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  1. Physical activity (PA) interventions have been shown to yield positive effects on cognitive functions. However, it is unclear which type of PA intervention is the most effective in children and adolescents wit...

    Authors: Ruiyuan Tao, Yijian Yang, Mark Wilson, Jeremy R. Chang, Chang Liu and Cindy H. P. Sit
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2025 22:6
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  2. Although physical activity (PA) has been linked to cognitive health, the nuanced relationships between different dimensions of PA and cognitive impairment remain inconclusive. This study investigated associati...

    Authors: Xunying Zhao, Xueyao Wu, Tianpei Ma, Jinyu Xiao, Xin Chen, Mingshuang Tang, Li Zhang, Tao Zhang, Mengyu Fan, Jiaqiang Liao, Ben Zhang, Xia Jiang and Jiayuan Li
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2025 22:5
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  3. Although evening screen time is thought to impair subsequent sleep, current measures are limited to questionnaires which seem unlikely to accurately assess screen time in youth. Given the ubiquitous nature of ...

    Authors: Bradley Brosnan, Kim A. Meredith-Jones, Jillian J. Haszard, Shay-Ruby Wickham, Barbara C. Galland, Takiwai Russell-Camp and Rachael W. Taylor
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2025 22:4
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  4. Supportive policy is an important component of a whole-systems approach to increasing physical activity and reducing inequalities. There is a growing body of literature surrounding the design and effectiveness...

    Authors: Jennifer Hall, Elliot Lever, Nathan Dawkins, Emma Young, Jamie Crowther, Rachel Williams, John Pickavance, Sally Barber, Andy Daly-Smith and Anna Chalkley
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2025 22:3
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  5. Effective evidence-based physical activity and nutrition interventions to prevent overweight and obesity and support healthy child development need to be sustained within Early Childhood Education and Care (EC...

    Authors: Noor Imad, Alix Hall, Nicole Nathan, Adam Shoesmith, Nicole Pearson, Melanie Lum, Alice Grady, Erin Nolan and Serene Yoong
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2025 22:2
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  6. The purpose of this study is to explore the association between class-level factors, such as lesson start time, class size, lesson location, PE content, and PE context, and student engagement in moderate-to-vi...

    Authors: Yulan Zhou, Lijuan Wang, Ruzhuan Chen and Bingnan Wang
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2025 22:1
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  7. Online grocery shopping is a growing source of food purchases in many countries. We investigated the effect of nudging consumers towards purchases of lower sodium products using a web browser extension.

    Authors: Jason HY Wu, Damian Maganja, Liping Huang, Kathy Trieu, Fraser Taylor, Eden M. Barrett, Clare Arnott, Xiaoqi Feng, Aletta E. Schutte, Gian Luca Di Tanna, Cliona Ni Mhurchu, Adrian J. Cameron, Mark D. Huffman and Bruce Neal
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:148
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  9. Authors: Miranda Pallan, Marie Murphy, Breanna Morrison, Alice Sitch, Ashley Adamson, Suzanne Bartington, Alexandra Dobell, Rhona Duff, Emma Frew, Tania Griffin, Kiya Hurley, Emma Lancashire, Louise McLeman, Sandra Passmore, Irina Pokhilenko, Maisie Rowland…
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:146
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:123

  10. Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) holds potential as a precision public health intervention, offering personalised insights into how diet and physical activity affect glucose levels. Nevertheless, the effica...

    Authors: Kelli M. Richardson, Michelle R. Jospe, Lauren C. Bohlen, Jacob Crawshaw, Ahlam A. Saleh and Susan M. Schembre
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:145
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  11. Physical activity is important for healthy ageing, however most older adults are inactive. Numerous reviews with a range of inclusion criteria have been conducted on digital interventions to promote physical a...

