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  1. Current recommendations for the prevention of type 2 diabetes advise modification of diet and exercise behaviors including both aerobic and resistance training. However, the efficacy of multi-component interve...

    Authors: Elroy J Aguiar, Philip J Morgan, Clare E Collins, Ronald C Plotnikoff and Robin Callister
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:2
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  2. Little is known about preschool-aged children’s levels of physical activity (PA) over the course of the day. Using time-stamped data, we describe the levels and patterns of PA in a population-based sample of f...

    Authors: Kathryn R Hesketh, Alison M McMinn, Ulf Ekelund, Stephen J Sharp, Paul J Collings, Nicholas C Harvey, Keith M Godfrey, Hazel M Inskip, Cyrus Cooper and Esther MF van Sluijs
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014 11:1
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  3. Interventions that make extensive use of theory tend to have larger effects on behaviour. The Intervention Mapping (IM) framework incorporates theory into intervention design, implementation and evaluation, an...

    Authors: Natalie J Taylor, Pinki Sahota, Judith Sargent, Sally Barber, Jackie Loach, Gemma Louch and John Wright
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:142
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  4. Obesity among Black women continues to exceed that of other women. Most weight loss programs created without reference to specific cultural contexts are less effective for Black than White women. Weight contro...

    Authors: Patricia Markham Risica, Kim M Gans, Shiriki Kumanyika, Usree Kirtania and Thomas M Lasater
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:141
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  5. Accelerometry is increasingly being recognized as an accurate and reliable method to assess free-living physical activity (PA) in children and adolescents. However, accelerometer data reduction criteria remain...

    Authors: Mette Toftager, Peter Lund Kristensen, Melody Oliver, Scott Duncan, Lars Breum Christiansen, Eleanor Boyle, Jan Christian Brønd and Jens Troelsen
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:140
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  6. The purpose of this research was to replicate a successful intervention to increase physical activity in a different region of the country, and explore genetic and physiological moderators of intervention effi...

    Authors: Angela D Bryan, Renee E Magnan, Ann E Caldwell Hooper, Joseph T Ciccolo, Bess Marcus and Kent E Hutchison
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:139
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  7. Television (TV) viewing, a prevalent leisure-time sedentary behaviour independently related to negative health outcomes, appears to be higher in less educated and older adults. In order to tackle the social in...

    Authors: Katrien De Cocker, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Megan Teychenne, Sarah McNaughton and Jo Salmon
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:138
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  8. Having electronic media in the bedroom is cross-sectionally associated with greater screen-time in children, but few longitudinal studies exist. The aim of this study was to describe longitudinal patterns of o...

    Authors: Andrew J Atkin, Kirsten Corder and Esther M F van Sluijs
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:137
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  9. In line with WHO guidelines, the UK government currently recommends that school-aged children participate in at least 60 minutes, and up to several hours, of at least moderate physical activity on a daily basi...

    Authors: Sarah Payne, Nick Townsend and Charlie Foster
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:136
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  10. The definition of health incorporates the physical, social and mental domains, however the Physical Activity (PA) guidelines do not address social health. Furthermore, there is insufficient evidence about the ...

    Authors: Rochelle M Eime, Janet A Young, Jack T Harvey, Melanie J Charity and Warren R Payne
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:135
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  11. Eating behaviors during childhood are related both to children’s diet quality and to their weight status. A better understanding of the determinants of eating behavior during childhood is essential for carryin...

    Authors: Lise Dubois, Maikol Diasparra, Brigitte Bédard, Jaakko Kaprio, Bénédicte Fontaine-Bisson, Richard Tremblay, Michel Boivin and Daniel Pérusse
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:134
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  12. A better understanding of interrelations of exercise and improved eating, and their psychosocial correlates of self-efficacy, mood, and self-regulation, may be useful for the architecture of improved weight lo...

    Authors: James J Annesi and Kandice J Porter
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:133
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  13. The home environment has a significant influence on children’s physical activity, sedentary behavior, dietary intake, and risk for obesity and chronic disease. Our understanding of the most influential factors...

