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  1. This study described the patterns of accelerometer-determined physical activity and sedentary behavior among adults using a nationally representative sample from the United States.

    Authors: Kelly R Evenson, Fang Wen, Jesse S Metzger and Amy H Herring
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:20
  2. The accurate measurement of daily mobility and travel to destinations beyond the residential neighbourhood has been identified as an important but almost systematically overlooked factor when investigating the...

    Authors: Tom Stewart, Scott Duncan, Basile Chaix, Yan Kestens, Jasper Schipperijn and Grant Schofield
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:18
  3. Few studies consider how risk factors within multiple levels of influence operate synergistically to determine childhood obesity. We used recursive partitioning analysis to identify unique combinations of indi...

    Authors: Andraea Van Hulst, Marie-Hélène Roy-Gagnon, Lise Gauvin, Yan Kestens, Mélanie Henderson and Tracie A Barnett
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:17
  4. The transition to higher education involves a significant life change and might be accompanied with less healthy behaviours. However, the only longitudinal study that spanned the period from high school to col...

    Authors: Benedicte Deforche, Delfien Van Dyck, Tom Deliens and Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:16
  5. Obesity is an important public health issue. Finding ways to increase physical activity and improve nutrition, particularly in children, is a clear priority. Our Cochrane review of the World Health Organizatio...

    Authors: Rebecca Langford, Christopher Bonell, Hayley Jones and Rona Campbell
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:15
  6. A Play Street is a street that is reserved for children’s safe play for a specific period during school vacations. It was hypothesized that a Play Street near children’s home can increase their moderate- to vi...

    Authors: Sara D’Haese, Delfien Van Dyck, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Benedicte Deforche and Greet Cardon
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:14
  7. Food neophobia, the rejection of unknown or novel foods, may result in poor dietary patterns. This study investigates the cross-sectional relationship between neophobia in children aged 24 months and variety o...

    Authors: Rebecca A Perry, Kimberley M Mallan, Jasly Koo, Chelsea E Mauch, Lynne A Daniels and Anthea M Magarey
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:13
  8. Physical inactivity increases the risk of many chronic diseases including coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity and some cancers. It is currently recommended that adults should undertake at least 15...

    Authors: Suzanne Audrey and Sunita Procter
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:12
  9. We compared 24-hour waist-worn accelerometer wear time characteristics of 9–11 year old children in the International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment (ISCOLE) to similarly aged U.S. c...

    Authors: Catrine Tudor-Locke, Tiago V Barreira, John M Schuna Jr, Emily F Mire, Jean-Philippe Chaput, Mikael Fogelholm, Gang Hu, Rebecca Kuriyan, Anura Kurpad, Estelle V Lambert, Carol Maher, José Maia, Victor Matsudo, Tim Olds, Vincent Onywera, Olga L Sarmiento…
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:11
  10. Physical activity (PA) has a profound impact on health and development in children. Parental behaviors (i.e., modeling and support) represent an obvious important factor in child PA. The purpose of this paper ...

    Authors: Christopher A Yao and Ryan E Rhodes
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:10
  11. There is a growing concern among researchers with the limited effectiveness and yet subsequent stagnation of theories applied to physical activity (PA). One of the most highlighted areas of concern is the esta...

    Authors: Ryan E Rhodes and Christopher A Yao
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:9
  12. There has been increasing focus on the importance of national policy to address population levels of physical inactivity. Components of a comprehensive national physical activity policy framework include: 1) n...

    Authors: Karen Milton and Adrian Bauman
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:8
  13. The literature on determinants of dietary behavior among youth is extensive and unwieldy. We conducted an umbrella review or review-of-reviews to present a comprehensive overview of the current knowledge.

    Authors: Ester FC Sleddens, Willemieke Kroeze, Leonie FM Kohl, Laura M Bolten, Elizabeth Velema, Pam J Kaspers, Johannes Brug and Stef PJ Kremers
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:7
  14. Public health is currently focused on childhood obesity, and the associated behaviors of physical activity and nutrition. Canadian youth are insufficiently active and do not meet nutritional guidelines. This i...

