International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Papers
(The TQCC of International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity is 14. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
ArticleCitations
Efficiency of time-restricted eating and energy restriction on anthropometrics and body composition in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials135
Impact of ¡Míranos! on parent-reported home-based healthy energy balance-related behaviors in low-income Latino preschool children: a clustered randomized controlled trial94
The effectiveness of new urban trail infrastructure on physical activity and active transportation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of natural experiments94
Cooking skills, living alone, and mortality: JAGES cohort study80
Offering a lifestyle intervention to women of premenopausal age as primary prevention for cardiovascular disease? – assessing its cost-effectiveness75
Accelerometer-derived physical activity patterns and incident type 2 diabetes: a prospective cohort study70
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 I69
Physical activity and academic achievement: an analysis of potential student- and school-level moderators62
Do personality profiles contribute to patterns of physical activity and sedentary behavior in adulthood? A prospective cohort study58
U.S. Adolescent Rest-Activity patterns: insights from functional principal component analysis (NHANES 2011–2014)58
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 study57
Towards effective restriction of unhealthy food marketing to children: unlocking the potential of artificial intelligence56
Environmental and practice factors associated with children’s device-measured physical activity and sedentary time in early childhood education and care centres: a systematic review52
Real-life experiments in supermarkets to encourage healthy dietary-related behaviours: opportunities, challenges and lessons learned52
A latent transition analysis of physical activity and screen-based sedentary behavior from adolescence to young adulthood50
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 trials48
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 study48
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 Internati46
Implementation of elementary school physical education quantity and quality law through school district audit, feedback, and coaching45
Calorie reformulation: a systematic review and meta-analysis examining the effect of manipulating food energy density on daily energy intake43
“Balancing work and movement”: barriers and enablers for being physically active at Indian workplaces – findings from SMART STEP trial42
Device-measured sedentary time and intensity-specific physical activity in relation to all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality: the UK Biobank cohort study41
School-based physical activity in relation to active travel – a cluster randomized controlled trial among adolescents enrolled in the school in motion study in Norway37
Association between child and youth physical activity and family functioning: a systematic review of observational studies37
Incentivising public transport use for physical activity gain: process evaluation of the COVID-19 disrupted trips4health randomised controlled trial37
Benchmarking the nutrition-related commitments and practices of major Belgian food companies37
Daily time-use compositions of physical behaviours and its association with evaluative and experienced wellbeing: a multilevel compositional analysis36
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
Elementary school compliance with a state recess minimum requirement by racial and geographic factors: a cross-sectional study36
Age-related differences in eating location, food source location, and timing of snack intake among U.S. children 1–19 years35
Optimal dosage of group-based organized physical activity for enhancing social abilities in autistic children: insights from a multilevel meta-analysis35
Adherence to Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines among infants and associations with development: a longitudinal study35
The effects of different types of leisure-time physical activity on positive mental health among adolescents: a mixed-methods systematic review and meta-analysis35
Adolescent physical activity profiles as determinants of emerging adults’ physical activity34
The impact of selected methodological factors on data collection outcomes in observational studies of device-measured physical behaviour in adults: A systematic review34
Associations of steps per day and step intensity with the risk of diabetes: the Hispanic Community Health Study / Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL)34
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 impact of interventions in the built environment on physical activity levels: a systematic umbrella review34
Shifts in food consumption patterns in the Levant: a systematic review of the last six decades33
Barriers and enablers of vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity (VILPA) in physically inactive adults: a focus group study33
Correction: 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 school33
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)33
The effect of an app-based dietary intervention on diet-related greenhouse gas emissions – results from a randomized controlled trial32
Association between physical activity energy expenditure and markers of healthspan during prolonged calorie restriction in individuals without obesity: observations from the CALERIE™ phase 2 randomize32
Identifying behaviour change techniques within precision health interventions that use continuous glucose monitoring: a secondary analysis of a scoping review31
A cross-sectional study assessing barriers and facilitators to the sustainability of physical activity and nutrition interventions in early childhood education and care settings31
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
Rest-activity profiles among U.S. adults in a nationally representative sample: a functional principal component analysis31
Effects of a school-based physical activity intervention on children with intellectual disability: a cluster randomized trial30
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
Prioritizing a research agenda on built environments and physical activity: a twin panel Delphi consensus process with researchers and knowledge users30
Secular trends and customer characteristics of sweetened beverage and water purchasing at US convenience and other small food stores, 2014–201730
The effects of physical activity on mental health in adolescents with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: a randomized controlled trial30
