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Moving forward by looking back: children's physical activity across the agesMark S Tremblay
Children s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Research Institute, Ottawa, ON
Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 33:817-8. 2008..This brief introduction outlines a series of papers presented at the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology Conference that used this model to explore changes in the physical activity behaviour of children over time...
Canadian sedentary behaviour guidelines for children and youthMark S Tremblay
Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, CHEO Research Institute, Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L1, Canada
Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 36:59-64; 65-71. 2011....
Canadian Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines for the Early Years (aged 0-4 years)Mark S Tremblay
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 37:370-91. 2012..For those under 2 years, screen time (e.g., TV, computer, electronic games) is not recommended. For children 2-4 years, screen time should be limited to under 1 h per day; less is better...
Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines for the Early Years (aged 0-4 years)Mark S Tremblay
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 37:345-69. 2012..More daily physical activity provides greater benefits...
Major initiatives related to childhood obesity and physical inactivity in Canada: the year in reviewMark S Tremblay
Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, Children s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa
Can J Public Health 103:164-9. 2012..The diversity and intensity of activity addressing the childhood obesity and physical inactivity "epidemic" in Canada is encouraging and must be maintained and enhanced...
Clustering of children's activity behaviour: the use of self-report versus direct measuresTravis J Saunders
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 8:48. 2011..Thus, we caution the authors from making conclusions based on their self-report data, and propose that they re-analyze their data using their objectively measured data instead...
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:..
A comparison of direct versus self-report measures for assessing physical activity in adults: a systematic reviewStephanie A Prince
Department of Population Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 5:56. 2008..g. questionnaire, diary) and objectively (directly measured; e.g. accelerometry, doubly labeled water) assessed physical activity in adults...
ParticipACTION: Baseline assessment of the capacity available to the 'New ParticipACTION': A qualitative study of Canadian organizationsGuy Faulkner
University of Toronto, Faculty of Physical Education and Health, 55 Harbord Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 2W6, Canada
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 6:87. 2009..abstract:..
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...
[In Process Citation]Mark S Tremblay
Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, CHEO Research Institute, Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L1, Canada
Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 36:65-71. 2011....
[In Process Citation]Mark S Tremblay
Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, CHEO Research Institute, Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L1, Canada
Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 36:47-58. 2011..The process that Canadian researchers undertook to update the national physical activity guidelines represents the most current synthesis, interpretation, and application of the scientific evidence to date...
Fitness of Canadian children and youth: results from the 2007-2009 Canadian Health Measures SurveyMark S Tremblay
Children s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute
Health Rep 21:7-20. 2010..This paper provides up-to-date estimates of the fitness of Canadians aged 6 to 19 years...
Physiological and health implications of a sedentary lifestyleMark Stephen Tremblay
Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, Children s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L1 Canada
Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 35:725-40. 2010..Evidence relating to associations of sedentary behaviours with major health outcomes and the population prevalence and correlates of sedentary behaviours are reviewed. Recommendations for future research are proposed...
Systematic review of sedentary behaviour and health indicators in school-aged children and youthMark S Tremblay
Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research, Children s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1H 8L1, Canada
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 8:98. 2011..In particular, the evidence suggests that daily TV viewing in excess of 2 hours is associated with reduced physical and psychosocial health, and that lowering sedentary time leads to reductions in BMI...
Moving forward by looking back: lessons learned from long-lost lifestylesMark S Tremblay
Children s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, ON
Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 33:836-42. 2008..This evidence may provide important insight for informing future physical activity recommendations. Idiosyncrasies of performing research on these traditional-living groups are also provided...
New Canadian physical activity guidelinesMark S Tremblay
Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, CHEO Research Institute, Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L1, Canada
Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 36:36-46; 47-58. 2011..The process that Canadian researchers undertook to update the national physical activity guidelines represents the most current synthesis, interpretation, and application of the scientific evidence to date...
Process description and evaluation of Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines developmentMark 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 7:42. 2010..abstract:..
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...
Child obesity and fitness levels among Kenyan and Canadian children from urban and rural environments: a KIDS-CAN Research Alliance StudyKristi Bree Adamo
Children s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada
Int J Pediatr Obes 6:e225-32. 2011....
[The second movement, activity integrated lifestyle and sleep: new frontiers of evaluation of physical activity]Mark S Tremblay
Institut de recherche du Centre hospitalier pour enfants de l est de l Ontario, 401, chemin Smyth, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L1, Canada
Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 32:S231-41. 2007..Objective physical activity monitors with time stamps are considered as a better means to capture and examine human movements over the entire day...
