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  1. In Finland, all men are liable to military service and a clear majority completes service. The increasing prevalence of obesity also among soldiers concerns conscripts’ food choices. Conscripts are served nutr...

    Authors: Clarissa ML Bingham, Marjaana Lahti-Koski, Pauli Puukka, Marja Kinnunen, Piia Jallinoja and Pilvikki Absetz
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:91
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  2. The aim of this study is to explore whether availability of sports facilities, parks, and neighbourhood social capital (NSC) and their interaction are associated with leisure time sports participation among Du...

    Authors: Richard G Prins, Sigrid M Mohnen, Frank J van Lenthe, Johannes Brug and Anke Oenema
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:90
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  3. Older adults spend little time outdoors and many are physically inactive. The relationship between outdoor physical activity and self rated health has not been studied in older adults. This paper aimed to asse...

    Authors: Jacqueline Kerr, James F Sallis, Brian E Saelens, Kelli L Cain, Terry L Conway, Lawrence D Frank and Abby C King
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:89
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  4. Children in households of lower socioeconomic status (SES) are more likely to be overweight/obese. We aimed to determine if home physical activity (PA) environments differed by SES and to explore home environm...

    Authors: Pooja S Tandon, Chuan Zhou, James F Sallis, Kelli L Cain, Lawrence D Frank and Brian E Saelens
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:88
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  5. The relationship between early childhood television viewing and physical fitness in school age children has not been extensively studied using objective outcome measures.

    Authors: Caroline Fitzpatrick, Linda S Pagani and Tracie A Barnett
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:87
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  6. Reduced time dedicated to physical education and free play in recent decades emphasizes the need to promote opportunities for sport participation in adolescents in order to increase physical activity levels. T...

    Authors: Sandra Mandic, Enrique García Bengoechea, Emily Stevens, Sophia Leon de la Barra and Paula Skidmore
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:86
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  7. Current knowledge on the relationship between the physical environment and walking for transportation among older adults (≥ 65 years) is limited. Qualitative research can provide valuable information and infor...

    Authors: Jelle Van Cauwenberg, Veerle Van Holle, Dorien Simons, Riet Deridder, Peter Clarys, Liesbet Goubert, Jack Nasar, Jo Salmon, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij and Benedicte Deforche
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:85
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  8. The assessment of physical activity in healthy populations and in those with chronic diseases is challenging. The aim of this systematic review was to identify whether available activity monitors (AM) have bee...

    Authors: Hans Van Remoortel, Santiago Giavedoni, Yogini Raste, Chris Burtin, Zafeiris Louvaris, Elena Gimeno-Santos, Daniel Langer, Alastair Glendenning, Nicholas S Hopkinson, Ioannis Vogiatzis, Barry T Peterson, Frederick Wilson, Bridget Mann, Roberto Rabinovich, Milo A Puhan and Thierry Troosters
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:84
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  9. People living in neighbourhoods of lower socioeconomic status have been shown to have higher rates of obesity and a lower likelihood of meeting physical activity recommendations than their more affluent counte...

    Authors: Karen E Lamb, David Ogilvie, Neil S Ferguson, Jonathan Murray, Yang Wang and Anne Ellaway
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:55
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  10. Many adolescent girls do not engage in sufficient physical activity (PA). This study examined the feasibility of conducting a cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) to evaluate an after-school dance program...

    Authors: Russell Jago, Simon J Sebire, Ashley R Cooper, Anne M Haase, Jane Powell, Laura Davis, Jade McNeill and Alan A Montgomery
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:83
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  11. The Developmental Origins of Health and Disease hypothesis suggests that intrauterine, infancy and early childhood variables play a key role at programming later health. However, little is known on the program...

    Authors: Pedro C Hallal, Samuel C Dumith, Ulf Ekelund, Felipe F Reichert, Ana M B Menezes, Cesar G Victora and Jonathan C K Wells
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:82
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  12. Youth with diabetes are at increased risk for obesity and cardiovascular disease complications. However, less is known about the influence of built food environment on health outcomes in this population. The a...

