Ulf Ekelund

TL;DR: Novel fasting glucose loci identified in genome-wide association studies of adults are associated with altered fasting glucose levels in healthy children and adolescents with effect sizes comparable to adults, suggesting age-independent effects of these fasting glucose Loci contribute to long-term interindividual differences in glucose levels from childhood onwards.

TL;DR: Sedentary behaviours appear to track from childhood to adolescence or adulthood at low to moderate levels, with the strongest tracking shown for TV viewing, and there is a greater risk of obesity in young people with high amounts of sedentary behaviour.

TL;DR: It is suggested that prolonged sedentary behavior was independently associated with an increased risk of incident endometrial, colorectal, breast, and lung cancers, but not with ovarian cancer, renal cell carcinoma or non-Hodgkin lymphoid neoplasms.

TL;DR: Prolonged TV viewing and total screen time during leisure time in adolescence, and increases in these behaviours, are associated with unfavourable levels of several cardiovascular risk factors in young adulthood.

TL;DR: The Yale Physical Activity Survey (YPAS) and the short version of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) in older South African adults had comparable results for reliability and criterion validity.