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h-index: 28
Works: 77
Citations: 8,868

Most-cited papers

Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: a pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19·2 million participants
Mariachiara James Gretchen A Bin Goodarz Yuan Honor Melanie J Di Cesare Bentham Stevens Zhou Danaei Lu Bixby Cow, M. di Cesare, J. Bentham, G. Stevens +496 more
2016The Lancet4,631 citations Open access
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A century of trends in adult human height
J. Bentham, M. Cesare, M. Cesare, G. Stevens +496 more
2016eLife1,188 citations Open access
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Autocalibration of accelerometer data for free-living physical activity assessment using local gravity and temperature: an evaluation on four continents
V. V. van Hees, Zhou Fang, Joss Langford, F. Assah +6 more
2014Journal of applied physiology620 citations Open access
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Diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa.
J. Mbanya, A. Motala, E. Sobngwi, F. Assah +1 more
2010The Lancet427 citations Open access
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Trends in obesity and diabetes across Africa from 1980 to 2014: an analysis of pooled population-based studies
A. Kengne, J. Bentham, Bin Zhou, N. Peer +71 more
2017International Journal of Epidemiology233 citations Open access
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Urbanization, Physical Activity, and Metabolic Health in Sub-Saharan Africa
F. Assah, U. Ekelund, S. Brage, J. Mbanya +1 more
2011Diabetes Care213 citations Open access
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Accuracy and validity of a combined heart rate and motion sensor for the measurement of free-living physical activity energy expenditure in adults in Cameroon.
F. Assah, U. Ekelund, S. Brage, A. Wright +2 more
2011International Journal of Epidemiology144 citations
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Energy expenditure in adults living in developing compared with industrialized countries: a meta-analysis of doubly labeled water studies.
Lara R. Dugas, Regina Harders, S. Merrill, Kara Ebersole +6 more
2011American Journal of Clinical Nutrition141 citations Open access
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Ten‐year Changes in Central Obesity and BMI in Rural and Urban Cameroon
L. Fezeu, F. Assah, B. Balkau, D. Mbanya +3 more
2008Obesity79 citations
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Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight
Maria LC Bin James E Rodrigo M Marisa K Andrea Honor Bet Iurilli Zhou Bennett Carrillo-Larco Sophiea Rodrig, M. L. Iurilli, Bin Zhou, J. Bennett +496 more
2021eLife76 citations Open access
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Diabetes care in Africa.
J. Mbanya, A. Kengne, F. Assah
2006The Lancet72 citations
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NEWS for Africa: adaptation and reliability of a built environment questionnaire for physical activity in seven African countries
A. Oyeyemi, Sandra S. Kasoma, V. Onywera, F. Assah +15 more
2016International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity71 citations Open access
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Deriving an optimal threshold of waist circumference for detecting cardiometabolic risk in sub-Saharan Africa
K. Ekoru, G. Murphy, E. Young, H. Delisle +39 more
2017International Journal of Obesity64 citations Open access
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Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in Sub-Sahara Africa
J. Mbanya, F. Assah, Jude Saji, E. Atanga
2014Current Diabetes Reports62 citations
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Community‐based peer support significantly improves metabolic control in people with Type 2 diabetes in Yaoundé, Cameroon
F. Assah, E. Atanga, S. Enoru, E. Sobngwi +1 more
2015Diabetic Medicine57 citations
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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
Andrea Ramírez Varela, P. Hallal, Juliana Mejía Grueso, Ž. Pedišić +162 more
2022Journal of Physical Activity and Health50 citations Open access
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Socioeconomic and gendered inequities in travel behaviour in Africa: Mixed-method systematic review and meta-ethnography
Louise Foley, Anna Brugulat-Panés, J. Woodcock, I. Govia +22 more
2021Social Science & Medicine (1967)49 citations Open access
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Blood pressure and burden of hypertension in Cameroon, a microcosm of Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis of population-based studies
Barthelemy Kuate Defo, J. Mbanya, S. Kingue, J. Tardif +22 more
2019Journal of Hypertension43 citations Open access