    Authors: Archana P Lamichhane, Robin Puett, Dwayne E Porter, Matteo Bottai, Elizabeth J Mayer-Davis and Angela D Liese
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:81
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  13. The Healthy Options for Nutrition Environments in Schools (Healthy ONES) study was an evidence-based public health (EBPH) randomized group trial that adapted the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s (IHI) ra...

    Authors: Karen J Coleman, Maggie Shordon, Susan L Caparosa, Magdalena E Pomichowski and David A Dzewaltowski
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:80
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  14. Research suggests that the interaction between biological susceptibility and environmental risk is complex and that further study of behavioral typologies related to obesity and associated behaviors is importa...

    Authors: Paul T Fuglestad, Robert W Jeffery and Nancy E Sherwood
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:79
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  15. Motivation is a critical factor in supporting sustained exercise, which in turn is associated with important health outcomes. Accordingly, research on exercise motivation from the perspective of self-determina...

    Authors: Pedro J Teixeira, Eliana V Carraça, David Markland, Marlene N Silva and Richard M Ryan
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:78
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  16. This study identified lifestyle patterns by examining the clustering of eating routines (e.g. eating together as a family, having the television on during meals, duration of meals) and various activity-related...

    Authors: Jessica S Gubbels, Stef PJ Kremers, Annette Stafleu, R Alexandra Goldbohm, Nanne K de Vries and Carel Thijs
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:77
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  17. Current epidemiological data highlight the potential detrimental associations between sedentary behaviours and health outcomes, yet little is known about temporal trends in adult sedentary time. This study use...

    Authors: Josephine Y Chau, Dafna Merom, Anne Grunseit, Chris Rissel, Adrian E Bauman and Hidde P van der Ploeg
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:76
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  18. In England, obesity is more common in some ethnic minority groups than in Whites. This study examines the relationship between ethnic concentration and access to fast food outlets, supermarkets and physical ac...

    Authors: Oarabile R Molaodi, Alastair H Leyland, Anne Ellaway, Ade Kearns and Seeromanie Harding
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:75
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  19. The lifestyle-related behaviors having breakfast, drinking sweet beverages, playing outside and watching TV have been indicated to have an association with childhood overweight, but research among young childr...

    Authors: Lydian Veldhuis, Ineke Vogel, Carry M Renders, Lenie van Rossem, Anke Oenema, Remy A HiraSing and Hein Raat
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:74
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  20. Despite their increased use, no studies have examined the validity of Actical accelerometry cut points for moderate physical activity (PA) in underserved (low-income, high-crime), minority populations. The hig...

    Authors: Nevelyn N Trumpeter, Hannah G Lawman, Dawn K Wilson, Russell R Pate, M Lee Van Horn and Alicia K Tate
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:73
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  21. Neighborhood safety is one of the environmental aspects that can influence physical activity. We analyzed the association between perceived neighborhood safety and physical inactivity (PI) in adults and examin...

    Authors: Cassiano Ricardo Rech, Rodrigo Siqueira Reis, Adriano Akira Ferreira Hino, Ciro Romélio Rodriguez-Añez, Rogério Cesar Fermino, Priscila Bezerra Gonçalves and Pedro Curi Hallal
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:72
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  22. Although differences between paper-and-pencil questionnaires and accelerometers have been reported for overall physical activity and time spent in moderate and vigorous activity, few studies have looked at dom...

    Authors: Tineke Scheers, Renaat Philippaerts and Johan Lefevre
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:71
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  23. Active transportation has the potential to contribute considerably to overall physical activity levels in adults and is likely to be influenced by neighborhood-related built environment characteristics. Previo...

    Authors: Delfien Van Dyck, Ester Cerin, Terry L Conway, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Neville Owen, Jacqueline Kerr, Greet Cardon, Lawrence D Frank, Brian E Saelens and James F Sallis
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:70
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  24. Counselor behaviors that mediate the efficacy of motivational interviewing (MI) are not well understood, especially when applied to health behavior promotion. We hypothesized that client change talk mediates t...

