Effect in zijn context
‘Hoeveel effect heeft die interventie?’ Een logische vraag die de wethouder stelde. Hij moet immers de uitgaven in zijn beleid kunnen onderbouwen. Waarschijnlijk geldt de vraag voor veel van de…
Environmental influences on energy balance-related behaviors
Background: Studies on the impact of the 'obesogenic' environment have often used nontheoretical approaches. In this journal's debate and in other papers authors have argued the necessity of formulating conceptual…
Promoting health equity in European children
Background: Reducing health inequalities is a top priority of the public health agendas in Europe. The EPHE project aims to analyse the added value of a community-based interventional programme based…
Associations between safety from crime, cycling, and obesity in a Dutch elderly population
The objective of this cross-sectional study was to investigate differences in associations between crime rates, cycling, and weight status between people living in low and high socioeconomic status (SES) neighbourhoods.…
Ethnic differences in bmi among Dutch adolescents
Background: The threats posed by the rising prevalence of overweight and obesity on public health have been widely acknowledged. Several population groups, which deserve special attention because of their higher…
The prevention of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents
Overweight and obesity are serious, large-scale, global, public health concerns requiring population-based childhood overweight and obesity prevention. The overall objective of this review is to identify aspects of successful childhood…
Een gezonde omgeving ter preventie van gewichtsstijging
In dit rapport wordt een aantal kansrijke maatregelen op nationaal en lokaal niveau geïdentificeerd die kunnen bijdragen aan een leefomgeving waarin bewegen wordt gestimuleerd en overmatig eten wordt tegengegaan. De…