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The publication rules of the PEN project have been laid down as Annex IV of the Consortium Agreement, final version dated 22nd October 2018. The publications rules have been amended last on 31st August 2020.
PEN SPECIAL ISSUE OF THE EUR J PUBLIC HEALTH

The PEN supplement titled “Creating evidence for public policies to improve dietary and physical activity behaviours in Europe” is online available since 29th November 2022, at the website of the Eur J Public Health. This Open Access supplement is available at: https://academic.oup.com/eurpub/issue/32/Supplement_4

 The supplement includes:

  1. Ahrens W, Lakerveld J, Woods CB. Call for policy actions based on evidence from the Policy Evaluation Network. Eur J Public Health. 2022;32(Supplement_4):iv1-iv2. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac146
  2. Kamphuis CBM, Forberger S, Lien N, Rehfuess E, Luszczynska A, on behalf of the PEN consortium. Development of a framework to guide research into policies promoting physical activity and healthy diets in the European context: the system-based Policy Evaluation Network (PEN) framework. Eur J Public Health. 2022;32(Supplement_4):iv3-iv9. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac068
  1. Kelly L, Twohig C, Woods CB, Luszczynska A, Murrin C, Lien N, et al. on behalf of the PEN consortium. Reaching consensus on definitions for food and physical activity policies: experience from the Policy Evaluation Network. Eur J Public Health. 2022;32(Supplement_4):iv10-iv20. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac147
  1. Hebestreit A, Do S, Wolters M, Mensink GBM, Garnica-Rosas L, Abu-Omar K, et al. on behalf of the PEN consortium. Towards a harmonized European surveillance for dietary and physical activity indicators in young and adult populations. Eur J Public Health. 2022;32(Supplement_4):iv21-iv31. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac061
  1. Scheidmeir M, Kubiak T, Luszczynska A, Wendt J, Scheller DA, Meshkovska B, et al. on behalf of the PEN consortium. Acceptability of policies targeting dietary behaviours and physical activity: a systematic review of tools and outcomes. Eur J Public Health. 2022;32(Supplement_4):iv32-iv49. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac053
  1. Woods CB, Kelly L, Volf K, Gelius P, Messing S, Forberger S, et al. on behalf of the PEN consortium. The Physical Activity Environment Policy Index for monitoring government policies and actions to improve physical activity. Eur J Public Health. 2022;32(Supplement_4):iv50-iv8. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac062
  1. Forberger S, Reisch LA, Meshkovska B, Lobczowska K, Scheller DA, Wendt J, et al. on behalf of the PEN consortium. What we know about the actual implementation process of public physical activity policies: results from a scoping review. Eur J Public Health. 2022;32(Supplement_4):iv59-iv65. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac089
  1. Djojosoeparto SK, Kamphuis CBM, Harrington JM, Løvhaug AL, Roos G, Sawyer ADM, et al. on behalf of the PEN consortium. How theory can help to understand the potential impact of food environment policies on socioeconomic inequalities in diet: an application of Bourdieu’s capital theory and the scarcity theory. Eur J Public Health. 2022;32(Supplement_4):iv66-iv70. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac052
  1. den Braver NR, Garcia Bengoechea E, Messing S, Kelly L, Schoonmade LJ, Volf K, et al. on behalf of the PEN consortium. The impact of mass-media campaigns on physical activity: a review of reviews through a policy lens. Eur J Public Health. 2022;32(Supplement_4):iv71-iv83. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac085
  1. Emmert-Fees KMF, Capacci S, Sassi F, Mazzocchi M, Laxy M, on behalf of the PEN consortium. Estimating the impact of nutrition and physical activity policies with quasi-experimental methods and simulation modelling: an integrative review of methods, challenges and synergies. Eur J Public Health. 2022;32(Supplement_4):iv84-iv91. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac051
  1. Stadelmaier J, Rehfuess EA, Forberger S, Eisele-Metzger A, Nagavci B, Schünemann HJ, et al. on behalf of the PEN consortium. Using GRADE Evidence to Decision frameworks to support the process of health policy-making: an example application regarding taxation of sugar-sweetened beverages. Eur J Public Health. 2022;32(Supplement_4):iv92-iv100. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac077
  1. Okraszewska R, Peters NV, Reisch LA, Flechtner-Mors M, Kamphuis CBM, Wendt J, et al. on behalf of the PEN consortium. Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans: implementation process and indicators to evaluate effects on physical activity. Eur J Public Health. 2022;32(Supplement_4):iv101-iv6. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac069
  1. Zolfaghari M, Meshkovska B, Banik A, Kamphuis CBM, Kopainsky B, Luszczynska A, et al. on behalf of the PEN consortium. Applying a systems perspective to understand the mechanisms of the European School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme. Eur J Public Health. 2022;32(Supplement_4):iv107-iv13. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac054
  1. Ahrens W, Brenner H, Flechtner-Mors M, Harrington JM, Hebestreit A, Kamphuis CBM, et al. on behalf of the PEN consortium. Dietary behaviour and physical activity policies in Europe: learnings from the Policy Evaluation Network (PEN). Eur J Public Health. 2022;32(Supplement_4):iv114-iv25. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac148

