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Hatfield DP, Sharma S, Bailey CP, Bakun P, Hennessy E, Simon C, Economos CD. Implementation of nutrition and physical activity-related policies and practices on college campuses participating in the Healthier Campus initiative. JOURNAL OF AMERICAN COLLEGE HEALTH : J OF ACH 2024; 72:1192-1199. [PMID: 35549645 DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2022.2071617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2021] [Revised: 04/05/2022] [Accepted: 04/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Objective: To evaluate implementation of nutrition/physical activity-related policies/practices at colleges participating in a healthy campus initiative and campus health leaders' perceptions of policies/practices' support for student health and ease of/barriers to implementation. Participants: Health leaders at colleges participating in the Healthier Campus Initiative (HCI), with completed or ongoing three-year HCI commitments. Methods: Surveys asked which of 41 guidelines were implemented and perceptions around support for student health and ease of/barriers to implementation. Qualitative interviews explored similar domains. Results: Campuses with completed HCI commitments (n = 17) averaged 27.6 guidelines implemented, versus 21.1 on campuses with commitments ongoing (n = 13; p = 0.003). Perceived support for student health and implementation ease varied by guideline. Common implementation barriers included financial costs and time. Interviews largely reinforced these findings. Conclusions: Completion of a campus environmental change initiative may be associated with more health-supporting practices. Campuses may benefit from implementing coordinated policy/practice changes supporting healthy eating and physical activity.
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- Daniel P Hatfield
- ChildObesity180 and the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- ChildObesity180 and the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- ChildObesity180 and the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- ChildObesity180 and the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- ChildObesity180 and the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- The Partnership for a Healthier America, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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- ChildObesity180 and the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Medina C, Hernández A, Hermosillo-Gallardo ME, Gómez Gámez CI, Resendiz E, Morales M, Nieto C, Moreno M, Barquera S. Development and Validation of the Mexican Public Open Spaces Tool (MexPOS). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:ijerph19138198. [PMID: 35805857 PMCID: PMC9266626 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19138198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2022] [Revised: 06/24/2022] [Accepted: 06/29/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Public open spaces (POS) are "publicly owned spaces such as parks, green areas, squares, marketplaces, streets and highways which are of public access". Some attributes could increase or decrease participants' attendance. Thus, reliable and valid audit tools are needed in order to measure these attributes. This study aimed to develop and validate a tool to assess POS features within the Mexico City context. The Mexican Public Open Spaces Tool (MexPOS) was developed based on (1) two validated POS audit tools, (2) several visits to the POS, (3) pilot testing, and (4) multiple work sessions with a group of specialists. The original tool included 181 items divided into nine sections. Trained personnel visited and evaluated 944 POS in Mexico City. An exploratory factor analysis was performed to examine the construct validity of the items and the relationship between the subscales. The final model resulted in seven factors: (1) Food and Wellness Environment (α = 0.15), (2) Maintenance (α = 0.81), (3) Amenities (α = 0.72), (4) Legibility (α = 0.59), (5) Security (α = 0.48), (6) Perceived Environment (α = 0.65), and (7) Urban Environment (α = 0.58). Our study highlights the relevance of using a validated tool to measure POS characteristics related to participants' attendance to help assess infrastructure improvements and identify priority areas for changing socio-urban environments for physical activity.
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- Catalina Medina
- Centro de Investigación en Nutrición y Salud, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca 62100, Mexico; (A.H.); (M.E.H.-G.); (M.M.); (C.N.); (S.B.)
- Correspondence:
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- Centro de Investigación en Nutrición y Salud, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca 62100, Mexico; (A.H.); (M.E.H.-G.); (M.M.); (C.N.); (S.B.)
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- Centro de Investigación en Nutrición y Salud, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca 62100, Mexico; (A.H.); (M.E.H.-G.); (M.M.); (C.N.); (S.B.)
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- Departamento de Arquitectura, Urbanismo e Ingeniería Civil, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City 01219, Mexico;
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- Prevention Research Center, Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA;
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- Centro de Investigación en Nutrición y Salud, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca 62100, Mexico; (A.H.); (M.E.H.-G.); (M.M.); (C.N.); (S.B.)
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- Centro de Investigación en Nutrición y Salud, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca 62100, Mexico; (A.H.); (M.E.H.-G.); (M.M.); (C.N.); (S.B.)
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- Escuela de Ingeniería y Arquitectura (ESIA), Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN), Mexico City 07340, Mexico;
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- Centro de Investigación en Nutrición y Salud, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca 62100, Mexico; (A.H.); (M.E.H.-G.); (M.M.); (C.N.); (S.B.)
