International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Article	Citations
Impact of the COVID-19 virus outbreak on movement and play behaviours of Canadian children and youth: a national survey	589
2020 WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour for children and adolescents aged 5–17 years: summary of the evidence	349
A comparison of self-reported and device measured sedentary behaviour in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis	172
Systematic review of the prospective association of daily step counts with risk of mortality, cardiovascular disease, and dysglycemia	153
Variations in accelerometry measured physical activity and sedentary time across Europe – harmonized analyses of 47,497 children and adolescents	143
Advancing the global physical activity agenda: recommendations for future research by the 2020 WHO physical activity and sedentary behavior guidelines development group	135
Combinations of physical activity, sedentary time, and sleep duration and their associations with depressive symptoms and other mental health problems in children and adolescents: a systematic review	119
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	103
Development of a consensus statement on the role of the family in the physical activity, sedentary, and sleep behaviours of children and youth	102
New global guidelines on sedentary behaviour and health for adults: broadening the behavioural targets	91
The relationship between physical activity, mental wellbeing and symptoms of mental health disorder in adolescents: a cohort study	89
Using a multi-stakeholder experience-based design process to co-develop the Creating Active Schools Framework	84
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	83
Effects of physical activity programs on sleep outcomes in older adults: a systematic review	83
Can consumer wearable activity tracker-based interventions improve physical activity and cardiometabolic health in patients with chronic diseases? A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised c	79
Adoption, implementation and sustainability of school-based physical activity and sedentary behaviour interventions in real-world settings: a systematic review	74
A systematic review and meta-analysis of the overall effects of school-based obesity prevention interventions and effect differences by intervention components	73
Get the message? A scoping review of physical activity messaging	72
Screen time and problem behaviors in children: exploring the mediating role of sleep duration	71
Type of screen time moderates effects on outcomes in 4013 children: evidence from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children	68
The effects of step-count monitoring interventions on physical activity: systematic review and meta-analysis of community-based randomised controlled trials in adults	66
Implementation and scale-up of physical activity and behavioural nutrition interventions: an evaluation roadmap	66
Dose–response relationship between physical activity and mortality in adults with noncommunicable diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective observational studies	65
Factors influencing physical activity participation among people living with or beyond cancer: a systematic scoping review	63
Seasons, weather, and device-measured movement behaviors: a scoping review from 2006 to 2020	61

A systematic evaluation of digital nutrition promotion websites and apps for supporting parents to influence children’s nutrition	60
Global prevalence of physical activity for children and adolescents; inconsistencies, research gaps, and recommendations: a narrative review	58
Individualized home-based exercise and nutrition interventions improve frailty in older adults: a randomized controlled trial	58
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	56
A systematic review of artificial intelligence chatbots for promoting physical activity, healthy diet, and weight loss	53
Identification and evaluation of risk of generalizability biases in pilot versus efficacy/effectiveness trials: a systematic review and meta-analysis	52
Association between parent and child physical activity: a systematic review	52
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	51
The neighborhood social environment and physical activity: a systematic scoping review	50
The effectiveness of digital interventions for increasing physical activity in individuals of low socioeconomic status: a systematic review and meta-analysis	50
Content validity and methodological considerations in ecological momentary assessment studies on physical activity and sedentary behaviour: a systematic review	49
The impact of physical activity on healthy ageing trajectories: evidence from eight cohort studies	49
Childhood fussy/picky eating behaviours: a systematic review and synthesis of qualitative studies	49
Adherence to a healthy lifestyle and all-cause and cause-specific mortality in Chinese adults: a 10-year prospective study of 0.5 million people	49
Exercise and colorectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of exercise safety, feasibility and effectiveness	47
How effective are physical activity interventions when they are scaled-up: a systematic review	45
Descriptive epidemiology of physical activity energy expenditure in UK adults (The Fenland study)	45
A systematic review of the effect of infrastructural interventions to promote cycling: strengthening causal inference from observational data	43
