International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Papers
(The TQCC of International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity is 13. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Towards effective restriction of unhealthy food marketing to children: unlocking the potential of artificial intelligence141
Do personality profiles contribute to patterns of physical activity and sedentary behavior in adulthood? A prospective cohort study131
Construct validity and reliability of the physical activity parenting questionnaire for children (PAP-C)117
The Home Environment Interview and associations with energy balance behaviours and body weight in school-aged children – a feasibility, reliability, and validity study96
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 Study96
Association of physical activity with utilization of long-term care in community-dwelling older adults in Germany: results from the population-based KORA-Age observational study86
Environmental and practice factors associated with children’s device-measured physical activity and sedentary time in early childhood education and care centres: a systematic review81
Physical activity and academic achievement: an analysis of potential student- and school-level moderators79
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 Internati77
The effectiveness of new urban trail infrastructure on physical activity and active transportation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of natural experiments74
Effects of physical activity on depressive and anxiety symptoms of women in the menopausal transition and menopause: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials72
Offering a lifestyle intervention to women of premenopausal age as primary prevention for cardiovascular disease? – assessing its cost-effectiveness69
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 study63
Cooking skills, living alone, and mortality: JAGES cohort study57
U.S. Adolescent Rest-Activity patterns: insights from functional principal component analysis (NHANES 2011–2014)56
Accelerometer-derived physical activity patterns and incident type 2 diabetes: a prospective cohort study55
A latent transition analysis of physical activity and screen-based sedentary behavior from adolescence to young adulthood54
Impact of ¡Míranos! on parent-reported home-based healthy energy balance-related behaviors in low-income Latino preschool children: a clustered randomized controlled trial53
Real-life experiments in supermarkets to encourage healthy dietary-related behaviours: opportunities, challenges and lessons learned51
Implementation of elementary school physical education quantity and quality law through school district audit, feedback, and coaching50
International evaluation of the Microscale Audit of Pedestrian Streetscapes (MAPS) Global instrument: comparative assessment between local and remote online observers50
Cultural adaptations and methodological innovations to group model building for the systems actions to reduce malnutrition in all its forms in Southeast Asian countries and China (SYSTAM CHINA-SEACS I47
Calorie reformulation: a systematic review and meta-analysis examining the effect of manipulating food energy density on daily energy intake45
Adolescent physical activity profiles as determinants of emerging adults’ physical activity44
Age-related differences in eating location, food source location, and timing of snack intake among U.S. children 1–19 years43
Incentivising public transport use for physical activity gain: process evaluation of the COVID-19 disrupted trips4health randomised controlled trial43
Effects of differential measurement error in self-reported diet in longitudinal lifestyle intervention studies42
Barriers and enablers of vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity (VILPA) in physically inactive adults: a focus group study40
The impact of selected methodological factors on data collection outcomes in observational studies of device-measured physical behaviour in adults: A systematic review37
Adherence to Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines among infants and associations with development: a longitudinal study36
Associations of steps per day and step intensity with the risk of diabetes: the Hispanic Community Health Study / Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL)36
Elementary school compliance with a state recess minimum requirement by racial and geographic factors: a cross-sectional study36
Can the bias of self-reported sitting time be corrected? A statistical model validation study based on data from 23 993 adults in the Norwegian HUNT study36
Benchmarking the nutrition-related commitments and practices of major Belgian food companies35
School-based physical activity in relation to active travel – a cluster randomized controlled trial among adolescents enrolled in the school in motion study in Norway34
Evaluating the impact of the universal infant free school meal policy on the ultra-processed food content of children’s lunches in England and Scotland: a natural experiment34
The effectiveness of digital interventions for increasing physical activity in individuals of low socioeconomic status: a systematic review and meta-analysis33
“Balancing work and movement”: barriers and enablers for being physically active at Indian workplaces – findings from SMART STEP trial33
Device-measured sedentary time and intensity-specific physical activity in relation to all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality: the UK Biobank cohort study33
The impact of interventions in the built environment on physical activity levels: a systematic umbrella review32
