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| David Revalds LubansSummaryAffiliation: University of Newcastle Country: Australia Publications
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Rationale and study protocol for the supporting children's outcomes using rewards, exercise and skills (SCORES) group randomized controlled trial: a physical activity and fundamental movement skills intervention for primary schools in low-income communitiDavid R Lubans
School of Education, Priority Research Centre in Physical Activity and Nutrition, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Callaghan Campus, Australia
BMC Public Health 12:427. 2012..PA levels decline dramatically during adolescence and evidence suggests that competency in a range of fundamental movement skills (FMS) may serve as a protective factor against this trend...
Potential moderators and mediators of intervention effects in an obesity prevention program for adolescent boys from disadvantaged schoolsDavid R Lubans
School of Education, University of Newcastle, Australia
J Sci Med Sport 15:519-25. 2012..The purpose of this study was to explore potential moderators and mediators of intervention effects in the Physical Activity Leaders (PALs) obesity prevention program for adolescent boys from disadvantaged secondary schools...- Mediators of weight loss in the 'Healthy Dads, Healthy Kids' pilot study for overweight fathersDavid R Lubans
School of Education, Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, 2308, Australia
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 9:45. 2012..The aim of this paper was to identify potential behavioral mediators of weight loss in the Healthy Dads, Healthy Kids (HDHK) intervention for overweight fathers... - Explaining dietary intake in adolescent girls from disadvantaged secondary schools. A test of Social Cognitive TheoryDavid R Lubans
Priority Research Centre in Physical Activity and Nutrition, School of Education, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Callaghan Campus, Australia
Appetite 58:517-24. 2012..Further study of the role that implementation intentions play in explaining adolescent girls' dietary behaviors is required... - Description and evaluation of a social cognitive model of physical activity behaviour tailored for adolescent girlsD R Lubans
School of Education, Faculty of Education rts, University of Newcastle, Callaghan Campus, Newcastle 2308, Australia
Health Educ Res 27:115-28. 2012..Shared method variance may explain the larger portions of variance explained in previous studies. Future studies are encouraged to evaluate theories of physical activity behaviour change using objective measures of physical activity... - How many steps/day are enough? for children and adolescentsCatrine Tudor-Locke
Walking Behavior Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 8:78. 2011.... - A school-based randomized controlled trial to improve physical activity among Iranian high school girlsParvaneh Taymoori
Department of Health Education, School of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 5:18. 2008..Because PA interventions in schools have the potential to reach many children and adolescents, this study reports on PA intervention research conducted in all-female Iranian high schools... - The 'Healthy Dads, Healthy Kids' community effectiveness trial: study protocol of a community-based healthy lifestyle program for fathers and their childrenPhilip J Morgan
Priority Research Centre in Physical Activity and Nutrition, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
BMC Public Health 11:876. 2011..The aim of the current study was to evaluate the previously established program in a community setting, in a large effectiveness trial... - Improving health-related fitness in children: the Fit-4-Fun randomized controlled trial study protocolNarelle Eather
Priority Research Centre in Physical Activity and Nutrition, School of Education, University of Newcastle, Callaghan Campus, Newcastle, Australia
BMC Public Health 11:902. 2011..This paper reports the rationale and methods for a school-based intervention designed to improve physical fitness and physical activity levels of Grades 5 and 6 primary school children... - A school-based intervention to promote physical activity among adolescent girls: rationale, design, and baseline data from the Girls in Sport group randomised controlled trialAnthony D Okely
Interdisciplinary Educational Research Institute, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, Wollongong, 2522, Australia
BMC Public Health 11:658. 2011..This report describes the rationale, design and baseline data from the Girls in Sport group randomised trial, which aims to prevent the decline in moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA) among adolescent girls... - Exercise and nutrition routine improving cancer health (ENRICH): the protocol for a randomized efficacy trial of a nutrition and physical activity program for adult cancer survivors and carersErica L James
School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Priority Research Centre in Physical Activity and Nutrition, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
BMC Public Health 11:236. 2011..This article describes the intervention development, study design, and participant recruitment... - A systematic review of the validity and reliability of sedentary behaviour measures used with children and adolescentsD R Lubans
School of Education, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia
Obes Rev 12:781-99. 2011..We recommend the use of objective measures of sedentary behaviour such as accelerometers, in conjunction with subjective measures (e.g. self-report), to assess type and context of behaviour... - Test-retest reliability of a battery of field-based health-related fitness measures for adolescentsDavid R Lubans
School of Education, University of Newcastle, University Drive, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
J Sports Sci 29:685-93. 2011.... - Randomized controlled trial of the Physical Activity Leaders (PALs) program for adolescent boys from disadvantaged secondary schoolsDavid R Lubans
Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia
Prev Med 52:239-46. 2011..The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and feasibility of the Physical Activity Leaders (PALs) program. PALs is an obesity prevention program for low-active adolescent boys from disadvantaged schools... - The relationship between active travel to school and health-related fitness in children and adolescents: a systematic reviewDavid R Lubans
School of Education, University of Newcastle, Callaghan Campus, Australia
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 8:5. 2011..Active travel to school (ATS) has been identified as an important source of physical activity for youth. However, the relationship between ATS and health-related fitness (HRF) among youth remains unclear... - Muscular fitness, body composition and physical self-perception in adolescentsDavid R Lubans
Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle, Australia
J Sci Med Sport 14:216-21. 2011..Physical self-worth is associated with different components of health-related fitness in adolescent girls and boys. Mediation analysis can be used to provide insights into the complex interrelationships between variables... 
