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Advocacy

Yancey, A.K., and Sallis, J.F.  (2009). Physical activity: Cinderella or Rodney Dangerfield?  Preventive Medicine, 49, 277-279.  Editorial for theme issue: Forum on Physical Activity Research and Funding.  
 
King, A.C., and Sallis, J.F.  (2009). Why and how to improve physical activity promotion: Lessons from behavioral science and related fields.  Preventive Medicine, 49, 286-288.  Invited commentary.  
    
Carnoske, C., Hoehner, C., Ruthmann, N., Frank, L., Handy, S., Hill, J., Ryan, S., Sallis, J., Glanz, K., and Brownson, R.  (2010). Developer and realtor perspectives on the factors that influence development, sales, and perceived demand for activity-friendly communities.  Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 7(Suppl 1), S48-S59. 
    
  
Sallis, J.F.  (2010). We do not have to sacrifice children’s health to achieve academic goals. Journal of Pediatrics, 156, 696-697.  doi:10.1016/j.peds.2010.01.001  *
 
    
deNazelle, A., Nieuwenhuijsen, M.J., Anto, J.M., Brauer, M., Briggs, D., Braun-Fahrlander, C., Cavill, N., Cooper, A.R., Desqueyroux, H., Fruin, S., Hoek, G., Panis, L.I., Janssen, N., Jerrett, M., Joffe, M., Jovanovic, Z., vanKempen, E., Kingham, S., Kubesch, N., Leyden, K., Marshall, J.D., Matamala, J., Mellios, G., Mendez, M., Nassif, H., Ogilvie, D., Peiro, R., Perez, K., Rabl, A., Ragettli, M., Rodriguez, D., Rojas, D., Ruiz, P., Sallis, J.F., Terwoert, J., Toussaint, J-F., Tuomisto, J., Zuurbier, M., and Lebret, E.  (2011). Improving health through policies that promote active travel: A review of evidence to support integrated health impact assessment.  Environment International, 37, 766-777.   doi:10.1016/j.envint.2011.02.003 
    
Millstein, R.A., and Sallis, J.F.  (2011). Youth advocacy for obesity prevention: The next wave of social change for health.  Translational Behavioral Medicine: Practice, Policy, Research, 1(3), 497-505.  Published online July 2011; DOI: 10.1007/s13142-011-0060-0.  
    
Zhu, X., and Sallis, J.F.  (2011). Designing for healthy communities: Active living and comprehensive community development. Journal of the Institute for Comprehensive Community Development, 2(2), 9-20.   *
    
Zhu, X., and Sallis, J.F.  (2011). State of practice in designing for healthy communities. Journal of the Institute for Comprehensive Community Development, 2(2), 21-24. *
    
Sallis, J.F., McKenzie, T.L., Beets, M.W., Beighle, A., Erwin, H., and Lee, S.  (2012).  Physical education's role in public health: Steps forward and backward over 20 years and HOPE for the future.  Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 83(2), 125-135. * 
    
Khan, K.M., Thompson, A.M., Blair, S.N., Sallis, J.F., Powell, K., Bull, F., and Bauman, A.E. (2012). Sport and exercise: Important contributor to the health of nations? The Lancet, 380, 59-64. 
    
Corder, K., Crespo, N.C., van Sluijs, E.M.F., Shadron, L.M., Moody, J.S., Sallis, J.F., and Elder, J.P. (2012).  Predictors of change in sports participation in Latino and non-Latino children.  British Journal of Sports Medicine, 46, 684-688. doi:10.1136/bjsports-2011-090105. 
    
Mendoza, J.A., Salmon, J., and Sallis, J.F. (2012). Partnerships for progress in active living: From research to action. Health & Place, 18(1), 1-4.  
    
Sallis, J.F. (2012).  A proportional public health response to physical inactivity.  Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 18(5), 399-401.  (Invited commentary)   
    
Sallis, J.F. (2012).  Big issues in preventive medicine.  Preventive Medicine, 55, 531-532.  (Invited commentary).  Posted online July 17, 2012.  
    
Carlson, J.A., Sallis, J.F., Chriqui, J.F., Schneider, L., McDermid, L.C., and Agron, P.  (2013).  State policies about physical activity minutes in physical education or during the school day. Journal of School Health, 83(3), 150-156.   Research brief on this paper*
    
Sallis, J.F., Carlson, J.A., Mignano, A.M., Lemes, A., and Wagner, N. (2013). Trends in presentations of environmental and policy studies related to physical activity, nutrition, and obesity at Society of Behavioral Medicine, 1995-2010: A commentary to accompany the Active Living Research Suppment to Annals of Behavioral Medicine.  Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 45(1, suppl 1), 14-17. 
    
Kerr, J., Sallis, J.F., Owen, N., DeBourdeaudhuij, I., Cerin, E., Frank, L., Reis, R., Fromel, K., Mitáš, J., Troelsen, J., MacFarlane, D., Salvo, D., Schofield, G., Badland, H., Guileen-Grima, F., Davey, R., Bauman, A., Saelens, B., Riddoch, C., Ainsworth, B., Pratt, M., Schimd, T., Adams, M., Conway, T., Cain, K., Van Dyke, D., and Bracy, N.  (2013).  Advancing science and policy through a coordinated international study of physical activity and built environments: IPEN methods.  Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 10, 581-601. 
    
Sallis, J.F., Conway, T.L., Dillon, L.I., Frank, L.D., Adams, M.A., Cain, K.L., and Saelens, B.E. (2013). Environmental and demographic correlates of bicycling. Preventive Medicine, 57, 456-460. Published online June 19, 2013. Open access. DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.06.014  Also see related research brief here
    
  
Carlson, J.A., Sallis, J.F., Norman, G.J., McKenzie, T.L., Kerr, J., Arredondo, E.M., Madanat, H., Mignano, A.M., Cain, K.L., Elder, J.P., and Saelens, B.E. (2013). Elementary school practices and children's objectively measured physical activity during school. Preventive Medicine, 57(5), 591-595. DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.08.003. 
 
    
Sallis, J.F., Cutter, C.L., Lou, D., Spoon, C., Wilson, A.L., Ding, D., Ponkshe, P., Cervero, R. Patrick, K., Schmid, T.L., Mignano, A., and Orleans, C.T. (2014).  Active Living Research: Creating and using evidence to support childhood obesity prevention. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 46(2), 195-207. 
    
Carlson, J.A., Mignano, A.M., Norman, G.J., McKenzie, T.L., Kerr, J., Arredondo, E.M., Madanat, H., Cain, K.L., Elder, J.P., Saelens, B.E., and Sallis, J.F. (2014). Socioeconomic disparities in elementary school practices and children's physical activity during school. American Journal of Health Promotion, 28(3 suppl.), S47-S53. DOI: 10.4278/ajhp.130430-QUAN-206 
    
Whitt-Glover, M.C., Bennett, G., and Sallis, J.F.  (2013).  Introduction to the Active Living Research supplement: Disparities in environments and policies that support active living. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 45(1, suppl 1), 1-5. 
    
Sallis, J.F. Commentary in "Notes from the field: Planting, nurturing, and watching things grow."  American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 45, 696-697. (One of several invited commentaries on the end of Kevin Patrick's editorship of AJPM.) 
    
Sallis, J.F. Increasing activity, fitness worth the effort. One of several commentaries on "How to get California kids physically fit?"  California Healthcare Foundation online Think Tank. Posted December 4, 2014. 
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Economos, C.D., Sallis, J.F., Keith, N.R., and Newkirk, J. (2014). The Active Living Research 2013 Conference: Achieving change across sectors: Integrating research, policy, and practice. American Journal of Health Promotion, 28(3 suppl), S1-S4.  
    
Pollack, K.M., Gonzalez, E.R., Hager, E.R., and Sallis, J.F. (2014). The Active Living Research 2014 Conference: "Niche to norm." Preventive Medicine, 69 (suppl.), S1-S4. (Guest Editor commentary). 
    
Sallis, J.F., Spoon, C., Cavill, N., Engelberg, J., Gebel, K., Lou, D., Parker, M., Thornton, C.M., Wilson, A.L., Cutter, C., and Ding, D. (2015). Co-benefits of designing communities for active living: An exploration of literature. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 12: 30. DOI 10.1186/s12966-015-0188-2.  Longer report, data tables, slides*
    
Giles-Corti, B., Sallis, J.F., Sugiyama, T., Frank, L.D., Lowe, M., and Owen, N. (2015). Translating active living research into policy and practice: One important pathway to chronic disease prevention. Journal of Public Health Policy, 36(2), 231-243. Open access. * 
    
Glanz, K., Sallis, J.F., and Saelens, B.E. (2015). Advances in physical activity and nutrition environment assessment tools and applications: Recommendations. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 48(5), 615-619.  
   
Sallis, J.F., Bull, F.C., Guthold, R., Heath, G.W., Inoue, S., Oyeyemi, A.L., Perez, L.G., Richards, J., & Hallal, P., for the Lancet Physical Activity Series 2 Executive Committee. (2016). Progress in physical activity over the Olympic quadrennium. The Lancet (July), 31-42. In Series on Physical Activity 216: Progress and Challenges. Published online July 27, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/50140-6736(16)30581-5
Link to a pdf of the Open Access paper

Link to the Second Lancet Physical Activity Series
Link to the Series Launch Video: Physical Activity 2016 Series launch video 
    
Sallis, J.F., Bull, F., Burdett, R., Frank, L.D., Griffiths, P., Giles-Corti, B., and Stevenson, M. (2016). Using science to guide city planning, policy and practice: Achieving health and sustainable future cities. The Lancet, September, 31-41. Paper 3 in The Lancet Series on Urban Design, Transport and Health. Released September 23, 2016.
Open access 
Website for the Lancet Series on Urban Design, Transport and Health 
Twitter: #Healthycities and #Lancetcities
Recording of the launch event in New York City, at the Japan Society: September 23, 2016. 

My blog about the launch events
  
Labarthe, D.R., Goldstein, L.B., Antman, E., Arnett, D., Fonarow, G., Alberts, M., Hayman, L.L., Khera, A., Sallis, J.F., Daniels, S.R., Sacco, R.L., Li, S., Ku, L., Lantz, P., Robinson, J.G., Creager, M.A., Van Horn, L., Kris-Etherton, P., Bhatnagar, A., and Whitsel, L.P.; on behalf of the American Heart Association Advocacy Coordinating Committee, Council on Hypertension, Stroke Council, Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing, Council on Clinical Cardiology, Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research, Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia, Council on Functional Genomics and Translational Biology, and Council on Epidemiology and Prevention.  (2016). Evidence-based policy making: Assessment of the American Heart Association's strategic policy portfolio. Circulation, 133, e615-e653.
Open access:  DOI: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000410.). Published online April 4, 2016. 

            
    
Millstein, R.A., Woodruff, S.I., Linton, L., Edwards, C., and Sallis, J.F. (2016). A pilot study evaluating the effects of a youth advocacy program on youth readiness to advocate for environment and policy changes for obesity prevention. Translational Behavioral Medicine, 6(4), 648-658. DOI: 10.1007/s13142-016-0408-6. Published online June 2, 2016.  
    
Sallis, J. 'Sharrows don't protect cyclists.' Letter to the editor. Los Angeles Times. July 16, 2016. p. A13.   In response to op-ed by Tom Babin, "No need to claim the lane." July 12, 2016.  
    
Sallis, J.F. (2016). New evidence for the role of transportation in health. The Lancet Public Health. Invited commentary. Open access:  Published Online October 28, 2016. 
Invited commentary on the following article    
  
Sallis, J. "Give cyclists their own roads." Letter to the editor. Los Angeles Times. March 7, 2017, p. A8.*
Letter to the editor about March for Science. San Diego Union-Tribune. April 28, 2017* 
Letter to the editor about March for Science. San Diego Union-Tribune. April 28, 2017.  
    
Buscemi, J., Bennett, G.G., Sheinfeld Gorin, S., Pagoto, S.L., Sallis, J.F., Wilson, D.K., and Fitzgibbon, M.L. (2017). A 6-year update of the health policy and advocacy priorities of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. Translational Behavioral Medicine, 7, 903-911. doi: 10.1007/s13142-017-0507-z.  
    
Adlakha, D., and Sallis, J.F. (2020). Activity-friendly neighbourhoods can benefit non-communicable and infectious diseases. Cities & Health: 1783479. DOI: 10.1080/23748834.2020.1783479 Open access: Link to infographic in Supplemental Materials
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Millstein, R. A., Woodruff, S. I., Linton, L. S., Edwards, C. C., & Sallis, J. F. (2016). Development of measures to evaluate youth advocacy for obesity prevention. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 13(1), 84. DOI 10.1186/s12966-016-0410-x * 
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Sallis, J.F. (2019). Pathways for translating behavioral medicine research to policy and practice. Translational Behavioral Medicine, 9, 1248-1255. DOI:  10.1093/tbm/iby103  National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. (2019). Implementing strategies to enhance public health surveillance of physical activity in the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. (committee member and co-author) 
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Sallis, J.F. “Active Healthy Cities Are a Key to Success”. Published on Circulate San Diego website.
This blog comments on new mixed use zoning code for City of San Diego. October 9, 2019. 