    Authors: Rebecca A Spencer, Laurene Rehman and Sara FL Kirk
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:6
  15. To produce a meta-study by completing a systematic review of qualitative research examining determinants of independent active free play in children.

    Authors: Homan Lee, Katherine A Tamminen, Alexander M Clark, Linda Slater, John C Spence and Nicholas L Holt
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:5
  16. According to the CONSORT statement, significance testing of baseline differences in randomized controlled trials should not be performed. In fact, this practice has been discouraged by numerous authors through...

    Authors: Michiel R de Boer, Wilma E Waterlander, Lothar DJ Kuijper, Ingrid HM Steenhuis and Jos WR Twisk
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:4
  17. The aim was to describe levels, patterns and correlates of physical activity and sedentary behavior in a sample of Swedish children, two years of age, with normal weight, overweight and obese parents.

    Authors: Elin Johansson, Maria Hagströmer, Viktoria Svensson, Anna Ek, Michaela Forssén, Håkan Nero and Claude Marcus
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:3
  18. Process evaluation is important for improving theories of behavior change and behavioral intervention methods. The present study reports on the process outcomes of a pilot test of the theoretical model (the Pr...

    Authors: Fiona Gillison, Afroditi Stathi, Prasuna Reddy, Rachel Perry, Gordon Taylor, Paul Bennett, James Dunbar and Colin Greaves
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:2
  19. In the UK, thousands of people with high cardiovascular risk are being identified by a national risk-assessment programme (NHS Health Checks). Waste the Waist is an evidence-informed, theory-driven (modified H...

    Authors: Colin Greaves, Fiona Gillison, Afroditi Stathi, Paul Bennett, Prasuna Reddy, James Dunbar, Rachel Perry, Daniel Messom, Roger Chandler, Margaret Francis, Mark Davis, Colin Green, Philip Evans and Gordon Taylor
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 12:1
  20. The Dutch Obesity Intervention in Teenagers (DOiT) programme is an evidence-based obesity prevention programme tailored to adolescents attending the first two years of prevocational education in the Netherland...

    Authors: Femke van Nassau, Amika S Singh, Ester Cerin, Jo Salmon, Willem van Mechelen, Johannes Brug and Mai JM Chinapaw
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:158
  21. Recent changes in home physical environments, such as decreasing outdoor space and increasing electronic media, may negatively affect health by facilitating sedentariness and reducing physical activity. As chi...

    Authors: Clover Maitland, Gareth Stratton, Sarah Foster, Rebecca Braham and Michael Rosenberg
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:157
  22. The home food environment is an important setting for the development of dietary patterns in childhood. Interventions that support parents to modify the home food environment for their children, however, may a...

    Authors: Rebecca Wyse, Karen J Campbell, Leah Brennan and Luke Wolfenden
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:144
  23. Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and the second cause of cancer deaths amongst women in the UK. The incidence of the disease is increasing and is highest in women from least deprived areas. ...

    Authors: Annie S Anderson, Maureen Macleod, Nanette Mutrie, Jacqueline Sugden, Hilary Dobson, Shaun Treweek, Ronan E O’Carroll, Alistair Thompson, Alison Kirk, Graham Brennan and Sally Wyke
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:156
  24. Research on social inequalities in sports participation and unstructured physical activity among young children is scarce. This study aimed to assess the associations of family socioeconomic position (SEP) and...

    Authors: Anne I Wijtzes, Wilma Jansen, Selma H Bouthoorn, Niek Pot, Albert Hofman, Vincent W V Jaddoe and Hein Raat
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:155
  25. Promoting unstructured outside play is a promising vehicle to increase children’s physical activity (PA). This study investigates if factors of the social environment moderate the relationship between the perc...

    Authors: Teun Remmers, Dave Van Kann, Jessica Gubbels, Swantje Schmidt, Sanne de Vries, Dick Ettema, Stef PJ Kremers and Carel Thijs
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:150
  26. Studies that have examined the impact of a physical activity intervention on cardiometabolic risk factors have yielded conflicting results. The objective of this study was to assess the impact of a standardize...

