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List of works by Kylie Hesketh

A Health Promotion Intervention Can Affect Diet Quality in Early Childhood ⬇️

scientific article published on August 21, 2013

A Parent-Focused Intervention to Reduce Infant Obesity Risk Behaviors: A Randomized Trial

scientific article published on 04 March 2013

A Review of the Relationship Between Socioeconomic Position and the Early-Life Predictors of Obesity

scientific article

A bi-directional relationship between obesity and health-related quality of life: evidence from the longitudinal AusDiab study.

scientific article

A cluster-randomized controlled trial to reduce sedentary behavior and promote physical activity and health of 8-9 year olds: the Transform-Us! study.

scientific article

A collaborative approach to adopting/adapting guidelines - The Australian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for the early years (Birth to 5 years): an integration of physical activity, sedentary behavior, and sleep.

scientific article published on 20 November 2017

A mobile technology intervention to reduce sedentary behaviour in 2- to 4-year-old children (Mini Movers): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

scientific article

A parent focused child obesity prevention intervention improves some mother obesity risk behaviors: the Melbourne infant program ⬇️

scientific article published on August 28, 2012

A pilot primary school active break program (ACTI-BREAK): Effects on academic and physical activity outcomes for students in Years 3 and 4

scientific article published on 28 September 2018

A primary school active break programme (ACTI-BREAK): study protocol for a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial.

scientific article published on 19 September 2017

A systematic review of lifestyle patterns and their association with adiposity in children aged 5-12 years

scientific article published on 15 April 2020

A systematic review of the validity and reliability of sedentary behaviour measures used with children and adolescents.

scientific article published on 16 June 2011

Are children and adolescents less active if parents restrict their physical activity and active transport due to perceived risk?

scientific article published on 9 March 2010

Are safety-related features of the road environment associated with smaller declines in physical activity among youth?

scientific article

Assessing volume of accelerometry data for reliability in preschool children

scientific article

Association between maternal education and diet of children at 9 months is partially explained by mothers' diet

scientific article published on 08 April 2013

Associations between dietary intakes of first-time fathers and their 20-month-old children are moderated by fathers' BMI, education and age.

scientific article published on 18 August 2015

Associations between family circumstance and weight status of Australian children

scientific article published in January 2007

Associations between maternal concern about child's weight and related behaviours and maternal weight-related parenting practices: a cross-sectional study

article

Associations between organised sport participation and classroom behaviour outcomes among primary school-aged children

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Associations between physical activity, television viewing and postnatal depressive symptoms amongst healthy primiparous mothers

Associations between the physical activity levels of fathers and their children at 20 months, 3.5 and five years of age

scientific article

Associations of Parental Rules and Socioeconomic Position With Preschool Children's Sedentary Behaviour and Screen Time.

scientific article published on 22 August 2014

Australian parents' views on their 5-6-year-old children's food choices

scientific article published on 16 October 2006

Body mass index and parent-reported self-esteem in elementary school children: evidence for a causal relationship

article

Breastfeeding and emerging motherhood identity: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of first time Chinese Australian mothers' breastfeeding experiences

scientific article published on 20 March 2020

Brief tools to measure obesity‐related behaviours in children under 5 years of age: A systematic review

scientific article published on 23 November 2018

Change in the prevalence of overweight and obesity among young Australians, 1969-1997.

scientific article published in January 2003

Changes in body mass index and health related quality of life from childhood to adolescence

scientific article published on 3 January 2011

Changes in volume and bouts of physical activity and sedentary time across early childhood: a longitudinal study

scientific article published on 14 May 2019

Children's after school activity: associations with weight status and family circumstance.