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Ayala GX, Pickrel JL, Baquero B, Sanchez-Flack J, Lin SF, Belch G, Rock CL, Linnan L, Gittelsohn J, Ji M, Elder JP, Mayer J. The El Valor de Nuestra Salud clustered randomized controlled trial store-based intervention to promote fruit and vegetable purchasing and consumption. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 2022; 19:19. [PMID: 35177070 PMCID: PMC8851758 DOI: 10.1186/s12966-021-01220-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2020] [Accepted: 10/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Background Modifying the environment to promote healthy foods is a population-based approach for improving diet. This study evaluated the outcome effectiveness of a food store intervention that used structural and social change strategies to promote fruits and vegetables. It was hypothesized that intervention versus control store customers would improve their consumption of fruits and vegetables at 6 months. Trial design Clustered randomized controlled trial Methods Sixteen pair-matched stores were randomized to an intervention or wait-list control condition. With the research team’s support, intervention stores modified the availability, accessibility, and promotion of fruits and vegetables, including augmenting produce displays within the store and building employees’ capacity to place and promote fruits and vegetables throughout the store (Phase 1), followed by the delivery of a customer-directed marketing campaign for 6 months (Phase 2). From months 7 to 12, stores were encouraged to maintain strategies on their own (Phase 3). Customer-reported daily fruit and vegetable consumption (cups/day) were collected by blinded research assistants at three time-points (baseline, 6 months and 12 months post-baseline) from 369 participating customers (an average of 23/store). Secondary outcomes included customer-reported fruit and vegetable purchasing and other behaviors. Results The study retained the 16 stores and most customers at 6 (91%) and 12 (89%) months. Although significant differences were not observed in the overall sample for vegetable consumption, male customers of intervention versus control stores consumed significantly more fruit daily at 6 months [mean (standard deviation) cups at baseline and six months; intervention: 1.6 (1.5) to 1.6 (1.5) vs. control: 1.4 (1.2) to 1.1 (0.8)]. However, this difference was not observed at 12 months, or among females. There was an overall increase in dollars spent at the targeted store in the intervention versus control condition among male versus female customers at 6 months; however, no change was observed in the percent of dollars spent on fruits and vegetables at the targeted store. Frequency of shopping at the targeted store did not modify intervention effects. Conclusions Structural and social change interventions can modify customers’ behavior in the short-term. Future research should consider methods for achieving longer-term changes, and potential generalizability to other products (e.g., energy-dense sweet and savory products). Trial registration NCT01475526 Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12966-021-01220-w.
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- Guadalupe X Ayala
- Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, USA. .,Institute for Behavioral and Community Health, San Diego State University Research Foundation, 9245 Sky Park Court, Suite 220, San Diego, CA, 92123, USA.
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- Institute for Behavioral and Community Health, San Diego State University Research Foundation, 9245 Sky Park Court, Suite 220, San Diego, CA, 92123, USA
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- Health System and Population Health, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Box 35480, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Illinois Cancer Center, Chicago, USA.,Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1747 West Roosevelt Road, WROB 478, Chicago, IL, 60608, USA
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- Institute for Behavioral and Community Health, San Diego State University Research Foundation, 9245 Sky Park Court, Suite 220, San Diego, CA, 92123, USA
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- Marketing Department, Fowler College of Business, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA, 92182, USA
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- Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive #0901, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 359 Rosenau Hall, 135 Dauer Drive, Campus Box 7440, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA
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- Department of International Health, Center for Human Nutrition, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD, 21205-2179, USA
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- College of Nursing, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 12901, USA
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- Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, USA.,Institute for Behavioral and Community Health, San Diego State University Research Foundation, 9245 Sky Park Court, Suite 220, San Diego, CA, 92123, USA
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- Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, USA.,Institute for Behavioral and Community Health, San Diego State University Research Foundation, 9245 Sky Park Court, Suite 220, San Diego, CA, 92123, USA
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Datar A, Shier V, Braboy A, Jimenez-Ortiz M, Hernandez A, King SE, Liu Y. Assessing impacts of redeveloping public housing communities on obesity in low-income minority residents: Rationale, study design, and baseline data from the Watts Neighborhood Health Study. Contemp Clin Trials Commun 2022; 25:100879. [PMID: 34977422 PMCID: PMC8685992 DOI: 10.1016/j.conctc.2021.100879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2021] [Revised: 09/28/2021] [Accepted: 12/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Introduction Obesogenic built- and social-environments in low-income and minority communities are often blamed for the higher rates of obesity in this population, but existing evidence is based largely on observational studies. This study leverages a natural experiment created by the redevelopment of a public housing community to examine the impact of major improvements to the housing, built, and social environments on obesity among residents. Methods/design The study design is a natural experiment where residents from the redeveloped community (treatment group) will be compared to those from a similar community (control group) in terms of their pre/post changes in primary outcomes using annual longitudinal data on a cohort of residents. Quasi-experimental variation in the timing of exposure to various redevelopment components within the treated community will be further leveraged within a stepped-wedge research design to assess the impact of the redevelopment components. Primary outcome measures include body mass index, overweight, and obese status. Results A cohort of 868 adults and 704 children (ages 2–17 years) was recruited during 2018–2019 with up to two waves of baseline data. At baseline, the prevalence of obesity (overweight or obesity) was 57.2% (81.3%) in adults and 33.1% (52.4%) among children, with no significant differences by treatment status. No differential trends in primary outcomes were observed by treatment status during the two years of baseline. Discussion This natural experiment study offers a unique opportunity to assess whether improvements to housing, built, and social environment in low-income minority communities can lead to reductions in obesity.
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- Ashlesha Datar
- Center for Economic and Social Research, University of Southern California, USA
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- Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California, USA
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- Center for Economic and Social Research, University of Southern California, USA
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- Center for Economic and Social Research, University of Southern California, USA
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- Center for Economic and Social Research, University of Southern California, USA
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- Center for Economic and Social Research, University of Southern California, USA
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- Center for Economic and Social Research, University of Southern California, USA
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Sherwood NE, Crain AL, Seburg EM, Butryn ML, Forman EM, Crane MM, Levy RL, Kunin-Batson AS, Jeffery RW. BestFIT Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial Results: A SMART Approach to Developing Individualized Weight Loss Treatment Sequences. Ann Behav Med 2021; 56:291-304. [PMID: 34415011 DOI: 10.1093/abm/kaab061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND State-of-the-art behavioral weight loss treatment (SBT) can lead to clinically meaningful weight loss, but only 30-60% achieve this goal. Developing adaptive interventions that change based on individual progress could increase the number of people who benefit. PURPOSE Conduct a Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial (SMART) to determine the optimal time to identify SBT suboptimal responders and whether it is better to switch to portion-controlled meals (PCM) or acceptance-based treatment (ABT). METHOD The BestFIT trial enrolled 468 adults with obesity who started SBT and were randomized to treatment response assessment at Session 3 (Early TRA) or 7 (Late TRA). Suboptimal responders were re-randomized to PCM or ABT. Responders continued SBT. Primary outcomes were weight change at 6 and 18 months. RESULTS PCM participants lost more weight at 6 months (-18.4 lbs, 95% CI -20.5, -16.2) than ABT participants (-15.7 lbs, 95% CI: -18.0, -13.4), but this difference was not statistically significant (-2.7 lbs, 95% CI: -5.8, 0.5, p = .09). PCM and ABT participant 18 month weight loss did not differ. Early and Late TRA participants had similar weight losses (p = .96), however, Early TRA PCM participants lost more weight than Late TRA PCM participants (p = .03). CONCLUSIONS Results suggest adaptive intervention sequences that warrant further research (e.g., identify suboptimal responders at Session 3, use PCMs as second-stage treatment). Utilizing the SMART methodology to develop an adaptive weight loss intervention that would outperform gold standard SBT in a randomized controlled trial is an important next step, but may require additional optimization work. CLINICAL TRIAL INFORMATION ClinicalTrials.gov identifier; NCT02368002.