Socioecological correlates of parental lifestyle patterns during the antenatal period30
Impact of physical activity programs and services for older adults: a rapid review29
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)29
“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
Revisiting the concept of bout: associations of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity sessions and non-sessions with mortality29
Fair play? Participation equity in organised sport and physical activity among children and adolescents in high income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis28
‘It's about collaboration’: a whole-systems approach to understanding and promoting movement in Suffolk28
Socioeconomic position and the effect of energy labelling on consumer behaviour: a systematic review and meta-analysis28
Unveiling viewpoints on national food environment policies in the Dutch newspaper discourse: an interpretative media content analysis28
Factors related to the implementation and scale-up of physical activity interventions in Ireland: a qualitative study with policy makers, funders, researchers and practitioners27
A qualitative exploration of multi-stakeholder perspectives of before-school physical activity27
Cross-sectional associations between mental health indicators and social vulnerability, with physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep in urban African young women27
Process evaluation findings from Strong Hearts, Healthy Communities 2.0: a cardiovascular disease prevention intervention for rural women27
Kids SIPsmartER reduces sugar-sweetened beverages among Appalachian middle-school students and their caregivers: a cluster randomized controlled trial27
Delivery of telehealth nutrition and physical activity interventions to adults living in rural areas: a scoping review27
Losing sleep influences dietary intake in children: a longitudinal compositional analysis of a randomised crossover trial26
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 app26
Flexible or rigid control of eating scale: development and validation of the FORCES in women26
Socioeconomic position as a predictor of youth's movement trajectory profiles between ages 10 and 14 years25
Influences on the dietary intakes of preschool children: a systematic scoping review25
Sociodemographic differences in 24-hour time-use behaviours in New Zealand children25
Modelling the potential health and economic benefits of reducing population sitting time in Australia25
The association of highly processed food consumption with food choice values and food literacy in Japanese adults: a nationwide cross-sectional study24
Systematic literature review of instruments that measure the healthfulness of food and beverages sold in informal food outlets24
Association between physical activity and cancer risk among Chinese adults: a 10-year prospective study24
Correction to: Secular trends and sociodemographic disparities in physical activity among adults in eleven African countries: WHO STEPS 2003–202023
Operationalising the 20-minute neighbourhood23
Effect of physical activity on changes in weight and aerobic capacity during an 18-month behavioral weight loss intervention23
Effects of combined dietary intervention and physical-cognitive exercise on cognitive function and cardiometabolic health of postmenopausal women with obesity: a randomized controlled trial23
Correction: National school food standards in England: a cross-sectional study to explore compliance in secondary schools and impact on pupil nutritional intake23
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 202123
Exploring nudging strategies for plant-based dietary choices in hospital patients: a quasi-experimental study21
Using a customer discovery process to enhance the potential dissemination and scalability of a family healthy weight program for rural communities and small towns21
Hypothetical mechanisms driving physical activity levels in ethnic minority groups living in Europe: a systematically identified evidence-based conceptual systems model21
The effect of physical activity on sleep disturbance in various populations: a scoping review of randomized clinical trials21
Cost-effectiveness of reducing children’s sedentary time and increasing physical activity at school: the Transform-Us! intervention21
Maintaining physical activity in people with long-term conditions following engagement in physical activity referral schemes: barriers, enablers, and intervention strategies21
Digital assessment of real-world walking in people with impaired mobility: How many hours and days are needed?21
How does the updated Nutri-Score discriminate and classify the nutritional quality of foods in a Norwegian setting?21
Primary school-based food environment intervention increases diet diversity: Project Daire, a cluster randomized controlled trial21
How pictorial warnings change parents’ purchases of sugar-sweetened beverage for their children: mechanisms of impact20
A cardiac-rehab behaviour intervention to reduce sedentary time in coronary artery disease patients: the SIT LESS randomized controlled trial20
The impact of deprivation and neighbourhood food environments on home food environments, parental feeding practices, child eating behaviours, food preferences and BMI: The Family Food Experience Study20
From physical activity patterns to cognitive status: development and validation of novel digital biomarkers for cognitive assessment in older adults20
Gender differences in the distribution of children’s physical activity: evidence from nine countries20
The associations of muscle-strengthening exercise with recurrence and mortality among breast cancer survivors: a systematic review19
Temporal trends of no moderate to vigorous physical activity in adolescents: a 16-year trend analysis of 115,926 participants19
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
Adoption, implementation, and sustainability of early childhood feeding, nutrition and active play interventions in real-world settings: a systematic review19
Reallocation of time between accelerometer-derived movement behaviors, genetic susceptibility, and risk of incident dementia, mortality, and premature death: a longitudinal cohort study19
Longitudinal change in physical activity and adiposity in the transition from adolescence to early adulthood: the 1993 Pelotas cohort study19
Play Active physical activity policy intervention and implementation support in early childhood education and care: results from a pragmatic cluster randomised trial19
Using photovoice to explore young women’s experiences of behaviour change techniques in physical activity mobile apps19
Initial insights into the impact and implementation of Creating Active Schools in Bradford, UK18
