sports Exerc 35:1381-95. 2003..The short IPAQ form "last 7 d recall" is recommended for national monitoring and the long form for research requiring more detailed assessment... - Canada's physical activity guides: has their release had an impact?Christine Cameron
Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Can J Public Health 98:S161-9. 2007.... - [Physical Activity guidelines in Canada: has publication had an effect?]Christine Cameron
Institut canadien de la recherche sur la condition physique et le mode de vie, 201 185, rue Somerset ouest, Ottawa, ON K2P 0J2, Canada
Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 32:S179-88. 2007.... - Adiposity, adipose tissue distribution and mortality rates in the Canada Fitness Survey follow-up studyP T Katzmarzyk
School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 26:1054-9. 2002..To compare mortality rates across indicators of adiposity and relative adipose tissue distribution in the Canadian population... - Prevalence and secular changes in abdominal obesity in Canadian adolescents and adults, 1981 to 2007-2009I Janssen
School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Obes Rev 12:397-405. 2011..5 cm in men and 10.6 cm in women. Within the 2007-2009 survey, 2.6% of normal weight adults had abdominal obesity, 35.3% of overweight adults had abdominal obesity and 93.0% of obese adults had abdominal obesity... - Musculoskeletal fitness and risk of mortalityPeter 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... - Independent effects of waist circumference and physical activity on all-cause mortality in Canadian womenPeter 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... - Holiday waistline. Jolly, fit and fat: should we be singing the "Santa Too Fat Blues"?Cora L Craig
Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
CMAJ 175:1563-6. 2006..quot;.. - Influence of central and extremity circumferences on all-cause mortality in men and womenCaitlin Mason
School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:2690-5. 2008..Independent of BMI and WC, men and women with larger extremity circumferences had a lower risk of mortality... - Musculoskeletal fitness and weight gain in CanadaCaitlin 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... - Comparison of Kenz Lifecorder EX and ActiGraph accelerometers in 10-yr-old childrenJames J McClain
Walking Research Laboratory, Department of Exercise and Wellness, Arizona State University, Mesa, AZ 85212 0180, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 39:630-8. 2007..A new accelerometer, the Kenz Lifecorder EX (LC; Suzuken Co. Ltd, Nagoya, Japan), offers promise as a feasible monitor alternative to the commonly used Actigraph (AG: Actigraph LLC, Fort Walton Beach, FL)... - Physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness and body mass index as predictors of substantial weight gain and obesity: the Canadian physical activity longitudinal studySusan 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... - Evaluation of quality of commercial pedometersCatrine Tudor-Locke
Walking Research Laboratory, Department of Exercise and Wellness, Arizona State University, Mesa, AZ 85212-0180, USA
Can J Public Health 97:S10-5, S10-6. 2006.... - ParticipACTION: this mouse roared, but did it get the cheese?Adrian Bauman
Centre for Physical Activity and Health, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Can J Public Health 95:S14-9. 2004 - Modifying effects of sex, age, and education on 22-year trajectory of leisure-time physical activity in a Canadian cohortTracie 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.... - Comparison of Lifecorder EX and ActiGraph accelerometers under free-living conditionsJames J McClain
Department of Exercise and Wellness, Arizona State University, 7350 East Unity Ave, Mesa, AZ 85212 0180, USA
Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 32:753-61. 2007..LC displayed high inter-model reliability. Although the LC detected fewer steps than the AG, the LC detects time in specific PA intensity categories comparable to several existing AG cut points... - Mortality and self-rated health in CanadaCaitlin 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...