MRC Epidemiology Unit

Associations between socioeconomic position and young people's physical activity and sedentary behaviour in the UK: a scoping review.

Pearson N, Griffiths P, van Sluijs E, Atkin AJ, Khunti K, Sherar LB

BMJ Open. May 2022

(DOI : 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-051736)

Influence of Guideline Operationalization on Youth Activity Prevalence in the International Children's Accelerometry Database.

Gammon C, Atkin AJ, Corder K, Ekelund U, Hansen BH, Sherar LB, Andersen LB, Anderssen S, Davey R, Hallal PC, Jago R, Kriemler S, Kristensen PL, Kwon S, Northstone K, Pate R, Salmon J, Sardinha LB, van Sluijs EMF, International Childrens Accelerometry Database (ICAD) Collaborators

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. Feb 2022

(DOI : 10.1249/MSS.0000000000002884)

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 International Children's Accelerometry Database.

Ikeda E, Guagliano JM, Atkin AJ, Sherar LB, Ekelund U, Hansen B, Northstone K, van Sluijs E, International Childrens Accelerometry Database (ICAD) Collaborators

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Nov 2021

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-022-01282-4)

Worldwide surveillance of self-reported sitting time: a scoping review.

Mclaughlin M, Atkin AJ, Starr L, Hall A, Wolfenden L, Sutherland R, Wiggers J, Ramirez A, Hallal P, Pratt M, Lynch BM, Wijndaele K, Sedentary Behaviour Council Global Monitoring Initiative Working Group

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Apr 2020

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-020-01008-4)

Tracking of total sedentary time and sedentary patterns in youth: a pooled analysis using the International Children's Accelerometry Database (ICAD).

van Ekris E, Wijndaele K, Altenburg TM, Atkin AJ, Twisk J, Andersen LB, Janz KF, Froberg K, Northstone K, Page AS, Sardinha LB, van Sluijs EMF, Chinapaw M, International Childrens Accelerometry Database (ICAD) Collaborators

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Oct 2019

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-020-00960-5)

Cost-effectiveness of physical activity interventions in adolescents: model development and illustration using two exemplar interventions.

Gc VS, Suhrcke M, Atkin AJ, van Sluijs E, Turner D

BMJ Open. Aug 2019

(DOI : 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027566)

Introducing physically active lessons in UK secondary schools: feasibility study and pilot cluster-randomised controlled trial.

Gammon C, Morton KL, Atkin AJ, Corder KL, Daly-Smith A, Quarmby T, Suhrcke M, Turner D, van Sluijs E

BMJ Open. May 2019

(DOI : 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025080)

Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between active commuting and patterns of movement behaviour during discretionary time: A compositional data analysis.

Foley L, Dumuid D, Atkin AJ, Wijndaele K, Ogilvie D, Olds T

PLoS ONE. Oct 2018

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0216650)

Harmonising data on the correlates of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in young people: Methods and lessons learnt from the international Children's Accelerometry database (ICAD)

Van Sluijs EM, Atkin AJ, Biddle SJH, Broyles ST, Chinapaw M, Ekelund U, Esliger DW, Hansen BH, Kriemler S, Puder JJ, Sherar LB

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. Dec 2017

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-017-0631-7)

Patterns of health behaviour associated with active travel: a compositional data analysis.

Foley L, Dumuid D, Atkin AJ, Olds T, Ogilvie D

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Sep 2017

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-018-0662-8)

Harmonising data on the correlates of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in young people: Methods and lessons learnt from the international Children's Accelerometry database (ICAD).

Atkin AJ, Biddle SJH, Broyles ST, Chinapaw M, Ekelund U, Esliger DW, Hansen BH, Kriemler S, Puder JJ, Sherar LB, van Sluijs EMF, International Childrens Accelerometry Database (ICAD) Collaborators

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Jul 2017

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-017-0631-7)

Engaging stakeholders and target groups in prioritising a public health intervention: the Creating Active School Environments (CASE) online Delphi study.

Morton KL, Atkin AJ, Corder K, Suhrcke M, Turner D, Van Sluijs EM

BMJ Open. Jan 2017

(DOI : 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013340)

Childhood predictors of adolescent behaviour: The prospective association of familial factors with meeting physical activity guidelines.

Brown HE, Corder KL, Atkin AJ, Van Sluijs EM

Preventive medicine reports. Sep 2016

(DOI : 10.1016/j.pmedr.2017.03.012)

Cross-Sectional Associations of Objectively-Measured Physical Activity and Sedentary Time with Body Composition and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Mid-Childhood: The PANIC Study.

