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Reliability and validity of a nutrition and physical activity environmental self-assessment for child care

Few assessment instruments have examined the nutrition and physical activity environments in child care, and none are self-administered. Given the emerging focus on child care settings as a target for interven...

Authors: Sara E Benjamin, Brian Neelon, Sarah C Ball, Shrikant I Bangdiwala, Alice S Ammerman and Dianne S Ward

Achieving fruit, juice, and vegetable recipe preparation goals influences consumption by 4th grade students

Including children in food preparation activities has long been recommended as a method to encourage children's consumption, but has not been evaluated. Goal setting is also a common component of behavior chan...

Authors: Karen W Cullen, Kathy B Watson, Issa Zakeri, Tom Baranowski and Janice H Baranowski

Effects of portion size on chronic energy intake

This study experimentally examined the effects of repeated exposure to different meal portion sizes on energy intake.

Authors: Robert W Jeffery, Sarah Rydell, Caroline L Dunn, Lisa J Harnack, Allen S Levine, Paul R Pentel, Judith E Baxter and Ericka M Walsh

Screen time and physical activity during adolescence: longitudinal effects on obesity in young adulthood

The joint impact of sedentary behavior and physical activity on obesity has not been assessed in a large cohort followed from adolescence to adulthood.

Authors: Janne E Boone, Penny Gordon-Larsen, Linda S Adair and Barry M Popkin

Stages of change for physical activity in adults from Southern Brazil: a population-based survey

There is evidence that physical activity (PA) interventions tailored to individual's stages of change (SoC) are more effective in promote behavior change than "one-size-fits-all" interventions. However, only a...

Authors: Samuel C Dumith, Denise P Gigante and Marlos R Domingues

Strong inverse association between physical fitness and overweight in adolescents: a large school-based survey

Studies examining the relationship between physical fitness and obesity in children have had mixed results despite their interrelationship making intuitive sense. We examined the relationship between physical ...

Authors: Pascal Bovet, Robert Auguste and Hillary Burdette

Erratum To: five-year predictors of physical activity decline among adults in low-income communities: a prospective study

After publication it was brought to our attention that the information for one of the variables in Table 1 was incorrect (Weiss, O'Loughlin et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activi...

Authors: Deborah R Weiss, Jennifer L O'Loughlin, Robert W Platt and Gilles Paradis

Long-term maintenance of increased exercise involvement following a self-management intervention for housebound older adults with arthritis

Sustained maintenance of health behaviors is a determinant of successful symptom reduction strategies for older adults with arthritis. This study examined whether or not short-term improvements in exercise inv...

Authors: Kareen Nour, Sophie Laforest, Lise Gauvin and Monique Gignac

Correlates of exercise motivation and behavior in a population-based sample of endometrial cancer survivors: an application of the Theory of Planned Behavior

Despite evidence of the benefits of exercise in cancer survivors, exercise participation rates tend to decline after treatments. Few studies have examined the determinants of exercise in less common cancer sit...

Authors: Kristina H Karvinen, Kerry S Courneya, Kristin L Campbell, Robert G Pearcey, George Dundas, Valerie Capstick and Katia S Tonkin

Adverse events among high-risk participants in a home-based walking study: a descriptive study

For high-risk individuals and their healthcare providers, finding the right balance between promoting physical activity and minimizing the risk of adverse events can be difficult. More information on the preva...

Authors: David E Goodrich, Angela R Larkin, Julie C Lowery, Robert G Holleman and Caroline R Richardson

Children's physical activity levels during school recess: a quasi-experimental intervention study

Recess provides a daily opportunity for children to engage in moderate-to-vigorous (MVPA) and vigorous physical activity (VPA). Limited research has investigated the effects of recess-based interventions on ph...

Authors: Nicola D Ridgers, Gareth Stratton, Stuart J Fairclough and Jos WR Twisk

The school food environment and adolescent obesity: qualitative insights from high school principals and food service personnel

To examine high school personnel's perceptions of the school environment, its impact on obesity, and the potential impact of legislation regulating schools' food/beverage offerings.

