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  1. The ecological perspective holds that human behavior depends on the interaction of different environmental factors and personal characteristics, but it lacks validation and operationalization. In the current p...

    Authors: Jessica S Gubbels, Dave HH Van Kann, Nanne K de Vries, Carel Thijs and Stef PJ Kremers
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:52
    Content type: Debate Published on:

  2. Little is understood about the economic factors that have influenced the nutrition transition from traditional to store-bought foods that are typically high in fat and sugar amongst people living in the Canadi...

    Authors: Mohammadreza Pakseresht, Rosalyn Lang, Stacey Rittmueller, Cindy Roache, Tony Sheehy, Malek Batal, Andre Corriveau and Sangita Sharma
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:51
    Content type: Research Published on:

  3. High rates of childhood obesity have generated interest among policy makers to improve the school food environment and increase students’ levels of physical activity. The purpose of this study was to examine s...

    Authors: Allison W Watts, Louise C Mâsse and Patti-Jean Naylor
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:50
    Content type: Research Published on:

  4. Although previous studies have demonstrated that children with high levels of fundamental movement skill competency are more active throughout the day, little is known regarding children’s fundamental movement...

    Authors: Kristen E Cohen, Philip J Morgan, Ronald C Plotnikoff, Robin Callister and David R Lubans
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:49
    Content type: Research Published on:

  5. Extracurricular school-based sports are considered to be an ideal means of reaching children who are not active in community sports. The purposes of this study were to examine the extent to which pupils not en...

    Authors: An De Meester, Nathalie Aelterman, Greet Cardon, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij and Leen Haerens
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:48
    Content type: Research Published on:

  6. Salt reduction efforts usually have a strong focus on consumer education. Understanding the association between salt consumption levels and knowledge, attitudes and behaviours towards salt should provide insig...

    Authors: Mary-Anne Land, Jacqui Webster, Anthea Christoforou, Claire Johnson, Helen Trevena, Frances Hodgins, John Chalmers, Mark Woodward, Federica Barzi, Wayne Smith, Victoria Flood, Paul Jeffery, Caryl Nowson and Bruce Neal
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:47
    Content type: Research Published on:

  7. The prevention and treatment of childhood obesity is a key public health challenge. However, certain groups within populations have markedly different risk profiles for obesity and related health behaviours. W...

    Authors: Louise Foley, Yannan Jiang, Cliona Ni Mhurchu, Andrew Jull, Harry Prapavessis, Anthony Rodgers and Ralph Maddison
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:46
    Content type: Short paper Published on:

  8. Understanding how the determinants of behaviour vary by context may support the design of interventions aiming to increase physical activity. Such factors include independent mobility, time outdoors and the av...

    Authors: Matthew Pearce, Angie S Page, Tom P Griffin and Ashley R Cooper
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:45
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  9. Children of low socioeconomic position (SEP) generally have poorer diets than children of high SEP. However there is no consensus on which SEP variable is most indicative of SEP differences in children’s diets...

    Authors: Dorota Zarnowiecki, Kylie Ball, Natalie Parletta and James Dollman
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:44
    Content type: Research Published on:

  10. Increasing attention has been paid to the school food environment as a strategy to reduce childhood obesity. The purpose of this study was to examine associations between the school food environment, students’...

    Authors: Louise C Mâsse, Judith Evelyn de Niet-Fitzgerald, Allison W Watts, Patti-Jean Naylor and Elizabeth M Saewyc
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:29
    Content type: Research Published on:

  11. The positive association between parental socio-economic position (PSEP) and health among adolescents may be partly explained by physical activity behaviour. We investigated the associations between physical a...

    Authors: Jonas D Finger, Gert B M Mensink, Winfried Banzer, Thomas Lampert and Thorkild Tylleskär
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:43
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  12. More than half of U.S. high-school students do not meet the moderate and vigorous physical activity (MVPA) 5 hours per week recommendation. The purpose of this study was to determine how individual dimensions ...

    Authors: Kaigang Li, Ronald J Iannotti, Denise L Haynie, Jessamyn G Perlus and Bruce G Simons-Morton
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:42
    Content type: Research Published on:

  13. Effective strategies to address risk factors of non-communicable diseases are required to curtail the expanding costs of health care. This trial tested the effectiveness over one year of a minimal intervention...