The effectiveness of sedentary behaviour interventions on sitting time and screen time in children and adults: an umbrella review of systematic reviews	43
Worldwide surveillance of self-reported sitting time: a scoping review	42
School-based gardening, cooking and nutrition intervention increased vegetable intake but did not reduce BMI: Texas sprouts - a cluster randomized controlled trial	42
National physical activity and sedentary behaviour policies in 76 countries: availability, comprehensiveness, implementation, and effectiveness	42
Objective understanding of the Nutri-score front-of-pack label by European consumers and its effect on food choices: an online experimental study	42
Bi-directional prospective associations between objectively measured physical activity and fundamental motor skills in children: a two-year follow-up	41
A meta-analysis of the reproducibility of food frequency questionnaires in nutritional epidemiological studies	41
Validity and reliability of subjective methods to assess sedentary behaviour in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis	41
Systematic review of the correlates of outdoor play and time among children aged 3-12 years	40
How COVID-19 lockdown and reopening affected daily steps: evidence based on 164,630 person-days of prospectively collected data from Shanghai, China	40
The impact of exercise interventions concerning executive functions of children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactive disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis	39
Association of ultra-processed food consumption with cardiovascular mortality in the US population: long-term results from a large prospective multicenter study	39
Methods for accounting for neighbourhood self-selection in physical activity and dietary behaviour research: a systematic review	39
Inequality in physical activity, global trends by income inequality and gender in adults	39
A critical evaluation of systematic reviews assessing the effect of chronic physical activity on academic achievement, cognition and the brain in children and adolescents: a systematic review	38
Built environment and physical activity among adolescents: the moderating effects of neighborhood safety and social support	37
Adolescents’ physical activity: cross-national comparisons of levels, distributions and disparities across 52 countries	36
Effectiveness of prescribing physical activity in parks to improve health and wellbeing - the park prescription randomized controlled trial	36
Comparing and assessing physical activity guidelines for children and adolescents: a systematic literature review and analysis	35
Walking cadence (steps/min) and intensity in 41 to 60-year-old adults: the CADENCE-adults study	35
Sedentary behaviour surveillance in Canada: trends, challenges and lessons learned	35
A systematic review of school meal nudge interventions to improve youth food behaviors	34
“Food” and “non-food” self-regulation in childhood: a review and reciprocal analysis	34
Physical activity and sedentary time of youth in structured settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis	34
Systematic review of interventions in the childcare setting with direct parental involvement: effectiveness on child weight status and energy balance-related behaviours	34
The effect of leisure time physical activity and sedentary behaviour on the health of workers with different occupational physical activity demands: a systematic review	34
The physical activity paradox revisited: a prospective study on compositional accelerometer data and long-term sickness absence	33
Effectiveness of physical activity interventions for overweight and obesity during pregnancy: a systematic review of the content of behaviour change interventions	33
Modifiable factors which predict children’s gross motor competence: a prospective cohort study	33
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	33
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	33
Accelerometer-measured physical activity and sedentary time in a cohort of US adults followed for up to 13 years: the influence of removing early follow-up on associations with mortality	33

Mediterranean diet and depression: a population-based cohort study	32
The effects of nudging and pricing on healthy food purchasing behavior in a virtual supermarket setting: a randomized experiment	32
Children’s moderate-to-vigorous physical activity on weekdays versus weekend days: a multi-country analysis	32
Mechanisms underpinning the association between physical activity and mental health in adolescence: a 6-year study	32
Recommendations for older adults’ physical activity and sedentary behaviour during hospitalisation for an acute medical illness: an international Delphi study	32
Prospective associations with physiological, psychosocial and educational outcomes of meeting Australian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for the Early Years	31
Neighborhood walkability and 12-year changes in cardio-metabolic risk: the mediating role of physical activity	31
Effect of workplace physical activity interventions on the cardio-metabolic health of working adults: systematic review and meta-analysis	31
Is sitting invisible? Exploring how people mentally represent sitting	30
The effect of social media interventions on physical activity and dietary behaviours in young people and adults: a systematic review	30
A scoping review of physical activity interventions for older adults	30
The effectiveness and complexity of interventions targeting sedentary behaviour across the lifespan: a systematic review and meta-analysis	30
