Relationship between adiposity and pedometer-assessed ambulatory activity in adult, rural African women

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1327-1330

  Cook, I ^a   Alberts, M ^a   Lambert, E V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Dikgale; Rural; Step counter

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MOTOR VEHICLE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR VEHICLES; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SOUTH AFRICA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 49449091635     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2008.26     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Kruger HS, Venter CS, Vorster HH, Margetts BM. Physical inactivity is the major determinant of obesity in black women in the North West Province, South Africa: the THUSA study. Transition and Health during Urbanisation of South Africa. Nutrition 2002; 18/5: 422-427.
2. Lambert EV, Charlton KE. Energy expenditure and habitual physical activity levels. In: Charlton KE, Wolmarans P (eds). Food Habits, Dietary Intake and health of Older Coloured South Africans. HSRC/UCT Centre for Gerontology: Cape Town, 1995. pp. 148-159.
3. Alberts M, Urdal P, Steyn K, Stensvold I, Tverdal A, Nel JH et al. Prevalence of cardiovascular diseases and associated risk factors in a rural black population of South Africa. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 2005; 12/4: 347-354.
4. Heyward VH, Stolarczyk LM. Applied Body Composition Assessment 1996. Human Kinetics: Champaign, IL, pp. 21-43, 66-88.
5. Durnin JVGA, Wormersley J. Body fat assessed from total body density and its estimation from skinfold thickness. Measurement on 481 men and women aged 16-72 years. Br J Nutr 1974; 32: 77-97.
6. National Institutes of Health. Clinical guidelines on the identification, evaluation, and treatment of overweight and obesity in adults-the evidence report. Obes Res 1998; 6 (Suppl 2): 51S-209S.
7. Bassett DR, Strath SJ. Use of pedometers to assess physical activity. In: Welk GJ (ed). Physical Activity Assessments for Health-Related Research. Human Kinetics: Champaign, IL, 2002. pp. 163-177.
8. Tudor-Locke C, Bassett DR. How many steps/day are enough? Preliminary pedometer indices for public health. Sports Med 2004; 34/1: 1-8.
9. Levitt NS, Katzenellenbogen JM, Bradshaw D, Hoffman MN, Bonnici F. The prevalence and identification of risk factors for NIDDM in urban Africans in Cape Town, South Africa. Diabetes Care 1993; 16/4: 601-607.
10. Kruger HS, Venter CS, Vorster HH. Physical inactivity as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease in communities undergoing rural to urban transition: the THUSA study. Cardiovasc J S Afr 2003; 14/1: 16-23, quiz.
11. Steyn K, Jooste PL, Bourne L, Fourie J, Badenhorst CJ, Bourne DE et al. Risk factors for coronary heart disease in the black population of the Cape Peninsula. S Afr Med J 1991; 79: 480-485.
12. Tudor-Locke C, Ham SA, Macera CA, Ainsworth BE, Kirtland KA, Reis JP et al. Descriptive epidemiology of pedometer-determined physical activity. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2004; 36/9: 1567-1573.
13. Bassett DR, Schneider PL, Huntington GE. Physical activity in an Old Order Amish community. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2004; 36/1: 79-85.
14. Tudor-Locke C, Ainsworth BE, Whitt MC, Thompson RW, Addy CL, Jones DA. The relationship between pedometer-determined ambulatory activity and body composition variables. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 2001; 25/11: 1571-1578.
15. Tudor-Locke CE, Bell RC, Myers AM, Harris SB, Lauzon N, Rodger NW. Pedometer-determined ambulatory activity in individuals with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2002; 55/3: 191-199.
16. Chan CB, Spangler E, Valcour J, Tudor-Locke C. Cross-sectional relationship of pedometer-determined ambulatory activity to indicators of health. Obes Res 2003; 11/12: 1563-1570.
17. Thompson DL, Rakow J, Perdue SM. Relationship between accumulated walking and body composition in middle-aged women. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2004; 36/5: 911-914.
18. Bell AC, Keyou G, Popkin BM. The road to obesity or the path to prevention: motorized transportation and obesity in China. Obes Res 2002; 10/4: 277.
19. Lee IM, Rexrode KM, Cook NR, Manson JE, Buring JE. Physical activity and coronary heart disease in women: is 'no pain, no gain' passe? JAMA 2001; 285/11: 1447-1454.
20. Le Masurier GC, Sidman CL, Corbin CB. Accumulating 10 000 steps: does this meet current physical activity guidelines? Res Q Exerc Sport 2003; 74/4: 389-394.