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Accuracy of reporting food energy intake: Influence of ethnicity and body weight status in South African women

Author: Mchiza, Z J ; Goedecke, Julia ; Lambert, Estelle Date: 2010 The current study sought to identify characteristics that may be associated with the misreporting of food energy intake (EI) in urban South African women. A total of 198 women (61 black, 76 of mixed ancestry, 61 white) completed a quantified ... Read more
Advancing the global physical activity agenda: recommendations for future research by the 2020 WHO physical activity and sedentary behavior guidelines development group

Author: DiPietro, Loretta ; Al-Ansari, Salih S ; Biddle, Stuart J H ; Borodulin, Katja ; Bull, Fiona C ; Buman, Matthew P ; Cardon, Greet ; Carty, Catherine ; Chaput, Jean-Philippe ; Chastin, Sebastien ; Chou, Roger ; Dempsey, Paddy C ; Ekelund, Ulf ; Firth, Joseph ; Friedenreich, Christine M ; Garcia, Leandro ; Gichu, Muthoni ; Jago, Russell ; Katzmarzyk, Peter T ; Lambert, Estelle ; Leitzmann, Michael ; Milton, Karen ; Ortega, Francisco B ; Ranasinghe, Chathuranga ; Stamatakis, Emmanuel ; Tiedemann, Anne ; Troiano, Richard P ; van der Ploeg, Hidde P ; Willumsen, Juana F Date: 26 Nov 2020 Abstract Background In July, 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) commenced work to update the 2010 Global Recommendations on Physical Activity for Health and established a Guideline Development Group (GDG) comprising expert public ... Read more
Chronic disease risk factors, healthy days and medical claims in South African employees presenting for health risk screening

Author: Kolbe-Alexander, Tracy L ; Buckmaster, Chris ; Nossel, Craig ; Dreyer, Liezel ; Bull, Fiona ; Noakes, Timothy D ; Lambert, Estelle Date: 2008 BACKGROUND: Non-communicable diseases (NCD) accounts for more than a third (37%) of all deaths in South Africa. However, this burden of disease can be reduced by addressing risk factors. The aim of this study was to determine the health and ... Read more c b
Clustering of risk factors for non-communicable disease and healthcare expenditure in employees with private health insurance presenting for health risk appraisal: a cross-sectional study

Author: Kolbe-Alexander, Tracy ; Conradie, Jaco ; Lambert, Estelle Date: 2013 BACKGROUND: The global increase in the prevalence of NCD's is accompanied by an increase in risk factors for these diseases such as insufficient physical activity and poor nutritional habits. The main aims of this research study were to ... Read more c b
Development of a four-item physical activity index from information about subsistence living in rural African women: a descriptive, cross-sectional investigation

Author: Cook, Ian ; Alberts, Marianne ; Lambert, Estelle Date: 2009 BACKGROUND:We investigated the criterion validity of a physical activity index (PAI) derived from socio-demographic variables obtained from convenience samples of rural African women. METHODS: We used a sample (N = 206) from a larger dataset ... Read more c b
Fasting substrate oxidation in relation to habitual dietary fat intake and insulin resistance in non-diabetic women: a case for metabolic flexibility?

Author: Carstens, Madelaine ; Goedecke, Julia ; Dugas, Lara ; Evans, Juliet ; Kroff, Jacolene ; Levitt, Naomi ; Lambert, Estelle Date: 2013 BACKGROUND: Metabolic flexibility described as "the capacity of the body to match fuel oxidation to fuel availability" has been implicated in insulin resistance. We examined fasting substrate oxidation in relation to dietary macronutrient ... Read more c b
"HealthKick": Formative assessment of the health environment in low-resource primary schools in the Western Cape Province of South Africa

Author: de Villiers, Anniza ; Steyn, Nelia ; Draper, Catherine ; Fourie, Jean ; Barkhuizen, Gerhard ; Lombard, Carl ; Dalais, Lucinda ; Abrahams, Zulfa ; Lambert, Estelle Date: 2012 BACKGROUND: This study evaluated the primary school environment in terms of being conducive to good nutrition practices, sufficient physical activity and prevention of nicotine use, with the view of planning a school-based health intervention. ... Read more c b
HealthKick: a nutrition and physical activity intervention for primary schools in low-income settings

Author: Draper, Catherine ; de Villiers, Anniza ; Lambert, Estelle ; Fourie, Jean ; Hill, Jillian ; Dalais, Lucinda ; Abrahams, Zulfa ; Steyn, Nelia Date: 2010 BACKGROUND: The burden of non-communicable diseases, including type 2 diabetes, is growing in South Africa. This country has a complex mix of over- and under-nutrition, especially in low-income communities, and concerning levels of physical ... Read more c b
Intra-familial and ethnic effects on attitudinal and perceptual body image: a cohort of South African mother-daughter dyads

Author: Mchiza, Zandile ; Goedecke, Julia ; Lambert, Estelle Date: 2011 BACKGROUND: International studies suggest ethnic differences in obesity prevalence may be due, in part, to differences in body image and body size dissatisfaction between groups. Further, there is evidence to suggest that there is a familial ... Read more c b
"Perceived neighborhood walkability" and physical activity in four urban settings in South Africa

Author: Isiagi, Moses Date: 2019 Introduction. In Africa, studies on the associations between the perceived neighbourhood walkability and physical activity, particularly, by socio-economic status (SES) remain scarce. This study explores these associations by validating the ... Read more
Protocol for the modeling the epidemiologic transition study: a longitudinal observational study of energy balance and change in body weight, diabetes and cardiovascular disease risk

Author: Luke, Amy ; Bovet, Pascal ; Forrester , Terrence ; Lambert, Estelle ; Plange-Rhule, Jacob ; Schoeller, Dale ; Dugas, Lara ; Durazo-Arvizu, Ramon ; Shoham, David ; Cooper, Richard ; Brage, Soren ; Ekelund, Ulf ; Steyn, Nelia Date: 2011 BACKGROUND: The prevalence of obesity has increased in societies of all socio-cultural backgrounds. To date, guidelines set forward to prevent obesity have universally emphasized optimal levels of physical activity. However there are few ... Read more c b
The relationship between the built environment and habitual levels of physical activity in South African older adults: a pilot study

Author: Kolbe-Alexander, Tracy ; Pacheco, Kyla ; Tomaz, Simone ; Karpul, David ; Lambert, Estelle Date: 2015 BACKGROUND: Previous research has shown that the built environment plays a role in habitual levels of physical activity (PA), however much of this research has been conducted in adults and higher income countries. The aim of this pilot study ... Read more c b
Steps that count! : The development of a pedometer-based health promotion intervention in an employed, health insured South African population

Author: Pillay, Julian ; Kolbe-Alexander, Tracy ; Proper, Karin ; van Mechelen, Willem ; Lambert, Estelle Date: 2012 BACKGROUND: Physical activity (PA) has been identified as a central component in the promotion of health. PA programs can provide a low cost intervention opportunity, encouraging PA behavioral change while worksites have been shown to be an ... Read more c b
Working on wellness (WOW): A worksite health promotion intervention programme

Author: Kolbe-Alexander, Tracy ; Proper, Karin ; Lambert, Estelle ; van Wier, Marieke ; Pillay, Julian ; Nossel, Craig ; Adonis, Leegale ; Van Mechelen, Willem Date: 2012 BACKGROUND: Insufficient PA has been shown to cluster with other CVD risk factors including insufficient fruit and vegetable intake, overweight, increased serum cholesterol concentrations and elevated blood pressure. This paper describes the ... Read more c b

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