    Authors: Stephanie J. Alley, Kim M. Waters, Felix Parker, D. L. I. H. K. Peiris, Samantha Fien, Amanda L. Rebar and Corneel Vandelanotte
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:144
    Content type: Review Published on:

  12. Early-life food exposures may influence food preferences and receptivity, thereby impacting long-term diet quality. Infant exposure to discretionary foods may be more detrimental for infants with high food app...

    Authors: Tonja R. Nansel, Amara Channell-Doig, Leah M. Lipsky, Kyle Burger, Grace Shearrer, Anna Maria Siega-Riz and Yong Ma
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:143
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  13. It remains unclear what lifestyle behaviors are optimal for controlling postprandial glucose responses under real-world circumstances in persons without diabetes. We aimed to assess associations of diet, physi...

    Authors: Jiali Yao, Victoria K. Brugger, Sarah M. Edney, E-Shyong Tai, Xueling Sim, Falk Müller-Riemenschneider and Rob M. van Dam
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:142
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  14. 24-hour movement behavior, including Physical activity (PA), Sedentary behavior (SB), and sleep, is independently associated with health after stroke. Few studies have explored 24-hour movement behavior patter...

    Authors: Yi Zhang, Lin Yao, Lei Chen, Weiying Zhong, Jiaxuan Li, Lan Xu and Xi Pan
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:141
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  15. Investment in scale-up and sustainment of effective health-promoting programs is often hampered by competing demands on scarce health dollars. Thus, optimizing programs to reduce resource use (e.g., delivery c...

    Authors: Lindsay Nettlefold, Heather M. Macdonald, Joanie Sims Gould, Adrian Bauman, Zoe Szewczyk and Heather A. McKay
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:140
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  16. Authors: Bai Li, Selene Valerino-Perea, Weiwen Zhou, Yihong Xie, Keith Syrett, Remco Peters, Zouyan He, Yunfeng Zou, Frank de Vocht and Charlie Foster
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:139
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:53

  17. Previous studies suggest short-term cognitive benefits of physical activity occurring minutes to hours after exercise. Whether these benefits persist the following day and the role of sleep is unclear. We exam...

    Authors: Mikaela Bloomberg, Laura Brocklebank, Aiden Doherty, Mark Hamer and Andrew Steptoe
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:133
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  18. Authors: Ignacio Aznar-Lou, Edurne Zabaleta-Del-Olmo, Marc Casajuana-Closas, Alba Sánchez-Viñas, Elizabeth Parody-Rúa, Bonaventura Bolíbar, Montserrat Iracheta-Todó, Oana Bulilete, Tomàs López-Jiménez, Haizea Pombo-Ramos, María Victoria Martín Miguel, Rosa Magallón-Botaya, Jose Ángel Maderuelo-Fernández, Emma Motrico, Juan Bellón, Ruth Martí-Lluch…
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:138
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2021 18:88

  19. Healthy food nudges may be more, or especially, effective among groups experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage. We investigated the modifying role of socioeconomic and demographic characteristics in the effect...

    Authors: Josine M. Stuber, Joline WJ. Beulens, Guadalupe X. Ayala, Sarah R. Crozier, S. Coosje Dijkstra, Shih-Fan Lin, Christina Vogel and Joreintje D. Mackenbach
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:137
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  20. Understanding environmental correlates of sedentary behaviour (SB) among young people is important as such data can identify approaches to limit sedentary time. This paper estimates associations of parent-repo...

    Authors: Ranjit Mohan Anjana, Harish Ranjani, Ester Cerin, Muhammad Akram, Jo Salmon, Terry L. Conway, Kelli L. Cain, Rajendra Pradeepa, Anthony Barnett, Cindy H. P. Sit, Delfien Van Dyck, Adriano Akira Hino, Andreia Pizarro, Adewale L. Oyeyemi, Wan Abdul Manan Wan Muda, Mika R. Moran…
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:136
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  21. Public health nutrition recommendations and clinical dietary interventions emphasize eating healthy food at home, implicitly requiring household foodwork. Household foodwork is defined as the physical and ment...