Contexts, affective and physical states and their variations during physical activity in older adults: an intensive longitudinal study with sensor-triggered event-based ecological momentary assessment31
Correction: Diurnal patterns of accelerometer-measured physical activity and sleep and risk of all-cause mortality: a follow-up of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES)31
Reliability and validity of rapid assessment tools for measuring 24-hour movement behaviours in children aged 0–5 years: the Movement Behaviour Questionnaire Baby (MBQ-B) and child (MBQ-C)30
Socioeconomic position and the effect of energy labelling on consumer behaviour: a systematic review and meta-analysis30
The effects of physical activity on mental health in adolescents with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: a randomized controlled trial30
Shifts in food consumption patterns in the Levant: a systematic review of the last six decades29
“All the fun stuff, the teachers say, ‘that’s dangerous!’” Hearing from children on safety and risk in active play in schools: a systematic review29
The experience of life events and body composition in middle childhood: a population-based study28
Impact of physical activity programs and services for older adults: a rapid review28
Diurnal patterns of accelerometer-measured physical activity and sleep and risk of all-cause mortality: a follow-up of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES)27
The effect of an app-based dietary intervention on diet-related greenhouse gas emissions – results from a randomized controlled trial27
Prioritizing a research agenda on built environments and physical activity: a twin panel Delphi consensus process with researchers and knowledge users27
Associations of neighborhood built, safety, and social environment with walking to and from school among elementary school-aged children in Chiba, Japan27
Revisiting the concept of bout: associations of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity sessions and non-sessions with mortality27
Light-intensity physical activity and mental ill health: a systematic review of observational studies in the general population26
Socioecological correlates of parental lifestyle patterns during the antenatal period26
Secular trends and customer characteristics of sweetened beverage and water purchasing at US convenience and other small food stores, 2014–201726
‘It's about collaboration’: a whole-systems approach to understanding and promoting movement in Suffolk26
Global prevalence of physical activity for children and adolescents; inconsistencies, research gaps, and recommendations: a narrative review25
Rest-activity profiles among U.S. adults in a nationally representative sample: a functional principal component analysis25
A cross-sectional study assessing barriers and facilitators to the sustainability of physical activity and nutrition interventions in early childhood education and care settings25
Physical activity, sugar-sweetened beverages, whole grain bread and insomnia among adolescents and psychological distress in adulthood: prospective data from the population-based HUNT study25
Kids SIPsmartER reduces sugar-sweetened beverages among Appalachian middle-school students and their caregivers: a cluster randomized controlled trial25
Fair play? Participation equity in organised sport and physical activity among children and adolescents in high income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis25
Factors related to the implementation and scale-up of physical activity interventions in Ireland: a qualitative study with policy makers, funders, researchers and practitioners24
Process evaluation findings from Strong Hearts, Healthy Communities 2.0: a cardiovascular disease prevention intervention for rural women24
A qualitative exploration of multi-stakeholder perspectives of before-school physical activity24
Systematic literature review of instruments that measure the healthfulness of food and beverages sold in informal food outlets24
Losing sleep influences dietary intake in children: a longitudinal compositional analysis of a randomised crossover trial24
Unveiling viewpoints on national food environment policies in the Dutch newspaper discourse: an interpretative media content analysis24
A multi-perspective qualitative exploration of the reasons for changes in the physical activity among 10–11-year-old children following the easing of the COVID-19 lockdown in the UK in 202124
Bi-directional relationships between physical activity and mental health among a large sample of Canadian youth: a sex-stratified analysis of students in the COMPASS study23
The impact of participant mental health on attendance and engagement in a trial of behavioural weight management programmes: secondary analysis of the WRAP randomised controlled trial23
Operationalising the 20-minute neighbourhood23
Development and content validity of an application to assess 24-hour movement behaviors in 0–4-year-old children involving end-users and key stakeholders: the My Little Moves app23
Influences on the dietary intakes of preschool children: a systematic scoping review23
Flexible or rigid control of eating scale: development and validation of the FORCES in women23
Modelling the potential health and economic benefits of reducing population sitting time in Australia23
Socioeconomic position as a predictor of youth's movement trajectory profiles between ages 10 and 14 years22
Sociodemographic differences in 24-hour time-use behaviours in New Zealand children22
Delivery of telehealth nutrition and physical activity interventions to adults living in rural areas: a scoping review21
