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UCL Physical Activity Research Group (PARG): Recent Publication List

2024 

  • Blodgett JM, Bann D, Chastin SFM, Ahmadi M, Stamatakis E, Cooper R, Hamer M. (2024)  Socioeconomic gradients in 24-hour movement patterns across weekends and weekdays in a working-age sample: evidence from the 1970 British Cohort Study. J Epidemiol Community Healthhttps://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2023-221726 
  • Blodgett JM, Ahmadi MN, Atkin AJ, Chastin S, Chan HW, Suorsa K, Bakker EA, Hettiarcachchi P, Johansson PJ, Sherar LB, Rangul V, Pulsford RM, Mishra G, Eijsvogels TMH, Stenholm S, Hughes AD, Teixeira-Pinto AM, Ekelund U, Lee IM, Holtermann A, Koster A, Stamatakis E, Hamer M; ProPASS Collaboration. (2024) Device-measured physical activity and cardiometabolic health: the Prospective Physical Activity, Sitting, and Sleep (ProPASS) consortium. Eur Heart J. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehad717 
  • Dawes, J., Rogans-Watson, R., & Broderick, J. (2024). ‘You can change your life through sports’—physical activity interventions to improve the health and well-being of adults experiencing homelessness: a mixed-methods systematic review. British Journal of Sports Medicine, bjsports-2023-107562. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2023-107562 
  • O'Donovan G, Petermann-Rocha F, Ferrari G, Lee IM, Hamer M, Stamatakis E, Sarmiento OL, Ibáñez A, Lopez-Jaramillo P. (2024) Associations of the 'weekend warrior' physical activity pattern with all-cause, cardiovascular disease and cancer mortality: the Mexico City Prospective Study. Br J Sports Med. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2023-107612.  
  • Tsoli S, Fancourt D, Sullivan A, Hamer M, Ploubidis GB, Kawachi I. (2024) Life-course social participation and physical activity in midlife: longitudinal associations in the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70). Eur J Epidemiolhttps://doi: 10.1007/s10654-024-01107-7. 

2023 
 

  • Ahmadi MN, Hamer M, Gill JMR, Murphy M, Sanders JP, Doherty A, Stamatakis E.(2023)  Brief bouts of device-measured intermittent lifestyle physical activity and its association with major adverse cardiovascular events and mortality in people who do not exercise: a prospective cohort study. Lancet Public Health. https://doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(23)00183-4  
  • Bloomberg M, Brocklebank L, Hamer M, Steptoe A (2023). Joint associations of physical activity and sleep duration with cognitive ageing: longitudinal analysis of an English cohort study. The Lancet Healthy Longevity. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2666-7568(23)00083-1 
  • Mitchell JJ, Hamer M, Blodgett JM, Wannamethee GS, Jefferis BJ. Associations between sporting physical activity and cognition in mid and later-life: Evidence from two cohorts. Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2023 Aug;33(8):1570-1575. doi: 10.1111/sms.14412. PMID: 37254468. 
  • Mitchell JJ, Blodgett JM, Chastin SF, Jefferis BJ, Wannamethee SG, Hamer M. Exploring the associations of daily movement behaviours and mid-life cognition: a compositional analysis of the 1970 British Cohort Study. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2023 Mar;77(3):189-195. 10.1136/jech-2022-219829. PMID: 36690475. 
  • Paluch AE, Bajpai S, Ballin M, Bassett DR, Buford TW, Carnethon MR, Chernofsky A, Dooley EE, Ekelund U, Evenson KR, Galuska DA, Jefferis BJ, Kong L, Kraus WE, Larson MG, Lee IM, Matthews CE, Newton RL Jr, Nordström A, Nordström P, Palta P, Patel AV, Pettee Gabriel K, Pieper CF, Pompeii L, Rees-Punia E, Spartano NL, Vasan RS, Whincup PH, Yang S, Fulton JE; Steps for Health Collaborative. Prospective Association of Daily Steps With Cardiovascular Disease: A Harmonized Meta-Analysis. Circulation. 2023 Jan 10;147(2):122-131. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.061288. PMID: 36537288  
  • Paudel S, Ahmadi M, Phongsavan P, Hamer M, Stamatakis E. (2023) Do associations of physical activity and sedentary behaviour with cardiovascular disease and mortality differ across socioeconomic groups? A prospective analysis of device-measured and self-reported UK Biobank data. Br J Sports Med. https://doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2022-105435  
  • Pinto Pereira SM, Mitchell JJ, Blodgett JM, Hamer M, Norris T. Is cardiorespiratory fitness associated with cognitive outcomes in mid-adulthood? Findings from the 1958 British birth cohort. Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2023 Dec;33(12):2613-2619. doi: 10.1111/sms.14525. Epub 2023 Oct 18. PMID: 37853511. 
  • Pulsford RM, Brocklebank L, Fenton SAM, Bakker E, Mielke GI, Tsai L, Atkin AJ, Harvey DL, Blodgett JM, Ahmadi M, Wei L, Rowlands A, Doherty A, Rangul V, Koster A, Sherar LB, Holtermann A, Hamer M, Stamatakis E (2023). The impact of selected methodological factors on data collection outcomes in observational studies of device-measured physical behaviour in adults: A systematic review. International Journal of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-022-01388-9 
  • Stamatakis E, Ahmadi MN, Friedenreich CM, Blodgett JM, Koster A, Holtermann A, Atkin A, Rangul V, Sherar LB, Teixeira-Pinto A, Ekelund U, Lee IM, Hamer M. (2023) Vigorous Intermittent Lifestyle Physical Activity and Cancer Incidence Among Nonexercising Adults: The UK Biobank Accelerometry Study. JAMA Oncol. https://doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2023.1830.

