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Philip R. Nader
Researcher at University of California, San Diego
Publications - 136
Citations - 13364
Philip R. Nader is an academic researcher from University of California, San Diego. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health education & Behavior change. The author has an hindex of 52, co-authored 136 publications receiving 12893 citations.
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The development of scales to measure social support for diet and exercise behaviors
TL;DR: These scales are among the first measures of social support behaviors specific to dietary- and exercise-habit change and correlated with respective self-reported dietary and exercise habits, providing evidence of concurrent criterion-related validity.
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Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity from ages 9 to 15 years.
TL;DR: Measure physical activity decreased significantly between ages 9 and 15 years, and boys were more active than girls, spending 18 and 14 more minutes per day on the weekdays and weekends, respectively.
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Outcomes of a Field Trial to Improve Children's Dietary Patterns and Physical Activity: The Child and Adolescent Trial for Cardiovascular Health (CATCH)
Russell V. Luepker,Cheryl L. Perry,Sonja M. McKinlay,Philip R. Nader,Guy S. Parcel,Elaine J. Stone,Larry S. Webber,John P. Elder,Henry A. Feldman,Carolyn C. Johnson,Steven H. Kelder,Margaret Wu +11 more
TL;DR: The CATCH intervention was able to modify the fat content of school lunches, increase moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in PE, and improve eating and physical activity behaviors in children during 3 school years.
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The development of self-efficacy scales for healthrelated diet and exercise behaviors
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SOFIT: System for Observing Fitness Instruction Time
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe SOFIT (System for Observing Fitness Instruction Time), an observation instrument designed to assess variables associated with students' activity levels and opportunities to become physically fit in physical education.