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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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

    The Correction to this article has been published in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:146

  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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

    The Correction to this article has been published in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:129

  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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

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

  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. Authors: Heiko Hahn, Manuel Friedel, Claudia Niessner, Stephan Zipfel and Isabelle Mack
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:105

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

  22. Information on the influences of daily eating frequency (DEF) and nighttime fasting duration (NFD) on biological aging is minimal. Our study investigated the potential associations of DEF and NFD with accelera...

    Authors: Xuanyang Wang, Jia Zhang, Xiaoqing Xu, Sijia Pan, Licheng Cheng, Keke Dang, Xiang Qi and Ying Li
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:104
  23. As rates of obesity and overweight continue to increase in the UK, calorie labels have been introduced on menus as a policy option to provide information to consumers on the energy content of foods and to enab...

    Authors: Madison Luick, Filippo Bianchi, Francis Bain, Lauren Bandy, Parita Doshi, Darren Hilliard, Jovita Leung, Abigail Mottershaw, Bobby Stuijfzand, Jordan Whitwell-Mak, Susan A. Jebb, Hugo Harper and Rachel Pechey
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:103
  24. Altered meal timing patterns can disrupt the circadian system and affect metabolism. Our aim was to describe sex-specific chrono-nutritional patterns, assess their association with body mass index (BMI) and in...

    Authors: Luciana Pons-Muzzo, Rafael de Cid, Mireia Obón-Santacana, Kurt Straif, Kyriaki Papantoniou, Isabel Santonja, Manolis Kogevinas, Anna Palomar-Cros and Camille Lassale
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:102
  25. Dads and Daughters Exercising and Empowered (DADEE) is a program targeting fathers/father-figures to improve their daughters’ physical activity and well-being. Previous randomised controlled efficacy and effec...

    Authors: Lee M. Ashton, Anna T. Rayward, Emma R. Pollock, Stevie-Lee Kennedy, Myles D. Young, Narelle Eather, Alyce T. Barnes, Daniel R. Lee and Philip J. Morgan
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:101
  26. Our systematic review aimed to critically evaluate empirical literature describing the association of muscle-strengthening exercise (MSE) with recurrence and/or mortality among breast cancer survivors.

    Authors: Oliver W.A. Wilson, Kaitlyn M. Wojcik, Dalya Kamil, Jessica Gorzelitz, Gisela Butera, Charles E. Matthews and Jinani Jayasekera
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:100
  27. Accurately measuring energy expenditure during physical activity outside of the laboratory is challenging, especially on a large scale. Thigh-worn accelerometers have gained popularity due to the possibility t...

    Authors: Claas Lendt, Niklas Hansen, Ingo Froböse and Tom Stewart
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:99
  28. Interventions focusing on individual behaviours (physical activity, sedentary behaviour, sleep) of preschool-aged children have been widely studied. However, there is a lack of understanding about integrated i...

    Authors: Jie Feng, Wendy Yajun Huang, Cindy Hui-Ping Sit, John J. Reilly and Asaduzzaman Khan
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:98
  29. The Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ), introduced in Central London in April 2019, aims to enhance air quality and improve public health. The Children's Health in London and Luton (CHILL) study evaluates the impa...

    Authors: Christina Xiao, James Scales, Jasmine Chavda, Rosamund E. Dove, Ivelina Tsocheva, Helen E. Wood, Harpal Kalsi, Luke Sartori, Grainne Colligan, Jessica Moon, Esther Lie, Kristian Petrovic, Bill Day, Cheryll Howett, Amanda Keighley, Borislava Mihaylova…
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:89
  30. Knowledge of developmental trends in meeting age-specific 24-hour movement behaviour guidelines is lacking. This study describes developmental trends in device-measured physical activity and sedentary time ove...

    Authors: Hayley E. Christian, Emma K. Adams, Hannah L. Moore, Andrea Nathan, Kevin Murray, Jasper Schipperijn and Stewart G. Trost
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:97
  31. Encouraging alternatives to the car such as walking, cycling or public transport is a key cross-sector policy priority to promote population and planetary health. Individual travel choices are shaped by indivi...

