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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. 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
  30. 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
  31. 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
  32. Many people lack access to food stores that provide healthful food. Neighborhoods with poor supermarket access have been characterized as “food deserts” (as contrast with “food oases”). This study explored fac...

    Authors: Renee E Walker, Jason Block and Ichiro Kawachi
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:41
  33. Few studies have investigated both the self-perceived and measured environment with objectively determined physical activity in older adults. Accordingly, the aim of this study was to examine measured and perc...

    Authors: Scott J Strath, Michael J Greenwald, Raymond Isaacs, Teresa L Hart, Elizabeth K Lenz, Christopher J Dondzila and Ann M Swartz
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:40
  34. There is limited evidence comparing adult and child physical activity (PA) trends and examining parent–child PA associations within a newly industrialized country setting. PA research within a newly industrial...

    Authors: Tracy Dearth-Wesley, Penny Gordon-Larsen, Linda S Adair, Bing Zhang and Barry M Popkin
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:39
  35. The aim of this study was to determine the acute effects of exercise intensity on anxiety, mood states and hunger in obese adolescents.

    Authors: Mara Cristina Lofrano-Prado, James O Hill, Humberto José Gomes Silva, Camila Rodrigues Menezes Freitas, Sandra Lopes-de-Souza, Tatiana Acioli Lins and Wagner Luiz do Prado
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:38
  36. In recent years, alongside the exponential increase in the prevalence of overweight and obesity, there has been a change in the food environment (foodscape). This research focuses on methods used to measure an...

    Authors: Amelia A Lake, Thomas Burgoine, Elaine Stamp and Rachael Grieve
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:37
  37. Having a significant other has been shown to be protective against physical and psychological health conditions for adults. Less is known about the period of emerging young adulthood and associations between s...

    Authors: Jerica M Berge, Rich MacLehose, Marla E Eisenberg, Melissa N Laska and Dianne Neumark-Sztainer
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:35
  38. The study aim was to objectively assess levels of sedentary time, light, moderate and vigorous physical activity (PA) among 10-12 year olds across five European countries and to examine differences in sedentar...

    Authors: Maïté Verloigne, Wendy Van Lippevelde, Lea Maes, Mine Yıldırım, Mai Chinapaw, Yannis Manios, Odysseas Androutsos, Éva Kovács, Bettina Bringolf-Isler, Johannes Brug and Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:34
  39. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the perception of the neighbourhood environment alters when changing the physical activity behaviour through a pedometer intervention.

    Authors: Birgit Wallmann, Heleen Spittaels, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij and Ingo Froboese
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:33
  40. Understanding environmental factors related to obesity can inform interventions for the world wide obesity epidemic, yet no study has been conducted in this context in Africa. This study examined associations ...

    Authors: Adewale L Oyeyemi, Babatunde O Adegoke, Adetoyeje Y Oyeyemi, Benedicte Deforche, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij and James F Sallis
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:32
  41. This study aimed to examine associations between aspects of the neighborhood social environment and body mass index (BMI) in youth both cross-sectionally and prospectively; and whether this association was med...

    Authors: Jenny Veitch, Maartje M van Stralen, Mai JM Chinapaw, Saskia J te Velde, David Crawford, Jo Salmon and Anna Timperio
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:31
  42. This article investigated (1) parental response accuracy of fourth-grade children's school-meal participation and whether accuracy differed by children's body mass index (BMI), sex, and race, and (2) the relat...

    Authors: Amy E Paxton-Aiken, Suzanne Domel Baxter, Joshua M Tebbs, Christopher J Finney, Caroline H Guinn and Julie A Royer
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:30
  43. Our aim was to examine the relationship between motor skill proficiency and perceptions of competence of children in their first year of school. We also explored gender-based differences.

    Authors: Mark LeGear, Lizette Greyling, Erin Sloan, Rick I Bell, Buffy-Lynne Williams, Patti-Jean Naylor and Viviene A Temple
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:29
  44. Limited research has explored the relationship between non-leisure-time physical activity (NLTPA), including domestic and work-related physical activities, with depressive symptoms. This study was designed to ...

    Authors: Li-Jung Chen, Clare Stevinson, Po-Wen Ku, Yu-Kai Chang and Da-Chen Chu
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:28
  45. In 2005, we reported on the success of Comprehensive School Health (CSH) in improving diets, activity levels, and body weights. The successful program was recognized as a "best practice" and has inspired the d...

    Authors: Christina Fung, Stefan Kuhle, Connie Lu, Megan Purcell, Marg Schwartz, Kate Storey and Paul J Veugelers
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:27
  46. The current study examined associations between gender, perceived athletic competence, and enjoyment of physical education (PE) class over time in a cohort of children enrolled in grade four (ages 9 or 10) at ...

    Authors: John Cairney, Matthew YW Kwan, Scott Velduizen, John Hay, Steven R Bray and Brent E Faught
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012 9:26