MRC Epidemiology Unit

 

Adolescents' physical activity during and beyond the Covid-19 pandemic: a qualitative study exploring the experiences of young people living in the context of socioeconomic deprivation.

Alliott O, Fairbrother H, van Sluijs E

BMC Public Health. Oct 2024

(DOI : 10.1186/s12889-024-19777-z)

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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 school.

Xiao C, Scales J, Chavda J, Dove RE, Tsocheva I, Wood HE, Kalsi H, Sartori L, Colligan G, Moon J, Lie E, Petrovic K, Day B, Howett C, Keighley A, Mihaylova B, Toffolutti V, Grigg J, Randhawa G, Sheikh A, Fletcher M, Mudway I, Beevers S, Gauderman WJ, Griffiths CJ, van Sluijs E, Panter J

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Sep 2024

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-024-01621-7)

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School-level intra-cluster correlation coefficients and autocorrelations for children's accelerometer-measured physical activity in England by age and gender.

Salway R, Jago R, de Vocht F, House D, Porter A, Walker R, Kipping R, Owen CG, Hudda MT, Northstone K, van Sluijs E, International Children’s Accelerometry Database (ICAD) Collaborators International Children’s Accelerometry Database (ICAD) Collaborators

BMC Medical Research Methodology. Aug 2024

(DOI : 10.1186/s12874-024-02290-7)

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Ultra-processed food consumption in UK adolescents: distribution, trends, and sociodemographic correlates using the National Diet and Nutrition Survey 2008/09 to 2018/19.

Chavez-Ugalde IY, de Vocht F, Jago R, Adams J, Ong KK, Forouhi NG, Colombet Z, Ricardo LIC, van Sluijs E, Toumpakari Z

European journal of nutrition. Jul 2024

(DOI : 10.1007/s00394-024-03458-z)

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Developing inclusive public involvement and engagement activities with secondary school students and educational professionals: a protocol.

Cross L, Banham D, Melendez-Torres GJ, Ford T, van Sluijs E, Liabo K

Research involvement and engagement. Jul 2024

(DOI : 10.1186/s40900-024-00581-3)

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The impact of social media interventions on eating behaviours and diet in adolescents and young adults: a mixed methods systematic review protocol.

Tang H, Spreckley M, van Sluijs E, Ahern AL, Smith AD

BMJ Open. Apr 2024

(DOI : 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083465)

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Are school uniforms associated with gender inequalities in physical activity? A pooled analysis of population-level data from 135 countries/regions

Ryan M, Ricardo L, Nathan N, Hofmann R, van Sluijs E

Journal of sport and health science. Feb 2024

(DOI : 10.1016/j.jshs.2024.02.003)

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Gender Differences in Caregivers' Attitudes to Risky Child Play in Britain: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Smith AD, Dodd HF, Ricardo L, van Sluijs E

Journal of physical activity & health. Jan 2024

(DOI : 10.1123/jpah.2023-0676)

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Investigating the impact of London's ultra low emission zone on children's health: children's health in London and Luton (CHILL) protocol for a prospective parallel cohort study.

Tsocheva I, Scales J, Dove R, Chavda J, Kalsi H, Wood HE, Colligan G, Cross L, Newby C, Hall A, Keating M, Sartori L, Moon J, Thomson A, Tomini F, Murray A, Hamad W, Tijm S, Hirst A, Vincent BP, Kotala P, Balkwill F, Mihaylova B, Grigg J, Quint JK, Fletcher M, Mon-Williams M, Wright J, van Sluijs E, Beevers S, Randhawa G, Eldridge S, Sheikh A, Gauderman W, Kelly F, Mudway IS, Griffiths CJ

BMC pediatrics. Nov 2023

(DOI : 10.1186/s12887-023-04384-5)

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Life Course Epidemiology Applied to Physical Activity Research.

Mielke GI, Ding D, Kolbe-Alexander T, van Sluijs E, Hallal PC

Journal of physical activity & health. Sep 2023

(DOI : 10.1123/jpah.2023-0440)

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Real-world application of a scalable school-based physical activity intervention: A cross-sectional survey of the implementation of The Daily Mile in Greater London primary schools.

Ram B, van Sluijs E, Chalkley A, Hargreaves D, Saxena S

PLoS ONE. Aug 2023

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0288500)

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Physical activity in young children across developmental and health states: the CHILD study.

Kolehmainen N, Thornton C, Craw O, Pearce MS, Kudlek L, Nazarpour K, Cutler L, van Sluijs E, Rapley T

EClinicalMedicine. May 2023

(DOI : 10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.102008)

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Device-Measured Change in Physical Activity in Primary School Children During the UK COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown: A Longitudinal Study.

