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Wendy J Brown

Professor - Physical Activity and Health, University of Queensland
Verified email at uq.edu.au
Cited by 46945

[HTML][HTML] How many steps/day are enough? For adults

C Tudor-Locke, CL Craig, WJ Brown… - International Journal of …, 2011 - Springer
Physical activity guidelines from around the world are typically expressed in terms of
frequency, duration, and intensity parameters. Objective monitoring using pedometers and …

Occupational sitting and health risks: a systematic review

JGZ Van Uffelen, J Wong, JY Chau… - American journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
CONTEXT: Emerging evidence suggests that sedentary behavior (ie, time spent sitting) may
be negatively associated with health. The aim of this study was to systematically review the …

Measurement of adults' sedentary time in population-based studies

GN Healy, BK Clark, EAH Winkler, PA Gardiner… - American journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Sedentary time (too much sitting) increasingly is being recognized as a distinct health risk
behavior. This paper reviews the reliability and validity of self-reported and device-based …

Does physical activity attenuate, or even eliminate, the detrimental association of sitting time with mortality? A harmonised meta-analysis of data from more than 1 …

U Ekelund, J Steene-Johannessen, WJ Brown… - The lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background High amounts of sedentary behaviour have been associated with increased
risks of several chronic conditions and mortality. However, it is unclear whether physical …

[HTML][HTML] Daily sitting time and all-cause mortality: a meta-analysis

JY Chau, AC Grunseit, T Chey, E Stamatakis… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Objective To quantify the association between daily total sitting and all-cause mortality risk
and to examine dose-response relationships with and without adjustment for moderate-to …

Cohort profile: the Australian longitudinal study on women's health

C Lee, AJ Dobson, WJ Brown, L Bryson… - International journal …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
* Corresponding author. School of Psychology, University of Queensland, St Lucia QLD
4072 Australia. E-mail: c. lee@ psy. uq. edu. au major aspects of women's health and well …

Women's Health Australia: recruitment for a national longitudinal cohort study

WJ Brown, L Bryson, JE Byles, AJ Dobson, C Lee… - Women & …, 1999 - Taylor & Francis
SUMMARY The Women's Health Australia (WHA) project is a longitudinal study of several
cohorts of Australian women, which aims to examine the relationships between biological …

The Anti Cancer Council of Victoria FFQ: relative validity of nutrient intakes compared with weighed food records in young to middle‐aged women in a study of iron …

A Hodge, AJ Patterson, WJ Brown… - Australian and New …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: To assess the validity of the Anti Cancer Council of Victoria food frequency
questionnaire (ACCVFFQ) relative to seven‐day weighed food records (WFRs) in 63 women …

Physical activity interventions and depression in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis

HE Brown, N Pearson, RE Braithwaite, WJ Brown… - Sports medicine, 2013 - Springer
Context Evidence suggests chronic physical activity (PA) participation may be both
protective against the onset of and beneficial for reducing depressive symptoms. Objective …

Indexes of insulin resistance and secretion in obese children and adolescents: a validation study

LS Conwell, SG Trost, WJ Brown, JA Batch - Diabetes care, 2004 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE—To assess the concurrent validity of fasting indexes of insulin sensitivity and
secretion in obese prepubertal (Tanner stage 1) children and pubertal (Tanner stages 2–5) …