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  1. Moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA) is associated with favorable self-rated mental and physical health. Conversely, poor self-rated health in these domains could precede unfavorable shifts ...

    Authors: Bethany Barone Gibbs, Barbara Sternfeld, Kara M. Whitaker, Jennifer S. Brach, Andrea L. Hergenroeder, David R. Jacobs Jr, Jared P. Reis, Stephen Sidney, Daniel White and Kelley Pettee Gabriel

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:74

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  2. The objectives of this systematic review were to update the evidence base on social media interventions for physical activity and diet since 2014, analyse the characteristics of interventions that resulted in ...

    Authors: Victoria A. Goodyear, Grace Wood, Bethany Skinner and Janice L. Thompson

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:72

    Content type: Review

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  3. Although sociodemographic differences in dietary intake have been widely studied, the up-to-date evidence on the corresponding variations in motives for food selection is limited. We investigated how sociodemo...

    Authors: Hanna Konttinen, Otto Halmesvaara, Mikael Fogelholm, Hannu Saarijärvi, Jaakko Nevalainen and Maijaliisa Erkkola

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:71

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  4. Physical activity has been associated with reduced risk of seven types of cancer. It remains unclear, however, whether muscle-strengthening activities also reduce cancer incidence and mortality.

    Authors: Wilson Nascimento, Gerson Ferrari, Camila Bertini Martins, Juan Pablo Rey-Lopez, Mikel Izquierdo, Dong Hoon Lee, Edward L. Giovannucci and Leandro F. M. Rezende

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:69

    Content type: Review

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  5. Previous studies found that exercise interventions have positive effects on executive functions of the general population. However, studies seldom target executive functions of children and adolescents with at...

    Authors: Xiao Liang, Ru Li, Stephen H. S. Wong, Raymond K. W. Sum and Cindy H. P. Sit

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:68

    Content type: Review

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  6. Though a healthy diet is widely associated with reduced risks for chronic disease and mortality, older adults in the U.S. on average do not meet dietary recommendations. Given that few studies have examined th...

    Authors: Marissa M. Shams-White, Robert W. Korycinski, Kevin W. Dodd, Brian Barrett, Stephanie Jacobs, Amy F. Subar, Yikyung Park and Heather R. Bowles

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:67

    Content type: Research

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  7. Few studies have evaluated teacher- and school-level characteristics associated with implementation of recommended physical activity (PA) promoting practices. The purpose of this study is to examine associatio...

    Authors: Ann Pulling Kuhn, Edward Kim, Hannah G. Lane, Yan Wang, Rachel Deitch, Lindsey Turner, Erin R. Hager and Elizabeth A. Parker

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:66

    Content type: Research

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  8. Reducing inequalities in physical activity (PA) and PA-associated health outcomes is a priority for public health. Interventions to promote PA may reduce inequalities, but may also unintentionally increase the...

    Authors: Gesa Czwikla, Filip Boen, Derek G. Cook, Johan de Jong, Tess Harris, Lisa K. Hilz, Steve Iliffe, Lilian Lechner, Richard W. Morris, Saskia Muellmann, Denise A. Peels, Claudia R. Pischke, Benjamin Schüz, Martin Stevens, Klaus Telkmann, Frank J. van Lenthe…

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:65

    Content type: Research

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  9. It is considered best practice to provide clear theoretical descriptions of how behaviour change interventions should produce changes in behaviour. Commissioners of the National Health Service Diabetes Prevent...

    Authors: Rhiannon E. Hawkes, Lisa M. Miles and David P. French

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:64

    Content type: Research

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  10. Physical activity is associated with improved health. Girls are less active than boys. Pilot work showed that a peer-led physical activity intervention called PLAN-A was a promising method of increasing physic...

    Authors: Russell Jago, Byron Tibbitts, Kathryn Willis, Emily Sanderson, Rebecca Kandiyali, Tom Reid, Ruth R Kipping, Rona Campbell, Stephanie J MacNeill, William Hollingworth and Simon J. Sebire

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:63

    Content type: Research

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  11. Unplanned readmission may result in consequences for both the individual and society. The transition of patients from hospital to postdischarge settings often represents a discontinuity of care and is consider...

