scholarly journals Behaviour change initiatives to promote a healthy diet and physical activity in European countries

2013 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Weichselbaum ◽  
B. Hooper ◽  
J. Buttriss ◽  
C. Theobald ◽  
V. Sgarabottolo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Behaviour Change ◽  
Healthy Diet ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Change Initiatives ◽  
Diet And Physical Activity

scholarly journals Evaluation of the effectiveness of behavioural economic incentive programmes for the promotion of a healthy diet and physical activity: a protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis

BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. e046035
Author(s):  
Suparee Boonmanunt ◽  
Oraluck Pattanaprateep ◽  
Boonsong Ongphiphadhanakul ◽  
Gareth McKay ◽  
John Attia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Financial Incentives ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Economic Incentive ◽  
Healthy Diet ◽  
Current Evidence ◽  
Diet And Physical Activity ◽  
Behavioural Economic ◽  
Meta Analyses

IntroductionObesity and being overweight are major risk factors for metabolic syndrome and non-communicable diseases. Despite the recommendation that a healthy diet and physical activity can reduce the severity of these diseases, many fail to adhere to these measures. From a behavioural economic perspective, adherence to such measures can be encouraged through financial incentives. However, additional related behavioural economic approaches may improve the effectiveness of an incentive programme. As such, we have developed a protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis to summarise the current evidence from financial incentive programmes with and without behavioural economic insights for promoting healthy diet and physical activity.Methods and analysisPrevious systematic reviews, meta-analyses and individual studies were identified from Medline and Scopus in June 2020 and will be updated until December 2020. Individual studies will be selected and data extracted by two reviewers. Disagreement will be resolved by consensus or adjudicated by a third reviewer. A descriptive analysis will summarise the effectiveness of behavioural economic incentive programmes for promoting healthy diet and physical activity. Moreover, individual studies will be pooled using network meta-analyses where possible. I2 statistics and Cochran’s Q test will be used to assess heterogeneity. Risk of bias and publication bias, if appropriate, will be evaluated, as well as the overall strength of the evidence.Ethics and disseminationEthics approval for a systematic review and meta-analysis is not required. The findings will be published in a peer-reviewed journal.PROSPERO registration numberCRD42020198024.

scholarly journals Adverse Neighborhood Environments and Health Behaviors among Older Americans

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 1031-1032
Author(s):  
Yeon Jin Choi
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Diet Quality ◽  
Physical Inactivity ◽  
Healthy Diet ◽  
Neighborhood Disorder ◽  
Older Americans ◽  
Poor Diet ◽  
Diet And Physical Activity ◽  
Neighborhood Environments

Abstract Maintaining healthy lifestyle, including healthy diet and physical activity, in adverse neighborhood environments may be more difficult for older adults because of changes linked to aging, which make them more vulnerable to their environments. This study aims to investigate the association of neighborhood disorder with diet quality and physical activity in a national sample of older Americans. For this study, we used data from the Health and Retirement Study. Neighborhood disorders include vandalism, boarded houses, abandoned cars, demolished houses, trash, litter, or junk, poorly kept communal areas, homeless people, prostitution, winos or junkies, and drug use or drug dealing near residents’ housing unit (range: 0-11). Diet quality and physical activity were assessed using the Healthy Eating Index 2015 (HEI-2015; range:0-100) and the metabolic (MET) equivalent activity points (range: 0-31 in this sample). Ordinary least squares regression models were estimated to examine an association between neighborhood disorder, diet quality, and physical activity. Neighborhood disorder was associated with poor diet and physical inactivity. For one additional negative neighborhood feature, HEI-2015 scores and MET-equivalent activity points decreased by 0.55 (95% CI: -1.09. -0.01) and 0.69 (95% CI: -1.05, -0.33). Findings of this study suggest that older adults living in adverse neighborhoods are at a greater risk of poor diet and physical inactivity, which are important risk factors for poor health and chronic diseases. Promoting neighborhood environments and perceived neighborhood safety would increase access to health food, encourage healthy diet and physical activity, and support healthy aging.

scholarly journals A systematic review of methods to assess intake of fruits and vegetables among healthy European adults and children: a DEDIPAC (DEterminants of DIet and Physical Activity) study

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 417-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fiona Riordan ◽  
Kathleen Ryan ◽  
Ivan J Perry ◽  
Matthias B Schulze ◽  
Lene Frost Andersen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
English Language ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
European Countries ◽  
European Studies ◽  
Diet Records ◽  
Current Review ◽  
Language Studies ◽  
Diet And Physical Activity ◽  
Living Children

AbstractObjectiveEvidence suggests that health benefits are associated with consuming recommended amounts of fruits and vegetables (F&V), yet standardised assessment methods to measure F&V intake are lacking. The current review aims to identify methods to assess F&V intake among children and adults in pan-European studies and inform the development of the DEDIPAC (DEterminants of DIet and Physical Activity) toolbox of methods suitable for use in future European studies.DesignA literature search was conducted using three electronic databases and by hand-searching reference lists. English-language studies of any design which assessed F&V intake were included in the review.SettingStudies involving two or more European countries were included in the review.SubjectsHealthy, free-living children or adults.ResultsThe review identified fifty-one pan-European studies which assessed F&V intake. The FFQ was the most commonly used (n42), followed by 24 h recall (n11) and diet records/diet history (n7). Differences existed between the identified methods; for example, the number of F&V items on the FFQ and whether potatoes/legumes were classified as vegetables. In total, eight validated instruments were identified which assessed F&V intake among adults, adolescents or children.ConclusionsThe current review indicates that an agreed classification of F&V is needed in order to standardise intake data more effectively between European countries. Validated methods used in pan-European populations encompassing a range of European regions were identified. These methods should be considered for use by future studies focused on evaluating intake of F&V.

scholarly journals Measuring Capability for Healthy Diet and Physical Activity

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. L. Ferrer ◽  
I. Cruz ◽  
S. Burge ◽  
B. Bayles ◽  
M. I. Castilla
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Healthy Diet ◽  
Diet And Physical Activity
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