2022 
 

  • Blodgett JM, Mitchell JJ, Stamatakis E, Chastin S, Hamer M. (2023) Associations between the composition of daily time spent in physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep and risk of depression: Compositional data analyses of the 1970 British cohort Study. J Affect Disord. 10.1016/j.jad.2022.09.110 
  • Chen LJ, Hamer M, Lai YJ, Huang BH, Ku PW, Stamatakis E. (2022) Can physical activity eliminate the mortality risk associated with poor sleep? A 15-year follow-up of 341,248 MJ Cohort participants. J Sport Health Sci. doi: 10.1016/j.jshs.2021.03.001  
  • Hamer M, Blodgett JM, Stamatakis E. (2022) Dose-response association between step count and cardiovascular disease risk markers in middle-aged adults. Scand J Med Sci Sports. doi: 10.1111/sms.14173  
  • Mitchell JJ, Bu F, Fancourt D, Steptoe A, Bone JK. Longitudinal associations between physical activity and other health behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic: a fixed effects analysis. Nature Scientific Reports 2022;12:15956. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20196-6 
  • Mitchell JJ, Dicken SJ, Kale D, Herbec A, Beard E, Shahab L. Longitudinal changes and correlates of meeting WHO recommended levels of physical activity in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic: Findings from the HEBECO study. PLoS One 2022;17:e0273530. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0273530 
  • Paluch, AE; Bajpai, S; Bassett, DR; Carnethon, MR; Ekelund, U; Evenson, KR; Galuska DA; Jefferis BJ et al (2022) Daily steps and all-cause mortality: a meta-analysis of 15 international cohorts. The Lancet Public Health, 7 (3) e219-e228. (2022) https://doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(21)00302-9. 
  • Stamatakis E, Clark BK, Ahmadi MN, Blodgett JM, Granat MH, Donnelly A, Atkin AJ, Tsai L, Mielke GI, Pulsford RM, Gupta N, Crawley P, Stevens M, Johansson P, Brocklebank L, Sherar LB, Rangul V, Holtermann A, Hamer M, Koster A (2022). A Physical Behaviour Partnership From Heaven: The Prospective Physical Activity, Sitting, and Sleep Consortium and the International Society for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour. Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour. doi: https://doi.org/10.1123/jmpb.2022-0027 
  • Tarp, J; Fagerland, MW; Dalene, KE; Johannessen, JS; Hansen, BH; Jefferis, BJ; Whincup, PH; ... Ekelund, U; + view all (2022) Device-measured physical activity, adiposity and mortality: a harmonised meta-analysis of eight prospective cohort studies. Br J Sports Med. 2022 Jul;56(13):725-732. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2021-104827. Epub 2021 Dec 7. 
  • Stamatakis E, Ahmadi MN, Gill JMR, Thøgersen-Ntoumani C, Gibala MJ, Doherty A, Hamer M. (2022) Association of wearable device-measured vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity with mortality. Nat Med. doi: 10.1038/s41591-022-02100-x  

2021 

  • Chastin SFM, Abaraogu U, Bourgois JG, Dall PM, Darnborough J, Duncan E, Dumortier J, Pavón DJ, McParland J, Roberts NJ, Hamer M. (2021) Effects of Regular Physical Activity on the Immune System, Vaccination and Risk of Community-Acquired Infectious Disease in the General Population: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Sports Meddoi: 10.1007/s40279-021-01466-1. 
  • Hamer M, Chastin S, Viner RM, Stamatakis E. (2021) Childhood Obesity and Device-Measured Sedentary Behavior: An Instrumental Variable Analysis of 3,864 Mother-Offspring Pairs. Obesity (Silver Spring). doi: 10.1002/oby.23025  
  • Huang BH, Hamer M, Chastin S, Pearson N, Koster A, Stamatakis E. (2021) Cross-sectional associations of device-measured sedentary behaviour and physical activity with cardio-metabolic health in the 1970 British Cohort Study. Diabet Med. doi: 10.1111/dme.14392.
  • Speirs C, Granat M, Stamatakis E, Hamer M. (2021) Estimating changes in physical behavior during lockdowns using accelerometry-based simulations in a large UK cohort. Scand J Med Sci Sportsdoi: 10.1111/sms.14032.   

