April Bowling

April Bowling

Merrimack College

H-index: 12

North America-United States

About April Bowling

April Bowling, With an exceptional h-index of 12 and a recent h-index of 11 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Merrimack College, specializes in the field of exercise, nutrition and child mental health.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

A remotely‐delivered pilot and feasibility program to promote physical and food literacy in adolescents with intellectual disabilities

Access to physical activity promotion for people with neurological conditions: Are physical therapists leading the way?

The Impact Of An 8-week Wellness Peer Coaching Program On Physical Activity Among College Students: 1338

Passive and social screen time in children with autism and in association with obesity

Relationship between Childhood Obesity and Autism Spectrum Disorder Varies by Child's Age and Parents' Weight Status in a Sample of Sibling Dyads

An 8-week peer health coaching intervention among college students: a pilot randomized study

Weight-related behaviors and outcomes in children and youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities

GamerFit-ASD beta test: adapting an evidence-based exergaming and telehealth coaching intervention for autistic youth

April Bowling Information

University

Position

Assistant Professor

Citations(all)

631

Citations(since 2020)

411

Cited By

339

hIndex(all)

12

hIndex(since 2020)

11

i10Index(all)

13

i10Index(since 2020)

11

Email

University Profile Page

Merrimack College

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April Bowling Skills & Research Interests

exercise

nutrition and child mental health

Top articles of April Bowling

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

A remotely‐delivered pilot and feasibility program to promote physical and food literacy in adolescents with intellectual disabilities

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

C Curtin

LG Bandini

M Forquer

P Cullen

KM Rancaño

...

2024/5

Access to physical activity promotion for people with neurological conditions: Are physical therapists leading the way?

Disability and Health Journal

Winston Kennedy

Carol Curtin

April Bowling

2024/1/1

The Impact Of An 8-week Wellness Peer Coaching Program On Physical Activity Among College Students: 1338

Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise

Jessica Peacock

Zi Yan

April Bowling

Sarah Benes

2023/9/1

Passive and social screen time in children with autism and in association with obesity

Frontiers in Pediatrics

Aviva Must

Misha Eliasziw

Heidi Stanish

Carol Curtin

Linda G Bandini

...

2023

Relationship between Childhood Obesity and Autism Spectrum Disorder Varies by Child's Age and Parents' Weight Status in a Sample of Sibling Dyads

Childhood Obesity

Aviva Must

Misha Eliasziw

April Bowling

Sandra Magaña

Heidi Stanish

...

2023/7/1

An 8-week peer health coaching intervention among college students: a pilot randomized study

Nutrients

Zi Yan

Jessica Peacock

Juliana FW Cohen

Laura Kurdziel

Sarah Benes

...

2023/3/4

Weight-related behaviors and outcomes in children and youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities

Frontiers in Pediatrics

Aviva Must

Carol Curtin

April Bowling

Sarabeth Broder-Fingert

Linda G Bandini

2023

GamerFit-ASD beta test: adapting an evidence-based exergaming and telehealth coaching intervention for autistic youth

Frontiers in Pediatrics

Daniel P Hatfield

Aviva Must

Winston Kennedy

Amanda E Staiano

James Slavet

...

2023

The Feasibility Of The Gamesquad Exergaming Intervention For Young Adults With Down Syndrome.: 729

Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise

Kameron Suire

April Bowling

Amanda Staiano

Joseph Sherman

Brian Helsel

...

2023/9/1

Racial and ethnic disparities in obesity and contributions of social determinants of health among boys with autism spectrum disorder

Frontiers in Pediatrics

Sandy Magaña

Misha Eliasziw

April Bowling

Aviva Must

2023

HIIT and Resistance Training Effects on Learning-related Outcomes in Underserved School Children

Int. J. Phys. Educ. Fit. Sports

Jessica Peacock

Kevin Finn

April Bowling

2022

Child ADHD and autistic traits, eating behaviours and weight: A population‐based study

Pediatric obesity

Holly A Harris

April Bowling

Susana Santos

Kirstin Greaves‐Lord

Pauline W Jansen

2022/11

Adapting Active Science to PE Curricula: Examining Feasibility and Acceptability in Low-Income, Urban Public Schools

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Leah Poloskey

Kevin Finn

Kyle McInnis

Francis Kenneally

Breanne Dowdie

...

2022/10/2

Childhood racial discrimination: An analysis of the US National Survey of Children’s Health 2016-2020

Ashton Gatewood

Covenant Elenwo

Amy D Hendrix

Vanessa Lin

Tessa Chesher

...

2022/7/29

Presenting a new framework to improve engagement in physical activity programs for children and adolescents with social, emotional, and behavioral disabilities

Frontiers in psychiatry

April B Bowling

Jean A Frazier

Amanda E Staiano

Sarabeth Broder-Fingert

Carol Curtin

2022/5/6

Use of outdoor education to increase physical activity and science learning among low-income children from urban schools

American Journal of Health Education

Jessica Peacock

April Bowling

Kevin Finn

Kyle McInnis

2021/3/4

Do ADHD-impulsivity and BMI have shared polygenic and neural correlates?

Molecular psychiatry

Edward D Barker

Alex Ing

Francesca Biondo

Tianye Jia

Jean-Baptiste Pingault

...

2021/3

Barriers and facilitators to physical education, sport, and physical activity program participation among children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders: a systematic review

Madison R Hickingbotham

Catherine J Wong

April B Bowling

2021/9/1

Lifestyle intervention adaptations to promote healthy eating and physical activity of youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities

Carol Curtin

April B Bowling

Kerri N Boutelle

Sarabeth Broder-Fingert

Gretchen A Dittrich

...

2021/1/1

Promoting sleep and balanced screen time among school-aged children with neurodevelopmental and Mental Health Disorders: a parent perspective

Childhood Obesity

Rachel E Blaine

April Bowling

Raghbir Kaur

Kirsten K Davison

2021/7/1

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