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A Smartphone App to Promote an Active Lifestyle in Lower-Educated Working Young Adults: Development, Usability, Acceptability, and Feasibility Study

A Smartphone App to Promote an Active Lifestyle in Lower-Educated Working Young Adults: Development, Usability, Acceptability, and Feasibility Study

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A comparative study of performance in simple and choice reaction time tasks between obese and healthy-weight children

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A computer-tailored dietary fat intake intervention for adolescents: results of a randomized controlled trial

scientific article published in November 2007

A longitudinal study of gross motor coordination and weight status in children

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A systematic review of exercise and psychosocial rehabilitation interventions to improve health-related outcomes in patients with bladder cancer undergoing radical cystectomy

scientific article published in December 2017

Acceptability, feasibility and effectiveness of a computer-tailored physical activity intervention in adolescents

scientific article published on 12 February 2007

Active Use of Parks in Flanders (Belgium): An Exploratory Observational Study

scientific article published on 30 December 2016

Active living neighborhoods: is neighborhood walkability a key element for Belgian adolescents?

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Adaptation, test-retest reliability, and construct validity of the Physical Activity Neighborhood Environment Scale in Nigeria (PANES-N).

scientific article published on 3 December 2012

Adding a reward increases the reinforcing value of fruit

scientific article published on February 2017

Adolescents' ratings of features of parks that encourage park visitation and physical activity

scientific article published on 04 July 2016

An experimental study using manipulated photographs to examine interactions between micro-scale environmental factors for children's cycling for transport

Assessing cycling-friendly environments for children: are micro-environmental factors equally important across different street settings?

scientific article published on 2 May 2015

Assessment of physical activity in older Belgian adults: validity and reliability of an adapted interview version of the long International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ-L).

scientific article published on 28 April 2015

Associations between different types of physical activity and teachers' perceived mental, physical, and work-related health

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Associations of neighborhood characteristics with active park use: an observational study in two cities in the USA and Belgium

scientific article published on 7 May 2013

Attentional distraction during exercise in overweight and normal-weight boys

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Behavioral mediators of the association between neighborhood environment and weight status in Nigerian adults

scientific article published on 4 March 2013

Body mass effects of a physical activity and healthy food intervention in middle schools

scientific article published in May 2006

Built environmental correlates of cycling for transport across Europe

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Can Parenting Practices Explain the Differences in Beverage Intake According to Socio-Economic Status: The Toybox-Study

scientific article published on 23 September 2016

Can changes in psychosocial factors and residency explain the decrease in physical activity during the transition from high school to college or university?

scientific article published on April 2015

Changes in Individual and Social Environmental Characteristics in Relation to Changes in Physical Activity: a Longitudinal Study from Primary to Secondary School

scientific article published on 18 March 2016

Changes in fat mass, fat-free mass and aerobic fitness in severely obese children and adolescents following a residential treatment programme

scientific article published on 13 June 2003

Changes in physical activity and psychosocial determinants of physical activity in children and adolescents treated for obesity

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Changes in physical activity during the transition from primary to secondary school in Belgian children: what is the role of the school environment?

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Changes in the perceived neighborhood environment in relation to changes in physical activity: A longitudinal study from childhood into adolescence

scientific article published on 2 April 2015

Changes in weight and body composition during the first semester at university. A prospective explanatory study

scientific article published on 10 February 2013

Changes in weight, physical activity, sedentary behaviour and dietary intake during the transition to higher education: a prospective study

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Childhood obesity affects fine motor skill performance under different postural constraints

scientific article published on 21 May 2008

Choice of transport mode in emerging adulthood: Differences between secondary school students, studying young adults and working young adults and relations with gender, SES and living environment

Clinical pathway improves implementation of evidence-based strategies for the management of androgen deprivation therapy-induced side effects in men with prostate cancer

scientific article published in December 2017

Correction: weight, socio-demographics, and health behaviour related correlates of academic performance in first year university students

scientific article published on 8 February 2014

Correlates of University Students' Soft and Energy Drink Consumption According to Gender and Residency

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Creating Cycling-Friendly Environments for Children: Which Micro-Scale Factors Are Most Important? An Experimental Study Using Manipulated Photographs

scientific article published in December 2015

Criterion distances and correlates of active transportation to school in Belgian older adolescents

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Criterion distances and environmental correlates of active commuting to school in children

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Critical environmental factors for transportation cycling in children: a qualitative study using bike-along interviews

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Cross-continental comparison of the association between the physical environment and active transportation in children: a systematic review