    Authors: Derek Hales, Amber E Vaughn, Stephanie Mazzucca, Maria J Bryant, Rachel G Tabak, Christina McWilliams, June Stevens and Dianne S Ward
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:132
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  14. Health professionals play a key role in the prevention and treatment of excess weight and obesity, but many have expressed a lack of confidence in their ability to manage obese patients with their delivery of ...

    Authors: Da Q Zhu, Ian J Norman and Alison E While
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:131
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  15. Low levels of physical activity and increased participation in sedentary leisure-time activities are two important obesity-risk behaviors that impact the health of today’s youth. Friend’s health behaviors have...

    Authors: Keri Jo Sawka, Gavin R McCormack, Alberto Nettel-Aguirre, Penelope Hawe and Patricia K Doyle-Baker
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:130
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  16. Despite the health risks, physical inactivity is common. Identifying the correlates of physical activity to inform the design of interventions to reduce the disease burden associated with physical inactivity i...

    Authors: Emma Solomon, Tim Rees, Obioha C Ukoumunne, Brad Metcalf and Melvyn Hillsdon
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:129
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  17. Fruit and vegetable consumption reduces chronic disease risk, yet the majority of Americans consume fewer than recommended. Inadequate access to fruits and vegetables is increasingly recognized as a significan...

    Authors: Ellen K Barnidge, Pamela R Hipp, Amy Estlund, Kathleen Duggan, Kathryn J Barnhart and Ross C Brownson
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:128
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  18. There is accumulating evidence that greater availability of green space in a neighbourhood is associated with health benefits for the local population. One mechanism proposed for this association is that green...

    Authors: Katherine Ord, Richard Mitchell and Jamie Pearce
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:127
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  19. It remains unclear what people are attempting to communicate, in terms of objectively monitored behavior, when describing their physical activity and sedentary behavior through self-report. The purpose of this...

    Authors: John M Schuna Jr, William D Johnson and Catrine Tudor-Locke
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:126
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  20. Constructs based on Social Cognitive Theory have shown utility in understanding dietary behavior; however, little research has examined these relations in youth and parents concurrently. Unique demands of diet...

    Authors: Tonja R Nansel, Denise L Haynie, Leah M Lipsky, Jing Wang, Sanjeev N Mehta and Lori MB Laffel
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:125
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  21. Several physical activity interventions have been effective in improving the health outcomes of breast cancer survivors. However, few interventions have provided detailed descriptions regarding how such intervent...

    Authors: Camille E Short, Erica L James and Ronald C Plotnikoff
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:124
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  22. Young children are at risk of not meeting physical activity recommendations. Identifying factors from the first year of life which influence toddlers’ physical activity levels may help to develop targeted inte...

    Authors: Jill Hnatiuk, Jo Salmon, Karen J Campbell, Nicola D Ridgers and Kylie D Hesketh
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:123
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  23. Activity friendly environments have been identified as promising strategies to increase physical activity levels in the population. Associations between perceived environmental attributes and physical activity...

    Authors: Carlos M Arango, Diana C Páez, Rodrigo S Reis, Ross C Brownson and Diana C Parra
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:122
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  24. The prevalence of male obesity is increasing, but men are less likely than women to attend existing weight management programmes. We have taken a novel approach to reducing perceived barriers to weight loss fo...

    Authors: Cindy M Gray, Kate Hunt, Nanette Mutrie, Annie S Anderson, Shaun Treweek and Sally Wyke
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:121
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  25. Five accelerometer-derived methods of identifying nonwear and wear time were compared with a self-report criterion in adults ≥ 56 years of age.

    Authors: Brent Hutto, Virginia J Howard, Steven N Blair, Natalie Colabianchi, John E Vena, David Rhodes and Steven P Hooker
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:120
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  26. Overweight adolescents are more likely to have dysfunctional eating behaviours compared to normal weight adolescents. Little is known about the effects of obesity treatment on the psychological dimensions of e...