    Authors: Ellisiv Lærum-Onsager, Marianne Molin, Cecilie Fromholt Olsen, Asta Bye, Jonas Debesay, Christine Hillestad Hestevik, Maria Bjerk and Are Hugo Pripp

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:62

    Content type: Review

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    The Correction to this article has been published in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:80

  12. Children’s perception of parenting is hypothesised to significantly affect their physical activity (PA). This study aimed to examine construct validity, factorial invariance and reliability of a new tool: Phys...

    Authors: Arto Laukkanen, Kaisa Aunola, Elisa Korhonen, Lisa M. Barnett and Arja Sääkslahti

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:61

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  13. The first phase of a comprehensive marketing policy was implemented in Chile in 2016. The policy restricted child-directed marketing of foods and beverages considered high in energy, total sugars, sodium or sa...

    Authors: Melissa L. Jensen, Francesca R. Dillman Carpentier, Linda Adair, Camila Corvalán, Barry M. Popkin and Lindsey Smith Taillie

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:60

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  14. Food parenting practices (FPP) can affect children’s eating behaviours, yet little is known about how various FPP co-occur. The primary aim was to identify profiles of FPPs use among Canadian parents. Secondar...

    Authors: Claire N. Tugault-Lafleur, Olivia De-Jongh González, Teresia M. O’Connor, Sheryl O. Hughes and Louise C. Mâsse

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:59

    Content type: Research

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  15. Depression, stress, and poor-quality sleep are common during pregnancy and postpartum, but the relationship of these factors with reward-related eating is not well understood. This observational cohort study e...

    Authors: Grace M. Betts, Leah M. Lipsky, Chelsie D. Temmen, Anna Maria Siega-Riz, Myles S. Faith and Tonja R. Nansel

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:58

    Content type: Research

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  16. The 2008 Great Recession significantly impacted economies and individuals globally, with potential impacts on food systems and dietary intake. We systematically reviewed evidence on the impact of the Great Rec...

    Authors: Rosemary H. Jenkins, Eszter P. Vamos, David Taylor-Robinson, Christopher Millett and Anthony A. Laverty

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:57

    Content type: Review

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  17. An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Authors: Ming-wei Liu, Sarah A. McNaughton, Qi-qiang He and Rebecca Leech

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:56

    Content type: Correction

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    The original article was published in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:51

  18. There is a scarcity of device measured data on temporal changes in physical activity (PA) in large population-based samples. The purpose of this study is to describe gender and age-group specific temporal tren...

    Authors: Jostein Steene-Johannessen, Sigmund Alfred Anderssen, Elin Kolle, Bjørge Herman Hansen, Mari Bratteteig, Emilie Mass Dalhaug, Lars Bo Andersen, Wenche Nystad, Ulf Ekelund and Knut Eirik Dalene

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:55

    Content type: Research

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  19. Food environments are influenced by food industries (packaged food and non-alcoholic beverage manufacturers; supermarkets and quick service restaurants). An important source of this influence is the significan...

    Authors: Iris Van Dam, Benjamin Wood, Gary Sacks, Olivier Allais and Stefanie Vandevijvere

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:54

    Content type: Research

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  20. Few adolescents achieve sufficient levels of physical activity, and many are spending most of their time in sedentary behavior. Affective response following sedentary time may influence motivation to remain se...

    Authors: Chelsea L. Kracht, Robbie A. Beyl, Jaclyn P. Maher, Peter T. Katzmarzyk and Amanda E. Staiano

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:53

    Content type: Research

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  21. There has been increasing interest in using wearable activity trackers to promote physical activity in youth. This study examined the short- and longer-term effects of a wearable activity tracker combined with...

    Authors: Nicola D. Ridgers, Anna Timperio, Kylie Ball, Samuel K. Lai, Helen Brown, Susie Macfarlane and Jo Salmon

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:52

    Content type: Research

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  22. China has witnessed a significant nutritional transition. However, there is a gap in the literature investigating the association between change of diet and mortality among Chinese. Thus, we aimed to explore t...