2020 

2019 

  • Aggio, D; Papachristou, E; Papacosta, O; Lennon, LT; Ash, S; Whincup, P; Wannamethee, SG; Jefferis BJ (2019) Trajectories of physical activity from midlife to old age and associations with subsequent cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health10.1136/jech-2019-212706 
  • Aggio D, Papachristou E, Papacosta O, Lennon LT, Ash S, Whincup PH, Wannamethee SG, Jefferis BJ. Twenty-Year Trajectories of Physical Activity Types from Midlife to Old Age. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2019 Mar;51(3):481-489. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000001802. 
  • Dawes, J., Sanders, C., & Allen, R. (2019). “A Mile in Her Shoes”: A qualitative exploration of the perceived benefits of volunteer led running groups for homeless women. Health & Social Care in the Community, 27(5), 1232-1240. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12755  
  • Ekelund, U; Tarp, J; Steene-Johannessen, J; Hansen, BH; Jefferis, B; Fagerland, MW; Whincup, P; ... Lee, IM; + view all (2019) Dose-response associations between accelerometry measured physical activity and sedentary time and all cause mortality: Systematic review and harmonised meta-analysis. The British Medical Journal , 366 , Article l4570. 10.1136/bmj.l4570.   
  • Jefferis, BJ; Parsons, TJ; Sartini, C; Ash, S; Lennon, LT; Papacosta, O; Morris, RW; ... Whincup, PH; + view all (2019) Does total volume of physical activity matter more than pattern for onset of CVD? A prospective cohort study of older British men., International Journal of Cardiology 278, 267-272. 10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.12.024.  
  • Jefferis BJ, Parsons TJ, Sartini C, Ash S, Lennon LT, Papacosta O, Morris RW, Wannamethee SG, Lee IM, Whincup PH. Objectively measured physical activity, sedentary behaviour and all-cause mortality in older men: does volume of activity matter more than pattern of accumulation? Br J Sports Med. 2019 Aug;53(16):1013-1020. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2017-098733.Epub 2018 Feb 12.PMID: 29440040 