    Authors: Mandy Ho, Megan Gow, Jocelyn Halim, Kerryn Chisholm, Louise A Baur, Manny Noakes, Katherine Steinbeck, Michael R Kohn, Chris T Cowell and Sarah P Garnett
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:119
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  27. The quantity and quality of studies in child and adolescent physical activity and sedentary behaviour have rapidly increased, but research directions are often pursued in a reactive and uncoordinated manner.

    Authors: Lauren Gillis, Grant Tomkinson, Timothy Olds, Carla Moreira, Candice Christie, Claudio Nigg, Ester Cerin, Esther Van Sluijs, Gareth Stratton, Ian Janssen, Jeremy Dorovolomo, John J Reilly, Jorge Mota, Kashef Zayed, Kent Kawalski, Lars Bo Andersen…
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:112
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  28. There is limited evidence about predictors of health behaviour change in people with type 2 diabetes. The aim of this study was to assess change in health behaviours over one year and to identify predictors of...

    Authors: Laura Kuznetsov, Rebecca K Simmons, Stephen Sutton, Ann-Louise Kinmonth, Simon J Griffin and Wendy Hardeman
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:118
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  29. Current population-based anti-obesity campaigns often target individuals based on either weight or socio-demographic characteristics, and give a ‘mass’ message about personal responsibility. There is a recogni...

    Authors: Tim Olds, Samantha Thomas, Sophie Lewis and John Petkov
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:117
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  30. Physical activity (PA) has many beneficial physical and mental health effects. Physical inactivity is considered the fourth leading risk factor for global mortality. At present there are no systematic reviews ...

    Authors: Chathuranga D Ranasinghe, Priyanga Ranasinghe, Ranil Jayawardena and Anoop Misra
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:116
    Content type: Review Published on:

  31. The magnitude of the relationship between lifestyle risk factors for obesity and adiposity is not clear. The aim of this study was to clarify this in order to determine the level of importance of lifestyle fac...

    Authors: John D Sluyter, Robert KR Scragg, Lindsay D Plank, Gade D Waqa, Kalesita F Fotu and Boyd A Swinburn
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:115
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  32. Social marketing integrates communication campaigns with behavioural and environmental change strategies. Childhood obesity programs could benefit significantly from social marketing but communication campaign...

    Authors: Andrew Colin Bell, Luke Wolfenden, Rachel Sutherland, Lucy Coggan, Kylie Young, Michael Fitzgerald, Rebecca Hodder, Neil Orr, Andrew J Milat and John Wiggers
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:114
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  33. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between organized sports participation, weight status, physical activity, screen time, and important food habits in a large nationally representative s...

    Authors: Stewart A Vella, Dylan P Cliff, Anthony D Okely, Maree L Scully and Belinda C Morley
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:113
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  34. Understanding children’s physical activity motivation, its antecedents and associations with behavior is important and can be advanced by using self-determination theory. However, research among youth is large...

    Authors: Simon J Sebire, Russell Jago, Kenneth R Fox, Mark J Edwards and Janice L Thompson
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:111
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  35. Vegetable intake has been related to lower risk of chronic illnesses in the adult years. The habit of vegetable intake should be established early in life, but many parents of preschoolers report not being abl...

    Authors: Tom Baranowski, Alicia Beltran, Tzu-An Chen, Debbe Thompson, Teresia O’Connor, Sheryl Hughes, Cassandra Diep and Janice Baranowski
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:110
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  36. Little research has explored who responds better to an automated vs. human advisor for health behaviors in general, and for physical activity (PA) promotion in particular. The purpose of this study was to expl...

    Authors: Eric B Hekler, Matthew P Buman, Jennifer Otten, Cynthia M Castro, Lauren Grieco, Bess Marcus, Robert H Friedman, Melissa A Napolitano and Abby C King
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:109
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  37. Women living in socio-economically disadvantaged neighbourhoods are at increased risk for physical inactivity and associated health outcomes and are difficult to reach through personally tailored interventions...

    Authors: Delfien Van Dyck, Jenny Veitch, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Lukar Thornton and Kylie Ball
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:108
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  38. Prolonged sitting is an emerging health risk. However, multi-country comparative sitting data are sparse. This paper reports the prevalence and correlates of sitting time in 32 European countries.

