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This tech can tap every collectible coin
(Business Daily, 2023-04-12)The electronic tax invoice management system (e-Tims) that the Kenya Revenue Authority recently rolled out is touted to be the game-changer in tax administration. It allows VAT-registered traders to connect real-time to ... -
Electric buses offer a way out of the transport chaos
(Business Daily, 2022-07-06)The 14th day of every month is a day all Kenyans have to hope against hope. They are all ears as the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (Epra) announces the monthly fuel price review, with the expectation of a ... -
Stability in tax policy is key to investor confidence.
(The Accountant, 2022-07-26)Every Second Thursday in the Month of June is a special day in Kenya’s fiscal calendar. This is the day everyone waits for anxiously. It is a day for surprises and reliefs, for hits and misses, for the goodies and losses- ... -
Correlates of compliance with recommended levels of physical activity in children
(Springer, 2017)he purpose of this study was to describe children’s daily compliance with moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) recommendations across a week in different parts of the world, and to identify individual- and ... -
Thresholds of physical activity associated with obesity by level of sedentary behavior in children: Physical activity, sedentary behavior, and obesity
(Research Gate, 2018)It is unknown whether moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) thresholds for obesity should be adapted depending on level of sedentary behavior in children. -
Relationships Between Outdoor Time, Physical Activity, Sedentary Time, and Body Mass Index in Children: A 12-Country Study
(Pub Med, 2019)This study investigated the relationship between outdoor time and physical activity (PA), sedentary time (SED), and body mass index z scores among children from 12 lower-middle-income, upper-middle-income, and high-income ... -
Outdoor time and dietary patterns in children around the world
(Pub Med, 2018)Whether outdoor time is linked to dietary patterns of children has yet to be empirically tested. The objective of this study was to examine the association between outdoor time and dietary patterns of children from 12 ... -
Functionality of Elderly Persons: A Comparison Between Institutionalized and Non – Institutionalized Elderly Persons in Nairobi City County, in Kenya
(Science Publishing Group, 2018)This study compared the Functionality of Institutionalized elderly persons and that of the elderly persons living with their family and or community members using the Modified Barthel Index. Two hundred and seventy elderly ... -
Physical Education Classes, Physical Activity, and Sedentary Behavior in Children
(Pub Med, 2018)This study aimed to examine the associations between participation frequency in physical education (PE) classes and objective measures of physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior (SB) in children from 12 countries at ... -
Inequality in physical activity, sedentary behavior, sleep duration and risk of obesity in children: a 12-country study
(Pub Med, 2018-06)Studies examining associations between movement behaviors (i.e. physical activity, sedentary behavior and sleep duration) and obesity focus on average values of these movement behaviors, despite important within-country ... -
Screen-based sedentary behavior and adiposity among school children: Results from International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment (ISCOLE) - Kenya
(PLOS, 2018)Background High levels of sedentary behaviours have been independently associated with several negative health indicators, including obesity. Screen time (ST) is often used as a contributing measure of sedentary time. It ... -
Development and convergent validity of new self-administered questionnaires of active transportation in three African countries: Kenya, Mozambique and Nigeria.
(BMC Public Health, 2018)Background There is currently a rapid physical activity transition taking place in developing countries that includes a decrease in active transportation. Building on findings from an earlier systematic review, this paper ... -
Epidemiological Transition in Physical Activity and Sedentary Time in Children
(Human Kinetics, 2019-05)To determine if children’s moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and sedentary time varied across levels of household income in countries at different levels of Human Development Index (HDI), consistent with the ... -
The “New York City Marathon”: participation and performance trends of 1.2M runners during half-century
(Taylor and Francis, 2019-03-19)The aim of the present study was to examine trends in participation, performance, age and nationality during a ~ 50-years period in the largest dataset ever studied in the “New York City Marathon”. We analyzed 1,174,331 ... -
Sleep characteristics and health-related quality of life in 9- to 11-year-old children from 12 countries
(Elsevier Inc., 2020-02-06)Introduction: Previous studies have linked short sleep duration, poor sleep quality, and late sleep timing with lower health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in children. However, almost all studies relied solely on ... -
Association between breakfast frequency and physical activity and sedentary time: a cross-sectional study in children from 12 countries
(Springer Nature, 2019-02-21)Background Existing research has documented inconsistent findings for the associations among breakfast frequency, physical activity (PA), and sedentary time in children. The primary aim of this study was to examine the ... -
Association between dietary behaviours and weight status of school children: results from the International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment (ISCOLE) -Kenya
(Taylor and Francis, 2020-04-07)ABSTRACT Background: Sub-Saharan African countries are undergoing rapid urbanization resulting in vast changes in dietary habits. Dietary practices involving excess energy intake have been associated with overweight/obesity. ... -
Why are COVID-19 effects less severe in Sub-Saharan Africa? Moving more and sitting less may be a primary reason
(Elsevier, 2022-04-07)The world is entering a new phase of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) health crisis with the lifting of social and physical distancing as well as lockdown restrictions to control the pandemic. Scientific evidence ... -
Status and Trends of Physical Activity Surveillance, Policy, and Research in 164 Countries: Findings from the Global Observatory for Physical Activity—GoPA! 2015 and 2020 Surveys
(Human Kinetics, 2022-12-19)Background: Physical activity (PA) surveillance, policy, and research efforts need to be periodically appraised to gain insight into national and global capacities for PA promotion. The aim of this paper was to assess the ... -
Physical activity and active transportation behaviour among rural, peri-urban and urban children in Kenya, Mozambique and Nigeria: The PAAT Study
(PLOS, 2022-01-21)Abstract Background Physical activity (PA) is associated with numerous health benefits among children and youth. However, few studies have examined how active transportation (AT) and device-based measures of PA vary ...