Different neighborhood walkability indexes for active commuting to school are necessary for urban and rural children and adolescents	29
The prevalence of multimorbidity and its association with physical activity and sleep duration in middle aged and elderly adults: a longitudinal analysis from China	29
Choice architecture interventions to change physical activity and sedentary behavior: a systematic review of effects on intention, behavior and health outcomes during and after intervention	29
Recent changes in the Dutch foodscape: socioeconomic and urban-rural differences	29
Efficacy of the ‘Stand and Move at Work’ multicomponent workplace intervention to reduce sedentary time and improve cardiometabolic risk: a group randomized clinical trial	28
Substituting prolonged sedentary time and cardiovascular risk in children and youth: a meta-analysis within the International Children’s Accelerometry database (ICAD)	28
Effects of school-based physical activity on mathematics performance in children: a systematic review	28
Long-term outcomes (2 and 3.5 years post-intervention) of the INFANT early childhood intervention to improve health behaviors and reduce obesity: cluster randomised controlled trial follow-up	27
Social return on investment (SROI) method to evaluate physical activity and sport interventions: a systematic review	27
Systematic review: a systems innovation perspective on barriers and facilitators for the implementation of healthy food-store interventions	27
Cooking skills related to potential benefits for dietary behaviors and weight status among older Japanese men and women: a cross-sectional study from the JAGES	27
Infants’ and toddlers’ physical activity and sedentary time as measured by accelerometry: a systematic review and meta-analysis	26
Physical activity and prospective associations with indicators of health and development in children aged <5 years: a systematic review	26
Understanding and use of food labeling systems among Whites and Latinos in the United States and among Mexicans: Results from the International Food Policy Study, 2017	26
Sociodemographic differences in motives for food selection: results from the LoCard cross-sectional survey	26
Consolidating evidence on the effectiveness of interventions promoting fruit and vegetable consumption: an umbrella review	26
Cardiorespiratory fitness and lifestyle on severe COVID-19 risk in 279,455 adults: a case control study	25
Invest in physical activity to protect and promote health: the 2020 WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour	25
Operationalising the 20-minute neighbourhood	25
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	25
Tracking of total sedentary time and sedentary patterns in youth: a pooled analysis using the International Children’s Accelerometry Database (ICAD)	24
Population-level physical activity surveillance in young people: are accelerometer-based measures ready for prime time?	24
Do associations of sex, age and education with transport and leisure-time physical activity differ across 17 cities in 12 countries?	24
Walking cadence (steps/min) and intensity in 61–85-year-old adults: the CADENCE-Adults study	24
Accelerometry-assessed physical activity and sedentary time and associations with chronic disease and hospital visits - a prospective cohort study with 15 years follow-up	23
Combining sensor tracking with a GPS-based mobility survey to better measure physical activity in trips: public transport generates walking	23
Prevalence and correlates of adherence to movement guidelines among urban and rural children in Mozambique: a cross-sectional study	23
The relationship between the home environment and child adiposity: a systematic review	23
Investigating longitudinal context-specific physical activity patterns in transition from primary to secondary school using accelerometers, GPS, and GIS	23
Cardiorespiratory fitness and accelerometer-determined physical activity following one year of free-living high-intensity interval training and moderate-intensity continuous training: a randomized tri	22
Musculoskeletal pain and sedentary behaviour in occupational and non-occupational settings: a systematic review with meta-analysis	22
Calorie reformulation: a systematic review and meta-analysis examining the effect of manipulating food energy density on daily energy intake	22
Is the perceived neighborhood built environment associated with domain-specific physical activity in Latin American adults? An eight-country observational study	22
Personalised nutrition advice reduces intake of discretionary foods and beverages: findings from the Food4Me randomised controlled trial	21
Neighbourhood fast food exposure and consumption: the mediating role of neighbourhood social norms	21
Muscle-strengthening activities and cancer incidence and mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies	21
Association between time-weighted activity space-based exposures to fast food outlets and fast food consumption among young adults in urban Canada	21
Better transport accessibility, better health: a health economic impact assessment study for Melbourne, Australia	20
Urban Moveability and physical activity in children: longitudinal results from the IDEFICS and I.Family cohort	20
Cross-sectional study of changes in physical activity behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic among US adults	20
Later sleep timing predicts accelerated summer weight gain among elementary school children: a prospective observational study	20
