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Child obesity and fitness levels among Kenyan and Canadian children from urban and rural environments: a KIDS-CAN Research Alliance Study.

Adamo, K. B.; Sheel, A. W.; Onywera, V.O.; Waudo, Judith N.; Boit, Michael K.; Tremblay, M. S. (EBSCO, 2011-06)

Objective. This study was designed to gather anthropometric and fitness-related data on Kenyan children living in urban (UKEN) and rural (RKEN) environments and to compare them with previous data collected on Canadian ...

Correlates of objectively measured overweight/obesity and physical activity in Kenyan school children: results from ISCOLE-Kenya

Muthuri, S. K.; Wachira, L. M.; Onywera, V.O.; Tremblay, M. S. (BioMed Central, 2014-05)

Background Childhood overweight/obesity and inadequate physical activity burden Western countries, and now, pose a growing threat to the health of children in low and middle income countries. Behavioural transitions toward ...

Evidence of an Overweight/Obesity Transition among School-Aged Children and Youth in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review

Muthuri, S. K.; Francis, C. E.; Wachira, L. M.; LeBlanc, A. G.; Sampson, M.; Onywera, V.O.; Tremblay, M. S. (Public Library of Science, 2014-03-17)

Background Prevalence of childhood overweight/obesity has increased considerably in recent years. The transition to higher rates of overweight/obesity has been well documented in high income countries; however, consistent ...

The Relation between Aerobic Fitness, Muscular Fitness, and Obesity in Children from Three Countries at Different Stages of the Physical Activity Transition

Héroux, M.; Onywera, V.O.; Tremblay, M. S.; Adamo, K. B.; Taylor, J. L.; Ulloa, E. J.; Janssen, I. (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2013)

The physical activity transition is contributing to an increase in childhood obesity and a decrease in fitness worldwide.This study compared body composition and fitness measures in children from three countries and examined ...

A diposity and physical activity among children in countries at different stages of the physical activity transition: Canada, Mexico and Kenya

Onywera, V.O.; Héroux, M.; Ulloa, E. J.; Adamo, K. B.; Taylor, J. L.; Janssen, I.; Tremblay, M. S. (African Journal for Physical, Health Education, Recreation and Dance (AJPHERD), 2013-03)

Physical inactivity is a risk factor for childhood overweight and obesity, and is associated with habitual lifestyle behaviours that are in rapid transition in many countries. Data comparing the weight status and physical ...

Results From Kenya’s 2014 Report Card on the Physical Activity and Body Weight of Children and Youth

Wachira, L. M.; Muthuri, S. K.; Tremblay, M. S.; Onywera, V.O. (Human Kinetics, 2014)

Background: The report card presents available evidence on the physical activity (PA) and body weight status of Kenyan children and youth. It highlights areas where Kenya is succeeding and those in which more action is ...

Inequality in physical activity, sedentary behaviour, sleep duration and risk of obesity in children: a 12-country study

Chaput, J-P.; Barnes, J. D.; Tremblay, M. S.; Fogelholm, M.; Hu, G.; Lambert, E. V.; Maher, C.; Maia, J.; Olds, T.; Onywera, V.O.; Sarmiento, O. L.; Standage, M.; Tudor-Locke, C.; Katzmarzyk, P. T. (Wiley Open Access, 2018)

Objective Studies examining associations between movement behaviours (i.e. physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep duration) and obesity focus on average values of these movement behaviours, despite important ...

Physical Activity, Sedentary Time, and Obesity in an International Sample of Children

Katzmarzyk, P. T.; Barreira, T.V.; Broyles, S.T.; Champagne, C.M.; Chaput, J-P.; Fogelholm, M.; Hu, G.; Johnson, W. D.; Kuriyan, R.; Kurpad, A.; Lambert, E. V.; Maher, C.; Maia, J.; Matsudo, V.; Olds, T.; Onywera, V.O.; Sarmiento, O. L.; Standage, M.; Tremblay, M. S.; Tudor-Locke, C.; Zhao, P.; Church, T.S. (American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), 2015-03-07)

PURPOSE: To determine the relationships between moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), vigorous physical activity (VPA), sedentary time and obesity in children from 12 countries representing a wide range of human ...

Physical Activity of Children: A Global Matrix of Grades Comparing 15 Countries

Tremblay, M. S.; Gray, C. E.; Akinroye, K. K.; Harrington, D. M.; Katzmarzyk, P. T.; Lambert, E. V.; Liukkonen, J.; Maddison, R.; Onywera, V.O.; Ocansey, R. T.; Prista, A.; Reilly, J. J.; Martinez, M. P. R.; Sarmiento, O. L.; Standage, M.; Tomkinson, G. R. (Human Kinetics, 2014)

The Active Healthy Kids Canada (AHKC) Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth has been effective in powering the movement to get kids moving by influencing priorities, policies, and practice in Canada. The ...