scientific article published in February 2008

Children's physical activity and screen time: qualitative comparison of views of parents of infants and preschool children

scientific article published on 28 December 2012

Children's television viewing and objectively measured physical activity: associations with family circumstance

scientific article

Comorbidities of overweight/obesity experienced in adolescence: longitudinal study

scientific article

Comparing the features of parks that children usually visit with those that are closest to home: A brief report

scientific article published in February 2020

Core outcome set for early intervention trials to prevent obesity in childhood (COS-EPOCH): Agreement on “what” to measure

scientific article published in 2022

Correlates of preschool children's physical activity

scientific article published on August 2012

Cost comparison of five Australasian obesity prevention interventions for children aged from birth to two years

scientific article published on 18 June 2020

Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Associations Between Parents' and Preschoolers' Physical Activity and Television Viewing: The HAPPY Study.

scientific article

Describing objectively measured physical activity levels, patterns, and correlates in a cross sectional sample of infants and toddlers from South Africa.

scientific article published on 22 December 2017

Dietary associations of fathers and their children between the ages of 20 months and 5 years

scientific article published on 18 April 2016

Differences Between Mothers and Fathers of Young Children in Their Use of the Internet to Support Healthy Family Lifestyle Behaviors: Cross-Sectional Study

scientific article published on 23 January 2019

Differences between mothers and fathers of young children in the use of the internet to support healthy family lifestyle behaviors: A cross sectional study (Preprint)

Differences in infant feeding practices between Chinese-born and Australian-born mothers living in Australia: a cross-sectional study.

scientific article

Do the correlates of screen time and sedentary time differ in preschool children?

scientific article

Does Preschool Physical Activity and Electronic Media Use Predict Later Social and Emotional Skills at 6 to 8 Years? A Cohort Study

scientific article published on 7 February 2017

Early childhood physical activity, sedentary behaviors and psychosocial well-being: a systematic review.

scientific article published on 15 February 2014

Early childhood predictors of toddlers' physical activity: longitudinal findings from the Melbourne InFANT Program

scientific article

Early detection of emotional and behavioural problems in children with diabetes: the validity of the Child Health Questionnaire as a screening instrument

scientific article published in August 2003

Effect of classroom-based physical activity interventions on academic and physical activity outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 25 August 2017

Effects of long-term sedentary behaviour on the cortical bone mass and distribution during growth: The HAPPY bone study

scholarly article

Electronic media use and adolescent health and well-being: cross-sectional community study

scientific article published on 9 July 2009

Erratum to: Do the correlates of screen time and sedentary time differ in preschool children?

scientific article published on 28 April 2017

Examination of mid-intervention mediating effects on objectively assessed sedentary time among children in the Transform-Us! cluster-randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 20 May 2013

Examining the Features of Parks That Children Visit During Three Stages of Childhood.

scientific article published on 13 May 2019

Examining the sustainability of effects of early childhood obesity prevention interventions: Follow‐up of the <scp>EPOCH</scp> individual participant data prospective meta‐analysis

scientific article published in 2022

Facilitator and Participant Use of Facebook in a Community-Based Intervention for Parents: The InFANT Extend Program.

scientific article

Family history of non-communicable diseases and associations with weight and movement behaviours in Australian school-aged children: a prospective study

scientific article published on 03 November 2020

Fathers' perspectives on the diets and physical activity behaviours of their young children

scientific article

Feasibility and Efficacy of a Parent-Focused, Text Message-Delivered Intervention to Reduce Sedentary Behavior in 2- to 4-Year-Old Children (Mini Movers): Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

scientific article published on 9 February 2018

Feasibility and Efficacy of�a Parent-Focused, Text Message�Delivered Intervention to�Reduce Sedentary Behavior in 2- to 4-Year-Old Children (Mini Movers): Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Feasibility and Efficacy of�a Parent-Focused, Text Message�Delivered Intervention to�Reduce Sedentary Behavior in 2- to 4-Year-Old Children (Mini Movers): Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Funding for child obesity prevention in Australia

article

Health-related quality of life and metabolic control in children with type 1 diabetes: a prospective cohort study

scientific article published in February 2004

Health-related quality of life of children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: comparisons and correlations between parent and clinician reports

scientific article published in February 2003

Health-related quality of life of overweight and obese children

scientific article published in January 2005

Healthy eating, activity and obesity prevention: a qualitative study of parent and child perceptions in Australia

scientific article

How Do School-Day Activity Patterns Differ with Age and Gender across Adolescence?

