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Directly observed physical activity levels in preschool childrenRussell R Pate
Department of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, 921 Assembly St, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
J Sch Health 78:438-44. 2008..The purpose of this study was to describe the physical activity levels and demographic and school-related correlates of physical activity in children attending preschools, using a direct observation measurement system...
Long-term effects of a physical activity intervention in high school girlsRussell R Pate
Department of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, 921 Assembly Street, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Am J Prev Med 33:276-80. 2007..Schools are attractive settings in which to implement interventions designed to promote PA in girls and young women, but few studies have tested the sustained effects of such interventions...- Promotion of physical activity among high-school girls: a randomized controlled trialRussell R Pate
Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 730 Devine St, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Am J Public Health 95:1582-7. 2005..Our study examined the effects of a comprehensive school-based intervention on physical activity among high-school girls... 
Cardiorespiratory fitness levels among US youth 12 to 19 years of age: findings from the 1999-2002 National Health and Nutrition Examination SurveyRussell R Pate
Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 160:1005-12. 2006..To assess cardiorespiratory fitness levels in youth aged 12 to 19 years and to examine associations between fitness and age, sex, race/ethnicity, and self-reported physical activity in this age group...- Evaluation of a community-based intervention to promote physical activity in youth: lessons from Active WinnersRussell R Pate
Department of Exercise Science, NJA School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Am J Health Promot 17:171-82. 2003..To test the effects of a community-based physical activity intervention designed to increase physical activity and to conduct an extensive process evaluation of the intervention... - Physical activity among children attending preschoolsRussell R Pate
Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Pediatrics 114:1258-63. 2004.... - Validation and calibration of an accelerometer in preschool childrenRussell R Pate
Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 730 Devine Street, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 14:2000-6. 2006..Studies of physical activity in young children are limited by the lack of valid and acceptable measures. The purpose of this study was to calibrate and validate the ActiGraph accelerometer for use with 3- to 5-year-old children... - Objectively measured physical activity in sixth-grade girlsRussell R Pate
Department of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 160:1262-8. 2006..To describe the objectively measured physical activity characteristics of a diverse sample of sixth-grade girls, to examine influences on physical activity, and to report compliance with physical activity guidelines... - American women in the marathonRussell R Pate
Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
Sports Med 37:294-8. 2007..Over the past 30 years, participation by women in marathon running has grown dramatically and during that same period the marathon performances of women have improved at a remarkable rate... - Physical activity and neighborhood resources in high school girlsRussell R Pate
Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Am J Prev Med 34:413-9. 2008..The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between selected neighborhood physical activity resources and physical activity levels in high school girls... - Enrollment in physical education is associated with overall physical activity in adolescent girlsRussell R Pate
Department of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208, USA
Res Q Exerc Sport 78:265-70. 2007..These findings suggest that expanded enrollment in physical education may increase American adolescent girls' PA level... - Summary of the American Heart Association scientific statement: promoting physical activity in children and youth: a leadership role for schoolsRussell R Pate
Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
J Cardiovasc Nurs 23:44-9. 2008.... - Comparison of barriers self-efficacy and perceived behavioral control for explaining physical activity across 1 year among adolescent girlsRobert W Motl
Department of Exercise Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-6554, USA
Health Psychol 24:106-11. 2005.... - Enjoyment mediates effects of a school-based physical-activity interventionRod K Dishman
Department of Exercise Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 6554, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 37:478-87. 2005.... - Agreement between student-reported and proxy-reported physical activity questionnairesMarsha Dowda
Dept of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
Pediatr Exerc Sci 19:310-8. 2007..21 for student report and--.14 to .32 for parent report, and there were no statistical differences for 8 out of 9 correlations between parent and student. Parents can provide useful data on PA correlates for students in Grades 7-12... - Correlates of objectively measured sedentary behavior in US preschool childrenWonwoo Byun
Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Pediatrics 128:937-45. 2011..To identify correlates of objectively measured sedentary behavior in a diverse sample of preschool children... - Age-related changes in types and contexts of physical activity in middle school girlsRussell R Pate
Department of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, 29208, USA
Am J Prev Med 39:433-9. 2010..Because girls are less physically active than boys, it is important to understand the types of activities preferred by girls, and changes in those preferences over time, in order to design effective physical activity interventions... - Sport participation and physical activity in adolescent females across a four-year periodKarin Allor Pfeiffer
Department of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
J Adolesc Health 39:523-9. 2006..A secondary purpose was to compare activity levels of three groups of girls, those who played sports at three time points, those who dropped out, and those who did not participate in sports... - Family support for physical activity in girls from 8th to 12th grade in South CarolinaMarsha Dowda
Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, 921 Assembly Street, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
Prev Med 44:153-9. 2007..To examine the relationship between perceived family support and other selected correlates of physical activity (PA) with changes in PA over time... - Correlates of physical activity in black, Hispanic, and white middle school girlsEvelyn B Kelly
Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
J Phys Act Health 7:184-93. 2010..This study examined correlates of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) among adolescent girls from different racial/ethnic backgrounds... - Differences in physical activity between black and white girls living in rural and urban areasGwen M Felton
College of Nursing, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
J Sch Health 72:250-5. 2002..Rural White girls and urban Black girls had more favorable attitudes toward physical activity. Access to sports equipment, perceived safety of neighborhood, and physical activity self-efficacy were higher in White girls than Black girls... - Physical activity and electronic media use in the SEARCH for diabetes in youth case-control studyFelipe Lobelo
Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Pediatrics 125:e1364-71. 2010..The aim of this study was to characterize the physical activity (PA) and electronic media (EM) use habits of a population-based, ascertained sample of youths with diabetes mellitus (DM)... - Physical activities and sedentary pursuits in African American and Caucasian girlsMarsha Dowda
Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208, USA
Res Q Exerc Sport 75:352-60. 2004..Cultural differences of groups should be considered when planning interventions to promote physical activity... - Cardiorespiratory fitness and clustered cardiovascular disease risk in U.S. adolescentsFelipe Lobelo
Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
J Adolesc Health 47:352-9. 2010.... - Associations among physical activity, health indicators, and employment in 12th grade girlsMarsha Dowda
Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 16:1331-9. 2007..This study compared physical activity, sedentary behaviors, and other health indicators between 1381 employed and nonemployed 12th grade girls... - A prospective study of sedentary behavior in a large cohort of youthJonathan A Mitchell
Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 44:1081-7. 2012..The study's purpose was to describe longitudinal patterns of objectively measured sedentary behavior from age 12 to 16... - Change in physical activity participation among adolescent girls from 8th to 12th gradeRussell R Pate
Dept of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
J Phys Act Health 4:3-16. 2007..This study examined change in participation in specific activities during adolescence in girls... - Commercial facilities, social cognitive variables, and physical activity of 12th grade girlsMarsha Dowda
Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 921 Assembly Street, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Ann Behav Med 37:77-87. 2009..Recent studies have found a relationship between access to neighborhood physical activity (PA) facilities and physical activity in youth... - Self-efficacy partially mediates the effect of a school-based physical-activity intervention among adolescent girlsRod K Dishman
Department of Exercise Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 6554, USA
Prev Med 38:628-36. 2004.... - Age-related change in physical activity in adolescent girlsRussell R Pate
Department of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
J Adolesc Health 44:275-82. 2009..To determine the annual rate at which physical activity changes in girls during middle school using both objective and self-report measures of physical activity... - Associations between screen-based sedentary behavior and cardiovascular disease risk factors in Korean youthWonwoo Byun
Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
J Korean Med Sci 27:388-94. 2012..20 [1.03-1.40]). Prospective observations and interventions are needed to determine causal relationships between screen-based sedentary behavior and CVD risk profiles in Korean youth... - Physical activity levels of adolescent girls during dance classesJennifer R O'Neill
Dept of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
J Phys Act Health 9:382-8. 2012..The aims of this study were to describe the physical activity levels of girls during dance classes and to identify factors associated with moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) in those classes... - Electronic media exposure and its association with activity-related outcomes in female adolescents: cross-sectional and longitudinal analysesFelipe Lobelo
Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
J Phys Act Health 6:137-43. 2009.... - Validation and calibration of the Actical accelerometer in preschool childrenKarin A Pfeiffer
Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 38:152-7. 2006..The Actical accelerometer is a promising tool for measurement of PA in young children. The purpose of this study was to calibrate and validate the Actical accelerometer for use with 3- to 5-yr-old children... - Motor skill performance and physical activity in preschool childrenHarriet G Williams
Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:1421-6. 2008..Clinicians should work with parents to monitor motor skills and to encourage children to engage in activities that promote motor skill performance... - Motivational factors associated with sports program participation in middle school studentsJohn R Sirard
Department of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
J Adolesc Health 38:696-703. 2006.... - Validity of cardiorespiratory fitness criterion-referenced standards for adolescentsFelipe Lobelo
Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 41:1222-9. 2009..We aimed to determine the ability of the FITNESSGRAM standards to discriminate between low and high cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in a population-based sample of US adolescents... - Examining social-cognitive determinants of intention and physical activity among black and white adolescent girls using structural equation modelingRobert W Motl
Department of Exercise Science, University of Georgia, Athens 30602-6554, USA
Health Psychol 21:459-67. 2002..Self-efficacy and perceived behavioral control are independent influences on physical activity among Black and White adolescent girls and warrant study as potential mediators in physical activity interventions... - Policies and characteristics of the preschool environment and physical activity of young childrenMarsha Dowda
Departments of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Pediatrics 123:e261-6. 2009..The purpose of this study was to examine policies and characteristics of preschools and the extent to which they influence the physical activity of 3- to 5-year-old children during the preschool day... - Sedentary behaviour in youthRussell R Pate
Department of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Br J Sports Med 45:906-13. 2011..Lower levels of sedentary behaviour were reported in children whose parents have rules/limitations on screen time... - Do physical activity facilities near schools affect physical activity in high school girls?Jennifer L Trilk
Public Health Research Center, University of South Carolina, Suite 212, 921 Assembly Street, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Health Place 17:651-7. 2011..To investigate associations between the number of physical activity facilities within walking distance of school and physical activity behavior in 12th grade girls during after-school hours... - Comparison of social variables for understanding physical activity in adolescent girlsRuth P Saunders
Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Am J Health Behav 28:426-36. 2004..To evaluate social support and theory of planned behavior (TPB) constructs in explaining physical activity in adolescent girls... - Parental and environmental correlates of physical activity of children attending preschoolMarsha Dowda
Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 921 Assembly St, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 165:939-44. 2011..To determine, using a social-cognitive framework and structural equation modeling, if parent-reported family physical activity (PA) variables are related to PA of young children... - Physical activities in adolescent girls: variability in energy expenditureKarin A Pfeiffer
Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
Am J Prev Med 31:328-31. 2006..The purpose of this study was to describe the variability in energy expenditure for selected physical activities among adolescent girls... - Physical activity and active commuting to elementary schoolJohn R Sirard
Department of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 37:2062-9. 2005..This study was conducted to determine if fifth-grade students who walked or bicycled to school on a regular basis were more physically active than those that did not... - Promoting physical activity in girls: a case study of one school's successGwen Felton
College of Nursing, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
J Sch Health 75:57-62. 2005..01) and vigorous physical activity (p = .04). Other schools can use this case to modify components of the CSHP model to increase physical activity among high school girls... - Compliance with national guidelines for physical activity in U.S. preschoolers: measurement and interpretationMichael W Beets
Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 921 Assembly St, Room 131, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Pediatrics 127:658-64. 2011..This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of preschoolers meeting NASPE guidelines and illustrate the differences among rates, given guideline interpretations, and cut points... - Social and environmental factors associated with preschoolers' nonsedentary physical activityWilliam H Brown
Department of Educational Studies, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Child Dev 80:45-58. 2009..Implications for policy makers, practitioners, and researchers are discussed... - Self-motivation and physical activity among black and white adolescent girlsRobert W Motl
