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  1. Language focused on individual dietary behaviors, or alternatively, lifestyle choices or decisions, suggests that what people eat and drink is primarily a choice that comes down to free will. Referring to and ...

    Authors: Dana Lee Olstad and Sharon I. Kirkpatrick

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:32

    Content type: Debate

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  2. Interventions to improve physical activity behaviour are a core part of public health policy and practice. It is essential that we evaluate these interventions and use the evidence to inform decisions to impro...

    Authors: Judith F. Fynn, Wendy Hardeman, Karen Milton and Andy Jones

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:31

    Content type: Research

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  3. The home environment is a central and modifiable influence on the development of childhood obesity. Evidence supports the central role of parents in shaping problematic child eating behaviors and excess weight...

    Authors: Sheryl O. Hughes, Thomas G. Power, Teresia M. O’Connor, Jennifer O. Fisher, Nilda E. Micheli and Maria A. Papaioannou

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:30

    Content type: Research

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  4. With urbanization and aging increasing in coming decades, societies face the challenge of keeping aging populations active. Land use mix (LUM) has been associated with cycling and walking, but whether changes ...

    Authors: J. M. Noordzij, M. A. Beenackers, J. Oude Groeniger, E. J. Timmermans, I. Motoc, M. Huisman and F. J. van Lenthe

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:29

    Content type: Research

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  5. The Structured Days Hypothesis (SDH) posits that children’s behaviors associated with obesity – such as physical activity – are more favorable on days that contain more ‘structure’ (i.e., a pre-planned, segmen...

    Authors: Keith Brazendale, Michael W. Beets, Bridget Armstrong, R. Glenn Weaver, Ethan T. Hunt, Russell R. Pate, Timothy A. Brusseau, Amy M. Bohnert, Timothy Olds, Rafael M. Tassitano, Maria Cecilia M. Tenorio, Jeanette Garcia, Lars B. Andersen, Rachel Davey, Pedro C. Hallal, Russell Jago…

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:28

    Content type: Research

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  6. Heuristic cadence (steps/min) thresholds of ≥100 and ≥ 130 steps/min correspond with absolutely-defined moderate (3 metabolic equivalents [METs]; 1 MET = 3.5 mL O2·kg− 1·min− 1) and vigorous (6 METs) intensity, r...

    Authors: Cayla R. McAvoy, Christopher C. Moore, Elroy J. Aguiar, Scott W. Ducharme, John M. Schuna Jr, Tiago V. Barreira, Colleen J. Chase, Zachary R. Gould, Marcos A. Amalbert-Birriel, Stuart R. Chipkin, John Staudenmayer, Catrine Tudor-Locke and Jose Mora-Gonzalez

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:27

    Content type: Research

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  7. Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) are often regarded as the gold standard of evidence, and subsequently go on to inform policymaking. Cochrane Reviews synthesise this type of evidence to create recommendatio...

    Authors: James Nobles, Carolyn Summerbell, Tamara Brown, Russell Jago and Theresa Moore

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:22

    Content type: Research

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  8. Offering financial incentives promotes increases in fruit and vegetable purchases in farmers’ markets and supermarkets. Yet, little is understood about whether food-insecure adults purchase more fruits and veg...

    Authors: Pasquale E. Rummo, Reece Lyerly, Jennifer Rose, Yelena Malyuta, Eliza Dexter Cohen and Amy Nunn

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:26

    Content type: Research

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  9. Daily time spent in sleep, sedentary behaviour (SED), light intensity physical activity (LIPA), and moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA) are compositional, co-dependent variables. The object...

    Authors: Anna E. Clarke and Ian Janssen

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:25

    Content type: Research

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  10. This scoping review summarized research on (a) seasonal differences in physical activity and sedentary behavior, and (b) specific weather indices associated with those behaviors.

    Authors: Taylor B. Turrisi, Kelsey M. Bittel, Ashley B. West, Sarah Hojjatinia, Sahar Hojjatinia, Scherezade K. Mama, Constantino M. Lagoa and David E. Conroy

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:24

    Content type: Review

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  11. Evidence suggests that dietary intake of UK children is suboptimal. As schools provide an ideal natural environment for public health interventions, effective and sustainable methods of improving food knowledg...