    Authors: Ming-wei Liu, Sarah A. McNaughton, Qi-qiang He and Rebecca Leech

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:51

    Content type: Research

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    The Correction to this article has been published in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:56

  23. It has been posited that physical activity (PA) has the potential to improve health outcomes and the health-related quality of life of people living with or beyond cancer. Despite the well-documented health be...

    Authors: Sarah Elshahat, Charlene Treanor and Michael Donnelly

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:50

    Content type: Review

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  24. Nutrition labels show potential in increasing healthy food and beverage purchases, but their effectiveness seems to depend on the type of label, the targeted food category and the setting, and evidence on thei...

    Authors: J. C. Hoenink, J. M. Stuber, J. Lakerveld, W. Waterlander, J. W. J. Beulens and J. D. Mackenbach

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:49

    Content type: Research

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  25. A pan-European approach to evaluate policy impact on health behaviour requires the employment of a consensus set of established and relevant indicators.

    Authors: Lina Garnica Rosas, Gert B. M. Mensink, Jonas D. Finger, Anja Schienkiewitz, Stefanie Do, Maike Wolters, Isobel Stanley, Karim Abu Omar, Katarzyna Wieczorowska-Tobis, Catherine B. Woods, Celine Murrin, Wolfgang Ahrens and Antje Hebestreit

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:48

    Content type: Methodology

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  26. Physical activity (PA) may positively stimulate the brain, cognition and mental health during adolescence, a period of dynamic neurobiological development. High-intensity interval training (HIIT) or vigorous P...

    Authors: T. M. Wassenaar, C. M. Wheatley, N. Beale, T. Nichols, P. Salvan, A. Meaney, K. Atherton, K. Diaz-Ordaz, H. Dawes and H. Johansen-Berg

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:47

    Content type: Research

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  27. The patterning of food intake at eating occasions is a poorly understood, albeit important, step towards achieving a healthy dietary pattern. However, to capture the many permutations of food combinations at e...

    Authors: Rebecca M. Leech, Carol J. Boushey and Sarah A. McNaughton

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:46

    Content type: Research

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  28. To examine if a composite activity-sleep behaviour index (ASI) mediates the effects of a combined physical activity and sleep intervention on symptoms of depression, anxiety, or stress, quality of life (QOL), ...

    Authors: Mitch J. Duncan, Anna T. Rayward, Elizabeth G. Holliday, Wendy J. Brown, Corneel Vandelanotte, Beatrice Murawski and Ronald C. Plotnikoff

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:45

    Content type: Research

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  29. The North Carolina (NC) Healthy Food Small Retailer Program (HFSRP) was passed into law with a $250,000 appropriation (2016–2018) providing up to $25,000 in funding to small food stores for equipment to stock ...

    Authors: Stephanie B. Jilcott Pitts, Qiang Wu, Kimberly P. Truesdale, Ann P. Rafferty, Lindsey Haynes-Maslow, Kathryn A. Boys, Jared T. McGuirt, Sheila Fleischhacker, Nevin Johnson, Archana P. Kaur, Ronny A. Bell, Alice S. Ammerman and Melissa N. Laska

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:44

    Content type: Research

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  30. Social factors are important determinants of youth physical activity (PA), but the longitudinal association between parental behaviours and adolescent PA has not been clearly assessed. This prospective study e...

    Authors: Radhouene Doggui, François Gallant and Mathieu Bélanger

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:43

    Content type: Research

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  31. Sustainable shifts in population behaviours require system-level implementation and embeddedness of large-scale health interventions. This paper aims to understand how different contexts of scaling up interven...

    Authors: Harriet Koorts, Samuel Cassar, Jo Salmon, Mark Lawrence, Paul Salmon and Henry Dorling

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:42

    Content type: Research

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  32. Due to the myriad of benefits of children’s outdoor play and time, there is increasing concern over its decline. This systematic review synthesized evidence on the correlates of outdoor play and outdoor time a...

