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| Janice L ThompsonSummaryAffiliation: University of Bristol Country: UK Publications
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Physically active families - de-bunking the myth? A qualitative study of family participation in physical activityJanice L Thompson
Department of Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Child Care Health Dev 36:265-74. 2010..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...- Conference on "Multidisciplinary approaches to nutritional problems". Symposium on "Performance, exercise and health". Exercise in improving health v. performanceJanice L Thompson
Department of Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences, The University of Bristol, Bristol BS81TP, UK
Proc Nutr Soc 68:29-33. 2009..As most adults do not meet current recommendations there is a critical need for innovative approaches to increase physical activity across large-scale populations... 
Obesity and consequent health risks: is prevention realistic and achievable?Janice L Thompson
Department of Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TP, UK
Arch Dis Child 93:722-4. 2008
Reducing diabetes risk in American Indian womenJanice L Thompson
Office of Native American Diabetes Programs, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Am J Prev Med 34:192-201. 2008..American Indians experience high rates of type 2 diabetes. The impact of low-intensity interventions on diabetes risk among young American Indian women is unknown...- Food shopping habits, physical activity and health-related indicators among adults aged ≥70 yearsJanice L Thompson
Centre for Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, 8 Priory Road, Bristol BS81TZ, UK
Public Health Nutr 14:1640-9. 2011..To investigate the food shopping habits of older adults in the UK and explore their potential associations with selected health-related indicators... - Getting out and about in older adults: the nature of daily trips and their association with objectively assessed physical activityMark G Davis
University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 8:116. 2011..Purpose: to describe the frequency, purpose, and travel mode of daily trips in OAs, and their association with participant characteristics and objectively-assessed PA... - Parental sedentary restriction, maternal parenting style, and television viewing among 10- to 11-year-oldsRussell Jago
Centre for Exercise, Nutrition, and Health Sciences, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, 8 Priory Rd, Bristol BS8 1TZ, United Kingdom
Pediatrics 128:e572-8. 2011..To examine whether parenting styles or practices were associated with children's television (TV) viewing... - Impact of periodic follow-up testing among urban American Indian women with impaired fasting glucosePeg Allen
Division of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, MSC 105550, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 5:A76. 2008..Intensive lifestyle counseling interventions have delayed or prevented the onset of type 2 diabetes, but it is not known whether less intensive, more easily replicable efforts can also be effective... - Associations between children's social functioning and physical activity participation are not mediated by social acceptance: a cross-sectional studySimon J Sebire
Centre for Exercise Nutrition and Health Sciences, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TZ, United Kingdom
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 8:106. 2011..This paper investigates the associations among children's social functioning, and physical activity and whether perceptions of social acceptance mediate any social functioning-PA association... - Parent and child physical activity and sedentary time: do active parents foster active children?Russell Jago
Department of Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences, Centre for Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Bristol, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TP, UK
BMC Public Health 10:194. 2010..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... - School-based friendship networks and children's physical activity: A spatial analytical approachKyle Macdonald-Wallis
Centre for Exercise, Nutrition and Health, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TP, UK
Soc Sci Med 73:6-12. 2011.... - Licence to be active: parental concerns and 10-11-year-old children's ability to be independently physically activeRussell Jago
Department of Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TP, UK
J Public Health (Oxf) 31:472-7. 2009..This study examined parental attitudes to independent activity, factors that limit licence to be independently active and parental strategies to facilitate independent activity... - Increased knowledge predicts greater adherence to the Mediterranean diet in Greek adolescentsParaskevi K Tsartsali
The University of Bristol, Department of Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TP, UK
Public Health Nutr 12:208-13. 2009..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... - Objectively measured physical activity in a diverse sample of older urban UK adultsMark G Davis
Centre for Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
Med Sci Sports Exerc 43:647-54. 2011..There are many health and social benefits of physical activity (PA) for older adults, but little is known about their activity patterns... - Environmental, policy, and cultural factors related to physical activity in sedentary American Indian womenJanice L Thompson
Office of Native American Diabetes Programs, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, 1720 Louisiana Boulevard, Suite 312, Albuquerque, NM 87110, USA