    Authors: Leah E. Cahill, Sharon I. Kirkpatrick, Catherine L. Mah, Jennifer LP. Protudjer, Cynthia Kendell, Mary E. Jung, Helen Wong, Ellen T. Crumley, Meghan Day, Karen T. Y. Tang, Yan Huang, Jyoti Sihag, Laura Brady, Karthik K Tennankore, Navdeep Tangri, Rebecca C. Mollard…
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:135
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  22. While evidence consistently demonstrates that physical activity is beneficial to mental health, it remains relatively unknown how physical activity benefits mental health, and which factors influence the effec...

    Authors: Rhiannon L. White, Stewart Vella, Stuart Biddle, Jordan Sutcliffe, Justin M. Guagliano, Riaz Uddin, Alice Burgin, Maria Apostolopoulos, Tatiana Nguyen, Carmen Young, Nicole Taylor, Samantha Lilley and Megan Teychenne
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:134
    Content type: Review Published on:

  23. Implementation strategies have predominantly been operationalized and studied in clinical settings. Implementation strategies are also needed to improve evidence-based intervention (EBI) integration in communi...

    Authors: Laura E. Balis, Bailey Houghtaling, Whitney Clausen, Hannah Lane, Marilyn E. Wende, Emiliane Pereira, Gabriella M. McLoughlin and Samantha M. Harden
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:132
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  24. Intervention trials that have demonstrated significant effects may not always replicate those effects when scaled up. This study aimed to test whether scaling-up a successful cluster randomized trial (the COMM...

    Authors: Aoi Tsuzuki, Masamitsu Kamada, Shiho Amagasa, Jun Kitayuguchi, Takuma Miyashita, Takafumi Abe, Tatsunosuke Gomi, Kenta Okuyama, Masataka Taguri and Shigeru Inoue
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:131
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  25. Favorable movement behavior patterns, comprising more physical activity, less sedentary behavior, and sufficient sleep, may promote the maintenance of good quality of life (QoL) with advancing age. The aim of ...

    Authors: Lotta Palmberg, Kristin Suorsa, Antti Löppönen, Laura Karavirta, Taina Rantanen and Timo Rantalainen
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:130
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  26. Authors: Yue Zhang, Mika Kivimäki, Rodrigo M. Carrillo-Larco, Yangyang Cheng, Yaguan Zhou, Hui Wang, Changzheng Yuan and Xiaolin Xu
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:129
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:120

  27. Placement interventions, characterised by greater availability and more prominent positioning of healthy food products in supermarkets and other food stores, are associated with healthier patterns of purchasin...

    Authors: Janis Baird, Preeti Dhuria, Hannah Payne, Sarah Crozier, Wendy Lawrence and Christina Vogel
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:128
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  28. Between 2006 and 2016 the prevalence of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents aged 5–19 years in Peru increased from 22.7 to 27.0%. This investment case quantifies the economic impacts of child...

    Authors: Maria Elena Ugaz, Christina L. Meyer, Angela M. Jackson-Morris, Daphne Wu, M. Michelle Jimenez, Carlos Rojas-Davila, Carlos Orlando Zegarra Zamalloa, Elizabeth F. Ludwig-Borycz, D’Arcy Williams and Jo Jewell
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:127
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  29. The Universal Infant Free School Meal (UIFSM) policy was introduced in 2014/15 in England and Scotland for schoolchildren aged 4–7 years, leading to an increase in school meal uptake. UK school meals are known...

    Authors: Jennie C. Parnham, Kiara Chang, Fernanda Rauber, Renata B. Levy, Anthony A. Laverty, Jonathan Pearson-Stuttard, Martin White, Stephanie von Hinke, Christopher Millett and Eszter P. Vamos
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:124
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  30. Mortality from physical inactivity-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is projected to surpass deaths from communicable diseases by 2030 in Africa. Monitoring physical activity (PA) is important for plann...