Authors: Nicole L Nollen, Christie A Befort, Patricia Snow, Christine Makosky Daley, Edward F Ellerbeck and Jasjit S Ahluwalia

Worksite environment physical activity and healthy food choices: measurement of the worksite food and physical activity environment at four metropolitan bus garages

The present research describes a measure of the worksite environment for food, physical activity and weight management. The worksite environment measure (WEM instrument) was developed for the Route H Study, a ...

Authors: Scott T Shimotsu, Simone A French, Anne F Gerlach and Peter J Hannan

Correlates of total physical activity among middle-aged and elderly women

Information on correlates of total physical activity (PA) levels among middle-aged and elderly women is limited. This article aims to investigate whether total daily PA levels are associated with age, body mas...

Authors: Nicola Orsini, Rino Bellocco, Matteo Bottai, Marcello Pagano and Alicja Wolk

The "Romsås in Motion" community intervention: program exposure and psychosocial mediated relationships to change in stages of change in physical activity

Conducting process evaluations of health promoting interventions, and measuring the effectiveness of specific intervention components, may help in the understanding of program failure or success. The purposes ...

Authors: Catherine Lorentzen, Yngvar Ommundsen, Anne Karen Jenum and Ingar Holme

Predicting short-term weight loss using four leading health behavior change theories

This study was conceived to analyze how exercise and weight management psychosocial variables, derived from several health behavior change theories, predict weight change in a short-term intervention. The theo...

Authors: António L Palmeira, Pedro J Teixeira, Teresa L Branco, Sandra S Martins, Cláudia S Minderico, José T Barata, Sidónio O Serpa and Luís B Sardinha

An adapted version of the long International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ-L): construct validity in a low-income, multiethnic population study from Oslo, Norway

The aim was to assess the construct validity characteristics of an adapted version of the long International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ-L) and report seasonal variations in physical activity (PA).

Authors: Sidsel Graff-Iversen, Sigmund A Anderssen, Ingar M Holme, Anne Karen Jenum and Truls Raastad

Brief fruit and vegetable messages integrated within a community physical activity program successfully change behaviour

Consumption of the recommended amounts of fruits and vegetables is associated with several health benefits. Currently less than 25% of the American population meets the minimum recommendation of five servings ...

Authors: Shawna E Doerksen and Paul A Estabrooks

The European charter for counteracting obesity: A late but important step towards action. Observations on the WHO-Europe ministerial conference, Istanbul, November 15–17, 2006

On November 15–17, 2006 the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe organised a ministerial conference on counteracting obesity in the European region. Delegations from 48 countries met in Istanbu...

Authors: Johannes Brug

Cost-effective design of economic instruments in nutrition policy

This paper addresses the potential for using economic regulation, e.g. taxes or subsidies, as instruments to combat the increasing problems of inappropriate diets, leading to health problems such as obesity, d...

Authors: Jørgen D Jensen and Sinne Smed

Problem eating behaviors related to social factors and body weight in preschool children: A longitudinal study

Despite the increasing prevalence of overweight/obesity and its association to eating patterns in adolescents and adults, little is known about the relationship between problematic eating behaviours and body w...

Authors: Lise Dubois, Anna Farmer, Manon Girard, Kelly Peterson and Fabiola Tatone-Tokuda

An exploration of socioeconomic variation in lifestyle factors and adiposity in the Ontario Food Survey through structural equation modeling

An exploration of socioeconomic variation in lifestyle factors and adiposity in the Ontario Food Survey through structural equation models.

Authors: Heather Ward, Valerie Tarasuk, Rena Mendelson and Gail McKeown-Eyssen

Examination of program exposure across intervention delivery modes: face-to-face versus internet

There has been increasing interest in the ability of the internet to produce behaviour change. The focus of this study was to describe program exposure across three intervention groups from a randomised trial ...

Authors: Rebekah M Steele, W Kerry Mummery and Trudy Dwyer

The influence of a verbal prompt on school lunch fruit consumption: a pilot study

This study evaluated an environmental intervention intended to increase consumption of the fruit serving among elementary school children participating in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP).

Authors: Marlene B Schwartz

Free school fruit – sustained effect three years later

Norwegian children consume less fruit and vegetables (FV) than recommended. In order to increase the intake, a School Fruit subscription programme is now offered to all Norwegian elementary and junior high sch...

