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1. Full Text Associations of perceived neighbourhood safety from traffic and crime with overweight/ obesity among South African adults of lowsocioeconomic status
by Malambo, Pasmore and De Villiers, Anniza and Lambert, Estelle V and Puoane, Thandi and Kengne, Andre P
PLoS ONE, 10/2018, Volume 13, Issue 10
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2. Full Text The human microbiota is associated with cardiometabolic risk across the epidemiologic transition
by Fei, Na and Bernabé, Beatriz Peñalver and Lie, Louise and Baghdan, Danny and Bedu-Addo, Kweku and Plange-Rhule, Jacob and Forrester, Terrence E and Lambert, Estelle V and Bovet, Pascal and Gottel, Neil and Riesen, Walter and Korte, Wolfgang and Luke, Amy and Kliethermes, Stephanie A and Layden, Brian T and Gilbert, Jack A and Dugas, Lara R
PloS one, 2019, Volume 14, Issue 7, p. e0215262
Oral and fecal microbial biomarkers have previously been associated with cardiometabolic (CM) risk, however, no comprehensive attempt has been made to explore... 
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3. Full Text Scaling up physical activity interventions worldwide: stepping up to larger and smarter approaches to get people moving
by Reis, Rodrigo S, Prof and Salvo, Deborah, PhD and Ogilvie, David, PhD and Lambert, Estelle V, PhD and Goenka, Shifalika, PhD and Brownson, Ross C, PhD and Lancet Phys Act Series 2 Executive and Lancet Physical Activity Series 2 Executive Committee
Lancet, The, ISSN 0140-6736, 2016, Volume 388, Issue 10051, pp. 1337 - 1348
Summary The global pandemic of physical inactivity requires a multisectoral, multidisciplinary public-health response. Scaling up interventions that are... 
Internal Medicine | REACH | MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL | COORDINATED APPROACH | PROGRAMS | PUBLIC-HEALTH IMPACT | RAPID-TRANSIT SYSTEM | IMPLEMENTATION | RE-AIM FRAMEWORK | BUILT ENVIRONMENT | LATIN-AMERICA | CHILD | Motor Activity | Humans | Physical fitness | Research institutes | Sustainable development | Epidemiology | Public health | Intervention | Exercise | Research | Sustainability
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4. Full Text The relationship between the built environment and habitual levels of physical activity in South African older adults: A pilot study Health behavior, health promotion and society
by Kolbe-Alexander, Tracy L and Pacheco, Kyla and Tomaz, Simone A and Karpul, David and Lambert, Estelle V
BMC Public Health, 05/2015, Volume 15, Issue 1
Physical activity | Older adults | Built environment
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5. Full Text Demographic and socio-economic predictors of physical activity among people living with HIV of low socio-economic status
by Smart Z. Mabweazara and L.L. Leach and Clemens Ley and Sunday O. Onagbiye and Joel A. Dave and Naomi S. Levitt and Estelle V. Lambert
Health SA Gesondheid: Journal of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, ISSN 1025-9848, 10/2019, Volume 24, pp. e1 - e7
Background: Physical activity (PA) is beneficial for the health of people living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA). Aim: The aim of this study was to determine if age,... 
hiv | socio-economic status | exercise | aids | physical activity
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6. Full Text Built environment, selected risk factors and major cardiovascular disease outcomes: A systematic review
by Malambo, Pasmore and Kengne, Andre P and De Villiers, Anniza and Lambert, Estelle V and Puoane, Thandi
PLoS ONE, ISSN 1932-6203, 11/2016, Volume 11, Issue 11, p. e0166846
Introduction Built environment attributes have been linked to cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. Therefore, identifying built environment attributes that are... 
