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| M E G ArmstrongSummaryAffiliation: University of Oxford Country: UK Publications
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Different effects of age, adiposity and physical activity on the risk of ankle, wrist and hip fractures in postmenopausal womenMiranda E G Armstrong
Cancer Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Bone 50:1394-400. 2012..Ankle, wrist and hip fractures are extremely common in postmenopausal women, but the associations with age, adiposity, and physical activity differ substantially between the three fracture sites...
Physical fitness of South African primary school children, 6 to 13 years of age: discovery vitality health of the nation studyMiranda E G Armstrong
UCT MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town
Percept Mot Skills 113:999-1016. 2011..These results suggest a need for encouraging fitness in school children, and the reintroduction of formal physical education into the South African school curriculum, especially into schools in which Black children predominate...
Secular trends in the prevalence of stunting, overweight and obesity among South African children (1994-2004)M E G Armstrong
UCT MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Eur J Clin Nutr 65:835-40. 2011..We aim to describe secular trends for nutritional status of South African (SA) children in the 10-year period following these reforms...
Body mass index and physical activity in relation to the incidence of hip fracture in postmenopausal womenMiranda E G Armstrong
Cancer Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
J Bone Miner Res 26:1330-8. 2011..68 (95% CI 0.62-0.75), with similar results for strenuous exercise. In this large cohort of postmenopausal women, BMI and physical activity had independent effects on hip fracture risk...
Reported frequency of physical activity in a large epidemiological study: relationship to specific activities and repeatability over timeMiranda E G Armstrong
Cancer Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus, Oxford OX3 7LF, UK
BMC Med Res Methodol 11:97. 2011..We examine the relationships between various physical activities self-reported at different times in a large cohort study of middle-aged UK women...
Obesity and overweight in South African primary school children -- the Health of the Nation StudyM E G Armstrong
University of Cape Town/Medical Research Council Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, South Africa
S Afr Med J 96:439-44. 2006..Intervention strategies to combat an increasingly sedentary lifestyle may need to be developed for the South African context...
Shift work and chronic disease: the epidemiological evidenceX S Wang
Cancer Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Occup Med (Lond) 61:78-89. 2011..Recent reviews of evidence relating to these hypotheses have focussed on specific diseases or potential mechanisms, but no general summary of the current data on shift work and chronic disease has been published...