    Authors: Kate Garrott, Louise Foley, David Ogilvie and Jenna Panter
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:96
  32. Breastfeeding self-efficacy is a woman’s self-belief and confidence in her perceived ability to breastfeed. This modifiable determinant is strongly associated with breastfeeding initiation, exclusivity, and du...

    Authors: Liz M. McGovern, Laura O’Toole, Rachel A. Laws, Timothy C. Skinner, Fionnuala M. McAuliffe and Sharleen L. O’Reilly
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:95
  33. Accurate and feasible assessment of dietary intake remains challenging for research and healthcare. Experience Sampling Methodology (ESM) is a real-time real-life data capturing method with low burden and good...

    Authors: Joke Verbeke and Christophe Matthys
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:94
  34. Teachers are recognized as ‘key agents’ for the delivery of physical activity programs and policies in schools. The aim of our study was to develop and evaluate a tool to assess teachers’ capability, opportuni...

    Authors: A. Verdonschot, M. R. Beauchamp, T. A. Brusseau, M. J. M. Chinapaw, L. B. Christiansen, A. Daly-Smith, N. Eather, S. J. Fairclough, G. Faulkner, L. Foweather, A. García-Hermoso, A. S. Ha, N. Harris, T. Jaakkola, R. Jago, S. G. Kennedy…
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:93
  35. Mobile Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) is increasingly used to gather intensive, longitudinal data on behavioral nutrition, physical activity and sedentary behavior and their underlying determinants. How...

    Authors: Sofie Compernolle, T. Vetrovsky, I. Maes, J. Delobelle, E. Lebuf, F. De Vylder, K. Cnudde, J. Van Cauwenberg, L. Poppe and D. Van Dyck
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:92
  36. Greater public transport use has been linked to higher physical activity levels. However, neither the amount of physical activity associated with each daily public transport trip performed, nor the potential t...

    Authors: Jack. T. Evans, Oliver Stanesby, Leigh Blizzard, Stephen Greaves, Anna Timperio, Kim Jose, Melanie J. Sharman, Andrew J. Palmer and Verity J. Cleland
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:91
  37. High sedentary times (ST) is highly prevalent in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), highlighting the need for behavioural change interventions that effectively reduce ST. We examined the immediate an...

    Authors: Sophie H. Kroesen, Bram M. A. van Bakel, Marijn de Bruin, Arzu Günal, Arko Scheepmaker, Wim R. M. Aengevaeren, Frank F. Willems, Roderick Wondergem, Martijn F. Pisters, Francisco B. Ortega, Maria T. E. Hopman, Dick H. J. Thijssen, Esmée A. Bakker and Thijs M. H. Eijsvogels
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:90
  38. This study demonstrates how formative process evaluation was used to assess implementation and improve dose and fidelity in the Together Everyone Achieves More Physical Activity (TEAM-PA) randomized controlled...

    Authors: Allison M. Sweeney, Dawn K. Wilson, Nicole Zarrett, Timothy Simmons, Makayla Mansfield and Lindsay Decker
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:88
  39. In Europe, physical activity levels tend to be lower in ethnic minority groups than the general population. Interventions and policies based on research examining isolated determinants of physical activity hav...

    Authors: Alexia D. M. Sawyer, Frank van Lenthe, Carlijn Kamphuis, Enrique Garcia Bengoechea, Aleksandra Luszczynska, Laura Terragni, Kevin Volf, Gun Roos, Catherine Woods, Sarah Forberger, Marie Scheidmeir, Lars Jørun Langøien, Agnieszka Neumann-Podczaska, Katarzyna Wieczorowska-Tobis and Karien Stronks
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:87
  40. Among elementary-aged children (5-12yrs), summer vacation is associated with accelerated gains in Body Mass Index (BMI). A key behavioral driver of BMI gain is a lack of physical activity (PA). Previous studie...