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Traditional healers and diabetes: results from a pilot project to train traditional healers to provide health education and appropriate health care practices for diabetes patients in Cameroon
G. Mbeh, R. Edwards, G. Ngufor, F. Assah +2 more
2010Global Health Promotion43 citations Open access
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Patterns and correlates of objectively measured free-living physical activity in adults in rural and urban Cameroon
F. Assah, J. Mbanya, U. Ekelund, N. Wareham +1 more
2015Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health42 citations Open access
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Construct Validity of the Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale for Africa
A. Oyeyemi, T. Conway, R. Adedoyin, K. Akinroye +14 more
2017Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise41 citations Open access
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The global diet and activity research (GDAR) network: a global public health partnership to address upstream NCD risk factors in urban low and middle-income contexts
T. Oni, F. Assah, A. Erzse, Louise Foley +16 more
2020Globalization and Health32 citations Open access
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Implications of COVID-19 control measures for diet and physical activity, and lessons for addressing other pandemics facing rapidly urbanising countries
T. Oni, L. Micklesfield, Pamela Wadende, C. Obonyo +19 more
2020Global Health Action30 citations Open access
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Insulin resistance and associated factors among HIV-infected patients in sub-Saharan Africa: a cross sectional study from Cameroon
S. Noumegni, J. R. Nansseu, V. Ama, J. Bigna +7 more
2017Lipids in Health and Disease29 citations Open access
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Diabetes in Sub-Saharan Africa - Overview of a Looming Health Challenge
F. Assah, J. Mbanya
200929 citations
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Two decades of tobacco use prevention and control policies in Cameroon: results from the analysis of non-communicable disease prevention policies in Africa
Clarisse Mapa-Tassou, Cécile-Renée Bonono, F. Assah, J. Wisdom +7 more
2018BMC Public Health28 citations Open access
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Chronic kidney disease in sugarcane workers in Cameroon: a cross-sectional study
Martin E. Ekiti, J. Zambo, F. Assah, V. N. Agbor +2 more
2018BMC Nephrology28 citations Open access
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Risk factors of impaired fasting glucose and type 2 diabetes in Yaoundé, Cameroon: a cross sectional study
Clement Kufe, K. Klipstein-Grobusch, Fezeu K Léopold, F. Assah +4 more
2015BMC Public Health28 citations Open access
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Monitoring antiretroviral therapy in HIV/AIDS patients in resource-limited settings: CD4 counts or total lymphocyte counts?
D. Mbanya, F. Assah, Nicaise Ndembi, L. Kaptue
2007International Journal of Infectious Diseases28 citations Open access
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Free-Living Physical Activity Energy Expenditure Is Strongly Related to Glucose Intolerance in Cameroonian Adults Independently of Obesity
F. Assah, U. Ekelund, S. Brage, J. Mbanya +1 more
2009Diabetes Care26 citations Open access
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Active travel and paratransit use in African cities: Mixed-method systematic review and meta-ethnography
L. Randall, Anna Brugulat-Panés, J. Woodcock, L. Ware +15 more
2023Journal of Transport and Health25 citations Open access
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Influence of the WHO framework convention on tobacco control on tobacco legislation and policies in sub-Saharan Africa
J. Wisdom, Pamela A. Juma, B. Mwagomba, C. Ndinda +10 more
2018BMC Public Health25 citations Open access
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Prevalence of major cardiovascular disease risk factors among a group of sub-Saharan African young adults: a population-based cross-sectional study in Yaoundé, Cameroon
J. R. Nansseu, B. Kameni, F. Assah, J. Bigna +5 more
2019BMJ Open20 citations Open access
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Travel Behaviour and Barriers to Active Travel among Adults in Yaoundé, Cameroon
L. Tatah, Yves Wasnyo, M. Pearce, T. Oni +6 more
2022Sustainability17 citations Open access
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The urban environment and leisure physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic: a view from Lagos
T. Lawanson, Louise Foley, F. Assah, Ebele R. I. Mogo +4 more
2020Cities & Health17 citations Open access