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Pate, R.R., Sallis, J.F., and Pollack Porter, K.M. (2020). Surveillance of physical activity: Actions needed to support new federal guidelines. American Journal of Public Health, 110(1), 87-89. (Editorial, peer-reviewed). DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2019.305443 PMID:   31800284  
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Sallis, J.F., & Rodriguez, D.A. Community supports for physical activity: Why and how to keep track of them. Blog post for American Heart Association Center for Health Metrics and Evaluation. https://healthmetrics.heart.org/community- supports-for-physical-activity-why-and-how-to-keep-track-of-them/ 
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Sallis, J.F., and Pratt, M. (2020). Multiple benefits of physical activity during the coronavirus pandemic. Brasilian Journal of Physical Activity/Revista Brasileira de Atividade Fisica & Saude, 25, 14268. In Special Issue on COVID-19.  
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Sallis, J.F. & Pratt, M. Physical activity can be helpful in the pandemic. Columbia (Missouri) Daily Tribune. April 7, 2020. Commentary. This is a recording of my lecture to UC San Diego medical students on this topic. Blog posted on the Exercise Is Medicine website:  Call to Action: Physical Activity and COVID-19 .   Featured on the EIM  COVID-19 landing page Spanish translation on the RAFA/PANA website that reaches physical activity professionals throughout Latin America: Post on Agita Mundo website, based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Blog (with references) and lecture featured on ISBNPA website. PlayCore’s news and social media (lecture and blog)Blog on America Walks website Material incorporated into a blog from UCSD Health. Posted May 14, 2020.   Blog adapted for India. 
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Adlahka, D., Sallis, J.F., & Pratt, M. COVID-19 and India’s chronic disease burden: How exercise can be beneficial. The News Minute (India), April 16, 2020. *
 
Interview (45 min) with Catherine Carrigan for her “Natural Healing Show” on UK Health Radio. Topic is physical activity and COVID-19. Recorded October 26, 2020.*
 
Crist, K., Bolling, K., Schipperijn, J., Hurst, S., Takemoto, M., Sallis, J.F, and Kerr, J. (2018). Collaboration between health researchers and transport planners: A qualitative study of attitudes to data driven approaches. Journal of Transport and Health,8, 157-168. Open access: 
 
Deadly sprawl. Letter to the editor, Los Angeles Times. May 2, 2020. Commenting on this op-ed.*
 
Adlakha, D., and Sallis, J.F. (2020). Activity-friendly neighbourhoods can benefit non- communicable and infectious diseases. Cities & Health: 1783479. DOI: 10.1080/23748834.2020.1783479 https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2020.1783479
Link to infographic in Supplemental Materials
See an article in The Conversation (UK) based on this paper. Released July 24, 2020. 

Authors quoted in this article in Scientific American. Released September 16, 2020.
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Patch, C., Conway, T.L., Kerr, J., Arredondo, E.M., Levy, S., Spoon, C, Butte, K.J., Sannidihi, D., Millstein, R.A., Glorioso, D., Jeste, D.V., and Sallis, J.F. (2021). Engaging older adults as advocates for age-friendly, walkable communities: The Senior Change Makers Pilot Study. Translational Behavioral Medicine. Open access
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Carlson, J.A., Steel, C., Bejarano, C.M., Beauchamp, M.T., Davis, A.M., Sallis, J.F., Kerner, J., Brownson, R., and Zimmerman, S. (2020). Walking school bus programs: Implementation factors, implementation outcomes, and student outcomes, 2017-2018. Preventing Chronic Disease, 17: E127. Open access  DOI: 10.5888/pcd17.200061. PMID: 33059796. PMCID: PMC7587300
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Hasson, R., Sallis, J.F., Coleman, N., Kaushal, N., Nocera, V., and Keith, N. (2021). COVID-19: Implications for physical activity, health disparities, and health equity. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. DOI: DOI: 10.1177/15598276211029222 Article access
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Rosenberg, D., Sallis, J., Trinh, L., Pekmezi, D., Buscemi, J., Fitzgibbon, M., Whitsel, L. (2021). Position Statement: Joint Recommendation to Increase Federal Efforts to Promote Physical Activity During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic. Released by Society of Behavioral Medicine and Physical Activity Alliance. June 8, 2021. Link*

Concepts and Models

Sallis, J.F. (2003). New thinking on older adults’ physical activity. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 25 (supplement 3ii), 110-111.  *
    
Sallis, J.F., Frank, L.D., Saelens, B.E., and Kraft, M.K. (2004). Active transportation and physical activity: Opportunities for collaboration on transportation and public health research. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 38, 249-268. 
    
Sallis, J.F., and Orleans, C.T. (2004). Ecological models: Application to physical activity. In N.B. Anderson (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior, Vol 1. Thousand Oaks: Sage. 
    
Sallis, J.F., Linton, L.S., and Kraft, M.K. (2005). The first Active Living Research conference: Growth of a transdisciplinary field. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 28 (No. 2, Suppl. 2), 93-95.*
    
Barlow, S., and the Expert Committee. (2007). Expert committee recommendations on the assessment, prevention, and treatment of child and adolescent overweight and obesity: Summary report. Pediatrics, 120, S254-S288.  
    
Sallis, J.F., Owen, N., and Fisher, E.B. (2008). Ecological models of health behavior. Pp. 465-486. In K. Glanz, B.K. Rimer, and K. Viswanath (Eds.), Health Behavior and Health Education: Theory, Research, and Practice, 4th Edition. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 
    
Sallis, J.F., Linton, L.S., Kraft, M.K., Cutter, C.L., Kerr, J., Weitzel, J., Wilson, A., Spoon, C., Harrison, I.D., Cervero, R., Patrick, K., Scmid, T., and Pratt, M. (2009). The Active Living Research Program: Six years of grantmaking. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 36 (2Suppl.2), S10-S21.  
    
Yancey, A.K., and Sallis, J.F.  (2009). Physical activity: Cinderella or Rodney Dangerfield?  Preventive Medicine, 49, 277-279.  Editorial for theme issue: Forum on Physical Activity Research and Funding.  
    
King, A.C., and Sallis, J.F.  (2009). Why and how to improve physical activity promotion: Lessons from behavioral science and related fields.  Preventive Medicine, 49, 286-288.  Invited commentary.  
    
Sallis, J.F. (2010). Temporal self-regulation theory: A step forward in the evolution of health behaviour models. Health Psychology Review, 4, 75-78. Published online July 29, 2010.  dx.doi.org/10.1080/17437191003681545
(invited commentary) 
    
Owen, N., Sugiyama, T., Eakin, E.E., Gardiner, P.A., Tremblay, M.S., and Sallis, J.F.  (2011). Adults' sedentary behavior: Determinants and interventions.  American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 41, 189-196.  doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2011.05.013 
    
Millstein, R.A., and Sallis, J.F.  (2011). Youth advocacy for obesity prevention: The next wave of social change for health.  Translational Behavioral Medicine: Practice, Policy, Research, 1(3), 497-505.  Published online July 2011; DOI: 10.1007/s13142-011-0060-0.  
    
Sallis, J.F., McKenzie, T.L., Beets, M.W., Beighle, A., Erwin, H., and Lee, S.  (2012).  Physical education's role in public health: Steps forward and backward over 20 years and HOPE for the future.  Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 83(2), 125-135. * 
    
Bauman, A.E., Reis, R.S., Sallis, J.F., Wells, J.C., Loos, R.J.F., and Martin, B.W. on behalf of the Lancet Physical Activity Series Working Group. (2012). Correlates of physical activity: Why are some people physically active and others not? The Lancet, 380, 31-44.  
    
Ding, D., Sallis, J.F., Conway, T.L., Saelens, B.E., Frank, L.D., Cain, K.L., and Slymen, D.J. (2012). Interactive effects of built environment and psychosocial attributes on physical activity: A test of ecological models. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 44, 365-374. 
    
Sallis, J.F., Carlson, J.A., Mignano, A.M., Lemes, A., and Wagner, N. (2013). Trends in presentations of environmental and policy studies related to physical activity, nutrition, and obesity at Society of Behavioral Medicine, 1995-2010: A commentary to accompany the Active Living Research Suppment to Annals of Behavioral Medicine.  Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 45(1, suppl 1), 14-17.  
  
Millstein, R.A., Cain, K.L., Sallis, J.F., Conway, T.L., Geremia, C., Frank, L.D., Chapman, J., Van Dyck, D., Dipzinski, L., Kerr, J., Glanz, K., and Saelens, B.E. (2013). Development, scoring, and reliability of the Microscale Audit of Pedestrian Streetscapes (MAPS). BMC Public Health, 13:403. Published online April 27, 2013. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-13-403. PMCID:  PMC3728214. 
    
Rovniak, L.S., Sallis, J.F., Kraschnewski, J.L., Sciamanna, C.N., Kiser, E.J., Ray, C.A., Chinchilli, V.M., Ding, D., Matthews, S.A., Bopp, M., George, D.R., and Hovell, M.F. (2013).  Engineering online and in-person social networks to sustain physical activity: Application of a conceptual model. BMC Public Health, 13:753.  
    
Sallis, J.F., Cutter, C.L., Lou, D., Spoon, C., Wilson, A.L., Ding, D., Ponkshe, P., Cervero, R. Patrick, K., Schmid, T.L., Mignano, A., and Orleans, C.T. (2014).  Active Living Research: Creating and using evidence to support childhood obesity prevention. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 46(2), 195-207. 
    
Sallis, J.F., Cutter, C.L., Lou, D., Spoon, C., Wilson, A.L., Ding, D., Ponkshe, P., Cervero, R. Patrick, K., Schmid, T.L., Mignano, A., and Orleans, C.T. (2014).  Active Living Research: Creating and using evidence to support childhood obesity prevention. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 46(2), 195-207. 
    
Sallis, J.F., Spoon, C., Cavill, N., Engelberg, J., Gebel, K., Lou, D., Parker, M., Thornton, C.M., Wilson, A.L., Cutter, C., and Ding, D. (2015). Co-benefits of designing communities for active living: An exploration of literature. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 12: 30. DOI 10.1186/s12966-015-0188-2.     Longer report, data tables, slides* 
    
Giles-Corti, B., Sallis, J.F., Sugiyama, T., Frank, L.D., Lowe, M., and Owen, N. (2015). Translating active living research into policy and practice: One important pathway to chronic disease prevention. Journal of Public Health Policy, 36(2), 231-243. Open access. *
    
Glanz, K., Sallis, J.F., and Saelens, B.E. (2015). Advances in physical activity and nutrition environment assessment tools and applications: Recommendations. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 48(5), 615-619.  
    
Jakicic, J.M., Sox, H., Blair, S.N., Bensink, M., Johnson, W.G., King, A.C., Lee, I.-M., Nahum-Shani, I., Sallis, J.F., Sallis, R.E., Craft, L., Whitehead, J.R., and Ainsworth, A.E.  (2015). Comparative effectiveness research: A roadmap for physical activity and healthy lifestyles. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 47(8), 1747-1754. [Epub ahead of print: November 25, 2014]. PMID: 25426735 
    
Sallis, J.F., and Owen, N. (2015). Ecological models of health behavior. pp. 43-64. In K. Glanz, B. Rimer, & V. Viswanath (Eds.), Health behavior: Theory, research & practice (5th Ed.). San Francisco:  Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer.  
    
Sallis, J.F. (2015). Advancing systems thinking through the Healthy Kids Healthy Communities evaluation. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 21(3, suppl), S88-S89. (invited commentary) 
    
My presentation on "Blueprint for active living communities: Innovative solutions" was summarized in the Institute of Medicine Workshop Summary. (2015). Physical Activity: Moving Toward Obesity Solutions. National Academies Press: Washington, DC, pages 94-98. 
   
Giles-Corti, B., Vernez-Moudon, A., Reis, R., Turrell, G., Dannenberg, A.L., Badland, H. Foster, S., Lowe, M., Sallis, J.F., Stevenson, M., and Owen, N. (2016). City planning and population health: A global challenge. The Lancet, September, 7-19. Paper 1 in The Lancet Series on Urban Design, Transport and Health. Released September 23, 2016.  
  
Sallis, J.F., Bull, F., Burdett, R., Frank, L.D., Griffiths, P., Giles-Corti, B., and Stevenson, M. (2016). Using science to guide city planning, policy and practice: Achieving health and sustainable future cities. The Lancet, September, 31-41. Paper 3 in The Lancet Series on Urban Design, Transport and Health. Released September 23, 2016. Open access
Website for the Lancet Series on Urban Design, Transport and Health 
Twitter: #Healthycities and #Lancetcities
Recording of the launch event in New York City, at the Japan Society: September 23, 2016. 
My blog about the launch events
    
Sallis, J.F. (2017). Evidence is a more fruitful approach for advancing the field than philosophy: Comment on Landi et al. (2016). Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 36, 129-130.  
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Botchwey, N., Floyd, M.F., Pollack-Porter, K., Cutter, C., Spoon, C.S., Schmid, T., Conway, T.L., Hipp, J.A., Kim, A., Umstattd Meyer, R., Walker, A.L., Kauh, T.J., and Sallis, J.F. (2018). Policy and practice-relevant youth physical activity research agenda. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 15, 626-634. 
 
Gallo, L., Carlson, J.A., Sotres-Alvarez, D., Sallis, J.F., Jankowski, M., Roesch, S.C., Gonzalez, F., Geremia, C.M., Talavera, G.A., Rodriguez, T.M., Castaneda, S.F., and Allison, M.A. (2019). The HCHS/SOL Community and Surrounding Areas Study (SOL CASAS): Sample, design, and procedures. Annals of Epidemiology, 30, 57-65.
 
Patch, C.M., Roman, C.G., Conway, T.L., Taylor, R.B., Gavand, K.A., Saelens, B.E., Adams, M.A., Cain, K.L., Engelberg, J.K., Mayes, L.R., Roesch, S.C., and Sallis, J.F. (2019). Crime and physical activity: Development of a conceptual framework and measures. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 16, 818-829. https://doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2018-0405
 
Sallis, J.F. (2019). Pathways for translating behavioral medicine research to policy and practice. Translational Behavioral Medicine, 9, 1248-1255. DOI:  10.1093/tbm/iby103 
 
Sallis, J.F., and Floyd, M.F. (2019). The development of a new interdisciplinary field: Active Living Research—A foundation-supported interdisciplinary research funding program. In K.L. Hall, A.L. Vogel, & R.T. Croyle, eds. Strategies for Team Science Success: Handbook of Evidence-Based Principles for Cross- Disciplinary Science and Practical Lessons Learned from Health Researchers. Pp. 523-540. New York: Springer.
 
