Browsing HVL Open by Author "Aadland, Eivind"
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A comparison of 10 accelerometer non-wear time criteria and logbooks in children
Aadland, Eivind; Andersen, Lars Bo; Anderssen, Sigmund Alfred; Resaland, Geir Kåre (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background There are many unresolved issues regarding data reduction algorithms for accelerometry. The choice of criterion for removal of non-wear time might have a profound influence on physical activity (PA) and sedentary ... -
Accelerometer epoch setting is decisive for associations between physical activity and metabolic health in children
Aadland, Eivind; Andersen, Lars Bo; Anderssen, Sigmund Alfred; Resaland, Geir Kåre; Kvalheim, Olav Martin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)When analysing physical activity (PA) levels using accelerometry, the epoch setting is critical to capture intensity-specific PA correctly. The aim of the present study was to investigate the PA intensity signatures related ... -
The ActiGraph counts processing and the assessment of vigorous activity
Brønd, Jan Christian; Aadland, Eivind; Andersen, Lars Bo; Resaland, Geir Kåre; Anderssen, Sigmund Alfred; Arvidsson, Daniel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of different band‐pass filters on the measurement bias with ActiGraph counts during high speed running and for estimating free‐living vigorous physical activity (VPA). ... -
Active Learning Norwegian Preschool(er)s (ACTNOW) – Design of a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of Staff Professional Development to Promote Physical Activity, Motor Skills, and Cognition in Preschoolers [Study protocol]
Aadland, Eivind; Tjomsland, Hege Eikeland; Johannessen, Kjersti; Nilsen, Ada Kristine Ofrim; Resaland, Geir Kåre; Glosvik, Øyvind; Lykkebø, Osvald; Stokke, Rasmus; Andersen, Lars Bo; Anderssen, Sigmund Alfred; Pfeiffer, Karin Allor; Tomporowski, Phillip D; Størksen, Ingunn; Bartholomew, John; Ommundsen, Yngvar; Howard, Steven James; Okely, Anthony D.; Aadland, Katrine Nyvoll (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Introduction: There is a dearth of high-quality evidence on effective, sustainable, and scalable interventions to increase physical activity (PA) and concomitant outcomes in preschoolers. Specifically, there is a need to ... -
Active Smarter Kids (ASK): Rationale and design of a cluster-randomized controlled trial investigating the effects of daily physical activity on children's academic performance and risk factors for non-communicable diseases
Resaland, Geir Kåre; Moe, Vegard Fusche; Aadland, Eivind; Steene-Johannessen, Jostein; Glosvik, Øyvind; Andersen, John Roger; Kvalheim, Olav Martin; McKay, Heather A.; Anderssen, Sigmund Alfred (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Background: Evidence is emerging from school-based studies that physical activity might favorably affect children’s academic performance. However, there is a need for high-quality studies to support this. Therefore, the ... -
Aerobic fitness and metabolic health in children: A clinical validation of directly measured maximal oxygen consumption versus performance measures as markers of health
Aadland, Eivind; Kvalheim, Olav Martin; Rajalahti, Tarja; Skrede, Turid; Resaland, Geir Kåre (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)High aerobic fitness is consistently associated with a favorable metabolic health profile in children. However, measurement of oxygen uptake, regarded as the gold standard for evaluating aerobic fitness, is often not ... -
Aerobic fitness thresholds to define poor cardiometabolic health in children and youth
Aadland, Eivind; Anderssen, Sigmund Alfred; Andersen, Lars Bo; Resaland, Geir Kåre; Kolle, Elin; Steene-Johannessen, Jostein (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Aerobic fitness is an apparent candidate for screening children and youth for poor cardiometabolic health and future risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Yet, age‐ and sex‐specific cut points for children and youth ... -
Agreement of objectively measured physical activity and sedentary time in preschool children
Aadland, Eivind; Johannessen, Kjersti (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015) -
An approach to assess and adjust for the influence of multicollinear covariates on metabolomics association patterns - applied to a study of the associations between a comprehensive lipoprotein profile and the homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance
Kvalheim, Olav Martin; Rajalahti, Tarja; Aadland, Eivind (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Introduction Comprehensive lipoprotein profiling using proton nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy of serum represents an alternative to the homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR). Both ... -
The association between preschool quality and objectively assessed physical activity among Norwegian preschoolers
Johannessen, Kjersti; Bjørnestad, Elisabeth; Nilsen, Ada Kristine Ofrim; Ylvisåker, Einar; Nornes-Nymark, Merete; Engesæter, Mari; Pedersen, Lillian; Aadland, Eivind (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Various aspects of the preschool environment may either promote or restrict children’s moderate- to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), for example through opportunities for outdoor play. The aim of the present study was ... -
Associations between educators’ and children’s physical activity and sedentary time in Norwegian preschools: A cross-sectional study