    Authors: Angela G Pirlott, Yasemin Kisbu-Sakarya, Carol A DeFrancesco, Diane L Elliot and David P MacKinnon
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:69
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  25. Understanding of physical activity (PA) tracking during childhood is important to predict PA behaviors and design appropriate interventions. We compared tracking of PA according to PA level and type of day (we...

    Authors: Soyang Kwon and Kathleen F Janz
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:68
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  27. Screen time activities (e.g., television, computers, video games) have been linked to several negative health outcomes among young people. In order to develop evidence-based interventions to reduce screen time...

    Authors: Valerie Carson and Ian Janssen
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:66
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  28. Despite strong support for predictive validity of the theory of planned behavior (TPB) substantial variance in both intention and behavior is unaccounted for by the model’s predictors. The present study tested...

    Authors: Shemane Murtagh, David A Rowe, Mark A Elliott, David McMinn and Norah M Nelson
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:65
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  29. Associations between parent and child characteristics and how they influence the approach parents take toward children in the feeding environment have not been examined extensively, especially in low-income mi...

    Authors: Sheryl O Hughes and Richard M Shewchuk
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:64
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  30. There is limited knowledge as to whether obesity prevention interventions are able to produce change in the determinants hypothesized to precede change in energy balance-related behaviors in young people. The ...

    Authors: Ingunn H Bergh, Mona Bjelland, May Grydeland, Nanna Lien, Lene F Andersen, Knut-Inge Klepp, Sigmund A Anderssen and Yngvar Ommundsen
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:63
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  31. Research has shown that parental feeding styles may influence children’s food consumption, energy intake, and ultimately, weight status. We examine this relationship, among recent immigrants to the US. Given t...

    Authors: Alison Tovar, Erin Hennessy, Alex Pirie, Aviva Must, David M Gute, Raymond R Hyatt, Christina Luongo Kamins, Sheryl O Hughes, Rebecca Boulos, Sarah Sliwa, Heloisa Galvão and Christina D Economos
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:62
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  32. The objectives of this meta-analysis were to provide an overview of the evidence regarding the effects of interventions, implemented in the school- and general population setting, aiming to prevent excessive s...

    Authors: Amy van Grieken, Nicole PM Ezendam, Winifred D Paulis, Johannes C van der Wouden and Hein Raat
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:61
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  33. Krachtvoer is a Dutch healthy diet programme for prevocational schools, developed in 2001 and revised for a broader target group in 2007, based on the findings of an evaluation of the first version. The goal o...

    Authors: Kathelijne MHH Bessems, Patricia van Assema, Marloes K Martens, Theo GWM Paulussen, Lieke GM Raaijmakers, Mark de Rooij and Nanne K de Vries
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:60
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  34. Socio-ecological models suggest that both individual and neighborhood characteristics contribute to facilitating health-enhancing behaviors such as physical activity. Few European studies have explored relatio...

    Authors: Hélène Charreire, Christiane Weber, Basile Chaix, Paul Salze, Romain Casey, Arnaud Banos, Dominique Badariotti, Emmanuelle Kesse-Guyot, Serge Hercberg, Chantal Simon and Jean-Michel Oppert
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:59
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  35. Food environment studies have focused on ethnic and income disparities in food access. Few studies have investigated distance travelled for food and did not aim to inform the geographic scales at which to stud...

    Authors: Jacqueline Kerr, Lawrence Frank, James F Sallis, Brian Saelens, Karen Glanz and Jim Chapman
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:58
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  36. There is evidence that adolescence is a critical period of decline in physical activity. However, adolescents may have limited opportunities to be physically active outdoors if their parents are concerned abou...

    Authors: Alison Carver, Anna Timperio, Kylie Hesketh and David Crawford
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:57
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  37. Whereas tracking and change in physical activity (PA) in children and adolescents have been well documented, studies investigating these patterns in its correlates are lacking. The present study aims to addres...