    Authors: Vicente Martínez-Vizcaíno, Mairena Sánchez-López, Blanca Notario-Pacheco, Fernando Salcedo-Aguilar, Montserrat Solera-Martínez, Pablo Franquelo-Morales, Sara López-Martínez, Jorge C García-Prieto, Natalia Arias-Palencia, Coral Torrijos-Niño, Ricardo Mora-Rodríguez and Fernando Rodríguez-Artalejo
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:154
  27. Effective lifestyle interventions are needed to prevent noncommunicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries. We analyzed the effects of a school-based health promotion intervention on physical fitness...

    Authors: Susana Andrade, Carl Lachat, Angelica Ochoa-Aviles, Roosmarijn Verstraeten, Lieven Huybregts, Dominique Roberfroid, Diana Andrade, John Van Camp, Rosendo Rojas, Silvana Donoso, Greet Cardon and Patrick Kolsteren
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:153
  28. Little is known about the types of ‘sit less, move more’ strategies that appeal to office employees, or what factors influence their use. This study assessed the uptake of strategies in Spanish university offi...

    Authors: Judit Bort-Roig, Montserrat Martin, Anna Puig-Ribera, Ángel Manuel González-Suárez, Iván Martínez-Lemos, Joan Carles Martori and Nicholas D Gilson
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:152
  29. Unlike leisure time physical activity, knowledge of the socioeconomic determinants of active transport is limited, research on this topic has produced mixed and inconsistent findings, and it remains unknown if...

    Authors: Gavin Turrell, Belinda Hewitt, Michele Haynes, Andrea Nathan and Billie Giles-Corti
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:151
  30. Educational differences in health-related behaviors, where low- and moderate-educated individuals have poorer outcomes than high-educated individuals, are persistent. The reasons for these differences remain p...

    Authors: Linda Springvloet, Lilian Lechner and Anke Oenema
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:149
  31. Lifestyle modification is recommended for management of prehypertension, yet finding effective interventions to reach rural women is a public health challenge. This community-based clinical trial compared the ...

    Authors: Patricia A Hageman, Carol H Pullen, Melody Hertzog and Linda S Boeckner
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:148
  32. This systematic literature review describes the potential public health impact of evidence-based multi-level interventions to improve obesity-related behaviours in adults, using the Reach, Efficacy, Adoption, ...

    Authors: Sofie Compernolle, Katrien De Cocker, Jeroen Lakerveld, Joreintje D Mackenbach, Giel Nijpels, Jean-Michel Oppert, Harry Rutter, Pedro J Teixeira, Greet Cardon and Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:147
  33. Parks are valuable resources for physical activity (PA) given their widespread availability and low cost to maintain and use. Both proximity to parks and the availability of particular features are important c...

    Authors: Andrew T Kaczynski, Gina M Besenyi, Sonja A Wilhelm Stanis, Mohammad Javad Koohsari, Katherine B Oestman, Ryan Bergstrom, Luke R Potwarka and Rodrigo S Reis
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:146
  34. Current UK policy in relation to the influence of the ‘food environment’ on childhood obesity appears to be driven largely on assumptions or speculations because empirical evidence is lacking and findings from...

    Authors: Claire Griffiths, Anna Frearson, Adam Taylor, Duncan Radley and Carlton Cooke
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:138
  35. Nutrition and physical activity interventions have been effective in creating environmental changes in afterschool programs. However, accurate assessment can be time-consuming and expensive as initiatives are ...

    Authors: Rebekka M Lee, Karen M Emmons, Cassandra A Okechukwu, Jessica L Barrett, Erica L Kenney, Angie L Cradock, Catherine M Giles, Madeleine E deBlois and Steven L Gortmaker
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:145
  36. Reducing reliance on motorised transport and increasing use of more physically active modes of travel may offer an opportunity to address physical inactivity. This review evaluates the evidence for the effects...

    Authors: Bronia Arnott, Lucia Rehackova, Linda Errington, Falko F Sniehotta, Jennifer Roberts and Vera Araujo-Soares
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:133
  37. To address major societal challenges and enhance cooperation in research across Europe, the European Commission has initiated and facilitated `joint programming’. Joint programming is a process by which Member...

