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  1. With great interest we read the article by Kelly et al. on the measurement of physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior (SB) (Kelly P et al. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 13:(1) 32, 2016). We appreciate the in...

    Authors: Caroline B. Terwee, L. B. Mokkink, L. M. Hidding, T. M. Altenburg, M. N. van Poppel and M. J. M. Chinapaw
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:66
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

    The original article was published in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:32

  2. An increasing number of interventions targeting sedentary behaviour in children have emerged in recent years. Recently published reviews included sedentary behaviour and physical activity interventions. This r...

    Authors: Teatske M. Altenburg, Joana Kist-van Holthe and Mai J. M. Chinapaw
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:65
    Content type: Review Published on:

  3. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of a 4-year specialist-taught Physical Education (PE) program on physical activity (PA) among primary school children.

    Authors: Rohan M. Telford, Lisa S. Olive, Thomas Cochrane, Rachel Davey and Richard D. Telford
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:64
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  4. Our aim was to systematically summarize the evidence on whether prenatal, birth and early life factors up to 6 years of age predict sedentary behavior in young people (≤18 years).

    Authors: Maria Hildebrand, Guro P. Øglund, Jonathan C. Wells and Ulf Ekelund
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:63
    Content type: Review Published on:

  5. Internet access has grown markedly in Latinos during the past decade. However, there have been no Internet-based physical activity interventions designed for Latinos, despite large disparities in lifestyle-rel...

    Authors: Bess H. Marcus, Sheri J. Hartman, Britta A. Larsen, Dori Pekmezi, Shira I. Dunsiger, Sarah Linke, Becky Marquez, Kim M. Gans, Beth C. Bock, Andrea S. Mendoza-Vasconez, Madison L. Noble and Carlos Rojas
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:62
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  6. The current study examined the reliability and validity of the European Health Interview Survey-Physical Activity Questionnaire (EHIS-PAQ), a novel questionnaire for the surveillance of physical activity (PA) ...

    Authors: Sebastian E. Baumeister, Cristian Ricci, Simone Kohler, Beate Fischer, Christine Töpfer, Jonas D. Finger and Michael F. Leitzmann
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:61
    Content type: Research Published on:

  7. Little is known about equity effects in primary care based physical activity interventions. This review explored whether differences in intervention effects are evident across indicators of social disadvantage...

    Authors: S Attwood, E van Sluijs and S Sutton
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:60
    Content type: Review Published on:

  8. Most schools have not fully implemented wellness policies, and those that have rarely incorporate meaningful student participation. The aim of the Fuel Up to Play 60 (FUTP60) program is to help schools impleme...

    Authors: Deanna M. Hoelscher, Alicia Moag-Stahlberg, Karen Ellis, Elizabeth A. Vandewater and Raja Malkani
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:59
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  9. Parental characteristics that influence child physical activity (PA) behavior often co-occur. An analytic approach that considers these co-occurring patterns can help researchers better understand the overall ...

    Authors: Soyang Kwon, Kathleen F. Janz, Elena M. Letuchy, Trudy L. Burns and Steven M. Levy
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:58
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  10. On a population level, dietary improvement strategies have had limited success in preventing the surge in overweight and obesity or reducing risk factors for chronic disease. While numerous multi-component stu...

    Authors: Jessica A. Grieger, Thomas P. Wycherley, Brittany J. Johnson and Rebecca K. Golley
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:57
    Content type: Review Published on:

  11. Despite interest in the importance of the home food environment and its potential influence on children’s diets and social norms, there remain few self-report checklist methods that have been validated against...

    Authors: Maria Bryant, Madison LeCroy, Pinki Sahota, Jianwen Cai and June Stevens
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:56
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  12. Applying latent class analysis (LCA) to accelerometry can help elucidated underlying patterns. This study described the patterns of accelerometer-determined sedentary behavior and physical activity among youth...

    Authors: Kelly R. Evenson, Fang Wen, Derek Hales and Amy H. Herring
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:55
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  13. There is increasing policy interest in ensuring that the school environment supports healthy behaviours. We examined the cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between schools’ policies, programmes and ...

