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Active living neighborhoods: is neighborhood walkability a key element for Belgian adolescents?Femke De Meester
Department of Movement and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
BMC Public Health 12:7. 2012....- Physical activity and sedentary behaviours among rural adults in Suixi, China: a cross-sectional studyDing Ding
Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 8:37. 2011.... - The association between health enhancing physical activity and neighbourhood environment among Swedish adults - a population-based cross-sectional studyPatrick Bergman
Unit for Preventive Nutrition, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, SE 14157 Huddinge, Sweden
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 6:8. 2009..abstract:.. - Brief scales to assess physical activity and sedentary equipment in the homeDori E Rosenberg
Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego State University and the University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 7:10. 2010..abstract:.. - Cross-validation of the factorial structure of the Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale (NEWS) and its abbreviated form (NEWS-A)Ester Cerin
USDA ARS Children s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, 1100 Bates Street, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 6:32. 2009..abstract:.. - Reliability and validity of brief psychosocial measures related to dietary behaviorsGregory J Norman
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive Dept 0811 La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 7:56. 2010..abstract:.. - Compliance with behavioral guidelines for diet, physical activity and sedentary behaviors is related to insulin resistance among overweight and obese youthJeannie S Huang
Center for Wireless and Population Health Systems, Calit2 and Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego and Rady Children s Hospital, 9500 Gilman Drive 0811, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
BMC Res Notes 4:29. 2011..abstract:.. 
Neighborhood environments and physical activity among adults in 11 countriesJames F Sallis
Active Living Research, Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92103, USA
Am J Prev Med 36:484-90. 2009..Surveys were conducted in 11 countries using the same self-report environmental variables and the International Physical Activity Questionnaire, allowing analyses with pooled data...- Physical activity and food environments: solutions to the obesity epidemicJames F Sallis
San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92103, USA
Milbank Q 87:123-54. 2009..This article is a status report on research on physical activity and food environments, and it suggests how these findings can be used to improve diet and physical activity and to control or reduce obesity... 
Environmental interventions for eating and physical activity: a randomized controlled trial in middle schoolsJames F Sallis
Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92103, USA
Am J Prev Med 24:209-17. 2003..Our objective was to evaluate the effects of environmental, policy, and social marketing interventions on physical activity and fat intake of middle school students on campus...- Measuring physical activity environments: a brief historyJames F Sallis
Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA
Am J Prev Med 36:S86-92. 2009..Each of these fields made unique contributions to the contemporary methods used to assess physical activity environments... - Neighborhood built environment and income: examining multiple health outcomesJames F Sallis
Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92103, USA
Soc Sci Med 68:1285-93. 2009..Lower- and higher-income groups benefited similarly from living in high-walkability neighborhoods. Adults in higher-income neighborhoods had lower BMI and higher physical QoL... - New thinking on older adults' physical activityJames F Sallis
Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92103, USA
Am J Prev Med 25:110-1. 2003 - Perceived environmental predictors of physical activity over 6 months in adults: activity counseling trialJames F Sallis
Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, 3900 Fifth Avenue, San Diego, CA 92103, USA
Health Psychol 26:701-9. 2007..In the present study, the authors extend previous cross-sectional findings by using a prospective design to determine whether physical and social environmental characteristics predict physical activity over 6 months... - A research perspective on findings from Bridging the GapJames F Sallis
Department of Psychology, San Diego State University and Active Living Research, San Diego, California 92103, USA
Am J Prev Med 33:S169-71. 2007 - An ecological approach to creating active living communitiesJames F Sallis
Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92103, USA
Annu Rev Public Health 27:297-322. 2006..Collaborations with policy researchers may improve the likelihood of translating research findings into changes in environments, policies, and practices... - The association of school environments with youth physical activityJ F Sallis
Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, 6363 Alvarado Court, 103, San Diego, CA 92120, USA
Am J Public Health 91:618-20. 2001..This study assessed the association of school environmental characteristics with student physical activity on campus... - Changes and tracking of physical activity across seven years in Mexican-American and European-American mothersJ F Sallis