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Cross-sectional study on the relationship between the Mediterranean Diet Score and blood lipids

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Determinants of eating behaviour in university students: a qualitative study using focus group discussions

scientific article published on 18 January 2014

Determinants of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in university students: a qualitative study using focus group discussions

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Diet quality in European pre-schoolers: evaluation based on diet quality indices and association with gender, socio-economic status and overweight, the ToyBox-study

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Dietary interventions among university students: A systematic review

scientific article published on 12 May 2016

Differences in environmental preferences towards cycling for transport among adults: a latent class analysis

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Differences in park characteristic preferences for visitation and physical activity among adolescents: A latent class analysis

Differences in physical environmental characteristics between adolescents' actual and shortest cycling routes: a study using a Google Street View-based audit.

scientific article published on 29 May 2018

Diurnal Patterns and Correlates of Older Adults' Sedentary Behavior

scientific article published on 5 August 2015

Do adults like living in high-walkable neighborhoods? Associations of walkability parameters with neighborhood satisfaction and possible mediators

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Do children with obesity implicitly identify with sedentariness and fat food?

scientific article published on 15 May 2006

Do psychosocial factors moderate the association between neighborhood walkability and adolescents' physical activity?

scientific article published on 23 January 2013

Do psychosocial factors moderate the association between objective neighborhood walkability and older adults' physical activity?

scientific article published on 26 May 2015

Does Sleep Mediate the Association between School Pressure, Physical Activity, Screen Time, and Psychological Symptoms in Early Adolescents? A 12-Country Study

Does parental accompaniment when walking or cycling moderate the association between physical neighbourhood environment and active transport among 10-12 year olds?

scientific article published on 22 January 2015

Does the Effect of Micro-Environmental Factors on a Street's Appeal for Adults' Bicycle Transport Vary across Different Macro-Environments? An Experimental Study

scientific article published on 28 August 2015

Does the perception of neighborhood built environmental attributes influence active transport in adolescents?

scientific article published on 26 March 2013

E-bikes among older adults: benefits, disadvantages, usage and crash characteristics

Effect and Process Evaluation of a Cluster Randomized Control Trial on Water Intake and Beverage Consumption in Preschoolers from Six European Countries: The ToyBox-Study

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Effect and Process Evaluation of a Smartphone App to Promote an Active Lifestyle in Lower Educated Working Young Adults: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint)

Effect and process evaluation of a real-world school garden program on vegetable consumption and its determinants in primary schoolchildren

Effectiveness of Pricing Strategies on French Fries and Fruit Purchases among University Students: Results from an On-Campus Restaurant Experiment

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Environmental and psychosocial correlates of accelerometer-assessed and self-reported physical activity in Belgian adults

scientific article published in September 2011

Environmental and psychosocial correlates of physical activity in Portuguese and Belgian adults

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Environmental factors associated with overweight among adults in Nigeria

scientific article published on 27 March 2012

Environmental factors influencing older adults' walking for transportation: a study using walk-along interviews

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Environmental influences on older adults’ transportation cycling experiences: A study using bike-along interviews

Environmental invitingness for transport-related cycling in middle-aged adults: A proof of concept study using photographs

Evaluation of a 2-year physical activity and healthy eating intervention in middle school children

scientific article published on 10 October 2006

Evaluation of the neighborhood environment walkability scale in Nigeria

scientific article published on 21 March 2013

Explaining the effects of a 1-year intervention promoting a low fat diet in adolescent girls: a mediation analysis

scientific article published on 9 November 2007

Explicit and implicit attitudes towards food and physical activity in childhood obesity

scientific article published in September 2005

Factors associated with fruit and vegetable and total fat intake in university students: A cross-sectional explanatory study

scientific article published on 4 January 2018

Factors influencing mode of transport in older adolescents: a qualitative study

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Factors related with public open space use among adolescents: a study using GPS and accelerometers

scientific article published on 22 January 2018

Feasibility and impact study of a reward-based mobile application to improve adolescents’ snacking habits

Fine and gross motor skills differ between healthy-weight and obese children

scientific article published on 13 September 2013

From cars to bikes - the feasibility and effect of using e-bikes, longtail bikes and traditional bikes for transportation among parents of children attending kindergarten: design of a randomized cross-over trial

scientific article published on 28 December 2017

Gross motor coordination in relation to weight status and age in 5- to 12-year-old boys and girls: a cross-sectional study

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Health promotion interventions in social economy companies in Flanders (Belgium).