    Authors: Jeroen Lakerveld, Hidde P van der Ploeg, Willemieke Kroeze, Wolfgang Ahrens, Oliver Allais, Lene Frost Andersen, Greet Cardon, Laura Capranica, Sebastien Chastin, Alan Donnelly, Ulf Ekelund, Paul Finglas, Marion Flechtner-Mors, Antje Hebestreit, Ingrid Hendriksen, Thomas Kubiak…
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:143
  38. The purpose of this study was to review state regulations promoting increased physical activity and decreased sedentary behaviors in infants in child care and to assess consistency with recent Institute of Med...

    Authors: Meghan M Slining, Sara E Benjamin Neelon and Kiyah J Duffey
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:139
  39. Existing reviews identify numerous studies of the relationship between urban built environment characteristics and obesity. These reviews do not generally distinguish between cross-sectional observational stud...

    Authors: Adam Martin, David Ogilvie and Marc Suhrcke
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:142
  40. To influence dietary behaviors, more insight in food choice motivations is necessary. This study identified what motivations older adults have to eat healthily and investigated to what extent these motivations...

    Authors: S Coosje Dijkstra, Judith E Neter, Ingeborg A Brouwer, Martijn Huisman and Marjolein Visser
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:141
  41. Active commuting to school (ACS) may increase children’s daily physical activity and help them maintain a healthy weight. Previous studies have identified various perceived barriers related to children’s ACS. ...

    Authors: Wenhua Lu, E Lisako J McKyer, Chanam Lee, Patricia Goodson, Marcia G Ory and Suojin Wang
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:140
  42. Young children’s diets are currently suboptimal. Given that mothers have a critical influence on children’ diets, they are typically a target of interventions to improve early childhood nutrition. Understandin...

    Authors: Alison C Spence, Karen J Campbell, David A Crawford, Sarah A McNaughton and Kylie D Hesketh
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:137
  43. Pregnancy is a recognised high risk period for excessive weight gain, contributing to postpartum weight retention and obesity development long-term. We aimed to reduce postpartum weight retention following a l...

    Authors: Cheryce L Harrison, Catherine B Lombard and Helena J Teede
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:134
  44. Forming `habit’ - defined as a learned process that generates automatic responses to contextual cues - has been suggested as a mechanism for behaviour maintenance, but few studies have applied habit theory to ...

    Authors: Benjamin Gardner, Kate Sheals, Jane Wardle and Laura McGowan
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:135
  45. Drop-off spots are locations in the proximity of primary schools where parents can drop off or pick up their child. From these drop-off spots children can walk to and from school. This pilot study aimed to inv...

    Authors: Griet Vanwolleghem, Sara D’Haese, Delfien Van Dyck, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij and Greet Cardon
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:136
  46. Walking and cycling have shown beneficial effects on population risk of all-cause mortality (ACM). This paper aims to review the evidence and quantify these effects, adjusted for other physical activity (PA).

    Authors: Paul Kelly, Sonja Kahlmeier, Thomas Götschi, Nicola Orsini, Justin Richards, Nia Roberts, Peter Scarborough and Charlie Foster
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:132
  47. The 2008 nutritional standards for primary school lunch in England improved nutritional content. The impact on socio-economic inequalities is unknown. We examine the impact of the nutritional standards on chil...

    Authors: Suzanne Spence, John NS Matthews, Martin White and Ashley J Adamson
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:128
  48. Many parents do not live with, or have shared custody of, their adolescent children (i.e., nonresident parents). The degree of their influence on their children, as compared to parents who do live with their c...

    Authors: Jerica M Berge, Craig Meyer, Richard F MacLehose, Marla E Eisenberg and Dianne Neumark-Sztainer
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:131
  49. It has been proposed that introducing daylight saving measures could increase children’s physical activity, but there exists little research on this issue. This study therefore examined associations between ti...

    Authors: Anna Goodman, Angie S Page and Ashley R Cooper
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:84