2017

  • Aggio D, Smith L, Hamer M. Early life cognitive function and health behaviours in late childhood: testing the neuroselection hypothesis. J Epidemiol Community Health 2017, [Epub ahead of print]
  • Aggio D, Papacosta O, Lennon LT, Whincup PH, Wannamethee SG, Jefferis BJ. Association between physical activity levels in mid-life with physical activity in old age: A 20-year tracking study in a prospective cohort. BMJ Open 2017, 7:e017378
  • Aggio D, Wallace K, Boreham N, Shankar A, Steptoe A, Hamer M. Objectively measured daily physical activity and postural changes as related to positive and negative affect using ambulatory monitoring assessments. Psychosomatic Medicine 2017.
  • Copeland JL, Ashe MC, Biddle SJ, Brown WJ, Buman MP, Chastin S, Gardiner PA, Inoue S, Jefferis BJ, Oka K, Owen N, Sardinha LB, Skelton DA, Sugiyama T, Dogra S. Sedentary time in older adults: a critical review of measurement, associations with health, and interventions. Br J Sports Med. 2017 Nov;51(21):1539. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2016-097210.
  • Dogra S, Ashe MC, Biddle SJH, Brown WJ, Buman MP, Chastin S, Gardiner PA, Inoue S, Jefferis BJ, Oka K, Owen N, Sardinha LB, Skelton DA, Sugiyama T, Copeland JL. Sedentary time in older men and women: an international consensus statement and research priorities. Br J Sports Med. 2017 Nov;51(21):1526-1532. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2016-097209.
  • Hamer M, Aggio D, Knock G, Kipps C, Shankar A, Smith L. Effect of major school playground reconstruction on physical activity and sedentary behaviour: Camden active spaces. BMC Public Health 2017, 17(1):552.
  • Hawkesworth S, Silverwood RJ, Armstrong B, Pliakas T, Nanchalal K, Jefferis BJ, Sartini C, Amuzu AA, Wannamethee SG, Ramsay SE, Casas JP, Morris RW, Whincup PH, Lock K. Investigating associations between the built environment and physical activity among older people in 20 UK towns. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2017 doi: 10.1136/jech-2017-209440. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Parsons TJ, Sartini C, Ash S, Lennon LT, Wannamethee SG, Lee IM, Whincup PH, Jefferis BJ1. Objectively measured physical activity and kidney function in older men; a cross-sectional population-based study. Age Ageing 2017, 1:1-5.
  • Pereira SMP, Power C Pinto Pereira. Early adulthood determinants of mid-life leisure-time physical inactivity stability and change: Findings from a prospective birth cohort. J Sci Med Sport 2017, [Epub ahead of print]
  • Pugh G, Hough R, Gravestock H, Haddrell JB, Beeken RJ, Fisher A. The Lifestyle Information and Intervention Preferences of Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Survivors: A Qualitative Study. Cancer Nurs 2017.
  • Pugh G, Hough RE, Gravestock HL, Jackson SE, Fisher A. The Health Behavior Information Needs and Preferences of Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Survivors. J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol 2017, 6(2):318-326.
  • Roberts AL, Fisher A, Smith L, Heinrich M, Potts HWW. Digital health behaviour change interventions targeting physical activity and diet in cancer survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Cancer Surviv 2017.
  • Sartini C, Morris RW, Whincup PH, Wannamethee SG, Ash S, Lennon L, Jefferis BJ. Association of Maximum Temperature With Sedentary Time in Older British Men J Phys Act Health 2017, 14(4):265-269
  • Sawyer A, Ucci M, Jones R, Smith L, Fisher A. Simultaneous evaluation of physical and social environmental correlates of physical activity in adults: A systematic review. SSM - Population Health 2017, 3:506-15.
  • Sawyer A, Smith L, Ucci M, Jones R, Marmot A, Fisher A. Perceived office environments and occupational physical activity in office-based workers. Occup Med (Lond) 2017, 67(4):260-267.
  • Smith L, Croker H, Fisher A, Williams K, Wardle J, Beeken RJ. Cancer survivors' attitudes towards and knowledge of physical activity, sources of information, and barriers and facilitators of engagement: A qualitative study. Eur J Cancer Care (Engl) 2017, 26(4).
  • Smith L, Aggio D, Hamer M. Active travel to non-school destinations but not to school is associated with higher physical activity levels in an ethnically diverse sample of inner-city schoolchildren. BMC Public Health 2017, 17(1):13.
  • Smith L, Croker H, Fisher A, Williams K, Wardle J, Beeken RJ. Cancer survivors' attitudes towards and knowledge of physical activity, sources of information, and barriers and facilitators of engagement: A qualitative study. Eur J Cancer Care (Engl) 2017, 26(4).
  • Smith L, Aggio D, Hamer M. Longitudinal patterns in objective physical activity and sedentary time in a multi-ethnic sample of children from the UK. Pediatr Obes (2017) doi: 10.1111/ijpo.12222. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Tremblay MS, Aubert S, Barnes JD, Saunders TJ, Carson V, Latimer-Cheung AE, Chastin SFM, Altenburg TM, Chinapaw MJM; SBRN Terminology Consensus Project Participants. Sedentary Behavior Research Network (SBRN) - Terminology Consensus Project process and outcome. IJBNPA 2017, 14 (1)
  • White I, Smith L, Aggio D, Shankar S, Begum S, Matei R, Fox KR, Hamer M, Iliffe S, Jefferis BJ, Tyler N, Gardner B. On Your Feet to Earn Your Seat: pilot RCT of a theory-based sedentary behaviour reduction intervention for older adults. Pilot Feasibility Stud 2017, 8;3:23.

