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  1. TXT2BFiT was one of the first few innovative mHealth programs designed for young adults (18–35 years) with demonstrated efficacy in weight management. However, research is lacking to understand intervention ef...

    Authors: Stephanie R. Partridge, Margaret Allman-Farinelli, Kevin McGeechan, Kate Balestracci, Annette T.Y. Wong, Lana Hebden, Mark F. Harris, Adrian Bauman and Philayrath Phongsavan
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:7
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  2. Knowledge about the relationships between micro-scale environmental factors and older adults’ walking for transport is limited and inconsistent. This is probably due to methodological limitations, such as abse...

    Authors: Jelle Van Cauwenberg, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Peter Clarys, Jack Nasar, Jo Salmon, Liesbet Goubert and Benedicte Deforche
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:6
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  3. Little is known about the exclusive adoption of healthy weight control behaviors in the absence of unhealthy weight control behaviors among adolescents. The current study aimed to determine (i) the prevalence ...

    Authors: Amy M. Lampard, Richard F. Maclehose, Marla E. Eisenberg, Nicole I. Larson, Kirsten K. Davison and Dianne Neumark-Sztainer
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:5
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  4. Lunches that parents pack for their young children to eat at school or the Early Care and Education (ECE) center fall short of recommended standards. Lunch is in the Bag is a multi-level behavioral nutrition inte...

    Authors: Cindy Roberts-Gray, Margaret E. Briley, Nalini Ranjit, Courtney E. Byrd-Williams, Sara J. Sweitzer, Shreela V. Sharma, Maria Romo Palafox and Deanna M. Hoelscher
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:3
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  5. Objectively measured physical activity between older individuals and between populations has been poorly described. We aimed to describe and compare the variation in accelerometry data in older UK (EPIC-Norfol...

    Authors: K. Berkemeyer, K. Wijndaele, T. White, A. J. M. Cooper, R. Luben, K. Westgate, S. J. Griffin, K. T. Khaw, N. J. Wareham and S. Brage
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:2
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  6. In preschoolers, high levels of sedentary behaviour are associated with several adverse health outcomes. The purpose of this study is to report the effects of the ToyBox-intervention (a European 24-week cluste...

    Authors: Marieke De Craemer, Ellen De Decker, Maïté Verloigne, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Yannis Manios and Greet Cardon
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2016 13:1
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  7. The combination of economic and social costs associated with non-communicable diseases provide a compelling argument for developing strategies that can influence modifiable risk factors, such as discrete food ...

    Authors: Máirtín S. McDermott, Madalyn Oliver, Alexander Svenson, Thomas Simnadis, Eleanor J. Beck, Tim Coltman, Don Iverson, Peter Caputi and Rajeev Sharma
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:162
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  8. Active travel is associated with greater physical activity, but there is a dearth of research examining this relationship over time. We examined the longitudinal associations between change in time spent in ac...

    Authors: Louise Foley, Jenna Panter, Eva Heinen, Richard Prins and David Ogilvie
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:161
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  9. Food processing alters food from its natural state for safety, convenience, taste or palatability. Previous research suggests that industrially processed foods, and diets high in these products, tend to be les...

    Authors: Jean Adams and Martin White
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:160
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  10. Consumer-wearable activity trackers are electronic devices used for monitoring fitness- and other health-related metrics. The purpose of this systematic review was to summarize the evidence for validity and re...

    Authors: Kelly R. Evenson, Michelle M. Goto and Robert D. Furberg
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:159
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  11. Fruit and vegetable (FV) based intervention studies can be effective in increasing short term FV consumption. However, the longer term efficacy of such interventions is still unclear. The aim of the current st...

    Authors: Charlotte E Neville, Michelle C McKinley, Claire R Draffin, Nicola E Gallagher, Katherine M Appleton, Ian S Young, J David Edgar and Jayne V Woodside
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:158
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  12. Obesity is an increasingly prevalent condition among older adults, yet relatively little is known about how built environment variables may be associated with obesity in older age groups. This is particularly ...

    Authors: Abby C. King, Deborah Salvo, Jorge A. Banda, David K. Ahn, Thomas M. Gill, Michael Miller, Anne B. Newman, Roger A. Fielding, Carlos Siordia, Spencer Moore, Sara Folta, Bonnie Spring, Todd Manini and Marco Pahor
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:157
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  13. Television viewing is a highly prevalent sedentary behavior among older adults, yet the mortality risks associated with hours of daily viewing over many years and whether increasing or decreasing viewing time ...

