Browsing Brage NIH by Author "van Sluijs, Esther M. F."
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Aerobic fitness mediates the intervention effects of a school-based physical activity intervention on academic performance: The School in Motion study: A cluster randomized controlled trial
Solberg, Runar Barstad; Steene-Johannessen, Jostein; Anderssen, Sigmund Alfred; Berntsen, Sveinung; Resaland, Geir Kåre; Ekelund, Ulf; Kolle, Elin; Fagerland, Morten Wang; van Sluijs, Esther M. F. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Little information exists on the mechanism of how physical activity interventions effects academic performance. We examined whether the effects of a school-based physical activity intervention on academic performance were ... -
Age-related patterns of vigorous-intensity physical activity in youth: The International Children's Accelerometry Database
Corder, Kirsten; Sharp, Stepher J.; Atkin, Andrew J.; Andersen, Lars Bo; Cardon, Greet; Page, Angie; Davey, Rachel; Grøntvedt, Anders; Hallal, Pedro C.; Janz, Kathleen F.; Kordas, Katarzyna; Kriemler, Susi; Puder, Jardena J.; Sardinha, Luis B.; Ekelund, Ulf; van Sluijs, Esther M. F. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-05-16)Physical activity declines during youth but most evidence reports on combined moderate and vigorous-intensity physical activity. We investigated how vigorous-intensity activity varies with age. Cross-sectional data from ... -
Association between maternal education and objectively measured physical activity and sedentary time in adolescents
Sherar, Lauren B.; Griffin, Tom P.; Ekelund, Ulf; Cooper, Ashley R.; Esliger, Dale W.; van Sluijs, Esther M. F.; Andersen, Lars Bo; Cardon, Greet; Davey, Rachel; Froberg, Karsten; Hallal, Pedro C.; Janz, Kathleen F.; Kordas, Katarzyna; Kriemler, Susi; Pate, Russell R.; Puder, Jardena J.; Sardinha, Luis B.; Timperio, Anna F.; Page, Angie S. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-01-22)Background: Investigating socioeconomic variation in physical activity (PA) and sedentary time is important as it may represent a pathway by which socioeconomic position (SEP) leads to ill health. Findings on the association ... -
Breakfast consumption and physical activity in adolescents: daily associations and hourly patterns
Corder, Kirsten; van Sluijs, Esther M. F.; Ridgway, Charlotte L.; Steele, Rebekah M.; Prynne, Celia J.; Stephen, Allison M.; Bamber, Diane J.; Dunn, Valerie J.; Goodyer, Ian M.; Ekelund, Ulf (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-11-27)BACKGROUND: The association between breakfast consumption and physical activity (PA) is inconclusive. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to investigate daily associations and hourly patterns of PA and breakfast consumption in ... -
Change in objectively measured physical activity during the transition to adolescence.
Corder, Kirsten; Sharp, Stephen J.; Atkin, Andrew J.; Griffin, Simon J.; Jones, Andrew P.; Ekelund, Ulf; van Sluijs, Esther M. F. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-11-22)Background: Physical activity (PA) declines during adolescence but change in different PA intensities across population subgroups is rarely explored. We describe change in sedentary (SED) time, light (LPA), moderate (MPA) ... -
Changes in time-segment specific physical activity between ages 10 and 14 years: A longitudinal observational study
Brooke, Hannah L.; Atkin, Andrew J.; Corder, Kirsten; Ekelund, Ulf; van Sluijs, Esther M. F. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-01)Objectives: Describe (1) time-segment specific changes in physical activity (PA) into adolescence, (2) differences in change in PA between specific time-segments (weekdays–weekends, in-school–out-of-school, out-of-school–weekends, ... -
Children's moderate-to-vigorous physical activity on weekdays versus weekend days: A multi-country analysis
Brazendale, Keith; Beets, Michael W.; Armstrong, Bridget; Weaver, R. Glenn; Hunt, Ethan T.; Pate, Russell R.; Brusseau, Timothy A.; Bohnert, Amy M.; Olds, Timothy; Tassitano, Rafael M.; Tenorio, Maria Cecilia M.; Garcia, Jeanette; Andersen, Lars Bo; Davey, Rachel; Hallal, Pedro C.; Jago, Russell; Kolle, Elin; Kriemler, Susi; Kristensen, Peter L.; Kwon, Soyang; Puder, Jardena J.; Salmon, Jo; Sardinha, Luís B.; van Sluijs, Esther M. F. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Purpose: The Structured Days Hypothesis (SDH) posits that children’s behaviors associated with obesity – such as physical activity – are more favorable on days that contain more ‘structure’ (i.e., a pre-planned, segmented, ... -
