International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Article	Citations
2020 WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour for children and adolescents aged 5–17 years: summary of the evidence	532
Advancing the global physical activity agenda: recommendations for future research by the 2020 WHO physical activity and sedentary behavior guidelines development group	194
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	169
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	138
New global guidelines on sedentary behaviour and health for adults: broadening the behavioural targets	134
Factors influencing physical activity participation among people living with or beyond cancer: a systematic scoping review	111
Seasons, weather, and device-measured movement behaviors: a scoping review from 2006 to 2020	102
Global prevalence of physical activity for children and adolescents; inconsistencies, research gaps, and recommendations: a narrative review	98
A systematic review of artificial intelligence chatbots for promoting physical activity, healthy diet, and weight loss	95
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	95
The effectiveness of digital interventions for increasing physical activity in individuals of low socioeconomic status: a systematic review and meta-analysis	88
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	73
The effect of leisure time physical activity and sedentary behaviour on the health of workers with different occupational physical activity demands: a systematic review	69
Association of ultra-processed food consumption with cardiovascular mortality in the US population: long-term results from a large prospective multicenter study	64
A meta-analysis of the reproducibility of food frequency questionnaires in nutritional epidemiological studies	63
School-based gardening, cooking and nutrition intervention increased vegetable intake but did not reduce BMI: Texas sprouts - a cluster randomized controlled trial	62
Musculoskeletal pain and sedentary behaviour in occupational and non-occupational settings: a systematic review with meta-analysis	61
The impact of exercise interventions concerning executive functions of children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactive disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis	61
Systematic review of the correlates of outdoor play and time among children aged 3-12 years	60
The effect of social media interventions on physical activity and dietary behaviours in young people and adults: a systematic review	59
Physical activity and sedentary time of youth in structured settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis	59
How effective are physical activity interventions when they are scaled-up: a systematic review	59
Mediterranean diet and depression: a population-based cohort study	54
Inequality in physical activity, global trends by income inequality and gender in adults	54
Children’s moderate-to-vigorous physical activity on weekdays versus weekend days: a multi-country analysis	54

A scoping review of physical activity interventions for older adults	53
Walking cadence (steps/min) and intensity in 41 to 60-year-old adults: the CADENCE-adults study	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
A collaborative approach to adopting/adapting guidelines. The Australian 24-hour movement guidelines for children (5-12 years) and young people (13-17 years): An integration of physical activity, sede	46
The prevalence of multimorbidity and its association with physical activity and sleep duration in middle aged and elderly adults: a longitudinal analysis from China	46
How COVID-19 lockdown and reopening affected daily steps: evidence based on 164,630 person-days of prospectively collected data from Shanghai, China	44
Sociodemographic differences in motives for food selection: results from the LoCard cross-sectional survey	44
Barriers and facilitators to diet, physical activity and lifestyle behavior intervention adherence: a qualitative systematic review of the literature	44
Walking cadence (steps/min) and intensity in 61–85-year-old adults: the CADENCE-Adults study	43
Barriers and facilitators to implementing community-based physical activity interventions: a qualitative systematic review	41
A secondary analysis of the childhood obesity prevention Cochrane Review through a wider determinants of health lens: implications for research funders, researchers, policymakers and practitioners	39
Consolidating evidence on the effectiveness of interventions promoting fruit and vegetable consumption: an umbrella review	39
Physical activity and prospective associations with indicators of health and development in children aged <5 years: a systematic review	39
Accelerometer-measured physical activity and sedentary time among children and their parents in the UK before and after COVID-19 lockdowns: a natural experiment	38
Operationalising the 20-minute neighbourhood	37
Calorie reformulation: a systematic review and meta-analysis examining the effect of manipulating food energy density on daily energy intake	36
A systematic review of the validity, reliability, and feasibility of measurement tools used to assess the physical activity and sedentary behaviour of pre-school aged children	35
Development of an objectively measured walkability index for the Netherlands	35
Cardiorespiratory fitness and lifestyle on severe COVID-19 risk in 279,455 adults: a case control study	35
Fair play? Participation equity in organised sport and physical activity among children and adolescents in high income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis	34