2016

  • Aggio D, Smith L, Fisher A, Hamer M. Context-Specific Associations of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior With Cognition in Children. Am J Epidemiol 2016, 183(12):1075-82.
  • Aggio DA, Sartini C, Papacosta O, Lennon LT, Ash S, Whincup PH, Wannamethee SG, Jefferis BJ.Cross-sectional associations of objectively measured physical activity and sedentary time with sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity in older men. Prev Med 2016, 91:264-272.
  • Beeken RJ, Croker H, Heinrich M, Smith L, Williams K, Hackshaw A, Hines J, Machesney M, Krishnaswamy M, Cavanagh S, Roylance R, Hill A, Pritchard-Jones K, Wardle J, Fisher A. Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of brief, habit-based, lifestyle advice for cancer survivors: exploring behavioural outcomes for the Advancing Survivorship Cancer Outcomes Trial (ASCOT). BMJ Open 2016, Nov 23;6(11).
  • Fisher A, Smith L, Wardle J. Physical activity advice could become part of routine care for colorectal cancer survivors. Future Oncol 2016, 12(2):139-41.
  • Jefferis BJ, Sartini C, Ash S, Lennon LT, Wannamethee SG, Whincup PH. Validity of questionnaire-based assessment of sedentary behaviour and physical activity in a population-based cohort of older men; comparisons with objectively measured physical activity data. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 2016, 13:14.
  • Jefferis BJ, Parsons TJ, Sartini C, Ash S, Lennon LT, Wannamethee SG, Lee IM, Whincup PH. Does duration of physical activity bouts matter for adiposity and metabolic syndrome? A cross-sectional study of older British men. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 2016, 13:36.
  • Merom D, Grunseit A, Eramudugolla R,  Jefferis B, Mcneil J, Anstey KJ. Cognitive benefits of social dancing and walking in old age: the Dancing Mind randomized controlled trial. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience 2016. 22;8:26. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2016.00026
  • Norris E, Dunsmuir S, Duke-Williams O, Stamatakis E, Shelton N. Protocol for the 'Virtual Traveller' cluster-randomised controlled trial: a behaviour change intervention to increase physical activity in primary-school Maths and English lessons. BMJ Open 2016, 27;6(6)
  • Norris E, Hamer M, Stamatakis E. Active Video Games in Schools and Effects on Physical Activity and Health: A Systematic Review. J Pediatr 2016, 172:40-46
  • Parsons TJ, Sartini C, Ellins EA, Halcox JP, Smith KE, Ash S, Lennon LT, Wannamethee SG, Lee IM, Whincup PH, Jefferis BJ. Objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behaviour and ankle brachial index: Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations in older men. Atherosclerosis 2016, 247:28-34.
  • Parsons TJ, Sartini C, Ellins EA, Halcox JP, Smith KE, Ash S, Lennon LT, Wannamethee SG, Lee IM, Whincup PH, Jefferis BJ. Objectively measured physical activity, sedentary time and subclinical vascular disease: Cross-sectional study in older British men. Prev Med 2016, 89:194-9.
  • Parsons TJ, Sartini C, Welsh P, Sattar N, Ash S, Lennon LT, Wannamethee SG, Lee IM, Whincup PH, Jefferis BJ. Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Inflammatory and Hemostatic Markers in Men. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2017, 49(3):459-465.
  • Pugh G, Gravestock HL, Hough RE, King WM, Wardle J, Fisher A. Health Behavior Change Interventions for Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review. J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol 2016, 5(2):91-105.
  • Puszkiewicz P, Roberts AL, Smith L, Wardle J, Fisher A. Assessment of Cancer Survivors' Experiences of Using a Publicly Available Physical Activity Mobile Application. JMIR Cancer 2016, 31;2(1)
  • Puszkiewicz P, Roberts A, Smith L, Wardle J, Fisher A. Assessment of Cancer Survivors' Experiences of Using a Publicly Available Physical Activity Mobile Application. JMIR Cancer 2016, 2(1).
  • Smith L, McCourt O, Sawyer A, Ucci M, Marmot A, Wardle J, Fisher A. A review of occupational physical activity and sedentary behaviour correlates. Occup Med (Lond)2016, 66(3):185-92.
  • Vallance, J. K., Eurich, D. T., Lynch, B. M., Gardiner, P. A., Taylor, L. M., Jefferis, B. J., & Johnson, S. T. (2016). Correlates of General and Domain-Specific Sitting Time among Older Adults. American Journal of Health Behavior, 2016;40(3):362-370. doi:10.5993/AJHB.40.3.8

 