Using formative process evaluation to improve program implementation and accessibility of competitive group-based physical activity in the TEAM-PA trial18
Exploring the changing association between parental and adolescent fruit and vegetable intakes, from age 10 to 30 years18
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 television18
Optimising 24-Hour movement behaviours in preschoolers through parenting practices: an evidence-based intervention study18
Considerations in using heart rate-based physical activity estimates from consumer wearables in individuals with varying weight status18
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
Addressing schoolteacher food and nutrition-related health and wellbeing: a scoping review of the food and nutrition constructs used across current research18
Joint associations of social health and movement behaviours with mortality and cardiovascular disease: an analysis of 497,544 UK biobank participants18
A mixed methods study of siblings’ roles in maternal feeding practices in early childhood: an application of the learning from experience process18
Accelerometer-measured physical activity and sedentary time among children and their parents in the UK before and after COVID-19 lockdowns: a natural experiment18
Home environment factors associated with child BMI changes during COVID-19 pandemic18
Cross-sectional associations between 24-hour time-use composition, grey matter volume and cognitive function in healthy older adults18
A systematic review of proxy-report questionnaires assessing physical activity, sedentary behavior and/or sleep in young children (aged 0–5 years)18
Effectiveness of a multi-component intervention including pictorial warnings to reduce sugar-sweetened beverage consumption - a randomized controlled trial17
Assessment of 24-hour physical behaviour in adults via wearables: a systematic review of validation studies under laboratory conditions17
Mapping recommended strategies to promote active and healthy lifestyles through physical education classes: a scoping review17
Accelerometer measurement error in a randomized physical activity intervention trial in breast cancer survivors was nondifferential but attenuated the intervention effect17
Built and natural environment correlates of physical activity of adults living in rural areas: a systematic review17
Short and medium-term effects of the COVID-19 lockdowns on child and parent accelerometer-measured physical activity and sedentary time: a natural experiment17
Television viewing time and all-cause mortality: interactions with BMI, physical activity, smoking, and dietary factors17
Weight outcomes of NU-HOME: a randomized controlled trial to prevent obesity among rural children17
Validity and reliability of self-reported methods for assessment of 24-h movement behaviours: a systematic review17
Cycling infrastructure as a determinant of cycling for recreation and transportation in Montréal, Canada: a natural experiment using the longitudinal national population health survey16
Effective components of integrated motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioural therapy for lifestyle behaviour change: a modified Delphi study16
A process evaluation, with mediation analysis, of a web-based intervention to augment primary care exercise referral schemes: the e-coachER randomised controlled trial16
Relative validity of the Chrono-Nutrition Behavior Questionnaire (CNBQ) against 11-day event-based ecological momentary assessment diaries of eating16
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 data16
Trajectories of lifestyle patterns from 2 to 8 years of age and cardiometabolic risk in children: the GUSTO study16
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: randomi15
Effectiveness of interventions to increase device-measured physical activity in pregnant women: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials15
#Fail: the quality and accuracy of nutrition-related information by influential Australian Instagram accounts15
Effects of red meat taxes and warning labels on food groups selected in a randomized controlled trial15
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 review15
Targeting mental health and wellbeing in women who have experienced gender-based violence through moderate-vigorous physical activity: a systematic review15
Prospective associations between changes in physical activity and sedentary time and subsequent lean muscle mass in older English adults: the EPIC-Norfolk cohort study15
Late-life physical activity, midlife-to-late-life activity patterns, APOE ε4 genotype, and cognitive impairment among Chinese older adults: a population-based observational study15
Systems approaches in public health: beyond mapping the causes15
The effectiveness of physical activity interventions using activity trackers during or after inpatient care: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials15
Comparing national device-based physical activity surveillance systems: a systematic review15
Adherence to the World Health Organization’s physical activity recommendation in preschool-aged children: a systematic review and meta-analysis of accelerometer studies14
Development of the Canadian food intake screener for adolescents based on Canada’s Food Guide 2019 healthy eating recommendations14
Profiling users and non-users of meal delivery services in Belgium using latent class analysis14
The case for investment in nutritional interventions to prevent and reduce childhood and adolescent overweight and obesity in Peru: a modelling study14
Socioeconomic position and the influence of food portion size on daily energy intake in adult females: two randomized controlled trials14
Timing of food pieces introduction and neurodevelopment: findings from a nationwide birth cohort14
Worse sleep health predicts less frequent breakfast consumption among adolescents in a micro-longitudinal analysis14
Development of the Canadian Eating Practices Screener for Adolescents to assess eating practices based on Canada’s Food Guide 2019 recommendations14
School-related sedentary behaviours and indicators of health and well-being among children and youth: a systematic review14
Trajectories of 24-h movement guidelines from middle adolescence to adulthood on depression and suicidal ideation: a 22-year follow-up study14
Reframing physically active learning as movement-centred pedagogy: a European priority action framework14
Trajectories of plant-based dietary patterns and their sex-specific associations with cardiometabolic health among young Australian adults14
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 school14
Replacing of sedentary behavior with physical activity and the risk of mortality in people with prediabetes and diabetes: a prospective cohort study14
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