Department of Exercise Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-6554, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 35:128-36. 2003.... - Co-varying patterns of physical activity and sedentary behaviors and their long-term maintenance among adolescentsJihong Liu
Dept of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
J Phys Act Health 7:465-74. 2010..We examined the covarying patterns of physical activity and sedentary behaviors among adolescents and their long-term maintenance... - Sedentary behavior and obesity in a large cohort of childrenJonathan A Mitchell
Department of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 17:1596-602. 2009..These findings support the importance of specifically engaging in MVPA during childhood to reduce the prevalence of obesity... - The evolving definition of "sedentary"Russell R Pate
Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Exerc Sport Sci Rev 36:173-8. 2008.... - Screen-based sedentary behavior and cardiorespiratory fitness from age 11 to 13Jonathan A Mitchell
Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 44:1302-9. 2012..The study's purpose was to determine whether time spent in screen-based sedentary behavior is associated with change in cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) levels in children from age 11 to 13, adjusting for vigorous physical activity (VPA)... - Accelerometry cut points for physical activity in underserved African AmericansNevelyn N Trumpeter
Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, Barnwell College, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 9:73. 2012..The present study aimed to determine the self-selected pace associated with instructions to "walk for exercise" and the corresponding accelerometry estimates (e.g., Actical counts/minute) for underserved, African American adults... - Physical activity during pregnancy is associated with reduced fasting insulin--the Pilot Pregnancy and Active Living StudyJi Hong Liu
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 23:1249-52. 2010..To examine the relationship between physical activity during pregnancy and fasting plasma insulin measured in the second trimester... - Descriptive epidemiology of dance participation in adolescentsJennifer R O'Neill
Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbus, SC 29208, USA
Res Q Exerc Sport 82:373-80. 2011..8%) than boys (8.4%). Girls had a greater contribution of dance to total MVPA (39.3%) than boys (23.0%). Dance is a prevalent form of physical activity among girls, and it accounts for a substantial fraction of their total MVPA... - A cluster analysis of physical activity and sedentary behavior patterns in middle school girlsJennifer L Trilk
Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, 29208, USA
J Adolesc Health 51:292-8. 2012.... - Cardiorespiratory fitness and proximity to commercial physical activity facilities among 12th grade girlsMarsha Dowda
Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
J Adolesc Health 50:497-502. 2012..To investigate the relationship between proximity to commercial physical activity (PA) facilities and cardiorespiratory fitness of 12th grade girls... - Measurement of physical activity in preschool childrenRussell R Pate
Department of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 42:508-12. 2010..Emphasis will be given to direct observation and accelerometry, but pedometry, HR monitoring, and proxy reports will be reviewed as well... - 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... - The contribution of dance to daily physical activity among adolescent girlsJennifer R O'Neill
Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 8:87. 2011.... - Assessing children's physical activity in their homes: the observational system for recording physical activity in children-homeKerry L McIver
160 Minges Coliseum, Department of Exercise and Sport Science, College of Health and Human Performance, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina 27858, USA
J Appl Behav Anal 42:1-16. 2009..The system, which was shown to be reliable, provides a direct observation tool for researchers who are interested in assessing and intervening in physical activity in the home environment... - Assessing preschool children's physical activity: the Observational System for Recording Physical Activity in children-preschool versionWilliam H Brown
Department of Educational Studies, University of South Carolina at Columbia, 29208, USA
Res Q Exerc Sport 77:167-76. 2006.... - Influences of preschool policies and practices on children's physical activityMarsha Dowda
Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA
J Community Health 29:183-96. 2004..Children who attended preschools with lower quality spent more time in sedentary activity. In conclusion, children in preschools which may have more resources and better quality appear to show both more sedentary behavior and more MVPA... - A review of the national physical activity plans of six countriesDaniel Benjamin Bornstein
Dept of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
J Phys Act Health 6:S245-64. 2009..The purpose of this paper was to search for and analyze comprehensive national physical activity plan documents that can best inform the development of the U.S. plan... - Effects of short-term exercise training on plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI-1)Peter F Bodary
