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UMass Amherst public health researcher updates and validates the 'Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire'

A University of Massachusetts Amherst public health researcher has updated and validated the widely used Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire (PPAQ) to improve the measurement performance of this ...
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Development and initial validation of the Brunel lifestyle physical activity questionnaire

Objectives: To develop a valid and reliable internet based lifestyle physical activity questionnaire suitable for use among the United Kingdom population. Methods: After a detailed content analysis ...
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Concurrent validity and accuracy of the short-form of international physical activity questionnaire (SF-IPAQ) in a population of Spanish cancer survivors.

Survival in veterans with lung cancer: Cancer cachexia and the importance of weight. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2015 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract does not include a full text ...
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Research Check: do we really need to do five times as much exercise as we’ve been told?

For decades, public health guidelines around the world have recommended adults get at least 30 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity most days of the week. This is roughly equivalent to 150 ...
BMJ

Levels of domain-specific physical activity at work, in the household, for travel and for leisure among 327 789 adults from 104 countries

Objective To compare the country-level absolute and relative contributions of physical activity at work and in the household, for travel, and during leisure-time to total moderate-to-vigorous physical ...