    Authors: Sanjoti Parekh, David King, Frances M Boyle and Corneel Vandelanotte
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:41
    Content type: Research Published on:

  14. The built environment in which older people live plays an important role in promoting or inhibiting physical activity. Most work on this complex relationship between physical activity and the environment has e...

    Authors: Yi Gong, John Gallacher, Stephen Palmer and David Fone
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:40
    Content type: Research Published on:

  15. Physical inactivity is a leading risk factor for cardiovascular and other noncommunicable diseases in high-, low- and middle-income countries. Nepal, a low-income country in South Asia, is undergoing an epidem...

    Authors: Abhinav Vaidya and Alexandra Krettek
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:39
    Content type: Research Published on:

  16. The ToyBox-study developed an evidence- and theory-based intervention to improve preschoolers’ energy balance-related behaviours – including physical activity (PA) – by targeting the kindergarten environment a...

    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 2014 11:38
    Content type: Research Published on:

  18. Numerous area-based initiatives (ABIs) have been implemented in deprived neighbourhoods across Europe. These large-scale initiatives aim to tackle the socio-economic and environmental problems in these areas t...

    Authors: Daniëlle Kramer, Mariël Droomers, Birthe Jongeneel-Grimen, Marleen Wingen, Karien Stronks and Anton E Kunst
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:36
    Content type: Research Published on:

  19. Physical activity is effective in preventing chronic diseases, increasing quality of life and promoting general health in older adults, but most older adults are not sufficiently active to gain those benefits....

    Authors: Andre Matthias Müller and Selina Khoo
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:35
    Content type: Review Published on:

  20. It is difficult to compare accelerometer-derived estimates of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) between studies due to differences in data processing procedures. We aimed to evaluate the effects of...

    Authors: Mark Orme, Katrien Wijndaele, Stephen J Sharp, Kate Westgate, Ulf Ekelund and Soren Brage
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:34
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  21. Despite strong empirical support for the association between perceived food affordability and dietary intake amongst families with a lower socioeconomic position (SEP), there is limited evidence of the most ef...

    Authors: Lauren K Williams, Gavin Abbott, Lukar E Thornton, Anthony Worsley, Kylie Ball and David Crawford
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:33
    Content type: Short paper Published on:

  22. Empirical evidence of the relationship between safety concerns and walking to school (WTS) is growing. However, current research offers limited understanding of the multiple domains of parental safety concerns...

    Authors: Abiodun O Oluyomi, Chanam Lee, Eileen Nehme, Diane Dowdy, Marcia G Ory and Deanna M Hoelscher
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:32
    Content type: Research Published on:

  23. Despite evidence that environmental features are related to physical activity, the association between the built environment and bicycling for transportation remains a poorly investigated subject. The aim of t...

    Authors: Patricia Jasmin Krenn, Pekka Oja and Sylvia Titze
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:31
    Content type: Research Published on:

  24. The family environment is important for explaining individual health behaviour. While previous research mostly focused on influences among family members and dyadic interactions (parent-child), the purpose of thi...

    Authors: Christina Niermann, Fabian Krapf, Britta Renner, Miriam Reiner and Alexander Woll
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:30
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  25. Elderly people obtain significant health benefits from physical activity (PA), but the role of activity patterns has scarcely been researched. The present study aims to describe the patterns of PA among differ...

    Authors: Sandra Ortlieb, André Dias, Lukas Gorzelniak, Dennis Nowak, Stefan Karrasch, Annette Peters, Klaus A Kuhn, Alexander Horsch and Holger Schulz
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:28
    Content type: Research Published on:

  26. Physical activity trends for a lower-middle income country like India suggest a gradual decline in work related physical activity and no concomitant increase in leisure time physical activity. Perceived health...

    Authors: Sundar Kumar Veluswamy, Arun G Maiya, Suma Nair, Vasudeva Guddattu, Narayanapillai Sreekumaran Nair and Sudha Vidyasagar
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:27
    Content type: Research Published on:

  27. The rising prevalence of diabetes and obesity in India can be attributed, at least in part, to increasing levels of physical inactivity. However, there has been no nationwide survey in India on physical activi...

