Global physical activity levels: surveillance progress, pitfalls, and prospects

PC Hallal, LB Andersen, FC Bull, R Guthold, W Haskell… - The lancet, 2012 - thelancet.com
To implement effective non-communicable disease prevention programmes, policy makers
need data for physical activity levels and trends. In this report, we describe physical activity …

[HTML][HTML] Maternal and child undernutrition: consequences for adult health and human capital

CG Victora, L Adair, C Fall, PC Hallal, R Martorell… - The lancet, 2008 - thelancet.com
In this paper we review the associations between maternal and child undernutrition with
human capital and risk of adult diseases in low-income and middle-income countries. We …

Adolescent physical activity and health: a systematic review

PC Hallal, CG Victora, MR Azevedo, JCK Wells - Sports medicine, 2006 - Springer
Physical activity in adolescence may contribute to the development of healthy adult lifestyles,
helping reduce chronic disease incidence. However, definition of the optimal amount of …

Worldwide timing of growth faltering: revisiting implications for interventions

CG Victora, M De Onis, PC Hallal, M Blössner… - …, 2010 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVE: Our goal was to describe worldwide growth-faltering patterns by using the new
World Health Organization (WHO) standards. METHODS: We analyzed information …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in five Latin American cities (the PLATINO study): a prevalence study

…, G Valdivia, MM De Oca, C Talamo, PC Hallal… - The Lancet, 2005 - thelancet.com
… Pedro C HallalPC Hallal led the analyses. CG Victora contributed with ideas for the
report and data analysis. The article was revised and approved by all contributors. …

[PDF][PDF] Physical inactivity: prevalence and associated variables in Brazilian adults

PC Hallal, CG Victora, JCK Wells… - Medicine and science in …, 2003 - paulogentil.com
HALLAL, PC, CG VICTORA, JCK WELLS, and RC LIMA. Physical Inactivity: Prevalence and
Associated Variables in Brazilian Adults. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc., Vol. 35, No. 11, pp. 1894-…

Progress in physical activity over the Olympic quadrennium

…, P Kelly, AL Oyeyemi, LG Perez, J Richards, PC Hallal - The lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
On the eve of the 2012 summer Olympic Games, the first Lancet Series on physical activity
established that physical inactivity was a global pandemic, and global public health action …

Shaping cities for health: complexity and the planning of urban environments in the 21st century

…, JD Dávila, S Friel, G De Grandis, N Groce, PC Hallal… - The lancet, 2012 - thelancet.com
The Healthy Cities movement has been in process for almost 30 years, and the features
needed to transform a city into a healthy one are becoming increasingly understood. What is …

Worldwide prevalence of physical inactivity and its association with human development index in 76 countries

SC Dumith, PC Hallal, RS Reis, HW Kohl III - Preventive medicine, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To describe the worldwide prevalence of physical inactivity and to analyze its
association with development level of each country. METHODS: Pooled analysis of three …

The role of perceived personal barriers to engagement in leisure-time physical activity

…, MR Domingues, PC Hallal - … journal of public …, 2007 - ajph.aphapublications.org
PC Hallal conducted some of the analyses and aided in the writing. All authors participated
Hallal are with the postgraduate program in epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Rio …