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Rodrigo Siqueira Reis is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research focuses on the intersection of urban transport, physical activity, and health, broadly situated within the social sciences and medicine. The main fields of study include social sciences with 44 publications and medicine with 36 publications, emphasizing public health, environmental and occupational health, transportation, health toxicology and mutagenesis, physiology, and general health.

The scientist investigates topics such as urban transport and accessibility, obesity, physical activity and diet, physical activity and health, health disparities and outcomes, urban green space and health, climate change and health impacts, as well as COVID-19 and mental health.

Key recent publications include:

  • Physical Activity Promotion and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: Building Synergies to Maximize Impact (2021, Journal of Physical Activity and Health)
  • Determining thresholds for spatial urban design and transport features that support walking to create healthy and sustainable cities: findings from the IPEN Adult study (2022, The Lancet Global Health)
  • When Moving Is the Only Option: The Role of Necessity Versus Choice for Understanding and Promoting Physical Activity in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (2022, Annual Review of Public Health)
  • An evidence-based assessment of the impact of the Olympic Games on population levels of physical activity (2021, The Lancet)
  • International Physical Activity and Built Environment Study of adolescents: IPEN Adolescent design, protocol and measures (2021, BMJ Open)

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Rodrigo Siqueira Reis include Deborah Salvo, Adriano Akira Ferreira Hino, Ana Luiza Favarão Leão, Ester Cerin, and James F. Sallis. These collaborations show engagement across multiple experts in physical activity and public health research.

The scientist often publishes in respected venues such as the Journal of Physical Activity and Health, Cities & Health, Health & Place, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, and The Lancet Planetary Health. Rodrigo Siqueira Reis has contributed notably to the discourse in these journals, with the highest number of publications in the Journal of Physical Activity and Health.

Best Publications

  • Correlates of physical activity: why are some people physically active and others not?

    Adrian Bauman;Rodrigo Siqueira Reis;Rodrigo Siqueira Reis;James F. Sallis;Jonathan C. K. Wells

  • Physical activity in relation to urban environments in 14 cities worldwide: a cross-sectional study

    James F Sallis;Ester Cerin;Ester Cerin;Terry L Conway;Marc A Adams

  • City planning and population health: a global challenge

    Billie Giles-Corti;Anne Vernez-Moudon;Rodrigo Siqueira Reis;Rodrigo Siqueira Reis;Rodrigo Siqueira Reis;Gavin Turrell;Gavin Turrell

  • Neighborhood walkability scale (News - Brazil): Back translation and Reliability

    Leticia de Matos Malavasi;Maria de Fátima da Silva Duarte;Jorge Both;Rodrigo Siqueira Reis

  • Scaling up physical activity interventions worldwide: stepping up to larger and smarter approaches to get people moving

    Rodrigo S Reis;Rodrigo S Reis;Deborah Salvo;David Ogilvie;Estelle V Lambert

  • Worldwide prevalence of physical inactivity and its association with human development index in 76 countries.

    Samuel de Carvalho Dumith;Pedro Rodrigues Curi Hallal;Rodrigo Siqueira Reis;Rodrigo Siqueira Reis;Harold Kohl;Harold Kohl

  • Perceived stress scale: reliability and validity study in Brazil.

    Rodrigo Siqueira Reis;Adriano Akira Ferreira Hino;Ciro Romélio Rodriguez Añez

  • Lessons Learned After 10 Years of IPAQ Use in Brazil and Colombia

    Pedro Rodrigues Curi Hallal;Luis Fernando Gomez;Diana C Parra;Felipe Lobelo

  • Are park proximity and park features related to park use and park-based physical activity among adults? Variations by multiple socio-demographic characteristics

    Andrew T Kaczynski;Gina M Besenyi;Sonja A Wilhelm Stanis;Mohammad Javad Koohsari;Mohammad Javad Koohsari

  • Physical Activity 2 Correlates of physical activity: why are some people physically active and others not?