    Authors: Michael W. Beets, Sarah Burkart, Christopher Pfledderer, Elizabeth Adams, R. Glenn Weaver, Bridget Armstrong, Keith Brazendale, Xuanxuan Zhu, Alexander McLain, Brie Turner-McGrievy, Russell Pate, Andrew Kaczynski, Amanda Fairchild, Brian Saelens and Hannah Parker
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:86

    The Correction to this article has been published in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2025 22:69

  41. Affective responses are increasingly recognized as potentially effective intervention targets that may facilitate exercise and physical activity behavior change. While emerging correlational evidence suggests ...

    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 21:85

    The Correction to this article has been published in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:113

  42. The influence of home obesogenic environments, as assessed by the validated Family Nutrition and Physical Activity (FNPA) tool, and child obesity during the COVID pandemic were evaluated using electronic healt...

    Authors: Carolyn F. McCabe, G. Craig Wood, Gregory J. Welk, Adam Cook, Jennifer Franceschelli-Hosterman and Lisa Bailey-Davis
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:84
  43. Time spent in sleep, sedentary behaviour (SB), and physical activity are exhaustive and mutually exclusive parts of a 24-h day that need to be considered in a combination. The aim of this study was to identify...

    Authors: Anja Šuc, Lea Einfalt, Nejc Šarabon and Kaja Kastelic
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:83
  44. Physical activity referral schemes (PARS) are composed of various components, such as a written prescription or a person-centered approach. The role of these components in their effectiveness is yet to be unde...

    Authors: Eriselda Mino, Klaus Pfeifer, Coral L. Hanson, Michael Schuler, Anna Brandmeier, Sarah Klamroth, Inga Naber, Anja Weissenfels, Sheona McHale, Karim Abu-Omar, Peter Gelius, Stephen Whiting, Kremlin Wickramasinghe, Gauden Galea and Wolfgang Geidl
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:82
  45. Current physical activity guidelines recommend 150 min of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) for health benefits, regardless of the pattern of MVPA. However, MVPA that occurs in sessions (MVPA-S) ma...

    Authors: Tongyu Ma, John Sirard, Lin Yang, Ye Li, Sharon Tsang and Amy Fu
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:81
  46. National food environment policies can contribute to the reduction of diet-related non-communicable diseases. Yet, their implementation in the Netherlands remains low. It has been hypothesized that the media c...

    Authors: Nine M. S. Droog, Coosje S. Dijkstra, Naomi van Selm, Maartje P. Poelman and Joreintje D. Mackenbach
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:80
  47. Early childhood educators play a critical role in promoting physical activity and reducing sedentary time in childcare centres. However, early childhood educators receive limited specialised pre- and in-servic...

    Authors: Matthew Bourke, Brianne A. Bruijns, Leigh M. Vanderloo, Jennifer Irwin, Rachel Heydon, Valerie Carson, Patti-Jean Naylor, Andrew M. Johnson, Kristi B. Adamo, Shauna M. Burke, Brian W. Timmons and Patricia Tucker
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:79
  48. Authors: Jennifer Hall, Rukhsana Rashid, Abida Rafiq, Kiran Fatima, Sally E. Barber and Sufyan Abid Dogra
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:78

    The original article was published in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:63

  49. The more accurate we can assess human physical behaviour in free-living conditions the better we can understand its relationship with health and wellbeing. Thigh-worn accelerometry can be used to identify basi...

    Authors: Claas Lendt, Theresa Braun, Bianca Biallas, Ingo Froböse and Peter J. Johansson
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:77
  50. Changing the food environment is an important public health lever for encouraging sustainable food choices. Targeting the availability of vegetarian main meals served in cafeterias substantially affects food c...

    Authors: Laura Arrazat, Claire Cambriels, Christine Le Noan, Sophie Nicklaus and Lucile Marty
    Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024 21:75