Esther Mf van Sluijs

Summary

Affiliation: University of Cambridge
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi The contribution of active travel to children's physical activity levels: cross-sectional results from the ALSPAC study
    Esther M F van Sluijs
    MRC Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Cambridge, UK
    Prev Med 48:519-24. 2009
  2. ncbi Is a change in mode of travel to school associated with a change in overall physical activity levels in children? Longitudinal results from the SPEEDY study
    Lee Smith
    MRC Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Cambridge, UK
    Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 9:134. 2012
  3. ncbi The impact of rainfall and school break time policies on physical activity in 9-10 year old British children: a repeated measures study
    Flo Harrison
    School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7JT, UK
    Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 8:47. 2011
  4. ncbi Family and home correlates of children's physical activity in a multi-ethnic population: the cross-sectional Child Heart and Health Study in England (CHASE)
    Alison M McMinn
    Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, Cambridge, UK
    Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 8:11. 2011
  5. ncbi Environmental determinants of active travel in youth: a review and framework for future research
    Jenna R Panter
    University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
    Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 5:34. 2008
  6. ncbi Randomised controlled trial of the effects of physical activity feedback on awareness and behaviour in UK adults: the FAB study protocol [ISRCTN92551397]
    Clare Watkinson
    MRC Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrookes Hospital, Box 285, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB20QQ, UK
    BMC Public Health 10:144. 2010
  7. ncbi Physical activity and dietary behaviour in a population-based sample of British 10-year old children: the SPEEDY study (Sport, Physical activity and Eating behaviour: environmental Determinants in Young people)
    Esther M F van Sluijs
    Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Box 285, Addenbrookes Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK
    BMC Public Health 8:388. 2008
  8. ncbi Effectiveness of interventions to promote physical activity in children and adolescents: systematic review of controlled trials
    Esther M F van Sluijs
    Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Sciences, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0QQ
    BMJ 335:703. 2007
  9. ncbi Environmental supportiveness for physical activity in English schoolchildren: a study using Global Positioning Systems
    Andrew P Jones
    Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Box 285, Addenbrookes Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK
    Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 6:42. 2009
  10. ncbi The effect of community and family interventions on young people's physical activity levels: a review of reviews and updated systematic review
    Esther M F van Sluijs
    MRC Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Box 285, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
    Br J Sports Med 45:914-22. 2011

