BACKGROUND: The childhood obesity epidemic is a current public health priority in many
countries, and the consumption of fast food has been associated with obesity. PURPOSE …

Context Social network analysis has been used to better understand the influence of friends
and peer groups in a wide range of health behaviors. This systematic review synthesizes …

Background Research on the relationship between Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL)
and physical activity (PA), to date, have rarely investigated how this relationship differ across …

To monitor the health of the public in England, UK, the Central Health Monitoring Unit within
the UK Department of Health commissioned an annual health examination survey, which …

The decline in cigarette smoking in high-income countries is attributed to the increasing
social unacceptability of smoking, a cultural shift in which tobacco control policies are …

Physical activity (PA) is a cornerstone of disease prevention and treatment. There is,
however, a considerable disparity between public health policy, clinical guidelines and the …

There is some evidence to suggest that obesity is a risk factor for the development of
depression, although this is not a universal finding. This discordance might be ascribed to …

Background: In light of evidence linking sedentary behaviors to health outcomes, there have
been calls for the measurement of sedentary behavior in surveillance studies. This study …

OBJECTIVE: To assess the contribution of active travel to and from school to children's
overall physical activity levels in England. METHOD: Logistic regression models examining …

Background Establishing healthy physical activity (PA) behaviours in early childhood is
important for future PA behaviours. Parents play a central role in young children's PA …