Demographic characteristics associated with circadian rest-activity rhythm patterns: a cross-sectional study	34
Invest in physical activity to protect and promote health: the 2020 WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour	33
Healthy lifestyle behaviours and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality among 0.9 million Chinese adults	32
The ENCOMPASS framework: a practical guide for the evaluation of public health programmes in complex adaptive systems	32
Identifying effective intervention strategies to reduce children’s screen time: a systematic review and meta-analysis	32
The effect of a one-year vigorous physical activity intervention on fitness, cognitive performance and mental health in young adolescents: the Fit to Study cluster randomised controlled trial	32
The relationship between the home environment and child adiposity: a systematic review	31
Play, Learn, and Teach Outdoors—Network (PLaTO-Net): terminology, taxonomy, and ontology	29
Muscle-strengthening activities and cancer incidence and mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies	28
Associations of park access, park use and physical activity in parks with wellbeing in an Asian urban environment: a cross-sectional study	28
Personalised nutrition advice reduces intake of discretionary foods and beverages: findings from the Food4Me randomised controlled trial	28
Covid-19 lockdown: Ethnic differences in children’s self-reported physical activity and the importance of leaving the home environment; a longitudinal and cross-sectional study from the Born in Bradfo	27
Barriers and facilitators to physical activity for young adult women: a systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative literature	27
Parental control and support for physical activity predict adolescents’ moderate to vigorous physical activity over five years	26
Workplace neighbourhood built environment and workers’ physically-active and sedentary behaviour: a systematic review of observational studies	26
Strategies and effects of school-based interventions to promote active school transportation by bicycle among children and adolescents: a systematic review	25
Global, regional, and national trends and patterns in physical activity research since 1950: a systematic review	25
Physical activity from adolescence to young adulthood: patterns of change, and their associations with activity domains and sedentary time	25
The impact of the Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition label on purchasing intentions of unprocessed and processed foods: post-hoc analyses from three randomized controlled trials	25
Healthy lifestyle, metabolomics and incident type 2 diabetes in a population-based cohort from Spain	25
The impact of summer vacation on children’s obesogenic behaviors and body mass index: a natural experiment	25
Behaviours that prompt primary school teachers to adopt and implement physically active learning: a meta synthesis of qualitative evidence	24
School-related sedentary behaviours and indicators of health and well-being among children and youth: a systematic review	24
Cross-sectional study of changes in physical activity behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic among US adults	24
Prospective association between organic food consumption and the risk of type 2 diabetes: findings from the NutriNet-Santé cohort study	24
International school-related sedentary behaviour recommendations for children and youth	23
Later sleep timing predicts accelerated summer weight gain among elementary school children: a prospective observational study	23
Associations between lifestyle interventions during pregnancy and childhood weight and growth: a systematic review and meta-analysis	23
Association of daily composition of physical activity and sedentary behaviour with incidence of cardiovascular disease in older adults	23
A physical activity coaching intervention can improve and maintain physical activity and health-related outcomes in adult ambulatory hospital patients: the Healthy4U-2 randomised controlled trial	23

Lifestyle-integrated functional exercise to prevent falls and promote physical activity: Results from the LiFE-is-LiFE randomized non-inferiority trial	23
Food environment intervention improves food knowledge, wellbeing and dietary habits in primary school children: Project Daire, a randomised-controlled, factorial design cluster trial	23
Longitudinal associations between infant movement behaviours and development	23
Physical activity and mental health in children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities: a meta-analysis using the RE-AIM framework	23
Evaluating the implementation of the SWITCH® school wellness intervention and capacity-building process through multiple methods	22
Temporal trends in physical activity levels across more than a decade – a national physical activity surveillance system among Norwegian children and adolescents	22
Maternal feeding style and child weight status among Hispanic families with low-income levels: a longitudinal study of the direction of effects	22
Determinants of changes in women’s and men’s eating behavior across the transition to parenthood: a focus group study	21
24-hour movement behaviour profiles and their transition in children aged 5.5 and 8 years – findings from a prospective cohort study	21
Is occupational physical activity associated with mortality in UK Biobank?	21
Light-intensity physical activity and mental ill health: a systematic review of observational studies in the general population	20
