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Stuart J. Fairclough

Stuart J. Fairclough

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
56
Citations
10811
World Ranking
1909
National Ranking
339

Overview

Stuart J. Fairclough is affiliated with Edge Hill University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with a significant focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology, and Developmental and Educational Psychology.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Physical Activity and Health
  • Children's Physical and Motor Development
  • Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Child Development and Digital Technology
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors

Their publication record features papers with a focus on physical activity, health interventions, and children's development. Notable recent papers include:

  • 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
  • School-based interventions modestly increase physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness but are least effective for youth who need them most: an individual participant pooled analysis of 20 controlled trials, 2021, British Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Cross-sectional associations between 24-hour activity behaviours and mental health indicators in children and adolescents: A compositional data analysis, 2021, Journal of Sports Sciences
  • Covid-19 lockdown: Ethnic differences in children's self-reported physical activity and the importance of leaving the home environment; a longitudinal and cross-sectional study from the Born in Bradford birth cohort study, 2021, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • Reference values for wrist-worn accelerometer physical activity metrics in England children and adolescents, 2023, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Stuart J. Fairclough include:

  • Richard Tyler
  • Lawrence Foweather
  • Lynne M. Boddy
  • Zöe Knowles
  • Sarah L. Taylor

The researcher contributes regularly to several journals, with the highest number of publications appearing in:

  • International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Journal of Sports Sciences
  • Journal of Activity Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors
  • Children

Overall, the scholarly work of Stuart J. Fairclough centers on understanding and promoting physical activity and health, particularly in children and adolescents, through both empirical studies and applied interventions. Their expertise reflects an interdisciplinary approach combining medicine, psychology, and public health disciplines.

Best Publications

  • Physical activity levels of children during school playtime.

    Nicola D Ridgers;Gareth Stratton;Stuart J Fairclough

  • ‘Physical education makes you fit and healthy’. Physical education's contribution to young people's physical activity levels

    S. Fairclough;G. Stratton

  • Long-term effects of a playground markings and physical structures on children's recess physical activity levels.

    Nicola D. Ridgers;Gareth Stratton;Stuart J. Fairclough;Jos W.R. Twisk;Jos W.R. Twisk

  • Wear compliance and activity in children wearing wrist and hip mounted accelerometers

    Stuart J Fairclough;Robert Noonan;Alex V Rowlands;Vincent Van Hees

  • Assessing physical activity during recess using accelerometry.

    Nicola D. Ridgers;Gareth Stratton;Stuart J. Fairclough

  • Children's physical activity levels during school recess: a quasi-experimental intervention study.

    Nicola D Ridgers;Gareth Stratton;Stuart J Fairclough;Jos W R Twisk;Jos W R Twisk

  • Physical Activity Levels in Middle and High School Physical Education: A Review

    Stuart Fairclough;Gareth Stratton

  • A Review of Physical Activity Levels During Elementary School Physical Education

    Stuart J. Fairclough;Gareth Stratton

  • The Contribution of Secondary School Physical Education to Lifetime Physical Activity

    Stuart Fairclough;Gareth Stratton;Graham Baldwin

  • Associations between children's socioeconomic status, weight status, and sex, with screen-based sedentary behaviours and sport participation

    Stuart J. Fairclough;Lynne M. Boddy;Allan F. Hackett;Gareth Stratton

  • Variables associated with children's physical activity levels during recess: the A-CLASS project

    Nicola D Ridgers;Nicola D Ridgers;Stuart J Fairclough;Gareth Stratton

  • School day segmented physical activity patterns of high and low active children

    Stuart J Fairclough;Aaron Beighle;Heather Erwin;Nicola D Ridgers

  • Promoting healthy weight in primary school children through physical activity and nutrition education: a pragmatic evaluation of the CHANGE! randomised intervention study

    Stuart J Fairclough;Allan F Hackett;Ian G Davies;Rebecca Gobbi;Rebecca Gobbi

  • Using a multi-stakeholder experience-based design process to co-develop the Creating Active Schools Framework

    Andy Daly-Smith;Andy Daly-Smith;Andy Daly-Smith;Thomas Quarmby;Victoria S. J. Archbold;Nicola Corrigan

  • The effectiveness of school-based physical activity interventions for adolescent girls: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Michael B. Owen;Whitney B. Curry;Charlotte Kerner;Lisa Newson

  • Physical Activity, Perceived Competence and Enjoyment During High School Physical Education

    Stuart Fairclough

  • Fitness, fatness and the reallocation of time between children’s daily movement behaviours: an analysis of compositional data

    Stuart J. Fairclough;Stuart J. Fairclough;Dorothea Dumuid;Sarah L. Taylor;Whitney B. Curry

  • Twelve-month effects of a playground intervention on children's morning and lunchtime recess physical activity levels.

    Nicola Diane Ridgers;Stuart J. Fairclough;Gareth Stratton

  • Accelerometry-assessed sedentary behaviour and physical activity levels during the segmented school day in 10-14-year-old children: the HAPPY study.

    Daniel Paul Bailey;Stuart J. Fairclough;Louise A. Savory;Sarah J. Denton

  • Write, draw, show, and tell: a child-centred dual methodology to explore perceptions of out-of-school physical activity

    Robert J. Noonan;Lynne M. Boddy;Stuart J. Fairclough;Zoe R. Knowles

  • Improving health-enhancing physical activity in girls' physical education

    S. Fairclough;G. Stratton

Frequent Co-Authors

Melanie J. Davies
Melanie J. Davies University of Leicester
Fehmidah Munir
Fehmidah Munir Loughborough University
Michael Ussher
Michael Ussher St George's, University of London
Gaynor Parfitt
Gaynor Parfitt University of South Australia
Michael W. Beets
Michael W. Beets University of South Carolina
Rosemary R. C. McEachan
Rosemary R. C. McEachan National Health Service
David R. Lubans
David R. Lubans University of Newcastle Australia
Brian Kelly
Brian Kelly University of Newcastle Australia
Philip D. Parker
Philip D. Parker Australian Catholic University
Sean P. Cumming
Sean P. Cumming University of Bath

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