    Authors: Sarah F. Brennan, Fiona Lavelle, Sarah E. Moore, Moira Dean, Michelle C. McKinley, Patrick McCole, Ruth F. Hunter, Laura Dunne, Niamh E. O’Connell, Chris R. Cardwell, Chris T. Elliott, Danielle McCarthy and Jayne V. Woodside

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:23

    Content type: Research

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  12. Ultra-processed foods have now become dominant in the global food system. Whether their consumption is associated with cardiovascular mortality remains controversial. Moreover, data on ultra-processed foods an...

    Authors: Guo-Chao Zhong, Hai-Tao Gu, Yang Peng, Kang Wang, You-Qi-Le Wu, Tian-Yang Hu, Feng-Chuang Jing and Fa-Bao Hao

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:21

    Content type: Research

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  13. Learning cooking skills during childhood and adolescence is associated with positive dietary outcomes in adulthood as well as being tracked from adolescence to adulthood. In addition studies have found that pe...

    Authors: Moira Dean, Johann Issartel, Tony Benson, Amanda McCloat, Elaine Mooney, Claire McKernan, Laura Dunne, Sarah F. Brennan, Sarah E. Moore, Danielle McCarthy, Jayne V. Woodside and Fiona Lavelle

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:20

    Content type: Research

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  14. There are few robust natural experimental studies of improving urban green spaces on physical activity and wellbeing. The aim of this controlled natural experimental study was to examine the impact of green sp...

    Authors: Jack S. Benton, Sarah Cotterill, Jamie Anderson, Vanessa G. Macintyre, Matthew Gittins, Matthew Dennis and David P. French

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:19

    Content type: Research

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  15. Although school garden programs have been shown to improve dietary behaviors, there has not been a cluster-randomized controlled trial (RCT) conducted to examine the effects of school garden programs on obesit...

    Authors: Jaimie N. Davis, Adriana Pérez, Fiona M. Asigbee, Matthew J. Landry, Sarvenaz Vandyousefi, Reem Ghaddar, Amy Hoover, Matthew Jeans, Katie Nikah, Brian Fischer, Stephen J. Pont, Daphne Richards, Deanna M. Hoelscher and Alexandra E. Van Den Berg

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:18

    Content type: Research

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  16. Many school-based physical activity (PA) interventions are complex and have modest effects when delivered in real world contexts. A commonly reported barrier to students’ PA, particularly among girls, are unif...

    Authors: Nicole Nathan, Nicole McCarthy, Kirsty Hope, Rachel Sutherland, Christophe Lecathelinais, Alix Hall, Cassandra Lane, Stewart Trost, Sze Lin Yoong and Luke Wolfenden

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:17

    Content type: Research

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  17. The ‘scale-up’ of effective physical activity interventions is required if they are to yield improvements in population health. The purpose of this study was to systematically review the effectiveness of commu...

    Authors: Cassandra Lane, Sam McCrabb, Nicole Nathan, Patti-Jean Naylor, Adrian Bauman, Andrew Milat, Melanie Lum, Rachel Sutherland, Judith Byaruhanga and Luke Wolfenden

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:16

    Content type: Review

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  18. Research shows that part of the variation in physical activity and sedentary behaviour may be explained by genetic factors. Identifying genetic variants associated with physical activity and sedentary behaviou...

    Authors: Lene Aasdahl, Tom Ivar Lund Nilsen, Ingebrigt Meisingset, Anne Lovise Nordstoga, Kari Anne I. Evensen, Julie Paulsen, Paul Jarle Mork and Eivind Schjelderup Skarpsno

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:15

    Content type: Review

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  19. Adolescents (11–18-year-olds) are at risk of physical inactivity. There is limited knowledge of physical activity (PA) levels among adolescents in the school setting in Hong Kong. We developed and tested a nov...

    Authors: Alison Carver, Muhammad Akram, Anthony Barnett, Wendy Yajun Huang, Gemma Yang Gao, Robin R. Mellecker and Ester Cerin

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:14

    Content type: Research

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  20. In order to measure and understand trajectories of parental feeding practices and their relationship with child eating and weight, it is desirable to perform assessment from infancy and across time, in age-app...