Department of Exercise Science, School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 35:1853-8. 2003..To observe the effects of exercise training on plasminogen activator inhibitor, type-1 (PAI-1), tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), and associated metabolic variables in sedentary men and women... - Does physical activity during pregnancy reduce the risk of gestational diabetes among previously inactive women?Jihong Liu
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Birth 35:188-95. 2008..Our study examined whether physical activity during pregnancy reduced the risk of gestational diabetes among women who were physically inactive before pregnancy... - Physical activity levels of adolescent girls during dance classesJennifer R O'Neill
Dept of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
J Phys Act Health 9:382-8. 2012..The aims of this study were to describe the physical activity levels of girls during dance classes and to identify factors associated with moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) in those classes... - Exercise physiology and its role in clinical sports medicineRussell R Pate
Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 730 Devine Street, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
South Med J 97:881-5. 2004.... - Building capacity in physical activity and public healthRussell R Pate
Dept of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
J Phys Act Health 8:S149-50. 2011.... - Exercise and physical activity in the prevention and treatment of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: a statement from the Council on Clinical Cardiology (Subcommittee on Exercise, Rehabilitation, and Prevention) and the Council on Nutrition, PhysicalPaul D Thompson
Circulation 107:3109-16. 2003 - Prevalence of active commuting at urban and suburban elementary schools in Columbia, SCJohn R Sirard
Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Hoover Pavilion, Room N229, 211 Quarry Rd, Stanford, CA 94305 5705, USA
Am J Public Health 95:236-7. 2005..These results indicate a need for school- and community-based interventions... - Comparison of two approaches to structured physical activity surveys for adolescentsRobert G McMurray
Department of Exercise and Sport Science, CB 8700, Fetzer Gym, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 8700, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 36:2135-43. 2004.... - Factorial validity and invariance of a self-report measure of physical activity among adolescent girlsRobert W Motl
Department of Kinesiology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Res Q Exerc Sport 75:259-71. 2004..The 3DPAR can be used in cross-sectional, prospective cohort and intervention studies that examine mediators and moderators of physical activity among Black and White adolescent girls... - 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... - Psychosocial mediators of physical activity behavior among adults and childrenBeth A Lewis
Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island 02903, USA
Am J Prev Med 23:26-35. 2002..Research indicates that PA interventions are effective for increasing PA behavior. However, whether effective interventions are due to predicted changes in theoretical constructs remains poorly understood... - Psychosocial correlates of physical activity in white and African-American girlsStewart G Trost
School of Human Movement Studies, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
J Adolesc Health 31:226-33. 2002..To evaluate the relative utility of the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) and the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) in explaining intentions and physical activity behavior in white and African-American eighth-grade girls... - Correlates of recreational and transportation physical activity among adults in a New England communityPhilip J Troped
Prevention Research Center on Nutrition and Physical Activity, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, 7th Floor, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Prev Med 37:304-10. 2003..Promotion of transportation-related physical activity is consistent with current national recommendations. However, few studies have simultaneously examined correlates of recreational and transportation physical activity... - Physical activity and the metabolic syndrome in a tri-ethnic sample of womenMelinda L Irwin
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520 8034, USA
Obes Res 10:1030-7. 2002.... - Development and testing of a short physical activity recall questionnaireCharles E Matthews
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 37:986-94. 2005..To develop and test two different short telephone activity recall (STAR) questionnaires, one with closed-ended and the other with open-ended response options, that assessed overall moderate and vigorous activity in a usual week... - Cross-sectional relationships of exercise and age to adiposity in 60,617 male runnersPaul T Williams
Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Donner Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 37:1329-37. 2005..To assess in men whether exercise affects the estimated age-related increase in adiposity, and contrariwise, whether age affects the estimated exercise-related decrease in adiposity... - Race differences in activity, fitness, and BMI in female eighth graders categorized by sports participation statusJohn R Sirard
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454 1015, USA
Pediatr Exerc Sci 20:198-210. 2008..Whereas PA intervention programs that incorporate a sports-team component could benefit all girls, African-American girls could be specifically targeted because of their lower physical activity... - Predictors of physical activity in the transition after high school among young womenDeborah B Horn