Collings PJ, Westgate K, Väistö J, Wijndaele K, Atkin AJ, Haapala EA, Lintu N, Laitinen T, Ekelund U, Brage S, Lakka TA

Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.). Aug 2016

(DOI : 10.1007/s40279-016-0606-x)

Seasonality in swimming and cycling: Exploring a limitation of accelerometer based studies.

Harrison F, Atkin AJ, van Sluijs EMF, Jones AP

Preventive medicine reports. Aug 2016

(DOI : 10.1016/j.pmedr.2017.04.006)

Sedentary behaviour across the primary-secondary school transition: A systematic review.

Pearson N, Haycraft E, P Johnston J, Atkin AJ

Preventive Medicine . May 2016

(DOI : 10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.11.010)

Frequency and duration of physical activity bouts in school-aged children: A comparison within and between days.

Brooke HL, Atkin AJ, Corder K, Brage S, Van Sluijs EM

Preventive medicine reports. May 2016

(DOI : 10.1016/j.pmedr.2016.10.007)

Corder K, Sharp SJ, Atkin AJ, Andersen LB, Cardon G, Page A, Davey R, Grøntved A, Hallal PC, Janz KF, Kordas K, Kriemler S, Puder JJ, Sardinha LB, Ekelund U, Van Sluijs EM, International Childrens Accelerometry Database (ICAD) Collaborators

Preventive medicine reports. May 2016

(DOI : 10.1016/j.pmedr.2016.05.006)

Determinants of Three-Year Change in Children's Objectively Measured Sedentary Time.

Atkin AJ, Foley L, Corder K, Ekelund U, Van Sluijs EM

PLoS ONE. Mar 2016

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0167826)

School polices, programmes and facilities, and objectively measured sedentary time, LPA and MVPA: associations in secondary school and over the transition from primary to secondary school.

Morton KL, Corder K, Suhrcke M, Harrison F, Jones AP, Van Sluijs EM, Atkin AJ

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Feb 2016

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-016-0378-6)

Identifying correlates and determinants of physical activity in youth: How can we advance the field?

Atkin AJ, van Sluijs EMF, Dollman J, Taylor WC, Stanley RM

Preventive medicine. Nov 2015

(DOI : 10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.02.040)

Seasonal Variation in Children's Physical Activity and Sedentary Time.

Atkin AJ, Sharp SJ, Harrison F, Brage S, Van Sluijs EM

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. Oct 2015

(DOI : 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000786)

Seasonal Variation in Children's Physical Activity and Sedentary Time

Brage S, Van Sluijs EM, Atkin AJ, Harrison F, Sharp SJ

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. Oct 2015

(DOI : 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000786)

Revising on the run or studying on the sofa: Prospective associations between physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and exam results in British adolescents

Brage S, Corder KL, Van Sluijs EM, Atkin AJ, Bamber DJ, Dunn VJ, Ekelund U, Goodyer IM, Owens M

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. Sep 2015

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-015-0269-2)

The school environment and adolescent physical activity and sedentary behaviour: a mixed-studies systematic review.

Morton KL, Atkin AJ, Corder K, Suhrcke M, Van Sluijs EM

Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity. Jul 2015

(DOI : 10.1111/obr.12352)

Family-based interventions to increase physical activity in children: a systematic review, meta-analysis and realist synthesis.

Brown HE, Atkin AJ, Panter J, Wong G, Chinapaw MJ, Van Sluijs EM

Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity. Jul 2015

(DOI : 10.1111/obr.12362)

Revising on the run or studying on the sofa: prospective associations between physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and exam results in British adolescents.

Corder KL, Atkin AJ, Bamber DJ, Brage S, Dunn VJ, Ekelund U, Owens M, Van Sluijs EM, Goodyer IM

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Feb 2015

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-015-0269-2)

Prospective associations between sedentary time, sleep duration and adiposity in adolescents.

Collings PJ, Wijndaele K, Corder KL, Westgate K, Ridgway CL, Sharp SJ, Atkin AJ, Bamber D, Goodyer I, Brage S, Ekelund U

Sleep medicine. Nov 2014

(DOI : 10.1016/j.sleep.2015.02.532)

Objectively measured physical activity and longitudinal changes in adolescent body fatness: an observational cohort study.

Collings PJ, Wijndaele K, Corder KL, Westgate K, Ridgway CL, Sharp SJ, Atkin AJ, Stephen AM, Bamber D, Goodyer I, Brage S, Ekelund U

Pediatric Obesity. Aug 2014

(DOI : 10.1111/ijpo.12031)

Family-based interventions to increase physical activity in children: a meta-analysis and realist synthesis protocol.

