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80
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World Ranking
363
National Ranking
169

Overview

Michael Pratt is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with a specialization in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology, General Health Professions, Transportation, and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management.

Pratt has contributed extensively to topics related to Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Physical Activity and Health, Urban Transport and Accessibility, Health and Lifestyle Studies, Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology, Children's Physical and Motor Development, and Urban Green Space and Health.

Their recent publications include:

  • Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990-2019 (2020), published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Participation of people living with disabilities in physical activity: a global perspective (2021), published in The Lancet
  • Physical Activity Promotion and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: Building Synergies to Maximize Impact (2021), published in Journal of Physical Activity and Health
  • Physical activity guidelines 2020: comprehensive and inclusive recommendations to activate populations (2020), published in The Lancet
  • National physical activity and sedentary behaviour policies in 76 countries: availability, comprehensiveness, implementation, and effectiveness (2020), published in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Frequent collaborators include Andrea Ramírez Varela, Pedro Curi Hallal, Marianella Herrera-Cuenca, Mauro Fisberg, and Georgina Gómez.

Michael Pratt has published often in the following venues:

  • Journal of Physical Activity and Health
  • International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • Revista Brasileira de Atividade Física & Saúde
  • European Journal of Public Health
  • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise

Best Publications

  • International physical activity questionnaire: 12-country reliability and validity

    Cora L Craig;Alison L Marshall;Michael Sjöström;Adrian E Bauman

  • Physical Activity and Public Health: A Recommendation From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American College of Sports Medicine

    Russell R. Pate;Michael Pratt;Steven N. Blair;William L. Haskell

  • Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019: Update From the GBD 2019 Study

    Gregory A. Roth;George A. Mensah;Catherine O. Johnson;Giovanni Addolorato

  • The economic burden of physical inactivity : a global analysis of major non-communicable diseases

    Ding Ding;Ding Ding;Kenny D Lawson;Kenny D Lawson;Tracy L Kolbe-Alexander;Tracy L Kolbe-Alexander;Eric A Finkelstein

  • Relationship of Physical Activity and Television Watching With Body Weight and Level of Fatness Among Children Results From the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

    Ross E. Andersen;Carlos J. Crespo;Carlos J. Crespo;Susan J. Bartlett;Lawrence J. Cheskin

  • ENVIRONMENTAL AND POLICY INTERVENTIONS TO PROMOTE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

    James F. Sallis;Adrian Bauman;Michael Pratt

  • Physical activity in relation to urban environments in 14 cities worldwide: a cross-sectional study

    James F Sallis;Ester Cerin;Ester Cerin;Terry L Conway;Marc A Adams

  • The International Prevalence Study on Physical Activity: results from 20 countries

    Adrian Bauman;Fiona Bull;Fiona Bull;Tien Chey;Cora L Craig

  • The Descriptive Epidemiology of Sitting: A 20-Country Comparison Using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ)

    Adrian Bauman;Barbara E. Ainsworth;James F. Sallis;Maria Hagstromer

  • A controlled trial of physician counseling to promote the adoption of physical activity.

    Karen J. Calfas;Barbara J. Long;James F. Sallis;Wilma J. Wooten

  • Levels of physical activity and inactivity in children and adults in the United States: current evidence and research issues.

    Michael Pratt;Carol A. Macera;Curtis Blanton

  • Higher direct medical costs associated with physical inactivity.

    Michael Pratt;Caroline A. Macera;Guijing Wang

  • The impact of community design and land-use choices on public health: a scientific research agenda

    Andrew L. Dannenberg;Richard J. Jackson;Howard Frumkin;Richard A. Schieber

  • Inadequate Physical Activity and Health Care Expenditures in the United States

    Susan A. Carlson;Susan A. Carlson;Janet E. Fulton;Michael Pratt;Michael Pratt;Zhou Yang

  • Lessons Learned After 10 Years of IPAQ Use in Brazil and Colombia

    Pedro Rodrigues Curi Hallal;Luis Fernando Gomez;Diana C Parra;Felipe Lobelo

  • Participation of people living with disabilities in physical activity: a global perspective.

    Kathleen A Martin Ginis;Hidde P van der Ploeg;Hidde P van der Ploeg;Charlie Foster;Byron Lai

  • Cost Effectiveness of Community-Based Physical Activity Interventions

    Larissa Roux;Michael Pratt;Tammy O. Tengs;Michelle M. Yore

  • The implications of megatrends in information and communication technology and transportation for changes in global physical activity

    Michael Pratt;Michael Pratt;Olga L Sarmiento;Felipe Montes;David Ogilvie

  • Physical Activity Interventions in Latin America: A Systematic Review

    Christine M. Hoehner;Jesus Soares;Jesus Soares;Diana Parra Perez;Isabela C. Ribeiro

  • The cost of physical inactivity: moving into the 21st century.

    Michael Pratt;Jeffrey Norris;Felipe Lobelo;Larissa Roux

  • Physical activity and health

    Kenneth E Powell;Michael Pratt

Frequent Co-Authors

Diana C. Parra
Diana C. Parra Washington University in St. Louis
Rodrigo Siqueira Reis
Rodrigo Siqueira Reis Washington University in St. Louis
Deborah Carvalho Malta
Deborah Carvalho Malta Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Barbara E. Ainsworth
Barbara E. Ainsworth Arizona State University
Jacqueline Kerr
Jacqueline Kerr University of California, San Diego
Marc A. Adams
Marc A. Adams Arizona State University
Katherine L. Tucker
Katherine L. Tucker University of Massachusetts Lowell
Jasper Schipperijn
Jasper Schipperijn University of Southern Denmark
Lawrence D. Frank
Lawrence D. Frank University of California, San Diego
Stuart J. H. Biddle
Stuart J. H. Biddle University of Southern Queensland

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