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Factors influencing the implementation of organized physical activity and fruit and vegetable snacks in the HOP’N After-School Obesity Prevention Program

Hastmann, Tanis J.; Bopp, Melissa; Fallon, Elizabeth A.; Rosenkranz, Richard R.; Dzewaltowski, David A. (2013)

Objective: To identify barriers and facilitators for improving the after-school organized physical activity (PA) and snack quality. Methods: After-school staff (Year 1, n = 20; Year 2, n = 17) participated in qualitative, ...
A group-randomized controlled trial for health promotion in Girl Scouts: healthier troops in a SNAP (Scouting Nutrition & Activity Program)

Rosenkranz, Richard R.; Behrens, Timothy K.; Dzewaltowski, David A. (2010)

Background: Girl Scouting may offer a viable channel for health promotion and obesity prevention programs. This study evaluated the effectiveness of an intervention program delivered through Girl Scout Junior troops that ...
HOP’N after-school project: an obesity prevention randomized controlled trial

Dzewaltowski, David A.; Rosenkranz, Richard R.; Geller, Karly S.; Coleman, Karen J.; Welk, Greg J.; Hastmann, Tanis J.; Milliken, George A. (2010)

Background: This paper reports the primary outcomes of the Healthy Opportunities for Physical Activity and Nutrition (HOP’N) after-school project, which was an effectiveness trial designed to evaluate the prevention of ...
Maternal physical-activity-related parenting behaviors may influence children's physical activity levels and relative weight.

Rosenkranz, Richard R.; Dzewaltowski, David A. (2011)

Previous studies have demonstrated that parents may influence the physical activity (PA) levels of children. The present study sought to determine whether PA-related parenting behaviors were associated with the physical ...
Measuring children’s self-efficacy and proxy efficacy related to fruit and vegetable consumption

Geller, Karly S.; Dzewaltowski, David A.; Rosenkranz, Richard R.; Karteroliotis, Konstantinos (2009)

BACKGROUND: Social cognitive theory describes self-efficacy and proxy efficacy as influences on fruit and vegetable consumption (FVC). Proxy efficacy was defined as a child’s confidence in his or her skills and abilities ...
A model of the home food environment pertaining to childhood obesity

Rosenkranz, Richard R.; Dzewaltowski, David A. (2008)

The home food environment can be conceptualized as overlapping interactive domains composed of built and natural, sociocultural, political and economic, micro-level and macro-level environments. Each type and level of ...
Mother-daughter resemblance in BMI and obesity-related behaviors

Rosenkranz, Richard R.; Bauer, Abigail; Dzewaltowski, David A. (2010)

Objective: This study sought to determine the association between mother-daughter resemblance in body mass index (BMI) and obesity-related behaviors, and whether connectedness moderated those associations. Method: ...
Parental bonding may moderate the relationship between parent physical activity and youth physical activity after school

Dzewaltowski, David A.; Ryan, Gregory J.; Rosenkranz, Richard R. (2008)

Objectives: The processes and conditions through which parents may influence children's physical activity have not been identified. This study tested the hypothesis that bonding with parents would moderate the relationships ...
Parents attending a family weight management program perceive similar home fruit and vegetable accessibility, but greater child proxy agency and physical activity opportunity

Rosenkranz, Richard R.; Geller, Karly S.; Dzewaltowski, David A. (2007)

Many children do not meet current guidelines for physical activity and fruit and vegetable consumption, two areas of health-related behavior with links to obesity. Objective: To examine child and parent perceptions of child ...
Physical activity and healthy eating in the after-school environment

Coleman, Karen J.; Geller, Karly S.; Rosenkranz, Richard R.; Dzewaltowski, David A. (2008)

BACKGROUND: No research to date has extensively described moderate and vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and healthful eating (HE) opportunities in the after-school environment. The current study described the quality of ...
Promoting better family meals for girls attending summer programs

Rosenkranz, Richard R.; Dzewaltowski, David A. (2009)

Numerous cross-sectional studies and some longitudinal studies have identified the positive attributes and protective effects of the traditional family meal. Children and adolescents who frequently eat meals with their ...
Psychosocial and demographic correlates of objectively measured physical activity in structured and unstructured after-school recreation sessions

Rosenkranz, Richard R.; Welk, Greg J.; Hastmann, Tanis J.; Dzewaltowski, David A. (2011)

Most studies of psychosocial and demographic correlates of physical activity (PA) have examined relationships across various types of physical and social environments, rather than within a specific environmental behavior ...

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