Background How time is allocated influences health. However, any increase in time
allocated to one behaviour must be offset by a decrease in others. Recently, studies have …

Nudging is increasingly used in public health interventions in Western societies to produced
health-promoting behavior changes; however, there is lack of clarity as to what constitutes a …

In recent years, the focus of activity behavior research has shifted away from univariate
paradigms (eg, physical activity, sedentary behavior and sleep) to a 24-h time-use paradigm …

Interventions are required to reduce children's consumption of discretionary foods and
drinks. To intervene we need to identify appropriate discretionary choice targets. This study …

Background Public health campaigns aim to promote awareness, increase knowledge, and
encourage a target population to adopt desirable attitudes and behaviors. Assessing their …

Mass media campaigns are a commonly used strategy in public health. However, no review
has assessed whether the design and evaluation of overweight and obesity campaigns …

Nurses make up the single largest healthcare professional group in the Nigerian healthcare
system. As frontline healthcare providers, they promote healthy lifestyles to patients and …

Purpose This paper contributes to emerging discourse about social movements in social
marketing by examining how tensions, issues and challenges may arise in areas of social …

Background The Western Australian LiveLighter® program has implemented a series of
mass media advertising campaigns that aim to encourage adults to achieve and maintain a …

Although overweight and obesity are increasing in prevalence, eating disorders such as
anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge-eating disorder are simultaneously on the …