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- Nancy E Sherwood
- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Rush University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- School of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Bailey CP, Sharma S, Economos CD, Hennessy E, Simon C, Hatfield DP. College campuses' influence on student weight and related behaviours: A review of observational and intervention research. Obes Sci Pract 2020; 6:694-707. [PMID: 33354347 PMCID: PMC7746970 DOI: 10.1002/osp4.445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Revised: 07/20/2020] [Accepted: 07/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Research indicates that most college students are not meeting dietary and physical activity guidelines, and the average student gains an estimated 1.6-3.0 kg during 4 years of study. College administrations are well-positioned to influence student weight-related health behaviours by ensuring that campus environments/policies promote health. However, to date, campus health interventions have largely addressed individual and interpersonal factors rather than environmental/policy-level changes. Using an ecological perspective, this narrative review synthesizes the literature on campus environmental/policy-level factors (e.g., food availability, physical activity requirements) associated with student diet, physical activity and weight, as well as campus interventions to address these factors. Web of Science and PubMed databases were searched between December 2018 and November 2019. Results indicate that campus food environments may contribute to overconsumption and weight gain, and the number of campuses requiring students to participate in physical activity courses is in decline. Eight examples of environmental/policy-level campus interventions are presented: nutrition labels in dining halls, campus-wide healthy choice marketing campaigns, restricted payment methods for à la cart dining, trayless dining, health-themed residence halls, peer health education programmes, active classroom spaces and physical activity course requirements. Implications for research and health promotion programmes/policies in the field of college health are discussed.
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- Caitlin P. Bailey
- ChildObesity180, The Friedman School of Nutrition Science and PolicyTufts UniversityBostonMassachusettsUSA
- Milken Institute School of Public HealthThe George Washington University950 New Hampshire Ave NW #2Washington, DC20052USA
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- ChildObesity180, The Friedman School of Nutrition Science and PolicyTufts UniversityBostonMassachusettsUSA
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- ChildObesity180, The Friedman School of Nutrition Science and PolicyTufts UniversityBostonMassachusettsUSA
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- ChildObesity180, The Friedman School of Nutrition Science and PolicyTufts UniversityBostonMassachusettsUSA
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- Partnership for a Healthier AmericaWashingtonDistrict of ColumbiaUSA
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- ChildObesity180, The Friedman School of Nutrition Science and PolicyTufts UniversityBostonMassachusettsUSA
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Pallan M, Griffin T, Hurley KL, Lancashire E, Blissett J, Frew E, Griffith L, Hemming K, Jolly K, McGee E, Thompson JL, Jackson L, Gill P, Parry J, Adab P. Cultural adaptation of an existing children's weight management programme: the CHANGE intervention and feasibility RCT. Health Technol Assess 2020; 23:1-166. [PMID: 31293236 DOI: 10.3310/hta23330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Excess weight in children is a continuing health issue. Community-based children's weight management programmes have had some effect in promoting weight loss. Families from minority ethnic communities are less likely to complete these programmes but, to date, no programmes have been culturally adapted to address this. OBJECTIVES We aimed to (1) culturally adapt an existing weight management programme for children aged 4-11 years and their families to make it more suited to Pakistani and Bangladeshi communities but inclusive of all families and (2) evaluate the adapted programme to assess its feasibility and acceptability, as well as the feasibility of methods, for a future full-scale trial. DESIGN In phase I, a cultural adaptation of a programme that was informed by formative research and guided by two theoretical frameworks was undertaken and in phase II this adapted programme was delivered in a cluster-randomised feasibility study (for which the clusters were the standard and adapted children's weight management programmes). SETTING Birmingham: a large, ethnically diverse UK city. PARTICIPANTS In phase I, Pakistani and Bangladeshi parents of children with excess weight, and, in phase II, children aged 4-11 years who have excess weight and their families. INTERVENTIONS A culturally adapted children's weight management programme, comprising six sessions, which was delivered to children and parents, targeting diet and physical activity and incorporating behaviour change techniques, was developed in phase I and delivered in the intervention arm to 16 groups in phase II. The eight groups in the comparator arm received the standard (unadapted) children's weight management programme. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The primary outcome was the proportion of Pakistani and Bangladeshi families completing (attending ≥ 60% of) the adapted programme. Secondary outcomes included the proportion of all families completing the adapted programme, the feasibility of delivery of the programme, the programme's acceptability to participants, the feasibility of trial processes and the feasibility of collection of outcome and cost data. RESULTS The proportion of Pakistani and Bangladeshi families and all families completing the adapted programme was 78.8% [95% confidence interval (CI) 64.8% to 88.2%] and 76.3% (95% CI 67.0% to 83.6%), respectively. The programme was feasible to deliver with some refinements and was well received. Ninety-two families participated in outcome data collection. Data collection was mostly feasible, but participant burden was high. Data collection on the cost of programme delivery was feasible, but costs to families were more challenging to capture. There was high attrition over the 6-month follow-up period (35%) and differential attrition in the two study arms (29% and 52% in the intervention and comparator arms, respectively). LIMITATIONS The study was not designed to address the issue of low participant uptake of children's weight management programmes. The design of a future trial may include individual randomisation and a 'minimal intervention' arm, the acceptability of which has not been evaluated in this study. CONCLUSIONS The theoretically informed, culturally adapted children's weight management programme was highly acceptable to children and families of all ethnicities. Consideration should be given to a future trial to evaluate clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the adapted programme, but the design of a future trial would need to address the logistics of data collection, participant burden and study attrition. TRIAL REGISTRATION Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN81798055. FUNDING This project was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment programme and will be published in full in Health Technology Assessment; Vol. 23, No. 33. See the NIHR Journals Library website for further project information. Kate Jolly is part-funded by the Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care West Midlands.