2015

  • Aggio D, Smith L, Fisher A, Hamer M: Association of light exposure on physical activity and sedentary time in young people. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2015, 12:2941-2949.
  • Aggio D, Smith L, Fisher A, Hamer M: Mothers' perceived proximity to green space is associated with TV viewing time in children: the Growing Up in Scotland study. Prev Med 2015, 70:46-49.
  • Bell JA, Hamer M, van Hees VT, Singh-Manoux A, Kivimaki M, Sabia S: Healthy obesity and objective physical activity. Am J Clin Nutr 2015, 102:268-275.
  • Buckley JP, Hedge A, Yates T, Copeland RJ, Loosemore M, Hamer M, Bradley G, Dunstan DW: The sedentary office: an expert statement on the growing case for change towards better health and productivity. Br J Sports Med 2015, 49:1357-1362.
  • Cloostermans L, Wendel-Vos W, Doornbos G, Howard B, Lynn Craig C, Kivimäki M, Tabak AG, Jefferis BJ, Ronkainen K, Brown WJ, Picavet SHSJ, Ben-Shlomo Y, Antero Laukkanen J, Kauhanen J, Bemelmans WJE. Independent and combined effects of physical activity and body mass index on the development of Type 2 Diabetes- a meta-analysis of 9 prospective cohort studies. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015, 12:147 doi:10.1186/s12966-015-0304-3
  • Endrighi R, Steptoe A, Hamer M: The effect of experimentally induced sedentariness on mood and psychobiological responses to mental stress. Br J Psychiatry 2015.
  • Gardner B, Smith L, Aggio D, Iliffe S, Fox KR, Jefferis BJ, Hamer M. 'On Your Feet to Earn Your Seat': update to randomised controlled trial protocol. Trials. 2015 16:330. doi: 10.1186/s13063-015-0868-x.
  • Gardner B, Smith L, Lorencatto F, Hamer M, Biddle SJ: How to reduce sitting time? A review of behaviour change strategies used in sedentary behaviour reduction interventions among adults. Health Psychol Rev 2015,1-24.
  • Hamer M, Bell JA, Sabia S, Batty GD, Kivimaki M: Stability of metabolically healthy obesity over 8 years: the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Eur J Endocrinol 2015, 173:703-708.
  • Hamer M, Smith L, Stamatakis E: Prospective association of TV viewing with acute phase reactants and coagulation markers: English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Atherosclerosis 2015, 239:322-327.
  • Hollingworth M, Harper A, Hamer M: Dose-response associations between cycling activity and risk of hypertension in regular cyclists: The UK Cycling for Health Study. J Hum Hypertens 2015, 29:219-223.
  • Jefferis BJ, Merom D, Sartini C, Wannamethee SG, Ash S, Lennon LT, Iliffe S, Kendrick D, Whincup PH: Physical Activity and Falls in Older Men: The Critical Role of Mobility Limitations. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2015, 47:2119-2128.
  • Jefferis BJ, Sartini C, Ash S, Lennon LT, Wannamethee SG, Lee IM, Whincup PH: Trajectories of objectively measured physical activity in free-living older men. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2015, 47:343-349.
  • Kivimaki M, Virtanen M, Kawachi I, Nyberg ST, Alfredsson L, Batty GD, Bjorner JB, Borritz M, Brunner EJ, Burr H et al.: Long working hours, socioeconomic status, and the risk of incident type 2 diabetes: a meta-analysis of published and unpublished data from 222 120 individuals. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol 2015, 3:27-34.
  • Matei R, Thune-Boyle I, Hamer M, Iliffe S, Fox KR, Jefferis BJ, Gardner B: Acceptability of a theory-based sedentary behaviour reduction intervention for older adults ('On Your Feet to Earn Your Seat'). BMC Public Health 2015, 15:606.
  • Sartini C, Wannamethee SG, Iliffe S, Morris RW, Ash S, Lennon L, Whincup PH, Jefferis BJ: Diurnal patterns of objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behaviour in older men. BMC Public Health 2015, 15:609.
  • Smith L, Fisher A, Hamer M: Television viewing time and risk of incident obesity and central obesity: the English longitudinal study of ageing. BMC Obes 2015, 2:12.
  • Smith L, Fisher A, Hamer M: Prospective association between objective measures of childhood motor coordination and sedentary behaviour in adolescence and adulthood. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 2015, 12:75.
  • Smith L, Gardner B, Fisher A, Hamer M: Patterns and correlates of physical activity behaviour over 10 years in older adults: prospective analyses from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. BMJ Open 2015, 5:e007423.
  • Smith L, Gardner B, Aggio D, Hamer M: Association between participation in outdoor play and sport at 10 years old with physical activity in adulthood. Prev Med 2015, 74:31-35.
  • Smith L, Ekelund U, Hamer M: The potential yield of non-exercise physical activity energy expenditure in public health. Sports Med 2015, 45:449-452.
  • Smith L, Hamer M, Ucci M, Marmot A, Gardner B, Sawyer A, Wardle J, Fisher A: Weekday and weekend patterns of objectively measured sitting, standing, and stepping in a sample of office-based workers: the active buildings study. BMC Public Health 2015, 15:9.
  • Smith L, Gardner B, Hamer M: Childhood correlates of adult TV viewing time: a 32-year follow-up of the 1970 British Cohort Study. J Epidemiol Community Health 2015, 69:309-313.
  • Stamatakis E, Rogers K, Ding D, Berrigan D, Chau J, Hamer M, Bauman A: All-cause mortality effects of replacing sedentary time with physical activity and sleeping using an isotemporal substitution model: a prospective study of 201,129 mid-aged and older adults. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 2015, 12:121.

2014

 