Authors: Elling Bere, Marit B Veierød, Øivind Skare and Knut-Inge Klepp

Reliability of pedometer data in samples of youth and older women

Pedometers offer researchers a convenient and inexpensive tool for objective measurement of physical activity. However, many unanswered questions remain about expected values for steps/day for different popula...

Authors: Lisa A Strycker, Susan C Duncan, Nigel R Chaumeton, Terry E Duncan and Deborah J Toobert

Parental influences on adolescent physical activity: a longitudinal study

Physical inactivity is increasing among adolescents in the U.S., especially among girls. Despite growing evidence that parents are an important influence on adolescent health, few longitudinal studies have exp...

Authors: India J Ornelas, Krista M Perreira and Guadalupe X Ayala

Five-year predictors of physical activity decline among adults in low-income communities: a prospective study

Obesity in North America is now endemic, and increased understanding of the determinants of physical inactivity is critical. This analysis identified predictors of declines in physical activity over 5 years am...

Authors: Deborah R Weiss, Jennifer L O'Loughlin, Robert W Platt and Gilles Paradis

Long-term effects of the Mediterranean lifestyle program: a randomized clinical trial for postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes

Multiple-risk-factor interventions offer a promising means for addressing the complex interactions between lifestyle behaviors, psychosocial factors, and the social environment. This report examines the long-t...

Authors: Deborah J Toobert, Russell E Glasgow, Lisa A Strycker, Manuel Barrera Jr, Debra P Ritzwoller and Gerdi Weidner

Constructing indices representing supportiveness of the physical environment for walking using the Rasch measurement model

The objectives of this study were to use the Rasch model to 1) assess the psychometric properties of a physical environmental audit instrument and 2) to develop indices of interrelated environmental attributes...

Authors: Gavin R McCormack, Louise C Mâsse, Max Bulsara, Terri J Pikora and Billie Giles-Corti

Relationship between parental estimate and an objective measure of child television watching

Many young children have televisions in their bedrooms, which may influence the relationship between parental estimate and objective measures of child television usage/week. Parental estimates of child televis...

Authors: Jodie L Robinson, Dana D Winiewicz, Janene H Fuerch, James N Roemmich and Leonard H Epstein

Specific food intake, fat and fiber intake, and behavioral correlates of BMI among overweight and obese members of a managed care organization

The study examined correlates of body mass index (BMI) in overweight and obese members of a managed care organization seeking treatment for obesity. It assessed intake of specific foods, dietary fat or fiber, ...

Authors: Jennifer A Linde, Jennifer Utter, Robert W Jeffery, Nancy E Sherwood, Nicolaas P Pronk and Raymond G Boyle

Determinants of fruit and vegetable intake among 11-year-old schoolchildren in a country of traditionally low fruit and vegetable consumption

Fruit and vegetable consumption is traditionally low in Iceland. The results of the Pro Children cross-Europe survey showed that the consumption was lowest among children in Iceland. The aim of this study was ...

Authors: Asa G Kristjansdottir, Inga Thorsdottir, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Pernille Due, Marianne Wind and Knut-Inge Klepp

Satisfied or unaware? Racial differences in perceived weight status

Obesity is disproportionately prevalent among many racial/ethnic minority communities. The efficacy of weight control efforts in these groups may depend on individual's ability to accurately perceive their wei...

Authors: Gary G Bennett and Kathleen Y Wolin

Mass community cycling events: Who participates and is their behaviour influenced by participation?

Participation in mass physical activity events may be a novel approach for encouraging inactive or low active adults to trial an active behaviour. The public health applicability of this strategy has not been ...

Authors: Heather R Bowles, Chris Rissel and Adrian Bauman

Dietary patterns and associated lifestyles in individuals with and without familial history of obesity: a cross-sectional study

Familial history of obesity (FHO) and certain dietary habits are risk factors for obesity. The objectives of this cross-sectional study were 1) to derive dietary patterns using factor analysis in a population ...

Authors: Ann-Marie Paradis, Louis Pérusse and Marie-Claude Vohl

Personal, social and environmental correlates of vegetable intake in normal weight and overweight 9 to 13-year old boys

The first aim of the present study was to investigate differences in correlates of vegetable intake between the normal weight and the overweight boys in the Pro Children Cross Sectional Study. The second aim w...

