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Speed and exercise intensity of recreational walkers
(American Health Foundation and Elsevier Science (USA), 2002)
Brisk walking has been identified as an
activity suited to meet American College of Sport
Medicine/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
recommendations for moderate intensity exercise (55–
69% HRmax, 40–59% VO2R). ...
The effects of 60 minutes of brisk walking per week, accumulated in two different patterns, on cardiovascular risk
(Elsevier, 2004)
Current ACSM guidelines recommend that adults should exercise for 20–60 min on 3–5 daysd week 1 (M.L. Pollock, et al.,
The recommended quantity and quality of exercise for developing and maintaining cardiorespiratory and ...
Active travel to school and physical activity levels of Irish primary school children
(Human Kinetics Journals, 2011)
The purpose of this study was to (1) determine the physical activity levels of 9–11 year old children, and (2) compare the activity levels of children who commute to school by active and passive modes. 140 children aged ...
The effect of walking on fitness, fatness and resting blood pressure: a meta-analysis of randomised, controlled trials (Pre-published version)
(Elsevier, 2007)
Objective. The purpose of this review was to perform a meta-analysis on walking intervention studies in order to quantify the magnitude and direction of walking-induced changes that may alter selected cardiovascular risk ...
Session 1: Public health nutrition physical activity prescription for public health
(Cambridge University Press, 2010)
The increased prevalence of CVD deaths in the past 60 years is a result in considerable part of the influence of environmental and lifestyle changes, including decreased daily energy expenditure through physical exertion. ...
Prevalence and correlates of physical inactivity in community-dwelling older adults in Ireland
(Public Library of Science, 2015)
The public health challenges associated with rapid population ageing are likely to be exacerbated by poor physical activity levels. The purpose of this study was to identify correlates of physical inactivity in a ...
Self-rated walking pace and all-cause, cardiovascular disease, and cancer mortality: Individual participant pooled analysis of 50,225 walkers from 11 population British cohorts (Pre-published version)
(BMJ Publishing Group Ltd., 2018)
Background/Objectives: Walking pace is associated with risk of premature mortality. However, whether this relationship is independent of total volume of physical activity and highest physical activity intensity reached ...
Determinants of uptake and maintenance of active commuting to school (Pre-published version)
(Elsevier, 2016)
The objective was to identify determinants of uptake and maintenance of active school travel (AST) over 4 years in children aged 9 at baseline. Data from wave 1 (n=8502) and 2 (n=7479) of the Growing Up in Ireland study ...
The effect of walking on risk factors for cardiovascular disease: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised control trials (Pre-published version)
(Elsevier, 2015)
Objective: To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised control trials that examined the effect of walking on risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Methods: Four electronic databases and reference lists ...