    Authors: Adewale L. Oyeyemi, Raphael H.O. Araujo, Umar A. Hassan, Edward Ofori, Chad Stetcher and André O. Werneck
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:126
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  31. Inequalities in physical activity are well documented, especially between socioeconomic groups. However, progress on reducing these inequalities is proving challenging. In this commentary, we argue that a comp...

    Authors: Sophie Marie Jones, Ana Porroche-Escudero, Katie Shearn, Ruth F. Hunter and Leandro Garcia
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:125
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  32. Many countries have introduced school food standards to improve the dietary intakes of school-aged children. England has school food standards (SFS) legislation in place but little is known about how well seco...

    Authors: Miranda Pallan, Marie Murphy, Breanna Morrison, Alice Sitch, Ashley Adamson, Suzanne Bartington, Alexandra Dobell, Rhona Duff, Emma Frew, Tania Griffin, Kiya Hurley, Emma Lancashire, Louise McLeman, Sandra Passmore, Irina Pokhilenko, Maisie Rowland…
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:123
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    The Correction to this article has been published in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:146

  33. Strong Hearts, Healthy Communities 2.0 (SHHC-2.0) was a 24-week cardiovascular disease prevention program that was effective in improving physical activity and nutrition behaviors and clinical outcomes among w...

    Authors: Jacob Szeszulski, Laura J. Rolke, Priscilla Ayine, Regan Bailey, Margaret Demment, Galen D. Eldridge, Sara C. Folta, Meredith L. Graham, Alexandra L. MacMillan Uribe, Andrew McNeely, Miriam E. Nelson, Kristin Pullyblank, Chad Rethorst, David Strogatz and Rebecca A. Seguin-Fowler
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:122
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  34. Older adults with lower socioeconomic status are less likely to be physically active than those with higher socioeconomic status. To inform future intervention development, this review explored: [i] how effect...

    Authors: Danielle Harris, Schenelle Dayna Dlima, Ashley Gluchowski, Alex Hall, Emma Elliott and Luke Munford
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:121
    Content type: Review Published on:

  35. Physical activity and sleep are established modifiable lifestyle factors, but the optimal time of the day of these behaviours for health is unknown. This study examined the independent and joint associations o...

    Authors: Yue Zhang, Mika Kivimäki, Rodrigo M. Carrillo-Larco, Yangyang Cheng, Yaguan Zhou, Hui Wang, Changzheng Yuan and Xiaolin Xu
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:120
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    The Correction to this article has been published in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:129

  36. Unfavourable changes occur in children’s health behaviours and outcomes during the summer holidays. This systematic review aimed to determine the effectiveness of summer holiday programs in mitigating these ch...

    Authors: Emily Eglitis, Ben Singh, Timothy Olds, Rosa Virgara, Amanda Machell, Mandy Richardson, Kylie Brannelly, Aniella Grant, Jessica Gray, Terri Wilkinson, Zoe Rix, Grant R. Tomkinson and Carol Maher
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:119
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  37. While complementary feeding can be challenging, little emphasis has been placed on the introduction to food texture/pieces, especially in terms of neurodevelopmental outcomes. This study aims to determine the ...

    Authors: Maria Somaraki, Blandine de Lauzon-Guillain, Aurore Camier, Jonathan Y. Bernard, Muriel Tafflet, Marie-Noëlle Dufourg, Marie-Aline Charles, Claire Chabanet, Carole Tournier and Sophie Nicklaus
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:118
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  38. The benefits of healthy eating are well known, yet adolescent diet is often poor. School based interventions offer a promising option to promote healthy eating, however, evidence is unclear.

    Authors: Nandeeta Samad, Lindsay Bearne, Farha Musharrat Noor, Fahmida Akter and Divya Parmar
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:117
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  39. Sleep, sedentary behaviour, and physical activity are essential components within the 24-hour time frame. Existing questionnaires used to measure these behaviours have insufficient measurement properties and a...

