List of works - Esther van Sluijs

A Story Lost in Translation--or a Cautionary Tale?

scientific article published on June 2015

A cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the GoActive intervention to increase physical activity among adolescents aged 13-14 years.

scientific article published on 27 September 2017

A cross-sectional study of awareness of physical activity: associations with personal, behavioral and psychosocial factors.

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A cumulative meta-analysis of the effects of individual physical activity interventions targeting healthy adults.

scientific article published on 27 April 2018

A longitudinal study of the distance that young people walk to school.

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A systematic literature review with meta-analyses of within- and between-day differences in objectively measured physical activity in school-aged children.

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A systematic review of methods to measure family co-participation in physical activity

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Activity levels in mothers and their preschool children

scientific article published on 24 March 2014

An investigation of patterns of children's sedentary and vigorous physical activity throughout the week

scientific article published on 9 December 2010

Are school-based physical activity interventions effective and equitable? A meta-analysis of cluster randomized controlled trials with accelerometer-assessed activity.

scientific article published on 9 January 2019

Association between birth weight and objectively measured sedentary time is mediated by central adiposity: data in 10,793 youth from the International Children's Accelerometry Database

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Association between diet and physical activity and sedentary behaviours in 9-10-year-old British White children.

scientific article published on 18 January 2013

Association between maternal education and objectively measured physical activity and sedentary time in adolescents

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Associations between eating frequency, adiposity, diet, and activity in 9-10 year old healthy-weight and centrally obese children.

scientific article published on 22 March 2012

Associations between sedentary behaviour and physical activity in children and adolescents: a meta-analysis.

scientific article

Attitudes, social support and environmental perceptions as predictors of active commuting behaviour in school children.

scientific article published on January 2010

Awareness of physical activity in healthy middle-aged adults: a cross-sectional study of associations with sociodemographic, biological, behavioural, and psychological factors.

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Barriers and facilitators to young children's physical activity and sedentary behaviour: a systematic review and synthesis of qualitative literature

scientific article published on 06 June 2017

Bedroom media, sedentary time and screen-time in children: a longitudinal analysis.

scientific article published on 17 December 2013

Behavioural and social correlates of sedentary time in young people

scientific article published on 23 September 2008

Birth weight, cardiometabolic risk factors and effect modification of physical activity in children and adolescents: pooled data from 12 international studies

scientific article published on 03 June 2020

Breakfast consumption and daily physical activity in 9-10-year-old British children.

scientific article published on 7 September 2011

Breakfast consumption and physical activity in British adolescents.

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Breakfast consumption and physical activity in adolescents: daily associations and hourly patterns.

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Change in diet in the period from adolescence to early adulthood: a systematic scoping review of longitudinal studies

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Change in objectively measured physical activity during the transition to adolescence

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Changes in children's physical activity over 12 months: longitudinal results from the SPEEDY study.

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Changes in consumption of added sugars from age 13 to 30 years: a systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies.

scientific article published on 4 September 2017

Changes in diet from age 10 to 14 years and prospective associations with school lunch choice

scientific article published on 5 May 2017

Changes in time-segment specific physical activity between ages 10 and 14 years: A longitudinal observational study

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Childhood predictors of adolescent behaviour: The prospective association of familial factors with meeting physical activity guidelines

scientific article published on 23 March 2017

Children's sedentary behaviour: descriptive epidemiology and associations with objectively-measured sedentary time

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Clustering and correlates of multiple health behaviours in 9-10 year old children

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Correction to: Physical activity intensity, bout-duration, and cardiometabolic risk markers in children and adolescents ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

Correlates of home and neighbourhood-based physical activity in UK 3-4-year-old children.

scientific article published on 11 May 2016

Correlates of light and moderate-to-vigorous objectively measured physical activity in four-year-old children

scientific article published on 5 September 2013

Decrease in activity from childhood to adolescence: potential causes and consequences

scientific article published on 01 December 2008

Descriptive epidemiology of changes in objectively measured sedentary behaviour and physical activity: six-year follow-up of the EPIC-Norfolk cohort

Determinants of Change in Physical Activity in Children 0-6 years of Age: A Systematic Review of Quantitative Literature.

