OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity is 42. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-07-01 to 2024-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Impact of the COVID-19 virus outbreak on movement and play behaviours of Canadian children and youth: a national survey	687
2020 WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour for children and adolescents aged 5–17 years: summary of the evidence	482
Advancing the global physical activity agenda: recommendations for future research by the 2020 WHO physical activity and sedentary behavior guidelines development group	178
Evidence on physical activity and falls prevention for people aged 65+ years: systematic review to inform the WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour	152
New global guidelines on sedentary behaviour and health for adults: broadening the behavioural targets	125
Evidence on physical activity and osteoporosis prevention for people aged 65+ years: a systematic review to inform the WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour	125
Factors influencing physical activity participation among people living with or beyond cancer: a systematic scoping review	100
Seasons, weather, and device-measured movement behaviors: a scoping review from 2006 to 2020	95
Dose–response relationship between physical activity and mortality in adults with noncommunicable diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective observational studies	90
The effects of step-count monitoring interventions on physical activity: systematic review and meta-analysis of community-based randomised controlled trials in adults	89
Global prevalence of physical activity for children and adolescents; inconsistencies, research gaps, and recommendations: a narrative review	88
Which behaviour change techniques are effective to promote physical activity and reduce sedentary behaviour in adults: a factorial randomized trial of an e- and m-health intervention	84
A systematic review of artificial intelligence chatbots for promoting physical activity, healthy diet, and weight loss	84
A systematic review and meta-analysis of school-based interventions with health education to reduce body mass index in adolescents aged 10 to 19 years	83
The effectiveness of digital interventions for increasing physical activity in individuals of low socioeconomic status: a systematic review and meta-analysis	82
The impact of physical activity on healthy ageing trajectories: evidence from eight cohort studies	80
Exercise and colorectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of exercise safety, feasibility and effectiveness	76
Dynamics of the complex food environment underlying dietary intake in low-income groups: a systems map of associations extracted from a systematic umbrella literature review	64
The effectiveness of sedentary behaviour interventions on sitting time and screen time in children and adults: an umbrella review of systematic reviews	62
The effect of leisure time physical activity and sedentary behaviour on the health of workers with different occupational physical activity demands: a systematic review	61
Association of ultra-processed food consumption with cardiovascular mortality in the US population: long-term results from a large prospective multicenter study	59
School-based gardening, cooking and nutrition intervention increased vegetable intake but did not reduce BMI: Texas sprouts - a cluster randomized controlled trial	59
Worldwide surveillance of self-reported sitting time: a scoping review	57
The impact of exercise interventions concerning executive functions of children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactive disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis	56
A meta-analysis of the reproducibility of food frequency questionnaires in nutritional epidemiological studies	56

How effective are physical activity interventions when they are scaled-up: a systematic review	56
Systematic review of the correlates of outdoor play and time among children aged 3-12 years	55
Physical activity and sedentary time of youth in structured settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis	53
Inequality in physical activity, global trends by income inequality and gender in adults	52
Mediterranean diet and depression: a population-based cohort study	51
The effect of social media interventions on physical activity and dietary behaviours in young people and adults: a systematic review	50
Objective understanding of the Nutri-score front-of-pack label by European consumers and its effect on food choices: an online experimental study	50
National physical activity and sedentary behaviour policies in 76 countries: availability, comprehensiveness, implementation, and effectiveness	50
Walking cadence (steps/min) and intensity in 41 to 60-year-old adults: the CADENCE-adults study	49
Children’s moderate-to-vigorous physical activity on weekdays versus weekend days: a multi-country analysis	49
Musculoskeletal pain and sedentary behaviour in occupational and non-occupational settings: a systematic review with meta-analysis	46
The effects of nudging and pricing on healthy food purchasing behavior in a virtual supermarket setting: a randomized experiment	46
A scoping review of physical activity interventions for older adults	45
Comparing and assessing physical activity guidelines for children and adolescents: a systematic literature review and analysis	43
How COVID-19 lockdown and reopening affected daily steps: evidence based on 164,630 person-days of prospectively collected data from Shanghai, China	43
The prevalence of multimorbidity and its association with physical activity and sleep duration in middle aged and elderly adults: a longitudinal analysis from China	43
Sociodemographic differences in motives for food selection: results from the LoCard cross-sectional survey	42
Efficacy of the ‘Stand and Move at Work’ multicomponent workplace intervention to reduce sedentary time and improve cardiometabolic risk: a group randomized clinical trial	42