Better Understanding Wearable Activity Monitor Use and Non-Use Among Older Adults: A Qualitative Study.

We used qualitative methods to better understand wearable activity monitor (WAM) use and its relationship with physical activity (PA) among older adults. Four focus groups, stratified by current/past ("ever") WAM users and "never" WAM users, were conducted with 57 participants aged ≥60 years. Data were coded with deductive and inductive approaches.

Exploring experiences of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy diagnosis, treatment, and impacts on quality of life among middle-aged and older adults: An interview study.

Background: Limited studies exist that describe diagnosis, treatment, and management experiences of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). This study's purpose is to characterize patient experiences related to symptom onset, diagnosis, symptom management, support from healthcare professionals, and impacts on daily living.

Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted using open-ended questions and question probes were conducted with adults aged ≥18 years diagnosed with HCM ≥1 year prior.

Wearable Activity Monitor Use Is Associated With the Aerobic Physical Activity Guidelines and Walking Among Older Adults.

Purpose: To examine wearable activity monitor (WAM) use and its association with meeting the 2008 aerobic Physical Activity Guidelines (PAG) and walking among older adults.

Design: Cross-sectional.

Setting: FallStyles 2015 national consumer panel survey.

Differences in Food and Beverage Marketing Policies and Practices in US School Districts, by Demographic Characteristics of School Districts, 2012.

Introduction: Foods and beverages marketed in schools are typically of poor nutritional value. School districts may adopt policies and practices to restrict marketing of unhealthful foods and to promote healthful choices. Students' exposure to marketing practices differ by school demographics, but these differences have not yet been examined by district characteristics.

Parental Perception of Neighborhood Safety and Children's Physical Activity.

Background: We examined the relationship between parents' perception of neighborhood safety and children's physical activity and use of recreation facilities in a US nationally representative sample of fifth grade children.

Methods: We used data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study Kindergarten cohort, fifth grade sample (N = 9827). Multivariate logistic and linear regression models were used to examine associations between parents' perception of neighborhood safety for outside play and number of days children engage in physical activity, as well as children's use of recreational facilities for physical activity.

Child and Caregiver Attitudes About Sports Drinks and Weekly Sports Drink Intake Among U.S. Youth.

Purpose: To examine caregiver and youth attitudes about sports drinks (SDs) and the association of those attitudes with youth SD intake.

Design: Study design was cross-sectional. The online YouthStyles survey was sent to youth (ages 12-17 years) whose caregivers completed the online Summer ConsumerStyles survey for adults.

Knowledge of sugar content of sports drinks is not associated with sports drink consumption.

Purpose: To examine U.S. adult knowledge of the sugar content of sports drinks and whether this knowledge and other characteristics are associated with their sports drink consumption.

Self-reported advertising exposure to sugar-sweetened beverages among US youth.

Objective: According to the Federal Trade Commission, in 2009, the top food category with teen-directed marketing expenditures was sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB). The present study reports on exposure to SSB advertisements using self-report data from adolescents.

Design: Cross-sectional study design using descriptive statistics to assess self-reported frequency of exposure to SSB advertisements and multivariable logistic regression to examine associations between frequency of SSB advertising exposure and sociodemographic variables.

Caregiver and adolescent responses to food and beverage marketing exposures through an online survey.

Background: The Institute of Medicine noted that current food and beverage marketing practices promote unhealthful diets. However, little public health research has been conducted on food marketing directed toward adolescents, especially using caregiver- and adolescent-reported data.

Methods: We assessed perceived frequency of food/beverage advertising exposure and common locations of food/beverage marketing exposure for adolescents using 2012 Summer ConsumerStyles and YouthStyles survey data on US adults ≥18 years of age and their children ages 12-17 (n=847), respectively.