The effect of a school-based intervention on physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness and muscle strength: the School in Motion cluster randomized trial	20
Physical activity from young adulthood to middle age and premature cardiovascular disease events: a 30-year population-based cohort study	20
A modified Delphi study to gain consensus for a taxonomy to report and classify physical activity referral schemes (PARS)	20
Mechanisms of scaling up: combining a realist perspective and systems analysis to understand successfully scaled interventions	20
‘Finishing the race’ – a cohort study of weight and blood glucose change among the first 36,000 patients in a large-scale diabetes prevention programme	20
A systematic review of proxy-report questionnaires assessing physical activity, sedentary behavior and/or sleep in young children (aged 0–5 years)	20
Combined effects of continuous exercise and intermittent active interruptions to prolonged sitting on postprandial glucose, insulin, and triglycerides in adults with obesity: a randomized crossover tr	19
Causal systems mapping to promote healthy living for pandemic preparedness: a call to action for global public health	19
Investigating the physical activity, health, wellbeing, social and environmental effects of a new urban greenway: a natural experiment (the PARC study)	19
Associations of steps per day and step intensity with the risk of diabetes: the Hispanic Community Health Study / Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL)	19
A compositional analysis of time spent in sleep, sedentary behaviour and physical activity with all-cause mortality risk	19
Longitudinal changes in objectively-measured physical activity and sedentary time among school-age children in Central Texas, US during the COVID-19 pandemic	19
Eating behaviors, dietary patterns and weight status in emerging adulthood and longitudinal associations with eating behaviors in early childhood	18
The theoretical basis of a nationally implemented type 2 diabetes prevention programme: how is the programme expected to produce changes in behaviour?	18
The Feeding Practices and Structure Questionnaire: development and validation of age appropriate versions for infants and toddlers	18
The reciprocal effects of physical activity and happiness in adolescents	18
Exploring activity compensation amongst youth and adults: a systematic review	18
Behaviour change techniques in cardiovascular disease smartphone apps to improve physical activity and sedentary behaviour: Systematic review and meta-regression	18
Planting seeds of change: reconceptualizing what people eat as eating practices and patterns	18
Understanding children’s preference for park features that encourage physical activity: an adaptive choice based conjoint analysis	18
Testing front-of-package warnings to discourage red meat consumption: a randomized experiment with US meat consumers	18
Resemblance in accelerometer-assessed physical activity in families with children: the Lolland-Falster Health Study	18
Influences on the dietary intakes of preschool children: a systematic scoping review	18
Clinical and patient-centered implementation outcomes of mHealth interventions for type 2 diabetes in low-and-middle income countries: a systematic review	18
Trajectories of objectively measured physical activity and childhood overweight: longitudinal analysis of the IDEFICS/I.Family cohort	17
The impact of shelf tags with Nutri-Score on consumer purchases: a difference-in-difference analysis of a natural experiment in supermarkets of a major retailer in Belgium	17
Association of Changes of lifestyle behaviors before and during the COVID-19 pandemic with mental health: a longitudinal study in children and adolescents	17
The use of food swaps to encourage healthier online food choices: a randomized controlled trial	17
The association between reallocations of time and health using compositional data analysis: a systematic scoping review with an interactive data exploration interface	17
Impacts of the 2008 Great Recession on dietary intake: a systematic review and meta-analysis	17
Associations of ultra-processed food intake with maternal weight change and cardiometabolic health and infant growth	17
The effectiveness of physical activity interventions using activity trackers during or after inpatient care: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	17
Genetic variants related to physical activity or sedentary behaviour: a systematic review	17
Impact of physical activity programs and services for older adults: a rapid review	16
Everything counts in sending the right message: science-based messaging implications from the 2020 WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour	16
The health, cost and equity impacts of restrictions on the advertisement of high fat, salt and sugar products across the transport for London network: a health economic modelling study	16
Effect of commercial wearables and digital behaviour change resources on the physical activity of adolescents attending schools in socio-economically disadvantaged areas: the RAW-PA cluster-randomised	16
Trajectories of 24-h movement guidelines from middle adolescence to adulthood on depression and suicidal ideation: a 22-year follow-up study	16
Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations of active travel, organised sport and physical education with accelerometer-assessed moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in young people: the Internati	16
Improving children’s fundamental movement skills through a family-based physical activity program: results from the “Active 1 + FUN” randomized controlled trial	16