    Authors: E. Jansen, C. G. Russell, J. Appleton, R. Byrne, L. A. Daniels, C. Fowler, C. Rossiter and K. M. Mallan

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:13

    Content type: Research

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  21. Reproducibility of FFQs measures the consistency of the same subject at different time points. We performed a meta-analysis to explore the reproducibility of FFQs and factors related to reproducibility of FFQs.

    Authors: Qi Cui, Yang Xia, Qijun Wu, Qing Chang, Kaijun Niu and Yuhong Zhao

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:12

    Content type: Research

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  22. The overarching objective was to examine the effectiveness of intervention strategies to promote fruit and vegetable consumption. To do this, systematic review evidence regarding the effects of intervention st...

    Authors: Luke Wolfenden, Courtney Barnes, Cassandra Lane, Sam McCrabb, Hannah M. Brown, Sarah Gerritsen, Simon Barquera, Lesly Samara Véjar, Ana Munguía and Sze Lin Yoong

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:11

    Content type: Review

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  23. Increasingly, public health interventions are delivered via telephone and/or text messages. Recent systematic reviews of early childhood obesity prevention interventions have not adequately reported on the way...

    Authors: Mahalakshmi Ekambareshwar, Swathi Ekambareshwar, Seema Mihrshahi, Li Ming Wen, Louise A. Baur, Rachel Laws, Sarah Taki and Chris Rissel

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:10

    Content type: Review

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  24. Many people aim to eat healthily. Yet, affluent food environments encourage consumption of energy dense and nutrient-poor foods, making it difficult to accomplish individual goals such as maintaining a healthy...

    Authors: Björn Pannicke, Tim Kaiser, Julia Reichenberger and Jens Blechert

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:9

    Content type: Research

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  25. Maternal health and lifestyle during pregnancy may be critical for the onset and progression of childhood obesity. Prenatal lifestyle interventions have been shown to positively affect maternal behaviors, gest...

    Authors: Roxana Raab, Sophie Michel, Julia Günther, Julia Hoffmann, Lynne Stecher and Hans Hauner

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:8

    Content type: Research

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  26. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to investigate whether behaviour change interventions promote changes in physical activity and anthropometrics (body mass, body mass index and waist circ...

    Authors: Stephen Barrett, Stephen Begg, Paul O’Halloran, Owen Howlett, Jack Lawrence and Michael Kingsley

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:7

    Content type: Review

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  27. Early childhood is a critical period for growth and development, yet the association with physical activity during this important period is unknown. The aim of this review is to critically summarize the eviden...

    Authors: Sanne L. C. Veldman, Mai J. M. Chin A Paw and Teatske M. Altenburg

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:6

    Content type: Review

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  28. National, regional and global scientific production and research capacity for physical activity - PA may contribute to improving public health PA policies and programs. There is an uneven distribution of resea...

    Authors: Andrea Ramírez Varela, Gloria Isabel Nino Cruz, Pedro Hallal, Cauane Blumenberg, Shana Ginar da Silva, Deborah Salvo, Rafaela Martins, Bruna Gonçalves Cordeiro da Silva, Eugen Resendiz, Maria Catalina del Portillo, Luciana Zaranza Monteiro, Selina Khoo, Kar Hau Chong, Marcelo Cozzensa da Silva, Alice Mannocci, Ding Ding…

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:5

    Content type: Review

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  29. Extensive research has demonstrated the role of the Home Environment (HE) in shaping children’s energy balance behaviours. Less is known about direct relationships with bodyweight. This review examines associa...

    Authors: Alice R. Kininmonth, Andrea D. Smith, Clare H. Llewellyn, Louise Dye, Clare L. Lawton and Alison Fildes

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:4

    Content type: Review

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  30. Children’s activity patterns in the periods before and after school make a key contribution to achieving 24-h movement guidelines. There are currently no national-level guidelines informing physical activity a...

    Authors: Rosa Virgara, Anna Phillips, Lucy Lewis, Mandy Richardson and Carol Maher

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:3

    Content type: Research

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  31. Evidence suggests that Arab migrant populations engage in low levels of physical activity. To our knowledge, there are no reviews that explore the perspectives of Arab migrant populations on the factors influe...