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- Miranda Pallan
- Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.,Faculty Research Centre for Technology Enabled Health Research, Coventry University, Coventry, UK
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- Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- School of Social Policy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Birmingham Community Nutrition, Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK
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- School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.,Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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Mason KE, Pearce N, Cummins S. Do neighbourhood characteristics act together to influence BMI? A cross-sectional study of urban parks and takeaway/fast-food stores as modifiers of the effect of physical activity facilities. Soc Sci Med 2020; 261:113242. [DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Revised: 05/12/2020] [Accepted: 07/20/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Sacks G, Kwon J, Ananthapavan J. The Application of an Evidence Framework for Obesity Prevention at the Population-Level. Curr Obes Rep 2020; 9:150-158. [PMID: 32266649 DOI: 10.1007/s13679-020-00376-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW To review existing frameworks for assessing the evidence of effectiveness of obesity prevention interventions, and discuss the application of a custom-developed evidence framework to inform an obesity prevention priority-setting study in Australia. RECENT FINDINGS There are a wide range of frameworks for grading evidence. However, most frameworks are not well suited to assess the effectiveness of obesity prevention interventions because they do not include processes to synthesise evidence from multiple study designs and outcome measures. The key features of the Obesity Prevention Evidence Assessment (OPEA) Framework are: [1] separately assessed weight-, diet- and physical activity-related outcomes; [2] consideration of the balance of evidence from multiple study types; and [3] a summary indication of the degree of certainty of intervention effectiveness. Evidence frameworks that recognise the complexities of obesity prevention research can support decision-makers in prioritising actions to address obesity alongside broader priority-setting considerations.
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- Gary Sacks
- Global Obesity Centre, Institute for Health Transformation, Deakin University, Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, VIC, 3125, Australia.
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- Global Obesity Centre, Institute for Health Transformation, Deakin University, Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, VIC, 3125, Australia
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- Global Obesity Centre, Institute for Health Transformation, Deakin University, Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, VIC, 3125, Australia
- Deakin Health Economics, Institute for Health Transformation, Deakin University, Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, VIC, 3125, Australia
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Jolly K, Griffin T, Sidhu M, Adab P, Burgess A, Collins C, Daley A, Entwistle A, Frew E, Hardy P, Hurley K, Jones L, McGee E, Pallan M, Sun Y, Young M, Morgan P. A weight management programme for fathers of children aged 4–11 years: cultural adaptation and the Healthy Dads, Healthy Kids UK feasibility RCT. PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH 2020. [DOI: 10.3310/phr08020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Background
More men than women in the UK are living with overweight or obesity, but men are less likely to engage with weight loss programmes. Healthy Dads, Healthy Kids is an effective Australian weight management programme that targets fathers, who participate with their primary school-aged children. Behavioural interventions do not always transfer between contexts, so an adaptation of the Healthy Dads, Healthy Kids programme to an ethnically diverse UK setting was trialled.
Objectives
To adapt and test the Australian Healthy Dads, Healthy Kids programme for delivery to men in an ethnically diverse, socioeconomically disadvantaged UK setting.
Design
Phase 1a studied the cultural adaptation of the Healthy Dads, Healthy Kids programme and was informed by qualitative data from fathers and other family members, and a theoretical framework. Phase 1b was an uncontrolled feasibility trial. Phase 2 was a randomised controlled feasibility trial.
Setting
Two ethnically diverse, socioeconomically disadvantaged UK cities.
Participants
In phase 1a, participants were parents and family members from black and minority ethnic groups and/or socioeconomically deprived localities. In phases 1b and 2, participants were fathers with overweight or obesity and their children aged 4–11 years.
Interventions
The adapted Healthy Dads, Healthy Kids intervention comprised nine sessions that targeted diet and physical activity and incorporated joint father–child physical activity. Healthy Dads, Healthy Kids was delivered in two programmes in phase 1b and four programmes in phase 2. Those in the comparator arm in phase 2 received a family voucher to attend a local sports centre.
Main outcome measures
The following outcomes were measured: recruitment to the trial, retention, intervention fidelity, attendance, feasibility of trial processes and collection of outcome data.
Results
Forty-three fathers participated (intervention group, n = 29) in phase 2 (48% of recruitment target), despite multiple recruitment locations. Fathers’ mean body mass index was 30.2 kg/m2 (standard deviation 5.1 kg/m2); 60.2% were from a minority ethnic group, with a high proportion from disadvantaged localities. Twenty-seven (63%) fathers completed follow-up at 3 months. Identifying sites for delivery at a time that was convenient for the families, with appropriately skilled programme facilitators, proved challenging. Four programmes were delivered in leisure centres and community venues. Of the participants who attended the intervention at least once (n = 20), 75% completed the programme (attended five or more sessions). Feedback from participants rated the sessions as ‘good’ or ‘very good’ and participants reported behavioural change. Researcher observations of intervention delivery showed that the sessions were delivered with high fidelity.
