Comparisons of intensity-duration patterns of physical activity in the US, Jamaica and 3 African countries

Authors

Lara R. Dugas, Stritch School of Medicine
Pascal Bovet, Institut Universitaire de Médecine Sociale et Préventive Lausanne
Terrence E. Forrester, Caribbean Institute for Health Research
Estelle V. Lambert, University of Cape Town
Jacob Plange-Rhule, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology
Ramon A. Durazo-Arvizu, Stritch School of Medicine
David Shoham, Stritch School of Medicine
Jacolene Kroff, University of Cape Town
Guichan Cao, Stritch School of Medicine
Richard S. Cooper, Stritch School of Medicine
Soren Brage, University of Cambridge
Ulf Ekelund, University of Cambridge
Amy Luke, Stritch School of Medicine

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-27-2014

Abstract

Background: This difference in how populations living in low-, middle or upper-income countries accumulate daily PA, i.e. patterns and intensity, is an important part in addressing the global PA movement. We sought to characterize objective PA in 2,500 participants spanning the epidemiologic transition. The Modeling the Epidemiologic Transition Study (METS) is a longitudinal study, in 5 countries. METS seeks to define the association between physical activity (PA), obesity and CVD risk in populations of African origin: Ghana (GH), South Africa (SA), Seychelles (SEY), Jamaica (JA) and the US (suburban Chicago).

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

BMC Public Health

Recommended Citation

Dugas, L., Bovet, P., Forrester, T., Lambert, E., Plange-Rhule, J., Durazo-Arvizu, R., Shoham, D., Kroff, J., Cao, G., Cooper, R., Brage, S., Ekelund, U., & Luke, A. (2014). Comparisons of intensity-duration patterns of physical activity in the US, Jamaica and 3 African countries. BMC Public Health, 14 (1) https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-882