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Relationships between County Health Rankings and child overweight and obesity prevalence: a serial cross-sectional analysis by Peyer, Karissa, Welk, Greg J, Bailey-Davis, Lisa, Chen, Senlin

“…The County Health Rankings (CHR) system provides health rankings for U.S. counties. These factors may have utility for evaluating and predicting health…”
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Development and preliminary validation of a Family Nutrition and Physical Activity (FNPA) screening tool by Ihmels, Michelle A, Welk, Greg J, Eisenmann, Joey C, Nusser, Sarah M

“…Parents directly influence children's physical activity and nutrition behaviors and also dictate the physical and social environments that are available to…”
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Evaluation of youth pedometer-determined physical activity guidelines using receiver operator characteristic curves by Laurson, Kelly R, Eisenmann, Joey C, Welk, Greg J, Wickel, Eric E, Gentile, Douglas A, Walsh, David A

“…Abstract Objective Evidence-based pedometer guidelines have not been sufficiently validated in youth. The purpose of this paper was to evaluate the utility of…”
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Field Evaluation of Handgrip and Vertical Jump Assessments in Physical Education by Lee, Joey A., Velthoff, Jessica, Welk, Greg J.

“…The study examined the sensitivity to change of field assessments of handgrip strength and vertical jump following programmatic interventions in physical…”
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Construct Validity of an Obesity Risk Screening Tool in Two Age Groups by Peyer, Karissa L, Welk, Greg J

“…Home environment influences child health, but the impact varies as children move into adolescence. The Family Nutrition and Physical Activity (FNPA) screening…”
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Long Jump, Vertical Jump, and Vertical Jump Power Reference Curves for 10-18 Year Olds by Laurson, Kelly R., Baptista, Fátima, Mahar, Matthew T., Welk, Greg J., Janz, Kathleen F.

“…We developed age- and sex-specific smoothed percentiles for vertical and long jump, as well as vertical jump power, in healthy 10-18 year olds (n = 529, 47.1%…”
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Designing Health-referenced Standards for the Plank Test of Core Muscular Endurance by Laurson, Kelly R., Baptista, Fátima, Mahar, Matthew T., Welk, Greg J., Janz, Kathleen F.

“…We developed plank test standards, based on trunk lean mass-to-fat mass (LM/FM) ratio, in a sample of healthy Portuguese 10-18 year olds (n = 474, 46.4%…”
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Design and Comparison of Criterion-referenced Standards for Grip Strength in U.S. Children and Adolescents by Laurson, Kelly R., Welk, Greg J., Saint-Maurice, Pedro F., Eisenmann, Joey C.

“…We designed grip strength standards for youth by back-extrapolating cutpoints based on weakness at age 65. Existing standards, based on insufficient bone…”
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Calibration and Validation of the Youth Activity Profile as a Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Surveillance Tool for English Youth by Fairclough, Stuart J, Christian, Danielle L, Saint-Maurice, Pedro F, Hibbing, Paul R, Noonan, Robert J, Welk, Greg J, Dixon, Philip M, Boddy, Lynne M

“…Self-reported youth physical activity (PA) is typically overestimated. We aimed to calibrate and validate a self-report tool among English youth…”
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Comparability of children’s sedentary time estimates derived from wrist worn GENEActiv and hip worn ActiGraph accelerometer thresholds by Boddy, Lynne M., Noonan, Robert J., Kim, Youngwon, Rowlands, Alex V., Welk, Greg J., Knowles, Zoe R., Fairclough, Stuart J.

“…To examine the comparability of children’s free-living sedentary time (ST) derived from raw acceleration thresholds for wrist mounted GENEActiv accelerometer…”
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Effects of Enhancing School-Based Body Mass Index Screening Reports with Parent Education on Report Utility and Parental Intent To Modify Obesity Risk Factors by Bailey-Davis, Lisa, Peyer, Karissa L, Fang, Yinan, Kim, Jae-Kwang, Welk, Greg J

“…School-based body mass index screenings (SBMIS) have been controversial. We aimed to determine if parents would indicate improved utility with SBMIS when the…”
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Self-Management Strategies Mediate Self-Efficacy and Physical Activity by Dishman, Rod K., Motl, Robert W., Sallis, James F., Dunn, Andrea L., Birnbaum, Amanda S., Welk, Greg J., Bedimo-Rung, Ariane L., Voorhees, Carolyn C., Jobe, Jared B.

“…Self-efficacy theory proposes that girls who have confidence in their capability to be physically active will perceive fewer barriers to physical activity or…”
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Cross-Validation of Aerobic Capacity Prediction Models in Adolescents by Burns, Ryan Donald, Hannon, James C, Brusseau, Timothy A, Eisenman, Patricia A, Saint-Maurice, Pedro F, Welk, Greg J, Mahar, Matthew T

“…Cardiorespiratory endurance is a component of health-related fitness. FITNESSGRAM recommends the Progressive Aerobic Cardiovascular Endurance Run (PACER) or…”
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Environmental correlates of objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behavior in after-school recreation sessions by Rosenkranz, Richard R, Welk, Greg J, Dzewaltowski, David A

“…Active recreation sessions taking place within after-school programs (ASP) present an opportunity for attending children to attain part of the recommended 60…”
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Joint association of fatness and physical activity on resting blood pressure in 5- to 9-year-old children by Hayes, Heather M, Eisenmann, Joey C, Heelen, Kate A, Welk, Greg J, Tucker, Jared M

“…The purpose of this study was to determine the joint association of fatness and physical activity on resting blood pressure in children. Subjects included 157…”
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Applications of the Youth Physical Activity Profile by Welk, Greg J

“…A key need in comprehensive school physical activity programs (CSPAPs) is simple ways to evaluate physical activity (PA) patterns in youth. The Youth Activity…”
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Efficacy Trial Of A Behavioral Lifestyle Intervention To Promote Appropriate Gestational Weight Gain: 274 Board #115 May 30 9: 30 AM - 11: 00 AM by Buckingham-Schutt, Lyndi M., Ellingson, Laura D., Vazou, Spyridoula, Welk, Greg J., Campbell, Christina G.

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Fitness Trackers and Motivational Interviewing: Effects on Body Composition in Chronic Low Back Pain: 258 Board #99 May 30 9: 30 AM - 11: 00 AM by Southard, Kathryn J., Ellingson, Laura D., Lansing, Jeni E., Perez, Maria, Welk, Greg J.

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The Healthy Fitness Zone Continuum: Evaluating Change in Youth Fitness by Saint-Maurice, Pedro F, Welk, Greg J, Bai, Yang

“…A number of states in the United States have incorporated standardized fitness assessment in their agenda; however, little is known on how to efficiently use…”
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Process and impact evaluation of a practicum in motivational interviewing by DeShaw, Kathryn J, Ellingson, Laura D, Lansing, Jeni E, Perez, Maria L, Wolff, Maren, Welk, Greg J.

“…A practicum course was designed to offer undergraduate students the opportunity to learn motivational interviewing (MI), a skill commonly used in health…”
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