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| G F DuntonSummaryAffiliation: University of Southern California Country: USA Publications
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Mapping the social and physical contexts of physical activity across adolescence using ecological momentary assessmentGenevieve Fridlund Dunton
Department of Psychology and Social Behavior, University of California, Irvine 92697, USA
Ann Behav Med 34:144-53. 2007..Research has sought to understand how environmental factors influence adolescent physical activity, yet little is known about where and with whom adolescents are physically active...
Joint associations of physical activity and sedentary behaviors with body mass index: results from a time use survey of US adultsG F Dunton
Health Promotion Research Branch, Behavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
Int J Obes (Lond) 33:1427-36. 2009..This study examined the interaction between time spent in physical activity and sedentary behavior on BMI in US adults...
Locations of joint physical activity in parent-child pairs based on accelerometer and GPS monitoringGenevieve Fridlund Dunton
Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033 9045, USA
Ann Behav Med 45:S162-72. 2013..Parental factors may play an important role in influencing children's physical activity levels...
Organized physical activity in young school children and subsequent 4-year change in body mass indexGenevieve Dunton
Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90033 9045, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 166:713-8. 2012....
Differences in the intensity and duration of adolescents' sports and exercise across physical and social environmentsGenevieve Fridlund Dunton
Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 90033 9045, USA
Res Q Exerc Sport 83:376-82. 2012..Overall, environmental influences on the intensity but not duration of sports and exercise bouts appear to differ between boys and girls...
Joint physical activity and sedentary behavior in parent-child pairsGenevieve Fridlund Dunton
Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 44:1473-80. 2012..The research examined joint physical activity and sedentary behavior among 291 parent-child pairs who both wore an accelerometer and Global Positioning System (GPS) device during the same 7-d period...
Children's perceptions of physical activity environments captured through ecological momentary assessment: a validation studyGenevieve F Dunton
Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033 9045, USA
Prev Med 55:119-21. 2012....
Investigating the impact of a smart growth community on the contexts of children's physical activity using Ecological Momentary AssessmentGenevieve F Dunton
University of Southern California, 200 Soto N Street, 3rd Floor, MC 9239 Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
Health Place 18:76-84. 2012..Children might have altered the type of contexts where they engage in physical activity after moving to SG communities, yet more time may be necessary for these changes to impact overall physical activity...
Assessing the social and physical contexts of children's leisure-time physical activity: an ecological momentary assessment studyGenevieve Fridlund Dunton
Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, 1000 S Fremont Avenue, Alhambra, CA 91803, USA
Am J Health Promot 26:135-42. 2012..To use Ecological Momentary Assessment with mobile phones to describe where and with whom children's leisure-time physical activity occurs...
Environmental influences on exercise intensity and duration in a U.S. time use studyGenevieve F Dunton
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
Med Sci Sports Exerc 41:1698-705. 2009..The current study investigated whether the intensity and duration of sports and exercise bouts differ across physical and social environments as reported in a nationally representative time use survey of U.S. adults...
Investigating children's physical activity and sedentary behavior using ecological momentary assessment with mobile phonesGenevieve F Dunton
Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Alhambra, California, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 19:1205-12. 2011..001). Findings generally support the acceptability and validity of a 4-day EMA protocol using mobile phones to measure physical activity and sedentary behavior in children during leisure time...
Adolescents' sports and exercise environments in a U.S. time use surveyGenevieve Fridlund Dunton
Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Alhambra, 91803, USA
Am J Prev Med 39:122-9. 2010..Unfortunately, this research approach provides limited information about adolescents' social company during exercise or the extent to which adolescents actually use physical settings for physical activity...
Using ecological momentary assessment to examine antecedents and correlates of physical activity bouts in adults age 50+ years: a pilot studyGenevieve Fridlund Dunton
Health Promotion Research Branch, Behavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
Ann Behav Med 38:249-55. 2009....
Perceived barriers to walking for physical activityGenevieve F Dunton
Department of Psychology and Social Behavior, Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, Keck School of Medicine of USC, 1000 S Fremont Ave, Unit 8, Alhambra, CA 91803, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 3:A116. 2006..The factor structure, test-retest and internal consistency reliability, and discriminant and criterion validity of the perceived barriers were evaluated...
Factors predicting behavioral response to a physical activity intervention among adolescent femalesGenevieve Fridlund Dunton
Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Alhambra, CA91803, USA
Am J Health Behav 31:411-22. 2007..To determine whether individual factors influenced rates of physical activity change in response to a school-based intervention...
Physical environmental correlates of childhood obesity: a systematic reviewG F Dunton
Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Alhambra, CA 91803, USA
Obes Rev 10:393-402. 2009..For most environmental variables considered, strong empirical evidence is not yet available. Conceptual gaps, methodological limitations and future research directions are discussed...
A systematic review of built environment factors related to physical activity and obesity risk: implications for smart growth urban planningC P Durand
Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Alhambra, Berkeley, CA, USA
Obes Rev 12:e173-82. 2011..Future smart growth community planning could focus more directly on health, and future research should explore whether combinations or a critical mass of smart growth features is associated with better population health outcomes...
Social and physical environments of sports and exercise reported among adults in the American Time Use SurveyGenevieve Fridlund Dunton
Health Promotion Research Branch, Behavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences National Cancer Institute, 6130 Executive Blvd EPN 4051C, MSC 7365, Bethesda, MD 20892 7365, USA
Prev Med 47:519-24. 2008..Demographic and temporal patterns in the social and physical environments of sports and exercise in the American Time Use Survey (years 2003-2006) are described...
Reasons for urban trail use predict levels of trail-related physical activityGenevieve Fridlund Dunton
Dept of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Alhambra, CA, USA
J Phys Act Health 6:426-34. 2009..This study examined whether reasons for trail use predict levels of physical activity on urban trails...
A tailored Internet-plus-email intervention for increasing physical activity among ethnically-diverse womenGenevieve Fridlund Dunton
Health Promotion Research Branch, Behavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20852, USA
Prev Med 47:605-11. 2008..To evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of an individually tailored, Internet-plus-email physical activity intervention designed for adult women...
Physical self-concept in adolescent girls: behavioral and physiological correlatesGenevieve Fridlund Dunton
Department of Psychology and Social Behavior, University of California-Irvine, 92697-7080, USA
Res Q Exerc Sport 74:360-5. 2003
Media use and obesity in adolescent femalesMargaret Schneider
University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 15:2328-35. 2007..This study investigated the relative associations of TV viewing and interactive media use with body fat and BMI, controlling for both physical activity participation and cardiovascular fitness...
Assessing the perceived environment among minimally active adolescent girls: validity and relations to physical activity outcomesGenevieve Fridlund Dunton
Department of Psychology and Social Behavior at the University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
Am J Health Promot 18:70-3. 2003..This study examined how adolescents' perceptions of exercise resources in the environment relate to physical activity outcomes...
