Evaluating an integrated community-based approach for childhood obesity prevention
In this research project an integrated community-based approach promoting a healthy lifestyle and healthy weight in children and youth (JOGG) will be evaluated.
This JOGG-approach has been implemented in 145 municipalities in the Netherlands over the last 10 years. Research questions contain how the approach has been implemented in different municipalities and more specifically how local networks of stakeholders developed and worked on a healthy living environment together. Other research questions are directed at if and how the JOGG-approach affected children’s health behaviours and overweight. A systems science perspective and a mixed method approach will be used to answer these questions.
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