Chris Pfledderer
@chrispfledderer.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences at UTHealth School of Public Health in Austin, TX.
Physical Activity | Rural Health | Implementation & Scale-Up | Child & Adolescent Health
Physical Activity | Rural Health | Implementation & Scale-Up | Child & Adolescent Health
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Consolidated guidance for behavioral intervention pilot and feasibility studies - Pilot and Feasibility Studies
Background In the behavioral sciences, conducting pilot and/or feasibility studies (PFS) is a key step that provides essential information used to inform the design, conduct, and implementation of a l...
doi.org
Our consolidated guidance for behavioral intervention pilot and feasibility studies is out today!
doi.org/10.1186/s408...
doi.org/10.1186/s408...
Happy to share our new study comparing perceptions of social and built environments between rural and urban parents in the US. We also explore how these perceptions shape youth physical activity differently across the rural-urban continuum.
doi.org/10.1016/j.pm...
doi.org/10.1016/j.pm...
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January 29, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Happy to share our new study comparing perceptions of social and built environments between rural and urban parents in the US. We also explore how these perceptions shape youth physical activity differently across the rural-urban continuum.
doi.org/10.1016/j.pm...
doi.org/10.1016/j.pm...
We used data from 135,309 children and adolescents in the US to understand trends in 24-hour movement behavior guideline adherence (physical activity, screentime, sleep, and concurrent adherence to multiple guidelines) across 5 years (2018-2022).
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jassb.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Five-year trends in U. S. child and adolescent 24-hour movement behavior guideline adherence, 2018–2022 - Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors
Background The purpose of this study was to investigate the five-year trends in 24-hour movement behavior (24hrMB) guideline adherence among children and adolescents in the United States (U.S.) using ...
jassb.biomedcentral.com
October 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
We used data from 135,309 children and adolescents in the US to understand trends in 24-hour movement behavior guideline adherence (physical activity, screentime, sleep, and concurrent adherence to multiple guidelines) across 5 years (2018-2022).
jassb.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
jassb.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Please give @isbnpa-is.bsky.social a follow if you’re interested in behavioral health, implementation, and scale-up!
May 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Please give @isbnpa-is.bsky.social a follow if you’re interested in behavioral health, implementation, and scale-up!
Recent blog post I wrote for the Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living about the importance of out-of-school activity promotion and 24hr movement behavior guideline adherence among children and adolescents. sph.uth.edu/research/cen...
Leveraging out-of-school time to promote healthy movement behaviors for children and adolescents
sph.uth.edu
March 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Recent blog post I wrote for the Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living about the importance of out-of-school activity promotion and 24hr movement behavior guideline adherence among children and adolescents. sph.uth.edu/research/cen...
New(ish) #openaccess article exploring food label usage and healthy eating among adolescents. doi.org/10.3390/nu16...
Using the Nutrition Facts Label to Make Food Choices Is Associated with Healthier Eating among 8th and 11th-Grade Students: An Analysis of Statewide Representative Data from the 2019–2020 Texas School...
Background: Nutrition labels are a tool to inform and encourage the public to make healthier food choices, but little information is available about use in multi-ethnic adolescent populations in the U...
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November 16, 2024 at 4:30 PM
New(ish) #openaccess article exploring food label usage and healthy eating among adolescents. doi.org/10.3390/nu16...
New study out in AJPM. We investigated out-of-school and weekend activities that contribute to meeting 24-hour movement guidelines among US adolescents. Alongside sports, community service/volunteering was a standout.
www.ajpmonline.org/article/S074...
www.ajpmonline.org/article/S074...
Out-of-school Activities and Adherence to 24-hour Movement Guidelines
The purpose of this study was to explore associations between participation in out-of-school/weekend
organized activities and adherence to the 24-hour movement guidelines among US adolescents.
www.ajpmonline.org
November 16, 2024 at 4:28 PM
New study out in AJPM. We investigated out-of-school and weekend activities that contribute to meeting 24-hour movement guidelines among US adolescents. Alongside sports, community service/volunteering was a standout.
www.ajpmonline.org/article/S074...
www.ajpmonline.org/article/S074...
Check out our new publication about context and physical activity among 4th graders in Texas!
doi.org/10.3389/fpub...
doi.org/10.3389/fpub...
Frontiers | Examining associations between physical activity context and children meeting daily physical activity guidelines: the role of outdoor play, sports, and other organized activities
BackgroundLess than one-quarter of US children meet physical activity (PA) guidelines. Understanding the context in which PA occurs and how these contexts ma...
doi.org
November 16, 2024 at 4:27 PM
Check out our new publication about context and physical activity among 4th graders in Texas!
doi.org/10.3389/fpub...
doi.org/10.3389/fpub...
Our consolidated guidance for behavioral intervention pilot and feasibility studies is out today!
doi.org/10.1186/s408...
doi.org/10.1186/s408...
Consolidated guidance for behavioral intervention pilot and feasibility studies - Pilot and Feasibility Studies
Background In the behavioral sciences, conducting pilot and/or feasibility studies (PFS) is a key step that provides essential information used to inform the design, conduct, and implementation of a l...
doi.org
April 6, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Our consolidated guidance for behavioral intervention pilot and feasibility studies is out today!
doi.org/10.1186/s408...
doi.org/10.1186/s408...
Follow-up from the pre-print I posted awhile back. If you work with 24hr movement behavior data, our newest publication might be of interest! In it, we demonstrate how decisions made before analyzing 24hr data influence guideline adherence and health outcomes.
doi.org/10.1186/s441...
doi.org/10.1186/s441...
The impact of different data handling strategies on the proportion of children classified as meeting...
Background Despite the widespread endorsement of 24-h movement guidelines (physical activity, sleep, screentime) for youth, no standardized processes for categorizing guideline achievement exists. The...
doi.org
January 3, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Follow-up from the pre-print I posted awhile back. If you work with 24hr movement behavior data, our newest publication might be of interest! In it, we demonstrate how decisions made before analyzing 24hr data influence guideline adherence and health outcomes.
doi.org/10.1186/s441...
doi.org/10.1186/s441...
New pre-print up! We took a look at how data handling decisions influence interpretations around meeting 24hr movement guidelines and associations with health outcomes in children.
What does it mean to use the mean? The impact of different data handling strategies on the proportio...
medRxiv - The Preprint Server for Health Sciences
www.medrxiv.org
September 25, 2023 at 12:53 PM
New pre-print up! We took a look at how data handling decisions influence interpretations around meeting 24hr movement guidelines and associations with health outcomes in children.