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Trends in walking for transportation in the United States, 1995 and 2001Sandra A Ham
Health Statistician, Physical Activity and Health Branch, Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mail Stop K-46, 4770 Buford Hwy, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 2:A14. 2005..CONCLUSION: In spite of small increases in walking between 1995 and 2001 accompanying a change in survey methodology, U.S. adults and youth fall short of meeting Healthy People 2010 walking objectives for trips of 1 mile or less...
Discrepancies between methods of identifying objectively determined physical activitySandra A Ham
Physical Activity and Health Branch, Divisaion of Nutrition and Physical Activity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Way, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 39:52-8. 2007..Current methods for validating physical activity (PA) questionnaires typically use accelerometers as objective measures for comparison with questionnaire responses and obtain low correlations or agreement...- Dog walking and physical activity in the United StatesSandra A Ham
Physical Activity and Health Branch, Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mail Stop K 46, 4770 Buford Hwy NE, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 3:A47. 2006..A descriptive epidemiology of the contribution of dog walking to physically active lifestyles among dog walkers in the United States has not been previously reported... - Physical activity patterns among Latinos in the United States: putting the pieces togetherSandra A Ham
Physical Activity and Health Branch, Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 4:A92. 2007.... - Ranking of cities according to public health criteria: pitfalls and opportunitiesSandra A Ham
Physical Activity and Health Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Am J Public Health 94:546-9. 2004..Ranking studies such as those commonly publicized are constrained by statistical methodology issues and a lack of a scientific basis in regard to design... - Reliability and validity of the instrument used in BRFSS to assess physical activityMichelle M Yore
Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, U S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 39:1267-74. 2007..This article reports the reliability and validity of these questions... 
Prevalence of transportation and leisure walking among U.S. adultsJudy Kruger
Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, NE MS K 46, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Prev Med 47:329-34. 2008..This paper aims to contrast the demographic correlates of leisure and transportation walking...- Physical inactivity during leisure time among older adults--Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2005Judy Kruger
Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341 3717, USA
J Aging Phys Act 16:280-91. 2008..Physical inactivity is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. This study provides prevalence estimates of inactivity by select characteristics among older adults... - Physical activity among adults >or=50 yr with and without disabilities, BRFSS 2001David R Brown
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, Physical Activity and Health Branch, Atlanta, GA 30341 3724, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 37:620-9. 2005..Using BRFSS 2001 data, this cross-sectional study describes the prevalence of inactivity and insufficient and recommended physical activity for older adults (i.e., aged >or=50 yr)... - Increasing stair use in a worksite through environmental changesNicole Angelique Kerr
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Am J Health Promot 18:312-5. 2004..DISCUSSION: These data suggest that physical improvements to a stairwell, signage that encourages stair use, and music may increase physical activity among building occupants... - Characteristics of a "weekend warrior": results from two national surveysJudy Kruger
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, Atlanta, GA 30341 3717, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 39:796-800. 2007.... - Behavioral risk factors associated with overweight and obesity among older adults: the 2005 National Health Interview SurveyJudy Kruger
Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy NE, Mail Stop K 46, Atlanta, GA 30341 3717, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 6:A14. 2009..We examined differences by sex in behaviors associated with overweight and obesity among older adults (aged > or =50 years)... - Changes in the percentage of students who walk or bike to school-United States, 1969 and 2001Sandra A Ham
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
J Phys Act Health 5:205-15. 2008..This report describes changes in the percentage of US students (age 5 to 18 years) who walked or bicycled to school and in the distance that they lived from or traveled to their school in 1969 and 2001 and travel patterns in 2001... - Validation of reported physical activity for cholesterol control using two different physical activity instrumentsAmy Z Fan
Behavioral Surveillance Branch, Division of Adult and Community Health, NCCDPHP, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, MS K 66, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Vasc Health Risk Manag 5:649-61. 2009..However, there were no significant differences in cholesterol levels between comparison groups. These findings suggest that self-report of exercising more to control or lower cholesterol levels among US adults might be valid... - Physical activity levels among the general US adult population and in adults with and without arthritisJennifer M Hootman
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Arthritis Rheum 49:129-35. 2003 - Prevalence of physical activity in the United States: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2001Caroline A Macera
Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Dr, HT 119, San Diego, CA 92182 4162, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 2:A17. 2005..We used an enhanced surveillance tool to describe the prevalence and amount of both moderate-intensity and vigorous-intensity physical activity among U.S. adults... - Assessment of physical activity by telephone interview versus objective monitoringScott J Strath
Department of Health and Exercise Science, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 35:2112-8. 2003..To compare different methods of quantifying time in physical activity (PA)... - Descriptive epidemiology of pedometer-determined physical activityCatrine Tudor-Locke
Department of Exercise and Wellness, Arizona State University East, Mesa, AZ 85212, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 36:1567-73. 2004..The dual purposes of this study were: 1) to provide preliminary descriptive epidemiology data representing pedometer-determined physical activity (PA) and 2) to explore sources of intra-individual variability in steps per day...