Sallis, J.F. (2018). Needs and challenges related to multilevel interventions: Physical activity examples. Health Education and Behavior, 45(5), 661-667. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1090198118796458
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. (2019). Implementing strategies to enhance public health surveillance of physical activity in the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. (committee member and co-author) DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/25444
 
Umstattd Meyer, R., Hipp, A., Botchwey, N., Floyd, M.F., Kim, A.J., Pollack Porter K.M., and Sallis, J.F. (2019). How to improve physical activity and health for all children and families Stanford Social Innovation Review, Summer 2019, 12- 14. In Grantmakers in Health supplement on Healthy Eating, Active Living: Reflections, Contributions.  Open access to supplement
 
Cerin, E., Barnett, A., Chaix, B., Nieuwenhuijsen, M.J., Caeyenberghs, K., Jalaludin, B., Sugiyama, T., Sallis, J.F., Lautenschlager, N.T., Ni, M.Y., Poudel, G., Donaire- Gonzalez, David, Tham, R., Wheeler, A.J., Knibbs, L., Tian, L., Chan, Y., Dunstan, D.W., Carver, A., and Anstey, K. (2020). International Mind, Activities and Urban Places (iMAP) study: Methods of a cohort study on environmental and lifestyle influences on brain and cognitive health. BMJ Open,10:e036607.  
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-036607
 
Remme, R.P., Frumkin, H., Guerry, A.D., King, A.C., Mandle, L., Sarabu, C., Bratman, G.N., Giles-Corti, B., Hamel, P., Han, B., Hicks, J.L., James, P., Lawler, J.J., Lindahl, T., Liu, H., Oosterbroek, B., Paudel, B., Sallis, J.F., Schipperijn, J., Sosic, R., de Vries, S., Wheeler, B.W., Wood, S.A., Wu, and Daily, G.C. (2021). Nature and physical activity in cities: An ecosystem service perspective. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 118 (22): e2018472118. Open accessDOI

COVID-19 Pandemic

Sallis, J.F., Adlakha, D., Oyeyemi, A., and Salvo, D. (2020). An international physical activity and public health research agenda. Journal of Sport and Health Science, 9(4), 328-334. In Special Issue on COVID-19. 
Links to International Coronavirus and Physical Activity Research Network (INCOPAR) registry of studies:
Google Form to enter study information
Repository (Google Sheets) to view all information
Brief posted on GP RED website (Brief #11)
Authors q
uoted in this article in Scientific American. Released September 16, 2020.

 
Adlakha, D., and Sallis, J.F. (2020). Activity-friendly neighbourhoods can benefit non-communicable and infectious diseases. Cities & Health: 1783479. DOI10.1080/23748834.2020.1783479
Link to infographic in Supplemental Materials 
See an article in The Conversation (UK) based on this paper. Released July 24, 2020. 
Republished in The Conversation (Indonesia): “Mengapa kota yang padat baik untuk kesehatan, bahkan selama pandemic.” July 28, 2020.
Authors quoted in this article in Scientific American. Released September 16, 2020.  

Sallis, J.F., and Pratt, M. (2020). Multiple benefits of physical activity during the coronavirus pandemic. Brasilian Journal of Physical Activity/Revista Brasileira de Atividade Fisica & Saude, 25, 14268. In Special Issue on COVID-19. 

Sallis, J.F. & Pratt, M. Physical activity can be helpful in the pandemic. Columbia (Missouri) Daily Tribune. April 7, 2020. Commentary.
This is a recording of my lecture to UC San Diego medical students on this topic.
Blog posted on the Exercise Is Medicine website: Call to Action: Physical Activity and COVID-19. Featured on the EIM COVID-19 landing page
Spanish translation on the RAFA/PANA website that reaches physical activity professionals throughout Latin America.
Post on Agita Mundo website, based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Blog (with references) and lecture featured on ISBNPA website.
PlayCore’s news and social media (lecture and blog) Blog on America Walks website
Material incorporated into a blog from UCSD Health. Posted May 14, 2020.
Blog adapted for India.


Adlahka, D., Sallis, J.F., & Pratt, M. COVID-19 and India’s chronic disease burden: How exercise can be beneficial. The News Minute (India), April 16, 2020.

Interview (45 min) with Catherine Carrigan for her “Natural Healing Show” on UK Health Radio. Topic is physical activity and COVID-19. Recorded October 26, 2020.  

Sallis, R., Rohm Young, D., Tartof, S.Y., Sallis, J.F., Sall, J., Li, Q., Smith, G.N., and Cohen, D.A. (2021). Physical inactivity is associated with a higher risk for severe COVID-19 outcomes: A study in 48 440 adult patients. British Journal of Sports Medicine. Released online April 13, 2021. Open accessDOI
New York Times summary by Gretchen Reynolds April 14, 2021.
The Reynolds article was translated to Spanish and published in Argentina’s El Clarin. April 20, 2021.
Dana Santos article on CNN website. April 13, 2021.
Blog from UC San Diego Health
Paul Sisson article in San Diego Union-Tribune. April 18, 2021.
New Zealand coverage
Australian coverage
Canadian coverage
Quoted in local TV news story by Jared Aarons, ABC Channel 10 San Diego. April 21, 2021: Exercise has dramatic impact on severity of COVID-19 cases.
Article in The Nation newspaper, Kenya. April 28, 2021.


Hasson, R., Sallis, J.F., Coleman, N., Kaushal, N., Nocera, V., and Keith, N. (2021). COVID-19: Implications for physical activity, health disparities, and health equity. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. DOI: 10.1177/15598276211029222, Article access

Rosenberg, D., Sallis, J., Trinh, L., Pekmezi, D., Buscemi, J., Fitzgibbon, M., Whitsel, L. (2021). Position Statement: Joint Recommendation to Increase Federal Efforts to Promote Physical Activity During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic. Released by Society of Behavioral Medicine and Physical Activity Alliance. June 8, 2021. Link

Environment, Policy and Behavior

Sallis, J.F., Hill, R.D., Fortmann, S.P., and Flora, J.A.  (1986). Health behavior change at the worksite: Cardiovascular risk reduction.  In M. Hersen, R.M. Eisler, and P.M. Miller (Eds.), Progress in Behavior Modification, vol. 20.  New York: Academic Press, 161-197.  
    
Fraser, G.E., and Sallis, J.F.  (1986). Behavior change in the office setting.  In G.E. Fraser, Preventive Cardiology.  New York: Oxford Press, 319-345.   
    
Sallis, J.F., Hovell, M.F., Hofstetter, C.R., Elder, J.P., Caspersen, C.J., Hackley, M., and Powell, K.E. (1990). Distance between homes and exercise facilities related to the frequency of exercise among San Diego residents. Public Health Reports, 105, 179-185. Reprinted in R. J. Shephard, Ed., (1990). Year Book of Sports Medicine. Chicago: Mosby-Year Book. 
    
Elder, J., Young, R.L., Wildey, M.B., de Moor, C., Shulkin, J., Edwards, C., Molgaard, C., Hovell, M., and Sallis, J.  (1991). Implementation strategies for school health promotion:  Selecting facilitators and cost-effective interventions.  pp. 277-291.  In D. Nutbeam, B. Haglund, P. Farley, and P. Tillgren. (Eds.), Youth Health Promotion:  From Theory to Practice in School and Community.   London:  Forbes Publishing.   
    
McKenzie, T.L., Sallis, J.F., Nader, P.R., Broyles, S.L., and Nelson, J.A. (1992). Anglo- and Mexican-American preschoolers at home and at recess: Activity patterns and environmental influences. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 13, 173-180. 
    
Pender, N.J., Sallis, J.F., Long, B.J., and Calfas, K.J.  (1994). Health-care provider counseling to promote physical activity.  pp. 213-235.  In R.K. Dishman (Ed.), Advances in Exercise Adherence.  Champaign, IL:  Human Kinetics.  
    
Sallis, J.F.  (1995). A behavioral perspective on children's physical activity.  pp. 125-138.  In L. Cheung and J.B. Richmond (Eds.), Child Health, Nutrition, and Physical Activity.  Champaign, IL:  Human Kinetics.   
    
Sallis, J.F., Chen, A.H., and Castro, C.M.  (1995). School-based interventions for childhood obesity.  pp. 179-204.  In L.W.Y. Cheung and J.B. Richmond (Eds.), Child Health, Nutrition, and Physical Activity.  Champaign, IL:  Human Kinetics.   
    
Sallis, J.F., Broyles, S.L., Frank-Spohrer, G., Berry, C.C., Davis, T.B., and Nader, P.R. (1995). Child's home environment in relation to the mother's adiposity. International Journal of Obesity, 19, 190-197. 
    
Sallis, J.F. (1996). Summary of the workshop, "Behavior change principles." Homeostasis in Health and Disease, 37, 183-186. (published in Prague, Czech Republic). 
    
Sallis, J.F., Johnson, M.F., Calfas, K.J., Caparosa, S., and Nichols, J. (1997). Assessing perceived physical environment variables that may influence physical activity. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 68, 345-351. 
    
Sallis, J.F., McKenzie, T.L., Elder, J.P., Broyles, S.L., and Nader, P.R. (1997). Factors parents use in selecting playspaces for young children. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 151, 414-417. 
    
Williams, C.D., Sallis, J.F., Calfas, K.J., and Burke, R.S. (1999). Psychosocial correlates of television viewing. American Journal of Health Promotion, 13, 207-214. 
    
McKenzie, T.L., Marshall, S.J., Sallis, J.F., and Conway, T.L. (2000). Leisure-time physical activity in school environments: An observational study using SOPLAY. Preventive Medicine, 30, 70-77. *
    
Sallis, J.F. (2000). The art and science of changing behavior. Menopause Management, 9(6), 17-21. 
    
Sallis, J.F., Conway, T.L., Prochaska, J.J., McKenzie, T.L., Marshall, S.P., and Brown, M. (2001). The association of school environments with youth physical activity. American Journal of Public Health, 91, 618-620.

Sallis, J.F., Kraft, K., and Linton, L.S.  (2002). How the environment shapes physical activity: A transdisciplinary research agenda.  American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 22, 208. (commentary) *
    
Bauman, A., Sallis, J.F., and Owen, N. (2002). Environmental and policy measurement in physical activity research. pp. 241-251 In G.J. Welk (Ed.), Physical Activity Assessments for Health-Related Research. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics. 
    
Zive, M.M., Pelletier, R.L., Sallis, J.F., and Elder, J.P.  (2002).  An environmental intervention to improve a la carte foods at middle schools.  Journal of the American Dietetics Association, 102, S76-S78. 
    
Powers, H.S., Conway, T.L., McKenzie, T.L., Sallis, J.F., and Marshall, S.J. (2002). Participation in extracurricular physical activity programs at middle schools. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 73, 187-192. 
    
Sallis, J.F., McKenzie, T.L. Conway, T.L., Elder, J.P., Prochaska, J.J., Brown, M., Marshall, S.J., Alcaraz, J.E., Rosengard, R., Strelow, J., & Powers, H. Promoting and measuring youth physical activity throughout the school day: Project M-SPAN. Acta Kinesiologiae Universitatis Tartuensis, 7 (supplement), 44-53. (proceedings, published in Estonia) 
    
Saelens, B.E., Sallis, J.F., Nader, P.R., Broyles, S.L., Berry, C.C., and Taras, H.L. (2002). Home environmental influences on children’s television watching from early to middle childhood. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 23, 127-132. 
    
Saelens, B., Sallis, J., and Frank, L. (2003). Transportation, human health, and physical activity. Resource paper for Environmental Research Needs in Transportation, Conference Proceedings 28. Transportation Research Board: Washington, DC, pp.185-194. 
    
Sallis, J.F. (2003). New thinking on older adults’ physical activity. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 25 (supplement 3ii), 110-111. * 
    
Mota, J., and Sallis, J.F. (2003). Actividade Fisica e Saude: Factores de Influencia da Actividade Fisica nas Criancas e nos Adolescentes. Lisboa, Portugal: Campo Das Letras. (Title translated from Portguese: Physical Activity and Health: Factors that Influence Physical Activity in Children and Adolescents) 
    
Sallis, J.F., McKenzie, T.L., Conway, T.L., Elder, J.P., Prochaska, J.J., Brown, M., Zive, M.M., Marshall, S.J., and Alcaraz, J.E. (2003). Environmental interventions for eating and physical activity: A randomized controlled trial in middle schools. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 24, 209-217. *
    
Saelens, B.E., Sallis, J.F., and Frank, L.D. (2003). Environmental correlates of walking and cycling: Findings from the transportation, urban design, and planning literatures. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 25, 80-91. 
    
Saelens, B.E., Sallis, J.F., Black, J.B., and Chen, D. (2003). Neighborhood-based differences in physical activity: An environment scale evaluation. American Journal of Public Health, 93, 1552-1558. 
    
De Bourdeaudhuij, I., Sallis, J.F., and Saelens, B.E. (2003). Environmental correlates of physical activity in a sample of Belgian adults. American Journal of Health Promotion, 18, 83-92. 
    
Morgan, C.F., McKenzie, T.L., Sallis, J.F., Broyles, S.L., Zive, M.M., and Nader, P.R. (2003). Personal, social, and environmental correlates of physical activity in a bi-ethnic sample of adolescents. Pediatric Exercise Science, 288, 288-301. 
    
Sallis, J.F., Frank, L.D., Saelens, B.E., and Kraft, M.K. (2004). Active transportation and physical activity: Opportunities for collaboration on transportation and public health research. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 38, 249-268. 
    
