Jakob Tarp

14.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

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Jakob Tarp is a scholar working on Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Jakob Tarp has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Physiology, 35 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 11 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Jakob Tarp's work include Physical Activity and Health (35 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (34 papers) and Children's Physical and Motor Development (9 papers). Jakob Tarp is often cited by papers focused on Physical Activity and Health (35 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (34 papers) and Children's Physical and Motor Development (9 papers). Jakob Tarp collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, Norway and Spain. Jakob Tarp's co-authors include Ulf Ekelund, Jostein Steene‐Johannessen, Sigmund A. Anderssen, Bjørge Herman Hansen, Morten Wang Fagerland, Lars Bo Andersen, Ing‐Mari Dohrn, María Hagströmer, Anna Bugge and Ariel Chernofsky and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and Diabetes Care.

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Jakob Tarp

54 papers receiving 2.0k citations

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Dose-response associations between accelerometry measured physical activity and sedentary time and all cause mortality: systematic review and harmonised meta-analysis

2019 1.0k citations Ulf Ekelund, Jakob Tarp et al. BMJ profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Occupational physical activity and incidence and mortality of 14 cancers in 404,249 adults 2025 ·Nature Communications ·Cristina Cadenas‐Sánchez, Miguel Adriano Sánchez-Lastra, Jakob Tarp, Ulf Ekelund, Knut Eirik Dalene	1
2	Physical activity, sedentary time and health – a narrative review with new insights 2024 ·PubMed ·Ulf Ekelund, Jakob Tarp, Miguel Adriano Sánchez-Lastra, Knut Eirik Dalene	1
3	Physical activity and life expectancy: a life-table analysis 2024 ·British Journal of Sports Medicine ·Lennert Veerman, Jakob Tarp, (unknown), Mary Njeri Wanjau, Holger Möller, Fiona Haigh, (unknown), Andrew Milat	2
4	Body composition and mortality from middle to old age: a prospective cohort study from the UK Biobank 2023 ·International Journal of Obesity ·Miguel Adriano Sánchez-Lastra, Ding Ding, Knut Eirik Dalene, Borja del Pozo Cruz, Ulf Ekelund, Jakob Tarp	4
5	Dose–response associations, physical activity intensity and mortality risk: A narrative review 2023 ·Journal of sport and health science ·Ulf Ekelund, Miguel Adriano Sánchez-Lastra, Knut Eirik Dalene, Jakob Tarp	33
6	Device-measured sedentary time in Norwegian children and adolescents in the era of ubiquitous internet access: secular changes between 2005, 2011 and 2018 2022 ·International Journal of Epidemiology ·Knut Eirik Dalene, Elin Kolle, Jostein Steene-Johannessen, Bjørge Herman Hansen, Ulf Ekelund, May Grydeland, Sigmund A. Anderssen, Jakob Tarp	13
7	Socioeconomic position, built environment and physical activity among children and adolescents: a systematic review of mediating and moderating effects 2022 ·International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity ·(unknown), Mekdes K. Gebremariam, Elin Kolle, Jakob Tarp	14
8	Fitness, Fatness, and Mortality in Men and Women From the UK Biobank: Prospective Cohort Study 2021 ·Journal of the American Heart Association ·Jakob Tarp, Anders Grøntved, Miguel Adriano Sánchez-Lastra, Knut Eirik Dalene, Ding Ding, Ulf Ekelund	19
9	Occupational physical activity and longevity in working men and women in Norway: a prospective cohort study 2021 ·The Lancet Public Health ·Knut Eirik Dalene, Jakob Tarp, Randi Selmer, Inger Ariansen, Wenche Nystad, Pieter Coenen, Sigmund A. Anderssen, Jostein Steene‐Johannessen, Ulf Ekelund	56
10	Step by step: Association of device‐measured daily steps with all‐cause mortality—A prospective cohort Study 2020 ·Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports ·Bjørge Herman Hansen, Knut Eirik Dalene, Ulf Ekelund, Morten Wang Fagerland, Elin Kolle, Jostein Steene‐Johannessen, Jakob Tarp, Sigmund A. Anderssen	42
11	Dose-response associations between accelerometry measured physical activity and sedentary time and all cause mortality: systematic review and harmonised meta-analysis breakdown → 2019 ·BMJ ·Ulf Ekelund, Jakob Tarp, Jostein Steene‐Johannessen, Bjørge Herman Hansen, Barbara J. Jefferis, Morten Wang Fagerland, Peter H. Whincup, Keith M. Diaz, Steven P. Hooker, Ariel Chernofsky, Martin G. Larson, Nicole L. Spartano, Ramachandran S. Vasan, Ing‐Mari Dohrn, María Hagströmer, Charlotte L. Edwardson, Thomas Yates, Eric J. Shiroma, Sigmund A. Anderssen, I‐Min Lee	1047
12	Bone mass development is sensitive to insulin resistance in adolescent boys 2019 ·Bone ·(unknown), Malene Heidemann, (unknown), Anders J. Schou, Jakob Tarp, Anna Bugge, (unknown), Niklas Rye Jørgensen, Steffen Husby, Niels Wedderkopp, Christian Mølgaard	10
13	Prevalence of overweight and obesity and anthropometric reference centiles for Albanian children and adolescents living in four Balkan nation-states 2018 ·Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism ·Jakob Tarp, Juel Jarani, Florian Muca, (unknown), Anders Grøntved	7
14	Associations between waist circumference, metabolic risk and executive function in adolescents: A cross-sectional mediation analysis 2018 ·PLoS ONE ·Anna Bugge, Sören Möller, Daniel R. Westfall, Jakob Tarp, Anne Kær Gejl, Niels Wedderkopp, Charles H. Hillman	15
15	Does adiposity mediate the relationship between physical activity and biological risk factors in youth?: a cross-sectional study from the International Children’s Accelerometry Database (ICAD) 2017 ·International Journal of Obesity ·(unknown), Jakob Tarp, Anna Bugge, Lars Bo Andersen, Luís B. Sardinha, Ulf Ekelund, Søren Brage, Niels Christian Møller	9
16	Cross-sectional associations of objectively measured physical activity with brain-derived neurotrophic factor in adolescents 2016 ·Physiology & Behavior ·Tao Huang, Anne Kær Gejl, Jakob Tarp, Lars Bo Andersen, Lone Peijs, Anna Bugge	16
17	Associations of Physical Activity, Sports Participation and Active Commuting on Mathematic Performance and Inhibitory Control in Adolescents 2016 ·PLoS ONE ·Sidsel L. Domazet, Jakob Tarp, Tao Huang, Anne Kær Gejl, Lars Bo Andersen, Karsten Froberg, Anna Bugge	32
18	Associations of Adiposity and Aerobic Fitness with Executive Function and Math Performance in Danish Adolescents 2015 ·The Journal of Pediatrics ·Tao Huang, Jakob Tarp, Sidsel L. Domazet, Anne Kær Gejl, Karsten Froberg, Lars Bo Andersen, Anna Bugge	65
19	LCoMotion – Learning, Cognition and Motion; a multicomponent cluster randomized school-based intervention aimed at increasing learning and cognition - rationale, design and methods 2014 ·BMC Public Health ·Anna Bugge, Jakob Tarp, Lars Østergaard, Sidsel L. Domazet, Lars Bo Andersen, Karsten Froberg	12
20	Bicycling to school improves the cardiometabolic risk factor profile: a randomised controlled trial 2012 ·BMJ Open ·Lars Østergaard, (unknown), Jakob Tarp, Lars Bo Andersen	25

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