Conclusions
The intervention was well delivered and received, but there were significant challenges in recruiting overweight men, and follow-up rates at 3 and 6 months were low. We do not recommend progression to a definitive trial as it was not feasible to deliver the Healthy Dads, Healthy Kids programme to fathers living with overweight and obesity in ethnically diverse, socioeconomically deprived communities in the UK. More work is needed to explore the optimal ways to engage fathers from ethnically diverse socioeconomically deprived populations in research.
Trial registration
Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN16724454.
Funding
This project was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Public Health Research programme and will be published in full in Public Health Research; Vol. 8, No. 2. See the NIHR Journals Library website for further project information.
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- Kate Jolly
- Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medicine, and Priority Research Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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- School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, University of Loughborough, Loughborough, UK
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- Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit, Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Birmingham Community Health Care NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
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- Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit, Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- School of Education, and Priority Research Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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- School of Education, and Priority Research Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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Präger M, Kurz C, Böhm J, Laxy M, Maier W. Using data from online geocoding services for the assessment of environmental obesogenic factors: a feasibility study. Int J Health Geogr 2019; 18:13. [PMID: 31174531 PMCID: PMC6555943 DOI: 10.1186/s12942-019-0177-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2019] [Accepted: 05/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Background The increasing prevalence of obesity is a major public health problem in many countries. Built environment factors are known to be associated with obesity, which is an important risk factor for type 2 diabetes. Online geocoding services could be used to identify regions with a high concentration of obesogenic factors. The aim of our study was to examine the feasibility of integrating information from online geocoding services for the assessment of obesogenic environments. Methods We identified environmental factors associated with obesity from the literature and translated these factors into variables from the online geocoding services Google Maps and OpenStreetMap (OSM). We tested whether spatial data points can be downloaded from these services and processed and visualized on maps. True- and false-positive values, false-negative values, sensitivities and positive predictive values of the processed data were determined using search engines and in-field inspections within four pilot areas in Bavaria, Germany. Results Several environmental factors could be identified from the literature that were either positively or negatively correlated with weight outcomes in previous studies. The diversity of query variables was higher in OSM compared with Google Maps. In each pilot area, query results from Google showed a higher absolute number of true-positive hits and of false-positive hits, but a lower number of false-negative hits during the validation process. The positive predictive value of database hits was higher in OSM and ranged between 81 and 100% compared with a range of 63–89% for Google Maps. In contrast, sensitivities were higher in Google Maps (between 59 and 98%) than in OSM (between 20 and 64%). Conclusions It was possible to operationalize obesogenic factors identified from the literature with data and variables available from geocoding services. The validity of Google Maps and OSM was reasonable. The assessment of environmental obesogenic factors via geocoding services could potentially be applied in diabetes surveillance. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12942-019-0177-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Maximilian Präger
- Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85758, Neuherberg, Germany.,German Center for Diabetes Research, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85758, Neuherberg, Germany.,German Center for Diabetes Research, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85758, Neuherberg, Germany.,German Center for Diabetes Research, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85758, Neuherberg, Germany.,German Center for Diabetes Research, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85758, Neuherberg, Germany. .,German Center for Diabetes Research, Neuherberg, Germany.
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One of the fundamental challenges in obesity research is to identify subjects prone to weight gain so that obesity and its comorbidities can be promptly prevented or treated. The principles of thermodynamics as applied to human body energetics demonstrate that susceptibility to weight gain varies among individuals as a result of interindividual differences in energy expenditure and energy intake, two factors that counterbalance one another and determine daily energy balance and, ultimately, body weight change. This review focuses on the variability among individuals in human metabolism that determines weight change. Conflicting results have been reported about the role of interindividual differences in energy metabolism during energy balance in relation to future weight change. However, recent studies have shown that metabolic responses to acute, short-term dietary interventions that create energy imbalance, such as low-protein overfeeding or fasting for 24 hours, may reveal the underlying metabolic phenotype that determines the degree of resistance to diet-induced weight loss or the propensity to spontaneous weight gain over time. Metabolically "thrifty" individuals, characterized by a predilection for saving energy in settings of undernutrition and dietary protein restriction, display a minimal increase in plasma fibroblast growth factor 21 concentrations in response to a low-protein overfeeding diet and tend to gain more weight over time compared with metabolically "spendthrift" individuals. Similarly, interindividual variability in the causal relationship between energy expenditure and energy intake ("energy sensing") and in the metabolic response to cold exposure (e.g., brown adipose tissue activation) seems, to some extent, to be indicative of individual propensity to weight gain. Thus, an increased understanding and the clinical characterization of phenotypic differences in energy metabolism among individuals (metabolic profile) may lead to new strategies to prevent weight gain or improve weight-loss interventions by targeted therapies on the basis of metabolic phenotype and susceptibility to obesity in individual persons.