FOOD ENVIRONMENT | OBESITY | ASSOCIATIONS | WALKABILITY | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | TRAFFIC EXPOSURE | ADULTS | PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY | NEIGHBORHOOD ENVIRONMENT | CORONARY-HEART-DISEASE | PERCEPTIONS | Blood Pressure | Body Mass Index | Cardiovascular Diseases - etiology | Humans | Risk Factors | Environmental Exposure | Environmental Pollutants - toxicity | Cardiovascular Diseases - pathology | Metabolic Diseases - complications | Databases, Factual | Prevention | Built environment | Research | Cardiovascular diseases | Structure | Risk factors | Heart attacks | Physical activity | Traffic | Satellite navigation systems | Cardiovascular disease | Systematic review | Metabolic syndrome | Remote sensing | Ecological risk assessment | Literature reviews | Body mass index | Residential density | Risk assessment | Safety engineering | Fast food | Blood pressure | Public health | Geographic information systems | Environmental assessment | Recreational facilities | Obesity | Medical research | Construction | Neighborhoods | Urban areas | Diabetes mellitus | Health risks | Risk analysis | Restaurants | Urban environments | Studies | Body mass | Body size | Traffic safety | Recreation facilities | Multiple database searches | Environment | Adults | Diabetes | Metabolic disorders
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7. Full Text Rising Diabetes Prevalence among Urban-Dwelling Black South Africans
by Peer, Nasheeta and Steyn, Krisela and Lombard, Carl and Lambert, Estelle V and Vythilingum, Bavanisha and Levitt, Naomi S
PLoS ONE, ISSN 1932-6203, 09/2012, Volume 7, Issue 9, p. e43336
Objective: To examine the prevalence of and the association of psychosocial risk factors with diabetes in 25-74-year-old black Africans in Cape Town in 2008/09... 
METABOLIC SYNDROME | OBESITY | RISK-FACTORS | MANAGEMENT | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | SENSE | COHERENCE | BURDEN | Glucose Intolerance - metabolism | Glucose Intolerance - epidemiology | Prevalence | Age Factors | Humans | Middle Aged | Male | Urban Population | Diabetes Complications - epidemiology | Adult | Female | Quality of Life - psychology | Body Mass Index | Glucose Tolerance Test | Cross-Sectional Studies | Obesity - complications | Diabetes Complications - metabolism | Risk Factors | South Africa - epidemiology | Diabetes Mellitus - metabolism | Blood Glucose | Diabetes Complications - etiology | Glucose Intolerance - complications | Obesity - metabolism | Diabetes Mellitus - epidemiology | Obesity - epidemiology | Sex Factors | Aged | Sense of Coherence | African Continental Ancestry Group | Glucose | Cardiovascular diseases | Analysis | Dextrose | Demography | Criteria | Risk factors | Confidence intervals | Questionnaires | Genetics | Age | Public health | Chronic illnesses | Hypertension | Obesity | Medical research | Mortality | Diabetes mellitus | Health risks | Housing | Risk analysis | Disease control | Medicine | Glucose tolerance | Councils | Body mass | Men | Research design | Diabetes | Age groups
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8. Full Text The international study of childhood obesity, lifestyle and the environment (ISCOLE): Design and methods
by Katzmarzyk, Peter T and Barreira, Tiago V and Broyles, Stephanie T and Champagne, Catherine M and Chaput, Jean-Philippe and Fogelholm, Mikael and Hu, Gang and Johnson, William D and Kuriyan, Rebecca and Kurpad, Anura and Lambert, Estelle V and Maher, Carol and Maia, José and Matsudo, Victor and Olds, Tim and Onywera, Vincent and Sarmiento, Olga L and Standage, Martyn and Tremblay, Mark S and Tudor-Locke, Catrine and Zhao, Pei and Church, Timothy S
BMC Public Health, ISSN 1471-2458, 2013, Volume 13, Issue 1, pp. 900 - 900
Background: The primary aim of the International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment (ISCOLE) was to determine the relationships between... 
Energy balance | Adiposity | Behaviour | Nutrition | Physical activity | Pediatric obesity | EUROPEAN ADOLESCENTS | SCHOOL | DETERMINANTS | NEIGHBORHOOD ENVIRONMENTS | CHILDREN | SHORT-SLEEP DURATION | BODY-FAT | PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH | YOUTH | PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY | WEIGHT-GAIN | Life Style | Cross-Sectional Studies | Anthropometry | Humans | Male | International Cooperation | Social Environment | Pediatric Obesity - prevention & control | Health Promotion | Female | Child | Research Design | Schools | Parenting | Exercise | Children | Obesity in children | Health aspects | Life style
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9. Full Text Constrained Total Energy Expenditure and Metabolic Adaptation to Physical Activity in Adult Humans
by Pontzer, Herman and Durazo-Arvizu, Ramon and Dugas, Lara R and Plange-Rhule, Jacob and Bovet, Pascal and Forrester, Terrence E and Lambert, Estelle V and Cooper, Richard S and Schoeller, Dale A and Luke, Amy
Current Biology, ISSN 0960-9822, 02/2016, Volume 26, Issue 3, pp. 410 - 417
Current obesity prevention strategies recommend increasing daily physical activity, assuming that increased activity will lead to corresponding increases in... 
