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Tim Armstrong
Researcher at Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Publications - 7
Citations - 1273
Tim Armstrong is an academic researcher from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Public health. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 7 publications receiving 1250 citations.
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Associations of TV viewing and physical activity with the metabolic syndrome in Australian adults.
David W. Dunstan,Jo Salmon,Neville Owen,Tim Armstrong,Paul Zimmet,Timothy A Welborn,Adrian J. Cameron,Terence Dwyer,Damien Jolley,Jonathan E. Shaw +9 more
TL;DR: Population strategies addressing the metabolic syndrome should focus on reducing sedentary behaviours such as TV viewing, as well as increasing physical activity, while physical activity was associated with a reduced prevalence.
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Physical Activity and Television Viewing in Relation to Risk of Undiagnosed Abnormal Glucose Metabolism in Adults
David W. Dunstan,Jo Salmon,Neville Owen,Tim Armstrong,Paul Zimmet,Timothy A Welborn,Adrian J. Cameron,Terence Dwyer,Damien Jolley,Jonathan E. Shaw +9 more
TL;DR: A protective effect of physical activity and a deleterious effect of TV time on the risk of abnormal glucose metabolism in adults is suggested, and population strategies to reduce risk should focus on reducing sedentary behaviors such as TV time, as well as increasing physical activity.
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The epidemiology of overweight and obesity among Australian children and adolescents, 1995-97.
TL;DR: To determine if overweight and obesity are distributed differentially across the population of young Australians, based on measured body mass index (BMI).
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Trends in physical activity participation and the impact of integrated campaigns among Australian adults, 1997-99.
Adrian Bauman,Tim Armstrong,Joanne Davies,Neville Owen,Wendy J. Brown,Bill Bellew,Philip Vita +6 more
TL;DR: Whether awareness of the moderate physical activity message and prevalence of participation changed among Australian adults between 1997 and 1999 and if changes differed across Australia is investigated.
The costs of illness attributable to physical inactivity in australia
TL;DR: This monograph presents a preliminary analysis of the costs of illness attributable to physical inactivity, with particular emphasis on coronary heart disease, non-insulin dependant diabetes and colon cancer.