  • Bell JA, Hamer M, Batty GD, Singh-Manoux A, Sabia S, Kivimaki M: Combined effect of physical activity and leisure time sitting on long-term risk of incident obesity and metabolic risk factor clustering. Diabetologia 2014, 57:2048-2056.
  • Bell JA, Kivimaki M, Batty GD, Hamer M. Metabolically healthy obesity: What is the role of sedentary behaviour? Prev Med. 2014 May;62:35-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.01.028.
  • Gardner B, Thuné-Boyle I, Iliffe S, Fox KR, Jefferis BJ, Hamer M, Tyler N, Wardle J. On Your Feet to Earn Your Seat'. An exploratory, 12-week randomised controlled trial of a habit-based intervention to reduce sedentary behaviour in older adults: Study protocol. Trials. 2014, 20;15(1)368. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-368.
  • Gardner B, Iliffe S, Fox KR, Jefferis BJ, Hamer M. Sociodemographic, behavioural and health factors associated with changes in older adults' TV viewing over 2 years International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014, 11:102, doi:10.1186/s12966-014-0102-3
  • Hamer M, Coombs N, Stamatakis E. Associations between objectively assessed and self-reported sedentary time with mental health in adults: an analysis of data from the Health Survey for England. BMJ Open. 2014 Mar 20;4(3):e004580. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004580.
  • Hamer M, Lavoie KL, Bacon SL. Taking up physical activity in later life and healthy ageing: the English longitudinal study of ageing. Br J Sports Med. 2014 Feb;48(3):239-43. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2013-092993.
  • Hamer M, Hackett RA, Bostock S, Lazzarino AI, Carvalho LA, Steptoe A: Objectively assessed physical activity, adiposity, and inflammatory markers in people with type 2 diabetes. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care 2014, 2:e000030.
  • Hamer M, de OC, Demakakos P: Non-exercise physical activity and survival: English longitudinal study of ageing. Am J Prev Med 2014, 47:452-460.
  • Hamer M, Stamatakis E, Steptoe A: Effects of substituting sedentary time with physical activity on metabolic risk. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2014, 46:1946-1950.
  • Hamer M, Weiler R, Stamatakis E: Watching sport on television, physical activity, and risk of obesity in older adults. BMC Public Health 2014, 14:10.
  • Hamer M, Stamatakis E. Prospective study of sedentary behavior, risk of depression, and cognitive impairment. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2014 Apr;46(4):718-23. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000156.
  • Jefferis BJ, Iliffe S, Kendrick D, Kerse N, Trost S, Lennon LT, Ash S, Sartini C, Morris RW, Wannamethee SG, Whincup PH How are falls and fear of falling associated with objectively measured physical activity in a cohort of community-dwelling older men? BMC Geriatrics 2014 14:114 doi:10.1186/1471-2318-14-114
  • Jefferis BJ, Sartini C, Shiroma E, Whincup PH, Wannamethee SG, Lee IM. Duration and breaks in sedentary behaviour: Accelerometer data from 1566 community-dwelling older men (British Regional Heart Study). British Journal of Sports Medicine 2014, pii: bjsports-2014-093514. doi:10.1136/bjsports-2014-093514
  • Jefferis, B. J., Sartini, C., Lee, I. M., Choi, M., Amuzu, A., Gutierrez, C., . . . Whincup, P. H. Adherence to physical activity guidelines in older adults, using objectively measured physical activity in a population-based study. BMC Public Health, 2014;14 (1): 382. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-14-382
  • Jefferis, B. J., Whincup, P. H., Lennon, L. T., Papacosta, O., & Goya Wannamethee, S. Physical Activity in Older Men: Longitudinal Associations with Inflammatory and Hemostatic Biomarkers, N-Terminal Pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide, and Onset of Coronary Heart Disease and Mortality. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2014. doi:10.1111/jgs.12748
  • Jefferis, B. J., Papacosta, O., Wannamethee, S. G., & Whincup, P. H. Protective effect of time spent walking on risk of stroke in older men. Stroke, 2014;45 (1): 194-199. doi:10.1161/Strokeaha.113.002246/-/DC1
  • Mindell JS, Coombs N, Stamatakis E. Measuring physical activity in children and adolescents for dietary surveys: practicalities, problems and pitfalls. Proc Nutr Soc. 2014 May;73(2):218-25. doi: 10.1017/S0029665113003820
  • Sadarangani KP, Hamer M, Mindell JS, Coombs NA, Stamatakis E. Physical activity and risk of all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in diabetic adults from Great Britain: pooled analysis of 10 population-based cohorts. Diabetes Care. 2014 Apr;37(4):1016-23. doi: 10.2337/dc13-1816.
  • Smith L, Kipps C, Aggio D, Fox P, Robinson N, Trend V, Munnery S, Kelly B, Hamer M: Camden active spaces: does the construction of active school playgrounds influence children's physical activity levels? A longitudinal quasi-experiment protocol. BMJ Open 2014, 4:e005729.
  • Smith L, Hamer M: Television viewing time and risk of incident diabetes mellitus: the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Diabet Med 2014, 31:1572-1576.
  • Stamatakis E, Grunseit AC, Coombs N, Ding D, Chau JY, Phongsavan P, Bauman A; For the SEEF Project. 3. Associations between socio-economic position and sedentary behaviour in a large population sample of Australian middle and older-aged adults: The Social, Economic, and Environmental Factor (SEEF) Study. Prev Med. 2014 Mar 18;63C:72-80. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.03.009.

