R Jago

..There is a need to find ways to increase the physical activity levels and improve the body composition and blood pressure of girls...

..We also sought to examine any differences by gender or baseline body mass status...

..Data on the predictors of youth screen-viewing time is predominately from older children in North America. Parental and home media environment factors that are associated with screen-viewing time could be targeted in interventions...

..This study examined the feasibility of conducting a cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) to evaluate an after-school dance program to increase PA among 11-12 year old girls in Bristol, UK...

..To examine whether parenting styles or practices were associated with children's television (TV) viewing...

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..The present study examines associations between physical activity and obesogenic dietary behaviours in a large UK adolescent cohort...

..the purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which the physical activity modeling and physical activity actions of best friends are associated with the physical activity of 10- to 11-yr-old children...

..Examine if home environmental factors are associated with screen-viewing...

..To guide future prevention efforts, data were used from the Danish arm of the European Youth Heart Study to examine these issues...

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..This study examined parental attitudes to independent activity, factors that limit licence to be independently active and parental strategies to facilitate independent activity...

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..There is a lack of information about the factors that would affect girls' recruitment and retention in an after-school dance programme...

..In this paper we used qualitative methods to assess the nature and extent of multiple forms of screen-viewing in UK children...

..In conclusion, the pedometers provided an accurate assessment of adolescent physical activity, and a conservative estimate of 8000 pedometer counts in 60 min is equivalent to 60 min of moderate to vigorous physical activity...

..Parents are likely to be an important influence on their children's behaviour. There is an absence of information about the associations between parents' and children's physical activity and TV viewing...

..The study's purpose was to examine whether friendship factors predict discretionary physical activity after the transition to secondary school...

..158) with self-reported sedentary behavior. Differences in the strength of relationships between self-reported and objectively measured physical activity and psychosocial variables were not a function of social desirability...

..The objective of this study was to determine whether parenting styles and practices are associated with children's physical activity...

..To examine the association between fruit and vegetable (F&V) availability and consumption, the possible influences on this association, research gaps, and implications for developing strategies to increase F&V consumption...

..To examine whether the self-reported fruit and vegetable consumption of Greek primary-school children is associated with the home availability of fruit and vegetables...

..This study reports the results of a 9-week intervention on the physical activity levels of adolescent males...

..To examine knowledge of and adherence to the Mediterranean dietary pattern (MDP) among Greek adolescents, assess associations between MDP knowledge and adherence with BMI, and determine socio-cultural factors predicting MDP compliance...

..Little is known about the effectiveness of parent involvement in school-based obesity prevention interventions...

..To examine associations between active play and the physical activity of 10- to 11-year-old children...

..It is not clear the extent to which change in adiposity and cardiovascular fitness (CRF) during early childhood are associated with change in cardiovascular risk factors or if associations are independent or interactive...

..To quantify the volume and intensity of children's physical activity after school in greenspace and elsewhere...

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..Examine whether cardiometabolic risk factors are predicted by fitness or fatness among adolescents...

..Examine associations among observed, self-reported, and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) environmental features and physical activity among adolescent males...

..Walking to school is associated with higher levels of physical activity, but the contribution of the journey itself to physical activity before school is unknown...

..To investigate whether change in transport to school from non-cycling to cycling was associated with change in cardio-respiratory fitness (CRF) over a six-year follow-up...

..This study examined the types of activities (physical and sedentary) engaged in as a family and explored parents' perceptions of the importance, frequency, nature and barriers to family physical activity...

..Applying these methods to accelerometer data collected in specific populations will improve the precision with which accelerometer thresholds can be identified...

..CB-PE participants spent between 49-58% with a heart rate >140 bpm. Girls' mean heart rate was 3.7 bpm lower than the boys. PE can be readily modified so that students spend more than 50% of time in MVPA...

..To assess the effect of a US obesity prevention intervention on dietary outcomes in English 9-10 year old children in 2006...

..Together these issues may mask the more complex, less easily articulated influences (cultural, social and family influences and practices, knowledge and skill levels, and emotional status) that lead to unhealthy behaviours...

..Research has focussed on psychosocial, environmental, and demographic determinants. This paper explores how family and socioeconomic factors are related to children's physical activity...

..However, as shown in the observed sample, more research is needed to understand the influence of SocD on the relationship between self-efficacy and behaviors for different populations and for different degrees of SocD response bias...

..To examine the cross-sectional relationships between physical activity and dietary behaviors among 8- to 10-year-old African-American girls...

..To obtain information about the relationship between cardiovascular and diabetic risk factors of mothers and their children and to determine whether these relationships differ by physical activity or ethnicity...

..Obesity results from energy imbalance. This study used data from the Bogalusa Heart Study to examine relationships between the dietary and physical activity behaviors of young adults...

..It has recently been reported that adult physical activity was associated with environmental features. The aim of this study was to determine whether environmental features were associated with physical activity among male adolescents...

..Psychosocial and demographic correlates of fruit, juice and vegetable (FJV) consumption were investigated to guide how to increase FJV intake...

..More information about the physical activity of adolescents is needed. This study used objective measurement to investigate differences in activity patterns related to gender, body mass index (BMI), day, and time of day...

..To prevent obesity, the physical activity of youth should be increased. Since time for school physical education has declined and curricular interventions have had limited effects, alternative non-curriculum approaches need to be tested...

..Our goal was to examine 12-week covariability in diet and physical activity changes among 8- to 10-year-old African-American girls and if these changes predicted percent change in BMI...