scholarly article by Tim Olds et al published January 2009 in Journal of Adolescent Health

How does perceived risk mediate associations between perceived safety and parental restriction of adolescents’ physical activity in their neighborhood? ⬇️

scientific article published on May 18, 2012

How is active transport associated with children's and adolescents' physical activity over time? ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 14 November 2011)

How should activity guidelines for young people be operationalised?

scientific article

Influence of Peers on Breastfeeding Discontinuation Among New Parents: The Melbourne InFANT Program

scientific article published on 02 August 2010

Influences on preschool children's physical activity: exploration through focus groups

scientific article

Informing Active Play and Screen Time Behaviour Change Interventions for Low Socioeconomic Position Mothers of Young Children: What Do Mothers Want?

scientific article published on 08 December 2016

Interventions commenced by early infancy to prevent childhood obesity-The EPOCH Collaboration: An individual participant data prospective meta-analysis of four randomized controlled trials

scientific article published on 6 February 2020

Interventions to prevent obesity in 0-5 year olds: an updated systematic review of the literature

scientific article published on February 2010

Interventions to reduce sedentary behaviour in 0-5-year-olds: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

scientific article published on 6 October 2016

Is replacing sedentary time with bouts of physical activity associated with inflammatory biomarkers in children?

scientific article published on 17 November 2020

Joint physical-activity/screen-time trajectories during early childhood: socio-demographic predictors and consequences on health-related quality-of-life and socio-emotional outcomes

scientific article published on 08 July 2019

Key Messages in an Early Childhood Obesity Prevention Intervention: Are They Recalled and Do They Impact Children's Behaviour?

scientific article published on 2 May 2019

Lessons on early childhood obesity prevention interventions from the Victorian Infant Program

scientific article published on 06 March 2019

Lifestyle Patterns Begin in Early Childhood, Persist and Are Socioeconomically Patterned, Confirming the Importance of Early Life Interventions

scientific article published on 09 March 2020

Long-term outcomes (2 and 3.5 years post-intervention) of the INFANT early childhood intervention to improve health behaviors and reduce obesity: cluster randomised controlled trial follow-up

scientific article published on 25 July 2020

Longitudinal levels and bouts of objectively measured sedentary time among young Australian children in the HAPPY study

scientific article published on 3 February 2015

Maternal correlates of young children's physical activity across periods of the day

scientific article published on 14 July 2016

Maternal dietary intake and physical activity habits during the postpartum period: associations with clinician advice in a sample of Australian first time mothers

scientific article published in February 2016

Maternal self-efficacy regarding children's eating and sedentary behaviours in the early years: Associations with children's food intake and sedentary behaviours

scientific article published on 29 April 2010

Maternal-child co-participation in physical activity-related behaviours: prevalence and cross-sectional associations with mothers and children's objectively assessed physical activity levels

scientific article

Mediators of improved child diet quality following a health promotion intervention: the Melbourne InFANT Program

scientific article

Mediators of the Relationship Between Maternal Education and Children’s TV Viewing

Meeting new Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for the Early Years and associations with adiposity among toddlers living in Edmonton, Canada

scientific article published on 20 November 2017

Modifiable factors which predict children's gross motor competence: a prospective cohort study

scientific article published on 11 December 2019

More active pre-school children have better motor competence at school starting age: an observational cohort study

scientific article

Mothers' perceptions of Melbourne InFANT Program: informing future practice

scientific article published on 13 March 2015

Mothers' perceptions of the influences on their child feeding practices - A qualitative study

scientific article published on 25 June 2016

Nighttime sleep duration trajectories were associated with body mass index trajectories in early childhood

scientific article published on 28 December 2020

Not All Play Equipment Is Created Equal: Associations Between Equipment at Home and Children's Physical Activity

scientific article published on 13 September 2019

Nutrition Knowledge: A Mediator between Socioeconomic Position and Diet Quality in Australian First-Time Mothers

scientific article published on 01 May 2011

Obesity prevention interventions for early childhood: An updated systematic review of the literature

article

Objectively Measured Environmental Correlates of Toddlers' Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior

scientific article published on 27 June 2019

Objectively measured sedentary behaviour and health and development in children and adolescents: systematic review and meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 24 February 2016

