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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1975 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Leslie A. Lytle is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research portfolio includes work in public health, environmental and occupational health, physical therapy, sports therapy and rehabilitation, developmental and educational psychology, transportation, and physiology.

The scientist's recent publications cover a range of topics related to physical activity, obesity, and youth development. These include:

  • Promoting Physical Activity in Middle School Girls: Trial of Activity for Adolescent Girls (2020), published in Scholar Commons (University of South Carolina)
  • Weight-Gain Reduction Among 2-Year College Students: The CHOICES RCT (2020), published by UNC Libraries
  • Out and about: Association of the built environment with physical activity behaviors of adolescent females (2020), published by UNC Libraries
  • Do Overweight Girls Overreport Physical Activity? (2020), published by UNC Libraries
  • Deconstructing interventions: approaches to studying behavior change techniques across obesity interventions (2020), published by UNC Libraries

Their frequent coauthors include Charlotte Pratt, Melissa N. Laska, Deborah Rohm Young, David M. Murray, and John P. Elder.

The scientist's work has appeared predominantly in the following venues:

  • UNC Libraries (12 publications)
  • Scholar Commons (University of South Carolina) (1 publication)
  • Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior (1 publication)

Leslie A. Lytle's main research topics encompass obesity, physical activity, and diet, as well as physical education and training studies. Their work also addresses children's physical and motor development, urban transport and accessibility, physical activity and health, youth development and social support, and motivation and self-concept in sports.

The scientist has contributed to book publications, including a title published by the American Psychological Association: Designing interventions to promote community health: A multilevel, stepwise approach (2022).

Among recognitions, Leslie A. Lytle was named a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1975.

Best Publications

  • Emerging adulthood and college-aged youth: an overlooked age for weight-related behavior change.

    Melissa C. Nelson;Mary Story;Nicole I. Larson;Dianne Neumark-Sztainer

  • The effectiveness of nutrition education and implications for nutrition education policy, programs, and research: a review of research

    I. Contento;G.I. Balch;Y.L. Bronner;L.A. Lytle

  • The Association of the School Food Environment With Dietary Behaviors of Young Adolescents

    Martha Y Kubik;Leslie A. Lytle;Peter J Hannan;Cheryl L. Perry

  • Stability in consumption of fruit, vegetables, and sugary foods in a cohort from age 14 to age 21.

    Nanna Lien;Leslie A. Lytle;Knut-Inge Klepp

  • How Do Children's Eating Patterns and Food Choices Change Over Time? Results from a Cohort Study

    Leslie A. Lytle;Sara Seifert;Jessica Greenstein;Paul McGovern

  • Three-Year Maintenance of Improved Diet and Physical Activity: The CATCH Cohort

    Philip R. Nader;Elaine J. Stone;Leslie A. Lytle;Cheryl L. Perry

  • Measures of the food environment: a compilation of the literature, 1990-2007.

    Robin A. McKinnon;Jill Reedy;Meredith A. Morrissette;Leslie A. Lytle

  • Promoting Physical Activity in Middle School Girls: Trial of Activity for Adolescent Girls

    Larry S. Webber;Diane J. Catellier;Leslie A. Lytle;David M. Murray

  • A Randomized School Trial of Environmental Strategies to Encourage Fruit and Vegetable Consumption among Children

    Cheryl L. Perry;Donald B. Bishop;Gretchen L. Taylor;Marsha Davis

  • A description of the social–ecological framework used in the trial of activity for adolescent girls (TAAG)

    John P. Elder;Leslie Lytle;James F. Sallis;Deborah Rohm Young

  • Measuring the Food Environment: State of the Science

    Leslie A. Lytle

  • Psychosocial correlates of physical activity and sedentary leisure habits in young adolescents: the Teens Eating for Energy and Nutrition at School study.

    Kathryn H. Schmitz;Leslie A. Lytle;Glenn A. Phillips;David M. Murray

  • Validation of 24-hour recalls assisted by food records in third-grade children

    Leslie A Lytle;Milton Z Nichaman;Eva Obarzanek;Ellen Glovsky

  • Understanding the perceived determinants of weight-related behaviors in late adolescence: a qualitative analysis among college youth.

    Melissa C. Nelson;Rebecca Kocos;Leslie A. Lytle;Cheryl L. Perry

  • The effects of the Child and Adolescent Trial for Cardiovascular Health upon psychosocial determinants of diet and physical activity behavior.

    Elizabeth Edmundson;Guy S. Parcel;Henry A. Feldman;John Elder

  • Breakfast Frequency and Quality May Affect Glycemia and Appetite in Adults and Children

    Mark A. Pereira;Elizabeth Erickson;Patricia McKee;Karilyn Schrankler

  • Schoolwide food practices are associated with body mass index in middle school students.

    Martha Y Kubik;Leslie A. Lytle;Mary T Story

  • Neighbourhood food environments: are they associated with adolescent dietary intake, food purchases and weight status?

    Melissa N. Laska;Mary O. Hearst;Ann Forsyth;Keryn Elizabeth Pasch

  • Measures of the food environment: A systematic review of the field, 2007-2015.

    Leslie A. Lytle;Rebeccah L. Sokol

  • Overweight and obesity among Norwegian schoolchildren: Changes from 1993 to 2000

    Lene Frost Andersen;Inger Therese L. Lillegaard;Nina Øverby;Leslie Lytle

Frequent Co-Authors

Cheryl L. Perry
Cheryl L. Perry The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
David M. Murray
David M. Murray National Institutes of Health
Mary Story
Mary Story Duke University
Keryn E. Pasch
Keryn E. Pasch The University of Texas at Austin
John P. Elder
John P. Elder San Diego State University
Larry S. Webber
Larry S. Webber Tulane University
John R. Sirard
John R. Sirard University of Massachusetts Amherst
Henry A. Feldman
Henry A. Feldman Boston Children's Hospital
Theresa A. Nicklas
Theresa A. Nicklas Baylor College of Medicine
June Stevens
June Stevens University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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