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      Study protocol and rationale of “the UP project”: evaluating the effectiveness of active breaks on health indicators in desk-based workers (2024) 

      Cristi-Montero, Carlos; Martínez-Flores, Ricardo; Espinoza-Puelles, Juan Pablo; Favero-Ramirez, Laura; Zurita-Corvalan, Natalia; Cañete, Ignacio Castillo; Leppe, Jaime; Ferrari, Gerson; Sadarangani, Kabir P.; Cancino-López, Jorge; ... (Frontiers Media SA, 2024)
      Background: Excessive sedentary time has been negatively associated with several health outcomes, and physical activity alone does not seem to fully counteract these consequences. This panorama emphasizes the essential of ...
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      Time trends and inequalities of physical activity domains and sitting time in South America (2022) 

      de Oliveira Werneck, André; Araujo, Raphael HO; Aguilar-Farias, Nicolas; Ferrari, Gerson; Brazo-Sayavera, Javier; García-Witulski, Christian; Dourado, Victor Z.; Barboza, Luciana L.; Silva, Ellen CM; Sadarangani, Kabir P.; ... (University of Edinburgh, 2022)
      Background We aimed to investigate time trends and inequalities of different physical activity (PA) domains and sitting time (ST) in adults from South American countries. Methods We included cross-sectional data of nationally ...
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      Walking and cycling, as active transportation, and obesity factors in adolescents from eight countries (2024) 

      Ferrari, Gerson; Drenowatz, Clemens; Kovalskys, Irina; Gómez, Georgina; Rigotti, Attilio; Cortés, Lilia Yadira; García, Martha Yépez; Pareja, Rossina G.; Herrera-Cuenca, Marianella; Del’Arco, Ana Paula; ... (BioMed Central Ltd, 2022)
      Background: Evidence has shown that active transportation decreases obesity rates, but considering walking or cycling as separate modes could provide additional information on the health benefits in adolescents. This study ...