Brown HE, Atkin AJ, Panter J, Corder KL, Wong G, Chinapaw MJ, van Sluijs E

BMJ Open. Aug 2014

(DOI : 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005439)

Changes in time-segment specific physical activity between ages 10 and 14 years: A longitudinal observational study.

Brooke HL, Atkin AJ, Corder K, Ekelund U, Van Sluijs EM

Journal of science and medicine in sport. Jul 2014

(DOI : 10.1016/j.jsams.2014.10.003)

A systematic literature review with meta-analyses of within- and between-day differences in objectively measured physical activity in school-aged children.

Brooke HL, Corder K, Atkin AJ, Van Sluijs EM

Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.). Jul 2014

(DOI : 10.1007/s40279-014-0215-5)

Perceived family functioning and friendship quality: cross-sectional associations with physical activity and sedentary behaviours.

Atkin AJ, Corder K, Goodyer I, Bamber D, Ekelund U, Brage S, Dunn V, Van Sluijs EM

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Mar 2014

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-015-0180-x)

Perceived family functioning and friendship quality: cross-sectional associations with physical activity and sedentary behaviours.

Atkin AJ, Corder KL, Goodyer I, Bamber D, Ekelund U, Brage S, Dunn V, Van Sluijs EM

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Mar 2014

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-015-0180-x)

Prevalence and correlates of screen time in youth: an international perspective.

Atkin AJ, Sharp SJ, Corder K, Van Sluijs EM, International Childrens Accelerometry Database (ICAD) Collaborators

American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Mar 2014

(DOI : 10.1016/j.amepre.2014.07.043)

Associations between sedentary behaviour and physical activity in children and adolescents: a meta-analysis.

Pearson N, Braithwaite RE, Biddle SJ, Van Sluijs EM, Atkin AJ

Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity. Feb 2014

(DOI : 10.1111/obr.12188)

Clustering and correlates of multiple health behaviours in 9-10 year old children.

Elsenburg LK, Corpeleijn E, Van Sluijs EM, Atkin AJ

PLoS ONE. Feb 2014

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0099498)

Bedroom media, sedentary time and screen-time in children: a longitudinal analysis

Van Sluijs EM, Atkin AJ, Corder KL

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. Dec 2013

(DOI : 10.1186/1479-5868-10-137)

Children’s sedentary behaviour: descriptive epidemiology and associations with objectively-measured sedentary time

Jones AP, Van Sluijs EM, Atkin AJ, Corder KL, Klitsie T, Visscher TLS

BMC Public Health. Nov 2013

(DOI : 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1092)

Change in objectively measured physical activity during the transition to adolescence.

Corder KL, Sharp SJ, Atkin AJ, Griffin SJ, Jones AP, Ekelund U, Van Sluijs EM

British Journal of Sports Medicine. Oct 2013

(DOI : 10.1136/bjsports-2013-093190)

What do adolescents want in order to do more physical activity?

Van Sluijs EM, Atkin AJ, Corder KL, Ekelund U

BMC Public Health. Aug 2013

Bedroom media, sedentary time and screen-time in children: a longitudinal analysis.

Atkin AJ, Corder KL, Van Sluijs EM

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Jul 2013

(DOI : 10.1186/1479-5868-10-137)

Children's sedentary behaviour: descriptive epidemiology and associations with objectively-measured sedentary time.

Klitsie T, Corder KL, Visscher TL, Atkin AJ, Jones AP, Van Sluijs EM

BMC Public Health. Jul 2013

(DOI : 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1092)

What do adolescents want in order to become more active?

Corder KL, Atkin AJ, Ekelund U, Van Sluijs EM

BMC Public Health. Apr 2013

(DOI : 10.1186/1471-2458-13-718)

Determinants of change in children's sedentary time.

Atkin AJ, Corder KL, Ekelund U, Wijndaele K, Griffin SJ, Van Sluijs EM

PLoS ONE. Feb 2013

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0067627)

Sedentary time in children: influence of accelerometer processing on health relations.

Atkin AJ, Ekelund U, Møller NC, Froberg K, Sardinha LB, Andersen LB, Brage S

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. Jan 2013

(DOI : 10.1249/MSS.0b013e318282190e)

Methods of Measurement in epidemiology: sedentary Behaviour.

Atkin AJ, Gorely T, Clemes SA, Yates T, Edwardson C, Brage S, Salmon J, Marshall SJ, Biddle SJ

International Journal of Epidemiology. Oct 2012

(DOI : 10.1093/ije/dys118)

Methods of Measurement in epidemiology: Sedentary Behaviour

Brage S, Atkin AJ, Biddle SJ, Clemes SA, Edwardson C, Gorely T, Marshall SJ, Salmon J, Yates T

International Journal of Epidemiology. Jul 2012

(DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dys118)

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