Physical activity of Canadian children and youth: accelerometer results from the 2007 to 2009 Canadian Health Measures SurveyRachel C Colley
Children s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute and the Health Analysis Division at Statistics Canada
Health Rep 22:15-23. 2011..Physical activity is an important determinant of health and fitness. This study provides contemporary estimates of the physical activity levels of Canadians aged 6 to 19 years...
Desk potatoes: the importance of occupational physical activity on healthAdam W Probert
Physical Health Measures Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, ON
Can J Public Health 99:311-8. 2008..To determine the relationship between occupational physical activity (OPA) and chronic disease after controlling for leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) and other risk factors...
Physical activity of Canadian adults: accelerometer results from the 2007 to 2009 Canadian Health Measures SurveyRachel C Colley
Children s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute and the Health Analysis Division at Statistics Canada
Health Rep 22:7-14. 2011..This article presents the first directly measured data on physical activity and sedentary behaviour on a nationally representative sample of Canadians aged 20 to 79 years...
Effects of physical activity on pediatric reference data for obesityPeter 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...
The bias in self-reported obesity from 1976 to 2005: a Canada-US comparisonSarah Connor Gorber
Health Measures Analysis Section, Health Information and Research Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Obesity (Silver Spring) 18:354-61. 2010....
Incidental movement, lifestyle-embedded activity and sleep: new frontiers in physical activity assessmentMark S Tremblay
Children s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Can J Public Health 98:S208-17. 2007..Objective physical activity monitors with time stamps are considered as a better means to capture and examine human movements over the entire day...
Canadian health measures survey: brief overviewMark S Tremblay
Statistics Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Can J Public Health 98:453-6. 2007..This paper provides a brief overview of the survey sampling, methodological, operational, logistical, ethical, legal and social issues and procedures related to the CHMS...
Estimates of obesity based on self-report versus direct measuresMargot Shields
Health Information and Research Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Health Rep 19:61-76. 2008..Based on a representative sample of the Canadian population, this article quantifies the bias resulting from the use of self-reported rather than directly measured height, weight and body mass index (BMI)...
Influence of exercise duration on post-exercise steroid hormone responses in trained malesMark S Tremblay
Statistics Canada Tunney s Pasture, Main Building Room 2200, Section S, Ottawa, ON, K1A0T6, Canada
Eur J Appl Physiol 94:505-13. 2005..At a low intensity, longer duration runs are necessary to stimulate increased levels of testosterone, DHEAS and cortisol and beyond 80 min of running there is a shift to a more catabolic hormonal environment...
Quality control and data reduction procedures for accelerometry-derived measures of physical activityRachel Colley
Children s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario
Health Rep 21:63-9. 2010....
Physical activity and ethnicity: evidence from the Canadian Community Health SurveyShirley 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...
Major initiatives related to childhood obesity and physical inactivity in Canada: the year in reviewMark S Tremblay
Children s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Can J Public Health 98:457-9. 2007..The diversity and intensity of activity addressing the childhood obesity and physical inactivity "epidemic" in Canada is encouraging and must be maintained...
[Guides and guidelines for physical activity for Canadians: facts and future]Mark S Tremblay
Institut de recherche du Centre hospitalier pour enfants de l est de l Ontario, 410 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L1, Canada
Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 32:S242-9. 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...
Sedentary behaviour and obesityMargot Shields
Health Information and Research Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Health Rep 19:19-30. 2008..This article examines sedentary behaviours (television viewing, computer use and reading) in relation to obesity among Canadian adults aged 20 to 64 years...
Research that informs Canada's physical activity guides: an introductionMark S Tremblay
Children s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Tunney s Pasture, Ottawa, Canada
Can J Public Health 98:S1-8. 2007....
Screen time among Canadian adults: a profileMargot Shields
Health Information and Research Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Health Rep 19:31-43. 2008
Physical activity guidelines and guides for Canadians: facts and futureMark 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...
Effects of measurement on obesity and morbidityMargot Shields
Health Information and Research Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Health Rep 19:77-84. 2008..The goal is to see if the misclassifications resulting from the use of self-reported data alters associations between excess body weight and these health conditions...
Advancing the debate on 'fitness testing' for children: perhaps we're riding the wrong animalMeghann Lloyd
Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, Children s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Pediatr Exerc Sci 22:176-82. 2010..The purpose of this article is to further the debate surrounding fitness testing in schools...
Canadian childhood obesity estimates based on WHO, IOTF and CDC cut-pointsMargot Shields
Health Information and Research Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Int J Pediatr Obes 5:265-73. 2010..A secondary objective is to compare estimates by method of data collection...