    Authors: Bruno Rodrigues, Pedro B. Júdice, Adilson Marques, Eliana V. Carraça, Luís Lopes, Eduarda Sousa-Sá, Jorge Encantado, António Videira-Silva, Dylan P. Cliff, Romeu Mendes and Rute Santos
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:116
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  40. Nutrient content and degree of processing are complementary but distinct concepts, and a growing body of evidence shows that ultra-processed foods (UPFs) can have detrimental health effects independently from ...

    Authors: Aline D’Angelo Campos, Shu Wen Ng, Ana Clara Duran, Neha Khandpur, Lindsey Smith Taillie, Fernanda O. Christon and Marissa G. Hall
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:115
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  41. Secondary schools are important settings for promoting varied physical activity (PA) opportunities for adolescents to promote PA throughout life. However, research on the effect of secondary school-based inter...

    Authors: Tom Bergen, Justin Richards, Geoff Kira, Alice Hyun Min Kim, Louise Signal and Anja Mizdrak
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:114
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  42. Authors: Diogo S. Teixeira, Vasco Bastos, Ana J. Andrade, António L. Palmeira and Panteleimon Ekkekakis
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:113
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:85

  43. Studies have shown that prolonged television watching increases obesity risk among children. However, few studies examined the associations with other types of screen time, such as computer and smartphone use,...

    Authors: Hajin Jang, Yoonkyoung Cho and Hannah Oh
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:112
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  44. The online BeUpstanding™ program is an eight-week workplace-delivered intervention for desk-based workers to raise awareness of the benefits of sitting less and moving more and build a supportive culture for c...

    Authors: Genevieve N. Healy, Ana D. Goode, Lisa Ulyate, Alison Abbott, David W. Dunstan, Elizabeth G. Eakin, Nicholas D. Gilson, Lynn Gunning, Jodie Jetann, Anthony D. LaMontagne, Marj Moodie, Samantha Mulcahy, Neville Owen, Trevor Shilton, Leanne Sweeny, Leon Straker…
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:111
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  45. Non-communicable diseases are rising rapidly in low- and middle-income countries, leading to increased morbidity and mortality. Reducing sedentary behavior (SB) and increasing physical activity (PA) offer nume...

    Authors: Baskaran Chandrasekaran, Ashokan Arumugam, Arto J Pesola and Chythra R Rao
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:110
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  46. Identifying lifestyle factors that independently or jointly lower dementia risk is a public health priority given the limited treatment options available to patients. In this cohort study, we examined the asso...

    Authors: Clare Meernik, Sigal Eilat-Adar, David Leonard, Carolyn E. Barlow, Yariv Gerber, Riki Tesler, Carmen Byker Shanks, Kelley Pettee Gabriel, Andjelka Pavlovic, Laura F. DeFina and Kerem Shuval
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:109
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  47. Randomized controlled trials have confirmed the effectiveness of four prevalent caloric restriction regimens in reducing obesity-related health risks. However, there is no consensus on the optimal regimen for ...

    Authors: Jinming Huang, Yi Li, Maohua Chen, Zhaolun Cai, Zhen Cai and Zhiyuan Jiang
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:108
    Content type: Review Published on:

  48. Despite the observed associations of personality traits with levels of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and sedentary behavior (SB), studies exploring whether the personality profiles differ in te...

    Authors: Johanna Ahola, Tiia Kekäläinen, Sebastien Chastin, Timo Rantalainen, Marja-Liisa Kinnunen, Lea Pulkkinen and Katja Kokko
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:107
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  49. The PROMIS® Early Childhood Physical Activity (PROMIS EC PA) scale is a recently developed PROMIS Early Childhood measure to assess PA among children aged 1–5 years. The purpose of this study was to examine test-...

    Authors: Soyang Kwon, Bridget Armstrong, Nina Wetoska and Selin Capan
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:106
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  50. Authors: Heiko Hahn, Manuel Friedel, Claudia Niessner, Stephan Zipfel and Isabelle Mack
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:105
    Content type: Publisher Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:76

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