Healthy eating and all-cause mortality among Chinese aged 80 years or older	16
Adherence to 24-h movement behavior guidelines and psychosocial functioning in young children: a longitudinal analysis	16
International evaluation of the Microscale Audit of Pedestrian Streetscapes (MAPS) Global instrument: comparative assessment between local and remote online observers	16
The global, regional, and national disease burden of breast cancer attributable to low physical activity from 1990 to 2019: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019	15
Socio-economic difference in purchases of ultra-processed foods in Australia: an analysis of a nationally representative household grocery purchasing panel	15
Short and medium-term effects of the COVID-19 lockdowns on child and parent accelerometer-measured physical activity and sedentary time: a natural experiment	15
Reliability of GENEActiv accelerometers to estimate sleep, physical activity, and sedentary time in children	15
Adolescents’ exposure to and evaluation of food promotions on social media: a multi-method approach	15
Adherence to the World Health Organization’s physical activity recommendation in preschool-aged children: a systematic review and meta-analysis of accelerometer studies	15
The impact of interventions in the built environment on physical activity levels: a systematic umbrella review	15
Effects of a three-armed randomised controlled trial using self-monitoring of daily steps with and without counselling in prediabetes and type 2 diabetes—the Sophia Step Study	15
Volume and accumulation patterns of physical activity and sedentary time: longitudinal changes and tracking from early to late childhood	15
Barriers and facilitators to implementation of direct fruit and vegetables provision interventions in kindergartens and schools: a qualitative systematic review applying the consolidated framework for	15
Estimated effects of the implementation of the Mexican warning labels regulation on the use of health and nutrition claims on packaged foods	15
A peer coach intervention in childcare centres enhances early childhood physical activity: The Active Early Learning (AEL) cluster randomised controlled trial	15
Community supported agriculture plus nutrition education improves skills, self-efficacy, and eating behaviors among low-income caregivers but not their children: a randomized controlled trial	14
The impact of school uniforms on primary school student’s physical activity at school: outcomes of a cluster randomized controlled trial	14
High-intensity activity is more strongly associated with metabolic health in children compared to sedentary time: a cross-sectional study of the I.Family cohort	14
Objectively measuring the association between the built environment and physical activity: a systematic review and reporting framework	14
A catalog of validity indices for step counting wearable technologies during treadmill walking: the CADENCE-adults study	14
“All the fun stuff, the teachers say, ‘that’s dangerous!’” Hearing from children on safety and risk in active play in schools: a systematic review	14
Impact of increasing the relative availability of meat-free options on food selection: two natural field experiments and an online randomised trial	14
Evaluating the reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation and maintenance of the Resistance Training for Teens program	13
Effectiveness of a Smartphone App (MINISTOP 2.0) integrated in primary child health care to promote healthy diet and physical activity behaviors and prevent obesity in preschool-aged children: randomi	13
Facilitators and barriers to enhancing physical activity in older patients during acute hospital stay: a systematic review	13
Changes in the 24-h movement behaviors during the transition to retirement: compositional data analysis	13
TV advertising and dietary intake in adolescents: a pre- and post- study of Chile’s Food Marketing Policy	13
A natural experimental study of improvements along an urban canal: impact on canal usage, physical activity and other wellbeing behaviours	13
Development, explanation, and presentation of the Physical Literacy Interventions Reporting Template (PLIRT)	13

Macroeconomic, demographic and human developmental correlates of physical activity and sitting time among South American adults	13
Children’s eating behaviours and related constructs: conceptual and theoretical foundations and their implications	13
A systematic review of tools designed for teacher proxy-report of children’s physical literacy or constituting elements	13
Cross-sectional and prospective associations of sleep, sedentary and active behaviors with mental health in older people: a compositional data analysis from the Seniors-ENRICA-2 study	13
Networks of stress, affect and eating behaviour: anticipated stress coping predicts goal-congruent eating in young adults	13
Systematic review of accelerometer-based methods for 24-h physical behavior assessment in young children (0–5 years old)	13
Traffic-light front-of-pack environmental labelling across food categories triggers more environmentally friendly food choices: a randomised controlled trial in virtual reality supermarket	13
Public support for healthy supermarket initiatives focused on product placement: a multi-country cross-sectional analysis of the 2018 International Food Policy Study	13
Effectiveness of an intervention to reduce sedentary behaviour as a personalised secondary prevention strategy for patients with coronary artery disease: main outcomes of the SIT LESS randomised clini	13