    Authors: Sarah Kozey Keadle, Hannah Arem, Steven C. Moore, Joshua N. Sampson and Charles E. Matthews
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:156
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  14. Beliefs surrounding the usefulness of dietary restriction and physical activity as means of body shape and size modification is already present in children as young as 5-years-old, and these beliefs may increa...

    Authors: Rachel F. Rodgers, Eleanor H. Wertheim, Stephanie R. Damiano, Karen J. Gregg and Susan J. Paxton
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:155
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  15. Family meal frequency has been shown to be strongly associated with better dietary intake; however, associations with weight status have been mixed. Family meals-focused randomized controlled trials with weigh...

    Authors: Jayne A. Fulkerson, Sarah Friend, Colleen Flattum, Melissa Horning, Michelle Draxten, Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, Olga Gurvich, Mary Story, Ann Garwick and Martha Y. Kubik
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:154
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  16. Children’s fussy eating behavior has been related to both underweight and overweight in cross-sectional studies, but the direction of these associations and the relation with more detailed measures of body com...

    Authors: Lisanne M. de Barse, Henning Tiemeier, Elisabeth T. M. Leermakers, Trudy Voortman, Vincent W. V. Jaddoe, Lisa R. Edelson, Oscar H. Franco and Pauline W. Jansen
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:153
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  17. High urbanicity and income are risk factors for cardiovascular-related chronic diseases in low- and middle-income countries, perhaps due to low physical activity (PA) in urban, high income areas. Few studies h...

    Authors: Samantha M. Attard, Annie-Green Howard, Amy H. Herring, Bing Zhang, Shufa Du, Allison E. Aiello, Barry M. Popkin and Penny Gordon-Larsen
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:152
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  18. Colour coded front-of-pack nutrition labelling (‘traffic light labelling’) has been recommended for use in the UK since 2006. The voluntary scheme is used by all the major retailers and some manufacturers. It ...

    Authors: Peter Scarborough, Anne Matthews, Helen Eyles, Asha Kaur, Charo Hodgkins, Monique M Raats and Mike Rayner
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:151
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  19. Increasing active transport behavior (walking, cycling) throughout the life-course is a key element of physical activity promotion for health. There is, however, a need to better understand the correlates of s...

    Authors: Mehdi Menai, Hélène Charreire, Thierry Feuillet, Paul Salze, Christiane Weber, Christophe Enaux, Valentina A. Andreeva, Serge Hercberg, Julie-Anne Nazare, Camille Perchoux, Chantal Simon and Jean-Michel Oppert
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:150
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  20. Discretionary eating behaviour (“snacking”) is dependent on internal and external cues. Individual differences in the effects of these cues suggest that some people are more or less likely to snack in certain ...

    Authors: Benjamin Schüz, Natalie Schüz and Stuart G. Ferguson
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:149
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  21. Sitting time questionnaires have largely been validated in small convenience samples. The validity of this multi-context sitting questionnaire against an accurate measure of sitting time is reported in a large...

    Authors: Bronwyn K Clark, Brigid M Lynch, Elisabeth AH Winkler, Paul A Gardiner, Genevieve N Healy, David W Dunstan and Neville Owen
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:148
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  22. Behavioral shifts in eating, favoring the increased consumption of highly processed foods over healthier, home-cooked alternatives, have led to widespread health problems. This study reports on the effectivene...

    Authors: Maya Adam, Kelly C. Young-Wolff, Ellen Konar and Marilyn Winkleby
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:143
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  23. The aim of this harmonized meta-analysis was to examine the independent and combined effects of physical activity and BMI on the incidence of type 2 diabetes.

    Authors: Laura Cloostermans, Wanda Wendel-Vos, Gerda Doornbos, Bethany Howard, Cora Lynn Craig, Mika Kivimäki, Adam G. Tabak, Barbara J. Jefferis, Kimmo Ronkainen, Wendy J. Brown, Susan H. S. J. Picavet, Yoav Ben-Shlomo, Jari Antero Laukkanen, Jussi Kauhanen and Wanda J. E. Bemelmans
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:147
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  25. The purpose of this systematic review was to determine the relationship between a wide range of physical environmental characteristics and different contexts of active transportation in 6- to 12-year-old child...