    Authors: Ranjit M Anjana, Rajendra Pradeepa, Ashok K Das, Mohan Deepa, Anil Bhansali, Shashank R Joshi, Prashant P Joshi, Vinay K Dhandhania, Paturi V Rao, Vasudevan Sudha, Radhakrishnan Subashini, Ranjit Unnikrishnan, Sri V Madhu, Tanvir Kaur, Viswanathan Mohan and Deepak K Shukla
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:26
    Content type: Research Published on:

  28. People have different preferences on how health behaviour change interventions are delivered to them; intervention implementation, retention and effectiveness may be improved if preferences can be matched.

    Authors: Camille E Short, Corneel Vandelanotte and Mitch J Duncan
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:25
    Content type: Research Published on:

  29. Direct relationships between safety concerns and physical activity have been inconsistently patterned in the literature. To tease out these relationships, crime, pedestrian, and traffic safety were examined as...

    Authors: Nicole L Bracy, Rachel A Millstein, Jordan A Carlson, Terry L Conway, James F Sallis, Brian E Saelens, Jacqueline Kerr, Kelli L Cain, Lawrence D Frank and Abby C King
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:24
    Content type: Research Published on:

  30. Few studies have quantified levels of habitual physical activity across the entire intensity range. We aimed to describe variability in total and intensity-specific physical activity levels in UK adolescents a...

    Authors: Paul J Collings, Katrien Wijndaele, Kirsten Corder, Kate Westgate, Charlotte L Ridgway, Valerie Dunn, Ian Goodyer, Ulf Ekelund and Soren Brage
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:23
    Content type: Research Published on:

  31. The promotion of physical activity (PA) in young children requires effective interventions. This article reviews the evidence on PA interventions in childcare by applying a socio-ecological approach. A compute...

    Authors: Marjo Anette Kristiina Mehtälä, Arja Kaarina Sääkslahti, Mari Elina Inkinen and Marita Eija Helena Poskiparta
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:22
    Content type: Review Published on:

  32. Sitting, particularly in prolonged, unbroken bouts, is widespread within the office workplace, yet few interventions have addressed this newly-identified health risk behaviour. This paper describes the iterati...

    Authors: Maike Neuhaus, Genevieve N Healy, Brianna S Fjeldsoe, Sheleigh Lawler, Neville Owen, David W Dunstan, Anthony D LaMontagne and Elizabeth G Eakin
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:21
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  33. Preliminary evidence suggests that recreational walking has different environmental determinants than utilitarian walking. However, previous studies are limited in their assessment of environmental exposures a...

    Authors: Basile Chaix, Chantal Simon, Hélène Charreire, Frédérique Thomas, Yan Kestens, Noëlla Karusisi, Julie Vallée, Jean-Michel Oppert, Christiane Weber and Bruno Pannier
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:20
    Content type: Research Published on:

  34. High levels of sedentary behavior are often measured in preschoolers, but only a few interventions have been developed to counteract this. Furthermore, detailed descriptions of interventions in preschoolers ta...

    Authors: Ellen De Decker, Marieke De Craemer, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Vera Verbestel, Kristin Duvinage, Violeta Iotova, Evangelia Grammatikaki, Andreas Wildgruber, Theodora Mouratidou, Yannis Manios and Greet Cardon
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:19
    Content type: Research Published on:

  35. To investigate the effect of an early childhood obesity prevention intervention, incorporating a parent modelling component, on fathers’ obesity risk-related behaviours.

    Authors: Adam D Walsh, Sandrine Lioret, Adrian J Cameron, Kylie D Hesketh, Sarah A McNaughton, David Crawford and Karen J Campbell
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:18
    Content type: Research Published on:

  36. There is a pressing need to develop effective and broadly accessible interventions to address pediatric obesity. An important dimension in translating interventions to community settings is evaluating the fide...

    Authors: Elissa Jelalian, Gary D Foster, Amy F Sato, Kristoffer S Berlin, Cynthia McDermott and Deborah Sundal
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:17
    Content type: Research Published on:

  37. Individual barriers to weight loss and physical activity goals in the Diabetes Prevention Program, a randomized trial with 3.2 years average treatment duration, have not been previously reported. Evaluating ba...

    Authors: Elizabeth M Venditti, Judith Wylie-Rosett, Linda M Delahanty, Lisa Mele, Mary A Hoskin and Sharon L Edelstein
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:16
    Content type: Research Published on:

  38. Despite the large number of parenting questionnaires, considerable disagreement exists about how to best assess parenting. Most of the instruments only assess limited aspects of parenting. To overcome this sho...