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- Paolo Piaggi
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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Ylitalo KR, During C, Thomas K, Ezell K, Lillard P, Scott J. The Veggie Van: Customer characteristics, fruit and vegetable consumption, and barriers to healthy eating among shoppers at a mobile farmers market in the United States. Appetite 2019; 133:279-285. [DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2018.11.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2018] [Revised: 09/04/2018] [Accepted: 11/27/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Cognitive dietary restraint, disinhibition, and hunger are associated with 24-h energy expenditure. Int J Obes (Lond) 2019; 43:1456-1465. [PMID: 30651576 PMCID: PMC6610661 DOI: 10.1038/s41366-018-0305-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2018] [Revised: 12/04/2018] [Accepted: 12/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Background: Higher energy expenditure (EE) is associated with greater food intake, possibly because the human body senses EE and modifies eating behaviors to regulate food intake and ultimately achieve energy balance. As eating behaviors are also influenced by social and cultural factors, any association between EE and eating behavior may differ between ethnicities and sexes. Objective: To assess relationships between EE and eating behavior constructs of the Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ). Subjects/Methods: 307 healthy adults (201M/106F, 160 Native Americans) completed the TFEQ and had measures of 24-h EE in a whole-room calorimeter during energy balance. Body composition was assessed by DXA. Results: On average, adjusted 24-h EE was lower (β=−229 kcal/day, CI: −309-−148, p<0.001) but cognitive restraint (Δ=+1.5; CI: 0.5–2.5, p=0.003) and disinhibition (Δ=+2.1, CI: 1.3–2.8, p<0.001) scores were higher in women compared to men. In Native Americans, adjusted 24-h EE (β=+94 kcal/day, CI: 48–139, p<0.001) and disinhibition scores (Δ=+1.0, CI: 0.1–2.0, p=0.003) were higher compared to other ethnicities. Higher 24-h EE associated with lower cognitive restraint in women (ρ=−0.20, p=0.04), but not men (p=0.71; interaction term p=0.01) with no ethnic differences. Greater 24-h EE associated with higher disinhibition (ρ=0.20, p=0.001) and hunger cues (ρ=0.16, p=0.004) with no gender differences. These associations were primarily present in non-Native Americans (ρ=0.23, p=0.006 and ρ=0.25, p=0.003) but not observed in Native Americans (both p>0.40). Conclusions: Higher EE is associated with psychological constructs of eating behaviors that favors overeating including lower cognitive restraint, higher dietary disinhibition, and greater susceptibility to hungers cues, supporting the existence of energy-sensing mechanisms influencing human eating behavior. These associations were observed in ethnicities other than Native Americans, possibly explaining the contradictory relationships reported between EE and weight change in different ethnic groups. We propose that increased EE may alter eating behaviors, potentially leading to uncontrolled overeating and weight gain.
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Shared Concerns and Opportunity for Joint Action in Creating a Food Environment That Supports Health. Nutrients 2018; 11:nu11010041. [PMID: 30585215 PMCID: PMC6357161 DOI: 10.3390/nu11010041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2018] [Revised: 12/17/2018] [Accepted: 12/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The food industry is a for-profit industry with high relevance to universal eating disorders prevention. To date, policy which targets the food industry and food environment has been underutilized in efforts to decrease the incidence of eating disorders and associated risk factors. In contrast, food policy has been extensively leveraged with the aim of reducing the incidence of obesity. While philosophical misalignments with these later efforts may have constituted an obstacle to identifying the food environment as a key target for eating disorders prevention, food policy is an area where shared interests can be found. Specifically, a shared goal of obesity and eating disorders prevention efforts is creating a food environment that supports health, while minimizing the influence of the food industry that profits from the sale of highly palatable, processed foods and “diet” foods and from increasing portions of foods served and eaten.
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Aguilar-Salinas CA, Rodriguez HB, Oteyza EP. Prevention of diabetes in Mexico: pragmatic solutions for a complex problem. Nutr Rev 2017; 75:107-111. [PMID: 28049755 DOI: 10.1093/nutrit/nuw031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The Tenth Nestlé Nutrition Conference, held in Mexico City in November 2014, focused on prevention of type 2 diabetes considering environment, lifestyles, and nutrition. Based on the evidence and recommendations presented during the conference, which are summarized in another article within this supplemental issue, a series of pragmatic proposals to address the environmental, social, and medical factors that have contributed to the growing prevalence of type 2 diabetes in Mexico was formulated. For this article, the actions were organized into 2 conceptual models: one that is applicable for the whole population and the other for at-risk individuals. In addition, each of the items includes the personal views of the authors regarding feasible actions that could be implemented in Mexico. Readers will find a large number of initiatives that could be applied at various levels and for particular subsets of the population. This makes it feasible for improvements to be induced through environmental changes and/or via increased access for at-risk individuals to validated interventions that prevent or delay the onset of diabetes.
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- Carlos A Aguilar-Salinas
- C.A. Aguilar-Salinas is with the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutriciœn, Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico. H. Bourges-Rodriguez is with the Direction of Nutrition, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutriciœn, Salvador Zubiran. Mexico City, Mexico. E. Polo-Oteyza is with the Fundacion Mexicana para la Salud, D.F., Mexico.
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- C.A. Aguilar-Salinas is with the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutriciœn, Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico. H. Bourges-Rodriguez is with the Direction of Nutrition, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutriciœn, Salvador Zubiran. Mexico City, Mexico. E. Polo-Oteyza is with the Fundacion Mexicana para la Salud, D.F., Mexico
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- C.A. Aguilar-Salinas is with the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutriciœn, Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico. H. Bourges-Rodriguez is with the Direction of Nutrition, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutriciœn, Salvador Zubiran. Mexico City, Mexico. E. Polo-Oteyza is with the Fundacion Mexicana para la Salud, D.F., Mexico
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Hoelscher DM, Ranjit N, Pérez A. Surveillance Systems to Track and Evaluate Obesity Prevention Efforts. Annu Rev Public Health 2017; 38:187-214. [DOI: 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-031816-044537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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To address the obesity epidemic, the public health community must develop surveillance systems that capture data at levels through which obesity prevention efforts are conducted. Current systems assess body mass index (BMI), diet, and physical activity behaviors at the individual level, but environmental and policy-related data are often lacking. The goal of this review is to describe US surveillance systems that evaluate obesity prevention efforts within the context of international trends in obesity monitoring, to identify potential data gaps, and to present recommendations to improve the evaluation of population-level initiatives. Our recommendations include adding environmental and policy measures to surveillance efforts with a focus on addressing underserved populations, harmonizing existing surveillance systems, including more sensitive measures of obesity outcomes, and developing a knowledgeable workforce. In addition, the widespread use of electronic health records and new technologies that allow self-quantification of behaviors offers opportunities for innovative surveillance methods.
