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| Guy Ej FaulknerSummaryAffiliation: University of Toronto Country: Canada Publications
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Body mass index, waist circumference and quality of life in individuals with schizophreniaGuy Faulkner
Faculty of Physical Education and Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2W6
Schizophr Res 90:174-8. 2007..The primary objective was to examine the differential relationship between waist circumference, body mass index, and self-reported quality of life in patients with schizophrenia...- Physical activity in the process of psychiatric rehabilitation: theoretical and methodological issuesGuy Faulkner
University of Toronto, Faculty of Physical Education and Health, 55 Harbord Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2W6, Canada
Psychiatr Rehabil J 29:258-66. 2006..These approaches differ widely in scope but all share one thing in common: a personalized understanding of the process of mental health change in psychiatric rehabilitation... - Pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic strategies for weight gain and metabolic disturbance in patients treated with antipsychotic medicationsGuy Faulkner
Faculty of Physical Education and Health, University of Toronto, Ontario
Can J Psychiatry 51:502-11. 2006..Further research, including diabetes prevention studies, is required. We suggest a pathway for the management of weight gain and emerging metabolic disturbance... 
Understanding the drive to escort: a cross-sectional analysis examining parental attitudes towards children's school travel and independent mobilityGeorge Mammen
Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto, 55 Harbord St, Toronto, ON, M5S 2W6, Canada
BMC Public Health 12:862. 2012..By comparing these groups, insight was gained into how we may encourage greater AST and independent mobility in youth living in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, Canada...- GIS measured environmental correlates of active school transport: a systematic review of 14 studiesBonny Yee Man Wong
Faculty of Physical Education and Health, University of Toronto
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 8:39. 2011..The objectives of this review are: i) to examine and summarize the relationships between objectively measured BE features and AST in children and adolescents and ii) to critically discuss GIS methodologies used in this context... - ParticipACTION: Baseline assessment of the 'new ParticipACTION': A quantitative survey of Canadian organizational awareness and capacityRonald C Plotnikoff
School of Public Health and the Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 6:86. 2009..abstract:.. - A multi-level examination of school programs, policies and resources associated with physical activity among elementary school youth in the PLAY-ON studyScott T Leatherdale
Department of Population Studies and Surveillance, Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 7:6. 2010.... - ParticipACTION: Awareness of the participACTION campaign among Canadian adults - Examining the knowledge gap hypothesis and a hierarchy-of-effects modelJohn C Spence
Sedentary Living Lab, Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, E 488 Van Vliet, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2H9, Canada
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 6:85. 2009..Thus, future promotion campaigns should include specific strategies to target different segments of the population, especially people who are living in deprived conditions with lower levels of education... - Mode shifting in school travel mode: examining the prevalence and correlates of active school transport in Ontario, CanadaBonny Yee Man Wong
Faculty of Physical Education and Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2W6, Canada
BMC Public Health 11:618. 2011..The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence and correlates of mode shift from passive in the morning to active in the afternoon among elementary and secondary school students in Ontario, Canada... 
Active school transport, physical activity levels and body weight of children and youth: a systematic reviewGuy E J Faulkner
Faculty of Physical Education and Health, University of Toronto, ON, Canada
Prev Med 48:3-8. 2009..Before implementing such solutions, it is important to demonstrate that active school transport is associated with health-related outcomes...- Psychiatric illness and obesity: recognizing the "obesogenic" nature of an inpatient psychiatric settingGuy E J Faulkner
Faculty of Physical Education and Health, University of Toronto, 55 Harbord St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Psychiatr Serv 60:538-41. 2009..This study examined environmental factors that contribute to obesity in one psychiatric hospital in Canada... - School disconnectedness: identifying adolescents at risk in Ontario, CanadaGuy E J Faulkner
Faculty of Physical Education and Health, University of Toronto, 55 Harbord Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S2W6, Canada
J Sch Health 79:312-8. 2009..A secondary objective was to extend this work by assessing whether physical activity was an additional health behavior that differentiated youth who feel connected to their schools from those who do not... - ParticipACTION: Baseline assessment of the capacity available to the 'New ParticipACTION': A qualitative study of Canadian organizationsGuy Faulkner
University of Toronto, Faculty of Physical Education and Health, 55 Harbord Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 2W6, Canada
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 6:87. 2009..abstract:.. - What's "quickest and easiest?": parental decision making about school trip modeGuy Ej Faulkner
University of Toronto, Faculty of Physical Education and Health, University of Toronto, 55 Harbord Street, Toronto, ON, M5 S 2W6, Canada
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 7:62. 2010..abstract:.. - The Long Live Kids campaign: awareness of campaign messagesGuy E J Faulkner
University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Health Commun 16:519-32. 2011..Future research needs to examine how children become aware of such media campaigns and how this mediated information is being used by children... - Economic instruments for obesity prevention: results of a scoping review and modified Delphi surveyGuy E J Faulkner
Faculty of Physical Education and Health, University of Toronto, 55 Harbord Street, Toronto, ON M5S2W6, Canada
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 8:109. 2011..The purpose of this study was to synthesize existing evidence regarding the impact of economic policies targeting obesity and its causal behaviours (diet, physical activity), and to make specific recommendations for the Canadian context... - Schizophrenia and weight management: a systematic review of interventions to control weightG Faulkner
Faculty of Physical Education and Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Acta Psychiatr Scand 108:324-32. 2003..This study systematically reviews the literature on the effectiveness of interventions designed to control weight gain in schizophrenia... - Interventions to reduce weight gain in schizophreniaGuy Faulkner
