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  1. Obesity is a major public health concern and there are increasing calls for policy intervention. As obesity and the related health conditions develop during childhood, schools are being seen as important locat...

    Authors: Andrew James Williams, William E Henley, Craig Anthony Williams, Alison Jane Hurst, Stuart Logan and Katrina Mary Wyatt
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:101
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  2. Obesity is more prevalent for disabled people (estimated as being between 27-62%) compared to the general population (17-22%). Disabled people are more likely to report poorer general health and acquire a rang...

    Authors: Suzie Mudge, Nicola M Kayes, Verna A Stavric, Alexis S Channon, Paula Kersten and Kathryn M McPherson
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:100
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  3. The home environment is an important influence on the sedentary behaviour and physical activity of children, who have limited independent mobility and spend much of their time at home. This article reviews the...

    Authors: Clover Maitland, Gareth Stratton, Sarah Foster, Rebecca Braham and Michael Rosenberg
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:99
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  4. There are specific guidelines regarding the level of physical activity (PA) required to provide health benefits. However, the research underpinning these PA guidelines does not address the element of social he...

    Authors: Rochelle M Eime, Janet A Young, Jack T Harvey, Melanie J Charity and Warren R Payne
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:98
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  5. Children’s current physical activity levels are disturbingly low when compared to recommended levels. This may be changed by intervening in the school environment. However, at present, it is unclear to what ex...

    Authors: Dirk Dessing, Frank H Pierik, Reinier P Sterkenburg, Paula van Dommelen, Jolanda Maas and Sanne I de Vries
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:97
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  6. Television (TV) viewing time is positively associated with the metabolic syndrome (MetS) in adults. However, the mechanisms through which TV viewing time is associated with MetS risk remain unclear. There is e...

    Authors: Alicia A Thorp, Sarah A McNaughton, Neville Owen and David W Dunstan
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:96
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  7. Studies of neighborhood context on health behavior have not considered that the health benefits of context may be ‘capitalized’ into, or included in, higher housing values. This study examines the associations...

    Authors: Henry Shelton Brown III and Lisa M Yarnell
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:95
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  8. Higher physical activity (PA) levels are known to be associated with lower risk of death. Less attention, however, has been paid to directly evaluate the effect of PA on the time by which a certain fraction of...

    Authors: Andrea Bellavia, Matteo Bottai, Alicja Wolk and Nicola Orsini
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:94
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  9. Hispanic preschoolers are less active than their non-Hispanic peers. As part of a feasibility study to assess environmental and parenting influences on preschooler physical activity (PA) (Niños Activos), the aim ...

    Authors: Teresia M O’Connor, Ester Cerin, Sheryl O Hughes, Jessica Robles, Deborah Thompson, Tom Baranowski, Rebecca E Lee, Theresa Nicklas and Richard M Shewchuk
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:93
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  10. Given the worldwide prevalence of overweight and obesity, there is a clear need for meaningful practical healthy eating advice - not only in relation to food choice, but also on appropriate food portion sizes....

    Authors: Michelle Spence, M Barbara E Livingstone, Lynsey E Hollywood, Eileen R Gibney, Sinéad A O’Brien, L Kirsty Pourshahidi and Moira Dean
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:92
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  11. To investigate the associations between body composition, cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness in relation to travel mode to school in children and adolescents.

    Authors: Lars Østergaard, Elin Kolle, Jostein Steene-Johannessen, Sigmund A Anderssen and Lars Bo Andersen
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:91
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  12. To assess the effect of a governmentally-led center based child care physical activity program (Youp’là Bouge) on child motor skills.

    Authors: Antoine Bonvin, Jérôme Barral, Tanja H Kakebeeke, Susi Kriemler, Anouk Longchamp, Christian Schindler, Pedro Marques-Vidal and Jardena J Puder
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:90
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  13. The present study investigated associations in gender dyads of parents’ and adolescents’ time spent on television and video viewing (TV/DVD), and computer and electronic game use (PC/games) at the ages of 11 a...

    Authors: Torunn H Totland, Mona Bjelland, Nanna Lien, Ingunn H Bergh, Mekdes K Gebremariam, May Grydeland, Yngvar Ommundsen and Lene F Andersen
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:89
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  14. Transitioning to parenthood is a major life event that may impact parents’ personal lifestyles, yet there is an absence of theory-based research examining the impact of parenthood on motives for dietary behavi...

    Authors: Rebecca L Bassett-Gunter, Ryna Levy-Milne, Patti Jean Naylor, Danielle Symons Downs, Cecilia Benoit, Darren E R Warburton, Chris M Blanchard and Ryan E Rhodes
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:88
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  15. Emerging evidence suggests that walking and cycling for different purposes such as transport or recreation may be associated with different attributes of the physical environment. Few studies to date have exam...

    Authors: Emma J Adams, Anna Goodman, Shannon Sahlqvist, Fiona C Bull and David Ogilvie
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:87
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  16. It is important to quickly and efficiently identify policies that are effective at changing behavior; therefore, we must be able to quantify and evaluate the effect of those policies and of changes to those po...