 

2013

  • Coombs N, Shelton N, Rowlands A, Stamatakis E. Children's and adolescents' sedentary behaviour in relation to socioeconomic position. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2013 Oct;67(10):868-74. doi: 10.1136/jech-2013-202609
  • Kantomaa MT, Stamatakis E, Kankaanpää A, Kaakinen M, Rodriguez A, Taanila A, Ahonen T, Järvelin M-R, Tammelin T. Physical activity and obesity mediate the association between childhood motor function and adolescents′academic achievement. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2013; 110(5): 1917-192. doi:10.1073/pnas.1214574110.
  • Stamatakis E, Hamer M, O'Donovan G, Batty GD, Kivimaki M. A non-exercise testing method for estimating cardiorespiratory fitness: associations with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in a pooled analysis of eight population-based cohorts. European Heart Journal 2013; 34(10): 750-758. doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehs097.
  • Soedamah-Muthu S, Deneve M, Tielmans S, Shelton N, Stamatakis E. Joint Associations of Alcohol Consumption and Physical Activity with All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality. American Journal of Cardiology 2013. doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2013.03.040
  • Hamer M, Stamatakis E. Overweight and obese cardiac patients have better prognosis despite reporting worse perceived health and more conventional risk factors. Preventive Medicine 2013: 57:12-16.doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.02.012.
  • Hamer M, Bostock S, Hackett R, Steptoe A. Objectively assessed sedentary time and type 2 diabetes mellitus: a case-control study. Diabetologia. 2013 Dec;56(12):2761-2.
  • Stamatakis E, Coombs N, Jago R, Gama A, Mourão I, Nogueira H, Rosado V, Padez C. Associations between different indicators of screen time and cardiometabolic risk in a population sample of school children. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2013; 44(5):481- 488).
  • Hamer M, Stamatakis E. Screen-based sedentary behavior, physical activity, and muscle strength in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. PloS One 2013; 8(6): e66222. Doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0066222.
  • Stamatakis E, Coombs N, Jago R, Gama A, Mourão I, Nogueira H, Rosado V, Padez C. Associations between indicators of screen time and adiposity indices in Portuguese children. Preventive Medicine 2013; 56:299-303. doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.02.006
  • Stamatakis E, Chau JY, Pedisic Z, Bauman A, Macniven R, Coombs N, Hamer M. Are sitting occupations associated with increased all-cause, cancer, and CVD mortality risk? A pooled analysis of seven British population cohorts. PloS One. 2013 Sep 26;8(9):e73753. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073753
  • Pulsford RM, Stamatakis E, Britton AR, Brunner EJ, Hillsdon M. Cross-sectional and prospective associations of sitting behaviour with obesity: evidence from the Whitehall II study. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2013; 44(2):132-138.
  • Smith L, Ucci M, Marmot A, Spinney R, Laskowski M, Sawyer A, Konstantatou M, Hamer M, Ambler G, Wardle J, Fisher A. Active buildings: modelling physical activity and movement in office buildings. An observational study protocol. BMJ Open. 2013 Nov 12;3(11):e004103. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004103.
  • O'Donovan G, Hillsdon M, Ukoumunne OC, Stamatakis E, Hamer M. Objectively measured physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness and cardiometabolic risk factors in the Health Survey for England. Preventive Medicine. 2013 Sep;57(3):201-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.05.022.

2012

  • Tielemans SMAJ, Soedamah-Muthu SS, De Neve M, Toeller M, Chaturvedi N, Fuller JH, Stamatakis E. Associations of physical activity with all-cause mortality and incident and prevalent cardiovascular disease among patients with type 1 diabetes: the EURODIAB Prospective Complications Study. Diabetologia 2012; doi:10.1007/s00125-012-2743-6.
  • Stamatakis E, Hamer M, Tiling K, Lawlor DA. Sedentary time in relation to cardio-metabolic risk factors: differential associations for self-report versus accelerometry in working age adults. International Journal of Epidemiology 2012. doi:10.1093/ije/dys077
  • Stamatakis E, Hamer M, Mishra G. Early adulthood TV viewing and cardiometabolic risk profiles in early middle age: results from a population, prospective cohort study. Diabetologia 2012; 55:311-320.
  • Weiler R, Chew S, Coombs N, Hamer M, Stamatakis E. Physical activity education in the undergraduate curricula of all UK medical schools. Are tomorrow's doctors equipped to follow clinical guidelines? British Journal of Sports Medicine 2012. doi:10.1136/bjsports-2012-091380.
  • Stamatakis E, Davis M, Stathi A, Hamer M. Associations between multiple indicators of objectively-measured and self-reported sedentary behaviour and cardiometabolic risk in older adults. Preventive Medicine 2012; 54: 82-87.
  • Stamatakis E, Hamer M. The extent to which adiposity markers explain the association between sedentary behaviour and cardiometabolic risk factors. Obesity 2012; 20: 229-32.
  • Hamer M, Stamatakis E. Low dose physical activity attenuates cardiovascular disease mortality in men and women with clustered metabolic risk factors. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes 2012 doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.112.965434
  • Jago R, Stamatakis E, Gama A, Mourão I, Nogueira H, Rosado V, Padez C. Parental and electronic environment associations with child screen-viewing. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2012;43(2):150 -158.
  • Jefferis, B. J., Whincup, P. H., Lennon, L., & Wannamethee, S. G. Longitudinal Associations Between Changes in Physical Activity and Onset of Type 2 Diabetes in Older British Men: The influence of adiposity. Diabetes Care 2012;35 (9): 1876-1883. doi:10.2337/dc11-2280.