Sallis, J.F., and Orleans, C.T. (2004). Ecological models: Application to physical activity. In N.B. Anderson (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior, Vol 1. Thousand Oaks: Sage. 
    
McKenzie, T.L., Sallis, J.F., Prochaska, J.J., Conway, T.L., Marshall, S.J., and Rosengard, P. (2004). Evaluation of a two-year school physical education intervention: M-SPAN. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 36. 1382-1388. 
    
Moody, J.S., Prochaska, J.J., Sallis, J.F., McKenzie, T.L., Brown, M., and Conway, T.L. (2004). Viability for parks and recreation centers as sites for youth physical activity promotion. Health Promotion Practice, 5, 438-443. 
    
Humpel, N., Owen, N., Leslie, E., Marshall, A.L., Bauman, A.E., and Sallis, J.F. (2004). Associations of location and perceived environmental attributes with walking in neighborhoods. American Journal of Health Promotion, 18, 239-242. 
    
Brownson, R.C., Chang, J.J., Eyler, A.A., Ainsworth, B.E., Kirtland, K., Saelens, B.E., and Sallis, J.F. (2004). Measuring the environment for friendliness toward physical activity: A comparison of the reliability of 3 questionnaires. American Journal of Public Health, 94, 473-483. 
    
Sallis, J.F., Frank, L.D., Saelens, B.E., and Kraft, M.K. (2004). Active transportation and physical activity: Opportunities for collaboration on transportation and public health research. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 38, 249-268. 
    
Owen, N., Humpel, N., Leslie, E., Bauman, A., and Sallis, J.F. (2004). Understanding environmental influences on walking: Review and research agenda. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 27, 67-76. 
    
Sallis, J.F., Vernez Moudon, A., Linton, L.S., and Powell, K.E. Guest editors, Active Living Research Supplement to American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Volume 28, Number 2, Supplement 2, February 2005. 
    
Sallis, J.F., Linton, L.S., and Kraft, M.K. (2005). The first Active Living Research conference: Growth of a transdisciplinary field. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 28 (No. 2, Suppl. 2), 93-95.  *
    
Prochaska, J.J., and Sallis, J.F. (2005). Channels for delivering behavioral programs. pp. 558-564. In L.A. Kaminsky (Ed), ACSM’s Resource Manual for Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription. 5th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 
    
Atkinson, J.L., Sallis, J.F., Saelens, B.E., Cain, K.L., and Black, J.B. (2005). The association of neighborhood design and recreational environments with physical activity. American Journal of Health Promotion, 19, 304-309. 
    
Sallis, J.F. (2005). SPARK programs for physical activity promotion. In Summary Report on Site Specific Approaches: Prevention or Management of Pediatric Obesity. From National Institutes of Health meeting in July 2004. 
    
King, A.C., Toobert, D., Ahn, D., Resnicow, K., Coday, M., Riebe, D., Garber, C.E., Hurtz, S., Morton, J., and Sallis, J.F. (2006). Perceived environments as physical activity correlates and moderators of interventions in five studies. American Journal of Health Promotion, 21, 24-35. 
    
Marcus, B.H., Williams, D.M., Dubbert, P.M., Sallis, J.F., King, A.C., Yancey, A.K., Franklin, B.A., Buchner, D., Daniels, S.R., and Claytor, R.P. (2006). Physical activity intervention studies: What we know and what we need to know. Circulation, 114, 2739-275.  
    
Sallis, J.F., and Kerr, J. (2006). Built environment and physical activity. PCPFS Research Digest, Series 7, No.4, 1-8. Reprinted in Guerrero, L.K., and Hecht, M.L. (Eds.), The nonverbal communication reader, 3rd ed. Long Grove, IL: Waveland, 2008, 270-286. *
    
Owen, N, Glanz, K., Sallis, J.F., and Kelder, S.H. (2006). Evidence-based approaches to dissemination and diffusion of physical activity interventions. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 31 (4S), S35-S44. 
    
Rosenberg, D.E., Sallis, J.F., Conway, T.L., Cain, K.L., and McKenzie, T.L. (2006). Active transportation to school over 2 years in relation to weight status and physical activity. Obesity Research, 14, 1771-1776. *
    
Evenson, K.R., Birnbaum, A.S., Bedimo-Rung, A.L., Sallis, J.F., Voorhees, C.C., Ring, K., and Elder, J.P. (2006). Girls’ perception of physical environmental factors and transportation: Reliability and association with physical activity and active transport to school. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 3:28. Posted September 14, 2006. 
    
Sallis, J.F., King, A.C., Sirard, J.R., and Albright, C.L. (2007). Perceived environmental predictors of physical activity over 6 months in adults: Activity Counseling Trial. Health Psychology, 26, 691-710. 
    
Barlow, S., and the Expert Committee. (2007). Expert committee recommendations on the assessment, prevention, and treatment of child and adolescent overweight and obesity: Summary report. Pediatrics, 120, S254-S288.  
    
Owen, N., Cerin, E., Leslie, E., duToit, L., Coffee, N., Frank, L.D., Bauman, A.E., Hugo, G., Saelens, B.E., and Sallis, J.F. (2007). Neighborhood walkability and the walking behavior of Australian adults. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 33, 387-395. 
    
Sallis, J.F., Story, M., and Orleans, T.O. (2007). A research perspective on findings from Bridging the Gap. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 33(4S), S169-S171. (invited commentary) 
    
Elder, J.P., Lytle, L., Sallis, J.F., Rohm Young, D., Steckler, A., Simons-Morton, D., Stone, E., Jobe, J.B., Stevens, J., Lohman, T., Webber, L., Pate, R., Saksvig, B.I., and Ribisl, K. (2007). A description of the social-ecological framework used in the Trial of Activity for Adolescent Girls (TAAG). Health Education Research, 22, 155-165. 
    
Abercrombie, L.C, Sallis, J.F., Conway, T.L., Frank, L.D., Saelens, B.E., and Chapman, J.E. (2008). Income and racial disparities in access to public parks and private recreation facilities. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 34, 9-15.  
  List of recreational facility categories searched is available here  
    
Sallis, J.F. (2008). Angels in the details: Comment on “The relationship between destination proximity, destination mix and physical activity behaviours.” Preventive Medicine, 48.  
    
Yancey, A.K., and Sallis, J.F.  (2009). Physical activity: Cinderella or Rodney Dangerfield?  Preventive Medicine, 49, 277-279.  Editorial for theme issue: Forum on Physical Activity Research and Funding.  
    
Story, M., Sallis, J.F., and Orleans, C.T.  (2009). Adolescent obesity: Towards evidence-based policy and environmental solutions.  Journal of Adolescent Health, 45, S1-S5.  (editorial)  *
    
Rosenberg, D., Ding, D., Sallis, J.F., Kerr, J., Norman, G.J., Durant, N., Harris, S.K., and Saelens, B.E. (2009). Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale for Youth (NEWS-Y): Reliability and relationship with physical activity. Preventive Medicine, 49, 213-218.  
    
Durant, N., Harris, S.K., Doyle, S., Person, S., Saelens, B.E., Kerr, J., Norman, G.J., and Sallis, J.F.  (2009). Relation of school environment and policy to adolescent physical activity.  Journal of School Health, 79, 153-159. 
    
Prochaska, J.J., and Sallis, J.F.  (2009). Channels for delivering behavioral programs.  Pp. 735-741.  In J.K. Ehrman, (Ed)., ACSM’s Resource Manual for Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription. 6th ed.  Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 
    
Sallis, J.F., Bowles, H.R., Bauman, A., Ainsworth, B.E., Bull, F.C., Craig, C.L., Sjöström, M., De Bourdeaudhuij, I., Lefevre, J., Matsudo, V., Matsudo, S., Macfarlane, D.J., Gomez, L.F., Inoue, S., Murase, N., Volbekiene, V., McLean, G., Carr, H., Heggebo, L.K., Tomten, H., and Bergman, P.  (2009). Neighborhood environments and physical activity among adults in 11 countries.  American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 36, 484-490.  
    
Frank, L., Kerr, J., Saelens, B., Sallis, J., Glanz, K., and Chapman, J.  (2009). Food outlet visits, physical activity, and body weight: Variations by gender and race-ethnicity.  British Journal of Sports Medicine, 43, 124-131.  doi:10.1136/bjsm.2008.055533    
    
Cerin, E., Conway, T.L., Saelens, B.E., Frank, L.D., and Sallis, J.F. Cross-validation of the factorial structure of the Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale (NEWS) and its abbreviated form (NEWS-A). (2009). International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 6:32.  
    
Adams, M.A., Ryan, S., Kerr, J., Sallis, J.F., Patrick, K., Frank, L.D., and Norman, G.J.  (2009). Validation of the Neighborhood Environment Walkability Survey (NEWS) items using Geographic Information Systems.  Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 6(Supplement 1), S113-S123. 
    
Inoue, S., Murase, N., Shimomitsu, T., Ohya, Y., Odagiri, Y., Takamiya, T., Ishii, K., Katsumura, T., and Sallis, J.F.  (2009). Association of physical activity and neighborhood environment among Japanese adults.  Preventive Medicine, 48 (4), 321-325.  
    
Lee, S.M., Sallis, J.F., and Biddle, S.J.H.  (2010). Active communities for youth and families: Using research to create momentum for change.  Preventive Medicine, 50(supplement), S3-S5. 
    
Carnoske, C., Hoehner, C., Ruthmann, N., Frank, L., Handy, S., Hill, J., Ryan, S., Sallis, J., Glanz, K., and Brownson, R.  (2010). Developer and realtor perspectives on the factors that influence development, sales, and perceived demand for activity-friendly communities.  Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 7(Suppl 1), S48-S59. 
    
Rosenberg, D., Sallis, J.F., Kerr, J., Maher, J., Norman, G.J., Durant, N., Harris, S.K., and Saelens, B.E. (2010). Brief scales to assess physical activity and sedentary equipment in the home.  International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 7, 10.  
    
Sallis, J.F.  (2010). Effects of the built environment on physical activity level.  Pp. 93-96.  In C. Bouchard, and P.T. Katzmarzyk, (Eds.), Physical Activity and Obesity, 2nd edition.  Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.  
    
Sallis, J.F., and Heath, G.W.  (2010)  Creation of or enhanced access to places for physical activity combined with informational outreach activities.  Pp 93-102.  In D.R. Brown, G.W. Heath, and S.L. Martin, (Eds.).  Promoting Physical Activity: A Guide to Community Action, 2nd ed.  Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics. 
    
Sallis, J.F., Kerr, J., Carlson, J.A., Norman, G.J., Saelens, B.E., Durant, N., and Ainsworth, B.E.  (2010). Evaluating a brief self-report measure of neighborhood environments for physical activity research and surveillance: Physical activity neighborhood environment scale (PANES).  Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 7, 533-540. 
    
Van Dyck, D., Cardon, G., Deforche B., Sallis, J.F., Owen, N., and De Bourdeadhuij, I. (2010). Neighborhood SES and walkability are related to physical activity behavior in Belgian adults. Preventive Medicine, 50, S74-S79.  *
    
Inoue, S., Ohya, Y., Odagiri, Y., Takamiya, T., Ishii, K., Kitabayashi, M., Suijo, K., Sallis, J.F., and Shimomitsu, T. (2010). Association between perceived neighborhood environment and walking among adults in 4 cities in Japan. Journal of Epidemiology, 20, 277-286.  
    
Van Dyck, D., Cardon, G., Deforche, B., Owen, N., Sallis, J. F., and De Bourdeaudhuij, I. (2010). Neighborhood walkability and sedentary time in Belgian adults. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 39, 25-32. 
    
Van Dyck, D., Cerin, E., Cardon, G., Deforche, B., Sallis, J.F., Owen, N., and DeBourdeaudhuij, I. (2010). Physical activity as a mediator of the associations between neighborhood walkability and adiposity in Belgian adults. Health and Place, 16, 952-960. 
    
Sallis, J.F., Kerr, J., Spence, J.C., Gidlow, C., and Inoue, S. (2010). Latest findings on built environments and physical activity in diverse countries: IPEN. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 7 (suppl. 3), S362-S364. (report of symposium at The Third International Congress on Physical Activity and Public Health. Toronto, Canada. May 5-8, 2010) 
    
Frank, L.D., Sallis, J.F., Saelens, B.E., Leary, L., Cain, K., Conway, T.L., and Hess, P.M.  (2010).  The development of a walkability index: Application to the Neighborhood Quality of Life Study.  British Journal of Sports Medicine, 43, 124-131.  
    
Lachapelle, U., Frank, L.D., Saelens, B.E., Sallis, J.F., and Conway, T.L. (2011).  Commuting by public transit and physical activity: Where you live, where you work, and how you get there.  Journal of Physical Activity and Health 8, (suppl 1), S72-S82.  
    
Pate, R.R., Sallis, J.F., Ward, D.S., Stevens, J., Dowda, M., Welk, G.J., Young, D.R., Jobe, J.B., and Strikmiller, P.K.  (2011). Age-related changes in types and contexts of physical activity in middle school girls.  American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 39, 433-439. 
    
Kerr, J., Norman, G.J., Adams, M.A., Ryan, S., Frank, L., Sallis, J.F., Calfas, K., and Patrick, K. (2010). Do neighbourhood environments moderate the effect of physical activity lifestyle interventions in adults?  Health and Place, 16, 903-908. 
    
Moy, K.L., Sallis, J.F., Ice, C., and Thompson, K.  (2010). Physical activity correlates for Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders in the United States.  Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 21(4), 1203-1214. 
    