    Authors: Mekdes K Gebremariam, Ingunn H Bergh, Lene F Andersen, Yngvar Ommundsen, Mona Bjelland and Nanna Lien
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:56
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  38. Increased understanding of why and how physical activity impacts on health outcomes is needed to increase the effectiveness of physical activity interventions. A recent randomized controlled trial of an active...

    Authors: Ralph Maddison, Cliona Ni Mhurchu, Andrew Jull, Harry Prapavessis, Louise S Foley and Yannan Jiang
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:54
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  39. A systematic review of qualitative studies was undertaken to understand the barriers to physical activity experienced by adolescents who were overweight or obese. From a search of electronic databases and ‘gre...

    Authors: Ivana Stankov, Timothy Olds and Margaret Cargo
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:53
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  40. Many internet-delivered physical activity behaviour change programs have been developed and evaluated. However, further evidence is required to ascertain the overall effectiveness of such interventions. The ob...

    Authors: Cally A Davies, John C Spence, Corneel Vandelanotte, Cristina M Caperchione and W Kerry Mummery
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:52
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  41. Strategies to increase fruit and vegetable consumption of preschool aged children are needed.

    Authors: Lisa J Harnack, J Michael Oakes, Simone A French, Sarah A Rydell, Farhiyah M Farah and Gretchen L Taylor
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:51
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  42. Assessment of correlates of physical activity occurring at different times of the day, locations and contexts, is imperative to understanding children’s physical activity behaviour. The purpose of this review ...

    Authors: Rebecca M Stanley, Kate Ridley and James Dollman
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:50
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  43. To undertake a review of the methods and findings of published research evaluating the influence of season on accelerometer-determined sedentary behaviour (SB) and physical activity (PA) in children.

    Authors: Carly Rich, Lucy J Griffiths and Carol Dezateux
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:49
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  44. Transformational leadership is conceptualized as a set of behaviors designed to inspire, energize and motivate others to achieve higher levels of functioning, and is associated with salient health-related outc...

    Authors: Katie L Morton, Alexandra H Wilson, Lisa S Perlmutter and Mark R Beauchamp
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:48
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  45. To our knowledge, no studies have aimed at improving the PA level in south Asian immigrant men residing in Western countries, and few studies have considered the relevance of SCT constructs to the PA behaviour...

    Authors: Eivind Andersen, Nicola W Burton and Sigmund A Anderssen
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:47
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  46. Aspects of the food environment such as the availability of different types of food stores have recently emerged as key modifiable factors that may contribute to the increased prevalence of obesity. Given that...

    Authors: Euna Han, Lisa M Powell, Shannon N Zenk, Leah Rimkus, Punam Ohri-Vachaspati and Frank J Chaloupka
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:46
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  47. A poor understanding of the specific lifestyle behaviors that result in weight loss has hindered the development of effective interventions. The aim of this paper was to identify potential behavioral mediators...

    Authors: David R Lubans, Philip J Morgan, Clare E Collins, Anthony D Okely, Tracy Burrows and Robin Callister
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:45
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  48. This study investigated the number of pedometer assessment occasions required to establish habitual physical activity in African American adults.

    Authors: Robert L Newton Jr, Hongmei Han M, Patricia M Dubbert, William D Johnson, DeMarc A Hickson, Barbara Ainsworth, Teresa Carithers, Herman Taylor, Sharon Wyatt and Catrine Tudor-Locke
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:44
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  49. To identify food intake profiles of children during their first four years of life and assess its variations according to sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics.

    Authors: Giovanna Gatica, Aluisio J D Barros, Samanta Madruga, Alicia Matijasevich and Iná S Santos
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:43
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  50. Existing data provide little insight into the physical activity context of multiethnic socio-economically disadvantaged mothers in Canada. Our primary objectives were: (1) to use focus group methodology to dev...

    Authors: Elizabeth D Mansfield, Natacha Ducharme and Kristine G Koski
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:42
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