    Authors: Aymen El Masri, Gregory S. Kolt and Emma S. George

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:2

    Content type: Review

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  32. Adolescents are increasingly susceptible to obesity, and thus at risk of later non-communicable diseases, due to changes in food choices, physical activity levels and exposure to an obesogenic environment. Thi...

    Authors: Chandni Maria Jacob, Polly Louise Hardy-Johnson, Hazel M. Inskip, Taylor Morris, Camille M. Parsons, Millie Barrett, Mark Hanson, Kathryn Woods-Townsend and Janis Baird

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:1

    Content type: Review

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  33. An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Authors: Manon Egnell, Zenobia Talati, Pilar Galan, Valentina A. Andreeva, Stefanie Vandevijvere, Marion Gombaud, Louise Dréano-Trécant, Serge Hercberg, Simone Pettigrew and Chantal Julia

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2020 17:164

    Content type: Correction

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    The original article was published in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2020 17:146

  34. Our aim was to investigate the association of macroeconomic, human development, and demographic factors with different domains of physical activity and sitting time among South American adults.

    Authors: André O. Werneck, Kabir P. Sadarangani, Robinson Ramírez-Vélez, Se-Sergio Baldew, Thayse N. Gomes, Gerson Ferrari, Célia L. Szwarcwald, J. Jaime Miranda and Danilo R. Silva

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2020 17:163

    Content type: Research

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  35. Postprandial glucose, insulin, and triglyceride metabolism is impaired by prolonged sitting, but enhanced by exercise. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of a continuous exercise bout with and wit...

    Authors: Michael J. Wheeler, Daniel J. Green, Ester Cerin, Kathryn A. Ellis, Ilkka Heinonen, Jaye Lewis, Louise H. Naylor, Neale Cohen, Robyn Larsen, Paddy C. Dempsey, Bronwyn A. Kingwell, Neville Owen and David W. Dunstan

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2020 17:152

    Content type: Research

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  36. School wellness programming is important for promoting healthy lifestyles and academic achievement in youth; however, research is needed on methods that can help schools implement and sustain such programs on ...

    Authors: Gabriella M. McLoughlin, Priscila Candal, Spyridoula Vazou, Joey A. Lee, David A. Dzewaltowski, Richard R. Rosenkranz, Lorraine Lanningham-Foster, Douglas A. Gentile, Laura Liechty, Senlin Chen and Gregory J. Welk

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2020 17:162

    Content type: Research

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  37. Evidence of intra-family resemblance in physical activity (PA) is lacking. The association between parent and child PA appears weak, the influence of age and gender on this association is uncertain, and no stu...

    Authors: Therese Lockenwitz Petersen, Jan Christian Brønd, Peter Lund Kristensen, Eivind Aadland, Anders Grøntved and Randi Jepsen

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2020 17:161

    Content type: Research

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  38. Structured settings, such as school, childcare, afterschool programs, summer camps, and physical activity/sport programs are crucial to promoting physical activity (PA) opportunities and reducing sedentary (ST...

    Authors: Rafael M. Tassitano, R. Glenn Weaver, Maria Cecília M. Tenório, Keith Brazendale and Michael W. Beets

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2020 17:160

    Content type: Review

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  39. An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Authors: Daisy H. Coyle, Maria Shahid, Elizabeth K. Dunford, Cliona Ni Mhurchu, Sarah Mckee, Myla Santos, Barry M. Popkin, Kathy Trieu, Matti Marklund, Fraser Taylor, Bruce Neal and Jason H. Y. Wu

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2020 17:159

    Content type: Correction

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    The original article was published in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2020 17:81

  40. Physical Activity Referral Schemes (PARS), including exercise referral schemes, are a popular approach to health improvement, but understanding of effectiveness is limited by considerable heterogeneity in repo...

    Authors: Coral L. Hanson, Emily J. Oliver, Caroline J. Dodd-Reynolds, Alice Pearsons and Paul Kelly

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2020 17:158

    Content type: Research

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  41. The diet of young adults is poor, yet little is known about the relative importance of influences on healthy eating in a decision-making context. The aim of this exploratory study was to understand the relativ...