    Authors: Sara D’Haese, Griet Vanwolleghem, Erica Hinckson, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Benedicte Deforche, Delfien Van Dyck and Greet Cardon
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:145
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  26. Evidence on the detrimental health effects of prolonged sedentary behavior is accumulating. Interventions need to have a specific focus on sedentary behavior in order to generate clinically meaningful decrease...

    Authors: Femke van Nassau, Josephine Y. Chau, Jeroen Lakerveld, Adrian E. Bauman and Hidde P. van der Ploeg
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:144
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  27. In developed countries, individuals experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage – whether a low education level, low income, low-status occupation, or living in a socioeconomically disadvantaged neighbourhood – ar...

    Authors: Kylie Ball
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:142
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  28. Active for Life Year 5 (AFLY5) is an educational programme for Year 5 children (aged 9–10) designed to increase children’s physical activity, decrease sedentary behaviour and increase fruit and vegetable intak...

    Authors: Rona Campbell, Emma Rawlins, Sian Wells, Ruth R. Kipping, Catherine R. Chittleborough, Tim J. Peters, Debbie A. Lawlor and Russell Jago
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:141
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  29. Physical inactivity is high in Latinas, as are chronic health conditions. There is a need for physical activity (PA) interventions that are not only effective but have potential for cost-effective widespread d...

    Authors: Britta Larsen, Todd Gilmer, Dori Pekmezi, Melissa A. Napolitano and Bess H. Marcus
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:140
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  30. It is important that health-promoting efforts result in sustained behavioural changes, preferably throughout life. However, only a very few intervention studies evaluate long term follow up.

    Authors: Elling Bere, Saskia J. te Velde, Milada Cvancarova Småstuen, Jos Twisk and Knut-Inge Klepp
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:139
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  31. Diets of U.S. adolescents and adults do not meet recommendations, increasing risk of chronic disease. This study examined trajectories and predictors of eating behaviors in U.S. youth from age 16–20 years, and...

    Authors: Leah M. Lipsky, Denise L. Haynie, Danping Liu, Ashok Chaurasia, Benjamin Gee, Kaigang Li, Ronald J. Iannotti and Bruce Simons-Morton
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:138
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  32. In response to increasing policy action and public concern about the negative health effects of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), there is increased promotion of artificially sweetened beverages (ASBs). These ...

    Authors: Anthony A Laverty, Lucia Magee, Carlos A. Monteiro, Sonia Saxena and Christopher Millett
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:137
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  33. For patients, usually the first and most preferred contact person on health issues is still the doctor and most persons see their doctor at least once a year. Therefore, physical activity counselling strategie...

    Authors: Lars Gabrys, Susanne Jordan and Martin Schlaud
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:136
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  34. Beliefs about the eating behaviour of others (perceived eating norms) have been shown to influence eating behaviour in adults, but no research has examined whether young children are motivated by perceived eat...

    Authors: Maxine Sharps and Eric Robinson
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:135
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  35. The present commentary provides a brief overview of and reflections on the joint findings of two reviews of the present evidence regarding correlates, predictors and/or determinants of sedentary behavior among...

    Authors: Johannes Brug and Mai Chinapaw
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:134
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  36. Sedentary behaviour (SB) has emerged as a potential risk factor for metabolic health in youth. Knowledge on the determinants of SB in youth is necessary to inform future intervention development to reduce SB. ...

    Authors: Annabel S. Stierlin, Sara De Lepeleere, Greet Cardon, Patricia Dargent-Molina, Belinda Hoffmann, Marie H. Murphy, Aileen Kennedy, Grainne O’Donoghue, Sebastien FM Chastin and Marieke De Craemer
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:133
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  37. Parental behavior can influence the development of overweight in children. The aim of this study is to examine whether parental BMI and parental physical activity are associated with BMI, waist circumference a...

    Authors: Anna Sijtsma, Pieter JJ Sauer and Eva Corpeleijn
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:132
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  38. Globally, children aged under five years are prone to malnutrition. Maasai are a nomadic community in Kenya still upholding traditional and has a high rate of child undernutrition. Consideration of cultural pr...