Overweight and obesity following childbirth: Promoting healthy maternal weight is a missed opportunity for primary care

Parent beliefs about infant teething: a survey of Australian parents.

scientific article published on October 1999

Parent's views of the importance of making changes in settings where children spend time to prevent obesity

scientific article published on 01 January 2008

Parent-reported health status of overweight and obese Australian primary school children: a cross-sectional population survey

article

Parental Influences on Preschoolers' TV Viewing Time: Mediation Analyses on Australian and Belgian Data

scientific article

Parental use of restrictive feeding practices and child BMI z-score. A 3-year prospective cohort study

scientific article

Parents' dietary patterns are significantly correlated: findings from the Melbourne Infant Feeding Activity and Nutrition Trial Program

scientific article published on 01 November 2011

Paternal self-efficacy for promoting children's obesity protective diets and associations with children's dietary intakes

scientific article published on 28 June 2019

Patterns and predictors of exclusive breastfeeding in Chinese Australian mothers: a cross sectional study

scientific article published on 13 July 2020

Physical activity and sedentary behavior across three time-points and associations with social skills in early childhood

scientific article published on 07 January 2019

Physical activity levels and patterns of 19-month-old children.

scientific article published in September 2012

Physical environments, policies and practices for physical activity and screen-based sedentary behaviour among preschoolers within child care centres in Melbourne, Australia and Kingston, Canada

scientific article published on 6 June 2014

Practicalities and Research Considerations for Conducting Childhood Obesity Prevention Interventions with Families

scientific article

Predictors of body mass index change in Australian primary school children

scientific article

Preschool and childcare center characteristics associated with children's physical activity during care hours: an observational study

scientific article

Preschool children and physical activity: a review of correlates

scientific article published on May 2008

Preschool children's physical activity and cardiovascular disease risk: A systematic review

scientific article published on 28 November 2018

Preschoolers’ Physical Activity, Screen Time, and Compliance with Recommendations ⬇️

scientific article published on March 1, 2012

Prevalence and stability of active play, restricted movement and television viewing in infants

article published in 2014

Prevalence of sedentary behavior in children under 2years: A systematic review.

scientific article published on 28 July 2015

Process evaluation of a classroom active break (ACTI-BREAK) program for improving academic-related and physical activity outcomes for students in years 3 and 4

scientific article published on 24 May 2019

Promoting fundamental movement skill development and physical activity in early childhood settings: a cluster randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 01 November 2011

Proportion of infants meeting the Australian 24-hour Movement Guidelines for the Early Years: data from the Melbourne InFANT Program

scientific article published on 20 November 2017

Prospective associations with physiological, psychosocial and educational outcomes of meeting Australian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for the Early Years

scientific article published on 10 March 2020

Protocol for economic evaluation alongside the SHINE (Supporting Healthy Image, Nutrition and Exercise) cluster randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 03 August 2020

Psychometric Properties of a Parental Questionnaire for Assessing Correlates of Toddlers’ Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior

Reallocating sedentary time with total physical activity and physical activity bouts in children: Associations with cardiometabolic biomarkers

scientific article published on 22 September 2020

Relative effects of postnatal rapid growth and maternal factors on early childhood growth trajectories

scientific article published on 04 February 2019

Results From Australia's 2016 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth

scientific article published on November 2016

Results from Australia's 2014 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth

scientific article

Results from Australia's 2018 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth

scientific article published on 01 November 2018

Results from Australia’s 2014 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth

article

Role of parental and environmental characteristics in toddlers' physical activity and screen time: Bayesian analysis of structural equation models

scientific article published on 9 February 2018

Setting them up for lifetime activity: Play competence perceptions and physical activity in young children