Mediators of change following a senior school physical activity interventionDavid R Lubans
University of Newcastle, Faculty of Education and Arts, NSW, 2308, Australia
J Sci Med Sport 12:134-40. 2009..Exercise self-efficacy may be a mediator of physical activity behaviour in adolescent girls...- Evaluation of an extra-curricular school sport programme promoting lifestyle and lifetime activity for adolescentsDavid Lubans
School of Education, University of Newcastle, Callaghan Campus, Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia
J Sports Sci 26:519-29. 2008..879). The results of the present study provide further evidence that physical activity monitoring using pedometers is an effective strategy for increasing activity among low-active adolescents... - A review of mediators of behavior in interventions to promote physical activity among children and adolescentsDavid Revalds Lubans
School of Education, The University of Newcastle, Australia
Prev Med 47:463-70. 2008..To develop a better understanding "what works", researchers are now focusing on constructing an evidence base for mediators of behavior change... - Effects of integrating pedometers, parental materials, and E-mail support within an extracurricular school sport interventionDavid R Lubans
School of Education, The University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
J Adolesc Health 44:176-83. 2009..The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of a school-based intervention (Program X) incorporating pedometers and e-mail support on physical activity, sedentary behavior, and healthy eating in adolescents... - A systematic review of studies using pedometers to promote physical activity among youthDavid R Lubans
School of Education, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan Campus, NSW 2308, Australia
Prev Med 48:307-15. 2009..Secondary aims were to assess the quality of existing studies and examine the different ways that pedometers have been used to promote activity... - The relationship between heart rate intensity and pedometer step counts in adolescentsDavid R Lubans
School of Education, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
J Sports Sci 27:591-7. 2009..001). The results from this study suggest that a step rate of 130 steps per minute is equal to 65-75% maximum heart rate in low-fit adolescents and achieving 130 steps per minute could be used as an initial goal to improve fitness... - Exploring the mechanisms of weight loss in the SHED-IT intervention for overweight men: a mediation analysisDavid R Lubans
School of Education, Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle, Australia
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 6:76. 2009..abstract:.. - Exercise adherence and intervention effects of two school-based resistance training programs for adolescentsDavid R Lubans
School of Education, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan Campus, NSW 2308, Australia
Prev Med 50:56-62. 2010..The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and feasibility of two school-based RT programs to improve muscular fitness and body composition in adolescents... - Exploring the mechanisms of physical activity and dietary behavior change in the program x intervention for adolescentsDavid R Lubans
School of Education, Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle, Callaghan Campus, Callaghan, Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia
J Adolesc Health 47:83-91. 2010..The objective of this investigation was to examine the mechanisms of physical activity and dietary behavior change in the Program X intervention... - The Nutrition and Enjoyable Activity for Teen Girls (NEAT girls) randomized controlled trial for adolescent girls from disadvantaged secondary schools: rationale, study protocol, and baseline resultsDavid R Lubans
School of Education, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Callaghan Campus, Australia
BMC Public Health 10:652. 2010..The purpose of this paper is to report the rationale, study design and baseline findings of a school-based obesity prevention program for low-active adolescent girls from disadvantaged secondary schools... - Fundamental movement skills in children and adolescents: review of associated health benefitsDavid R Lubans
School of Education, University of Newcastle, Callaghan Campus, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Sports Med 40:1019-35. 2010..More longitudinal and intervention research examining the relationship between FMS competency and potential psychological, physiological and behavioural outcomes in children and adolescents is recommended... - Social, psychological and behavioural correlates of pedometer step counts in a sample of Australian adolescentsDavid Revalds Lubans
University of Newcastle, Faculty of Education and Arts, Callaghan Campus, NSW 2308, Australia
J Sci Med Sport 12:141-7. 2009..This study has identified a number of potentially modifiable correlates of objectively measured physical activity in sample of Australian adolescents...