IJBNPA Associate Editors: Expertise in implementation science, qualitative research, or systems science needed
The International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (IJBNPA) is the official journal of the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA). IJBNPA is published by BMC (part of Springer Nature) and is regarded as one of their flagship journals. The journal has a strong impact factor ...
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Call for Expressions of Interest – IJBNPA Associate Editors
The International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (IJBNPA) is the official journal of the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA). IJBNPA is published by BMC (part of Springer Nature) and is regarded as one of their flagship journals. The journal has a strong impact factor ...
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IJBNPA Awards presented @Phoenix in the #ISBNPA2022 Annual Meeting
We are pleased to inform you of the IJBNPA awards. Firstly, we present the names of the Outstanding Reviewer Contributions 2021. Trynke HoekstraTom StewartGregory HeathStuart JH Biddle And the most cited papers in each category. AwardAuthorsPaper Title and LinkMOST CITED METHODOLOGY PAPER PUBLISHED IN 2019Elizabeth S. Limb, Shaleen Ahmad, Derek ...
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Global recommendations released to reduce sedentary time at school
April 5, 2022 ISBNPA is proud to help our colleagues at SBRN, the University of Prince Edward Island, and the CHEO Research Institute in the dissemination efforts of these important recommendations. Please read the full press release below and also the two papers, published in IJBNPA, with the recommendations and ...
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Congratulations to the IJBNPA 2020 Awardees
ISBNPA is happy to disseminate the IJBNPA 2020 Awardees (see video below). Congratulations to Kieran Dowd and co-authors for winning the @IJBNPA Most Cited Paper Award in the REVIEW category. Congratulations to @DavyVancampfort and co-authors for winning the @IJBNPA Most Cited Paper Award in the OBSERVATIONAL category. Congratulations to @Harriet_Koorts ...
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Call for Expressions of Interest for IJBNPA Associate Editors
The International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (IJBNPA) is the official journal of the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA). IJBNPA is published by BMC (part of Springer Nature) and is regarded as one of their flagship journals. The journal has seen a steady increase ...
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The physical activity parenting practices (PAPP) item Bank: a psychometrically validated tool for improving the measurement of physical activity parenting practices of parents of 5–12-year-old children
Many tools have been developed to measure physical activity parenting practices (PAPP). Currently, there is little standardization on how PAPP constructs are operationalized for 5–12 year-old children. Given t ...
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Everything counts in sending the right message: science-based messaging implications from the 2020 WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour
The World Health Organization (WHO) released the 2020 global guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour. The new guidelines contain a significant change from the 2010 guidelines on physical activi ...
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Efficacy of the ‘Stand and Move at Work’ multicomponent workplace intervention to reduce sedentary time and improve cardiometabolic risk: a group randomized clinical trial
Sedentary time is associated with chronic disease and premature mortality. We tested a multilevel workplace intervention with and without sit-stand workstations to reduce sedentary time and lower cardiometabol ...
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Where we eat is who we are: a survey of food-related travel patterns to Singapore’s hawker centers, food courts and coffee shops
The development of empirically-grounded policies to change the obesogenic nature of urban environment has been impeded by limited, inconclusive evidence of the link between food environments, dietary behaviors ...
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Development of physical activity policy and implementation strategies for early childhood education and care settings using the Delphi process
The aim of this study was to gain consensus on an evidence informed physical activity policy template for early childhood education and care (ECEC) and determine best-practice dissemination and implementation ...
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Associations of early adulthood life transitions with changes in fast food intake: a latent trajectory analysis
Early adulthood is a period of rapid personal development when individuals experience major life transitions (e.g. leaving the parental home, leaving education, beginning employment, cohabitation and parenthoo ...
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The effects of step-count monitoring interventions on physical activity: systematic review and meta-analysis of community-based randomised controlled trials in adults
Step-count monitors (pedometers, body-worn trackers and smartphone applications) can increase walking, helping to tackle physical inactivity. We aimed to assess the effect of step-count monitors on physical ac ...
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We have the program, what now? Development of an implementation plan to bridge the research-practice gap prevalent in exercise oncology
Exercise has emerged as a promising therapy for people with cancer. Novel programs have been developed to translate research into practice; however, implementation barriers have limited their success in part b ...
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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
E- and m-health interventions are promising to change health behaviour. Many of these interventions use a large variety of behaviour change techniques (BCTs), but it’s not known which BCTs or which combination ...
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Zero problems with compositional data of physical behaviors: a comparison of three zero replacement methods
Researchers applying compositional data analysis to time-use data (e.g., time spent in physical behaviors) often face the problem of zeros, that is, recordings of zero time spent in any of the studied behavior ...
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Is the perceived neighborhood built environment associated with domain-specific physical activity in Latin American adults? An eight-country observational study
Characteristics of the neighborhood built environment are associated with physical activity (PA). However, few studies with representative samples have examined environmental correlates of domain-specific PA i ...
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Different neighborhood walkability indexes for active commuting to school are necessary for urban and rural children and adolescents
Literature focusing on youth has reported limited evidence and non-conclusive associations between neighborhood walkability measures and active commuting to and from school (ACS). Moreover, there is a lack of ...
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Differences in adolescent activity and dietary behaviors across home, school, and other locations warrant location-specific intervention approaches
Investigation of physical activity and dietary behaviors across locations can inform “setting-specific” health behavior interventions and improve understanding of contextual vulnerabilities to poor health. Thi ...
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Exercise and colorectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of exercise safety, feasibility and effectiveness
This meta-analysis evaluated the safety, feasibility and effect of exercise among individuals with colorectal cancer ...
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