    Authors: Jason A Bennie, Josephine Y Chau, Hidde P van der Ploeg, Emmanuel Stamatakis, Anna Do and Adrian Bauman
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:107
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  39. Physical activity (PA) in older adults is influenced by a range of environmental, demographic, health-related, social, and psychological variables. Social cognitive psychological models assume that all influen...

    Authors: Falko F Sniehotta, Paul Gellert, Miles D Witham, Peter T Donnan, Iain K Crombie and Marion ET McMurdo
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:106
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  40. Associations between socioeconomic position (SEP) and sedentary behaviour in children are unclear. Existing studies have used aggregate measures of weekly sedentary time that could mask important differences i...

    Authors: Richard M Pulsford, Pippa Griew, Angie S Page, Ashley R Cooper and Melvyn M Hillsdon
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:105
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  41. This study provides insight into the long-term efficacy (i.e. 12 month results) of the Web-based or print-delivered tailored Active Plus intervention (with and without environmental approach) to promote physic...

    Authors: Denise Astrid Peels, Catherine Bolman, Rianne Henrica Johanna Golsteijn, Hein de Vries, Aart Nicolaas Mudde, Maartje Marieke van Stralen and Lilian Lechner
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:104
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  42. Walking for physical activity is associated with substantial health benefits for adults. Increasingly research has focused on associations between walking behaviours and neighbourhood environments including st...

    Authors: Pippa Griew, Melvyn Hillsdon, Charlie Foster, Emma Coombes, Andy Jones and Paul Wilkinson
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:103
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  43. A large percentage (68%) of children under age 3 use screen media, such as television, DVDs and video games, on a daily basis. Research suggests that increased screen time in young children is linked to negati...

    Authors: Helena Duch, Elisa M Fisher, Ipek Ensari and Alison Harrington
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:102
    Content type: Review Published on:

  44. Obesity is a major public health concern and there are increasing calls for policy intervention. As obesity and the related health conditions develop during childhood, schools are being seen as important locat...

    Authors: Andrew James Williams, William E Henley, Craig Anthony Williams, Alison Jane Hurst, Stuart Logan and Katrina Mary Wyatt
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:101
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  45. Obesity is more prevalent for disabled people (estimated as being between 27-62%) compared to the general population (17-22%). Disabled people are more likely to report poorer general health and acquire a rang...

    Authors: Suzie Mudge, Nicola M Kayes, Verna A Stavric, Alexis S Channon, Paula Kersten and Kathryn M McPherson
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:100
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  46. The home environment is an important influence on the sedentary behaviour and physical activity of children, who have limited independent mobility and spend much of their time at home. This article reviews the...

    Authors: Clover Maitland, Gareth Stratton, Sarah Foster, Rebecca Braham and Michael Rosenberg
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:99
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  47. There are specific guidelines regarding the level of physical activity (PA) required to provide health benefits. However, the research underpinning these PA guidelines does not address the element of social he...

    Authors: Rochelle M Eime, Janet A Young, Jack T Harvey, Melanie J Charity and Warren R Payne
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:98
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  48. Children’s current physical activity levels are disturbingly low when compared to recommended levels. This may be changed by intervening in the school environment. However, at present, it is unclear to what ex...

    Authors: Dirk Dessing, Frank H Pierik, Reinier P Sterkenburg, Paula van Dommelen, Jolanda Maas and Sanne I de Vries
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:97
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  49. Television (TV) viewing time is positively associated with the metabolic syndrome (MetS) in adults. However, the mechanisms through which TV viewing time is associated with MetS risk remain unclear. There is e...

    Authors: Alicia A Thorp, Sarah A McNaughton, Neville Owen and David W Dunstan
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:96
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  50. Higher physical activity (PA) levels are known to be associated with lower risk of death. Less attention, however, has been paid to directly evaluate the effect of PA on the time by which a certain fraction of...

    Authors: Andrea Bellavia, Matteo Bottai, Alicja Wolk and Nicola Orsini
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 10:94
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