    Authors: Katherine M. Livingstone, Karen E. Lamb, Gavin Abbott, Tony Worsley and Sarah A. McNaughton

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2020 17:157

    Content type: Research

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  42. The Healthy 4 U-2 study sought to evaluate the effect of a twelve-week, physical activity (PA) coaching intervention for changes and maintenance in PA, anthropometrics and health-related outcomes in adults pre...

    Authors: Stephen Barrett, Stephen Begg, Paul O’Halloran and Michael Kingsley

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2020 17:156

    Content type: Research

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  43. Snack eating occasions contribute approximately a third of children’s energy intake, with approximately half of all unhealthy foods consumed during snack times. Therefore, it is critical to understand the driv...

    Authors: Brittany J. Johnson, Rebecca K. Golley, Dorota Zarnowiecki, Gilly A. Hendrie and Elisabeth K. Huynh

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2020 17:155

    Content type: Research

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  44. Children’s BMI gain accelerates during summer. The Structured Days Hypothesis posits that the lack of the school day during summer vacation negatively impacts children’s obesogenic behaviors (i.e., physical ac...

    Authors: R. Glenn Weaver, Bridget Armstrong, Ethan Hunt, Michael W. Beets, Keith Brazendale, R. Dugger, Gabrielle Turner-McGrievy, Russell R. Pate, Alberto Maydeu-Olivares, Brian Saelens and Shawn D. Youngstedt

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2020 17:153

    Content type: Research

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  45. In 2018, the World Health Organisation (WHO) commenced a program of work to update the 2010 Global Recommendations on Physical Activity for Health, for the first-time providing population-based guidelines on s...

    Authors: Paddy C. Dempsey, Stuart J. H. Biddle, Matthew P. Buman, Sebastien Chastin, Ulf Ekelund, Christine M. Friedenreich, Peter T. Katzmarzyk, Michael F. Leitzmann, Emmanuel Stamatakis, Hidde P. van der Ploeg, Juana Willumsen and Fiona Bull

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2020 17:151

    Content type: Research

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  46. Various physical activity interventions for prevention and treatment of osteoporosis have been designed and evaluated, but the effect of such interventions on the prevention of osteoporosis in older people is ...

    Authors: Marina B. Pinheiro, Juliana Oliveira, Adrian Bauman, Nicola Fairhall, Wing Kwok and Catherine Sherrington

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2020 17:150

    Content type: Review

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  47. In this editorial we discuss the new 2020 World Health Organization guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour and a series of related papers that are published simultaneously in IJBNPA. The new g...

    Authors: Hidde P. van der Ploeg and Fiona C. Bull

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2020 17:145

    Content type: Editorial

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  48. In July, 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) commenced work to update the 2010 Global Recommendations on Physical Activity for Health and established a Guideline Development Group (GDG) comprising expert...

    Authors: Loretta DiPietro, Salih Saad Al-Ansari, Stuart J. H. Biddle, Katja Borodulin, Fiona C. Bull, Matthew P. Buman, Greet Cardon, Catherine Carty, Jean-Philippe Chaput, Sebastien Chastin, Roger Chou, Paddy C. Dempsey, Ulf Ekelund, Joseph Firth, Christine M. Friedenreich, Leandro Garcia…

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2020 17:143

    Content type: Debate

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  49. Physical inactivity is a global pandemic associated with a high burden of disease and premature mortality. There is also a trend in growing economic inequalities which impacts population health. There is no gl...

    Authors: Chastin SFM, J. Van Cauwenberg, L. Maenhout, G. Cardon, E. V. Lambert and D. Van Dyck

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2020 17:142

    Content type: Research

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  50. The World Health Organization (WHO) released in 2020 updated global guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour for children, adolescents, adults, older adults and sub-populations such as pregnant ...

    Authors: Jean-Philippe Chaput, Juana Willumsen, Fiona Bull, Roger Chou, Ulf Ekelund, Joseph Firth, Russell Jago, Francisco B. Ortega and Peter T. Katzmarzyk

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2020 17:141

    Content type: Review

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