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Assessment of the agreement between the Framingham and DAD risk equations for estimating cardiovascular risk in adult Africans living with HIV infection: a cross-sectional study
S. Noumegni, V. Ama, F. Assah, J. Bigna +6 more
2017Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines16 citations Open access
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Comparing travel behaviour characteristics and correlates between large and small Kenyan cities (Nairobi versus Kisumu)
L. Tatah, Louise Foley, T. Oni, M. Pearce +9 more
2023Journal of Transport Geography15 citations Open access
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Association between circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D and cardiometabolic risk factors in adults in rural and urban settings
C. Mba, A. Koulman, N. Forouhi, S. Sharp +6 more
2022Nutrition & Diabetes15 citations Open access
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Analysis of Cameroon’s Sectoral Policies on Physical Activity for Noncommunicable Disease Prevention
L. Tatah, Clarisse Mapa-Tassou, M. Shung-King, T. Oni +7 more
2021International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health14 citations Open access
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Adolescent Levers for a Diet and Physical Activity Intervention Across Socioecological Levels in Kenya, South Africa, Cameroon, and Jamaica: Mixed Methods Study Protocol
Feyisayo A. Odunitan-Wayas, Pamela Wadende, Ebele R. I. Mogo, Anna Brugulat-Panés +17 more
2021JMIR Research Protocols10 citations Open access
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Diagnosis, Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, Prevention, and Control of Hypertension in Cameroon: Protocol for a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Clinic-Based and Community-Based Studies
Barthelemy Kuate Defo, J. Mbanya, J. Tardif, O. Ekundayo +37 more
2017JMIR Research Protocols10 citations Open access
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The Potential for Healthy, Sustainable, and Equitable Transport Systems in Africa and the Caribbean: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review and Meta-Study
Anna Brugulat-Panés, L. Randall, T. H. de Sá, Megha Anil +25 more
2023Sustainability8 citations Open access
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A Systematic Review Protocol of Opportunities for Noncommunicable Disease Prevention via Public Space Initiatives in African Cities
Ebele R. I. Mogo, T. Lawanson, Louise Foley, Clarisse Mapa-Tassou +11 more
2022International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health8 citations Open access
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Assessing the global risk of cardiovascular disease among a group of university students: population-based cross-sectional study in Yaoundé, Cameroon
J. R. Nansseu, F. Assah, Saint-Just N. Petnga, B. Kameni +5 more
2019BMJ Open7 citations Open access
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The other pandemic: social media engagement around non-communicable disease preventive behaviours during Nigeria’s COVID-19 lockdowns
Ebele R. I. Mogo, T. Lawanson, R. Unuigboje, Yossabel Chetty +11 more
2022Cities & Health6 citations Open access
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Quantifying population levels of physical activity in Africa using wearable sensors: implications for global physical activity surveillance
S. Brage, F. Assah, K. Msyamboza
2020BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine6 citations Open access
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Predictors of Non-Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy among Adolescents Living with HIV in the Centre Region of Cameroon
A. Ketchaji, F. Assah, J. Fokam, E. Tanue +2 more
20196 citations
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A Mixed-Methods Participatory Intervention Design Process to Develop Intervention Options in Immediate Food and Built Environments to Support Healthy Eating and Active Living among Children and Adolescents in Cameroon and South Africa
A. Erzse, Teurai Rwafa-Ponela, P. Kruger, Feyisayo A. Wayas +11 more
2022International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health5 citations Open access
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Associations of Serum Folate and Holotranscobalamin with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Rural and Urban Cameroon
C. Mba, A. Koulman, S. Sharp, N. Forouhi +4 more
2021Nutrients5 citations Open access
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Individual and socio-environmental factors associated with active transport to school among adolescents in yaoundé
Yves Wasnyo, L. Tatah, Clarisse Mapa-Tassou, Louise Foley +8 more
2024Journal of Transport & Health4 citations Open access
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