Mayer, J.A., Woodruff, S.I., Slymen, D.J., Sallis, J.F., Forster, J.L., Clapp, E.J., Hoerster, K.D., Pichon, L.C., Weeks, J.R., Belch, G.E., Weinstock, M.A., and Gilmer, T.  (2011). Adolescents’ use of indoor tanning: A large-scale evaluation of psychosocial, environmental, and policy level correlates.  American Journal of Public Health, 101, 930-938.  Published online March 18, 2011, doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2010.300079
 

Cerin, E., Frank, L.D., Sallis, J.F., Saelens, B.E., Conway, T.L., Chapman, J.E., and Glanz, K.  (2011). From neighborhood design and food options to residents’ weight status.  Appetite, 56, 693-703.  doi:10.1016/j.appet.2011.02.006  
    
deNazelle, A., Nieuwenhuijsen, M.J., Anto, J.M., Brauer, M., Briggs, D., Braun-Fahrlander, C., Cavill, N., Cooper, A.R., Desqueyroux, H., Fruin, S., Hoek, G., Panis, L.I., Janssen, N., Jerrett, M., Joffe, M., Jovanovic, Z., vanKempen, E., Kingham, S., Kubesch, N., Leyden, K., Marshall, J.D., Matamala, J., Mellios, G., Mendez, M., Nassif, H., Ogilvie, D., Peiro, R., Perez, K., Rabl, A., Ragettli, M., Rodriguez, D., Rojas, D., Ruiz, P., Sallis, J.F., Terwoert, J., Toussaint, J-F., Tuomisto, J., Zuurbier, M., and Lebret, E.  (2011). Improving health through policies that promote active travel: A review of evidence to support integrated health impact assessment.  Environment International, 37, 766-777.   doi:10.1016/j.envint.2011.02.003 
    
Leek, D., Carlson, J.A., Cain, K.L., Henrichon, S., Rosenberg, D., Patrick, K., and Sallis, J.F.  (2011). Physical activity during youth sports practices.  Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 265, 294-299.* 
    
Crespo, N.C., Sallis, J.F., Conway, T.L., Saelens, B.E., and Frank, L.D.  (2011). Worksite physical activity policies and environments in relation to employee physical activity.  American Journal of Health Promotion, 25, 264-271. 
    
Oyeyemi, A.L., Adegoke, B.O.A., Oyeyemi, A.Y., and Sallis, J.F.  (2011). Perceived environmental correlates of physical activity and walking in African young adults.  American Journal of Health Promotion, 25(5), e10-e19.  Online only.  DOI: 10.4278/ajhp.090918-QUAN-304 
    
Ding, D., Sallis, J.F., Hovell, M.F., Du, J., Zheng, M., He, H., and Owen, N.  (2011). Physical activity and sedentary behaviors among rural adults in Suixi, China: A cross-sectional study.  International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 8, 37.   
    
Kerr, J., Carlson, J.A., Sallis, J.F., Rosenberg, D., Leak, C.R., Saelens, B.E., Chapman, J.E., Frank, L.D., and King, A.C.  (2011). Assessing health-related resources in senior living residences.  Journal of Aging Studies, 25, 206-214.  In special issue, “Age and the Cultivation of Place.”  doi:10.1016/j.jaging.2011.03.004 
    
Owen, N., Sugiyama, T., Eakin, E.E., Gardiner, P.A., Tremblay, M.S., and Sallis, J.F.  (2011). Adults' sedentary behavior: Determinants and interventions.  American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 41, 189-196.  doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2011.05.013 
    
Millstein, R.A., and Sallis, J.F.  (2011). Youth advocacy for obesity prevention: The next wave of social change for health.  Translational Behavioral Medicine: Practice, Policy, Research, 1(3), 497-505.  Published online July 2011; DOI: 10.1007/s13142-011-0060-0.  
    
Adams, M.A., Sallis, J.F., Kerr, J., Conway, T.L., Saelens, B.E., Frank, L.D., Norman, G.J., and Cain, K.L.  (2011). Neighborhood environment profiles related to physical activity and weight status: A latent profile analysis.  Preventive Medicine, 52, 326-331.  
    
Corder, K., Sallis, J.F., Crespo, N.C., and Elder, J.P.  (2011). Active children use more places for physical activity.  Health and Place, 17, 911-919.  
    
Van Dyck, D., Cardon, G., Deforche, B., Giles-Corti, B., Sallis, J.F., Owen, N., and De Bourdeaudhuij, I.  (2011). Environmental and psychosocial correlates of accelerometer-assessed and self-reported physical activity in Belgian adults.  International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 18, 2350. 
    
Ding, D., Sallis, J.F., Kerr, J., Lee, S., and Rosenberg, D.E.  (2011). Neighborhood environment and physical activity among youth: A review.  American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 41, 442-455. *
  
Sallis, J.F.  (2011). Environmental and policy research on physical activity is going global.  Research on Exercise Epidemiology, 13(2), 111-117. 
    
Sallis, J.F., Slymen, D.J., Conway, T.L., Frank, L.D., Saelens, B.E., Cain, K., and Chapman, J.  (2011). Income disparities in perceived neighborhood built and social environment attributes.  Health and Place, 17(6), 1274-1283. doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.02.006.  
    
Millstein, R.A., Strobel, J., Kerr, J., Sallis, J.F., Norman, G.J., Durant, N., Harris, S., and Saelens, B.E. (2011).  Home, school, and neighborhood environment factors and youth physical activity. Pediatric Exercise Science, 23(4), 487-503.  
    
Zhu, X., and Sallis, J.F.  (2011). Designing for healthy communities: Active living and comprehensive community development. Journal of the Institute for Comprehensive Community Development, 2(2), 9-20.   *
    
Zhu, X., and Sallis, J.F.  (2011). State of practice in designing for healthy communities. Journal of the Institute for Comprehensive Community Development, 2(2), 21-24. *
    
Sallis, J.F., Millstein, R.A., and Carlson, J.A.  (2011). Community design for physical activity.  pp. 33-49.  In A.L. Dannenberg, H. Frumkin, & R.J. Jackson, eds.  Making Healthy Places: Designing and Building for Health, Well-Being, and Sustainability.  Washington, DC: Island.   
    
Sallis, J.F., Adams, M.A., and Ding, D.  (2011). Physical activity and the built environment.  pp. 433-451.  In J. Cawley, ed.  The Oxford Handbook of the Social Science of Obesity.  New York: Oxford.  
    
Hekler, E.B., Buman, M.P., Haskell, W.L., Conway, T.L., Cain, K.L., Sallis, J.F., Saelens, B.E., Frank, L.D., Kerr, J., and King, A.C.  (2012).  Validity of CHAMPS sedentary to vigorous physical activity in older adults.  Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 9, 225-236.  
    
Ding, D., Bracy, N.L., Sallis, J.F., Saelens, B.E., Norman, G.J., Harris, S.K., Durant, N., Rosenberg, D., and Kerr, J. (2012).  Is fear of strangers related to physical activity among youth?  American Journal of Health Promotion, 26(3), 189-195. 
    
Carlson, J.A., Sallis, J.F., Conway, T.L., Saelens, B.E., Frank, L.D., Kerr, J., Cain, K., and King, A.C.  (2012).  Interactions between psychosocial and built environment factors in explaining older adults' physical activity.  Preventive Medicine, 54(1), 68-73.   doi: 10/1016/j.ypmed.2011.10.004 
    
Sallis, J.F., Floyd, M.F., Rodriguez, D.A., and Saelens, B.E.  (2012).  The role of built environments in physical activity, obesity, and CVD.  Circulation, 125, 729-737. 
    
Saelens, B.E., Sallis, J.F., Frank, L.D., Cain, K.L., Conway, T.L., Chapman, J.E., Slymen, D.J., and Kerr, J. (2012).  Neighborhood environmental and psychosocial correlates of adults' physical activity.  Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 44(4), 637-646. Epub ahead of print September 16, 2011. DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e318237fe18 
    
Oyeyemi, A.L., Adegoke, B.O., Oyeyemi, A.Y., Deforche, B., De Bourdeadhuij, I., and Sallis, J.F.  (2012).  Environmental factors associated with overweight among adults in Nigeria. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 9, 32.  
    
Van Dyck, D., Cerin, E., Conway, T.L., De Bourdeaudhuij, I., Owen, N., Kerr, J., Cardon, G., Frank, L.D., Saelens, B.E., and Sallis, J.F. (2012).  Associations between perceived neighborhood environmental attributes and adults' sedentary behavior: Findings from the USA, Australia, and Belgium. Social Science and Medicine, 74, 1375-1384. 
    
Frank, L.D., Saelens, B.E., Chapman, J., Sallis, J.F., Kerr, J., Glanz, K., Couch, S.C., Learnihan, V., Zhou, C., Colburn, T., and Cain, K. (2012). Objective assessment of obesogenic environments in youth: Geographic information system methods and spatial findings from the Neighborhood Impact on Kids (NIK) Study. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 48(5), e47-e55. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2012.02.006. Epub on April 10, 2012.  *
    
Saelens, B.E., Sallis, J.F., Frank, L.D., Couch, S.C., Zhou, C., Colburn, T., Cain, K.L., Chapman, J., and Glanz, K. (2012).  Obesogenic neighborhood environments, child and parent obesity: The Neighborhood Impact on Kids (NIK) Study. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 48(5), e57-e64. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2012.02.008. Epub on April 10, 2012.  *
    
Oyeyemi, A.L., Adegoke, B.O., Sallis, J.F., Oyeyemi, A.Y., and De Bourdeaudhuij, I. (2012). Perceived crime and traffic safety is related to physical activity among adults in Nigeria. BMC Public Health, 12, 294.   Published online April 21, 2012.  
    
Kerr, J., Frank, L.D., Sallis, J.F., Saelens, B.E., Glanz, K., and Chapman, J. (2012).  Predictors of trips to food destinations. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 9, 58.  Published online May 20, 2012.  
 
Adams, M.A., Sallis, J.F., Conway, T., Frank, L.D., Saelens, B.E., Kerr, J., Cain, K.L., and King, A.C. (2012). Neighborhood environment profiles for physical activity among older adults. American Journal of Health Behavior, 36(6), 757-769. doi: 10.5993/AJHB.36.6.4 
    
Sallis, J.F., McKenzie, T.L., Beets, M.W., Beighle, A., Erwin, H., and Lee, S.  (2012).  Physical education's role in public health: Steps forward and backward over 20 years and HOPE for the future.  Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 83(2), 125-135.*  
    
Van Dyck, D., Cerin, E., Conway, T.L., De Bourdeaudhuij, I., Owen, N., Kerr, J., Cardon, G., Frank, L.D., Saelens, B.E., and Sallis, J.F.  (2012).  Perceived neighborhood environmental attributes associated with adults' transport-related walking and cycling: Findings from the USA, Australia, and Belgium. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 9, 70. Posted online June 12, 2012.    
    
Rosenberg, D.E., Kerr, J., Sallis, J.F., Norman, G.J., Calfas, K., and Patrick, K.  (2012).  Promoting walking among older adults living in retirement communities.  Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, 20, 379-394. 
    
Bauman, A.E., Reis, R.S., Sallis, J.F., Wells, J.C., Loos, R.J.F., and Martin, B.W. on behalf of the Lancet Physical Activity Series Working Group. (2012). Correlates of physical activity: Why are some people physically active and others not? The Lancet, 380, 31-44.  
    
Evenson, K.R., Sallis, J.F., Handy, S.L., Bell, R., and Brennan, L.K. (2012). Evaluation of physical projects and policies from the Active Living by Design Partnerships. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 43(5S4), S309-S319. 
    
Sallis, J.F., and Green, L.W.  (2012). Active Living by Design and its evaluation: Contributions to science. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 43(5S4), S410-S412. (Invited commentary)  
    
Kerr, J., Sallis, J.F., Bromby, E., and Glanz, K.  (2012). Assessing reliability and validity of the GroPromo audit tool for evaluation of grocery store marketing and promotional environments. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 44, 597-603. 
    
Kozo, J., Sallis, J.F., Conway, T.L., Kerr, J., Cain, K., Saelens, B.E., Frank, L.D., and Owen, N. (2012). Sedentary behaviors of adults in relation to neighborhood walkability and income. Health Psychology, 31(6), 704-713. Online First Publication, April 30, 2012. doi: 10.1037/a0027874 
    
Van Dyck, D., Cerin, E., Conway, T.L., De Bourdeaudhuij, I., Owen, N., Kerr, J., Cardon, G., Frank, L.D., Saelens, B.E., and Sallis, J.F. (2013).  Perceived neighborhood environmental attributes associated with adults' leisure-time physical activity: Findings from Belgium, Australia, and the USA.  Health and Place, 19, 59-68. 
    
De Meester, F., Van Dyck, D., De Bourdeaudhuij, I., Deforche, B., Sallis, J.F., and Cardon, G. (2012).  Active living neighborhoods: Is neighborhood walkability a key element for Belgian adolescents?  BMC Public Health, 12:7.  
    
Nicaise, V., Kahan, D., Reuben, K., and Sallis, J.F. (2012). Evaluation of a redesigned outdoor space on preschool children's physical activity during recess. Pediatric Exercise Science, 24(4), 507-518. 
    
Mendoza, J.A., Salmon, J., and Sallis, J.F. (2012). Partnerships for progress in active living: From research to action. Health & Place, 18(1), 1-4. 
    
My presentation on measuring physical activity-related policies and environments was summarized in detail:  Committee on Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine.  (2012). Measuring progress in childhood obesity: Workshop report. National Academies Press: Washington, DC. Chapter 2, Physical activity and the built environment, pages 5-20. 
    
Kerr, J., Sallis, J.F., Saelens, B.E., Cain, K., Conway, T.L., Frank, L.D., and King, A.C. (2012).  Outdoor physical activity and self-rated health in older adults living in two regions of the U.S.  International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 9:89. Available online July 30, 2012. DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-9-89. PMCID:  PMC3464785.  
    
Tandon, P.S., Zhou, C., Sallis, J.F., Cain, K.L., Frank, L.D., and Saelens, B.E.  (2012).  Home environment relationships with children's physical activity, sedentary time, and screen time by socioeconomic status. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 9:88. PMCID:  PMC3413573.  
    