    Authors: Katie L. Morton, Kirsten Corder, Marc Suhrcke, Flo Harrison, Andy P. Jones, Esther M. F. van Sluijs and Andrew J. Atkin
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:54
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  14. Neighbourhood characteristics may influence physical activity (PA), which has positive effects on the health of older adults. Older adults with chronic conditions are less active and possibly more affected by ...

    Authors: Anthony Barnett, Ester Cerin, Casper J. P. Zhang, Cindy H. P. Sit, Janice M. Johnston, Martin M. C. Cheung and Ruby S. Y. Lee
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:53
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  15. Early adulthood represents the transition to independent living which is a period when changes in diet and body weight are likely to occur. This presents an ideal time for health interventions to reduce the ef...

    Authors: Deborah A. Kerr, Amelia J. Harray, Christina M. Pollard, Satvinder S. Dhaliwal, Edward J. Delp, Peter A. Howat, Mark R. Pickering, Ziad Ahmad, Xingqiong Meng, Iain S. Pratt, Janine L. Wright, Katherine R. Kerr and Carol J. Boushey
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:52
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  16. To date no work has differentiated the effects of age, period, and cohort on physical activity (PA) among Chinese adults, while also considering biological, behavioral, economic, and environmental factors over...

    Authors: Jiajie Zang and Shu Wen Ng
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:40
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  17. Retirement is a major life transition which may affect lifestyle. The aim of this study is to examine within-individual changes in physical activity during the transition from full-time work to retirement.

    Authors: Sari Stenholm, Anna Pulakka, Ichiro Kawachi, Tuula Oksanen, Jaana I. Halonen, Ville Aalto, Mika Kivimäki and Jussi Vahtera
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:51
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  18. Children learn by observing and imitating others, meaning that their eating behaviors and physical activity may be influenced by their peers. This paper systematically reviews how preschoolers’ eating behavior...

    Authors: Stéphanie A. Ward, Mathieu F. Bélanger, Denise Donovan and Natalie Carrier
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:50
    Content type: Review Published on:

  19. Despite increasing numbers of cancer survivors and evidence that diet and physical activity improves the health of cancer survivors, most do not meet guidelines. Some social cognitive theory (SCT)-based interv...

    Authors: F. G. Stacey, E. L. James, K. Chapman and D. R. Lubans
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:49
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  20. The purpose of this study is to increase our understanding of environmental correlates that are associated with route choice during active transportation to school (ATS) by comparing characteristics of actual ...

    Authors: Dirk Dessing, Sanne I. de Vries, Geertje Hegeman, Evert Verhagen, Willem van Mechelen and Frank H. Pierik
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:48
    Content type: Research Published on:

  21. Stair climbing helps to accumulate short bouts of physical activity throughout the day as a strategy for attaining recommended physical activity levels. There exists a need for effective long-term stair-climbi...

    Authors: Alice Bellicha, Aurélie Kieusseian, Anne-Marie Fontvieille, Antonio Tataranni, Nane Copin, Hélène Charreire and Jean-Michel Oppert
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:47
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  22. Average population dietary intakes do not reflect the wide diversity of dietary patterns across the population. It is recognised that most people in the UK do not meet dietary recommendations and have diets wi...

    Authors: Graham W. Horgan, Amandine Perrin, Stephen Whybrow and Jennie I. Macdiarmid
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:46
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  23. School health promotion has been shown to improve the lifestyle of students, but it remains unclear whether school-based programs can influence family health. We developed an innovative program that enables sc...

    Authors: Nalika Gunawardena, Kayo Kurotani, Susantha Indrawansa, Daisuke Nonaka, Tetsuya Mizoue and Diyanath Samarasinghe
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:45
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  24. Explanatory evaluation of interventions for prevention of weight gain is required beyond changes in weight, to determine for whom the intervention works and the underlying mechanisms of change. It was hypothes...

    Authors: Stephanie R. Partridge, Kevin McGeechan, Adrian Bauman, Philayrath Phongsavan and Margaret Allman-Farinelli
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:44
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  25. Lifestyle interventions in adolescents with obesity can result in weight loss following active intervention but individual responses vary widely. This study aimed to identify predictors of weight loss at 12- a...

