BACKGROUND: Smoking, diet, exercise, and alcohol are leading causes of chronic disease
and premature death, many engage in two or more of these behaviours concurrently. The …

Objectives To describe Action Schools! BC (AS! BC) from efficacy to scale-up.
Participants/setting Education and health system stakeholders and children in grades 4–6 …

BACKGROUND: The prevalence and severity of obesity have increased among children
and adolescents. Although the medical and psychosocial consequences of youth obesity …

Background Recent studies show several health-related behaviors to cluster in adolescents.
This has important implications for public health. Interrelated behaviors have been shown to …

Background School-based trials to prevent and reduce prevalence of pediatric obesity in low-
income countries are necessary. In Brazil, addressing adolescent obesity is a public health …

Background Most studies on multiple health risk behaviors among adolescents have cross-
sectionally studied a limited number of health behaviors or determinants. Purpose To …

Background Screen-time and eating behaviours are associated in adolescents, but few
studies have examined the clustering of these health behaviours in this age group. The …

Much of the research on the determinants of dietary behavior has been guided by Bandura's
Social Cognitive Theory (SCT), yet few studies have tested the utility of its proposed …

ObjectiveTo identify sociodemographic and environmental correlates of sweetened
beverages (regular soft drinks, fruit juice) among children of pre-school age …

ObjectiveTo assess the overall diet quality of a sample of adolescents living in Alberta,
Canada, and evaluate whether diet quality, nutrient intakes, meal behaviours (ie meal …