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Determinants of Three-Year Change in Children's Objectively Measured Sedentary Time

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Determinants of change in children's sedentary time

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Determinants of sugar-sweetened beverage consumption in young children: a systematic review

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Development of a universal approach to increase physical activity among adolescents: the GoActive intervention

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Diet Quality through Adolescence and Early Adulthood: Cross-Sectional Associations of the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension Diet Index and Component Food Groups with Age

scientific article published on 29 October 2018

Diet quality and depressive symptoms in adolescence: no cross-sectional or prospective associations following adjustment for covariates

scientific article published on 16 May 2018

Do children's individual correlates of physical activity differ by home setting?

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Does birth weight influence physical activity in youth? A combined analysis of four studies using objectively measured physical activity

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Effect of a tailored physical activity intervention delivered in general practice settings: results of a randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 01 October 2005

Effect of communicating genetic and phenotypic risk for type 2 diabetes in combination with lifestyle advice on objectively measured physical activity: protocol of a randomised controlled trial

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Effect of school-based interventions on physical activity and fitness in children and adolescents: a review of reviews and systematic update.

scientific article published on September 2011

Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the GoActive intervention to increase physical activity among UK adolescents: A cluster randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 23 July 2020

Effectiveness of interventions to promote physical activity in children and adolescents: systematic review of controlled trials.

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Engaging families in physical activity research: a family-based focus group study

scientific article published on 25 November 2015

Engaging stakeholders and target groups in prioritising a public health intervention: the Creating Active School Environments (CASE) online Delphi study

scientific article (publication date: 13 January 2017)

Environmental correlates of adiposity in 9-10 year old children: considering home and school neighbourhoods and routes to school.

scientific article published on 08 March 2011

Environmental determinants of active travel in youth: a review and framework for future research.

scientific article published on 23 June 2008

Environmental supportiveness for physical activity in English schoolchildren: a study using Global Positioning Systems.

scientific article published on 17 July 2009

Equity effects of children's physical activity interventions: a systematic scoping review.

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Equity-specific effects of 26 Dutch obesity-related lifestyle interventions

scientific article published in June 2013

Exercise and depressive symptoms in adolescents: a longitudinal cohort study

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Exploring equity in primary-care-based physical activity interventions using PROGRESS-Plus: a systematic review and evidence synthesis

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Family and home correlates of children's physical activity in a multi-ethnic population: the cross-sectional Child Heart and Health Study in England (CHASE).

scientific article published on 15 February 2011

Family and home influences on children's after-school and weekend physical activity

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Family dog ownership and levels of physical activity in childhood: findings from the Child Heart and Health Study in England

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Family-based interventions to increase physical activity in children: a meta-analysis and realist synthesis protocol

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Family-based interventions to increase physical activity in children: a systematic review, meta-analysis and realist synthesis

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Family-based interventions to increase physical activity in children: a systematic review, meta-analysis and realist synthesis.

scientific article published on April 2017

Feasibility and acceptability of a physical activity promotion programme in general practice.

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Feasibility study and pilot cluster-randomised controlled trial of the GoActive intervention aiming to promote physical activity among adolescents: outcomes and lessons learnt

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Features of the UK childcare environment and associations with preschooler's in-care physical activity

scientific article published on 17 December 2015

Food and drink consumption at school lunchtime: the impact of lunch type and contribution to overall intake in British 9-10-year-old children

scientific article published on 22 September 2011

Frequency and duration of physical activity bouts in school-aged children: A comparison within and between days

scientific article published on 26 October 2016

GoActive: a protocol for the mixed methods process evaluation of a school-based physical activity promotion programme for 13-14year old adolescents.

scientific article published on 21 May 2018

How do short-term associations between diet quality and metabolic risk vary with age?

scientific article published on 13 May 2020

How well do modelled routes to school record the environments children are exposed to? A cross-sectional comparison of GIS-modelled and GPS-measured routes to school.

scientific article published on 14 February 2014

Identifying correlates and determinants of physical activity in youth: How can we advance the field?

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Impact of neighbourhood food environment on food consumption in children aged 9-10 years in the UK SPEEDY (Sport, Physical Activity and Eating behaviour: Environmental Determinants in Young people) study

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Impact of personalised feedback about physical activity on change in objectively measured physical activity (the FAB study): a randomised controlled trial.

