A questionnaire for the assessment of leisure time physical activities

Taylor, Henry L.; Jacobs, David R.; Schucker, Beth; Knudsen, Joan; Leon, Arthur S.; DeBacker, G

doi:10.1016/0021-9681(78)90058-9

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“…The occupational activity is derived from the Modified Tecumseh Occupational Activity questionnaire that has been validated elsewhere . The recreational section is derived from the Minnesota Leisure Time Activity questionnaire (Taylor et al, 1978), with activities ordered according to the frequency in a UK population (The Sports Council and The Health Education Authority, 1992). The frame of reference for EPAQ2 is the past year.…”

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Television viewing and low participation in vigorous recreation are independently associated with obesity and markers of cardiovascular disease risk: EPIC-Norfolk population-based study

Jakes¹,

Day²,

Khaw³

et al. 2003

Eur J Clin Nutr

278

213

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Objective: This study describes the associations between sedentary behaviour (television viewing) and participation in vigorous recreational activity with obesity and with biomarkers of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk profile. Design: Cross-sectional analysis of the EPIC-Norfolk cohort study. Setting: The study is a population-based study of participants living in Norfolk, UK. Subjects: A total of 15 515 men and women aged between 45 and 74 y, recruited through General Practice lists, who completed the detailed physical activity questionnaire. Results: Following exclusion of those with self-reported myocardial infarction, stroke and diabetes, 14 189 participants remained for the analysis. Self-reported television viewing was positively and participation in vigorous activity negatively associated with markers of obesity, blood pressure and plasma lipids. In multiple regression analysis, adjusting for age, alcohol, smoking, treatment for hypertension, vigorous and total physical activity, these associations remained significant. For women who participated in more than 1 h/week of vigorous activity and who watched fewer than 2 h of television each day, the adjusted mean body mass index was 1.92 kg/m 2 less than for women who reported participating in no vigorous activity and who watched more than 4 h of television each day (Po0.001). The equivalent figure for men was 1.44 kg/m 2 (Po0.001). In a similar analysis, with blood pressure as the outcome, mean diastolic blood pressure difference between the extreme groups of vigorous activity and television viewing was 3.6 mmHg in men (Po0.001) and 2.7 mmHg (P ¼ 0.001) in women. Conclusions: These data suggest that time spent participating in vigorous recreational physical activity and television viewing, an indicator of a sedentary lifestyle, are associated with obesity and markers of CVD disease risk independent of total reported physical activity. Whether these observations represent the true underlying aetiological relations or are a manifestation of the different precision with which the subdimensions of activity are measured remains uncertain.

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Television viewing and low participation in vigorous recreation are independently associated with obesity and markers of cardiovascular disease risk: EPIC-Norfolk population-based study

Jakes¹,

Day²,

Khaw³

et al. 2003

Eur J Clin Nutr

278

213

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“…18 We measured weight and height of the mother by standard procedures at the start of the study, before delivery, and eventual preterm deliveries, which is before 37 completed weeks of gestation. Pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) was calculated as weight (in kilograms) divided by height (in meters) squared and categorised as follows: underweight (o18.5 kg/m 2 ), normal weight (18.5-24.9 kg/m 2 ), overweight (25.0-29.9 kg/m 2 ), and obese (X30.0 kg/m 2 ).…”

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Resistance exercise training during pregnancy and newborn's birth size: a randomised controlled trial

2009

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Objective: We examined the effect of light intensity resistance exercise training performed during the second and third trimester of pregnancy on the newborn's birth size. We also studied the association between maternal body weight prior to pregnancy and newborn's birth size. Design: Randomised controlled trial. Subjects: We randomly assigned 160 sedentary gravidae to either a training (n ¼ 80) or a control (n ¼ 80) group. The training programme focused on light resistance and toning exercises (three times per week, 35-40 min per session). We recorded the Apgar score, birth weight, birth length, and head circumference of the newborn, as well as gestational age at time of delivery from hospital perinatal records. We also measured maternal weight and height before parity and gestational weight gain. Results: Maternal characteristics neither differed between groups (all P40.1) nor newborn characteristics (all P40.1). Maternal body weight was positively and significantly associated with newborn's birth weight and length only in the control group (b ¼ 19.20 and 0.065, respectively, Po0.01). Conclusion: Light intensity resistance training performed over the second and third trimester of pregnancy does not have a negative impact on the newborn's body size or overall health. Exercise interventions might attenuate the adverse consequences of maternal body weight before pregnancy on the newborn's birth size.

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“…The question was adapted from the Minnesota Leisure Time Physical Activity Questionnaire (Taylor et al, 1978;Richardsson et al, 1994). The number of minutes of each activity was multiplied with an activity coefficient and an overall leisure time physical activity score was created.…”

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Intakes of plant foods, fibre and fat and risk of breast cancer – a prospective study in the Malmö Diet and Cancer cohort

et al. 2004

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The objective of this study was to investigate prospectively the associations between intakes of plant foods, fibre and relative fat and risk of breast cancer in a subsample of 11 726 postmenopausal women in the Malmö Diet and Cancer cohort. Data were obtained by an interview-based diet history method, a structured questionnaire, anthropometrical measurements and national and regional cancer registries. During 89 602 person-years of follow-up, 342 incident cases were documented. Cox regression analysis examined breast cancer risks adjusted for potential confounders. High fibre intakes were associated with a lower risk of postmenopausal breast cancer, incidence rate ratio ¼ 0.58, 95% CI: 0.40, 0.84, for the highest quintile of fibre intake compared to the lowest quintile. The combination high fibre -low fat had the lowest risk when examining the effect in each cell of cross-classified tertiles of fibre and fat intakes. An interaction (P ¼ 0.049) was found between fibre-and fat-tertiles. There was no significant association between breast cancer risk and intakes of any of the plant food subgroups. These findings support the hypothesis that a dietary pattern characterised by high fibre and low fat intakes is associated with a lower risk of postmenopausal breast cancer.

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A questionnaire for the assessment of leisure time physical activities

Cited by 1,613 publications

References 12 publications

Television viewing and low participation in vigorous recreation are independently associated with obesity and markers of cardiovascular disease risk: EPIC-Norfolk population-based study

Television viewing and low participation in vigorous recreation are independently associated with obesity and markers of cardiovascular disease risk: EPIC-Norfolk population-based study

Resistance exercise training during pregnancy and newborn's birth size: a randomised controlled trial

Intakes of plant foods, fibre and fat and risk of breast cancer – a prospective study in the Malmö Diet and Cancer cohort

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