Correlates of light and moderate-to-vigorous objectively measured physical activity in four-year old children
van Sluijs, Esther M. F.; McMinn, Alison M.; Inskip, Hazel M.; Ekelund, Ulf; Godfrey, Keith M.; Harvey, Nicholas C.; Griffin, Simon J. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-09-05)Background: Correlates of physical activity (PA) are hypothesized to be context and behaviour specific, but there is limited evidence of this in young children. The aim of the current study is to investigate associations ... -
Determinants of Change in Children's Sedentary Time
Atkin, Andrew J.; Corder, Kirsten; Ekelund, Ulf; Wijndaele, Katrien; Griffin, Simon J.; van Sluijs, Esther M. F. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-06-28)Background: Understanding the determinants of sedentary time during childhood contributes to the development of effective intervention programmes. Purpose: To examine family and home-environmental determinants of 1-year ... -
Determinants of three-year change in children’s objectively measured sedentary time
Atkin, Andrew J.; Foley, Louise; Corder, Kirsten; Ekelund, Ulf; van Sluijs, Esther M. F. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-12-12)Background: Sedentary behaviours (SB) are highly prevalent in young people and may be adversely associated with physical and mental health. Understanding of the modifiable determinants of SB is necessary to inform the ... -
Does birth weight influence physical activity in youth? a combined analysis of four studies using objectively measured physical activity
Ridgway, Charlotte L.; Brage, Søren; Sharp, Stephen J.; Corder, Kirsten; Westgate, Kate; van Sluijs, Esther M. F.; Goodyer, Ian M.; Hallal, Pedro C.; Anderssen, Sigmund A.; Sardinha, Luis B.; Andersen, Lars Bo; Ekelund, Ulf (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-01-12)Animal models suggest growth restriction in utero leads to lower levels of motor activity. Furthermore, individuals with very low birth weight report lower levels of physical activity as adults. The aim of this study was ... -
More of the same or a change of scenery: An observational study of variety and frequency of physical activity in British children
Brooke, Hannah L.; Corder, Kirsten; Griffin, Simon J.; Ekelund, Ulf; van Sluijs, Esther M. F. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-08-16)Physical activity is important for children’s health, but successful physical activity promotion is challenging. Whether performing many different types of activities (Variety) is associated with higher physical activity ... -
Objectively measured physical activity in four-year-old British children: a cross-sectional analysis of activity patterns segmented across the day
Hesketh, Kathryn R.; McMinn, Alison M.; Ekelund, Ulf; Sharp, Stephen J.; Collings, Paul J.; Harvey, Nicholas C.; Godfrey, Keith M.; Inskip, Hazel M.; Cooper, Cyrus; van Sluijs, Esther M. F. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-01-09)BACKGROUND: Little is known about preschool-aged children's levels of physical activity (PA) over the course of the day. Using time-stamped data, we describe the levels and patterns of PA in a population-based ... -
Predictors of change differ for moderate and vigorous intensity physical activity and for weekdays and weekends: a longitudinal analysis
Corder, Kirsten; Craggs, Christopher; Jones, Andrew P.; Ekelund, Ulf; Griffin, Simon J.; van Sluijs, Esther M. F. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Background Predictors of physical activity (PA) change are rarely investigated separately for different PA intensities and for weekdays/weekends. We investigated whether individual-level predictors of one-year change ... -
The independent prospective associations of activity intensity and dietary energy density with adiposity in young adolescents
van Sluijs, Esther M. F.; Sharp, Stephen J.; Ambrosini, Gina L.; Cassidy, Aedin; Griffin, Simon J.; Ekelund, Ulf (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-01-13)There is limited evidence on the prospective association of time spent in activity intensity (sedentary (SED), moderate (MPA) or vigorous (VPA) physical activity) and dietary intake with adiposity indicators in young people. ... -
What do adolescents want in order to become more active?
Corder, Kirsten; Atkin, Andrew J.; Ekelund, Ulf; van Sluijs, Esther M. F. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Background Few large studies have examined adolescents’ views about increasing their physical activity (PA) to inform PA promotion. We assessed adolescent preference for activity type, co-participants, timing and location ...