Effects of combined dietary intervention and physical-cognitive exercise on cognitive function and cardiometabolic health of postmenopausal women with obesity: a randomized controlled trial21
Association between physical activity and cancer risk among Chinese adults: a 10-year prospective study21
The association of highly processed food consumption with food choice values and food literacy in Japanese adults: a nationwide cross-sectional study21
Trajectories of objectively measured physical activity and childhood overweight: longitudinal analysis of the IDEFICS/I.Family cohort20
From physical activity patterns to cognitive status: development and validation of novel digital biomarkers for cognitive assessment in older adults20
The effect of physical activity on sleep disturbance in various populations: a scoping review of randomized clinical trials20
Mediterranean diet and depression: a population-based cohort study20
Studying dietary intake in daily life through multilevel two-part modelling: a novel analytical approach and its practical application20
Cost-effectiveness of reducing children’s sedentary time and increasing physical activity at school: the Transform-Us! intervention20
Correction: National school food standards in England: a cross-sectional study to explore compliance in secondary schools and impact on pupil nutritional intake20
Using a customer discovery process to enhance the potential dissemination and scalability of a family healthy weight program for rural communities and small towns20
Hypothetical mechanisms driving physical activity levels in ethnic minority groups living in Europe: a systematically identified evidence-based conceptual systems model20
Cross-sectional associations between mental health indicators and social vulnerability, with physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep in urban African young women20
How pictorial warnings change parents’ purchases of sugar-sweetened beverage for their children: mechanisms of impact20
Motivational profiles and change in physical activity during a weight loss intervention: a secondary data analysis20
A cardiac-rehab behaviour intervention to reduce sedentary time in coronary artery disease patients: the SIT LESS randomized controlled trial19
The associations of muscle-strengthening exercise with recurrence and mortality among breast cancer survivors: a systematic review19
Gender differences in the distribution of children’s physical activity: evidence from nine countries19
Using formative process evaluation to improve program implementation and accessibility of competitive group-based physical activity in the TEAM-PA trial19
How does the updated Nutri-Score discriminate and classify the nutritional quality of foods in a Norwegian setting?19
Correction: Cost-effectiveness analysis of a multiple health behaviour change intervention in people aged between 45 and 75 years: a cluster randomized controlled trial in primary care (EIRA study)19
Play Active physical activity policy intervention and implementation support in early childhood education and care: results from a pragmatic cluster randomised trial18
Longitudinal change in physical activity and adiposity in the transition from adolescence to early adulthood: the 1993 Pelotas cohort study18
A descriptive assessment of a broad range of food-related parenting practices in a diverse cohort of parents of preschoolers using the novel Real-Time Parent Feeding Practices Survey18
Prospective relations between maternal emotional eating, feeding to soothe, and infant appetitive behaviors18
Initial insights into the impact and implementation of Creating Active Schools in Bradford, UK18
Adoption, implementation, and sustainability of early childhood feeding, nutrition and active play interventions in real-world settings: a systematic review18
Using photovoice to explore young women’s experiences of behaviour change techniques in physical activity mobile apps18
Home environment factors associated with child BMI changes during COVID-19 pandemic17
Accelerometer-measured physical activity and sedentary time among children and their parents in the UK before and after COVID-19 lockdowns: a natural experiment17
Mapping recommended strategies to promote active and healthy lifestyles through physical education classes: a scoping review17
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 Bradfo17
Characterizing children’s eating patterns: does the choice of eating occasion definition matter?17
Correction to: Evaluating the reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation and maintenance of the Resistance Training for Teens program17
Joint associations of social health and movement behaviours with mortality and cardiovascular disease: an analysis of 497,544 UK biobank participants17
Physical activity from adolescence to young adulthood: patterns of change, and their associations with activity domains and sedentary time17
A mixed methods study of siblings’ roles in maternal feeding practices in early childhood: an application of the learning from experience process17
Restricting child-directed ads is effective, but adding a time-based ban is better: evaluating a multi-phase regulation to protect children from unhealthy food marketing on television17
Built and natural environment correlates of physical activity of adults living in rural areas: a systematic review16
Assessment of 24-hour physical behaviour in adults via wearables: a systematic review of validation studies under laboratory conditions16
Investigating the physical activity, health, wellbeing, social and environmental effects of a new urban greenway: a natural experiment (the PARC study)16