Faculty of Physical Education and Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Schizophr Bull 33:654-6. 2007 - Validation of a physical activity assessment tool for individuals with schizophreniaGuy Faulkner
Faculty of Physical Education and Health, University of Toronto, 55 Harbord Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2W6
Schizophr Res 82:225-31. 2006..The objective of this study was to provide preliminary validation of the Short-Form International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), a measurement tool that could prove useful for both clinicians and researchers in the field... - Canada on the Move: an intensive media analysis from inception to receptionGuy Faulkner
Faculty of Physical Education and Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Can J Public Health 97:S16-20, S17-21. 2006..The purpose of this article is to report on the application of this type of analysis to the Canada on the Move media campaign... - The relationship between vigorous physical activity and juvenile delinquency: a mediating role for self-esteem?Guy E J Faulkner
Faculty of Physical Education and Health University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
J Behav Med 30:155-63. 2007..There was no evidence of a mediating role for self-esteem. Our findings suggest that physical activity is not the solution for reducing juvenile delinquency... - The acceptability of physical activity programming within a smoking cessation service for individuals with severe mental illnessGuy Faulkner
Faculty of Physical Education and Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Patient Educ Couns 66:123-6. 2007..The current study assessed the acceptability of introducing physical activity, including perceived advantages and disadvantages, as an adjunct to a smoking cessation service within this population... - Motivating smoking reductions by framing health information as safer smoking tipsJohn A Cunningham
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, 33 Russell Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2S1
Addict Behav 31:1465-8. 2006..This pilot result is encouraging but requires replication before considering the value of including safer smoking tips in health messages for smokers in the general population... - Exploring the construct validity of the transtheoretical model to structure physical activity interventions for individuals with serious mental illnessPaul Gorczynski
Faculty of Physical Education and Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Psychiatr Rehabil J 34:61-4. 2010..This study examined the construct validity of the Transtheoretical Model (TTM) in individuals with serious mental illness to guide future physical activity interventions... - Tobacco harm reduction strategies: the case for physical activityWayne deRuiter
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Nicotine Tob Res 8:157-68. 2006..Significant concerns remain regarding the practicality of physical activity as a harm reduction strategy and the extent to which participation in physical activity may be used to justify continued smoking... - Characteristics of physically active smokers and implications for harm reductionWayne K Deruiter
Faculty of Physical Education and Health, University of Toronto, 55 Harbord St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 2W6
Am J Public Health 98:925-31. 2008..We sought to establish the prevalence of physical activity among smokers, whether or not physically active smokers were more likely to attempt cessation, and who these physically active smokers were... - The relationship between sedentary activities and physical inactivity among adolescents: results from the Canadian Community Health SurveyNaoko Koezuka
Department of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Adolesc Health 39:515-22. 2006.... - Effects of exercise on cravings to smoke: the role of exercise intensity and cortisolFilippe Scerbo
Faculty of Physical Education and Health, University of Toronto, 55 Harbord Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Sports Sci 28:11-9. 2010..Vigorous exercise has a similar effect to moderate exercise in terms of the magnitude of craving reduction. However, performing bouts of moderate-intensity exercise may be a better recommendation for reducing cravings... - Active school transportation in the Greater Toronto Area, Canada: an exploration of trends in space and time (1986-2006)Ron N Buliung
Department of Geography, University of Toronto at Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Road N, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Prev Med 48:507-12. 2009..This study describes temporal and spatial trends in active transportation for school trips in the Greater Toronto Area, Canada's largest city-region... - Challenges in assessing the implementation and effectiveness of physical activity and nutrition policy interventions as natural experimentsS Ramanathan
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Health Promot Int 23:290-7. 2008..In this paper, we discuss the context of these challenges in relation to the Ontario government school physical activity and nutrition policies... - Increasing perceived choice about change in smokers: implicationsJohn A Cunningham
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Canada
Addict Behav 32:1907-12. 2007..Perceived choice has been identified as an important factor in change from negative health behaviors, and the implications and future directions of this research are discussed... - Physical activity promotion through the mass media: inception, production, transmission and consumptionSara-Jane Finlay
Institute of Communication and Culture, The University of Toronto at Mississauga, Toronto, ON, Canada L5L 1C6
Prev Med 40:121-30. 2005..Fuller understandings of the success of media campaigns, the recall of media messages or associated behaviour change can only truly be understood through the application of a more sophisticated form of media analysis... - Get the news on physical activity research: a content analysis of physical activity research in the Canadian print mediaGuy Faulkner
Faculty of Physical Education and Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
J Phys Act Health 4:180-92. 2007..News media may play a critical role in disseminating research about physical activity and health. This study examined how much physical activity research gets reported in the media and its prominence and credibility... - A provincial study of opportunities for school-based physical activity in secondary schoolsJohn J M Dwyer
Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition, College of Social and Applied Human Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
J Adolesc Health 39:80-6. 2006..This study surveyed Ontario secondary schools to identify the range of structured opportunities and their engagement by students... - Physical activity and sport participation in youth with congenital heart disease: perceptions of children and parentsFiona Moola
Faculty of Physical Education and Health, University of Toronto, Canada
Adapt Phys Activ Q 25:49-70. 2008..Findings are discussed within the context of self-efficacy theory and may inform the design of safe and enjoyable physical activity opportunities for this population...