The links between increased participation in Physical Activity (PA) and improvements in
health are well established. As this body of evidence has grown, so too has the search for …

Background Accurate assessment is required to assess current and changing physical
activity levels, and to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions designed to increase activity …

Explanations of error in survey self-reports have focused on social desirability: that
respondents answer questions about normative behavior to appear prosocial to …

BACKGROUND: To date, no study has objectively measured physical activity levels among
US adults according to the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans (PAGA) …

ABSTRACT TROIANO, RP, D. BERRIGAN, KW DODD, LC MASSE, T. TILERT, and M.
MCDOWELL. Physical Activity in the United States Measured by Accelerometer. Med. Sci …

The ability to assess energy expenditure (EE) and estimate physical activity (PA) in free-
living individuals is extremely important in the global context of non-communicable diseases …

ABSTRACT TROST, SG, KL MCIVER, and RR PATE. Conducting Accelerometer-Based
Activity Assessments in Field-Based Research. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc., Vol. 37, No. 11 …

Objective Self-reports of physical activity (PA) have been the mainstay of measurement in
most non-communicable disease (NCD) surveillance systems. To these, other measures are …

ABSTRACT CHEN, KY, and DR BASSETT, JR. The Technology of Accelerometry-Based
Activity Monitors: Current and Future. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc., Vol. 37, No. 11 (Suppl), pp …

The metabolic equivalent (MET) is a widely used physiological concept that represents a
simple procedure for expressing energy cost of physical activities as multiples of resting …