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Overview

Charlie Foster is affiliated with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. Their academic work primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Physiology, General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Transportation.

The scientist's research concentrates on topics related to physical activity and health, obesity, diet, urban transport and accessibility, mobile health and mHealth applications, health policy implementation science, health disparities and outcomes, and global public health policies and epidemiology.

Frequent venues where Charlie Foster has published include the International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, BMC Public Health, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, BMJ Open, and British Journal of Sports Medicine.

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Charlie Foster are:

  • Participation of people living with disabilities in physical activity: a global perspective, 2021, The Lancet
  • Eight Investments That Work for Physical Activity, 2021, Journal of Physical Activity and Health
  • A critical evaluation of systematic reviews assessing the effect of chronic physical activity on academic achievement, cognition and the brain in children and adolescents: a systematic review, 2020, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • Disability, the communication of physical activity and sedentary behaviour, and ableism: a call for inclusive messages, 2021, British Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Accelerometer-measured physical activity and sedentary time among children and their parents in the UK before and after COVID-19 lockdowns: a natural experiment, 2022, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Charlie Foster has collaborated frequently with co-authors including Karen Milton, Russell Jago, Paul Kelly, James Nobles, and Wilby Williamson. The strongest collaboration ties are reflected in multiple publications together.

Best Publications

  • Understanding participation in sport and physical activity among children and adults: a review of qualitative studies

    Steven Allender;Gill Cowburn;Charlie Foster

  • Interventions to promote walking: systematic review

    David Ogilvie;Charles E Foster;Helen Rothnie;Nick Cavill

  • The economic burden of ill health due to diet, physical inactivity, smoking, alcohol and obesity in the UK: an update to 2006–07 NHS costs

    Peter Scarborough;Prachi Bhatnagar;Kremlin K. Wickramasinghe;Steve Allender;Steve Allender

  • Socioeconomic status and non-communicable disease behavioural risk factors in low-income and lower-middle-income countries: a systematic review

    Luke Allen;Julianne Williams;Nick Townsend;Bente Mikkelsen

  • The associations between sedentary behaviour and mental health among adolescents: a systematic review

    Erin Hoare;Karen Milton;Charlie Foster;Steven Allender

  • Systematic review and meta-analysis of reduction in all-cause mortality from walking and cycling and shape of dose response relationship

    Paul Kelly;Paul Kelly;Sonja Kahlmeier;Thomas Götschi;Nicola Orsini

  • The relationship between access and quality of urban green space with population physical activity

    M Hillsdon;J Panter;C Foster;AP Jones

  • Community Wide Interventions for Increasing Physical Activity

    Philip R. A. Baker;Daniel P. Francis;Jesus Soares;Alison Lesley Weightman

  • Correlates of physical activity in youth: a review of quantitative systematic reviews

    Stuart J. H. Biddle;Andrew J. Atkin;Nick Cavill;Charlie Foster

  • A review of mediators of behavior in interventions to promote physical activity among children and adolescents

    David Revalds Lubans;Charlie Foster;Stuart J.H. Biddle

  • The relationship between active travel to school and health-related fitness in children and adolescents: a systematic review

    David R Lubans;Colin A Boreham;Paul Kelly;Charlie E Foster

  • Participation of people living with disabilities in physical activity: a global perspective.

    Kathleen A Martin Ginis;Hidde P van der Ploeg;Hidde P van der Ploeg;Charlie Foster;Byron Lai

  • Health benefits of different sport disciplines for adults: systematic review of observational and intervention studies with meta-analysis

    Pekka Oja;Sylvia Titze;Sami Kokko;Urho M Kujala

  • Effect of exercise referral schemes in primary care on physical activity and improving health outcomes: systematic review and meta-analysis

    TG Pavey;AH Taylor;KR Fox;Melvyn Hillsdon

  • Green space and physical activity: an observational study using Health Survey for England data.

    Oliver T Mytton;Nick Townsend;Nick Townsend;Harry Rutter;Harry Rutter;Charlie Foster;Charlie Foster

  • The burden of physical activity-related ill health in the UK

    Steven Allender;Charlie Foster;Peter Scarborough;Mike Rayner

  • Life-change events and participation in physical activity: a systematic review

    Steven Allender;Lauren Hutchinson;Charles Foster

  • The Clinical Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Exercise Referral Schemes: A Systematic Review and Economic Evaluation

    Toby Pavey;Nana Anokye;A. Taylor;Paul Trueman

  • Environmental perceptions and walking in English adults

    Charles Foster;Melvyn Hillsdon;Margaret Thorogood

  • A meta-analysis of weight gain in first year university students: is freshman 15 a myth?

    Claudia Vadeboncoeur;Nicholas Townsend;Charlie Foster

  • An ethical framework for automated, wearable cameras in health behavior research

    Paul Kelly;Simon J. Marshall;Hannah Badland;Jacqueline Kerr

Frequent Co-Authors

Harry Rutter
Harry Rutter University of Bath
Steven Allender
Steven Allender Deakin University
Jacqueline Kerr
Jacqueline Kerr University of California, San Diego
Hannah Badland
Hannah Badland RMIT University
Jenna Panter
Jenna Panter University of Cambridge
David Ogilvie
David Ogilvie University of Cambridge
Christopher Gidlow
Christopher Gidlow Keele University
Kenneth R Fox
Kenneth R Fox University of Bristol
Stuart J. H. Biddle
Stuart J. H. Biddle University of Southern Queensland
Brett Smith
Brett Smith Durham University

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