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Impacts of new cycle infrastructure on cycling levels in two French cities: an interrupted time series analysis

scientific article published on 07 July 2022

Independent mobility on the journey to school: A joint cross-sectional and prospective exploration of social and physical environmental influences

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Individual, socio-cultural and environmental predictors of uptake and maintenance of active commuting in children: longitudinal results from the SPEEDY study.

scientific article published on 26 June 2013

International Olympic Committee consensus statement on the health and fitness of young people through physical activity and sport

scientific article published on September 2011

Invited commentary: comparing physical activity across countries--current strengths and weaknesses

scientific article published on 20 April 2010

Is a change in mode of travel to school associated with a change in overall physical activity levels in children? Longitudinal results from the SPEEDY study

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Is active travel to non-school destinations associated with physical activity in primary school children?

scientific article published on 18 January 2012

Lifestyle Advice Combined with Personalized Estimates of Genetic or Phenotypic Risk of Type 2 Diabetes, and Objectively Measured Physical Activity: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

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Maternal and paternal beliefs, support and parenting as determinants of sport participation of adolescents with asthma

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Maternal awareness of young children's physical activity: levels and cross-sectional correlates of overestimation.

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More of the same or a change of scenery: an observational study of variety and frequency of physical activity in British children

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Network Interventions for Changing Physical Activity Behaviour in Preadolescents

scientific article published on 24 September 2018

Objectively measured physical activity in four-year-old British children: a cross-sectional analysis of activity patterns segmented across the day.

scientific article published on 09 January 2014

Overestimation of physical activity level is associated with lower BMI: a cross-sectional analysis.

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Parent awareness of young children's physical activity.

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Perceived and Objectively Measured Environmental Correlates of Domain-Specific Physical Activity in Older English Adults

scientific article published on 24 August 2016

Perceived family functioning and friendship quality: cross-sectional associations with physical activity and sedentary behaviours.

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Physical activity and dietary behaviour in a population-based sample of British 10-year old children: the SPEEDY study (Sport, Physical activity and Eating behaviour: environmental Determinants in Young people).

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Physical activity and obesity prevention: a review of the current evidence

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Physical activity and relaxation during and after work are independently associated with the need for recovery.

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Physical activity in children: does how we define neighbourhood matter?

scientific article published on 17 October 2009

Physical activity intensity, bout-duration, and cardiometabolic risk markers in children and adolescents

scientific article published on 13 July 2018

Physical activity maintenance in the transition to adolescence: a longitudinal study of the roles of sport and lifestyle activities in British youth.

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Physical activity measurements affected participants' behavior in a randomized controlled trial.

scientific article published on 14 February 2006

Predictors of change differ for moderate and vigorous intensity physical activity and for weekdays and weekends: a longitudinal analysis

scientific article published on 28 May 2013

Predictors of change in sports participation in Latino and non-Latino children.

scientific article published on 7 September 2011

Promoting healthy weight in primary school children through physical activity and nutrition education: a pragmatic evaluation of the CHANGE! randomised intervention study.

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Promoting physical activity with people in different places—A Dutch perspective

scientific article published on 08 August 2006

Protocol for Get Moving: a randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of three minimal contact interventions to promote fitness and physical activity in working adults

scientific article published on 27 March 2015

Protocol for developing a core outcome set for evaluating school-based physical activity interventions in primary schools

scientific article published on 17 December 2019

Protocol for systematic reviews of determinants/correlates of obesity-related dietary and physical activity behaviors in young children (preschool 0 to 6 years): evidence mapping and syntheses

scientific article published on 10 May 2013

Randomised controlled trial of the effects of physical activity feedback on awareness and behaviour in UK adults: the FAB study protocol [ISRCTN92551397]

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Reflections on physical activity intervention research in young people - dos, don'ts, and critical thoughts

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Research priorities for child and adolescent physical activity and sedentary behaviours: an international perspective using a twin-panel Delphi procedure

scientific article published on 24 October 2013

Revising on the run or studying on the sofa: prospective associations between physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and exam results in British adolescents.

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School environments and physical activity: The development and testing of an audit tool.

scientific article published on 14 April 2010

School grounds and physical activity: Associations at secondary schools, and over the transition from primary to secondary schools ⬇️

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School level correlates with adiposity in 9-10 year old children.

scientific article published on 28 January 2011

School polices, programmes and facilities, and objectively measured sedentary time, LPA and MVPA: associations in secondary school and over the transition from primary to secondary school.

scientific article published on 26 April 2016

School related factors and 1yr change in physical activity amongst 9-11 year old English schoolchildren.

scientific article published on 31 December 2012

School-level correlates of physical activity intensity in 10-year-old children.

scientific article published on 20 September 2010

Seasonal Variation in Children's Physical Activity and Sedentary Time.

scientific article published on October 2015

Seasonality in swimming and cycling: Exploring a limitation of accelerometer based studies.

