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Charles E. Matthews
Researcher at National Institutes of Health
Publications - 305
Citations - 37353
Charles E. Matthews is an academic researcher from National Institutes of Health. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Body mass index. The author has an hindex of 78, co-authored 281 publications receiving 31355 citations. Previous affiliations of Charles E. Matthews include Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
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Amount of Time Spent in Sedentary Behaviors in the United States, 2003–2004
Charles E. Matthews,Kong Y. Chen,Patty S. Freedson,Maciej S. Buchowski,Bettina M. Beech,Russell R. Pate,Richard P. Troiano +6 more
TL;DR: The authors evaluate participants from the 2003-2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey aged >/=6 years who wore an activity monitor for up to 7 days to provide the first objective measure of the amount of time spent in sedentary behavior in the US population.
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American College of Sports Medicine roundtable on exercise guidelines for cancer survivors.
Kathryn H. Schmitz,Kerry S. Courneya,Charles E. Matthews,Wendy Demark-Wahnefried,Daniel A. Galvão,Bernardine M. Pinto,Melinda L. Irwin,Kathleen Y. Wolin,Roanne J. Segal,Alejandro Lucia,Carole M. Schneider,Vivian E. von Gruenigen,Anna L. Schwartz +12 more
TL;DR: The roundtable concluded that exercise training is safe during and after cancer treatments and results in improvements in physical functioning, quality of life, and cancer-related fatigue in several cancer survivor groups, sufficient for the recommendation that cancer survivors follow the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans.
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Too Much Sitting: The Population Health Science of Sedentary Behavior
TL;DR: Sitting time, TV time, and time sitting in automobiles increase premature mortality risk, and breaking up sedentary time is beneficial.
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American College of Sports Medicine Roundtable on Exercise Guidelines for Cancer Survivors: Corrigendum
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Sedentary time and cardio-metabolic biomarkers in US adults: NHANES 2003–06
Genevieve N. Healy,Charles E. Matthews,David W. Dunstan,David W. Dunstan,Elisabeth A. H. Winkler,Neville Owen,Neville Owen +6 more
TL;DR: These are the first population-representative findings on the deleterious associations of prolonged sedentary time with cardio-metabolic and inflammatory biomarkers and suggest that clinical communications and preventive health messages on reducing and breaking up sedentaryTime may be beneficial for cardiovascular disease risk.