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Measuring physical activity-related environmental factors: reliability and predictive validity of the European environmental questionnaire ALPHA

Heleen Spittaels1, Maïté Verloigne1, Christopher Gidlow2, Julien Gloanec3,4, Sylvia Titze5, Charlie Foster6, Jean-Michel Oppert3,4, Harry Rutter7, Pekka Oja8, Michael Sjöström9 and Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij1*

Author Affiliations

1 Department of Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent University, Watersportlaan 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium

2 Centre for Sport and Exercise Research, Staffordshire University, Leek Road, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST4 2DF, UK

3 Nutritional Epidemiology Unit, UMR INSERM U557/INRA U1125/CNAM/University Paris 13, CRNH IdF, 93017 Bobigny, France

4 Department of Nutrition, Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital (AP-HP), University Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, CRNH IdF, 75013 Paris, France

5 Institute of Sports Science, University of Graz, Mozartgasse 14, 8010 Graz, Austria

6 Department of Public Health, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus, Headington, Oxford OX3 7LF, UK

7 National Obesity Observatory, 4150 Chancellor Court, Oxford OX4 2GX, UK

8 Urho Kaleva Kekkonen Institute for Health Promotion Research, FIN-33500 Tampere, Finland

9 Karolinska Institute, Department of Biosciences, Preventive Nutrition, Novum, 141 57 Huddinge, Sweden

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International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2010, 7:48 doi:10.1186/1479-5868-7-48

Published: 26 May 2010

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Additional file 1:

International expert group. List of the members of the international expert group.

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Additional file 2:

ALPHA questionnaire. ALPHA measure of environmental perceptions: active travel and physical activity. For different languages and a manual see also http://www.ipenproject.org webcite.

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ALPHA questionnaire (short form). ALPHA short measure of environmental perceptions: active travel and physical activity.

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Adaptations. Adaptations of ALPHA and ALPHA short, made after the first field testing and second expert meeting

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