Summary Each year, the American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and other government …

Summary Each year, the American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and other government …

Background Childhood maltreatment including abuse and neglect has been associated with
adult obesity, but evidence on life-course development of obesity or BMI gain is unclear. We …

Much adult physical inactivity research ignores early-life factors from which later influences
may originate. In the 1958 British birth cohort (followed from 1958 to 2008), leisure-time …

Background and aims To investigate if frequency of outdoor recreational activity (ORA)
predicts cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality, independent of serum 25 (OH) D …

Background Physical activity (PA) is associated with a lower risk of cognitive decline and all-
cause dementia in later life. Pathways underpinning this association are unclear but may …

Background: Associations between obesity and physical inactivity are bi-directional. Both
are associated with physical functioning (PF, ability to perform physical tasks of daily living) …

Background Associations between obesity and physical inactivity are bi-directional. Both are
associated with physical functioning (PF, ability to perform physical tasks of daily living) but …

Purpose Physical inactivity has a high prevalence and associated disease burden. A better
understanding of influences on sustaining and changing inactive lifestyles is needed. We …

Objectives Physical inactivity is highly prevalent. Knowledge is needed of influences on
inactive lifestyles. We aimed to establish whether early adult factors predict subsequent …