    Adrian E Bauman;Rodrigo S Reis;James F Sallis;Jonathan C Wells

  • Perceived neighborhood environmental attributes associated with walking and cycling for transport among adult residents of 17 cities in 12 countries: the IPEN study

    Jacqueline Kerr;Jennifer A Emond;Hannah Badland;Rodrigo S. Reis

  • International comparisons of the associations between objective measures of the built environment and transport-related walking and cycling: IPEN adult study

    Lars Breum Christiansen;Ester Cerin;Ester Cerin;Hannah Badland;Jacqueline Kerr

  • Towards better evidence-informed global action: lessons learnt from the Lancet series and recent developments in physical activity and public health.

    Ding Ding;Andrea Ramirez Varela;Adrian E Bauman;Ulf Ekelund

  • Advancing Science and Policy Through a Coordinated International Study of Physical Activity and Built Environments: IPEN Adult Methods

    Jacqueline Kerr;James F Sallis;James F Sallis;Neville Owen;Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij

  • Perceived neighbourhood environmental attributes associated with adults׳ recreational walking: IPEN Adult study in 12 countries

    Takemi Sugiyama;Ester Cerin;Neville Owen;Adewale L Oyeyemi

  • Association between physical activity and quality of life in adults

    Gabrielle Cristine Moura Fernandes Pucci;Cassiano Ricardo Rech;Cassiano Ricardo Rech;Cassiano Ricardo Rech;Rogério César Fermino;Rogério César Fermino;Rodrigo Siqueira Reis;Rodrigo Siqueira Reis

  • International Study of Objectively-measured Physical Activity and Sedentary Time with Body Mass Index and Obesity: IPEN Adult Study

    D Van Dyck;E Cerin;I De Bourdeaudhuij;E Hinckson

  • Access to parks and physical activity: an eight country comparison.

    Jasper Schipperijn;Ester Cerin;Ester Cerin;Marc A Adams;Rodrigo Reis;Rodrigo Reis

  • Associação entre atividade física e qualidade de vida em adultos

    Gabrielle Cristine Moura Fernandes Pucci;Cassiano Ricardo Rech;Cassiano Ricardo Rech;Cassiano Ricardo Rech;Rogério César Fermino;Rogério César Fermino;Rodrigo Siqueira Reis;Rodrigo Siqueira Reis

  • Physical Activity Promotion and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: Building Synergies to Maximize Impact

    Deborah Salvo;Leandro Garcia;Rodrigo S Reis;Rodrigo S Reis;Ivana Stankov

  • Perceived environmental correlates of physical activity for leisure and transportation in Curitiba, Brazil

    Diana C. Parra;Christine M. Hoehner;Pedro C. Hallal;Isabela C. Ribeiro

  • Sharing good NEWS across the world: developing comparable scores across 12 countries for the neighborhood environment walkability scale (NEWS)

    Ester Cerin;Ester Cerin;Terry L Conway;Kelli L Cain;Jacqueline Kerr

  • BRAZILIAN VERSION OF A LIFESTYLE QUESTIONNAIRE: TRANSLATION AND VALIDATION FOR YOUNG ADULTS

    Ciro Romélio Rodriguez Añez;Rodrigo Siqueira Reis;Edio Luiz Petroski

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Pratt
Michael Pratt University of California, San Diego
Diana C. Parra
Diana C. Parra Washington University in St. Louis
Rachel Davey
Rachel Davey University of Canberra
Lawrence D. Frank
Lawrence D. Frank University of California, San Diego
Deborah Carvalho Malta
Deborah Carvalho Malta Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Takemi Sugiyama
Takemi Sugiyama Swinburne University of Technology
Marc A. Adams
Marc A. Adams Arizona State University
Jasper Schipperijn
Jasper Schipperijn University of Southern Denmark
Jacqueline Kerr
Jacqueline Kerr University of California, San Diego
Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij
Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij Ghent University

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