Authors: Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Agneta Yngve, Saskia J te Velde, Knut-Inge Klepp, Mette Rasmussen, Inga Thorsdottir, Alexandra Wolf and Johannes Brug

Children's television viewing and objectively measured physical activity: associations with family circumstance

The contribution of family circumstance to physical activity and television viewing has not been widely investigated in pre-adolescents, and available information is inconsistent. This study examines whether t...

Authors: Kylie Hesketh, David Crawford and Jo Salmon

Erratum to: Are fast food restaurants an environmental risk factor for obesity?

Authors: Robert W Jeffery, Judy Baxter, Maureen McGuire and Jennifer Linde

Randomized trial of exercise in sedentary middle aged women: effects on quality of life

Increasing physical activity is currently considered to be a possible prevention strategy for cancer, obesity, and cardiovascular disease, either alone or in combination with dietary changes. This paper presen...

Authors: Deborah J Bowen, Megan D Fesinmeyer, Yutaka Yasui, Shelley Tworoger, Cornelia M Ulrich, Melinda L Irwin, Rebecca E Rudolph, Kristin L LaCroix, Robert R Schwartz and Anne McTiernan

Understanding environmental influences on nutrition and physical activity behaviors: where should we look and what should we count?

Research interest in the influence of environmental factors on nutrition and physical activity behaviors has surged internationally in recent years. This is evident from a rapidly expanding literature and faci...

Authors: Kylie Ball, Anna F Timperio and David A Crawford

Psycho-social and environmental correlates of location-specific physical activity among 9- and 15- year-old Norwegian boys and girls: the European Youth Heart Study

Little is known about the existence of independent location- or context specific forms of physical activity. This study sought to identify location-specific forms of physical activity in a sample of 9 and 15 y...

Authors: Yngvar Ommundsen, Lena Klasson-Heggebø and Sigmund A Anderssen

Differences in fruit and vegetable intake and determinants of intakes between children of Dutch origin and non-Western ethnic minority children in the Netherlands – a cross sectional study

Fruit and vegetable consumption is low in the Netherlands and a key target in healthy diet promotion. However, hardly any information is available on differences in fruit and vegetable consumption between Dutc...

Authors: Saskia J te Velde, Marianne Wind, Frank J van Lenthe, Knut-Inge Klepp and Johannes Brug

Epiphanies, velcro balls and McDonaldization: highlights from the 5^thMeeting of the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

This commentary provides an overview and selected highlights from the scientific program of the 5th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity.

Authors: Kylie Ball

Order is needed to promote linear or quantum changes in nutrition and physical activity behaviors: a reaction to 'A chaotic view of behavior change' by Resnicow and Vaughan

Recently, Drs. Ken Resnicow and Roger Vaughan published a thought-provoking paper in the International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (IJBNPA). They argue that the most often used social...

Authors: Johannes Brug

Girls' perception of physical environmental factors and transportation: reliability and association with physical activity and active transport to school

Preliminary evidence suggests that the physical environment and transportation are associated with youth physical activity levels. Only a few studies have examined the association of physical environmental fac...

Authors: Kelly R Evenson, Amanda S Birnbaum, Ariane L Bedimo-Rung, James F Sallis, Carolyn C Voorhees, Kimberly Ring and John P Elder

Crisis and chaos in behavioral nutrition and physical activity

Resnicow & Vaughn challenged the field of behavioral nutrition and physical activity to conduct research in new ways. They challenged the predictiveness of our models, sensitivity to initial conditions, factor...

Authors: Tom Baranowski

The Pro-children Project- a cross-national approach to increasing fruits and vegetables in the next generation and onwards

This editorial introduces the special series in the International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity on the Pro Children study (Promoting and Sustaining Health through Increased vegetable an...

Authors: Annie S Anderson

A chaotic view of behavior change: a quantum leap for health promotion

The study of health behavior change, including nutrition and physical activity behaviors, has been rooted in a cognitive-rational paradigm. Change is conceptualized as a linear, deterministic process where ind...

Authors: Ken Resnicow and Roger Vaughan

Family and home correlates of television viewing in 12–13 year old adolescents: The Nepean Study

Few young people meet television viewing guidelines.

Authors: Louise L Hardy, Louise A Baur, Sarah P Garnett, David Crawford, Karen J Campbell, Vanessa A Shrewsbury, Christopher T Cowell and Jo Salmon