scientific article published on 5 January 2016

How to make overweight children exercise and follow the recommendations ⬇️

scientific article published on September 1, 2011

Increasing Physical Activity in Belgian Type 2 Diabetes Patients: a Three-Arm Randomized Controlled Trial ⬇️

scientific article published on September 1, 2011

Insights into children's independent mobility for transportation cycling-Which socio-ecological factors matter?

scientific article published on 9 August 2016

Interactions between Neighborhood Social Environment and Walkability to Explain Belgian Older Adults' Physical Activity and Sedentary Time

scientific article published on 07 June 2016

Is the Association between Park Proximity and Recreational Physical Activity among Mid-Older Aged Adults Moderated by Park Quality and Neighborhood Conditions?

scientific article published on 14 February 2017

Longitudinal study on the association between three dietary indices, anthropometric parameters and blood lipids

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Lower neighbourhood walkability and longer distance to school are related to physical activity in Belgian adolescents

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Measuring physical activity using accelerometry in 13-15-year-old adolescents: the importance of including non-wear activities

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Mediating effects of home-related factors on fat intake from snacks in a school-based nutrition intervention among adolescents

scientific article published on 8 December 2011

Mediators of physical activity change in a behavioral modification program for type 2 diabetes patients

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Multibehavioural Interventions with a Focus on Specific Energy Balance-Related Behaviours Can Affect Diet Quality in Preschoolers from Six European Countries: The ToyBox-Study

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Multidisciplinary residential treatment can improve perceptual-motor function in obese children

scientific article published on 26 February 2015

Neighborhood SES and walkability are related to physical activity behavior in Belgian adults

scientific article published on 12 September 2009

Neighborhood walkability and health outcomes among older adults: The mediating role of physical activity

scientific article published on 14 December 2015

Neighborhood walkability and sedentary time in Belgian adults

scientific article published on July 2010

Neighbourhood walkability and its particular importance for adults with a preference for passive transport

scientific article published on 27 September 2008

Objectively measured physical activity, physical activity related personality and body mass index in 6- to 10-yr-old children: a cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 14 May 2009

Objectively measured sedentary time and physical activity time across the lifespan: a cross-sectional study in four age groups

scientific article published on 18 December 2012

Older adults' reporting of specific sedentary behaviors: validity and reliability

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Older adults' transportation walking: a cross-sectional study on the cumulative influence of physical environmental factors

scientific article published on 14 August 2013

Organizing "Play Streets" during school vacations can increase physical activity and decrease sedentary time in children

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Park proximity, quality and recreational physical activity among mid-older aged adults: moderating effects of individual factors and area of residence

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Perception of built environmental factors and physical activity among adolescents in Nigeria

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Physical Environments That Promote Physical Activity Among Older People

scientific article published in 2018

Physical activity and beverage consumption in preschoolers: focus groups with parents and teachers

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Physical activity and psychosocial correlates in normal weight and overweight 11 to 19 year olds

scientific article published on June 2005

Physical activity as a mediator of the associations between neighborhood walkability and adiposity in Belgian adults

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Physical environmental attributes and active transportation in Belgium: what about adults and adolescents living in the same neighborhoods?

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Physical environmental correlates of self-reported and objectively assessed physical activity in Belgian type 2 diabetes patients

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Physical environmental factors related to walking and cycling in older adults: the Belgian aging studies

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Physical environmental factors that invite older adults to walk for transportation

Physical fitness and physical activity in obese and nonobese Flemish youth

scientific article published in March 2003

Postural balance under normal and altered sensory conditions in normal-weight and overweight children

scientific article published on 17 September 2010

Predictors of 6-minute walk test and 12-minute walk/run test in obese children and adolescents

scientific article published on 29 August 2007

Promoting Active Transport in Older Adolescents Before They Obtain Their Driving Licence: A Matched Control Intervention Study

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Psychosocial and Environmental Correlates of Walking, Cycling, Public Transport and Passive Transport to Various Destinations in Flemish Older Adolescents

scientific article published on 19 January 2016

Psychosocial and environmental correlates of active and passive transport behaviors in college educated and non-college educated working young adults

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Psychosocial moderators of associations between life events and changes in physical activity after leaving high school

scientific article published on 6 January 2015

Public open space characteristics influencing adolescents' use and physical activity: A systematic literature review of qualitative and quantitative studies.

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Pyschosocial factors associated with children's cycling for transport: A cross-sectional moderation study

scientific article published on 8 March 2016

Rehabilitation interventions to improve patient-reported outcomes and physical fitness in survivors of muscle invasive bladder cancer: a systematic review protocol

scientific article published on 06 June 2017

Relationship between motor skill and body mass index in 5- to 10-year-old children.

scientific article published in January 2009

Relationship between neighborhood walkability and older adults' physical activity: results from the Belgian Environmental Physical Activity Study in Seniors (BEPAS Seniors).