    Authors: Derek Hales, June Stevens, David M Murray, Dan R Taber and Amy Roberts
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:86
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  17. Socio-ecological models of behaviour suggest that dietary behaviours are potentially shaped by exposure to the food environment (‘foodscape’). Research on associations between the foodscape and diet and health...

    Authors: Thomas Burgoine and Pablo Monsivais
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:85
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  18. The protective effect of family meals on unhealthy weight gain and diet has been shown across multiple age groups; however, it is unknown whether a similar effect is present among diverse immigrant populations...

    Authors: Alison Tovar, Erin Hennessy, Aviva Must, Sheryl O Hughes, David M Gute, Sarah Sliwa, Rebecca J Boulos, Emily Kuross Vikre, Christina Luongo Kamins, Kerline Tofuri, Alex Pirie and Christina D Economos
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:84
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  19. Active commuting is prospectively associated with physical activity in children. Few longitudinal studies have assessed predictors of change in commuting mode.

    Authors: Jenna Panter, Kirsten Corder, Simon J Griffin, Andrew P Jones and Esther MF van Sluijs
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:83
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  20. The aim of this study is to describe the relationship between objective measures of sleep, physical activity and BMI in Swedish pre-adolescents. The day-to-day association between physical activity and sleep q...

    Authors: Mirjam Ekstedt, Gisela Nyberg, Michael Ingre, Örjan Ekblom and Claude Marcus
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:82
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  21. Data on longitudinal monitoring of daily physical activity (PA) patterns in youth over successive years is scarce but may provide valuable information for intervention strategies aiming to promote PA.

    Authors: Rohan M Telford, Richard D Telford, Ross B Cunningham, Thomas Cochrane, Rachel Davey and Gordon Waddington
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:81
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  22. It is well known that the prevalence of overweight and obesity is considerably higher among youth from lower socio-economic families, but there is little information about the role of some energy balance-relat...

    Authors: Juan M Fernández-Alvira, Saskia J te Velde, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Elling Bere, Yannis Manios, Eva Kovacs, Natasa Jan, Johannes Brug and Luis A Moreno
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:80
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  23. Today’s cell phones increase opportunities for activities traditionally defined as sedentary behaviors (e.g., surfing the internet, playing video games). People who participate in large amounts of sedentary be...

    Authors: Andrew Lepp, Jacob E Barkley, Gabriel J Sanders, Michael Rebold and Peter Gates
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:79
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  24. Walking for transport can contribute to the accrual of health-enhancing levels of physical activity in elders. Identifying destinations and environmental conditions that facilitate this type of walking has pub...

    Authors: Ester Cerin, Ka-yiu Lee, Anthony Barnett, Cindy HP Sit, Man-chin Cheung, Wai-man Chan and Janice M Johnston
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:78
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  25. Validation studies of secondary datasets used to characterize neighborhood food businesses generally evaluate how accurately the database represents the true situation on the ground. Depending on the research ...

    Authors: Christelle M Clary and Yan Kestens
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:77
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  27. Valid tools measuring characteristics of the school environment associated with the physical activity and dietary behaviours of children are needed to accurately evaluate the impact of initiatives to improve s...

    Authors: Nicole Nathan, Luke Wolfenden, Philip J Morgan, Andrew C Bell, Daniel Barker and John Wiggers
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:75
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  28. Physical activity interventions are more likely to be effective if they target causal determinants of behaviour change. Targeting requires accurate identification of specific theoretical determinants of physic...

    Authors: Natalie Taylor, Rebecca Lawton and Mark Conner
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:74
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  29. Consumption of high calorie junk foods has increased recently, especially among young adults and higher intake may cause weight gain. There is a need to develop public health approaches to motivate people to r...

    Authors: Eric Robinson, Ellis Harris, Jason Thomas, Paul Aveyard and Suzanne Higgs
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:73
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  30. The United States National Physical Activity Plan (NPAP; 2010), the country’s first national plan for physical activity, provides strategies to increase population-level physical activity to complement the 200...

    Authors: Kelly R Evenson, Sara B Satinsky, Cheryl Valko, Jeanette Gustat, Isobel Healy, Jill S Litt, Steven P Hooker, Hannah L Reed and Nancy O’Hara Tompkins
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:72
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  31. Public policies targeting the school setting are increasingly being used toaddress childhood obesity; however, their effectiveness depends on theirimplementation. This study explores the factors which impeded ...

    Authors: Louise C Mâsse, Daniel Naiman and Patti-Jean Naylor
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:71
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  32. Recent evidence shows that sedentary behaviour may be an independent risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancers and all-cause mortality. However, results are not consistent and different types ...

    Authors: Ei Ei Khaing Nang, Agus Salim, Yi Wu, E Shyong Tai, Jeannette Lee and Rob M Van Dam
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:70
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  33. Predictors of physical activity (PA) change are rarely investigated separately for different PA intensities and for weekdays/weekends. We investigated whether individual-level predictors of one-year change in ...

    Authors: Kirsten Corder, Christopher Craggs, Andrew P Jones, Ulf Ekelund, Simon J Griffin and Esther MF van Sluijs
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:69
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  34. Few studies have examined the mediators of behavior change in successful school-based physical activity interventions. The aim of this study was to explore potential mediators of physical activity in the Fit-4...

