List of works - Sílvia Costa

A community-based motivational personalised lifestyle intervention to reduce BMI in obese adolescents: results from the Healthy Eating and Lifestyle Programme (HELP) randomised controlled trial

scientific article

Accelerometer data requirements for reliable estimation of habitual physical activity and sedentary time of children during the early years - a worked example following a stepped approach

scientific article

Associations of childcare type, age at start, and intensity with body mass index trajectories from 10 to 42 years of age in the 1970 British Cohort Study

scientific article published on 05 May 2020

Calibration and validation of the ActiGraph GT3X+ in 2-3 year olds

scientific article published on 28 November 2013

Childcare in Infancy and Later Obesity: a Narrative Review of Longitudinal Studies.

scientific article

Childhood risk factors for lifetime bulimic or compulsive eating by age 30 years in a British national birth cohort

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Cost-effectiveness of a community-delivered multicomponent intervention compared with enhanced standard care of obese adolescents: cost-utility analysis alongside a randomised controlled trial (the HELP trial).

scientific article published on 15 February 2018

Deriving and evaluating new accelerometer cut-points in young children - a comment on Johansson et al. (2014)

scientific article

Development of methods to objectively identify time spent using active and motorised modes of travel to work: how do self-reported measures compare?

scientific article

Improving the assessment and management of obesity in UK children and adolescents: the PROMISE research programme including a RCT

Is the positive relationship of infant weight gain with adolescent adiposity attenuated by moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in childhood? Evidence from the Millennium Cohort Study

scientific article published on 21 August 2020

Life course factors associated with metabolically healthy obesity: a protocol for the systematic review of longitudinal studies.

scientific article published on 27 March 2018

Objectively-measured sedentary time and physical activity in a bi-ethnic sample of young children: variation by socio-demographic, temporal and perinatal factors

scientific article published on 28 January 2020

Patterns of BMI development between 10 and 42 years of age and their determinants in the 1970 British Cohort Study

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Physical Activity During the Early Years: A Systematic Review of Correlates and Determinants

scientific article

Physical Activity, Sedentary Time, and Fatness in a Biethnic Sample of Young Children

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Prevalence of Thinness in Adolescent Girls in Low- and Middle-Income Countries and Associations With Wealth, Food Security, and Inequality

scientific article published on 16 January 2017

Qualitative feasibility of using three accelerometers with 2-3-year-old children and both parents.

scientific article published in September 2013

Quantifying the physical activity energy expenditure of commuters using a combination of global positioning system and combined heart rate and movement sensors

scientific article

Relationship Between Early Childhood Non-Parental Childcare and Diet, Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, and Sleep: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Studies

scientific article published on 22 November 2019

Relationship between children's physical activity, sedentary behavior, and childcare environments: A cross sectional study

scientific article published on 21 February 2017

Reliability and Validity of the Early Years Physical Activity Questionnaire (EY-PAQ).

scientific article

The growth of Portuguese and Cape Verdean infants aged 0-1 year living in Greater Lisbon, Portugal in 1993-1996.

scientific article published in July 2012

The objective measurement of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in 2-3 year olds and their parents: a cross-sectional feasibility study in the bi-ethnic Born in Bradford cohort

scientific article published on 11 November 2015

The relationship between childcare and adiposity, body mass and obesity-related risk factors: protocol for a systematic review of longitudinal studies

scientific article

List of works by Sílvia Costa

A community-based motivational personalised lifestyle intervention to reduce BMI in obese adolescents: results from the Healthy Eating and Lifestyle Programme (HELP) randomised controlled trial

Accelerometer data requirements for reliable estimation of habitual physical activity and sedentary time of children during the early years - a worked example following a stepped approach

Associations of childcare type, age at start, and intensity with body mass index trajectories from 10 to 42 years of age in the 1970 British Cohort Study

Calibration and validation of the ActiGraph GT3X+ in 2-3 year olds

Childcare in Infancy and Later Obesity: a Narrative Review of Longitudinal Studies.

Childhood risk factors for lifetime bulimic or compulsive eating by age 30 years in a British national birth cohort

Cost-effectiveness of a community-delivered multicomponent intervention compared with enhanced standard care of obese adolescents: cost-utility analysis alongside a randomised controlled trial (the HELP trial).

Deriving and evaluating new accelerometer cut-points in young children - a comment on Johansson et al. (2014)

Development of methods to objectively identify time spent using active and motorised modes of travel to work: how do self-reported measures compare?

Improving the assessment and management of obesity in UK children and adolescents: the PROMISE research programme including a RCT

Is the positive relationship of infant weight gain with adolescent adiposity attenuated by moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in childhood? Evidence from the Millennium Cohort Study

Life course factors associated with metabolically healthy obesity: a protocol for the systematic review of longitudinal studies.

Objectively-measured sedentary time and physical activity in a bi-ethnic sample of young children: variation by socio-demographic, temporal and perinatal factors

Patterns of BMI development between 10 and 42 years of age and their determinants in the 1970 British Cohort Study

Physical Activity During the Early Years: A Systematic Review of Correlates and Determinants

Physical Activity, Sedentary Time, and Fatness in a Biethnic Sample of Young Children

Prevalence of Thinness in Adolescent Girls in Low- and Middle-Income Countries and Associations With Wealth, Food Security, and Inequality

Qualitative feasibility of using three accelerometers with 2-3-year-old children and both parents.

Quantifying the physical activity energy expenditure of commuters using a combination of global positioning system and combined heart rate and movement sensors

Relationship Between Early Childhood Non-Parental Childcare and Diet, Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, and Sleep: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Studies

Relationship between children's physical activity, sedentary behavior, and childcare environments: A cross sectional study

Reliability and Validity of the Early Years Physical Activity Questionnaire (EY-PAQ).

The growth of Portuguese and Cape Verdean infants aged 0-1 year living in Greater Lisbon, Portugal in 1993-1996.

The objective measurement of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in 2-3 year olds and their parents: a cross-sectional feasibility study in the bi-ethnic Born in Bradford cohort

The relationship between childcare and adiposity, body mass and obesity-related risk factors: protocol for a systematic review of longitudinal studies