Michael W Beets

Biographic Data

ID4415933
NAMEMichael W Beets
GIVEN NAMESMichael W
FAMILY NAMEBeets
SIGNATUREBEETS M W
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of South Carolina
ORCID0000-0001-6728-6742
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS33
TOTAL CITATIONS30
AUTHOR COUNT33
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2006
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX3

  • The complexity of promoting physical activity in English state primary schools

    Open AccessRobert Walker, Danielle House et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Revisions to school regulatory systems and policies are needed to enable schools to prioritise physical activity so it is not dependent on "passionate" individuals. Senior leadership plays a key role in prioritising physical activity in the high pressure state primary school environment. It is important that practitioners and researchers consider these diverse and challenging social contextual factors within English state primary schools in inter…

  • Differences in children’s food and beverage consumption between school and summer

    Open AccessMichael W Beets, Sarah Burkart et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Children were less likely to report consumption of healthier foods/beverages and more likely to report consumption of unhealthier foods/beverages during summer compared to school. Attending structured programming during summer is associated with improved diet- suggesting such settings have potential to modify dietary intake

  • Designing context-specific physical activity interventions for English primary schools

    Open AccessRobert Walker, Danielle House et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    This study underscores the importance of context-specific approaches to promoting physical activity in primary schools. Context-specific intervention design should closely consider school context to ensure strategies are appropriate. Intervention designs should also include steps to understand different stakeholder goals, PTA funding disparities, and the appropriate areas of physical activity to target

  • Summer youth work programs for health promotion

    Open AccessAliye B Cepni, John Sloan et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2025References: 2

  • Advancing Objective Mobile Device Use Measurement in Children Ages 6–11 Through Built-In Device Sensors

    Open AccessOlivia Finnegan, R Glenn Weaver et al.ARTICLEHuman Behavior and Emerging…2024

    Mobile devices (e.g., tablets and smartphones) have been rapidly integrated into the lives of children and have impacted how children engage with digital media. The portability of these devices allows for sporadic, on-demand interaction, reducing the accuracy of self-report estimates of mobile device use. Passive sensing applications objectively monitor time spent on a given device but are unable to identify who is using the device, a significant…

  • Rethinking children’s physical activity interventions at school

    Open AccessRussell Jago, Ruth Salway et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    Physical activity is important for children’s health. However, evidence suggests that many children and adults do not meet international physical activity recommendations. Current school-based interventions have had limited effect on physical activity and alternative approaches are needed. Context, which includes school setting, ethos, staff, and sociodemographic factors, is a key and largely ignored contributing factor to school-based physical a…

  • Parental decision-making on summer program enrollment

    Open AccessRoddrick Dugger, Layton Reesor-Oyer et al.ARTICLEEvaluation and Program Planning2023

  • Barriers to Optimal Child Sleep among Families with Low Income

    Open AccessElizabeth L Adams, Amanda Edgar et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2023

    This study gathered formative data on barriers to optimal child sleep to inform the development of a sleep intervention for parents of preschool-aged children in low-income households. Parents ( n = 15, age: 34 ± 8 years, household income: $30,000 ± 17,845/year) reporting difficulties with their child's sleep participated in this study. Mixed methods included an online survey and semi-structured phone interview. Items assessed barriers/facilitato…

  • Healthy Summer Learners

    Open AccessLauren von Klinggraeff, Roddrick Dugger et al.ARTICLEEvaluation and Program Planning2022

  • Impact of Virtual vs. In-Person School on Children Meeting the 24-h Movement Guidelines during the Covid-19 Pandemic

    Open AccessChristopher D Pfledderer, Michael W Beets et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    The pandemic mitigation strategy of closing schools, while necessary, may have unintentionally impacted children's moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), sleep, and time spent watching screens. In some locations, schools used hybrid attendance models, with some days during the week requiring in-person and others virtual attendance. This scenario offers an opportunity to evaluate the impact of attending in-person school on meeting the 24-h…

  • Foods and beverages provided in out of school hours care services

    Open AccessRuth K Crowe, Yasmine Probst et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    Future interventions could benefit from trialling menu planning training and tools to assist OSHC services in NSW meet the ADG requirements

  • School as a Protective Setting for Excess Weight Gain and Child Obesity

    Open AccessLaura M Nicholson, Dorothy Mcleod Loren et al.ARTICLEJournal of School Health2021

    BACKGROUND: The structure provided by school settings even with no specific obesity-intervention may prevent weight gain. This meta-analytic study considered this premise by examining weight outcomes from control groups in published randomized controlled trials of school-year obesity-related interventions conducted in-school and out-of-school. METHODS: A systematic review and random-effects meta-analysis were conducted in accordance with Preferre…

  • Differences by School Location in Summer and School Monthly Weight Change

    Open AccessEthan T Hunt, Bridget Armstrong et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021

    This is one of the first studies to examine summer weight gain by school location. Summer appears to impact children more negatively from urban schools when compared to their suburban and exurban counterparts

  • Systematic observation of healthy eating environments in after-school services

    Open AccessRuth K Crowe, Yasmine Probst et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2021