Ding, D., Sallis, J.F., Conway, T.L., Saelens, B.E., Frank, L.D., Cain, K.L., and Slymen, D.J. (2012). Interactive effects of built environment and psychosocial attributes on physical activity: A test of ecological models. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 44, 365-374. 
    
Ding, D., Sallis, J.F., Norman, G.J., Saelens, B.E., Harris, S.K., Kerr, J., Rosenberg, D., Durant, N., and Glanz, K.  (2012).  Community food environment, home food environment, and fruit and vegetable intake of children and adolescents.  Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 44, 634-638.  doi:10.1016/j.jneb.2010.07.003 
    
Van Dyck, D., Cerin, E., Conway, T.L., De Bourdeaudhuij, I., Owen, N., Kerr, J., Cardon, G., Frank, L.D., Saelens, B.E., and Sallis, J.F. (2013).  Perceived neighborhood environmental attributes associated with adults' leisure-time physical activity: Findings from Belgium, Australia, and the USA.  Health and Place, 19, 59-68. 
    
Carlson, J.A., Sallis, J.F., Chriqui, J.F., Schneider, L., McDermid, L.C., and Agron, P.  (2013).  State policies about physical activity minutes in physical education or during the school day. Journal of School Health, 83(3), 150-156.   Research brief on this paper*
    
Dirige, O.V., Carlson, J.A., Alcaraz, J., Moy, K.L., Rock, C., Oades, R., and Sallis, J.F. (2013).  Siglang Buhay: Nutrition and physical activity promotion in Filipino Americans through community organizations.  Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 19(2), 162-168. DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e3182571708 
    
Sallis, J.F., Carlson, J.A., Mignano, A.M., Lemes, A., and Wagner, N. (2013). Trends in presentations of environmental and policy studies related to physical activity, nutrition, and obesity at Society of Behavioral Medicine, 1995-2010: A commentary to accompany the Active Living Research Suppment to Annals of Behavioral Medicine.  Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 45(1, suppl 1), 14-17.  
    
Adams, M.A., Ding, D., Sallis, J.F., Bowles, H.R., Ainsworth, B.E., Bergman, P., Bull, F.C., Carr, H., Craig, C.L., De Bourdeaudhuij, I., Gomez, L.F., Inoue, S., Heggebo, L.K., Lefevre, J., Macfarlane, D.J., Matsudo, S., Matsudo, V., Murase, N., Sjöström, M., Tomten, H., Volbekiene, V., and Bauman, A.  (2013). Patterns of neighborhood environment attributes related to physical activity across 11 countries: A latent class analysis.  International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 10:34. DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-10-34 PMCID:  PMC3615945.  
    
Tappe, K.A., Glanz, K., Sallis, J.F., Zhou, C., and Saelens, B.E. (2013). Children's physical activity and parents' perception of the neighborhood environment: Neighborhood Impact on Kids study.  International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 10:39. DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-10-39 PMCID:  PMC3615958.  
    
Cerin, E.,  Conway, T.L., Cain, K.L., Kerr, J., De Bourdeaudhuij, I., Owen, N., Reis, R.S., Sarmiento, O.L., Hinckson, E.A., Salvo, D., Christiansen, L.B., MacFarlane, D.J., Davey, R., Mitas, J., Aguinaga-Ontoso, I., and Sallis, J.F. (2013). Sharing good NEWS across the world: Developing comparable scores across 12 countries for the Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale (NEWS). BMC Public Health, 13:309. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-309. PMCID:  PMC3642009.  
    
Ding, D., Adams, M.A., Sallis, J.F., Norman, G.J., Hovell, M.F., Chambers, C.D., Hofstetter, C.R., Bowles, H.R., Hagstromer, M., Craig, C.L., Gomez, L.F., De Bourdeaudhuij, I., Macfarlane, D.J., Ainsworth, B.E., Bergman, P., Bull, F.C., Carr, H., Klasson-Heggebo, L., Inoue, S., Murase, N., Matsudo, S., Matsudo, V., McLean, G., Sjostrom, M., Tomten, H., Lefevre, J., Volbekiene, V., and Bauman, A.E. (2013). Perceived neighborhood environment and physical activity in 11 countries: Do associations differ by country?  International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 10:57. Posted online May 14, 2013. PMCID: PMC3663693 
    
Winston, C. P., Sallis, J. F., Swartz, M., Hoelscher, D. M., and Peskin, M. F. (2013). Consumer nutrition environments of hospitals: An exploratory analysis using the Healthy Hospital Environment Scan for Cafeterias, Vending Machines and Gift Shops. Preventing Chronic Disease, 10:120335.  Posted online July 8, 2013.  DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd10.120335 PMCID: PMC3702231.  
    
Kerr, J., Sallis, J.F., Owen, N., DeBourdeaudhuij, I., Cerin, E., Frank, L., Reis, R., Fromel, K., Mitáš, J., Troelsen, J., MacFarlane, D., Salvo, D., Schofield, G., Badland, H., Guileen-Grima, F., Davey, R., Bauman, A., Saelens, B., Riddoch, C., Ainsworth, B., Pratt, M., Schimd, T., Adams, M., Conway, T., Cain, K., Van Dyke, D., and Bracy, N.  (2013).  Advancing science and policy through a coordinated international study of physical activity and built environments: IPEN methods.  Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 10, 581-601. 
    
Norman, G.J., Carlson, J.A., Omara, S., Sallis, J.F., Patrick, K., Frank, L.D., and  Godbole, S. (2013). Neighborhood preference, walkability and walking in overweight/obese men. American Journal of Health Behavior, 37(2), 277-282. 
    
Van Dyck, D., Sallis, J.F., Cardon, G., DeForche, B., Adams, M.A., Geremia, C., and De Bourdeaudhui, I. (2013). Associations of neighborhood characteristics with active park use: An observational study in the USA and Belgium. International Journal of Health Geographics, 12:26. PMCID:  PMC3651346.  
    
Oyeyemi, A.L., Sallis, J.F., Deforche, B., Oyeyemi, A.Y., De Bourdeaudhuij, I., and Van Dyck, D. (2013).  Evaluation of the Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scales in Nigeria.  International Journal of Health Geographics, 12:16.  PMCID:  PMC3606828.  
    
Kneeshaw-Price, S.H., Saelens, B., Sallis, J., Glanz, K., Frank, L., Kerr, J., Hannon, P., Grembowski, D., Chan, K.C.G., Cain, K. (2013).  Children's objective physical activity by location: Why the neighborhood matters. Pediatric Exercise Science, 25, 468-486. 
    
Oyeyemi, A.L., Deforche, B., Sallis, J.F., De Bourdeaudhuij, I., and Van Dyck, D. (2013). Behavioral mediators of the association between neighborhood environment and weight status in Nigerian adults. American Journal of Health Promotion, 28 (1), 23-31. 
    
Millstein, R.A., Cain, K.L., Sallis, J.F., Conway, T.L., Geremia, C., Frank, L.D., Chapman, J., Van Dyck, D., Dipzinski, L., Kerr, J., Glanz, K., and Saelens, B.E. (2013). Development, scoring, and reliability of the Microscale Audit of Pedestrian Streetscapes (MAPS). BMC Public Health, 13:403. Published online April 27, 2013. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-13-403. PMCID:  PMC3728214.       
    
Crespo, N.C., Corder, K., Marshall, S.J., Norman, G.J., Sallis, J.F., Patrick, K., and Elder, J.P. (2013). An examination of multilevel factors that may explain gender differences in children's physical activity.  Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 10(7), 982-992.  *
    
Winston, C. P., Sallis, J. F., Swartz, M., Hoelscher, D. M., & Peskin, M. F. (2013). Reliability of the Healthy Hospital Environment Scan for Cafeterias, Vending Machines and Gift Shops. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 113(8),1069-1075. 
    
Sallis, J.F., Conway, T.L., Dillon, L.I., Frank, L.D., Adams, M.A., Cain, K.L., and Saelens, B.E. (2013). Environmental and demographic correlates of bicycling. Preventive Medicine, 57, 456-460. Published online June 19, 2013. Open access. DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.06.014.  
    
Oyeyemi, A.L., Sallis, J.F., Oyeyemi, A.Y., DeBourdeadhuij, I., Amin, M.M., and Deforche, B. (2013).  Adaptation, test-retest reliability, and construct validity of the Physical Activity Neighborhood Environment Scale in Nigeria (PANES-N). Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 10, 1079-1090. Posted online December 7, 2012. 
    
Sallis, J.F., Cutter, C.L., Lou, D., Spoon, C., Wilson, A.L., Ding, D., Ponkshe, P., Cervero, R. Patrick, K., Schmid, T.L., Mignano, A., and Orleans, C.T. (2014).  Active Living Research: Creating and using evidence to support childhood obesity prevention. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 46(2), 195-207. 
    
Carlson, J.A., Mignano, A.M., Norman, G.J., McKenzie, T.L., Kerr, J., Arredondo, E.M., Madanat, H., Cain, K.L., Elder, J.P., Saelens, B.E., and Sallis, J.F. (2014). Socioeconomic disparities in elementary school practices and children's physical activity during school. American Journal of Health Promotion, 28(3 suppl.), S47-S53. DOI: 10.4278/ajhp.130430-QUAN-206 
    
Whitt-Glover, M.C., Bennett, G., and Sallis, J.F.  (2013).  Introduction to the Active Living Research supplement: Disparities in environments and policies that support active living. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 45(1, suppl 1), 1-5. 
    
Sallis, J.F. Commentary in "Notes from the field: Planting, nurturing, and watching things grow."  American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 45, 696-697. (One of several invited commentaries on the end of Kevin Patrick's editorship of AJPM.) 
    
Economos, C.D., Sallis, J.F., Keith, N.R., and Newkirk, J. (2014). The Active Living Research 2013 Conference: Achieving change across sectors: Integrating research, policy, and practice. American Journal of Health Promotion, 28(3 suppl), S1-S4.  
    
Sallis, J.F., Cutter, C.L., Lou, D., Spoon, C., Wilson, A.L., Ding, D., Ponkshe, P., Cervero, R. Patrick, K., Schmid, T.L., Mignano, A., and Orleans, C.T. (2014).  Active Living Research: Creating and using evidence to support childhood obesity prevention. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 46(2), 195-207.
Open access*  Accompanied by evaluation of ALR-2 that is available through open access*
            

Carlson, J.A., Mignano, A.M., Norman, G.J., McKenzie, T.L., Kerr, J., Arredondo, E.M., Madanat, H., Cain, K.L., Elder, J.P., Saelens, B.E., and Sallis, J.F. (2014). Socioeconomic disparities in elementary school practices and children's physical activity during school. American Journal of Health Promotion, 28(3 suppl.), S47-S53. DOI: 10.4278/ajhp.130430-QUAN-2 
    
Bracy, N.L., Millstein, R.A., Carlson, J.A., Conway, T.L., Sallis, J.F., Saelens, B.E., Kerr, J., Cain, K.L., Frank, L.D., and King, A.C. (2014). Is the relationship between the built environment and physical activity moderated by perceptions of crime and safety? International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical  Activity, 11:24. DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-11-24.  
    
Molina-Garcia, J., Sallis, J.F., and Castillo, I. (2014).  Active commuting and sociodemographic factors among university students in Spain.  Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 11, 359-363. 
    
Sugiyama, T., Cerin, E., Owen, N., Oyeyemi, A.L., Conway, T.L., Van Dyck, D., Schipperijn, J., Macfarlane, D.J., Salvo, D., Reis, R.S., Mitáš, J., Sarmiento, O.L., Davey, R., Schofield, G., Orzanco-Garralda, R., and Sallis, J.F. (2014). Perceived neighborhood environment attributes associated with adults' recreational walking: IPEN Adult study in 12 countries. Health and Place, 28, 22-30. 
    
Ding, D., Sallis, J.F., Norman, G.J., Frank, L.D., Saelens, B.E., Kerr, J., Conway, T.L., Cain, K., Hovell, M.F., Hofstetter, C.R., and King, A.C. (2014). Neighborhood environment and physical activity among older adults: Do the relationships differ by driving status? Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, 22, 421-431. 
    
Cain, K.L., Millstein, R.A., Sallis, J.F., Conway, T.L., Gavand, K., Frank, L.D., Saelens, B.E., Geremia, C.M., Chapman, J., Adams, M.A., Glanz, K., and King, A.C. (2014). Contribution of streetscape audits to explanation of physical activity in four age groups based on the microscale audit of pedestrian streetscapes (MAPS). Social Science and Medicine, 116, 82-92. Available online 24 June 2014, ISSN 0277-9536. 

Van Dyck, D., Cerin, E., Conway, T.L., De Bourdeaudhuij, I., Owen, N., Kerr, J., Cardon, G., and Sallis, J.F. (2014).  Interacting psychosocial and environmental correlates of leisure-time physical activity: A three-country study. Health Psychology, 33(7), 699-709. Online First Publication, November 18, 2013. doi: 10.1037/a0033516 
    
Adams, M.A., Frank, L.D., Schipperijn, J., Smith, G., Chapman, J., Christiansen, L.B., Coffee, N., Salvo, D., du Toit, L., Jan Dygrýn, J., Hino, A.A.F., Lai, P-C., Mavoa, S., Pinzón, J.D., Van de Weghe, N., Cerin, E., Davey, R., Macfarlane, D., Owen, N., and Sallis, J.F. (2014). International variation in neighborhood walkability, transit, and recreation environments using Geographic Information Systems: The IPEN Adult Study. International Journal of Health Geographics, 13:43. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-13-43.  *
    
Carlson, J.A., Sallis, J.F., Kerr, J., Conway, T.L., Cain, K., Frank, L.D., and Saelens, B.E. (2014). Built environment characteristics and parent active transportation are associated with active travel to school in youth age 12-15. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 48, 1634-1639. 
    