scientific article published on 21 March 2017

Sitting and Screen Time Outside School Hours: Correlates in 6- to 8-Year-Old Children

scientific article published on 30 July 2019

Socioeconomic variation in diet and activity-related behaviours of Australian children and adolescents aged 2-16 years

scientific article

Stability of body mass index in Australian children: a prospective cohort study across the middle childhood years

scientific article published on April 2004

Stability of television viewing and electronic game/computer use in a prospective cohort study of Australian children: relationship with body mass index

scientific article

Strategies which aim to positively impact on weight, physical activity, diet and sedentary behaviours in children from zero to five years. A systematic review of the literature.

scientific article published on July 2007

Systematic review of lifestyle interventions to limit postpartum weight retention: implications for future opportunities to prevent maternal overweight and obesity following childbirth.

scientific article published on 17 June 2013

Teething symptoms: cross sectional survey of five groups of child health professionals

scientific article published on October 2002

Television, computer use and body mass index in Australian primary school children.

scientific article published in March 2003

The Child Health Questionnaire in Australia: reliability, validity and population means

article

The Child Health Questionnaire in children with diabetes: cross-sectional survey of parent and adolescent-reported functional health status

scientific article published in October 2000

The Chinese-born immigrant infant feeding and growth hypothesis

scientific article

The Early Prevention of Obesity in CHildren (EPOCH) Collaboration - an individual patient data prospective meta-analysis

scientific article

The HAPPY study: development and reliability of a parent survey to assess correlates of preschool children's physical activity

scientific article published on 4 April 2012

The Infant Feeding Activity and Nutrition Trial (INFANT) an early intervention to prevent childhood obesity: cluster-randomised controlled trial

scientific article

The Melbourne Infant Feeding, Activity and Nutrition Trial (InFANT) Program follow-up

scientific article

The Need for an Evidence-Based Program in Sweden to Support Parents to Create Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors from the Start of Life-Parental Perceptions

scientific article published on 14 December 2020

The effect of an early childhood obesity intervention on father's obesity risk behaviors: the Melbourne InFANT Program

scientific article published on 14 February 2014

The extended Infant Feeding, Activity and Nutrition Trial (InFANT Extend) Program: a cluster-randomized controlled trial of an early intervention to prevent childhood obesity

scientific article published on 18 February 2016

The health and well-being of adolescents: a school-based population study of the self-report Child Health Questionnaire

article

The importance of long-term follow-up in child and adolescent obesity prevention interventions

scientific article published on 25 May 2011

The infant feeding practices of Chinese immigrant mothers in Australia: A qualitative exploration

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The influence of the maternal peer group (partner, friends, mothers' group, family) on mothers' attitudes to obesity-related behaviours of their children

scientific article published on 16 October 2019

The role of parents in preventing child overweight and obesity: An ecological approach

The skeletal maturity of Australian children aged 10–13 years in 2016

scientific article

The views of first time mothers completing an intervention to reduce postpartum weight retention: A qualitative evaluation of the mums OnLiNE study

scientific article published on 21 September 2017

Tracking of maternal self-efficacy for limiting young children's television viewing and associations with children's television viewing time: a longitudinal analysis over 15-months

scientific article published on 30 May 2015

Translating an early childhood obesity prevention program for local community implementation: a case study of the Melbourne InFANT Program

scientific article

Urban-rural comparison of weight status among women and children living in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighbourhoods

scientific article published on February 2010

Use of Electronic Games by Young Children and Fundamental Movement Skills? ⬇️

scientific article published on June 1, 2012

Validity of hip-worn inertial measurement unit compared to jump mat for jump height measurement in adolescents

scientific article published on 05 July 2018

Variation in outcomes of the Melbourne Infant, Feeding, Activity and Nutrition Trial (InFANT) Program according to maternal education and age.

scientific article

What helps children to move more at school recess and lunchtime? Mid-intervention results from Transform-Us! cluster-randomised controlled trial

scientific article

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