    Objectives: Few studies have examined the healthy eating environments within the Australian out of school hours care (OSHC) setting. This study aims to describe healthy eating environments, consisting of: (a) the alignment of provided food and beverages to Australian Dietary Guidelines; (b) healthy eating promotion practices; (c) nutrition education through cooking experiences; (d) staff role modelling healthy eating and (e) regular water availab…

  • Understanding Elementary Classroom Teachers' Use of Movement Integration Resources

    Open AccessCollin A Webster, Angie Starrett et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Education2020

    Movement integration (MI) – infusing physical activity (PA) into normal classroom time during school – is an evidence-based strategy to support elementary children's health and education. However, few elementary classroom teachers in the United States appear to be using MI resources. In order to understand teachers’ MI resource use, this study’s purpose was threefold: (a) to examine teachers’ perceptions about MI and MI resources, (b) to identify…

  • Physical Activity Opportunities of Low‐Income Elementary School‐Aged Children During the Segmented School Day

    Open AccessEmily C Tyler, Keith Brazendale et al.ARTICLEJournal of School Health2020

    BACKGROUND: In this study, we examined moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) of children in a school district serving children from low-income and minority households. METHODS: This observational study was conducted in 8 rural elementary schools in South Carolina. Children (N = 719, age = 7.7 years, 48.0% girls, 88.0% African American) wore accelerometers during school hours. Physical activity was distilled into time engaged in MVPA durin…

  • Elementary Classroom Teachers’ Self-Reported Use of Movement Integration Products and Perceived Facilitators and Barriers Related to Product Use

    Open AccessRoddrick Dugger, Aaron Rafferty et al.ARTICLEChildren2020

    Movement integration (MI) products are designed to provide children with physical activity during general education classroom time. The purpose of this study was to examine elementary classroom teachers' self-reported use of MI products and subsequent perceptions of the facilitators of and barriers to MI product use. This study utilized a mixed-methods design. Elementary classroom teachers (n = 40) at four schools each tested four of six common M…

  • Disparities by household income and race/ethnicity

    R Glenn Weaver, Michael W Beets et al.ARTICLEEthnicity and Health2019Cited by: 1References: 1

    Objectives: Low-income children (6-19 years) are at higher risk for BMI-determined overweight and obesity, but this relationship varies by children's race/ethnicity. BMI, however, is a poor marker of excess adiposity in minority children. The objective of this study was to determine if the relationships of income and/or race/ethnicity with weight status was consistent between BMI-determined overweight or obesity and adiposity measured via dual en…

  • Wrist-Based Accelerometer Cut-Points to Identify Sedentary Time in 5–11-Year-Old Children

    Open AccessJessica Chandler, Michael W Beets et al.ARTICLEChildren2018

    Results from this study support the recommendation to place accelerometers on the non-dominant wrist to minimize "noise" during seated sedentary behaviors

  • Statewide dissemination and implementation of physical activity standards in afterschool programs

    Open AccessMichael W Beets, R Glenn Weaver et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2018

    Clinical Trial Registration: NCT02394717

  • Understanding differences between summer vs. school obesogenic behaviors of children

    Open AccessKeith Brazendale, Michael W Beets et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2017

    BACKGROUND: Although the scientific community has acknowledged modest improvements can be made to weight status and obesogenic behaviors (i.e., physical activity, sedentary/screen time, diet, and sleep) during the school year, studies suggests improvements are erased as elementary-age children are released to summer vacation. Emerging evidence shows children return to school after summer vacation displaying accelerated weight gain compared to the…

  • Sedentary Behavior in Preschoolers

    Open AccessWonwoo Byun, Michael W Beets et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2015

    The reliability of accelerometry for measuring sedentary behavior in preschoolers has not been determined, thus we determined how many days of accelerometry monitoring are necessary to reliably estimate daily time spent in sedentary behavior in preschoolers. In total, 191 and 150 preschoolers (three to five years) wore ActiGraph accelerometers (15-s epoch) during the in-school (≥4 days) and the total-day (≥6 days) period respectively. Acceleromet…

  • Evaluation of compliance to national nutrition policies in summer day camps

    Open AccessFalon Tilley, Michael W Beets et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2015

    Objective The National Afterschool Association (NAA) standards specify the role of summer day camps (SDC) in promoting healthy nutrition habits of the children attending, identifying foods and beverages to be provided to children and staff roles in promoting good nutrition habits. However, many SDC do not provide meals. Currently, national guidelines specifying what children are allowed to bring to such settings do not exist, nor is there a solid…

  • Evaluation of GoGirlGo!; A practitioner based program to improve physical activity

    Open AccessJennifer Huberty, Jennifer L Huberty et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2014

    Even though there were statistically significant differences in self-efficacy for PA and enjoyment of PA, minimal increases in girls' PA were observed. GGG curricula improvements are warranted. Future GGG programming should explore offering GGG every day, modifying activities so that they are moderate-to-vigorous in intensity, and providing additional trainings that allow staff to better implement PA and improve behavior management techniques. Wi…

  • Describing the Use of the Internet for Health, Physical Activity, and Nutrition Information in Pregnant Women

    Open AccessJennifer Huberty, Danae Dinkel et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2012