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- Deanna M. Hoelscher
- Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Austin, Texas 78701;, ,
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- Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Austin, Texas 78701;, ,
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- Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Austin, Texas 78701;, ,
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Ylitalo KR, Umstattd Meyer MR, Stone K, Doyle EI, Curtis R. Using the Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) to assess barriers to healthy eating and active living in a low-income community. EVALUATION AND PROGRAM PLANNING 2016; 59:41-46. [PMID: 27586457 DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2016.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2016] [Revised: 08/01/2016] [Accepted: 08/13/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Insufficient physical activity and unhealthy eating behaviors are major contributors to the obesity epidemic in the United States. Identifying health behaviors and disparities in underserved communities is needed to guide the development of targeted interventions. The Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) is a set of tools designed for public health emergencies, but the utility of CASPER in non-emergency settings has not been explored. The purpose of this study was to use CASPER to obtain information on household-based behaviors of and barriers to fruit/vegetable consumption and physical activity, and explore the utility of these methods for future health assessments. Cross-sectional survey data included households (n=100) in a low-income neighborhood. Half of adults did not meet recommendations for fruit/vegetable consumption and 20% reported no physical activity during the previous week. Cost was significantly associated with healthy eating and physical activity in our community. Four primary advantages of using CASPER methodology included a user-friendly CDC toolkit, yield of a representative community sample with a relatively low sample size, low-cost/low-tech requirements for implementation, and the strengthening of an academic-practice-community partnership. Our work demonstrates the utility of CASPER for assessing healthy living in a geographically-defined community where household health behaviors and barriers are unknown.
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- Kelly R Ylitalo
- Health, Human Performance, and Recreation, Baylor University, Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences, One Bear Place #97313, Waco, TX 76798, USA.
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- Health, Human Performance, and Recreation, Baylor University, Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences, One Bear Place #97313, Waco, TX 76798, USA
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- Waco-McLennan County Public Health District, 225 W. Waco Drive, Waco, TX 76707, USA
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- Health, Human Performance, and Recreation, Baylor University, Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences, One Bear Place #97313, Waco, TX 76798, USA
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- Baylor University, Academy for Leader Development & Civic Engagement, One Bear Place #97372, Waco, TX 76798, USA
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Cebrecos A, Díez J, Gullón P, Bilal U, Franco M, Escobar F. Characterizing physical activity and food urban environments: a GIS-based multicomponent proposal. Int J Health Geogr 2016; 15:35. [PMID: 27716312 PMCID: PMC5050955 DOI: 10.1186/s12942-016-0065-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2016] [Accepted: 09/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Healthier urban environments influence the distribution of cardiovascular risk factors. Our aim was to design and implement a multicomponent method based on Geographic Information Systems to characterize and evaluate environmental correlates of obesity: the food and the physical activity urban environments. METHODS Study location comprised a socio-demographically average urban area of 12 contiguous census sections (≈16,000 residents), in Madrid, Spain. We conducted on-field audits on all food stores and street segments. We designed a synthetic index integrating continuous measures of both environments, by kernel density analyses. Index ranges from 0 to 100 (least-most healthy). RESULTS We found a heterogeneous distribution with 75 and 50 % of the area scoring less than 36.8 and 25.5, respectively. Census sections of study area were categorized by Jenks intervals as high, medium-high, medium-low and low. 41.0 % of residents lived in an area with a low score, 23.6 % medium-low and 31.1 % medium-high and 4.2 % in a high. CONCLUSION The proposed synthetic index may be a relevant tool to inform urban health interventions, providing a feasible way to integrate different measures of barriers and facilitators of healthy urban environments in terms of food and physical activity.
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- Alba Cebrecos
- Social and Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Group, School of Medicine, University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain.,Department of Geology, Geography and Environmental Sciences, University of Alcalá, Calle Colegios 2, 28801, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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- Social and Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Group, School of Medicine, University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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- Social and Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Group, School of Medicine, University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain.,Escuela Nacional de Sanidad, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Social and Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Group, School of Medicine, University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain.,Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Social and Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Group, School of Medicine, University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain.,Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Social and Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Group, School of Medicine, University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain. .,Department of Geology, Geography and Environmental Sciences, University of Alcalá, Calle Colegios 2, 28801, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain.
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Glanz K, Handy SL, Henderson KE, Slater SJ, Davis EL, Powell LM. Built environment assessment: Multidisciplinary perspectives. SSM Popul Health 2016; 2:24-31. [PMID: 29349125 PMCID: PMC5757767 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2016.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2015] [Revised: 01/05/2016] [Accepted: 02/04/2016] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Context As obesity has become increasingly widespread, scientists seek better ways to assess and modify built and social environments to positively impact health. The applicable methods and concepts draw on multiple disciplines and require collaboration and cross-learning. This paper describes the results of an expert team׳s analysis of how key disciplinary perspectives contribute to environmental context-based assessment related to obesity, identifies gaps, and suggests opportunities to encourage effective advances in this arena. Evidence acquisition A team of experts representing diverse disciplines convened in 2013 to discuss the contributions of their respective disciplines to assessing built environments relevant to obesity prevention. The disciplines include urban planning, public health nutrition, exercise science, physical activity research, public health and epidemiology, behavioral and social sciences, and economics. Each expert identified key concepts and measures from their discipline, and applications to built environment assessment and action. A selective review of published literature and internet-based information was conducted in 2013 and 2014. Evidence synthesis The key points that are highlighted in this article were identified in 2014–2015 through discussion, debate and consensus-building among the team of experts. Results focus on the various disciplines׳ perspectives and tools, recommendations, progress and gaps. Conclusions There has been significant progress in collaboration across key disciplines that contribute to studies of built environments and obesity, but important gaps remain. Using lessons from interprofessional education and team science, along with appreciation of and attention to other disciplines׳ contributions, can promote more effective cross-disciplinary collaboration in obesity prevention. Gaps in collaboration in studies of built environments and obesity remain. Lessons from interprofessional education can promote more effective collaboration. More attention to other disciplines’ contributions will yield greater health impact.