Scales J, Chavda J, Ikeda E, Tsocheva I, Dove RE, Wood HE, Kalsi H, Colligan G, Griffiths L, Day B, Crichlow C, Keighley A, Fletcher M, Newby C, Tomini F, Balkwill F, Mihaylova B, Grigg J, Beevers S, Eldridge S, Sheikh A, Gauderman J, Kelly F, Randhawa G, Mudway IS, van Sluijs E, Griffiths CJ

Journal of physical activity & health. May 2023

(DOI : 10.1123/jpah.2022-0434)

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Incomplete reporting of complex interventions: a call to action for journal editors to review their submission guidelines.

Ryan M, Hoffmann T, Hofmann R, van Sluijs E

Trials. Mar 2023

(DOI : 10.1186/s13063-023-07215-1)

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Do socioeconomic inequities arise during school-based physical activity interventions? An exploratory case study of the GoActive trial.

Alliott O, Fairbrother H, Corder K, Wilkinson P, van Sluijs E

BMJ Open. Mar 2023

(DOI : 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-065953)

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Science has no Borders, so Should Scientific Publishing: A Position Statement from the Journal of Physical Activity and Health.

Ding D, Carson V, Hunter RF, Jáuregui A, Kolbe-Alexander T, Lee EY, Mair JL, Mielke GI, Oyeyemi AL, Ramírez Varela A, Salvo D, Siefken K, Tassitano RM, van Sluijs E, Hallal PC

Journal of physical activity & health. Nov 2022

(DOI : 10.1123/jpah.2022-0570)

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Developing a core outcome set for physical activity interventions in primary schools: a modified-Delphi study.

Ram B, Foley KA, van Sluijs E, Hargreaves DS, Viner RM, Saxena S

BMJ Open. Sep 2022

(DOI : 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061335)

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Features of effective staff training programmes within school-based interventions targeting student activity behaviour: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Ryan M, Alliott O, Ikeda E, Luan J, Hofmann R, van Sluijs E

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Sep 2022

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-022-01361-6)

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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)

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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)

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Do adolescents' experiences of the barriers to and facilitators of physical activity differ by socioeconomic position? A systematic review of qualitative evidence.

Alliott O, Ryan M, Fairbrother H, van Sluijs E

Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity. Sep 2021

(DOI : 10.1111/obr.13374)

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Impact of risk of generalizability biases in adult obesity interventions: A meta-epidemiological review and meta-analysis.

Beets MW, von Klinggraeff L, Burkart S, Jones A, Ioannidis JPA, Weaver RG, Okely AD, Lubans D, van Sluijs E, Jago R, Turner-McGrievy G, Thrasher J, Li X

Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity. Aug 2021

(DOI : 10.1111/obr.13369)

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Impact of The Daily Mile on children's physical and mental health, and educational attainment in primary schools: iMprOVE cohort study protocol.

Ram B, Chalkley A, van Sluijs E, Phillips R, Venkatraman T, Hargreaves DS, Viner RM, Saxena S

BMJ Open. May 2021

(DOI : 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045879)

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CHoosing Active Role Models to INspire Girls (CHARMING): protocol for a cluster randomised feasibility trial of a school-based, community-linked programme to increase physical activity levels in 9-10-year-old girls.

Pell B, Hawkins J, Cannings-John R, Charles JM, Hallingberg B, Moore G, Roberts J, van Sluijs E, Morgan K

Pilot and feasibility studies. May 2021

(DOI : 10.1186/s40814-021-00961-6)

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Cycle training and factors associated with cycling among adolescents in England.

McKay A, Goodman A, van Sluijs E, Millett C, Laverty AA

Journal of transport & health. May 2020

(DOI : 10.1016/j.jth.2019.100815)

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Protocol for developing a core outcome set for evaluating school-based physical activity interventions in primary schools.

Foley KA, Venkatraman T, Ram B, Ells L, van Sluijs E, Hargreaves DS, Greaves F, Taghavi Azar Sharabiani M, Viner RM, Bottle A, Saxena S

BMJ Open. Dec 2019

(DOI : 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031868)

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Using a multi-stakeholder experience-based design process to co-develop the Creating Active Schools Framework.

Daly-Smith A, Quarmby T, Archbold VSJ, Corrigan N, Wilson D, Resaland GK, Bartholomew JB, Singh A, Tjomsland HE, Sherar LB, Chalkley A, Routen AC, Shickle D, Bingham DD, Barber SE, van Sluijs E, Fairclough SJ, McKenna J

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

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-020-0917-z)

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Whole family-based physical activity promotion intervention: the Families Reporting Every Step to Health pilot randomised controlled trial protocol.

Guagliano JM, Brown HE, Coombes E, Haines ES, Hughes C, Jones AP, Morton KL, van Sluijs E

BMJ Open. Oct 2019

(DOI : 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030902)

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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)

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Identification and evaluation of risk of generalizability biases in pilot versus efficacy/effectiveness trials: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Beets MW, Weaver RG, Ioannidis JPA, Geraci M, Brazendale K, Decker L, Okely AD, Lubans D, van Sluijs E, Jago R, Turner-McGrievy G, Thrasher J, Li X, Milat AJ

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

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-020-0918-y)

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Socioeconomic and ethnic differences in children's vigorous intensity physical activity: a cross-sectional analysis of the UK Millennium Cohort Study.