    Authors: Peter M. Chege, Judith O. Kimiywe and Zipporah W. Ndungu
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:131
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  39. Effective, low-cost approaches are needed to enhance dietary behavior change. While both video and tailoring technology have been effective interventions to improve diet, these approaches have never been combi...

    Authors: Kim M. Gans, Patricia Markham Risica, Akilah Dulin-Keita, Jennifer Mello, Mahin Dawood, Leslie O. Strolla and Ofer Harel
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:130
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  40. Given increasing investment in new cycling infrastructure, it is important to understand its impacts. The Sydney Transport and Health Study evaluates a new 2.4 km bi-directional separated bicycle path in inner...

    Authors: Chris Rissel, Stephen Greaves, Li Ming Wen, Melanie Crane and Chris Standen
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:129
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  41. The aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness and cost of an after-school dance intervention at increasing the physical activity levels of Year 7 girls (age 11–12).

    Authors: Russell Jago, Mark J. Edwards, Simon J. Sebire, Keeley Tomkinson, Emma L. Bird, Kathryn Banfield, Thomas May, Joanna M. Kesten, Ashley R. Cooper, Jane E. Powell and Peter S. Blair
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:128
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  42. Older adults are the most sedentary segment of society and high sedentary time is associated with poor health and wellbeing outcomes in this population. Identifying determinants of sedentary behaviour is a nec...

    Authors: Sebastien F M Chastin, Christoph Buck, Ellen Freiberger, Marie Murphy, Johannes Brug, Greet Cardon, Grainne O’Donoghue, Iris Pigeot and Jean-Michel Oppert
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:127
    Content type: Review Published on:

  43. It is often hypothesised that neighbourhood green space may help prevent well-known declines in physical activity and increases in sedentary behaviour that occur across childhood. As most studies in this regar...

    Authors: Taren Sanders, Xiaoqi Feng, Paul P. Fahey, Chris Lonsdale and Thomas Astell-Burt
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:126
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  44. Sedentary behaviour, sleeping, and physical activity are thought to be independently associated with health outcomes but it is unclear whether these associations are due to the direct physiological effects of ...

    Authors: Emmanuel Stamatakis, Kris Rogers, Ding Ding, David Berrigan, Josephine Chau, Mark Hamer and Adrian Bauman
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:121
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  45. Although culinary practices have strongly evolved over time, few data are available on contemporary dish choices during meal preparation. We therefore sought to determine individual motives when choosing dishe...

    Authors: Pauline Ducrot, Caroline Méjean, Benjamin Allès, Philippine Fassier, Serge Hercberg and Sandrine Péneau
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:120
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  46. Programs to change health behaviours have been identified as one way to reduce health inequalities experienced by disadvantaged groups. The objective of this study was to examine the effectiveness of a behavio...

    Authors: Craig A. Melville, Fiona Mitchell, Kirsten Stalker, Lynsay Matthews, Alex McConnachie, Heather M. Murray, Chris Melling and Nanette Mutrie
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:125
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  47. Early care and education (ECE) centers are important settings influencing young children’s diet and physical activity (PA) behaviors. To better understand their impact on diet and PA behaviors as well as to ev...

    Authors: Dianne S. Ward, Stephanie Mazzucca, Christina McWilliams and Derek Hales
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:124
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  48. Young children are thought to be inactive in childcare, but little is known about location-specific activity levels. This observational study sought to describe the in-care and out-of-care activity patterns of...

    Authors: Kathryn R. Hesketh, Simon J. Griffin and Esther M. F. van Sluijs
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:123
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  49. The association between socioeconomic position and diet in early childhood has mainly been addressed based on maternal education and household income. We aimed to assess the influence of a variety of social fa...

    Authors: Soumaïla Camara, Blandine de Lauzon-Guillain, Barbara Heude, Marie-Aline Charles, Jérémie Botton, Sabine Plancoulaine, Anne Forhan, Marie-Josèphe Saurel-Cubizolles, Patricia Dargent-Molina and Sandrine Lioret
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:122
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  50. The Public Health Responsibility Deal (RD) in England is a public-private partnership involving voluntary pledges between government, industry, and other organisations to improve public health by addressing al...

    Authors: C. Knai, M. Petticrew, C. Scott, MA Durand, E. Eastmure, L. James, A. Mehrotra and N. Mays
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:107
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