    Authors: Megan L. Gow, Louise A. Baur, Mandy Ho, Kerryn Chisholm, Manny Noakes, Chris T. Cowell and Sarah P. Garnett
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:43
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  27. To provide a detailed description of young adults’ sedentary time and physical activity.

    Authors: Joanne A. McVeigh, Elisabeth A. H. Winkler, Erin K. Howie, Mark S. Tremblay, Anne Smith, Rebecca A. Abbott, Peter R. Eastwood, Genevieve N. Healy and Leon M. Straker
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:41
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  28. Increasing physical activity (PA) during the school day and out-of-school time are critical strategies for preventing childhood obesity and improving overall health. The purpose of the present investigation wa...

    Authors: Kristie Hubbard, Christina D. Economos, Peter Bakun, Rebecca Boulos, Kenneth Chui, Megan P. Mueller, Katie Smith and Jennifer Sacheck
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:39
    Content type: Research Published on:

  29. Despite excessive consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB), little is known about behavioral interventions to reduce SSB intake among adults, particularly in medically-underserved rural communities. This...

    Authors: Jamie M. Zoellner, Valisa E. Hedrick, Wen You, Yvonnes Chen, Brenda M. Davy, Kathleen J. Porter, Angela Bailey, Hannah Lane, Ramine Alexander and Paul A. Estabrooks
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:38
    Content type: Research Published on:

  30. A major concern in food environment research is the lack of accuracy in commercial business listings of food stores, which are convenient and commonly used. Accuracy concerns may be particularly pronounced in ...

    Authors: Caitlin Eicher Caspi and Robin Friebur
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:37
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  31. Older adults have low physical activity(PA) and high sedentary behaviour(SB) levels. We investigate how total volume and specific patterns of moderate to vigorous PA(MVPA), light PA(LPA) and SB are related to ...

    Authors: Barbara J. Jefferis, Tessa J. Parsons, Claudio Sartini, Sarah Ash, Lucy T. Lennon, S. Goya Wannamethee, I-Min Lee and Peter H. Whincup
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:36
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  32. There are thousands of apps promoting dietary improvement, increased physical activity (PA) and weight management. Despite a growing number of reviews in this area, popular apps have not been comprehensively a...

    Authors: Marco Bardus, Samantha B. van Beurden, Jane R. Smith and Charles Abraham
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:35
    Content type: Review Published on:

  33. England’s national cycle training scheme, ‘Bikeability’, aims to give children in England the confidence to cycle more. There is, however, little evidence on the effectiveness of cycle training in achieving th...

    Authors: Anna Goodman, Esther M. F. van Sluijs and David Ogilvie
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:34
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  34. Built environment and policy interventions are effective strategies for controlling the growing worldwide deaths from physical inactivity-related non-communicable diseases. To improve built environment researc...

    Authors: Adewale L. Oyeyemi, Sandra S. Kasoma, Vincent O. Onywera, Felix Assah, Rufus A. Adedoyin, Terry L. Conway, Sarah J. Moss, Reginald Ocansey, Tracy L. Kolbe-Alexander, Kingsley K. Akinroye, Antonio Prista, Richard Larouche, Kavita A. Gavand, Kelli L. Cain, Estelle V. Lambert, Richmond Aryeetey…
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:33
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  35. The measurement of physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviour (SB) is fundamental to health related research, policy, and practice but there are well known challenges to these measurements. Within the acad...

    Authors: Paul Kelly, Claire Fitzsimons and Graham Baker
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:32
    Content type: Debate Published on:

    The Commentary to this article has been published in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:66

  36. Previous studies have reported conflicting results as to whether an association exists between sedentary time and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk among African Americans. These studies, however, were limited...

    Authors: Keith M. Diaz, John N. Booth III, Samantha R. Seals, Steven P. Hooker, Mario Sims, Patricia M. Dubbert, Paul Muntner and Daichi Shimbo
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:31
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  37. Despite increased use of dietary pattern methods in nutritional epidemiology, there have been few direct comparisons of methods. Older adults are a particularly understudied population in the dietary pattern l...

