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Esther M. F. van Sluijs

Esther M. F. van Sluijs

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Medicine

D-Index
83
Citations
26905
World Ranking
15547
National Ranking
1430

Overview

Esther M. F. van Sluijs is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Medicine, with a strong focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and related subfields such as Physiology, General Health Professions, Developmental and Educational Psychology, and Transportation.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics including obesity, physical activity, and diet; physical activity and health; children's physical and motor development; urban transport and accessibility; behavioral health and interventions; mobile health and mHealth applications; and air quality and health impacts.

Selected recent publications by Esther M. F. van Sluijs include:

  • "Physical activity behaviours in adolescence: current evidence and opportunities for intervention," 2021, The Lancet
  • "Variations in accelerometry measured physical activity and sedentary time across Europe - harmonized analyses of 47,497 children and adolescents," 2020, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • "Using a multi-stakeholder experience-based design process to co-develop the Creating Active Schools Framework," 2020, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • "Changes in physical activity, diet, and body weight across the education and employment transitions of early adulthood: A systematic review and meta-analysis," 2020, Obesity Reviews
  • "Becoming a parent: A systematic review and meta-analysis of changes in BMI, diet, and physical activity," 2020, Obesity Reviews

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Russell Jago
  • Eleanor Winpenny
  • Kirsten Corder
  • Kate Northstone
  • Luís B. Sardinha

Their work is frequently published in journals such as the International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, SSM Annual Scientific Meeting, Journal of Physical Activity and Health, BMJ Open, and PLoS ONE.

Esther M. F. van Sluijs's research contributions focus on investigating the determinants and interventions related to physical activity and health behaviors across the lifespan, particularly emphasizing adolescence and early adulthood transitions. The interplay between behavioral health and environmental factors such as urban transport accessibility also features prominently in their studies.

Best Publications

  • Effectiveness of interventions to promote physical activity in children and adolescents: systematic review of controlled trials.

    Esther M F van Sluijs;Alison M McMinn;Simon J Griffin

  • Effect of school-based interventions on physical activity and fitness in children and adolescents : a review of reviews and systematic update

    S Kriemler;U Meyer;E Martin;E M F van Sluijs

  • Objectively measured physical activity and sedentary time in youth: the International children's accelerometry database (ICAD).

    Ashley R. Cooper;Ashley R. Cooper;Anna Goodman;Angie S. Page;Lauren B. Sherar

  • Physical activity behaviours in adolescence: current evidence and opportunities for intervention.

    Esther M F van Sluijs;Ulf Ekelund;Inacio Crochemore-Silva;Regina Guthold

  • Environmental determinants of active travel in youth: A review and framework for future research

    Jenna R Panter;Andrew P Jones;Esther Mf van Sluijs

  • Determinants of change in physical activity in children and adolescents: a systematic review.

    Christopher Craggs;Kirsten Corder;Esther M.F. van Sluijs;Simon J. Griffin

  • Physical activity and obesity prevention: a review of the current evidence

    Nicholas J. Wareham;Esther M. F. van Sluijs;Ulf Ekelund

  • Are school-based physical activity interventions effective and equitable? A meta-analysis of cluster randomized controlled trials with accelerometer-assessed activity

    Rebecca Love;Jean Adams;Esther M. F. van Sluijs

  • Variations in accelerometry measured physical activity and sedentary time across Europe - harmonized analyses of 47,497 children and adolescents

    Jostein Steene-Johannessen;Bjørge Hermann Hansen;Knut Eirik Dalene;Elin Kolle

  • Attitudes, social support and environmental perceptions as predictors of active commuting behaviour in school children

    J R Panter;A P Jones;E M F van Sluijs;S J Griffin

  • Objectively measured physical activity in four-year-old British children: a cross-sectional analysis of activity patterns segmented across the day.

    Kathryn R. Hesketh;Alison M. McMinn;Ulf Ekelund;Ulf Ekelund;Stephen J. Sharp

  • Change in physical activity from adolescence to early adulthood: a systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal cohort studies

    Kirsten Liane Corder;Eleanor Margaret Winpenny;Rebecca Love;Helen Elizabeth Brown

  • Targeting sedentary time or moderate- and vigorous-intensity activity: independent relations with adiposity in a population-based sample of 10-y-old British children

    Rebekah M. Steele;Esther M. F. van Sluijs;Aedin Cassidy;Simon J. Griffin

  • Is it possible to assess free-living physical activity and energy expenditure in young people by self-report?

    Kirsten Corder;Esther M F van Sluijs;Antony Wright;Peter Whincup

  • Neighborhood, route, and school environments and children's active commuting

    Jenna R. Panter;Andrew P. Jones;Esther M.F. Van Sluijs;Simon J. Griffin

  • Physical activity and transitioning to retirement: a systematic review.

    Inka Barnett;Esther M.F. van Sluijs;David Ogilvie

  • Physical activity and dietary behaviour in a population-based sample of British 10-year old children: the SPEEDY study (Sport, Physical activity and Eating behaviour: Environmental Determinants in Young people)

    Esther M. F. van Sluijs;Paula M. L. Skidmore;Kim Mwanza;Andrew P. Jones

  • Change in objectively measured physical activity during the transition to adolescence.

    Kirsten Corder;Stephen J Sharp;Andrew J Atkin;Simon J Griffin

  • Determinants of sugar-sweetened beverage consumption in young children: a systematic review

    V. Mazarello Paes;V. Mazarello Paes;K. Hesketh;K. Hesketh;C. O'Malley;H. Moore

  • Change in objectively measured physical activity during the transition to adolescence: Targets for intervention

    K. Corder;S. Sharp;S. Griffin;A. Jones

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon J. Griffin
Simon J. Griffin University of Cambridge
Ulf Ekelund
Ulf Ekelund Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
Lars Bo Andersen
Lars Bo Andersen University of Bergen
Stephen J. Sharp
Stephen J. Sharp University of Cambridge
Luís B. Sardinha
Luís B. Sardinha University of Lisbon
Soren Brage
Soren Brage University of Cambridge
Jenna Panter
Jenna Panter University of Cambridge
Aedin Cassidy
Aedin Cassidy Queen's University Belfast
Kate Northstone
Kate Northstone University of Bristol
Russell Jago
Russell Jago University of Bristol

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