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P. Veugelers

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h-index: 57
Works: 258
Citations: 12K

Most-cited papers

The influence of diet quality and dietary behavior on health-related quality of life in the general population of children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Xiu-Yun Wu, L. Zhuang, Wei Li, Hongchen Guo +7 more
2019Quality of Life Research169 citations
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The combined impact of diet, physical activity, sleep and screen time on academic achievement: a prospective study of elementary school students in Nova Scotia, Canada
Erin L. Faught, J. P. Ekwaru, D. Gleddie, K. Storey +2 more
2017International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity131 citations Open access
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Healthy lifestyle behaviours are positively and independently associated with academic achievement: An analysis of self-reported data from a nationally representative sample of Canadian early adolescents
Erin L. Faught, D. Gleddie, K. Storey, C. Davison +1 more
2017PLoS ONE92 citations Open access
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Lifestyle Behavior and Mental Health in Early Adolescence
O. K. Loewen, K. Maximova, J. P. Ekwaru, Erin L. Faught +3 more
2019Pediatrics91 citations Open access
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The use of entertainment and communication technologies before sleep could affect sleep and weight status: a population-based study among children
N. Dube, Kaviul Khan, Sarah A. Loehr, Yen Chu +1 more
2017International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity85 citations Open access
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Essential conditions for the implementation of comprehensive school health to achieve changes in school culture and improvements in health behaviours of students
K. Storey, Genevieve Montemurro, J. Flynn, M. Schwartz +4 more
2016BMC Public Health85 citations Open access
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The association between food insecurity and academic achievement in Canadian school-aged children
Erin L. Faught, Patty L Williams, N. Willows, M. Asbridge +1 more
2017Public Health Nutrition81 citations Open access
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Culture matters: a case of school health promotion in Canada
Jessie-Lee D. McIsaac, Kendra L. Read, P. Veugelers, S. Kirk
2017Health Promotion International72 citations
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The accuracy of neck circumference for assessing overweight and obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Caroline Kroll, S. Mastroeni, Sandra A Czarnobay, J. P. Ekwaru +2 more
2017Annals of Human Biology69 citations Open access
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The economic burden of not meeting food recommendations in Canada: The cost of doing nothing
J. Lieffers, J. P. Ekwaru, A. Ohinmaa, P. Veugelers
2018PLoS ONE60 citations Open access
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The Overlooked Importance of Constants Added in Log Transformation of Independent Variables with Zero Values: A Proposed Approach for Determining an Optimal Constant
J. P. Ekwaru, P. Veugelers
201852 citations
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Influence of physical activity, sedentary behavior, and diet quality in childhood on the incidence of internalizing and externalizing disorders during adolescence: a population-based cohort study.
Xiu-Yun Wu, K. Bastian, A. Ohinmaa, P. Veugelers
2017Annals of Epidemiology49 citations
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Implementing Comprehensive School Health in Alberta, Canada: the principal's role.
Erica Roberts, Nicole C. McLeod, Genevieve Montemurro, P. Veugelers +2 more
2016Health Promotion International47 citations
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Effectiveness of school-based health promotion interventions prioritized by stakeholders from health and education sectors: A systematic review and meta-analysis
J. Dabravolskaj, Genevieve Montemurro, J. P. Ekwaru, Xiu-Yun Wu +4 more
2020Preventive medicine reports45 citations Open access
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The longitudinal impact of diet, physical activity, sleep, and screen time on Canadian adolescents' academic achievement: An analysis from the COMPASS study.
Erin L. Faught, Wei Qian, V. Carson, K. Storey +3 more
2019Preventive Medicine41 citations Open access
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A cross-sectional study of the relationship between parents’ and children’s physical activity
J. Stearns, R. Rhodes, G. Ball, N. Boulé +3 more
2016BMC Public Health41 citations Open access
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Is it nutrients, food items, diet quality or eating behaviours that are responsible for the association of children's diet with sleep?