    Authors: Maree G. Thorpe, Catherine M. Milte, David Crawford and Sarah A. McNaughton
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:30
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  38. To combat the disproportionately higher risk of childhood obesity in Latino preschool-aged children, multilevel interventions targeting physical (in) activity are needed. These require the identification of en...

    Authors: Ester Cerin, Tom Baranowski, Anthony Barnett, Nancy Butte, Sheryl Hughes, Rebecca E. Lee, Jason A. Mendoza, Debbe Thompson and Teresia Margareta O’Connor
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:29
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  39. Investigating associations between socio-ecological variables and context-specific sitting time in adults can support the development of future interventions. The purpose of the present study was to examine th...

    Authors: Cedric Busschaert, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Jelle Van Cauwenberg, Greet Cardon and Katrien De Cocker
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:28
    Content type: Research Published on:

  40. Supermarket Healthy Eating for Life (SHELf) was a randomized controlled trial that operationalized a socioecological approach to population-level dietary behaviour change in a real-world supermarket setting. S...

    Authors: Dana Lee Olstad, Kylie Ball, Gavin Abbott, Sarah A. McNaughton, Ha N. D. Le, Cliona Ni Mhurchu, Christina Pollard and David A. Crawford
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:27
    Content type: Research Published on:

  41. Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a prevalent risk condition associated with a higher risk of chronic conditions, including diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Physical activity and non-movement behaviours (NMB),...

    Authors: Deepa P. Rao, Heather Orpana and Daniel Krewski
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:26
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  42. Physical activity has been associated with many benefits throughout the life course. As levels of physical activity appear to be insufficient in large populations, the development of effective interventions to...

    Authors: Esther M. F. van Sluijs and Susi Kriemler
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:25
    Content type: Debate Published on:

  43. The editors of International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity would like to thank all our reviewers who have contributed to the journal in Volume 12 (2015).

    Authors: Russell Jago
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:24
    Content type: Reviewer acknowledgement Published on:

  44. Evidence for the effect of dietary energy on BMI z-scores in young children is limited. We aim to investigate cross-sectional and longitudinal effects of daily energy intake (EI) on BMI z-scores of European bo...

    Authors: Antje Hebestreit, Gianvincenzo Barba, Stefaan De Henauw, Gabriele Eiben, Charalampos Hadjigeorgiou, Éva Kovács, Vittorio Krogh, Luis A. Moreno, Valeria Pala, Toomas Veidebaum, Maike Wolters and Claudia Börnhorst
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:23
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  45. Numerous cross-sectional studies have investigated the premise that the perception of crime will cause residents to constrain their walking; however the findings to date are inconclusive. In contrast, few long...

    Authors: Sarah Foster, Paula Hooper, Matthew Knuiman, Hayley Christian, Fiona Bull and Billie Giles-Corti
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:22
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  46. Recent increases in obesity prevalence have led to research into the neighbourhood food environment. Research suggests that proximity and density of food outlets around the home is associated with childhood ob...

    Authors: Stephanie Howard Wilsher, Flo Harrison, Fred Yamoah, Andrew Fearne and Andy Jones
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:21
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  47. Identifying the determinants of child’s liking for different foods may help to prevent future choices of unhealthy food.

    Authors: Wen Lun Yuan, Natalie Rigal, Sandrine Monnery-Patris, Claire Chabanet, Anne Forhan, Marie-Aline Charles and Blandine de Lauzon-Guillain
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:20
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  48. Many overweight people find it difficult to maintain weight loss after attending a weight reduction programme. Self-weighing and telephone support are known to be useful methods for self-monitoring for weight ...

    Authors: Manbinder S. Sidhu, Amanda Daley and Kate Jolly
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:19
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  49. There is growing interest in designing cities that support not only walking, but also cycling. Bike Score® is a metric capturing environmental characteristics associated with cycling that is now available for ...

    Authors: Meghan Winters, Kay Teschke, Michael Brauer and Daniel Fuller
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:18
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  50. Previous studies have focused on the acute effects of food advertisements on the caloric intake of children; however, the long-term effects of this food cue reactivity on weight gain have not been examined. Th...

    Authors: Frans Folkvord, Doeschka J. Anschütz and Moniek Buijzen
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:16
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