    Authors: Eun-Young Lee, Ajaypal Bains, Stephen Hunter, Alyssa Ament, Javier Brazo-Sayavera, Valerie Carson, Shawn Hakimi, Wendy Y. Huang, Ian Janssen, Mikyung Lee, Heejun Lim, Diego Augusto Santos Silva and Mark S. Tremblay

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:41

    Content type: Review

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  33. COVID-19 lockdowns may lead to physical inactivity, a major risk factor for non-communicable diseases. This study aims to determine: 1) the trajectory in daily step counts before, during and after the lockdown...

    Authors: Ding Ding, Minna Cheng, Borja del Pozo Cruz, Tao Lin, Shuangyuan Sun, Li Zhang, Qinping Yang, Zhicong Ma, Jing Wang, Yingnan Jia and Yan Shi

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:40

    Content type: Research

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  34. Physical activity (PA) decreases and sedentary time (SED) increases across childhood, with both behaviours tracking. However, no studies have examined how accumulation patterns of PA and SED (i.e., prolonged b...

    Authors: Katherine L Downing, Trina Hinkley, Anna Timperio, Jo Salmon, Alison Carver, Dylan P Cliff, Anthony D Okely and Kylie D Hesketh

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:39

    Content type: Research

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  35. The Nutri-Score summary graded front-of-pack nutrition label has been identified as an efficient tool to increase the nutritional quality of pre-packed food purchases. However, no study has been conducted to i...

    Authors: Manon Egnell, Pilar Galan, Morgane Fialon, Mathilde Touvier, Sandrine Péneau, Emmanuelle Kesse-Guyot, Serge Hercberg and Chantal Julia

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:38

    Content type: Research

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  36. As numbers of children and time spent in childcare centres increase, so does the potential influence of these centres on early childhood physical activity (PA). However, previous reports indicate little succes...

    Authors: R. M. Telford, L. S. Olive and R. D. Telford

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:37

    Content type: Research

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  37. Successful implementation and long-term maintenance of healthy supermarkets initiatives are crucial to achieving potential population health benefits. Understanding barriers and enablers of implementation of r...

    Authors: Miranda R. Blake, Gary Sacks, Christina Zorbas, Josephine Marshall, Liliana Orellana, Amy K. Brown, Marj Moodie, Cliona Ni Mhurchu, Jaithri Ananthapavan, Fabrice Etilé and Adrian J. Cameron

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:36

    Content type: Research

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  38. An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Authors: Andrea Ramírez Varela, Gloria Isabel Nino Cruz, Pedro Hallal, Cauane Blumenberg, Shana Ginar da Silva, Deborah Salvo, Rafaela Martins, Bruna Gonçalves Cordeiro da Silva, Eugen Resendiz, Maria Catalina del Portillo, Luciana Zaranza Monteiro, Selina Khoo, Kar Hau Chong, Marcelo Cozzensa da Silva, Alice Mannocci, Ding Ding…

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:35

    Content type: Correction

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    The original article was published in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:5

  39. It is estimated that around 30% of breast cancers in post-menopausal women are related to lifestyle. The breast cancer-pooling project demonstrated that sustained weight loss of 2 to 4.5 kg is associated with ...

    Authors: Annie S. Anderson, Huey Yi Chong, Angela M. Craigie, Peter T. Donnan, Stephanie Gallant, Amy Hickman, Chloe McAdam, Jennifer McKell, Paul McNamee, E. Jane Macaskill, Nanette Mutrie, Ronan E. O’Carroll, Petra Rauchhaus, Naveed Sattar, Martine Stead and Shaun Treweek

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:34

    Content type: Research

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  40. The American Heart Association (AHA) developed a definition of ideal cardiovascular health (ICH) based on the presence of both ideal health behaviours (diet, physical activity, weight status and smoking) and i...

    Authors: Hester Jaspers Faijer-Westerink, Mette Stavnsbo, Barbara A. Hutten, Mai Chinapaw and Tanja G. M. Vrijkotte

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:33

    Content type: Research

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  41. Language focused on individual dietary behaviors, or alternatively, lifestyle choices or decisions, suggests that what people eat and drink is primarily a choice that comes down to free will. Referring to and ...