Cerin, E., Cain, K.L., Conway, T.L., Van Dyck, D., Hinckson, E., Schipperijn, J., De Bourdeaudhuij, I., Owen, N., Davey, R.C., Hino, A.A.F., Mitáš, J., Orzanco-Garralda, R., Salvo, D., Sarmiento, O.L., Christiansen, L.B., Macfarlane, D., Schofield, G., and Sallis, J.F. (2014). Neighborhood environments and objectively measured physical activity in 11 countries. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 46(12), 2253-2264. Published online April 28, 2014. PubMed PMID:  24781892 
    
Engelberg, J.K., Carlson, J.A., Black, M.L., Ryan, S., and Sallis, J.F. (2014). Ciclovia participation in San Diego, CA: The first CicloSDias. Preventive Medicine, 69 (suppl.), S66-S73 
    
Cleland, C.L., Hunter, R.F., Kee, F., Cupples, M.E., Sallis, J.F., and Tully, M.A. (2014). Validity of the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ) in assessing levels and change in moderate-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and sedentary behaviour in Northern Ireland. BMC Public Health, 14:1255 (released online December 10, 2014). 
Kneeshaw-Price, S.H., Saelens, B.E., Sallis, J.F., Frank, L.D., Grembowski, D.E., Hannon, P.A., Smith, N.L., and Chan, K.C.G. (2015). Neighborhood crime-related safety and its relation to children's physical activity. Journal of Urban Health, 92(3), 472-489.  Posted online March 27, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11524-015-9949-0.   

Gebel, K., Ding, D., Foster, C., Bauman, A.E., and Sallis, J.F. (2015). Improving current practice in reviews of the built environment and physical activity. Sports Medicine, 45(3), 297-302. 
    
Sallis, J.F., Spoon, C., Cavill, N., Engelberg, J., Gebel, K., Lou, D., Parker, M., Thornton, C.M., Wilson, A.L., Cutter, C., and Ding, D. (2015). Co-benefits of designing communities for active living: An exploration of literature. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 12: 30. DOI 10.1186/s12966-015-0188-2.      Longer report, data tables, slides* 
    
Carlson, J.A., Saelens, B.E., Kerr, J., Schipperijn, J., Conway, T.L., Frank, L.D., Chapman, J.E., Glanz, K., Cain, K., and Sallis, J.F. (2015). Association between neighborhood walkability and GPS-measured walking, bicycling and vehicle time in adolescents. Health and Place, 32, 1-7. Published online January 9, 2015. 
    
Giles-Corti, B., Sallis, J.F., Sugiyama, T., Frank, L.D., Lowe, M., and Owen, N. (2015). Translating active living research into policy and practice: One important pathway to chronic disease prevention. Journal of Public Health Policy, 36(2), 231-243. Open access. *
    
Glanz, K., Sallis, J.F., and Saelens, B.E. (2015). Advances in physical activity and nutrition environment assessment tools and applications: Recommendations. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 48(5), 615-619.  
    
Molina-Garcia, J., Castillo, I., Queralt, A., and Sallis, J.F. (2015).  Bicycling to university: Evaluation of a bicycle-sharing program in Spain. Health Promotion International, 30(2), 350-358. 
    
De Bourdeaudhuij, I., Van Dyck, D., Salvo, D., Davey, R., Reis, R.S., Schofield, G., Sarmiento, O.L., Mitas, J., Christiansen, L.B., Macfarlane, D., Sugiyama, T., Aguinaga-Ontoso, I., Owen, N., Conway, T.L., Sallis, J.F., and Cerin, E. (2015). International study of perceived neighbourhood environmental attributes and Body Mass Index: IPEN Adult study in 12 countries. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 12: 62.  
    
Kercood, S., Conway, T.L., Saelens, B.E., Frank, L.D., Cain, K.L., and Sallis, J.F. (2015). Parent rules, barriers, and places for youth physical activity vary by neighborhood walkability and income. Children, Youth, and Environments, 25(1), 100-118. DOI: 10.7721/chilyoutenvi.25.1.0100.  
    
Adams, M.A., Todd, M., Kurka, J., Conway, T.L., Cain, K.L., Frank, L.D., and Sallis, J.F. (2015). Patterns of walkability, transit and recreation environments for physical activity. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 48(6), 878-887. Published Online: July 29, 2015. doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2015.05.024 
    
Sallis, J.F., Cain, K.L., Conway, T.L., Gavand, K., Millstein, R.A., Geremia, C.M., Frank, L.D., Saelens, B.E., Glanz, K., and King, A.C. (2015). Is your neighborhood designed to support physical activity? A brief streetscape audit tool. Preventing Chronic Disease, 12:150098. Posted online September 3, 2015.  
    
Carlson, J.A., Engelberg, J.K., Cain, K.L., Conway, T.L., Mignano A.M., Bonilla, E.A., Geremia, C., and Sallis, J.F. (2015). Implementing classroom physical activity breaks: Associations with student physical activity and classroom behavior. Preventive Medicine, 81, 67-72. 
    
Lopez Castillo, M.A., Carlson, J.A., Cain, K., Bonilla, E.A., Chuang, E., Elder, J.P., and Sallis, J.F. (2015). Dance class structure affects youth physical activity and sedentary behavior: A study of seven dance types. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 86(3), 225-232. 
    
Van Dyck, D., Cerin, E., De Bourdeaudhuij, I., Salvo, D., Christiansen, L.B., Macfarlane, D., Owen, N., Mitas, J., Troelsen, J., Aguinaga-Ontoso, I., Davey, R., Reis, R., Sarmiento, O.L., Schofield, G., Conway, T.L.,  and Sallis, J.F. (2015). Moderating effects of age, gender and education on the associations of perceived neighborhood environment attributes with accelerometer-based physical activity: The IPEN Adult study. Health and Place, 36, 65-73.  
    
Engelberg, J.K., Carlson, J.A., Conway, T.L., Cain, K.L., Saelens, B.E., Glanz, K., Frank, L.D., and Sallis, J.F. (2016). Dog walking among adolescents: Correlates and contribution to physical activity. Preventive Medicine, 82(1), 65-72. 
    
Sallis, J.F., and Owen, N. (2015). Ecological models of health behavior. pp. 43-64. In K. Glanz, B. Rimer, & V. Viswanath (Eds.), Health behavior: Theory, research & practice (5th Ed.). San Francisco:  Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer.  
    
Sallis, J.F., and Carlson, J.A. (2015). Physical activity: Numerous benefits and effective interventions. pp. 169-184. In R.M. Kaplan, M.L. Spittel, and D.H. David, eds. Population health: Behavioral and social science insights. US Government Printing Office: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2015.  AHRQ Publication No. 15-002.
    
Molina-Garcia, J., Queralt, A., Castillo, I., and Sallis, J.F. (2015). Changes in physical activity domains during the transition out of high school: Psychosocial and environmental correlates. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 12(10), 1414-1420. 
    
Kurka, J.M., Adams, M.A., Todd, M., Colburn, T., Sallis, J.F., Cain, K.L., Glanz, K., Frank, L.D., & Saelens, B.E.. (2016). Patterns of neighborhood environment attributes in relation to children's physical activity. Health & Place, 34(6), 164-170. 
    
Kerr, J., Emond, J.A., Badland, H., Reis, R., Sarmiento, O., Carlson, J., Sallis, J.F., Cerin, E., Cain, K., Conway, T., Schofield, G., Macfarlane, D.J., Christiansen, L.B., Van Dyck, D., Davey, R., Aguinaga-Ontoso, I., Salvo, D., Sugiyama, T., Owen, N., Mitas, J., and Natarajan, L. (2016). Perceived neighborhood environmental attributes associated with walking and cycling for transport among adult residents of 17 cities in 12 countries: The IPEN study. Environmental Health Perspectives, 124(3), 290-298. Posted online July 17, 2015. DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1409466.(open access)  
    
My presentation on building physical and social environments for physical activity in high-risk communities was summarized in: Breiner, H., Parker, L., & Olson, S. (rapporteurs) (2014). Creating equal opportunities for a healthy weight: Workshop summary. National Academies Press: Washington, DC, pages 15-16. 
    
Pollack, K.M., Gonzalez, E.R., Hager, E.R., and Sallis, J.F. (2014). The Active Living Research 2014 Conference: "Niche to norm". Preventive Medicine, 69 (suppl.), S1-S4. (Guest Editor commentary). 
    
Sallis, J.F. International innovations in physical activity promotion. A summary of my presentation, published in a Summary Report. Building a Culture of Health: Lessons Learned from Global Efforts: Case Study of Childhood Obesity. Co-sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research. February 2015.  
    
Sallis, J.F. (2015). Advancing systems thinking through the Healthy Kids Healthy Communities evaluation. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 21(3, suppl), S88-S89. (invited commentary). 
    
My presentation on "Blueprint for active living communities: Innovative solutions" was summarized in the Institute of Medicine Workshop Summary. (2015). Physical Activity: Moving Toward Obesity Solutions. National Academies Press: Washington, DC, pages 94-98. 
    
Rodriguez, D.A., Lounsbery, M.A.F., and Sallis, J.F. (2016). The Active Living Research 2015 conference: The science of policy implementation. Environment and Behavior, 48(1), 4-12. (Guest Editor commentary). * 
    
Oyeyemi, A.L., Kasoma, S.S., Onywera, V.O., Assah, F., Assah, F., Adedoyin, R.A., Conway, T.L., Moss, S.J., Ocansey, R., Kolbe-Alexander, T.L., Akinroye, K.K., Prista, A., Larouche, R., Gavand, K.A., Cain, K.L., Lambert, E.V., Aryeetey, R., Bartels, C., Tremblay, M.S., and Sallis, J.F. (2016). NEWS for Africa: Adaptation and reliability of a built environment questionnaire for physical activity in seven African countries. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity,13:33. DOI: 10.1186/s12966-016-0357-y.   
   
Thornton, C.M., Conway, T.L., Cain, K.L., Gavand, K.A., Saelens, B.E., Frank, L.D., Geremia, C.M., Glanz, K., King, A.C., and Sallis, J.F. (2016). Disparities in pedestrian streetscape environments by income and race/ethnicity. SSM-Population Health, 2, 206-216. 
Open access
  Published online May 2016. Link to research brief*

 
Engelberg, J.K., Conway, T.L., Geremia, C., Cain, K.L., Saelens, B.E., Glanz, K., Frank, L.D., and Sallis, J.F. (2016). Socioeconomic and race/ethnic disparities in observed park quality. BMC Public Health, 16:395. Open access:   DOI 10.1186/s12889-016-3055-4. Link to research brief*              
  
Sallis, J.F., Cerin, E., Conway, T.L., Adams, M.A., Frank, L.D., Pratt, M., Salvo, D., Schipperijn, J., Smith, G., Cain, K.L., Davey, R., Kerr, J., Lai, P-C., Mitas, J., Reis, R., Sarmiento, O.L., Schofield, G., Troelsen, J., Van Dyck, D., De Bourdeaudhuij, I., and Owen, N. (2016). Urban environments in 14 cities worldwide are related to physical activity. The Lancet, 387(no. 10034), 2207-2217. Released online April 1, 2016.  Open access:  DOI:  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)01284-2 
Research brief  
Research blog  
Infographic 

Comment by Goenka and Andersen: Goenka, S., and Andersen, L.B. (2016). Our health is a function of where we live. The Lancet, 387(no. 10034), 2168-2170.    

twitter hashtag: #GlobalActiveCities

Featured in this news article in JAMA. Abbasi, J. As walking movement grows, neighborhood walkability gains attention. JAMA, Medical News and Perspective. Published online June 29, 2016. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.7755 


Summarized in this article from a European Union newsletter.  'Science for Environment Policy', 8th July 2016, Urban design can promote walking: people physically active for up to 1.5 hours more per week in activity-friendly neighbourhoods, European Commission DG Environment News Alert Service.  
 
Esteban-Cornejo, I., Carlson, J.A., Conway, T.L., Cain, K., Saelens, B.E., Frank, L.D., Glanz, K., Roman, C.G., and Sallis, J. F. (2016). Parental and adolescent perceptions of neighborhood safety related to adolescents' physical activity in their neighborhood. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 87(2), 191-199. Published online March 31, 2016. doi: 10.1080/02701367.2016.1153779.              
    
Sallis, J.F., Bull, F.C., Guthold, R., Heath, G.W., Inoue, S., Oyeyemi, A.L., Perez, L.G., Richards, J., & Hallal, P., for the Lancet Physical Activity Series 2 Executive Committee. (2016). Progress in physical activity over the Olympic quadrennium. The Lancet (July), 31-42. In Series on Physical Activity 216: Progress and Challenges. Published online July 27, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/50140-6736(16)30581-5
Link to a pdf of the Open Access paper  Link to the Second Lancet Physical Activity Series

 
Link to the Series Launch Video: Physical Activity 2016 Series launch video*
    
Giles-Corti, B., Vernez-Moudon, A., Reis, R., Turrell, G., Dannenberg, A.L., Badland, H. Foster, S., Lowe, M., Sallis, J.F., Stevenson, M., and Owen, N. (2016). City planning and population health: A global challenge. The Lancet, September, 7-19. Paper 1 in The Lancet Series on Urban Design, Transport and Health. Released September 23, 2016.  
    
