Browsing School of Sport and Recreation by Author "Schofield, G"
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Associations between lifestyle behaviours and optimal wellbeing in a diverse sample of New Zealand adults
Prendergast, K; Schofield, G; Mackay, L (BioMed Central Ltd., 2016)Background: In positive psychology optimal wellbeing is considered a broad, multi-dimensional construct encompassing both feelings and functioning. Yet, this notion of wellbeing has not been translated into public health. ... -
Associations of the perceived and objective neighborhood environment with physical activity and sedentary time in New Zealand adolescents
Hinckson, E; Cerin, E; Mavoa, S; Smith, M; Badland, H; Stewart, T; Duncan, S; Schofield, G (BioMed Central, 2017)Background: There is accumulating evidence supporting the association between neighborhood built environments and adults’ physical activity (PA) and sedentary time (ST); however, few studies have investigated these ... -
Built Environment and Physical Activity in New Zealand Adolescents: A Protocol for a Cross-sectional Study
Hinckson, EA; Duncan, S; Oliver, M; Mavoa, S; Cerin, E; Badland, H; Stewart, T; Ivory, V; McPhee, J; Schofield, G (BMJ Open, 2014)Built-environment interventions have the potential to provide population-wide effects and the means for a sustained effect on behaviour change. Population-wide effects for adult physical activity have been shown with ... -
Effects of Screen Time on Preschool Health and Development
Stewart, T; Duncan, S; Walker, C; Berry, S; Schofield, G (Ministry of Social Development, New Zealand, 2019)Executive summary The rapid proliferation of personal technology has provided our children with unprecedented access to screen-based devices for both educational and entertainment purposes. However, international research ... -
Efficacy of a Compulsory Homework Programme for Increasing Physical Activity and Healthy Eating in Children: The Healthy Homework Pilot Study
Duncan, S; McPhee, J; Schluter, P; Zinn, C; Smith, R; Schofield, G (BioMed Central Ltd, 2011)Background: Most physical activity and nutrition interventions in children focus on the school setting; however, evidence suggests that children are less active and have greater access to unhealthy food at home. The aim ... -
Efficacy of a Compulsory Homework Programme for Increasing Physical Activity and Improving Nutrition in Children: A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial
Duncan, S; Stewart, T; McPhee, J; Borotkanics, R; Prendergast, K; Zinn, C; Meredith-Jones, K; Taylor, R; McLachlan, C; Schofield, G (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019)Background Most physical activity interventions in children focus on the school setting; however, children typically engage in more sedentary activities and spend more time eating when at home. The primary aim of this ... -
Measuring flourishing: the impact of operational definitions on the prevalence of high levels of wellbeing
Hone, LC; Jarden, A; Schofield, G; Duncan, S (The International Journal of Wellbeing, 2014)The epidemiology of flourishing is an important research topic prompting international interest in its psychometric assessment. But the need to measure human feelings and functioning at the population level has resulted ... -
Neighborhood Built Environment and Transport and Leisure Physical Activity: Findings Using Objective Exposure and Outcome Measures in New Zealand
Witten, K; Blakely, T; Bagheri, N; Badland, H; Ivory, V; Pearce, J; Mavoa, S; Hinckson, E; Schofield, G (Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP), 2012)Evidence of associations between neighborhood built environments and transport-related physical activity (PA) is accumulating, but few studies have investigated associations with leisure-time PA. -
Neighbourhood built environment associations with body size in adults: mediating effects of activity and sedentariness in a cross-sectional study of New Zealand adults
Oliver, M; Witten, K; Blakely, T; Parker, K; Badland, H; Schofield, G; Ivory, V; Pearce, J; Mavoa, S; Hinckson, E; Sweetsur, P; Kearns, R (BioMed Central Ltd., 2015)Background: The aim of this study was to determine the associations between body size and built environment walkability variables, as well as the mediating role of physical activity and sedentary behaviours with body size. ... -
Pedestrianisation: Are We Reading From the Same Page? Perspective From Key Stakeholders in Takapuna, Auckland
Wooller, L; Badland, H; Schofield, G (University of Worcester, 2012)Transforming car-oriented streets into functional public spaces and pedestrianised environments has the potential to create environments that support active transport (e.g. walking and cycling), social interaction, and ... -
What are the associations between neighborhood walkability and sedentary time in New Zealand adults? The URBAN cross-sectional study
Hinckson, E; Cerin, E; Mavoa, S; Smith, M; Badland, H; Witten, K; Kearns, R; Schofield, G (BMJ Journals, 2017)Objectives We estimated associations between objectively determined neighbourhood ‘walkability’ attributes and accelerometer-derived sedentary time (ST) by sex, city or type of day. Design A cross-sectional study. Setting ... -
What Are We to Think When Results From Mouse Research Contradict Those From Human Experiments and Clinical Practice?
Schofield, G; Henderson, G; Crofts, C; Thornley, S (Nature Publishing Group, 2016)No abstract.