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Shelia L. Broyles
Researcher at University of California, San Diego
Publications - 37
Citations - 2188
Shelia L. Broyles is an academic researcher from University of California, San Diego. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health education & Physical fitness. The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 34 publications receiving 2097 citations. Previous affiliations of Shelia L. Broyles include University of California, Berkeley & Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
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Correlates of physical activity at home in Mexican-American and Anglo-American preschool children.
James F. Sallis,Philip R. Nader,Shelia L. Broyles,Charles C. Berry,John P. Elder,Thomas L. McKenzie,Julie A. Nelson +6 more
TL;DR: Variables observed concurrently with physical activity, such as time spent outdoors and prompts to be active, were highly associated with children's physical activity.
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Physical Activity Levels and Prompts in Young Children at Recess: A Two-Year Study of a Bi-Ethnic Sample
Thomas L. McKenzie,James F. Sallis,John P. Elder,Charles C. Berry,Patricia L. Hoy,Philip R. Nader,Michelle M. Zive,Shelia L. Broyles +7 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that school environments could be altered to promote healthful physical activity among young children and that teachers' prompts to be active decreased and prompts from peers increased.
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Home environmental influences on children's television watching from early to middle childhood.
Brian E. Saelens,James F. Sallis,Philip R. Nader,Shelia L. Broyles,Charles C. Berry,Howard Taras +5 more
TL;DR: Children’s TV time and home environment factors were assessed longitudinally among 169 families with children followed from 6 to 12 years of age, and when children were older, more than 2 hours of TV daily was a risk factor for higher weight.
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Childhood Movement Skills: Predictors of Physical Activity in Anglo American and Mexican American Adolescents?
Thomas L. McKenzie,James F. Sallis,Shelia L. Broyles,Michelle M. Zive,Philip R. Nader,Charles C. Berry,Jesse J. Brennan +6 more
TL;DR: Balance, agility, eye-hand coordination, and skinfold thicknesses in 207 Mexican American and Anglo American children were measured at ages 4, 5, and 6 years to determine if enhanced movement skills in children promote subsequent physical activity.
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Anglo- and Mexican-American preschoolers at home and at recess: activity patterns and environmental influences.
TL;DR: Mexican-American children were less active than Anglo children at home and during recess, thus adding to the adult literature that has found Mexican-Americans to be lessactive than Anglos, and supporting to the notion that physical activity life-style habits may be established in early childhood.