The aims of this study were three-fold; 1) to validate feasible methods for measuring physical activity in population-based studies in Africa, 2) to describe the physical activity levels and its determinants in an urban and a rural Cameroonian population, and 3) to examine associations between physical activity and metabolic disease markers.

The initial data collection phase of the project was carried out over a period of 14 months from October 2005 to December 2006. This period was divided into four stages: training (of local field staff in research methods); pilot-testing; validation study of PAEE measurement; and the main study of physical activity and its determinants (~1000 individuals from an urban and rural location in 2 of the 4 geographical regions of Cameroon). A repeated cross-sectional study was conducted between 2012 and 2014 where another ~1000 Cameroonians in the same regions were assessed and detailed information on the determinants of physical activity was collected.

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