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Overview

Russell Jago is affiliated with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of medicine and health professions. Their published work spans significant subfields such as public health, environmental and occupational health, physiology, general health professions, developmental and educational psychology, and transportation.

Their research primarily focuses on topics including obesity, physical activity, and diet; physical activity and health; children's physical and motor development; urban transport and accessibility; health policy implementation science; obesity and health practices; and behavioral health and interventions.

Frequent venues for Russell Jago's publications include the International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, BMC Public Health, Public Health Research, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, and Research Square.

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Russell Jago are:

  • World Health Organization 2020 guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour (2020), published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine
  • 2020 WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour for children and adolescents aged 5-17 years: summary of the evidence (2020), published in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • Variations in accelerometry measured physical activity and sedentary time across Europe - harmonized analyses of 47,497 children and adolescents (2020), published in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • Advancing the global physical activity agenda: recommendations for future research by the 2020 WHO physical activity and sedentary behavior guidelines development group (2020), published in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • Genome-wide association analyses of physical activity and sedentary behavior provide insights into underlying mechanisms and roles in disease prevention (2022), published in Nature Genetics

Russell Jago has collaborated frequently with a number of researchers, including Frank de Vocht, Ruth Salway, Esther van Sluijs, Lydia Emm-Collison, and Danielle House.

Best Publications

  • World Health Organization 2020 guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour

    Fiona C. Bull;Salih S. Al-Ansari;Stuart Biddle;Katja Borodulin

  • 2020 WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour for children and adolescents aged 5–17 years: summary of the evidence

    Jean-Philippe Chaput;Jean-Philippe Chaput;Juana F. Willumsen;Fiona Bull;Roger Chou

  • BMI from 3–6 y of age is predicted by TV viewing and physical activity, not diet

    RP Jago;T Baranowski;JC Baranowski;D Thompson

  • Serious Video Games for Health: How Behavioral Science Guided the Development of a Serious Video Game

    Debbe Thompson;Tom Baranowski;Richard Buday;Janice Baranowski

  • Non-curricular approaches for increasing physical activity in youth: a review.

    Russell Jago;Tom Baranowski

  • 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

  • Effect of 4 weeks of Pilates on the body composition of young girls.

    Russell Jago;Mariëlle L. Jonker;Mariam Missaghian;Tom Baranowski

  • Adolescent patterns of physical activity differences by gender, day, and time of day.

    Russell Jago;Cheryl B. Anderson;Tom Baranowski;Kathy Watson

  • Advancing the global physical activity agenda: recommendations for future research by the 2020 WHO physical activity and sedentary behavior guidelines development group

    Loretta DiPietro;Salih Saad Al-Ansari;Stuart J.H. Biddle;Katja Borodulin

  • Systematic review of correlates of screen-viewing among young children

    Itziar Hoyos Cillero;Russell Jago

  • Parent and child physical activity and sedentary time: do active parents foster active children?

    Russell Jago;Kenneth R Fox;Angie S Page;Rowan Brockman

  • Greenspace and children's physical activity: a GPS/GIS analysis of the PEACH project.

    Benedict W. Wheeler;Ashley R. Cooper;Angie S. Page;Russell Jago

  • Engaging parents to increase youth physical activity a systematic review.

    Teresia M. O'Connor;Russell Jago;Tom Baranowski

  • Video Game Play, Child Diet, and Physical Activity Behavior Change: A Randomized Clinical Trial

    Tom Baranowski;Janice Baranowski;Debbe Thompson;Richard Buday

  • Why some do but most don't. Barriers and enablers to engaging low-income groups in physical activity programmes: a mixed methods study

    Janet Withall;Russell Jago;Kenneth R Fox

  • Obesity in children. Part 1: Epidemiology, measurement, risk factors, and screening

    Ruth R Kipping;Russell Jago;Debbie A Lawlor

  • Testing a self-determination theory model of children's physical activity motivation: a cross-sectional study

    Simon J Sebire;Russell Jago;Kenneth R Fox;Mark J Edwards

  • Genome-wide association analyses of physical activity and sedentary behavior provide insights into underlying mechanisms and roles in disease prevention

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  • Patterns of GPS measured time outdoors after school and objective physical activity in English children: the PEACH project

    Ashley R Cooper;Angie S Page;Benedict W Wheeler;Melvyn Hillsdon

  • Children's Screen Viewing is Related to Psychological Difficulties Irrespective of Physical Activity

    Angie S Page;Ashley R Cooper;Pippa Griew;Russell Jago

  • Effect of intervention aimed at increasing physical activity, reducing sedentary behaviour, and increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in children: Active for Life Year 5 (AFLY5) school based cluster randomised controlled trial

    Ruth R Kipping;Laura D Howe;Russell Jago;Rona Campbell

  • Parenting Styles, Parenting Practices, and Physical Activity in 10- To 11-year Olds

    Russell Jago;Kirsten K. Davison;Rowan Brockman;Angie S. Page

  • Independent mobility, perceptions of the built environment and children's participation in play, active travel and structured exercise and sport: the PEACH Project

    Angie S Page;Ashley R Cooper;Pippa Griew;Russell Jago

Frequent Co-Authors

Tom Baranowski
Tom Baranowski Baylor College of Medicine
Kenneth R Fox
Kenneth R Fox University of Bristol
Debbie A. Lawlor
Debbie A. Lawlor University of Bristol
Rona Campbell
Rona Campbell University of Bristol
Katrina M Turner
Katrina M Turner University of Bristol
Timothy J. Peters
Timothy J. Peters University of Bristol
Ulf Ekelund
Ulf Ekelund Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
Esther M. F. van Sluijs
Esther M. F. van Sluijs University of Cambridge
Lars Bo Andersen
Lars Bo Andersen University of Bergen
Ronan A Lyons
Ronan A Lyons Swansea University

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