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- Karen Glanz
- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine and School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, 801 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States
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- Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California at Davis, 2130 Wickson Hall, Davis, CA 95616, United States
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- Health Policy and Administration and Institute for Health Research and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, 492 Westside Research Office Building, 1747 West Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL 60608, United States
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- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 813 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States
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- Health Policy and Administration and Institute for Health Research and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, 448 Westside Research Office Building, 1747 West Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL 60608, United States
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Significant Beneficial Association of High Dietary Selenium Intake with Reduced Body Fat in the CODING Study. Nutrients 2016; 8:nu8010024. [PMID: 26742059 PMCID: PMC4728638 DOI: 10.3390/nu8010024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2015] [Revised: 12/21/2015] [Accepted: 12/22/2015] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Selenium (Se) is a trace element which plays an important role in adipocyte hypertrophy and adipogenesis. Some studies suggest that variations in serum Se may be associated with obesity. However, there are few studies examining the relationship between dietary Se and obesity, and findings are inconsistent. We aimed to investigate the association between dietary Se intake and a panel of obesity measurements with systematic control of major confounding factors. A total of 3214 subjects participated in the study. Dietary Se intake was determined from the Willett food frequency questionnaire. Body composition was measured using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Obese men and women had the lowest dietary Se intake, being 24% to 31% lower than corresponding normal weight men and women, classified by both BMI and body fat percentage. Moreover, subjects with the highest dietary Se intake had the lowest BMI, waist circumference, and trunk, android, gynoid and total body fat percentages, with a clear dose-dependent inverse relationship observed in both gender groups. Furthermore, significant negative associations discovered between dietary Se intake and obesity measurements were independent of age, total dietary calorie intake, physical activity, smoking, alcohol, medication, and menopausal status. Dietary Se intake alone may account for 9%–27% of the observed variations in body fat percentage. The findings from this study strongly suggest that high dietary Se intake is associated with a beneficial body composition profile.
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Feuillet T, Charreire H, Roda C, Ben Rebah M, Mackenbach JD, Compernolle S, Glonti K, Bárdos H, Rutter H, De Bourdeaudhuij I, McKee M, Brug J, Lakerveld J, Oppert JM. Neighbourhood typology based on virtual audit of environmental obesogenic characteristics. Obes Rev 2016; 17 Suppl 1:19-30. [PMID: 26879110 DOI: 10.1111/obr.12378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2015] [Accepted: 12/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Virtual audit (using tools such as Google Street View) can help assess multiple characteristics of the physical environment. This exposure assessment can then be associated with health outcomes such as obesity. Strengths of virtual audit include collection of large amount of data, from various geographical contexts, following standard protocols. Using data from a virtual audit of obesity-related features carried out in five urban European regions, the current study aimed to (i) describe this international virtual audit dataset and (ii) identify neighbourhood patterns that can synthesize the complexity of such data and compare patterns across regions. Data were obtained from 4,486 street segments across urban regions in Belgium, France, Hungary, the Netherlands and the UK. We used multiple factor analysis and hierarchical clustering on principal components to build a typology of neighbourhoods and to identify similar/dissimilar neighbourhoods, regardless of region. Four neighbourhood clusters emerged, which differed in terms of food environment, recreational facilities and active mobility features, i.e. the three indicators derived from factor analysis. Clusters were unequally distributed across urban regions. Neighbourhoods mostly characterized by a high level of outdoor recreational facilities were predominantly located in Greater London, whereas neighbourhoods characterized by high urban density and large amounts of food outlets were mostly located in Paris. Neighbourhoods in the Randstad conurbation, Ghent and Budapest appeared to be very similar, characterized by relatively lower residential densities, greener areas and a very low percentage of streets offering food and recreational facility items. These results provide multidimensional constructs of obesogenic characteristics that may help target at-risk neighbourhoods more effectively than isolated features.
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Affiliation(s)
- T Feuillet
- Equipe de Recherche en Epidémiologie Nutritionnelle (EREN), Centre de Recherche en Epidémiologie et Statistiques, Cnam, COMUE Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris 13, Bobigny, France
| | - H Charreire
- Equipe de Recherche en Epidémiologie Nutritionnelle (EREN), Centre de Recherche en Epidémiologie et Statistiques, Cnam, COMUE Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris 13, Bobigny, France.,Paris Est University, Lab-Urba, UPEC, Urban School of Paris, Créteil, France
| | - C Roda
- Equipe de Recherche en Epidémiologie Nutritionnelle (EREN), Centre de Recherche en Epidémiologie et Statistiques, Cnam, COMUE Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris 13, Bobigny, France
| | - M Ben Rebah
- Equipe de Recherche en Epidémiologie Nutritionnelle (EREN), Centre de Recherche en Epidémiologie et Statistiques, Cnam, COMUE Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris 13, Bobigny, France
| | - J D Mackenbach
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - S Compernolle
- Department of Movement and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
| | - K Glonti
- ECOHOST - The Centre for Health and Social Change, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
| | - H Bárdos
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Public Health, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
| | - H Rutter
- ECOHOST - The Centre for Health and Social Change, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
| | - I De Bourdeaudhuij
- Department of Movement and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
| | - M McKee
- ECOHOST - The Centre for Health and Social Change, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
| | - J Brug
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - J Lakerveld
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - J-M Oppert
- Equipe de Recherche en Epidémiologie Nutritionnelle (EREN), Centre de Recherche en Epidémiologie et Statistiques, Cnam, COMUE Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris 13, Bobigny, France.,Sorbonne Universités, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Université Paris 06, Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition, Department of Nutrition, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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