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Socio-demographic and behavioural correlates of physical activity perception in individuals with recently diagnosed diabetes: results from a cross-sectional study

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Sociocultural correlates of physical activity in children and adolescents: findings from the Danish arm of the European Youth Heart study.

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Stage-based lifestyle interventions in primary care

scientific article published on 01 May 2004

Targeting sedentary time or moderate- and vigorous-intensity activity: independent relations with adiposity in a population-based sample of 10-y-old British children.

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The changing relationship between rainfall and children's physical activity in spring and summer: a longitudinal study.

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The impact of adult behavioural weight management interventions on mental health: A systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 25 October 2020

The impact of rainfall and school break time policies on physical activity in 9-10 year old British children: a repeated measures study.

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The independent prospective associations of activity intensity and dietary energy density with adiposity in young adolescents

scientific article published on 13 January 2016

The positive effect on determinants of physical activity of a tailored, general practice-based physical activity intervention

scientific article published on 12 October 2004

The school environment and adolescent physical activity and sedentary behaviour: a mixed-studies systematic review

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UK Preschool-aged children's physical activity levels in childcare and at home: a cross-sectional exploration

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Understanding perceived risk of type 2 diabetes in healthy middle-aged adults: a cross-sectional study of associations with modelled risk, clinical risk factors, and psychological factors

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Validation of a maternal questionnaire on correlates of physical activity in preschool children.

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What do adolescents want in order to become more active?

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Who will increase their physical activity? Predictors of change in objectively measured physical activity over 12 months in the ProActive cohort

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Will Physically Active Lessons Improve Academic Achievement for All or Widen the Achievement Gap?

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List of works by Esther van Sluijs

A Story Lost in Translation--or a Cautionary Tale?

A cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the GoActive intervention to increase physical activity among adolescents aged 13-14 years.

A cross-sectional study of awareness of physical activity: associations with personal, behavioral and psychosocial factors.

A cumulative meta-analysis of the effects of individual physical activity interventions targeting healthy adults.

A longitudinal study of the distance that young people walk to school.

A systematic literature review with meta-analyses of within- and between-day differences in objectively measured physical activity in school-aged children.

A systematic review of methods to measure family co-participation in physical activity

Activity levels in mothers and their preschool children

An investigation of patterns of children's sedentary and vigorous physical activity throughout the week

Are school-based physical activity interventions effective and equitable? A meta-analysis of cluster randomized controlled trials with accelerometer-assessed activity.

Association between birth weight and objectively measured sedentary time is mediated by central adiposity: data in 10,793 youth from the International Children's Accelerometry Database

Association between diet and physical activity and sedentary behaviours in 9-10-year-old British White children.

Association between maternal education and objectively measured physical activity and sedentary time in adolescents

Associations between eating frequency, adiposity, diet, and activity in 9-10 year old healthy-weight and centrally obese children.

Associations between sedentary behaviour and physical activity in children and adolescents: a meta-analysis.

Attitudes, social support and environmental perceptions as predictors of active commuting behaviour in school children.

Awareness of physical activity in healthy middle-aged adults: a cross-sectional study of associations with sociodemographic, biological, behavioural, and psychological factors.

Barriers and facilitators to young children's physical activity and sedentary behaviour: a systematic review and synthesis of qualitative literature

Bedroom media, sedentary time and screen-time in children: a longitudinal analysis.

Behavioural and social correlates of sedentary time in young people

Birth weight, cardiometabolic risk factors and effect modification of physical activity in children and adolescents: pooled data from 12 international studies

Breakfast consumption and daily physical activity in 9-10-year-old British children.

Breakfast consumption and physical activity in British adolescents.

Breakfast consumption and physical activity in adolescents: daily associations and hourly patterns.

Change in diet in the period from adolescence to early adulthood: a systematic scoping review of longitudinal studies

Change in objectively measured physical activity during the transition to adolescence

Changes in children's physical activity over 12 months: longitudinal results from the SPEEDY study.

Changes in consumption of added sugars from age 13 to 30 years: a systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies.

Changes in diet from age 10 to 14 years and prospective associations with school lunch choice

Changes in time-segment specific physical activity between ages 10 and 14 years: A longitudinal observational study

Childhood predictors of adolescent behaviour: The prospective association of familial factors with meeting physical activity guidelines

Children's sedentary behaviour: descriptive epidemiology and associations with objectively-measured sedentary time

Clustering and correlates of multiple health behaviours in 9-10 year old children

Correction to: Physical activity intensity, bout-duration, and cardiometabolic risk markers in children and adolescents ⬇️

Correlates of home and neighbourhood-based physical activity in UK 3-4-year-old children.