Department of Pyschology, San Diego State University, CA 92120, USA
Women Health 34:1-14. 2001..30. The finding that both groups increased physical activity overtime was unexpected and was unrelated to a reduction in the number of preschool children in the homes over time... - Age-related decline in physical activity: a synthesis of human and animal studiesJ F Sallis
Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, CA 92120, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 32:1598-600. 2000..The decline in physical activity with age is antithetical to public health goals, so methods of countering the decline need to be developed, based upon an improved understanding of the phenomenon and its causes... - Income disparities in perceived neighborhood built and social environment attributesJames F Sallis
Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, 3900 Fifth Avenue, Suite 310, San Diego, CA 92103, USA
Health Place 17:1274-83. 2011..001). Low-income neighborhoods may lack amenities and safety attributes that can facilitate high levels of physical activity for both transportation and recreation purposes... - A review of correlates of physical activity of children and adolescentsJ F Sallis
Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego State University University of California, 92120, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 32:963-75. 2000..Understanding the factors that influence physical activity can aid the design of more effective interventions. Previous reviews of correlates of youth physical activity have produced conflicting results... - Measuring physical activity: practical approaches for program evaluation in native American communitiesJames F Sallis
Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92103, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 16:404-10. 2010..Program evaluations using quality physical activity measures can contribute to achieving the goal of improved health in Native American communities... - Evaluation of a university course to promote physical activity: project GRADJ F Sallis
Department of Psychology at San Diego State University, USA
Res Q Exerc Sport 70:1-10. 1999..This university course had the intended effects of promoting healthful patterns of physical activity among women, but no effects were observed on men, who were more active than women at baseline... - Overcoming inactivity in young peopleJ F Sallis
Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, 92120, USA
Phys Sportsmed 28:31-2. 2000..The ultimate effects on disease in adulthood, however, are not known... - Assessing perceived physical environmental variables that may influence physical activityJ F Sallis
Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, USA
Res Q Exerc Sport 68:345-51. 1997..Further research is needed to identify other environmental characteristics that may influence physical activity... - Effects of health-related physical education on academic achievement: project SPARKJ F Sallis
Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, USA
Res Q Exerc Sport 70:127-34. 1999..Health-related physical education may have favorable effects on students' academic achievement... - Physical activity, weight status, and neighborhood characteristics of dog walkersKaren J Coleman
Research and Evaluation, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, 100 S Los Robles, 2nd Floor, Pasadena, CA, 91101, USA
Prev Med 47:309-12. 2008..This study examined how demographics, physical activity, weight status, and neighborhood characteristics varied among households with and without dogs... - Association of neighborhood design and recreation environment variables with physical activity and body mass index in adolescentsMorton Kligerman
San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92103, USA
Am J Health Promot 21:274-7. 2007..To examine associations of neighborhood walkability and recreation environment variables with physical activity in adolescents... - A randomized trial of a multicomponent intervention for adolescent sun protection behaviorsGregory J Norman
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 161:146-52. 2007..Interventions to improve sun protection behaviors in childhood have been based primarily in school and community settings, with little attention to the role of primary care physicians... - Diet, physical activity, and sedentary behaviors as risk factors for overweight in adolescenceKevin Patrick
University of California, San Diego, San Diego State University, and Kaiser Permanente Medical Group, San Diego, CA 92093 0811, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 158:385-90. 2004..The proportion of overweight adolescents has increased, but the behavioral risk factors for overweight youth are not well understood... - Psychosocial correlates of fruit, vegetable, and dietary fat intake among adolescent boys and girlsMarion F Zabinski
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093 0811, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 106:814-21. 2006.... - Parental prompting and smoking among Latino youthRafael Laniado-Laborin
Graduate School of Public Health, Center for Behavioral and Community Health Studies, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 02111, USA
Ethn Dis 12:508-16. 2002.... - Active transportation to school over 2 years in relation to weight status and physical activityDori E Rosenberg
Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego State University and University of California, San Deigo, California, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 14:1771-6. 2006..To prospectively examine potential benefits of active commuting to school on measures of weight status and physical activity in a sample of youth... - The role of built environments in physical activity, eating, and obesity in childhoodJames F Sallis
San Diego State University, USA
Future Child 16:89-108. 2006..S. "built environment" have promoted sedentary lifestyles and less healthful diets. James Sallis and Karen Glanz investigate whether these changes have had a direct effect on childhood obesity and whether .. - Reliability and validity of destination-specific barriers to walking and cycling for youthHolly Forman
Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92103, USA
Prev Med 46:311-6. 2008..To investigate the psychometric properties of a new measure of barriers youth encounter while walking to specific destinations and to validate the measure with self-reported walking to these destinations... - Do neighborhood environments moderate the effect of physical activity lifestyle interventions in adults?Jacqueline Kerr
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, Calit2, Atkinson Hall, 3rd Floor, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093 0811, USA
Health Place 16:903-8. 2010..Overweight women were more likely to increase their physical activity over time if they perceived better safety from traffic. This study suggests that psychosocial interventions can help men overcome environmental barriers to walking... - Reconceptualizing decisional balance in an adolescent sun protection intervention: mediating effects and theoretical interpretationsMarc A Adams
Joint Doctoral Program in Public Health Health Behavior Science, San Diego State University University of California, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Health Psychol 28:217-25. 2009..Understanding interrelationships between decisions, behavior, and consequences from multiple-theoretical perspectives can advance theory and inform development of more effective interventions... - The relationship between health beliefs and behaviors and dietary intake in early adolescenceRei Masu
Division of Community Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, 92093, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 102:421-4. 2002 - Validation of the Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale (NEWS) items using geographic information systemsMarc A Adams
Dept of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, USA
J Phys Act Health 6:S113-23. 2009..Concurrent validity of Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale (NEWS) items was evaluated with objective measures of the built environment using geographic information systems (GIS)... - Study designs and analytic strategies for environmental and policy research on obesity, physical activity, and diet: recommendations from a meeting of expertsJames F Sallis
Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA
Am J Prev Med 36:S72-7. 2009..The results of this conference can be used to improve the quality and quantity of environmental and policy research as well as the translation to action to control obesity... - Tracking dietary intake in white and Mexican-American children from age 4 to 12 yearsMichelle Murphy Zive
Community Pediatrics Division, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0927, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 102:683-9. 2002..CONCLUSIONS/APPLICATIONS: It seems that dietary intakes are stable over short periods and at earlier ages compared with longer intervals and later ages. Nutrition interventions are needed in childhood and throughout adolescence... - Health indicators of Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders in the United StatesKaren L Moy
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California San Diego, 3900 Fifth Avenue, San Diego, CA 92103, USA
J Community Health 35:81-92. 2010..Further improvements to community outreach and recruitment strategies could successfully encourage high-risk individuals to participate in health promotion and behavior intervention studies to improve NHPI health behaviors... - Psychosocial and environmental correlates of adolescent sedentary behaviorsGregory J Norman
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Pediatrics 116:908-16. 2005..To determine correlates of sedentary behaviors in adolescents through the examination of psychosocial and environmental variables... - The association of neighborhood design and recreational environments with physical activityJennifer L Atkinson
San Diego State University, California 92103, USA
Am J Health Promot 19:304-9. 2005..25 and .21, respectively). DISCUSSION: Few self-reported neighborhood design factors and recreational environment variables were correlated with physical activity, and some findings were unexpected... - Evaluation of physical activity web sites for use of behavior change theoriesAmol Doshi
Student Health Services, San Diego State University, USA
Ann Behav Med 25:105-11. 2003..They were unable to substantially tailor the on-line experience for users at different stages of change or different demographic characteristics... - Indoor tanning facility density in eighty U.S. citiesRichard C Palmer
Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, CA 92183-4162, USA
J Community Health 27:191-202. 2002..S. urban-dwellers. Cities having the higher density profile may be logical targets for interventions promoting less or safer use of these facilities... - Preliminary evaluation of a multicomponent program for nutrition and physical activity change in primary care: PACE+ for adultsKaren J Calfas
PACE Project, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182 4701
Prev Med 34:153-61. 2002..Patient-centered Assessment and Counseling on Exercise plus nutrition (PACE+) is an intervention based in primary care settings to help patients change physical activity and dietary behaviors... - Promoting sun safety among US Postal Service letter carriers: impact of a 2-year interventionJoni A Mayer
Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego 92123, USA
Am J Public Health 97:559-65. 2007..We examined whether US Postal Service letter carriers who received a sun safety intervention would wear wide-brim hats and sunscreen significantly more often than those who did not receive the intervention... - Association of parent and peer support with adolescent physical activityJudith J Prochaska
Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego State University and the University of California-San Diego, USA
Res Q Exerc Sport 73:206-10. 2002 - Childhood movement skills: predictors of physical activity in Anglo American and Mexican American adolescents?Thomas L McKenzie
Department of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences at San Diego State University, CA 92182, USA
Res Q Exerc Sport 73:238-44. 2002..Further studies involving additional movement skills and other populations are recommended to determine if enhanced movement skills in children promote subsequent physical activity... - Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale for Youth (NEWS-Y): reliability and relationship with physical activityDori Rosenberg
Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego State University and University of California, 3900 5th Avenue, Suite 310, San Diego, CA 92103, USA
Prev Med 49:213-8. 2009..To examine the psychometric properties of the Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale-Youth (NEWS-Y) and explore its associations with context-specific and overall physical activity (PA) among youth... - Sources of dietary fat in middle schoolsMichelle M Zive
University of California, San Diego, Community Pediatrics Division, La Jolla 92093, USA
Prev Med 35:376-82. 2002..The current study uses an ecological approach to describe the food environment at 24 middle schools and multiple food sources' dietary fat contribution... - Culturally tailored aerobic exercise intervention for low-income LatinasMelbourne F Hovell
San Diego State University, California, USA
Am J Health Promot 22:155-63. 2008..To determine the efficacy of community-based, culturally tailored exercise intervention on the moderate and vigorous physical activity and physiologic outcomes of low-income Latino women (Latinas)... - A randomized controlled trial of single versus multiple health behavior change: promoting physical activity and nutrition among adolescentsJudith J Prochaska
Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA
Health Psychol 23:314-8. 2004..Although the findings do not reveal a decrement to PA promotion when a nutrition intervention was added, neither do they reveal any additional benefit. More studies comparing single versus multibehavioral interventions are needed... - Availability of cigarettes as a risk factor for trial smoking in adolescentsSusan I Woodruff
San Diego State University, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
Am J Health Behav 27:84-8. 2003..To examine associations between cigarette availability measures with trial (ie, first) use of cigarettes... - Physical activity levels of Barbadian youth and comparison to a U.S. sampleJudith J Prochaska
Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego State University, CA, USA
Int J Behav Med 9:360-72. 2002..Policy recommendations to support youth physical activity in Barbados include mandatory daily physical education and after-school physical activity programs... - The relation of acculturation to Latinas' perceived neighborhood safety and physical activity: a structural equation analysisLatrice C Pichon
San Diego State University University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
Ann Behav Med 34:295-303. 2007..Physical activity rates are low for adult Latinas. In the United States, only 7.8% of adult Latinas met Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations for weekly vigorous leisure-time physical activity... - Latent growth curve modeling of adolescent physical activity: testing parallel process and mediation modelsScott C Roesch
San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA
J Health Psychol 14:313-25. 2009..However, mediation analyses did not reveal statistically significant intervention-mediated effects... - Income and racial disparities in access to public parks and private recreation facilitiesLauren C Abercrombie
Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92103, USA
Am J Prev Med 34:9-15. 2008..The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that low-income and high-minority neighborhoods have less access to public parks, open space, and private recreation facilities... - Exercise aids, neighborhood safety, and physical activity in adolescents and parentsJacqueline Kerr
1Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, University of California, San Diego, CA 92103, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 40:1244-8. 2008..To investigate the relationships among exercise aids available at home, physical activity, and perceived neighborhood safety... - Patterns of sedentary behavior among adolescentsMarion F Zabinski
Department of Family and Preventative Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Health Psychol 26:113-20. 2007..Reducing certain sedentary behaviors (e.g., watching television, using a computer) can be an effective weight loss strategy for youth. Knowledge about whether behaviors cluster together could inform interventions... - Factors influencing the performance of volunteers who provide physical activity in middle schoolsJamie S Strelow
Dept of Psychology, San Diego State University, 9245 Sky Park Court, Suite 224, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
J Sch Health 72:147-51. 2002..Results can help guide schools to more effectively increase student physical activity throughout the school day... - Culturally-specific physical activity measures for Native Hawaiian and Pacific IslandersKaren L Moy
Physical Activity Research Collaborative, Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, 6475 Alvarado Road, San Diego, CA 92120, USA
Hawaii Med J 69:21-4. 2010.... - The first Active Living Research Conference: growth of a transdisciplinary fieldJames F Sallis
Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92103, USA
Am J Prev Med 28:93-5. 2005 - Adolescents' use of indoor tanning: a large-scale evaluation of psychosocial, environmental, and policy-level correlatesJoni A Mayer
School of Public Health, San Diego State University, CA, USA
Am J Public Health 101:930-8. 2011..We evaluated psychosocial, built-environmental, and policy-related correlates of adolescents' indoor tanning use... - Salad bars and fruit and vegetable consumption in elementary schools: a plate waste studyMarc A Adams
Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, 3900 Fifth Ave, Suite 310, San Diego, CA 92103, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 105:1789-92. 2005..05), adjusting for sex and grade. Fruit and vegetable variety was associated with elementary school-age children's fruit and vegetable consumption when using salad bars... - An environmental intervention to improve a la carte foods at middle schoolsMurphy Michelle Zive
Community Pediatrics Division, University of California, San Diego, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 102:S76-8. 2002 - Coeducational and single-sex physical education in middle schools: impact on physical activityThomas L McKenzie
Department of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences, San Diego State University, CA 92182-7251, USA
Res Q Exerc Sport 75:446-9. 2004 - Parental prompts as risk factors for adolescent trial smoking: results of a prospective cohort studySusan I Woodruff
Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, 9245 Sky Park Court, Suite 120, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
Addict Behav 29:1869-73. 2004..This prospective study of 478 adolescent never-smokers, mostly Latino, suggests that parental prompts to smoke were not significantly related to smoking initiation among adolescents over a 1-year period... - Active commuting to school: Associations with environment and parental concernsJacqueline Kerr
Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92103, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 38:787-94. 2006.... - Intervention-mediated effects for adult physical activity: A latent growth curve analysisScott C Roesch
San Diego State University, Psychology, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92120, United States
Soc Sci Med 71:494-501. 2010..These findings provide some evidence that web-based self-help intervention programs worked through targeted behavior change constructs to influence physical activity levels in overweight adults... - A description of the social-ecological framework used in the trial of activity for adolescent girls (TAAG)John P Elder
Graduate School of Public Health Division of Health Promotion, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
Health Educ Res 22:155-65. 2007..The explicit and practical model developed for TAAG has already benefited the study and may have elements that can generalize to other health promotion studies... - Viability of parks and recreation centers as sites for youth physical activity promotionJamie S Moody
Trial of Activity for Adolescent Girls (TAAG) at San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA
Health Promot Pract 5:438-43. 2004..Public parks and recreation centers are understudied settings with the potential for substantial involvement in efforts to promote youth physical activity... - Physical activity correlates for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in the mainland United StatesKaren L Moy
Physical Activity Research Collaborative, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92120, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 21:1203-14. 2010..001). Common correlates of physical activity did not generalize to NHPIs. Further investigations of culturally-specific correlates are needed so that physical activity interventions can be culturally tailored for NHPIs... - What do middle school children bring in their bag lunches?Terry L Conway
Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, California, 92123, USA
Prev Med 34:422-7. 2002.... - Evaluation of a two-year middle-school physical education intervention: M-SPANThomas L McKenzie
Department of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182 7251, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 36:1382-8. 2004..We developed, implemented, and assessed an intervention to increase physical activity during middle-school PE classes... - Promoting stair use by modeling: an experimental application of the Behavioral Ecological ModelMarc A Adams
PhD, MPH, Center for Behavioral Epidemiology and Community Health, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, 9245 Sky Park Court, Suite 230, San Diego, CA, 92123, USA
Am J Health Promot 21:101-9. 2006..This study evaluated the effect of behavioral modeling and social factors promoting stair use... - Feasibility and outcomes of a multilevel place-based walking intervention for seniors: a pilot studyDori Rosenberg
SDSU UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, 3900 Fifth Avenue, Suite 310, San Diego, CA 92103, USA
Health Place 15:173-9. 2009..Steps per day were very low at baseline and increased significantly at post-test. The findings indicate that a multilevel site-specific intervention is feasible and acceptable for increasing steps among seniors living in a CCRC... - Validation of the telephone and in-person interview versions of the 7-day PARHelen A Hayden-Wade
Child and Adolescent Services Research Center, Children's Hospital San Diego, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 35:801-9. 2003..Correlations between each interview method and the TriTrac-R3D were lower for moderate and hard activities as compared with very hard activities... - Density of indoor tanning facilities in 116 large U.S. citiesKatherine D Hoerster
Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego State University University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, USA
Am J Prev Med 36:243-6. 2009..Because the availability of commercial indoor tanning facilities may influence use, data are needed on the number and density of such facilities... - Comparability and reliability of paper- and computer-based measures of psychosocial constructs for adolescent physical activity and sedentary behaviorsGregory J Norman
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093, USA
Res Q Exerc Sport 76:315-23. 2005..Average scale internal consistency was significantly higher for measures administered with the computer format compared to the paper format, but test-rest reliability estimates were not significantly different between formats... - Physical activity during youth sports practicesDesiree Leek
School of Medicine, San Diego State University University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 165:294-9. 2011..To document physical activity (PA) during organized youth soccer and baseball/softball practices... - A hierarchy of sociodemographic and environmental correlates of walking and obesityLawrence D Frank
School of Community and Regional Planning at the University of British Columbia, Canada
Prev Med 47:172-8. 2008..The aim of this study was to use a novel statistical technique to identify possible subgroups... - Compliance with physical activity guidelines: prevalence in a population of children and youthRussell R Pate
Department of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Ann Epidemiol 12:303-8. 2002..Objective monitoring of physical activity in youth appears to be feasible and may provide more accurate prevalence rates than self-report measures... - Patterns and correlates of physical activity and nutrition behaviors in adolescentsAlvaro Sanchez
Primary Care Research Unit of Bizkaia, Basque Health Service Osakidetza, Bilbao, Spain
Am J Prev Med 32:124-30. 2007..Knowledge of the prevalence, clustering, and correlates of multiple adolescent health behaviors can inform the design of health promotion interventions... - Psychosocial correlates of dietary intake among overweight and obese menAthena S Hagler
Program in Clinical Psychology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
Am J Health Behav 31:3-12. 2007..To investigate the relationship between theoretically based psychosocial constructs and dietary components among overweight men... - Trends in vigorous physical activity and TV watching of adolescents from 1986 to 2002 in seven European CountriesOddrun Samdal
Department of Education and Health Promotion, Research Centre for Health Promotion, University of Bergen, Norway
Eur J Public Health 17:242-8. 2007..The aim is to study trends in physical activity and TV viewing in seven European countries in the period 1985-2002... - Violent crime and outdoor physical activity among inner-city youthJorge E Gomez
Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio U T H S C S A, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
Prev Med 39:876-81. 2004..This study was performed to model relationships between adolescents' outdoor physical activity and objectively measured violent crime densities, along with other key environmental variables... - Evidence-based approaches to dissemination and diffusion of physical activity interventionsNeville Owen