    Authors: Dana Lee Olstad and Sharon I. Kirkpatrick

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:32

    Content type: Debate

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  42. Interventions to improve physical activity behaviour are a core part of public health policy and practice. It is essential that we evaluate these interventions and use the evidence to inform decisions to impro...

    Authors: Judith F. Fynn, Wendy Hardeman, Karen Milton and Andy Jones

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:31

    Content type: Research

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  43. The home environment is a central and modifiable influence on the development of childhood obesity. Evidence supports the central role of parents in shaping problematic child eating behaviors and excess weight...

    Authors: Sheryl O. Hughes, Thomas G. Power, Teresia M. O’Connor, Jennifer O. Fisher, Nilda E. Micheli and Maria A. Papaioannou

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:30

    Content type: Research

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  44. With urbanization and aging increasing in coming decades, societies face the challenge of keeping aging populations active. Land use mix (LUM) has been associated with cycling and walking, but whether changes ...

    Authors: J. M. Noordzij, M. A. Beenackers, J. Oude Groeniger, E. J. Timmermans, I. Motoc, M. Huisman and F. J. van Lenthe

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:29

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  45. The Structured Days Hypothesis (SDH) posits that children’s behaviors associated with obesity – such as physical activity – are more favorable on days that contain more ‘structure’ (i.e., a pre-planned, segmen...

    Authors: Keith Brazendale, Michael W. Beets, Bridget Armstrong, R. Glenn Weaver, Ethan T. Hunt, Russell R. Pate, Timothy A. Brusseau, Amy M. Bohnert, Timothy Olds, Rafael M. Tassitano, Maria Cecilia M. Tenorio, Jeanette Garcia, Lars B. Andersen, Rachel Davey, Pedro C. Hallal, Russell Jago…

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:28

    Content type: Research

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  46. Heuristic cadence (steps/min) thresholds of ≥100 and ≥ 130 steps/min correspond with absolutely-defined moderate (3 metabolic equivalents [METs]; 1 MET = 3.5 mL O2·kg− 1·min− 1) and vigorous (6 METs) intensity, r...

    Authors: Cayla R. McAvoy, Christopher C. Moore, Elroy J. Aguiar, Scott W. Ducharme, John M. Schuna Jr, Tiago V. Barreira, Colleen J. Chase, Zachary R. Gould, Marcos A. Amalbert-Birriel, Stuart R. Chipkin, John Staudenmayer, Catrine Tudor-Locke and Jose Mora-Gonzalez

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:27

    Content type: Research

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  47. Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) are often regarded as the gold standard of evidence, and subsequently go on to inform policymaking. Cochrane Reviews synthesise this type of evidence to create recommendatio...

    Authors: James Nobles, Carolyn Summerbell, Tamara Brown, Russell Jago and Theresa Moore

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:22

    Content type: Research

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  48. Offering financial incentives promotes increases in fruit and vegetable purchases in farmers’ markets and supermarkets. Yet, little is understood about whether food-insecure adults purchase more fruits and veg...

    Authors: Pasquale E. Rummo, Reece Lyerly, Jennifer Rose, Yelena Malyuta, Eliza Dexter Cohen and Amy Nunn

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:26

    Content type: Research

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  49. Daily time spent in sleep, sedentary behaviour (SED), light intensity physical activity (LIPA), and moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA) are compositional, co-dependent variables. The object...

    Authors: Anna E. Clarke and Ian Janssen

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:25

    Content type: Research

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  50. Evidence suggests that dietary intake of UK children is suboptimal. As schools provide an ideal natural environment for public health interventions, effective and sustainable methods of improving food knowledg...

    Authors: Sarah F. Brennan, Fiona Lavelle, Sarah E. Moore, Moira Dean, Michelle C. McKinley, Patrick McCole, Ruth F. Hunter, Laura Dunne, Niamh E. O’Connell, Chris R. Cardwell, Chris T. Elliott, Danielle McCarthy and Jayne V. Woodside

    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:23

    Content type: Research

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