William L. Haskell

Exercise Standards

Compendium of Physical Activities: an update of activity codes and MET intensities

We provide an updated version of the Compendium of Physical Activities, a coding scheme that classifies specific physical activity (PA) by rate of energy expenditure. It was dev...

Compendium of Physical Activities: classification of energy costs of human physical activities

A coding scheme is presented for classifying physical activity by rate of energy expenditure, i.e., by intensity. Energy cost was established by a review of published and unpubl...

A Tribute to Professor Jeremiah Morris: The Man Who Invented the Field of Physical Activity Epidemiology

Dose Response Between Physical Activity and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease

Background No reviews have quantified the specific amounts of physical activity required for lower risks of coronary heart disease when assessing the dose-response relation. Ins...