Correlates of light and moderate-to-vigorous objectively measured physical activity in four-year-old children

Decrease in activity from childhood to adolescence: potential causes and consequences

Descriptive epidemiology of changes in objectively measured sedentary behaviour and physical activity: six-year follow-up of the EPIC-Norfolk cohort

Determinants of Change in Physical Activity in Children 0-6 years of Age: A Systematic Review of Quantitative Literature.

Determinants of Three-Year Change in Children's Objectively Measured Sedentary Time

Determinants of change in children's sedentary time

Determinants of sugar-sweetened beverage consumption in young children: a systematic review

Development of a universal approach to increase physical activity among adolescents: the GoActive intervention

Diet Quality through Adolescence and Early Adulthood: Cross-Sectional Associations of the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension Diet Index and Component Food Groups with Age

Diet quality and depressive symptoms in adolescence: no cross-sectional or prospective associations following adjustment for covariates

Do children's individual correlates of physical activity differ by home setting?

Does birth weight influence physical activity in youth? A combined analysis of four studies using objectively measured physical activity

Effect of a tailored physical activity intervention delivered in general practice settings: results of a randomized controlled trial

Effect of communicating genetic and phenotypic risk for type 2 diabetes in combination with lifestyle advice on objectively measured physical activity: protocol of a randomised controlled trial

Effect of school-based interventions on physical activity and fitness in children and adolescents: a review of reviews and systematic update.

Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the GoActive intervention to increase physical activity among UK adolescents: A cluster randomised controlled trial

Effectiveness of interventions to promote physical activity in children and adolescents: systematic review of controlled trials.

Engaging families in physical activity research: a family-based focus group study

Engaging stakeholders and target groups in prioritising a public health intervention: the Creating Active School Environments (CASE) online Delphi study

Environmental correlates of adiposity in 9-10 year old children: considering home and school neighbourhoods and routes to school.

Environmental determinants of active travel in youth: a review and framework for future research.

Environmental supportiveness for physical activity in English schoolchildren: a study using Global Positioning Systems.

Equity effects of children's physical activity interventions: a systematic scoping review.

Equity-specific effects of 26 Dutch obesity-related lifestyle interventions

Exercise and depressive symptoms in adolescents: a longitudinal cohort study

Exploring equity in primary-care-based physical activity interventions using PROGRESS-Plus: a systematic review and evidence synthesis

Family and home correlates of children's physical activity in a multi-ethnic population: the cross-sectional Child Heart and Health Study in England (CHASE).

Family and home influences on children's after-school and weekend physical activity

Family dog ownership and levels of physical activity in childhood: findings from the Child Heart and Health Study in England

Family-based interventions to increase physical activity in children: a meta-analysis and realist synthesis protocol

Family-based interventions to increase physical activity in children: a systematic review, meta-analysis and realist synthesis

Family-based interventions to increase physical activity in children: a systematic review, meta-analysis and realist synthesis.

Feasibility and acceptability of a physical activity promotion programme in general practice.

Feasibility study and pilot cluster-randomised controlled trial of the GoActive intervention aiming to promote physical activity among adolescents: outcomes and lessons learnt

Features of the UK childcare environment and associations with preschooler's in-care physical activity

Food and drink consumption at school lunchtime: the impact of lunch type and contribution to overall intake in British 9-10-year-old children

Frequency and duration of physical activity bouts in school-aged children: A comparison within and between days

GoActive: a protocol for the mixed methods process evaluation of a school-based physical activity promotion programme for 13-14year old adolescents.

How do short-term associations between diet quality and metabolic risk vary with age?

How well do modelled routes to school record the environments children are exposed to? A cross-sectional comparison of GIS-modelled and GPS-measured routes to school.

Identifying correlates and determinants of physical activity in youth: How can we advance the field?

Impact of neighbourhood food environment on food consumption in children aged 9-10 years in the UK SPEEDY (Sport, Physical Activity and Eating behaviour: Environmental Determinants in Young people) study

Impact of personalised feedback about physical activity on change in objectively measured physical activity (the FAB study): a randomised controlled trial.

Impacts of new cycle infrastructure on cycling levels in two French cities: an interrupted time series analysis