Love R, Adams J, Atkin A, van Sluijs E

BMJ Open. May 2019

(DOI : 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027627)

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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)

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Network Interventions for Changing Physical Activity Behaviour in Preadolescents.

Proestakis A, di Sorrentino EP, Brown HE, van Sluijs E, Mani A, Caldeira S, Herrmann B

Nature Human Behaviour. Apr 2019

(DOI : 10.1038/s41562-018-0436-y)

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Exploring equity in primary-care-based physical activity interventions using PROGRESS-Plus: a systematic review and evidence synthesis.

Attwood S, van Sluijs E, Sutton S

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

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-016-0384-8)

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Association between birth weight and objectively measured sedentary time is mediated by central adiposity: data in 10,793 youth from the International Children's Accelerometry Database.

Hildebrand M, Kolle E, Hansen BH, Collings PJ, Wijndaele K, Kordas K, Cooper AR, Sherar LB, Andersen LB, Sardinha LB, Kriemler S, Hallal P, van Sluijs E, Ekelund U

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Dec 2014

(DOI : 10.3945/ajcn.114.103648)

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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)

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Changes in household, transport and recreational physical activity and television viewing time across the transition to retirement: longitudinal evidence from the EPIC-Norfolk cohort.

Barnett I, van Sluijs E, Ogilvie D, Wareham NJ

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. Dec 2013

(DOI : 10.1136/jech-2013-203225)

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Research priorities for child and adolescent physical activity and sedentary behaviours: an international perspective using a twin-panel Delphi procedure.

Gillis L, Tomkinson G, Olds T, Moreira C, Christie C, Nigg C, Cerin E, van Sluijs E, Stratton G, Janssen I, Dorovolomo J, Reilly JJ, Mota J, Zayed K, Kawalski K, Andersen LB, Carrizosa M, Tremblay M, Chia M, Hamlin M, Thomas NE, Maddison R, Biddle S, Gorely T, Onywera V, van Mechelen W

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

(DOI : 10.1186/1479-5868-10-112)

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Protocol for systematic reviews of determinants/correlates of obesity-related dietary and physical activity behaviors in young children (preschool 0 to 6 years): evidence mapping and syntheses.

Lakshman R, Mazarello Paes V, Hesketh KR, O'Malley C, Moore H, Ong K, Griffin S, van Sluijs E, Summerbell C

Systematic Reviews. Feb 2013

(DOI : 10.1186/2046-4053-2-28)

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Is environmental setting associated with the intensity and duration of children's physical activity? Findings from the SPEEDY GPS study.

Coombes E, van Sluijs E, Jones A

Health & place. Jul 2012

(DOI : 10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.11.008)

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Is a change in mode of travel to school associated with a change in overall physical activity levels in children? Longitudinal results from the SPEEDY study.

Smith L, Sahlqvist S, Ogilvie D, Jones A, Corder K, Griffin SJ, van Sluijs E

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Mar 2012

(DOI : 10.1186/1479-5868-9-134)

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Is active travel to non-school destinations associated with physical activity in primary school children?

Smith L, Sahlqvist S, Ogilvie D, Jones A, Griffin SJ, van Sluijs E

Preventive medicine. Sep 2011

(DOI : 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.01.006)

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Food and drink consumption at school lunchtime: the impact of lunch type and contribution to overall intake in British 9-10-year-old children.

Harrison F, Jennings A, Jones A, Welch A, van Sluijs E, Griffin SJ, Cassidy A

Public Health Nutrition. Sep 2011

(DOI : 10.1017/S1368980011002321)

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International Olympic Committee consensus statement on the health and fitness of young people through physical activity and sport.

Mountjoy M, Andersen LB, Armstrong N, Biddle S, Boreham C, Bedenbeck HP, Ekelund U, Engebretsen L, Hardman K, Hills AP, Hills A, Kahlmeier S, Kriemler S, Lambert E, Ljungqvist A, Matsudo V, McKay H, Micheli L, Pate R, Riddoch C, Schamasch P, Sundberg CJ, Tomkinson G, van Sluijs E, van Mechelen W

British Journal of Sports Medicine. Aug 2011

(DOI : 10.1136/bjsports-2011-090228)

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The influence of distance to school on the associations between active commuting and physical activity.

Panter J, Jones A, van Sluijs E, Griffin SJ

Pediatric exercise science. Apr 2011

(DOI : https://doi.org/10.1123/pes.23.1.72)

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Impact of neighbourhood food environment on food consumption in children aged 9-10 years in the UK SPEEDY (Sport, Physical Activity and Eating behaviour: Environmental Determinants in Young people) study.

Skidmore P, Welch A, van Sluijs E, Jones A, Harvey I, Harrison F, Griffin S, Cassidy A

Public Health Nutrition. Jan 2010

(DOI : 10.1017/S1368980009992035)

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