Women Health 36:59-74. 2002.... - Better with a buddy: influence of best friends on children's physical activityRussell Jago
Centre for Exercise, Nutrition and Health, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
Med Sci Sports Exerc 43:259-65. 2011..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... - Parenting styles, parenting practices, and physical activity in 10- to 11-year oldsRussell Jago
Centre for Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, 8 Priory Road, Bristol BS8 1TZ, UK
Prev Med 52:44-7. 2011..The objective of this study was to determine whether parenting styles and practices are associated with children's physical activity... - Friendship groups and physical activity: qualitative findings on how physical activity is initiated and maintained among 10-11 year old childrenRussell Jago
Department of Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 6:4. 2009..abstract:.. - Associations between body mass index, cardiorespiratory fitness, metabolic syndrome, and impaired fasting glucose in young, urban native american womenJanice L Thompson
Department of Internal Medicine, Office of Native American Diabetes Programs, Department of Family and Community Medicine, The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Metab Syndr Relat Disord 5:45-54. 2007..This information can be used to design effective diabetes prevention interventions... - Personal, social, and environmental correlates of physical activity in Native American womenJanice L Thompson
Office of Native American Diabetes Programs, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, 1720 Louisiana Boulevard, Suite 312, Albuquerque, NM 87110, USA
Am J Prev Med 25:53-60. 2003..The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship among physical activity and various personal, social environmental, and physical environmental factors in Native American women... - Development of scales to assess children's perceptions of friend and parental influences on physical activityRussell Jago
Department of Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 6:67. 2009..abstract:.. - Physical activity and sedentary behaviour typologies of 10-11 year oldsRussell Jago
Department of Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 7:59. 2010..abstract:.. - "Get off the sofa and go and play": family and socioeconomic influences on the physical activity of 10-11 year old childrenRowan Brockman
Department of Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
BMC Public Health 9:253. 2009..Research has focussed on psychosocial, environmental, and demographic determinants. This paper explores how family and socioeconomic factors are related to children's physical activity... - Sharing a vision of hope for diabetes care and prevention among American Indian and Alaska Native communities: the National Diabetes Prevention CenterJoAnne Pegler
National Diabetes Prevention Center, Program Development Branch, Division of Diabetes Translation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 506 West Route 66, Gallup, NM 87301, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract . 2003.... - Environmental, policy, and cultural factors related to physical activity in a diverse sample of women: The Women's Cardiovascular Health Network Project--summary and discussionAmy A Eyler
Saint Louis University, School of Public Health, Prevention Research Center, 3545 Lafayette Avenue, St Louis, MO 63104, USA
Women Health 36:123-34. 2002..g., family priority) while some were unique (e.g., lack of community support). Assessing and addressing the issues raised should be considered when planning physical activity-interventions for these populations... - Quantitative study of correlates of physical activity in women from diverse racial/ethnic groups: Women's Cardiovascular Health Network Project--introduction and methodologyAmy A Eyler
Prevention Research Center, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, 3545 Lafayette University, St Louis, MO 63104, USA
Am J Prev Med 25:5-14. 2003..The goal of the survey was to identify personal, social environmental, and physical environmental factors that are associated with physical activity status among diverse groups of women... - Test-retest reliability of a questionnaire on physical activity and its correlates among women from diverse racial and ethnic groupsKelly R Evenson
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, 137 E Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA
Am J Prev Med 25:15-22. 2003..The objective of this study was to examine the test-retest reliability of a survey designed to measure physical activity and its correlates among women from diverse racial and ethnic groups... - Quantitative study of correlates of physical activity in women from diverse racial/ethnic groups: The Women's Cardiovascular Health Network Project--summary and conclusionsAmy A Eyler
Prevention Research Center, School of Public Health, St Louis University, 3545 Lafayette Avenue, St Louis, MO 63104, USA
Am J Prev Med 25:93-103. 2003..The goal of the survey was to identify personal, social environmental, cultural, and physical environmental factors that are associated with physical activity status among a diverse group of women... - Environmental, policy, and cultural factors related to physical activity in a diverse sample of women: the Women's Cardiovascular Health Network Project--introduction and methodologyAmy A Eyler
is affiliated Saint Louis University, School of Public Health, Prevention Research Center, 3545 Lafayette Avenue, St Louis, MO 63104, USA
Women Health 36:1-15. 2002..Groups represented both urban and rural living environments. This article explains the basis for this project and the methodology used. Other articles in this series explain the results from the focus groups in detail...