Physical activity from adolescence to young adulthood: patterns of change, and their associations with activity domains and sedentary time	20
Rural physical activity interventions in the United States: a systematic review and RE-AIM evaluation	20
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	20
Demographic characteristics associated with circadian rest-activity rhythm patterns: a cross-sectional study	19
Isotemporal substitution of inactive time with physical activity and time in bed: cross-sectional associations with cardiometabolic health in the PREDIMED-Plus study	19
Evaluation of the impact of calorie labeling on McDonald’s restaurant menus: a natural experiment	19
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	19
Commercial app use linked with sustained physical activity in two Canadian provinces: a 12-month quasi-experimental study	19
Eating behaviors and weight loss outcomes in a 12-month randomized trial of diet and/or exercise intervention in postmenopausal women	19
A tale of two cities: the cost, price-differential and affordability of current and healthy diets in Sydney and Canberra, Australia	19
Socioeconomic position and the impact of increasing availability of lower energy meals vs. menu energy labelling on food choice: two randomized controlled trials in a virtual fast-food restaurant	19
Longitudinal association of changes in diet with changes in body weight and waist circumference in subjects at high cardiovascular risk: the PREDIMED trial	19
Co-designing obesity prevention interventions together with children: intervention mapping meets youth-led participatory action research	19
Compositional analysis of the associations between 24-h movement behaviours and cardio-metabolic risk factors in overweight and obese adults with pre-diabetes from the PREVIEW study: cross-sectional b	19
The impact of summer vacation on children’s obesogenic behaviors and body mass index: a natural experiment	19
Accelerometer-measured physical activity and sedentary time among children and their parents in the UK before and after COVID-19 lockdowns: a natural experiment	19
The use and misuse of ratio and proportion exposure measures in food environment research	19
Maternal feeding style and child weight status among Hispanic families with low-income levels: a longitudinal study of the direction of effects	18
Associations of park access, park use and physical activity in parks with wellbeing in an Asian urban environment: a cross-sectional study	18
Development and validation of the neighborhood environment walkability scale for youth across six continents	18
Workplace neighbourhood built environment and workers’ physically-active and sedentary behaviour: a systematic review of observational studies	18
Strategies used by the Canadian food and beverage industry to influence food and nutrition policies	18
Clusters of diet, physical activity, television exposure and sleep habits and their association with adiposity in preschool children: the EDEN mother-child cohort	18
Built and social environmental factors influencing healthy behaviours in older Chinese immigrants to Australia: a qualitative study	18
Development of a national childhood obesogenic environment index in the United States: differences by region and rurality	18
Parental control and support for physical activity predict adolescents’ moderate to vigorous physical activity over five years	18
Lifestyle-integrated functional exercise to prevent falls and promote physical activity: Results from the LiFE-is-LiFE randomized non-inferiority trial	18

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	18
Serum carotenoids are strongly associated with dermal carotenoids but not self-reported fruit and vegetable intake among overweight and obese women	17
Unhealthy snack intake modifies the association between screen-based sedentary time and metabolic syndrome in Brazilian adolescents	17
Fair play? Participation equity in organised sport and physical activity among children and adolescents in high income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis	17
Associations between lifestyle interventions during pregnancy and childhood weight and growth: a systematic review and meta-analysis	17
The effect of a school-based intervention on physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness and muscle strength: the School in Motion cluster randomized trial	17
Development of an objectively measured walkability index for the Netherlands	17
Co-creating a 24-hour movement behavior tool together with 9–12-year-old children using mixed-methods: MyDailyMoves	17
‘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	17
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	17
Prospective association between organic food consumption and the risk of type 2 diabetes: findings from the NutriNet-Santé cohort study	17
How do short sleepers use extra waking hours? A compositional analysis of 24-h time-use patterns among children and adolescents	17
Association of daily composition of physical activity and sedentary behaviour with incidence of cardiovascular disease in older adults	17
A social marketing perspective of young adults' concepts of eating for health: is it a question of morality?	17
The caloric and sugar content of beverages purchased at different store-types changed after the sugary drinks taxation in Mexico	17
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	17
Stand Out in Class: restructuring the classroom environment to reduce sitting time – findings from a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial	17