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Relationship between the physical environment and different domains of physical activity in European adults: a systematic review

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Relationship between the physical environment and physical activity in older adults: a systematic review

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Relationships between neighborhood walkability and adults' physical activity: How important is residential self-selection?

Relationships between the perceived neighborhood social environment and walking for transportation among older adults

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Relationships of individual, social, and physical environmental factors with older adults' television viewing time

scientific article published on 13 November 2013

Role of physical activity and eating behaviour in weight control after treatment in severely obese children and adolescents

scientific article published in April 2005

School-based randomized controlled trial of a physical activity intervention among adolescents

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Self-determined motivation towards physical activity in adolescents treated for obesity: an observational study

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Sensitivity to reward and adolescents' unhealthy snacking and drinking behavior: the role of hedonic eating styles and availability

scientific article published on 9 February 2016

Social and Physical Environmental Factors Influencing Adolescents' Physical Activity in Urban Public Open Spaces: A Qualitative Study Using Walk-Along Interviews

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Social inequality in adolescents' healthy food intake: the interplay between economic, social and cultural capital

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Socio-demographic, psychosocial and home-environmental attributes associated with adults' domestic screen time

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Street characteristics preferred for transportation walking among older adults: a choice-based conjoint analysis with manipulated photographs

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Subgroups of adolescents differing in physical and social environmental preferences towards cycling for transport: A latent class analysis

The Association between Belgian Older Adults' Physical Functioning and Physical Activity: What Is the Moderating Role of the Physical Environment?

scientific article published on 12 February 2016

The association between objective walkability, neighborhood socio-economic status, and physical activity in Belgian children

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The association between the parental perception of the physical neighborhood environment and children's location-specific physical activity

scientific article published on 19 June 2015

The contribution of former work-related activity levels to predict physical activity and sedentary time during early retirement: moderating role of educational level and physical functioning

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The contribution of home, neighbourhood and school environmental factors in explaining physical activity among adolescents

scientific article published on 14 September 2009

The effect of changing micro-scale physical environmental factors on an environment's invitingness for transportation cycling in adults: an exploratory study using manipulated photographs

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The effects of a middle-school healthy eating intervention on adolescents' fat and fruit intake and soft drinks consumption

scientific article published in May 2007

The moderating effect of psychosocial factors in the relation between neighborhood walkability and children's physical activity

scientific article published on 09 December 2016

The relationship between changes in steps/day and health outcomes after a pedometer-based physical activity intervention with telephone support in type 2 diabetes patients.

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The role of implicit attitudes towards food and physical activity in the treatment of youth obesity

scientific article published on 28 March 2007

The role of vision in obese and normal-weight children's gait control

scientific article published on 20 November 2010

The use of behavioural theories in end-of-life care research: A systematic review.

scientific article published in March 2018

Traditional and cyberbullying victimization as correlates of psychosocial distress and barriers to a healthy lifestyle among severely obese adolescents--a matched case-control study on prevalence and results from a cross-sectional study

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Understanding the relationships between the physical environment and physical activity in older adults: a systematic review of qualitative studies

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Urban-rural differences in physical activity in Belgian adults and the importance of psychosocial factors

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Using manipulated photographs to identify features of streetscapes that may encourage older adults to walk for transport

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Validity of the Omron pedometer and the actigraph step count function in preschoolers

scientific article published on 12 June 2014

Variation in population levels of physical activity in European adults according to cross-European studies: a systematic literature review within DEDIPAC

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Variation in population levels of physical activity in European children and adolescents according to cross-European studies: a systematic literature review within DEDIPAC

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Variation in population levels of sedentary time in European adults according to cross-European studies: a systematic literature review within DEDIPAC

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Variation in population levels of sedentary time in European children and adolescents according to cross-European studies: a systematic literature review within DEDIPAC

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Weight loss and improved gross motor coordination in children as a result of multidisciplinary residential obesity treatment

scientific article published on 30 June 2011

Weight, socio-demographics, and health behaviour related correlates of academic performance in first year university students

scientific article published on 17 December 2013

Which environmental factors most strongly influence a street's appeal for bicycle transport among adults? A conjoint study using manipulated photographs

scientific article published on September 2016

Which physical and social environmental factors are most important for adolescents' cycling for transport? An experimental study using manipulated photographs

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Why do young adults choose different transport modes? A focus group study

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