MRC Epidemiology Unit - Publications Database

Relationship Between Early Childhood Non-Parental Childcare and Diet, Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, and Sleep: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Studies.

Costa S, Benjamin-Neelon SE, Winpenny E, Phillips V, and Adams EJ

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Sep 2019

(DOI : 10.3390/ijerph16234652)

Associations of childcare type, age at start, and intensity with body mass index trajectories from 10 to 42 years of age in the 1970 British Cohort Study.

Costa S, Bann D, Benjamin-Neelon SE, Adams J, and Johnson W

Pediatric Obesity. Aug 2019

(DOI : 10.1111/ijpo.12644)

Childcare in Infancy and Later Obesity: a Narrative Review of Longitudinal Studies.

Costa S, Adams J, Gonzalez-Nahm S, and Benjamin Neelon SE

Current Pediatrics Reports. Aug 2017

(DOI : 10.1007/s40124-017-0134-7)

Physical Activity, Sedentary Time, and Fatness in a Biethnic Sample of Young Children.

Collings PJ, Brage S, Bingham DD, Costa S, West J, McEachan RRC, Wright J, and Barber SE

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. Jan 2017

(DOI : 10.1249/MSS.0000000000001180)

The relationship between childcare and adiposity, body mass and obesity-related risk factors: protocol for a systematic review of longitudinal studies.

Costa S, Adams J, Phillips V, and Benjamin Neelon SE

Systematic Reviews. Mar 2016

(DOI : 10.1186/s13643-016-0312-7)

Reliability and Validity of the Early Years Physical Activity Questionnaire (EY-PAQ).

Bingham DD, Collings PJ, Clemes SA, Costa S, Santorelli G, Griffiths P, and Barber SE

Sports (Basel, Switzerland). Feb 2016

(DOI : 10.3390/sports4020030)

Quantifying the physical activity energy expenditure of commuters using a combination of global positioning system and combined heart rate and movement sensors.

Costa S, Ogilvie D, Dalton A, Westgate K, Brage S, and Panter J

Preventive medicine. Jul 2015

(DOI : 10.1016/j.ypmed.2015.09.022)

Physical Activity During the Early Years: A Systematic Review of Correlates and Determinants.

Bingham DD, Costa S, Hinkley T, Shire KA, Clemes SA, and Barber SE

American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Jul 2015

(DOI : 10.1016/j.amepre.2016.04.022)

Development of methods to objectively identify time spent using active and motorised modes of travel to work: how do self-reported measures compare?

Panter J, Costa S, Dalton A, Jones A, and Ogilvie D

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Apr 2014

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-014-0116-x)