1 Quebec Heart Institute, Laval Hospital Research Center, Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Quebec G1V 4G5, Canada ; 2 Department of Diabetology, Metabolism, and Clinical Nutrition, University Hospital Antwerp, Faculty of Medicine (Department of Diabetology, Metabolism, and Clinical Nutrition), Edegem-Antwerp, Belgium ; 3 St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY, USA; 4 Division of Diabete...

As insufficient engagement in physical activity (PA) is becoming a major health concern in Thailand, we aimed to investigate the impact of parenting practices and children's self-efficacy on a child's PA level and further in the subgroups, stratified by the child's sex and weight status. A total of 609 primary school children recruited by cluster sampling in two schools were asked to complete q...

Weight gain remains a well recognized yet difficult to treat adverse effect of many anti-psychotic drugs including agents of the first and second generation. The weight gain liabilities of antipsychotic drugs are partly associated with their ability to increase appetite. Most behavioral interventions for weight control remain of limited efficacy, possibly because they do not specifically target...

Part one of this study investigated the effect of aging on social-cognitive characteristics related to physical activity (PA) among adults in the baseline phase of a health promotion intervention. Participants' questionnaire responses and activity logs indicated PA levels and self-efficacy declined with age, while social support and the use of self-regulatory behaviors (e.g., goal setting, plan...