Cancer Prevention Research Centre, School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Am J Prev Med 31:S35-44. 2006..The promise of widespread adoption of evidence-based physical activity interventions to improve public health is sufficient to justify devotion of substantial resources to the relevant research on dissemination and diffusion... - Perceived environments as physical activity correlates and moderators of intervention in five studiesAbby C King
Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, 211 Quarry Road, Stanford, CA 94305 5705, USA
Am J Health Promot 21:24-35. 2006..This question was explored in five physical activity intervention trials funded by the National Institutes of Health Behavior Change Consortium... - Comparability and reliability of paper- and computer-based measures of psychosocial constructs for adolescent fruit and vegetable and dietary fat intakeAthena S Hagler
University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr, Department 0811, La Jolla, CA 92093 0811, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 105:1758-64. 2005..This study investigated the comparability and reliability of computer- and paper-based measures of psychosocial constructs related to fruit and vegetable and dietary fat intake among adolescents... - Age and gender differences in objectively measured physical activity in youthStewart G Trost
School of Human Movement Studies, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Med Sci Sports Exerc 34:350-5. 2002..The purpose of this study was to evaluate age and gender differences in objectively measured physical activity (PA) in a population-based sample of students in grades 1-12... - Efficacy of sequential or simultaneous interactive computer-tailored interventions for increasing physical activity and decreasing fat intakeCorneel Vandelanotte
Ghent University, Department of Movement and Sport Sciences, Watersportlaan
Ann Behav Med 29:138-46. 2005..Furthermore, it is unknown whether they should be executed sequentially or simultaneously... - Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale: validity and development of a short formEster Cerin
Institute of Human Performance, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Med Sci Sports Exerc 38:1682-91. 2006..The aim of this study was to examine the factorial and criterion validity of the Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale (NEWS) and to develop an abbreviated version (NEWS-A)... - Understanding environmental influences on walking; Review and research agendaNeville Owen
Cancer Prevention Research Centre, School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Am J Prev Med 27:67-76. 2004..Walking is the most common physical activity behavior of adults; environmental innovations may be able to influence rates of participation... - Measuring psychological, social, and environmental influences on leisure-time physical activity among adultsNicola W Burton
School of Human Movement Studies, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland
Aust N Z J Public Health 31:36-43. 2007.... - Environmental correlates of physical activity in a sample of Belgian adultsIlse De Bourdeaudhuij
Department of Movement and Sport Sciences, Ghent University, Watersportlaan 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Am J Health Promot 18:83-92. 2003.... - Promoting physical activity in middle school girls: Trial of Activity for Adolescent GirlsLarry S Webber
Department of Biostatistics, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA
Am J Prev Med 34:173-84. 2008..Physical activity is important for weight control and good health; however, activity levels decline in the adolescent years, particularly in girls... - Neighborhood-based differences in physical activity: an environment scale evaluationBrian E Saelens
Division of Psychology, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, MLC 3015, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, USA
Am J Public Health 93:1552-8. 2003..This study evaluated a neighborhood environment survey and compared the physical activity and weight status of the residents in 2 neighborhoods... - Changing social and built environments to promote physical activity: recommendations from low income, urban womenWendell C Taylor
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Phys Act Health 4:54-65. 2007..Two research questions guided this study: What environmental changes are recommended by racial/ethnic minority women? What policies are related to the environmental changes?.. - Concordance between parental and children's reports of parental smoking promptsRafael Laniado-Laborin
Facultad de Medicina Tijuana, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Mexico
Chest 125:429-34. 2004....
Research Grants
- Ecological Analysis of Activity, Eating, & Weight in AdolescentsJames F Sallis; Fiscal Year: 2010....
- Ecological Analysis of Activity, Eating, & Weight in AdolescentsJames Sallis; Fiscal Year: 2009....
- IPEN: International Study of Built Environment, Physical Activity, and ObesityJames Sallis; Fiscal Year: 2009....
- Ecological Analysis of Activity, Eating, & Weight in AdolescentsJames Sallis; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- Ecological Analysis of Physical ActivityJames Sallis; Fiscal Year: 2004..Results will inform public health, land use, and transportation policies that could have population-wide impacts on physical activity. ..
- IPEN: International Study of Built Environment, Physical Activity, and ObesityJames F Sallis; Fiscal Year: 2010....