Dept of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, CHSPR Fellow, Durham, NC 27701, USA
J Phys Act Health 5:275-85. 2008..The purpose of this study was to identify factors associated with physical activity (PA) in women during the first year following high school... - Physically active video gaming: an effective strategy for obesity prevention?Russell R Pate
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 162:895-6. 2008 - 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... - Amount of time spent in sedentary behaviors in the United States, 2003-2004Charles E Matthews
Institute for Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232 1738, USA
Am J Epidemiol 167:875-81. 2008..These data provide the first objective measure of the amount of time spent in sedentary behavior in the US population and indicate that Americans spend the majority of their time in behaviors that expend very little energy... - Physical fitness and performance. Cardiorespiratory fitness in girls-change from middle to high schoolKarin A Pfeiffer
Department of Kinesiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 39:2234-41. 2007..To determine how factors are related to change in cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) across time in middle school girls followed through high school... - Objectively assessed associations between physical activity and body composition in middle-school girls: the Trial of Activity for Adolescent GirlsJune Stevens
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Am J Epidemiol 166:1298-305. 2007..More population-based research using objective physical activity and body composition measurements is needed to make evidence-based physical activity recommendations for US youth... - Factorial validity and invariance of the Physical Self-Description Questionnaire among black and white adolescent girlsRod K Dishman
Department of Kinesiology, The University of Georgia Ramsey Student Center, 300 River Road, Athens, Georgia 30602 6554, USA
Ethn Dis 16:551-8. 2006..Despite lower levels of physical activity, sport participation, and fitness and higher BMI, Black girls had similar self-esteem and higher physical self-concept and perceived appearance compared to White girls... - Physical activity and public health: updated recommendation for adults from the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart AssociationWilliam L Haskell
Stanford University, USA
Circulation 116:1081-93. 2007..i (a)].. - Weekend and weekday patterns of physical activity in overweight and normal-weight adolescent girlsMargarita S Treuth
Center for Human Nutrition, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 15:1782-8. 2007..To describe the patterns (specifically comparing weekdays and weekends classified by intensities) of physical activity (PA) measured by accelerometry in adolescent girls... - Promoting physical activity in children and youth: a leadership role for schools: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism (Physical Activity Committee) in collaboration with the CoRussell R Pate
Circulation 114:1214-24. 2006 - Physical self-concept and self-esteem mediate cross-sectional relations of physical activity and sport participation with depression symptoms among adolescent girlsRod K Dishman
Department of Kinesiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 6554, USA
Health Psychol 25:396-407. 2006.... - Perceptions of physical and social environment variables and self-efficacy as correlates of self-reported physical activity among adolescent girlsRobert W Motl
Department of Kinesiology, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 332 Freer Hall, 906 S Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801 3895, USA
J Pediatr Psychol 32:6-12. 2007..This cross-sectional study examined the direct and indirect effects of perceived equipment accessibility, neighborhood safety, and social support on self-reported physical activity among older adolescent girls... - Physical activity correlates in adolescent girls who differ by weight statusDianne S Ward
Department of Nutrition, CB 7461, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 14:97-105. 2006..This study compared correlates of physical activity (PA) among African-American and white girls of different weight groups to guide future interventions... - Perceived physical environment and physical activity across one year among adolescent girls: self-efficacy as a possible mediator?Robert W Motl
Department of Kinesiology, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801 3895, USA
J Adolesc Health 37:403-8. 2005..This study involved an examination of the direct and mediated effects of perceived equipment accessibility and neighborhood safety on physical activity across a one-year period among adolescent girls... - But I like PE: factors associated with enjoyment of physical education class in middle school girlsDaheia J Barr-Anderson
School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Res Q Exerc Sport 79:18-27. 2008..Findings suggest that efforts to enhance girls' self-efficacy and perceived benefits and to provide a supportive PE class environment that promotes gender equality can potentially increase PE class enjoyment among young girls...
Research Grants
- TRIAL OF ACTIVITY FOR ADOLESCENT GIRLS - FIELD CENTERRussell Pate; Fiscal Year: 2006..This study will uniquely and markedly expand our knowledge of promotion, determinants, and health benefits of physical activity in middle school girls. ..