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The aim of this research was to investigate whether increased portion sizes of vegetables and decreased portion sizes of meat on main dishes increased the amount of vegetables consumed in a real-life restauran...
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2017 14:41
Published on: 25 December 2017
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Like several Southeast Asian countries, Singapore has a complex eating-out environment and a rising eating-out prevalence. However the determinants and drivers of eating-out in urban Asian environments are poo...
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2017 14:69
Published on: 25 May 2017
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‘Ultra-processed foods’ (UPF) have been industrially processed and tend to be higher in saturated fat, sodium and sugar than other foods. There is some evidence that consumption of UPF is associated with overw...
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2017 14:68
Published on: 23 May 2017
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Engaging in regular physical activity (PA) as an older adult has been associated with numerous physical and mental health benefits. The aim of this study is to directly compare how individual-level cognitive f...
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2017 14:67
Published on: 22 May 2017
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Accurate estimation of food portion size is a difficult task. Visual cues are important mediators of portion size and therefore technology-based aids may assist consumers when serving and estimating food porti...
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2017 14:65
Published on: 12 May 2017
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Movement behaviours performed over a finite period such as a 24 h day are compositional data. Compositional data exist in a constrained simplex geometry that is incongruent with traditional multivariate analyt...
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2017 14:64
Published on: 10 May 2017
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The prevalence of obesity increased dramatically in many European countries in the past decades. Whether the increase occurred to the same extent in all socioeconomic groups is less known. We systematically as...
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2017 14:63
Published on: 8 May 2017
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Self-monitoring using pedometers is an effective behaviour change technique to support increased physical activity (PA). However, the ways in which pedometers operate as motivational tools in adoption and mainten...
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2017 14:61
Published on: 5 May 2017
Debate
Estimates of picky eating are quite high among young children, with 14-50% of parents identifying their preschoolers as picky eaters. Dietary intake and preferences during the preschool years are characterized...
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2017 14:62
Published on: 5 May 2017
Review
Late adolescence to early adulthood is a period of lifestyle change and personal development which may influence dietary behaviour. Understanding dietary trajectories across this age range may help in targetin...
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2017 14:60
Published on: 4 May 2017
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Men are generally believed to be more physically active than women when evaluated using current physical activity (PA) guidelines, which count only moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) in bouts lastin...
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2017 14:59
Published on: 2 May 2017
Review
Low levels of physical activity (PA) are a global concern and increasing PA engagement is becoming a priority in current public health policies. Despite the large number of studies and reviews available, the e...
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2017 14:58
Published on: 2 May 2017
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An unhealthy lifestyle is one of the greatest contributors to obesity. A number of behaviours are linked with obesity, but are often measured separately. The UK Biobank cohort of >500,000 participants allows u...
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2017 14:57
Published on: 28 April 2017
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The aim of this study was to examine how children’s and parents’ physical activity changes from Year 1 (5–6) to Year 4 (8–9 years of age).
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2017 14:33
Published on: 28 April 2017
Review
The promotion of active and healthy ageing is becoming increasingly important as the population ages. Physical activity (PA) significantly reduces all-cause mortality and contributes to the prevention of many ...
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2017 14:56
Published on: 27 April 2017
Short paper
The objectives of the present study were to compare time spent cycling, exercise intensity, and time spent in moderate- (MPA) and vigorous intensity physical activity (VPA) when cycling on an E-bike and a conv...
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2017 14:55
Published on: 26 April 2017
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Sedentariness is an important risk factor for poor health. The main objective of this work was to examine the prospective association between television viewing time and indicators of physical function, mobili...
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2017 14:54
Published on: 26 April 2017
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In-store availability of healthy and unhealthy foods may influence consumer purchases. Methods used to measure food availability, however, vary widely. A simple, valid, and reliable indicator to collect compar...
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2017 14:53
Published on: 26 April 2017
Review
Schools play an important role in physical activity promotion for adolescents. The systematic review aimed to determine the proportion of secondary (middle and high) school physical education (PE) lesson time ...
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2017 14:52
Published on: 24 April 2017
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Home environment has an important influence on children’s fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption, but children may in turn also impact their home FV environment, e.g. by asking for FV. The Squire’s Quest II seri...
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2017 14:51
Published on: 21 April 2017
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Youth are active in multiple locations, but it is unknown whether more physical activity in one location is associated with less in other locations. This cross-sectional study examines whether on days with mor...
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2017 14:50
Published on: 20 April 2017
Commentary
We recently read the article by Benton et al. which reviewed risk of bias in natural experimental studies investigating the impact of the built environment on physical activity (Benton et al., 2016; Int J Beha...
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2017 14:49
Published on: 19 April 2017
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Physical activity (PA) is widely acknowledged to be beneficial to health and wellbeing, and is potentially influenced by a variety of environmental factors such as ambient temperature, weather conditions and a...
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2017 14:48
Published on: 17 April 2017
Review
The family is an important social context where children learn and adopt eating behaviors. Specifically, parents play the role of health promoters, role models, and educators in the lives of children, influenc...
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2017 14:47
Published on: 11 April 2017
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Food purchasing is considered a key mediator between the food environment and eating behavior, and food purchasing patterns are increasingly measured in epidemiologic and intervention studies. However, the ext...
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2017 14:46
Published on: 11 April 2017
