accepted 2 September 2003; electronically published 17 February 2004. The views
expressed are those of the authors, reflecting their own personal research, and do not …

There is a need to understand the factors that affect the type, frequency, duration, and
intensity of children's physical activity behavior because childhood physical activity has …

This study examined data from a 4-year school-based longitudinal study (n= 1,124), to test
whether the increase in major depression that occurs among girls during adolescence may …

The authors examined factors prospectively associated with age of onset of partial syndrome
eating disorders over a 4-year interval in a community sample (n= 877) of high school-age …

Community‐based prospective studies are needed to shed light on mechanisms that may
influence development of eating disorders and identify variables that could serve as …

Background It is commonly believed that overweight children are unhappy with their weight.
However, population-based data addressing this association are lacking. Objectives To …

This study examined the prospective relations of naturalistic weight-reduction efforts to
growth in relative weight and onset of obesity with data from a community study of female …

Background Television viewing is associated with childhood obesity. Eating during viewing
and eating highly advertised foods are 2 of the hypothesized mechanisms through which …

Objective: To test the feasibility, acceptability, and potential efficacy of after-school dance
classes and a family-based intervention to reduce television viewing, thereby reducing …

In a combined sample of more than 2,600 smokers, immediate postcessation craving is
shown to be prospectively associated with smokers' ability to maintain abstinence. Relapse …