Addressing schoolteacher food and nutrition-related health and wellbeing: a scoping review of the food and nutrition constructs used across current research16
Improving children’s fundamental movement skills through a family-based physical activity program: results from the “Active 1 + FUN” randomized controlled trial15
Validity and reliability of self-reported methods for assessment of 24-h movement behaviours: a systematic review15
A process evaluation, with mediation analysis, of a web-based intervention to augment primary care exercise referral schemes: the e-coachER randomised controlled trial15
Television viewing time and all-cause mortality: interactions with BMI, physical activity, smoking, and dietary factors15
Weight outcomes of NU-HOME: a randomized controlled trial to prevent obesity among rural children15
Exploring the changing association between parental and adolescent fruit and vegetable intakes, from age 10 to 30 years15
Cross-sectional associations between 24-hour time-use composition, grey matter volume and cognitive function in healthy older adults15
Trajectories of lifestyle patterns from 2 to 8 years of age and cardiometabolic risk in children: the GUSTO study15
Dose and engagement during an extended contact physical activity and dietary behavior change intervention delivered via tailored text messaging: exploring relationships with behavioral outcomes15
The effect of leisure time physical activity and sedentary behaviour on the health of workers with different occupational physical activity demands: a systematic review15
A systematic review of proxy-report questionnaires assessing physical activity, sedentary behavior and/or sleep in young children (aged 0–5 years)15
Short and medium-term effects of the COVID-19 lockdowns on child and parent accelerometer-measured physical activity and sedentary time: a natural experiment15
The context matters - not all prolonged sitting bouts are equally related to momentary affective states: an ambulatory assessment with sedentary-triggered E-diaries15
Prospective associations between changes in physical activity and sedentary time and subsequent lean muscle mass in older English adults: the EPIC-Norfolk cohort study14
Targeting mental health and wellbeing in women who have experienced gender-based violence through moderate-vigorous physical activity: a systematic review14
#Fail: the quality and accuracy of nutrition-related information by influential Australian Instagram accounts14
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 Belgium14
Longitudinal associations of movement behaviours with body composition and physical fitness from 4 to 9 years of age: structural equation and mediation analysis with compositional data14
The Physical Activity Messaging Framework (PAMF) and Checklist (PAMC): International consensus statement and user guide14
Effects of red meat taxes and warning labels on food groups selected in a randomized controlled trial14
Late-life physical activity, midlife-to-late-life activity patterns, APOE ε4 genotype, and cognitive impairment among Chinese older adults: a population-based observational study14
Relative validity of the Chrono-Nutrition Behavior Questionnaire (CNBQ) against 11-day event-based ecological momentary assessment diaries of eating14
The case for investment in nutritional interventions to prevent and reduce childhood and adolescent overweight and obesity in Peru: a modelling study14
Identifying and predicting food parenting practice profiles among Canadian parents14
Effectiveness of interventions to increase device-measured physical activity in pregnant women: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials14
The effectiveness of physical activity interventions using activity trackers during or after inpatient care: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials14
Contrasting compositions of sitting, standing, stepping, and sleeping time: associations with glycaemic outcome by diabetes risk14
Adherence to 24-h movement behavior guidelines and psychosocial functioning in young children: a longitudinal analysis14
Is walking netball an effective, acceptable and feasible method to increase physical activity and improve health in middle- to older age women?: A RE-AIM evaluation14
Comparing national device-based physical activity surveillance systems: a systematic review14
Timing of food pieces introduction and neurodevelopment: findings from a nationwide birth cohort13
Socioeconomic position and the influence of food portion size on daily energy intake in adult females: two randomized controlled trials13
Health effects and cost-effectiveness of a multilevel physical activity intervention in low-income older adults; results from the PEP4PA cluster randomized controlled trial13
Using social networks to scale up and sustain community-based programmes to improve physical activity and diet in low-income and middle-income countries: a scoping review13
Mobility and muscle strength trajectories in old age: the beneficial effect of Mediterranean diet in combination with physical activity and social support13
School-based healthy eating interventions for adolescents aged 10–19 years: an umbrella review13
Reframing physically active learning as movement-centred pedagogy: a European priority action framework13
Children’s Health in London and Luton (CHILL) cohort: a 12-month natural experimental study of the effects of the Ultra Low Emission Zone on children’s travel to school13
Replacing of sedentary behavior with physical activity and the risk of mortality in people with prediabetes and diabetes: a prospective cohort study13
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