    Authors: Ester FC Sleddens, Teresia M O’Connor, Kathleen B Watson, Sheryl O Hughes, Thomas G Power, Carel Thijs, Nanne K De Vries and Stef PJ Kremers
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:15
    Content type: Research Published on:

  39. Definitions and assessment methods of fussy/picky eating are heterogeneous and remain unclear.

    Authors: Anne Tharner, Pauline W Jansen, Jessica C Kiefte-de Jong, Henriette A Moll, Jan van der Ende, Vincent WV Jaddoe, Albert Hofman, Henning Tiemeier and Oscar H Franco
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:14
    Content type: Research Published on:

  40. Evidence suggests that sitting time is adversely associated with health risks. However, previous epidemiological studies have mainly addressed mortality whereas little is known of the risk of coronary heart di...

    Authors: Christina Bjørk Petersen, Adrian Bauman, Morten Grønbæk, Jørn Wulff Helge, Lau Caspar Thygesen and Janne S Tolstrup
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:13
    Content type: Research Published on:

  41. Gathering contextual information (i.e., location and purpose) about active and sedentary behaviors is an advantage of self-report tools such as previous day recalls (PDR). However, the validity of PDR’s for me...

    Authors: Sarah Kozey Keadle, Kate Lyden, Amanda Hickey, Evan L Ray, Jay H Fowke, Patty S Freedson and Charles E Matthews
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:12
    Content type: Research Published on:

  43. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence in the UK has recommended that the effectiveness of ongoing exercise referral schemes to promote physical activity should be examined in research trial...

    Authors: Joan L Duda, Geoffrey C Williams, Nikos Ntoumanis, Amanda Daley, Frank F Eves, Nanette Mutrie, Peter C Rouse, Rekha Lodhia, Ruth V Blamey and Kate Jolly
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:10
    Content type: Research Published on:

  44. Overweight and obesity are associated with an increased risk of morbidity. Mindfulness training could be an effective strategy to optimize lifestyle behaviors related to body weight gain. The aim of this study...

    Authors: Jantien van Berkel, Cécile RL Boot, Karin I Proper, Paulien M Bongers and Allard J van der Beek
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:9
    Content type: Research Published on:

  45. Knowledge on domain-specific physical activity (PA) has the potential to advance public health interventions and inform new policies promoting children’s PA. The purpose of this study is to identify and assess...

    Authors: Charlotte D Klinker, Jasper Schipperijn, Hayley Christian, Jacqueline Kerr, Annette K Ersbøll and Jens Troelsen
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:8
    Content type: Research Published on:

  46. Sitting is associated with health risks. Factors that influence sitting are however not well understood. The aim was to examine the biological, socio-demographic, work-related and lifestyle determinants of sit...

    Authors: Léonie Uijtdewilligen, Jos WR Twisk, Amika S Singh, Mai JM Chinapaw, Willem van Mechelen and Wendy J Brown
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:7
    Content type: Research Published on:

  47. Nudging is an approach to environmental change that alters social and physical environments to shift behaviors in positive, self-interested directions. Evidence indicates that eating is largely an automatic be...

    Authors: Dana Lee Olstad, Laksiri A Goonewardene, Linda J McCargar and Kim D Raine
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:6
    Content type: Research Published on:

  48. Children’s independent mobility (CIM) is critical to healthy development in childhood. The physical layout and social characteristics of neighbourhoods can impact opportunities for CIM. While global evidence i...

    Authors: Michelle R Stone, Guy EJ Faulkner, Raktim Mitra and Ron N Buliung
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:5
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  49. Diet, physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior are important, yet modifiable, determinants of obesity. Recent research into the clustering of these behaviors suggests that children and adolescents have mu...

    Authors: Rebecca M Leech, Sarah A McNaughton and Anna Timperio
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:4
    Content type: Review Published on:

  50. Latino preschoolers (3-5 year old children) have among the highest rates of obesity. Low levels of physical activity (PA) are a risk factor for obesity. Characterizing what Latino parents do to encourage or di...

    Authors: Teresia M O’Connor, Ester Cerin, Sheryl O Hughes, Jessica Robles, Deborah I Thompson, Jason A Mendoza, Tom Baranowski and Rebecca E Lee
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:3
    Content type: Research Published on:
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