REGRESSION | ACTICAL ACCELEROMETER | OBESITY | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY | MICE | WEIGHT | EXERCISE | REPRODUCTION | BALANCE | FOOD | CELL BIOLOGY | Energy Metabolism | Models, Biological | United States | Humans | Middle Aged | Africa | Acclimatization | Adult | Female | Male | Motor Activity | Accelerometry | Analysis | Adults | Exercise therapy | Physiological aspects | Medical colleges
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10. Full Text Successful and unsuccessful weight-loss maintainers: strategies to counteract metabolic compensation following weight loss
by Clamp, Louise D and Hume, David J and Lambert, Estelle V and Kroff, Jacolene
Journal of Nutritional Science, ISSN 2048-6790, 06/2018, Volume 7, p. e20
Adaptive thermogenesis and reduced fat oxidative capacity may accompany weight loss, continuing in weight maintenance. The present study aimed (1) to determine... 
Energy expenditure | Weight-loss maintenance | Weight-loss relapse | Substrate utilisation | OSW, overweight | TDEI, total daily energy intake | LSW, low-weight stable weight | RED, reduced-overweight | NREE, non-resting energy expenditure | REL, relapsed-overweight | obese | FM, fat mass | FFM, fat-free mass | TEF, thermic effect of feeding | TDEE, total daily energy expenditure | obese stable weight
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11. Full Text Mobilisation of public support for policy actions to prevent obesity
by Huang, Terry T-K, Prof and Cawley, John H, PhD and Ashe, Marice, JD and Costa, Sergio A, PhD and Frerichs, Leah M and Zwicker, Lindsey, JD and Rivera, Juan A, PhD and Levy, David, PhD and Hammond, Ross A, PhD and Lambert, Estelle V, PhD and Kumanyika, Shiriki K, PhD
Lancet, The, ISSN 0140-6736, 2015, Volume 385, Issue 9985, pp. 2422 - 2431
Summary Public mobilisation is needed to enact obesity-prevention policies and to mitigate reaction against their implementation. However, approaches in public... 
Internal Medicine | MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL | HEALTH BEHAVIOR | SOCIAL-CHANGE | NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES | FRAMEWORK | BODY-IMAGE | NUTRITION | LESSONS | CAMPAIGNS | CHILDHOOD OBESITY | FOOD | Community Networks | Health Promotion - organization & administration | Public Health | Public Opinion | Humans | Obesity - prevention & control | Mass Media | Lobbying | Community Participation | Consumer Health Information | Health Policy | Prevention | Obesity | Medical research | Sociology | Politics | Society | Public interest | Public health
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12. The Relationship Between Workplace Environment and Employee Health Behaviors in a South African Workforce
by Tracy Kolbe-Alexander and Michael Greyling and Roseanne da Silva and Karen Milner and Deepak Patel and Lauren Wyper and Meghan Beckowski and Estelle V Lambert and Ron Goetzel
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, ISSN 1076-2752, 10/2014, Volume 56, Issue 10, p. 1094
  To determine the relationship between the availability of wellness facilities at worksites and self-reported employee health behaviors (physical activity... 
