Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on university students' physical activity levels: an early systematic review

A López-Valenciano, D Suárez-Iglesias… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Purpose: This systematic review aimed to analyze the impact that the COVID-19 lockdown
had on the amount of physical activity performed by university students. Materials and …

Sit less and move more for cardiovascular health: emerging insights and opportunities

DW Dunstan, S Dogra, SE Carter… - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2021 - nature.com
Sedentary behaviour—put simply, too much sitting, as a distinct concept from too little
exercise—is a novel determinant of cardiovascular risk. This definition provides a …

[HTML][HTML] A tale of two pandemics: How will COVID-19 and global trends in physical inactivity and sedentary behavior affect one another?

G Hall, DR Laddu, SA Phillips, CJ Lavie… - Progress in …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The world is experiencing an extraordinary, life-altering challenge due to the COVID-19
pandemic. 1 Many countries have become accustomed to a new normal–“social distancing” …

Trends in obesity and adiposity measures by race or ethnicity among adults in the United States 2011-18: population based study

B Liu, Y Du, Y Wu, LG Snetselaar, RB Wallace, W Bao - Bmj, 2021 - bmj.com
Objective To examine the trends in obesity and adiposity measures, including body mass
index, waist circumference, body fat percentage, and lean mass, by race or ethnicity among …

A comparison of self-reported and device measured sedentary behaviour in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

SA Prince, L Cardilli, JL Reed, TJ Saunders… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Background Sedentary behaviour (SB) is a risk factor for chronic disease and premature
mortality. While many individual studies have examined the reliability and validity of various …

[HTML][HTML] Health behavior changes during COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent “stay-at-home” orders

G Knell, MC Robertson, EE Dooley, K Burford… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic, and resultant “Stay-at-Home” orders, may have impacted adults'
positive health behaviors (sleep, physical activity) and negative health behaviors (alcohol …

COVID-19 pandemic and weight gain in American adults: a nationwide population-based study

J Khubchandani, JH Price, S Sharma… - Diabetes & Metabolic …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the lives of people in many ways.
However, little is known about weight gain in American adults during the pandemic. Aims …

How sedentary are university students? A systematic review and meta-analysis

O Castro, J Bennie, I Vergeer, G Bosselut… - Prevention science, 2020 - Springer
Accumulating high volumes of sedentary behaviour is a risk factor for multiple negative
health-related outcomes. The objective of this review was to synthesise the evidence on the …

Trends in the prevalence of metabolically healthy obesity among US adults, 1999-2018

JS Wang, PF Xia, MN Ma, Y Li, TT Geng… - JAMA Network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Improved understanding of trends in the proportion of individuals with
metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) may facilitate stratification and management of obesity …

[HTML][HTML] Perspective: Obesity—an unexplained epidemic

D Mozaffarian - The American journal of clinical nutrition, 2022 - Elsevier
Since 1980, obesity prevalence among US adults has soared from 14% to 42%. The
commonly accepted explanation is pervasive overeating: ever-increasing energy intake as …