Detail Information

Publications21

  1. ncbi The contribution of active travel to children's physical activity levels: cross-sectional results from the ALSPAC study
    Esther M F van Sluijs
    MRC Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Cambridge, UK
    Prev Med 48:519-24. 2009
    ..To assess the association between active travel to school and physical activity (PA) in a large population-based sample of 11-year old children...
  2. ncbi Is a change in mode of travel to school associated with a change in overall physical activity levels in children? Longitudinal results from the SPEEDY study
    Lee Smith
    MRC Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Cambridge, UK
    Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 9:134. 2012
    ..The purpose of this analysis was to investigate the association between change in mode of travel to school and change in overall physical activity levels in children...
  3. ncbi The impact of rainfall and school break time policies on physical activity in 9-10 year old British children: a repeated measures study
    Flo Harrison
    School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7JT, UK
    Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 8:47. 2011
    ..This study aims to examine the association between PA and rainfall in 9-10 year old children, and how it may be modified by school policies...
  4. ncbi Family and home correlates of children's physical activity in a multi-ethnic population: the cross-sectional Child Heart and Health Study in England (CHASE)
    Alison M McMinn
    Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, Cambridge, UK
    Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 8:11. 2011
    ..This paper investigates associations between family and home factors and childhood PA in a multi-ethnic population and explores whether associations differ between ethnic groups...
  5. ncbi Environmental determinants of active travel in youth: a review and framework for future research
    Jenna R Panter
    University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
    Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 5:34. 2008
    ..However, links between the environment and active travel have received less attention...
  6. ncbi Randomised controlled trial of the effects of physical activity feedback on awareness and behaviour in UK adults: the FAB study protocol [ISRCTN92551397]
    Clare Watkinson
    MRC Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrookes Hospital, Box 285, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB20QQ, UK
    BMC Public Health 10:144. 2010
    ..Secondary objectives are to determine the influence of feedback on physical activity awareness and cognitions, and to compare behavioural effects by type of feedback...
  7. ncbi Physical activity and dietary behaviour in a population-based sample of British 10-year old children: the SPEEDY study (Sport, Physical activity and Eating behaviour: environmental Determinants in Young people)
    Esther M F van Sluijs
    Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Box 285, Addenbrookes Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK
    BMC Public Health 8:388. 2008
    ..We present here the analyses of the PA, dietary and anthropometry data...
  8. ncbi Effectiveness of interventions to promote physical activity in children and adolescents: systematic review of controlled trials
    Esther M F van Sluijs
    Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Sciences, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0QQ
    BMJ 335:703. 2007
    ..To review the published literature on the effectiveness of interventions to promote physical activity in children and adolescents...
  9. ncbi Environmental supportiveness for physical activity in English schoolchildren: a study using Global Positioning Systems
    Andrew P Jones
    Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Box 285, Addenbrookes Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK
    Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 6:42. 2009
    ..abstract:..
  10. ncbi The effect of community and family interventions on young people's physical activity levels: a review of reviews and updated systematic review
    Esther M F van Sluijs
    MRC Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Box 285, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
    Br J Sports Med 45:914-22. 2011
    ..Next to the school environment, the family and community environment are key for young people's behaviour and for promoting physical activity (PA)...
  11. ncbi School-level correlates of physical activity intensity in 10-year-old children
    Esther M F van Sluijs
    Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, UK
    Int J Pediatr Obes 6:e574-81. 2011
    ..We therefore aimed to study associations between activity intensities and physical and social school environmental factors...
  12. ncbi Who will increase their physical activity? Predictors of change in objectively measured physical activity over 12 months in the ProActive cohort
    Rebecca K Simmons
    MRC Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Box 285, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK
    BMC Public Health 10:226. 2010
    ..The aim was to identify predictors of change in objectively measured physical activity over 12 months in the ProActive cohort to improve understanding of factors influencing change in physical activity...
  13. ncbi Dietary energy intake at the age of 4 months predicts postnatal weight gain and childhood body mass index
    Ken K Ong
    Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, Cambridge, United Kingdom
    Pediatrics 117:e503-8. 2006
    ..The objective of this study was to determine whether different feeding patterns and energy intakes that are provided to infants affect body weight and BMI later in childhood...
  14. ncbi Comparison of two methods to assess PAEE during six activities in children
    Kirsten Corder
    1MRC Epidemiology Unit, Cambridge, United Kingdom
    Med Sci Sports Exerc 39:2180-8. 2007
    ..Three PAEE-prediction models derived using the current data, and five previously published prediction models were cross-validated to estimate PAEE in this sample...
  15. ncbi Sex-discordant associations with adiponectin levels and lipid profiles in children
    Ken K Ong
    MRC Epidemiology Unit, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Wort s Causeway, Cambridge CB1 8RN, U K
    Diabetes 55:1337-41. 2006
    ..Our data suggest a complex age- and sex-related regulation of adiponectin secretion or clearance...
  16. ncbi Perception versus reality awareness of physical activity levels of British children
    Kirsten Corder
    Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
    Am J Prev Med 38:1-8. 2010
    ..Interventions to increase children's physical activity have had limited success. One reason may be that children and their parents overestimate children's levels of physical activity, although there is a small amount of data on this topic...
  17. ncbi Overestimation of physical activity level is associated with lower BMI: a cross-sectional analysis
    Clare Watkinson
    MRC Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrookes Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, UK
    Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 7:68. 2010
    ..abstract:..
  18. ncbi Effect of communicating genetic and phenotypic risk for type 2 diabetes in combination with lifestyle advice on objectively measured physical activity: protocol of a randomised controlled trial
    Job G Godino
    MRC Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Hills Road, Box 285, CB2 0QQ, Cambridge, UK
    BMC Public Health 12:444. 2012
    ..We aim to assess the effects of communicating genetic and phenotypic risk of T2D on risk-reducing health behaviours, anxiety, and other cognitive and emotional theory-based antecedents of behaviour change...
  19. ncbi An investigation of patterns of children's sedentary and vigorous physical activity throughout the week
    Rebekah M Steele
    Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, Cambridge, UK
    Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 7:88. 2010
    ..abstract:..
  20. ncbi Targeting sedentary time or moderate- and vigorous-intensity activity: independent relations with adiposity in a population-based sample of 10-y-old British children
    Rebekah M Steele
    Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, Cambridge, United Kingdom
    Am J Clin Nutr 90:1185-92. 2009
    ..It is unclear whether subcomponents of physical activity (PA) are associated with adiposity independent of time spent while sedentary...
  21. ncbi Validation of a maternal questionnaire on correlates of physical activity in preschool children
    Alison M McMinn
    MRC Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK
    Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 6:81. 2009
    ..With minor revision, this could be a useful tool for future research in this area. This, in turn, will aid the development of interventions to promote physical activity in this age group...