    Authors: Narelle Eather, Philip J Morgan and David R Lubans
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:68
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  37. The availability of fast foods, sweets, and other snacks in the living environment of children is assumed to contribute to an obesogenic environment. In particular, it is hypothesized that food retailers are s...

    Authors: Christoph Buck, Claudia Börnhorst, Hermann Pohlabeln, Inge Huybrechts, Valeria Pala, Lucia Reisch and Iris Pigeot
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:65
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  38. Millions of children attend residential summer camps each year. However, few studies have examined the potential of camps for obesity prevention efforts. Research in the domain of positive youth development ha...

    Authors: Alison K Ventura and Barry A Garst
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:64
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  39. Youth risk of obesity is high during the summer months. Summer day camps can be ideal settings for preventing obesity through reducing youth summer sedentary behaviors. However, with limited research on camp s...

    Authors: Nicole Zarrett, Carl Sorensen and Brittany Skiles
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:63
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  40. The optimal targets and strategies for effectively reducing sedentary behavior among young people are unknown. Intervention research that explores changes in mediated effects as well as in outcome behaviors is...

    Authors: Valerie Carson, Jo Salmon, Lauren Arundell, Nicola D Ridgers, Ester Cerin, Helen Brown, Kylie D Hesketh, Kylie Ball, Mai Chinapaw, Mine Yildirim, Robin M Daly, David W Dunstan and David Crawford
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:62
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  41. During the last decade, there has been a rapid increase in development of instruments to measure parent food practices. Because these instruments often measure different constructs, or define common constructs...

    Authors: Amber E Vaughn, Rachel G Tabak, Maria J Bryant and Dianne S Ward
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:61
    Content type: Review Published on:

  42. Watching television and playing video games increase energy intake, likely due to distraction from satiety cues. A study comparing one hour of watching TV, playing typical video games, or playing motion-contro...

    Authors: Elizabeth J Lyons, Deborah F Tate and Dianne S Ward
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:60
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  43. Two strategies commonly recommended to improve population diets include food labels and food taxes/subsidies. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of both strategies separately and in combination.

    Authors: Wilma E Waterlander, Ingrid HM Steenhuis, Michiel R de Boer, Albertine J Schuit and Jacob C Seidell
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:59
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  44. To assess the association of eating meals, and never watching TV while eating meals, with weight status among children, ages 10–12 years across Europe.

    Authors: Frøydis N Vik, Helga Birgit Bjørnarå, Nina C Øverby, Nanna Lien, Odysseas Androutsos, Lea Maes, Natasa Jan, Eva Kovacs, Luis A Moreno, Alain Dössegger, Yannis Manios, Johannes Brug and Elling Bere
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:58
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  45. Increasing empirical evidence supports associations between neighborhood environments and physical activity. However, since most studies were conducted in a single country, particularly western countries, the ...

    Authors: Ding Ding, Marc A Adams, James F Sallis, Gregory J Norman, Melbourn F Hovell, Christina D Chambers, C Richard Hofstetter, Heather R Bowles, Maria Hagströmer, Cora L Craig, Luis Fernando Gomez, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Duncan J Macfarlane, Barbara E Ainsworth, Patrick Bergman, Fiona C Bull…
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:57
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  46. Cross-country differences in dietary behaviours and obesity rates have been previously reported. Consumption of energy-dense snack foods and soft drinks are implicated as contributing to weight gain, however l...

    Authors: Lukar E Thornton, Adrian J Cameron, Sarah A McNaughton, Wilma E Waterlander, Marita Sodergren, Chalida Svastisalee, Laurence Blanchard, Angela D Liese, Sarah Battersby, Mary-Ann Carter, Judy Sheeshka, Sharon I Kirkpatrick, Sandy Sherman, Gill Cowburn, Charlie Foster and David A Crawford
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:56
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  47. In Westernised societies adults are increasingly spending many hours each day in sedentary, low energy expenditure activities such as sitting. Although there is growing evidence on the relationship between tel...

    Authors: Gerrie-Cor M Herber-Gast, Caroline A Jackson, Gita D Mishra and Wendy J Brown
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:55
    Content type: Short paper Published on:

  48. Physical activity and sedentary behavior habits are established during early childhood, yet only recently has objectively measured data been available on children aged 5 years and younger. This study presents ...

    Authors: Rachel C Colley, Didier Garriguet, Kristi B Adamo, Valerie Carson, Ian Janssen, Brian W Timmons and Mark S Tremblay
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:54
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  49. Breastfeeding modestly reduces obesity risk, yet the mechanisms are not well understood. The goal of the current research was to evaluate the association of breastfeeding duration with a wide range of maternal...

    Authors: Katherine Isselmann DiSantis, Eric A Hodges and Jennifer Orlet Fisher
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:53
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  50. With increasing obesity rates worldwide, more and more people are actively attempting to lose weight or avoid weight gain, but relatively little is known about what specific behaviors comprise these efforts an...

    Authors: Robert W Jeffery, Gavin Abbott, Kylie Ball and David Crawford
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:52
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