  
Sallis, J.F., Bull, F., Burdett, R., Frank, L.D., Griffiths, P., Giles-Corti, B., and Stevenson, M. (2016). Using science to guide city planning, policy and practice: Achieving health and sustainable future cities. The Lancet, September, 31-41. Paper 3 in The Lancet Series on Urban Design, Transport and Health. Released September 23, 2016. Open access 
Website for the Lancet Series on Urban Design, Transport and Health
Twitter: #Healthycities and #Lancetcities
Recording of the launch event in New York City, at the Japan Society: September 23, 2016

My blog about the launch events 
    
  
Fulton, J.E., Carlson, S.A., Ainsworth, B.E., Berrigan, D., Carlson, C., Dorn, J.M., Heath, G.W., Kohl, H.W., Lee, I-M., Lee, S.M., Mâsse, L.C., Morrow, J.R., Gabriel, K.P., Pivarnik, J.M., Pronk, N.P., Rodgers, A.B., Saelens, B.E., Sallis, J.F., Troiano, R.P., Tudor-Locke, C., and Wendel, A. (2016). Strategic priorities for physical activity surveillance in the United States. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 48(10), 2057-2069. DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000989
Reprinted in: Translational Journal of the American College of Sports Medicine, 1(13), 111-124. Open access  
    
Labarthe, D.R., Goldstein, L.B., Antman, E., Arnett, D., Fonarow, G., Alberts, M., Hayman, L.L., Khera, A., Sallis, J.F., Daniels, S.R., Sacco, R.L., Li, S., Ku, L., Lantz, P., Robinson, J.G., Creager, M.A., Van Horn, L., Kris-Etherton, P., Bhatnagar, A., and Whitsel, L.P.; on behalf of the American Heart Association Advocacy Coordinating Committee, Council on Hypertension, Stroke Council, Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing, Council on Clinical Cardiology, Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research, Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia, Council on Functional Genomics and Translational Biology, and Council on Epidemiology and Prevention.  (2016). Evidence-based policy making: Assessment of the American Heart Association's strategic policy portfolio. Circulation, 133, e615-e653.
Open access  DOI: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000410. Published online April 4, 2016.              

    
Millstein, R.A., Woodruff, S.I., Linton, L., Edwards, C., and Sallis, J.F. (2016). A pilot study evaluating the effects of a youth advocacy program on youth readiness to advocate for environment and policy changes for obesity prevention. Translational Behavioral Medicine, 6(4), 648-658. DOI: 10.1007/s13142-016-0408-6. Published online June 2, 2016.  
    
Christiansen, L.B., Cerin, E., Badland, H., Kerr, J., Davey, R.,  Troelsen, J., Van Dyck, D., Mitáš, J., Schofield, G., Sugiyama, T., Salvo, D., Sarmiento, O., Reis, R., Adams, M., Frank, L., and Sallis, J.F. (2016). International comparisons of the associations between objective measures of the built environment and transport-related walking and cycling: IPEN adult study. Journal of Transport and Health, 3, 467-478. Posted online March 21, 2016.   
    
Lachapelle, U., Frank, L.D., Sallis, J.F., Saelens, B.E., and Conway, T.L. (2016). Active transportation by transit-dependent and choice riders and potential displacement of other physical activity. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 36(2), 225-238. 
    
Sánchez -Vaznaugh, E., Bécares, L., Sallis, J.F., and Sánchez, B.N. (2016). Active school transport and fast food intake: Are there racial and ethnic differences? Preventive Medicine, 91, 281-286. 
    
Perry, C.K., Ackert, E., Sallis, J.F., Glanz, K., and Saelens, B.E. (2016). Places where children are active: A longitudinal examination of children's physical activity. Preventive Medicine, 93, 88-95. 
    
Sallis, J. 'Sharrows don't protect cyclists.' Letter to the editor. Los Angeles Times. July 16, 2016. p. A13.   In response to op-ed by Tom Babin, "No need to claim the lane." July 12, 2016.  
    
Sallis, J.F. (2016). New evidence for the role of transportation in health. The Lancet Public Health. Invited commentary. Open access  Published Online October 28, 2016
Invited commentary on the following article             

    
Kurka, J.M., Adams, M.A., Geremia, C., Zhu, W., Cain, K.L., Conway, T.L., and Sallis, J.F. (2016).  Comparison of field and online observations for measuring land uses using the Microscale Audit of Pedestrian Streetscapes (MAPS). Journal of Transport and Health, 3, 278-286.  
 
Todd, M., Adams, M.A., Kurka, J., Conway, T.L., Cain, K.L., Buman, M.P. Frank, L.D., Sallis, J.F., and King, A.C. (2016). GIS-measured walkability, transit, and recreation environments in relation to older adults' physical activity: A latent profile analysis. Preventive Medicine, 93, 57-63.              
    
Van Wollenghem, G., Ghekiere, A., Cardon, G., De Bourdeaudhuij, I., D’Haese, S., Geremia, C.M., Lenoir, M., Sallis, J.F., Verhoeven, H., and Van Dyck, D. (2016). Using an audit tool (MAPS Global) to assess the characteristics of the physical environment related to walking for transport in youth: Reliability of Belgian data. International Journal of Health Geographics, 15: 41.
DOI: 10.1186/s12942-016-0069-1. Open access

 
Ward, D.S., Welker, E., Choate, A., Henderson, K.E., Lott, M., Tovar, A., Wilson, A., and Sallis, J.F. (2017). Strength of obesity prevention interventions in early care and education settings: A systematic review. Preventive Medicine, 95, S37-S52. 
    
Frank, L.D., Fox, E.H., Ulmer, J.M., Chapman, J.E., Kershaw, S.E., Sallis, J.F., Conway, T.L., Cerin, E., Cain, K.L., Adams, M.A., Smith, G.R., Hinckson, E., Mavoa, S., Christiansen, L.B., Hino, A.A., Lopes, A., and Schipperijn, J. (2017). International comparison of observation-specific spatial buffers: Maximizing the ability to estimate physical activity. International Journal of Health Geographics, 16(4). DOI: 10.1186/s12942-017-0077-9.  
    
Oyeyemi, A.L., Conway, T.L., Adedoyin, R.A., Akinroye, K.K., Aryeetey, R., Assah, F., Cain, K.L., Gavand, K.A., Kasoma, S.S., Kolbe-Alexander, T.L., Lambert, E.V., Larouche, R., Moss, S.J., Ocansey, R., Onywera, V.O., Prista, A., Tremblay, M.S., and Sallis, J.F. (2017). Construct validity of the neighborhood environment walkability scale for Africa. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 49(3), 482-491.  DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000001131 
    
Lee, S., Conway, T.L., Frank, L.D., Saelens, B.E., Cain, K.L., and Sallis, J.F. (2017). The relation of perceived and objective environment attributes to neighborhood satisfaction. Environment and Behavior, 49(2), 136-160.  DOI: 10.1177/0013916515623823 
 
Cerin, E., Mitáš, J., Cain, K.L., Conway, T.L., Adams, M., Schofield, G., Sarmiento, O.L., Reis, R.S., Schipperijn, J., Davey, R., Salvo, D., Orzanco-Garralda, R., Macfarlane, D., De Bourdeaudhuij, I., Owen, N., Sallis, J.F., and Van Dyck, D. (2017). Do associations of objectively-assessed physical activity with neighbourhood environment attributes vary by time of the day and day of the week? IPEN Adult Study. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 14:34. DOI 10.1186/s12966-017-0493-z
 
Wang, X., Conway, T.L., Cain, K.L., Frank, L.D., Saelens, B.E., Geremia, C., Kerr, J., Glanz, J., Carlson, J.A., and Sallis, J.F. (2017). Interactions of psychosocial factors with built environments in explaining adolescents' active transportation. Preventive Medicine, 100, 76-83.  
    
Thornton, C.M., Kerr, J., Conway, T.L., Saelens, B.E., Sallis, J.F., Ahn, D.K., Frank, L.D., Cain, K., and King, A.C. (2017). Physical activity in older adults: An ecological approach. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 51(2), 159-169. Online first October 14, 2016.  DOI: 10.1007/s12160-016-9837-1. 
 
Sallis, J. F. (2017). Changing physical activity environments. In K.D. Brownell and B.T. Walsh, eds. Eating disorders and obesity: A comprehensive handbook, 3rd edition. pp. 645-649. New York: Guilford. 
    
Carlson, J.A., and Sallis, J.F. (2017). Environment and policy interventions. In W. Zhu and N. Owen (Eds.), Sedentary Behavior and Health: Concepts, Assessments, and Interventions. pp. 285-295, 409-410. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics. 
    
Carlson, J., Dean, K., and Sallis, J. (2017). Measures registry user guide: Physical activity environment. National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research: Washington, DC.  *
    
Keith, N.R., Baskin, M.L., Wilhelm Stanis, S.A., and Sallis, J.F. (2017). The 2016 Active Living Research Conference: Equity in active living. Preventive Medicine, 95 (suppl.), S1-S3.  
    
Thornton, C.M., Cain, K.L., Conway, T.L., Kerr, J., Saelens, B.E., Frank, L.D., Glanz, K., and Sallis, J.F. (2017). Relation of adolescents’ physical activity to after-school recreation environment. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 14(5), 382-388.  
    
Perez, LG, Slymen, DJ, Sallis, JF, Ayala, GX, Elder, JP, & Arredondo, EM. (2017). Interactions between individual and environmental factors on Latinas’ physical activity. Journal of Public Health, 39(2), e10-e18. Released online July 13, 2016. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdw061  
    
Zhu, W., Sun, Y., Kurka, J., Geremia, C., Engelberg, J.K., Cain, K., Conway, T., Sallis, J.F., Hooker, S., and Adams, M.A. (2017). Reliability between online raters with varying familiarities of a region: Microscale Audit of Pedestrian Streetscapes (MAPS). Landscape and Urban Planning, 167, 240-248. Released online July 14, 2017. doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2017.06.014 
    
Kline, L., Jones-Smith, J., Miranda, J.J., Pratt, M., Reis, R.S., Rivera, J., Sallis, J.F., and Popkin, B.M. (2017). A research agenda to guide progress on childhood obesity prevention in Latin America. Obesity Reviews, 18 (Suppl 2), 19-27. DOI: 10.1111/obr.12572
 
Phillips, C.B., Engelberg, J.K., Geremia, C.M., Zhu, W., Kurka, J., Cain, K.L., Sallis, J.F., Conway, T.L., and Adams, M.A. (2017). Online versus in-person comparison of Microscale Audit of Pedestrian Streetscapes (MAPS) assessments: Reliability of alternate methods. International Journal of Health Geographics, 16:27. DOI 10.1186/s12942-017-0101-0. Open access 
    
Schipperijn, J., Cerin, E., Adams, M.A., Reis, R., Smith, G., Cain, K., Christiansen, L.B., van Dyck, D., Gidlow, C., Frank, L.D., Mitáš, J., Pratt, M., Salvo, D., Schofield, G., and Sallis J. F. (2017). Access to parks and physical activity: an eight country comparison. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 27, 253-263. Posted online September 5, 2017.  
    
Molina-Garcia, J., Queralt, A., Adams, M.A., Conway, T.L., and Sallis, J.F. (2017). Neighborhood built environment and socio-economic status in relation to multiple health outcomes in adolescents. Preventive Medicine, 105, 88-94.  
    
Carlson, J.A., Liu, B., Sallis, J.F., Kerr, J., Hipp, J.A., Staggs, V.S., Papa, A., Dean, K., & Vasconcelos, N.M. (2017). Automated ecological assessment of physical activity: advancing direct observation. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14, 1487.  doi:10.3390/ijerph14121487 Open access  
    
Buscemi, J., Bennett, G.G., Sheinfeld Gorin, S., Pagoto, S.L., Sallis, J.F., Wilson, D.K., and Fitzgibbon, M.L. (2017). A 6-year update of the health policy and advocacy priorities of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. Translational Behavioral Medicine, 7, 903-911. doi: 10.1007/s13142-017-0507-z. Open access  
    
Cain, K.L., Gavand, K.A., Conway, T.L., Geremia, C.M., Millstein, R.A., Frank, L.D., Saelens, B.E., Adams, M.A., Glanz, K., King, A.C., and Sallis, J.F. (2017). Developing and validating an abbreviated version of the Microscale Audit for Pedestrian Streetscapes (MAPS-Abbreviated). Journal of Transport and Health, 5, 84-96.    
    
Carlson, J.A., Mitchell, T.B., Saelens, B.E., Staggs, V.S., Kerr, J., Frank, L.D., Schipperijn, J., Conway, T.L., Glanz, K., Chapman, J.E., Cain, K.L., & Sallis, J.F. (2017). Within-person associations of young adolescents’ physical activity across five primary locations: Is there evidence of cross-location compensation? International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition & Physical Activity, 14:50. DOI 10.1186/s12966-017-0507-x. Open access
    
Perez, L.G.; Conway, T.L.; Arredondo, E.M.; Elder, J.P.; Kerr, J.; McKenzie, T.L.; & Sallis, J.F. (2017). Where and when adolescents are physically active: Neighborhood environment and psychosocial correlates and their interactions. Preventive Medicine, 105(12), 337-344.  
    
Perez, L.G., Conway, T.L., Bauman, A., Kerr, J., Elder, J.P., Arredondo, E.M., and Sallis, J.F. (2018). Socio-demographic moderators of environment-physical activity associations: Results from the International Prevalence Study. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 15(1), 22-29. Posted online August 10, 2017.  
    
Perez, L.G., Kerr, J., Sallis, J.F., Slymen, D., McKenzie, T.L., Elder, J., and Arredondo, E.M. (2018). Neighborhood environmental factors that maximize the effectiveness of a multilevel intervention promoting physical activity among Latinas. American Journal of Health Promotion, 32(2), 334-343. DOI: 10.1177/0890117117742999 
    
Sallis, J.F., Conway, T.L., Cain, K.L., Carlson, J.A., Frank, L.D., Kerr, J., Glanz, K., Chapman, J.E., and Saelens, B.E. (2018). Neighborhood built environment and socioeconomic status in relation to physical activity, sedentary behavior, and weight status of adolescents. Preventive Medicine, 110, 47-54.