Evidence-based development of school-based and family-involved prevention of overweight across Europe: The ENERGY-project's design and conceptual framework
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Evidence-based development of school-based and family-involved prevention of overweight across Europe : The ENERGY-project's design and conceptual framework. / Brug, Johannes; Velde, Saskia J. te; Chinapaw, Mai J.M.; Bere, Elling; Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse de; Moore, Helen; Maes, Lea; Jensen, Jørgen Dejgård; Manios, Yannis; Lien, Nanna; Klepp, Knut Inge; Lobstein, Tim; Martens, Marloes; Salmon, Jo; Singh, Amika S.
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T1 - Evidence-based development of school-based and family-involved prevention of overweight across Europe
T2 - The ENERGY-project's design and conceptual framework
AU - Brug, Johannes
AU - Velde, Saskia J. te
AU - Chinapaw, Mai J.M.
AU - Bere, Elling
AU - Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse de
AU - Moore, Helen
AU - Maes, Lea
AU - Jensen, Jørgen Dejgård
AU - Manios, Yannis
AU - Lien, Nanna
AU - Klepp, Knut Inge
AU - Lobstein, Tim
AU - Martens, Marloes
AU - Salmon, Jo
AU - Singh, Amika S.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Background: There is an urgent need for more carefully developed public health measures in order to curb the obesityepidemic among youth. The overall aim of the "EuropeaN Energy balance Research to prevent excessive weight Gainamong Youth" (ENERGY)-project is the development and formative evaluation of a theory-informed and evidencebasedmulti-component school-based and family-involved intervention program ready to be implemented andevaluated for effectiveness across Europe. This program aims at promoting the adoption or continuation of healthbehaviors that contribute to a healthy energy balance among school-aged children. Earlier studies have indicated thatschool and family environments are key determinants of energy-balance behaviors in schoolchildren. Schools are animportant setting for health promotion in this age group, but school-based interventions mostly fail to target andinvolve the family environment.Methods: Led by a multidisciplinary team of researchers from eleven European countries and supported by a team ofAustralian experts, the ENERGY-project is informed by the Environmental Research Framework for Weight gainPrevention, and comprises a comprehensive epidemiological analysis including 1) systematic reviews of the literature,2) secondary analyses of existing data, 3) focus group research, and 4) a cross European school-based survey.Results and discussion: The theoretical framework and the epidemiological analysis will subsequently informstepwise intervention development targeting the most relevant energy balance-related behaviors and their personal,family-environmental and school-environmental determinants applying the Intervention Mapping protocol. Theintervention scheme will undergo formative and pilot evaluation in five countries. The results of ENERGY will bedisseminated among key stakeholders including researchers, policy makers and the general population.Conclusions: The ENERGY-project is an international, multidisciplinary effort to develop and test an evidence-basedand theory-informed intervention program for obesity prevention among school-aged children.
AB - Background: There is an urgent need for more carefully developed public health measures in order to curb the obesityepidemic among youth. The overall aim of the "EuropeaN Energy balance Research to prevent excessive weight Gainamong Youth" (ENERGY)-project is the development and formative evaluation of a theory-informed and evidencebasedmulti-component school-based and family-involved intervention program ready to be implemented andevaluated for effectiveness across Europe. This program aims at promoting the adoption or continuation of healthbehaviors that contribute to a healthy energy balance among school-aged children. Earlier studies have indicated thatschool and family environments are key determinants of energy-balance behaviors in schoolchildren. Schools are animportant setting for health promotion in this age group, but school-based interventions mostly fail to target andinvolve the family environment.Methods: Led by a multidisciplinary team of researchers from eleven European countries and supported by a team ofAustralian experts, the ENERGY-project is informed by the Environmental Research Framework for Weight gainPrevention, and comprises a comprehensive epidemiological analysis including 1) systematic reviews of the literature,2) secondary analyses of existing data, 3) focus group research, and 4) a cross European school-based survey.Results and discussion: The theoretical framework and the epidemiological analysis will subsequently informstepwise intervention development targeting the most relevant energy balance-related behaviors and their personal,family-environmental and school-environmental determinants applying the Intervention Mapping protocol. Theintervention scheme will undergo formative and pilot evaluation in five countries. The results of ENERGY will bedisseminated among key stakeholders including researchers, policy makers and the general population.Conclusions: The ENERGY-project is an international, multidisciplinary effort to develop and test an evidence-basedand theory-informed intervention program for obesity prevention among school-aged children.
U2 - 10.1186/1471-2458-10-276
DO - 10.1186/1471-2458-10-276
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 20500859
VL - 10
JO - BMC Public Health
JF - BMC Public Health
SN - 1471-2458
IS - 276
ER -
ID: 21573322