Mohammad K. A. Khan, Erin L. Faught, Yen Chu, J. P. Ekwaru +2 more
2017Journal of Sleep Research40 citations
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The economic burden of inadequate consumption of vegetables and fruit in Canada
J. P. Ekwaru, A. Ohinmaa, Sarah A. Loehr, S. Setayeshgar +2 more
2016Public Health Nutrition38 citations Open access
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Added, free and total sugar content and consumption of foods and beverages in Canada.
Siyuan Liu, L. Munasinghe, A. Ohinmaa, P. Veugelers
2020Health reports33 citations
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Diet quality as measured by the Diet Quality Index–International is associated with prospective changes in body fat among Canadian children
S. Setayeshgar, K. Maximova, J. P. Ekwaru, K. Gray-donald +4 more
2016Public Health Nutrition33 citations Open access
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Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentrations and Indicators of Mental Health: An Analysis of the Canadian Health Measures Survey
Filmer Chu, A. Ohinmaa, S. Klarenbach, Zing-Wae Wong +1 more
2017Nutrients31 citations Open access
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Perceived changes in lifestyle behaviours and in mental health and wellbeing of elementary school children during the first COVID-19 lockdown in Canada
K. Maximova, Mohammad K. A. Khan, J. Dabravolskaj, Laena Maunula +2 more
2021Public Health30 citations Open access
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Cost-effectiveness of a school-based health promotion program in Canada: A life-course modeling approach
J. P. Ekwaru, A. Ohinmaa, B. Tran, S. Setayeshgar +2 more
2017PLoS ONE30 citations Open access
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The Independent Importance of Pre-pregnancy Weight and Gestational Weight Gain for the Prevention of Large-for Gestational Age Brazilian Newborns
M. Mastroeni, Sandra A Czarnobay, Caroline Kroll, K. B. W. Figueirêdo +5 more
2017Maternal and Child Health Journal29 citations
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The impact of 12 modifiable lifestyle behaviours on depressive and anxiety symptoms in middle adolescence: prospective analyses of the Canadian longitudinal COMPASS study
J. Dabravolskaj, P. Veugelers, Angelica Amores, S. Leatherdale +2 more
2023International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity28 citations Open access
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Canadian Children from Food Insecure Households Experience Low Self-Esteem and Self-Efficacy for Healthy Lifestyle Choices
S. Godrich, O. K. Loewen, R. Blanchet, N. Willows +1 more
2019Nutrients28 citations Open access
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Evaluation of a health promoting schools program in a school board in Nova Scotia, Canada
Jessie-Lee D. McIsaac, T. Penney, N. Ata, Lori Munro-Sigfridson +6 more
2017Preventive medicine reports28 citations Open access
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Health behaviours, body weight and self-esteem among grade five students in Canada
Xiu-Yun Wu, S. Kirk, A. Ohinmaa, P. Veugelers
2016SpringerPlus28 citations Open access
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Cost-effectiveness and return on investment of school-based health promotion programmes for chronic disease prevention
J. P. Ekwaru, A. Ohinmaa, J. Dabravolskaj, K. Maximova +1 more
2021European Journal of Public Health27 citations Open access
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Income inequality and depression among Canadian secondary students: Are psychosocial well-being and social cohesion mediating factors?