Exercise | Work environment | Health behavior | Workforce | Employees | Lifestyles
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13. Full Text “Choice Set” for health behavior in choice-constrained settings to frame research and inform policy: examples of food consumption, obesity and food security
by Dover, Robert V. H and Lambert, Estelle V
International Journal for Equity in Health, ISSN 1475-9276, 12/2016, Volume 15, Issue 1
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14. Full Text Correlates of total sedentary time and screen time in 9-11 year-old children around the world: The international study of childhood obesity, lifestyle and the environment
by LeBlanc, Allana G and Katzmarzyk, Peter T and Barreira, Tiago V and Broyles, Stephanie T and Chaput, Jean-Philippe and Church, Timothy S and Fogelholm, Mikael and Harrington, Deirdre M and Hu, Gang and Kuriyan, Rebecca and Kurpad, Anura and Lambert, Estelle V and Maher, Carol and Maia, José and Matsudo, Victor Keihan Rodrigues and Olds, Timothy and Onywera, Vincent and Sarmiento, Olga L and Standage, Martyn and Tudor-Locke, Catrine and Zhao, Pei and Tremblay, Mark S and Lambert, Denise G and Butitta, Ben and Champagne, Catherine and Cocreham, Shannon and Dentro, Kara and Drazba, Katy and Johnson, William and Milauskas, Dione and Mire, Emily and Tohme, Allison and Rodarte, Ruben and Amoroso, Bobby and Luopa, John and Neiberg, Rebecca and Rushing, Scott and Lewis, Lucy and Ferrar, Katia and Georgiadis, Effie and Stanley, Rebecca and Matsudo, Sandra and Araujo, Timoteo and De Oliveira, Luis Carlos and Rezende, Leandro and Fabiano, Luis and Bezerra, Diogo and Ferrari, Gerson and Bélanger, Priscilla and Borghese, Mike and Boyer, Charles and Francis, Claire and Leduc, Geneviéve and Diao, Chengming and Li, Wei and Li, Weiqin and Liu, Enqing and Liu, Gongshu and Liu, Hongyan and Jian, Ma and Qiao, Yijuan and Tian, Huiguang and Wang, Yue and Zhang, Tao and Zhang, Fuxia and Acosta, Julio and Alvira, Yalta and Diaz, Maria Paula and Gamez, Rocio and Garcia, Maria Paula and Gómez, Luis Guillermo and Gonzalez, Lisseth and Gonzalez, Silvia and Grijalba, Carlos and Gutierrez, Leidys and Leal, David and Lemus, Nicolas and Mahecha, Etelvina and Mahecha, Maria Paula and Mahecha, Rosalba and Ramirez, Andrea and Rios, Paola and Suarez, Andres and Triana, Camilo and Hovi, Elli and Kivelä, Jemina and Räsänen, Sari and Roito, Sanna and Saloheimo, Taru and Valta, Leena and Lokesh, Deepa P and D'Almeida, Michelle Stephanie and Mattilda R, Annie and Correa, Lygia and Vijay, D and Wachira, Lucy-Joy and Muthuri, Stella and Borges, Alessandra Da Silva and Cachada, Sofia Oliveira Sá and De Chaves, Raquel Nichele and ... and ISCOLE Res Grp and ISCOLE Research Group
PLoS ONE, ISSN 1932-6203, 06/2015, Volume 10, Issue 6, p. e0129622
Purpose Previously, studies examining correlates of sedentary behavior have been limited by small sample size, restricted geographic area, and little... 
UNITED-STATES | FITNESS | BEDROOM | SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN | BEHAVIOR | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | RISK | PATTERNS | PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY | HEALTH INDICATORS | TELEVISION | Parenting | Analysis | Obesity in children | Health sciences | Biomedical research | Physical activity | Anthropometry | Population studies | Computer & video games | Guidelines | Child development | Teenagers | Behavior | Children | Public health | Accelerometers | Obesity | Industrialized nations | Minority & ethnic groups | Girls | Children & youth | Studies | Hospitals | Body mass | Correlation analysis | Socioeconomic factors | Sampling methods | Models | Lifestyles | Random variables
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15. Full Text The rate of heat storage mediates an anticipatory reduction in exercise intensity during cycling at a fixed rating of perceived exertion
by Ross Tucker and Trevor Marle and Estelle V. Lambert and Timothy D. Noakes
The Journal of Physiology, ISSN 0022-3751, 08/2006, Volume 574, Issue 3, pp. 905 - 915
The aim of the present study was to examine the regulation of exercise intensity in hot environments when exercise is performed at a predetermined, fixed... 
BRAIN ACTIVITY | HYPERTHERMIA | FORCE PRODUCTION | PHYSIOLOGY | PROLONGED EXERCISE | SKIN TEMPERATURE | PERFORMANCE | FATIGUE | HUMID CONDITIONS | BODY-TEMPERATURE | SKELETAL-MUSCLE RECRUITMENT | NEUROSCIENCES | Physical Exertion - physiology | Humans | Adaptation, Physiological - physiology | Male | Hot Temperature | Physical Endurance - physiology | Exercise Test | Bicycling - physiology | Energy Transfer - physiology | Homeostasis - physiology | Adult | Kinetics | Energy Metabolism - physiology | Task Performance and Analysis | Energy management systems | Cycling | Integrative
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