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The International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ): a study of concurrent and construct validityMaria Hagstromer
Unit for Preventive Nutrition Novum, Department of Biosciences, Karolinska Institutet, S 141 57 Huddinge, Sweden
Public Health Nutr 9:755-62. 2006..The short version of the IPAQ has been tested extensively and is now used in many international studies. The present study aimed to explore the validity characteristics of the long-version IPAQ...- Physical activity and inactivity in an adult population assessed by accelerometryMaria Hagstromer
Unit for Preventive Nutrition, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Med Sci Sports Exerc 39:1502-8. 2007..The objective of this study was to assess the levels and pattern of physical activity and inactivity in an adult population sample using an objective method... 
Excessive sedentary time and low cardiorespiratory fitness in European adolescents: the HELENA studyDavid Martinez-Gomez
Department of Biosciences and Nutrition at Novum, Unit for Preventive Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
Arch Dis Child 96:240-6. 2011..The aims of this study were to examine what amount of sedentary time is associated with low cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) in adolescents and whether this association is independent of physical activity...- Comparison of a subjective and an objective measure of physical activity in a population sampleMaria Hagstromer
Dept of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
J Phys Act Health 7:541-50. 2010..The aim of this study was to compare physical activity components in the long, self-administrated version of IPAQ with an accelerometer in a population sample... - Levels and patterns of objectively assessed physical activity--a comparison between Sweden and the United StatesMaria Hagstromer
Department of Neurobiology, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
Am J Epidemiol 171:1055-64. 2010..These results provide a framework for international comparisons of physical activity levels and patterns, and they represent strong evidence for the importance of investment in objective measurement of physical activity... - Congestion road tax and physical activityPatrick Bergman
Unit for Preventive Nutrition, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge, Sweden
Am J Prev Med 38:171-7. 2010..Large-scale policy and environmental changes, such as congestion road taxes, may be a way to promote active transportation... - Recommended levels and intensities of physical activity to avoid low-cardiorespiratory fitness in European adolescents: The HELENA studyDavid Martinez-Gomez
Unit for Preventive Nutrition, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition at Novum, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
Am J Hum Biol 22:750-6. 2010..The purpose of this study was to determine the sex-specific physical activity (PA) intensity thresholds that best discriminate between unhealthy/healthy cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF)... 
Adherence to physical activity recommendations and the influence of socio-demographic correlates - a population-based cross-sectional studyPatrick Bergman
Unit for Preventive Nutrition, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institute, 141 57 Huddinge, Sweden
BMC Public Health 8:367. 2008....- Validity of self-reported total physical activity questionnaire among older womenNicola Orsini
Division of Nutritional Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, P O Box 210, Stockholm, 171 77, Sweden
Eur J Epidemiol 23:661-7. 2008..36-0.69), respectively. These data indicate that the average past year total physical activity, leisure-time activity and inactivity can be estimated with a reasonable validity using our short self-administered questionnaire... - Attenuation of the effect of the FTO rs9939609 polymorphism on total and central body fat by physical activity in adolescents: the HELENA studyJonatan R Ruiz
Unit for Preventive Nutrition, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition at Novum, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 164:328-33. 2010..To examine whether physical activity attenuates the effect of the FTO rs9939609 polymorphism on body fat estimates in adolescents... - The European Youth Heart Survey (EYHS): an international study that addresses the multi-dimensional issues of CVD risk factorsEric Poortvliet
Department of Bioscience, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
Forum Nutr 56:254-6. 2003 - Adolescent nutrition--a multidimensional challengeMichael Sjostrom
Department of Biosciences, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
Forum Nutr 56:253-4. 2003 - A checklist for evaluating the methodological quality of validation studies on self-report instruments for physical activity and sedentary behaviorMaria Hagstromer
Dept of Neurobiology, Care Sciences, and Society, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge, Sweden
J Phys Act Health 9:S29-36. 2012..The quality of methodological papers assessing physical activity instruments depends upon the rigor of a study's design... - The association between health enhancing physical activity and neighbourhood environment among Swedish adults - a population-based cross-sectional studyPatrick Bergman
Unit for Preventive Nutrition, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, SE 14157 Huddinge, Sweden
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 6:8. 2009..abstract:.. - Associations between health-enhancing physical activity and country of birth among womenMarita Södergren
Dept of Neurobiology, Care Sciences, and Society, Center for Family Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
J Phys Act Health 7:613-21. 2010..The purpose of this study was to examine the association between total self-reported health-enhancing physical activity and country of birth among women living in Sweden... - A novel conceptual framework for balance training in Parkinson's disease-study protocol for a randomised controlled trialDavid Conradsson
Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Physiotherapy, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge, Sweden
BMC Neurol 12:111. 2012..The primary aim of this proposed randomised controlled trial will be to investigate the short-term and long-term effects of a 10-week balance training regime in elderly with Parkinson's disease... - A participatory and capacity-building approach to healthy eating and physical activity- SCIP-school: a 2-year controlled trialLiselotte Schäfer Elinder
Division of Social Medicine, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, 171 76, Stockholm, Sweden
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 9:145. 2012..We describe the programme, intervention fidelity, impacts and outcomes after two years of intervention... - Can the IPAQ-long be used to assess occupational physical activity?Lydia Kwak
Dept of Biosciences, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden
J Phys Act Health 9:1130-7. 2012..Aims were to compare OPA as assessed with the International Physical Activity Questionnaire long version (IPAQ-L) with OPA assessed with an accelerometer and to assess the contribution of OPA to total PA... - Promoting a healthy diet and physical activity in adults with intellectual disabilities living in community residences: design and evaluation of a cluster-randomized interventionLiselotte Schäfer Elinder
Division of Intervention and Implementation Research, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
BMC Public Health 10:761. 2010..No published lifestyle interventions have simultaneously targeted both residents and staff... - The repeatability and validity of questionnaires assessing occupational physical activity--a systematic reviewLydia Kwak
Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge, Sweden
Scand J Work Environ Health 37:6-29. 2011..This study aims to review systematically the repeatability and validity of questionnaires used to assess occupational physical activity among healthy adults... - Understanding and interpreting the concept of physical activity -- a focus group study among Swedish womenIsabel Johnson
Unit for Preventive Nutrition, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Scand J Public Health 37:20-7. 2009..This paper examines Swedish women's understanding and interpretations of the concepts of physical activity and exercise, as well as different intensity modifiers used in the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ)... - A randomised controlled trial for overweight and obese parents to prevent childhood obesity--Early STOPP (STockholm Obesity Prevention Program)Tanja Sobko
Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Division of Paediatrics, Endocrine Research Unit B62, Karolinska Institutet, S 141 86 Stockholm, Sweden
BMC Public Health 11:336. 2011..We also aim to evaluate the effectiveness of the early childhood obesity prevention in a well-characterized population of overweight or obese parents. This protocol outlines methods for the recruitment phase of the study... - Participation in organized weekly physical exercise in obese adolescents reduced daily physical activityMaria Hagstromer
Unit for Preventive Nutrition, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Acta Paediatr 98:352-4. 2009..The aim of this study was to describe the impact of organized weekly exercise for 13 weeks on aerobic fitness, objectively assessed habitual physical activity and body weight in obese adolescents...