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Tracking of physical activity from childhood to adulthood: a reviewRisto Telama
LIKES Research Institute, Jyvaskyla, Finland
Obes Facts 2:187-95. 2009..The results of the tracking studies support the idea that the enhancement of physical activity in children and adolescents is of great importance for the promotion of public health...
Physical activity from childhood to adulthood: a 21-year tracking studyRisto Telama
LIKES Research Center, Keltavuokko 4C, 40520 Jyväskylä, Finland
Am J Prev Med 28:267-73. 2005....
Moderating effects of leisure-time physical activity on the association between job strain and depressive symptoms: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns StudyXiaolin Yang
LIKES Research Center for Sport and Health Sciences, Jyvaskyla, Finland
J Occup Environ Med 54:303-9. 2012..We examined whether long-term leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) has a moderating effect on the association between job strain and depressive symptoms using prospective data...
Leadership component of type A behavior predicts physical activity in early midlifeXiaolin Yang
LIKES Research Center for Sport and Health Sciences, Viitaniementie 15, 40720, Jyvaskyla, Finland
Int J Behav Med 19:48-55. 2012..Research on the long-term effects of Type A behavior and its components in the prediction of physical activity in adulthood is scarce and there is a lack of prospective data that are able to show such an association...
Secular trends in youth physical activity and parents' socioeconomic status from 1977 to 2005Risto Telama
Dept of Physical Education, University of Jyvaskyla, Jyvaskyla, Finland
Pediatr Exerc Sci 21:462-74. 2009..It was concluded that considerable inequality exists in youth sport participation, that this inequality has been growing during the last decade, and that it is bigger among girls than among boys...
Daily steps among Finnish adults: Variation by age, sex, and socioeconomic positionMirja Hirvensalo
Department of Sport Sciences, University of Jyvaskyla, Jyvaskyla, Finland
Scand J Public Health 39:669-77. 2011..The aim of this study was to provide descriptive population-based pedometer data from adults aged 30-45 years in Finland, and to compare daily step counts with evidence-based indices...
Risk of obesity in relation to physical activity tracking from youth to adulthoodXiaoloin Yang
LIKES Research Center, , Finland
Med Sci Sports Exerc 38:919-25. 2006..These findings suggest that changes in physical activity patterns during the lifetime may contribute to the development of abdominal obesity in women...
The longitudinal effects of physical activity history on metabolic syndromeXiaolin Yang
LIKES Research Center for Sport and Health Sciences, Jyvaskyla, Finland
Med Sci Sports Exerc 40:1424-31. 2008..To examine the relationship of physical activity and its changes over a 9-yr follow-up to the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in 2060 young adults (24-39 yr) enrolled in the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study...