Nilsen, Ada Kristine Ofrim; Espedal, Henning; Aadland, Katrine Nyvoll; Aadland, Eivind (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Preschool educators may be important role models influencing children’s physical activity (PA) behaviours. The main aim of this paper was to examine the relationship between educators’ and children’s PA and sedentary time ... -
Associations between physical activity and quality of life outcomes in adults with severe obesity: a cross-sectional study prior to the beginning of a lifestyle intervention
Jepsen, Randi; Aadland, Eivind; Andersen, John Roger; Natvig, Gerd Karin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Background: Severely obese individuals who seek lifestyle interventions have impaired quality of life (QoL). Research suggests that physical activity (PA) plays a role in weight reduction and improved health in this group, ... -
Associations between the movement environment and preschooler's physical activity and sedentary time in Norwegian preschools
Krogager Albertsen, Henrik; Aadland, Katrine Nyvoll; Johannessen, Kjersti; Jones, Rachel; Aadland, Eivind (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The quality of the preschool environment may affect preschooler's levels of physical activity and sedentary time. In this paper, we aimed to assess the quality of the preschool movement environment and associations between ... -
Associations of lipoprotein particle profile and objectively measured physical activity and sedentary time in schoolchildren: a prospective cohort study
Jones, Paul Remy; Rajalahti, Tarja; Resaland, Geir Kåre; Aadland, Eivind; Steene-Johannessen, Jostein; Anderssen, Sigmund Alfred; Bathen, Tone Frost; Andreassen, Trygve; Kvalheim, Olav Martin; Ekelund, Ulf (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background: Our understanding of the mechanisms through which physical activity might benefit lipoprotein metabolism is inadequate. Here we characterise the continuous associations between physical activity of different ... -
Associations of objectively-assessed physical activity and sedentary time with hippocampal grey matter volume in children with overweight/obesity
Migueles, Jairo H.; Cadenas-Sanchez, Cristina; Esteban-Cornejo, Irene; Torres-Lopez, Lucia V; Aadland, Eivind; Chastin, Sebastien; Erickson, Kirk I.; Catena, Andreas; Ortega, Francisco B. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This study investigated physical activity (PA) and sedentary time (SED) in relation to hippocampal gray matter volume (GMV) in pediatric overweight/obesity. Ninety-three children (10 ± 1 year) were classified as overweight, ... -
Associations of physical activity and sedentary time with lipoprotein subclasses in Norwegian schoolchildren: The Active Smarter Kids (ASK) study
Jones, Paul Remy; Rajalahti, Tarja; Resaland, Geir Kåre; Aadland, Eivind; Steene-Johannessen, Jostein; Anderssen, Sigmund Alfred; Bathen, Tone Frost; Andreassen, Trygve; Kvalheim, Olav Martin; Ekelund, Ulf (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Background and aims: Physical activity is favourably associated with certain markers of lipid metabolism. The relationship of physical activity with lipoprotein particle profiles in children is not known. Here we examine ... -
Associations of volumes and patterns of physical activity with metabolic health in children: A multivariate pattern analysis approach
Aadland, Eivind; Andersen, Lars Bo; Anderssen, Sigmund Alfred; Resaland, Geir Kåre; Kvalheim, Olav Martin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Physical activity (PA) favorably affects metabolic health in children, but it is unclear how total volumes versus patterns (bouts and breaks) of PA relate to health. By means of multivariate pattern analysis that can handle ... -
Bi-directional prospective associations between objectively measured physical activity and fundamental motor skills in children: a two-year follow-up
Nilsen, Ada Kristine Ofrim; Anderssen, Sigmund Alfred; Johannessen, Kjersti; Aadland, Katrine Nyvoll; Ylvisåker, Einar; Loftesnes, Jan Morten; Aadland, Eivind (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background: The direction of the longitudinal relationship between physical activity (PA) and fundamental motor skills (FMS) remains unclear. We evaluated the bi-directional, prospective relationships between intensity-specific ... -
Bi-directional prospective associations between sedentary time, physical activity and adiposity in 10-year old Norwegian children
Skrede, Turid; Aadland, Eivind; Anderssen, Sigmund Alfred; Resaland, Geir Kåre; Ekelund, Ulf (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)There is an adverse cross-sectional association between sedentary time, physical activity (PA) and adiposity, but weak and inconsistent estimates raise question to the direction of associations. The present study aims to ... -
Boys, older children, and highly active children benefit most from the preschool arena regarding moderate-to-vigorous physical activity: A cross-sectional study of Norwegian preschoolers
Nilsen, Ada Kristine Ofrim; Anderssen, Sigmund Alfred; Resaland, Geir Kåre; Johannessen, Kjersti; Ylvisåker, Einar; Aadland, Eivind (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)The preschool environment exerts an important influence on children's behaviour, including physical activity (PA). However, information is lacking regarding where and when most of children's PA is undertaken. This study ...