Claire Benny, K. Patte, P. Veugelers, S. Leatherdale +1 more
2021SSM: Population Health26 citations Open access
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Breast-feeding duration for the prevention of excess body weight of mother–child pairs concurrently: a 2-year cohort study
M. Mastroeni, Silmara Salete de Barros Silva Mastroeni, Sandra A Czarnobay, J. P. Ekwaru +2 more
2017Public Health Nutrition26 citations Open access
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Vitamin D deficiency and sufficiency among Canadian children residing at high latitude following the revision of the RDA of vitamin D intake in 2010
L. Munasinghe, Yan Yuan, N. Willows, Erin L. Faught +2 more
2017British Journal of Nutrition25 citations Open access
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Long-term effects of comprehensive school health on health-related knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy, health behaviours and weight status of adolescents
N. N. Ofosu, J. P. Ekwaru, K. Bastian, Sarah A. Loehr +3 more
2018BMC Public Health24 citations Open access
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Income Inequality and Bullying Victimization and Perpetration: Evidence From Adolescents in the COMPASS Study
R. Pabayo, Claire Benny, P. Veugelers, A. Senthilselvan +1 more
2022Health Education & Behavior22 citations Open access
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The Cost Effectiveness of Taxation of Sugary Foods and Beverages: A Systematic Review of Economic Evaluations
Siyuan Liu, P. Veugelers, Chun-Hao Liu, A. Ohinmaa
2021Applied Health Economics and Health Policy22 citations
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The Influence of Health Behaviours in Childhood on Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder in Adolescence
Xiu-Yun Wu, A. Ohinmaa, P. Veugelers
2016Nutrients22 citations Open access
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Co-consumption of Vegetables and Fruit, Whole Grains, and Fiber Reduces the Cancer Risk of Red and Processed Meat in a Large Prospective Cohort of Adults from Alberta’s Tomorrow Project
K. Maximova, Elham Khodayari Moez, J. Dabravolskaj, A. Ferdinands +4 more
2020Nutrients21 citations Open access
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Patient characteristics associated with being offered take home naloxone in a busy, urban emergency department: a retrospective chart review
Daniel C. O'Brien, D. Dabbs, K. Dong, P. Veugelers +1 more
2019BMC Health Services Research21 citations Open access
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Investigating the association between income inequality in youth and deaths of despair in Canada: a population-based cohort study from 2006 to 2019
Claire Benny, Brendan T. Smith, Elaine Hyshka, A. Senthilselvan +2 more
2022Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health20 citations
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Associations of friendship and children’s physical activity during and outside of school: A social network study
J. Stearns, J. Godley, P. Veugelers, J. P. Ekwaru +3 more
2018SSM: Population Health20 citations Open access
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The importance of health behaviours in childhood for the development of internalizing disorders during adolescence
Xiu-Yun Wu, S. Kirk, A. Ohinmaa, P. Veugelers
2017BMC Psychology20 citations Open access
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Dietary intake and prospective changes in cardiometabolic risk factors in children and youth.
S. Setayeshgar, J. P. Ekwaru, K. Maximova, S. Majumdar +3 more
2017Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme20 citations Open access
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Stay in or play out? The influence of weather conditions on physical activity of grade 5 children in Canada
S. Rahman, K. Maximova, V. Carson, G. Jhangri +1 more
2019Canadian journal of public health19 citations Open access
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Temporal changes in diet quality and the associated economic burden in Canada
L. Nshimyumukiza, J. Lieffers, J. P. Ekwaru, A. Ohinmaa +1 more
2018PLoS ONE19 citations Open access
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Exploring the association between food insecurity and food skills among school-aged children
R. Blanchet, O. K. Loewen, S. Godrich, N. Willows +1 more
2020Public Health Nutrition17 citations Open access
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Anthropometric measurements as a potential non-invasive alternative for the diagnosis of metabolic syndrome in adolescents
Silmara Salete de Barros Silva Mastroeni, M. Mastroeni, J. P. Ekwaru, S. Setayeshgar +3 more
2019Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism16 citations Open access
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The association between the cost and quality of diets of children in Canada
Enid Bukambu, J. Lieffers, J. P. Ekwaru, P. Veugelers +1 more
2019Canadian journal of public health15 citations Open access
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Vitamin D Sufficiency of Canadian Children Did Not Improve Following the 2010 Revision of the Dietary Guidelines That Recommend Higher Intake of Vitamin D: An Analysis of the Canadian Health Measures Survey
L. Munasinghe, N. Willows, Yan Yuan, J. P. Ekwaru +1 more
2017Nutrients15 citations Open access
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The Effect of Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D on Elevated Homocysteine Concentrations in Participants of a Preventive Health Program
Truong-Minh Pham, J. P. Ekwaru, S. Mastroeni, M. Mastroeni +2 more
2016PLoS ONE15 citations Open access
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Health Behavior, Health-Related Quality of Life, and Mental Health Among Canadian Children: A Population-Based Cohort Study
Xiu-Yun Wu, P. Veugelers, A. Ohinmaa
2021Frontiers in Nutrition14 citations Open access
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