2023

  • Meshkovska B, Forberger S, Wendt J, Scheller DA, Castellari E, Lien N, et al. on behalf of the PEN Consortium. Barriers and facilitators to implementation of the EU School Fruit and Vegetables Scheme: Cross country study. Glob Implement Res Appl. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43477-023-00100-8
  • Torheim L. E., Løvhaug A. L., Sanne Huseby C., Henjum S., Terragni L., Poelman M., et al. Evaluation and prioritization of food environment policies in Norway using the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI). Food Nutr Res. 2023; 67. https://doi.org/10.29219/fnr.v67.9117
  • Vitali V, Tiboldo G, Castellari E, and Meshkovska B. Teachers’ perspectives on the EU Fruit and Vegetable Scheme implementation in Italy. 2023. Health Educ J. https://doi.org/10.1177/00178969231210933
  • Wendt, J., Scheller, D.A., Banik, A. et al. Good practice recommendations on implementation evaluation for policies targeting diet, physical activity, and sedentary behaviour. BMC Public Health 2023;23,1259. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15775-9
  • Wendt J, Scheller DA, Flechtner-Mors M, Meshkovska B, Luszczynska A, Lien N, et al. Barriers and facilitators to the adoption of physical activity policies in elementary schools from the perspective of principals: An application of the consolidated framework for implementation research–A cross-sectional study. Front Public Health. 2023;11. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.935292.

Further publications in 2022

  • Brukało K, Kaczmarek K, Kowalski O, Romaniuk P. on behalf of the PEN consortium Implementation of sugar-sweetened beverages tax and its perception among public health stakeholders. A study from Poland. Front Nutr. 2022;9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2022.957256.
  • Biondi B, Romanowska A, Birr K. Impact evaluation of a cycling promotion campaign using daily bicycle counters data: The case of Cycling May in Poland. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. 2022;164:337-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2022.08.017.
  • Djojosoeparto SK, Kamphuis CBM, Vandevijvere S, Poelman MP. How can National Government Policies Improve Food Environments in the Netherlands? Int J Public Health. 2022; 67. https://doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2022.1604115
  • Fonderie E, Zondag J, Van Lippevelde W. Acceptability and appropriateness of the EU School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme in Flanders: qualitative findings from interviews with parents. (2022)
  • Forberger S, Reisch L, Meshkovska B, Lobczowska K, Scheller D, Wendt, J, et al. Sugar-sweetened beverage tax implementation processes: Results of a scoping review. Health Res Policy Sy. 2022;20, 33. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-022-00832-3
  • Geffert K, Klinger C, Hebestreit A, Rehfuess E, von Philipsborn P. Policies for Healthier Diets – An Overview of the Challenges and Opportunities for Germany in International Comparison. Adipositas - Ursachen, Folgeerkrankungen, Therapie. 2022;16(02):98-105. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1782-4959.
  • Lobczowska K, Banik A, Forberger S, Kaczmarek K, Kubiak T, Neumann-Podczaska A, et al. Social, economic, political, and geographical context that counts: meta-review of implementation determinants for policies promoting healthy diet and physical activity. BMC Public Health. 2022;22(1):1055. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13340-4.
  • Lobczowska K, Banik A, Romaniuk P,  Forberger S, Kubiak T, Meshkovska B, et al. Frameworks for implementation of policies promoting healthy nutrition and physically active lifestyle: systematic review. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2022; 19:16. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-021-01242-4
  • Lobczowska K, Banik A, Brukalo K, Forberger S, Kubiak T, Romaniuk P, et al. Meta-review of implementation determinants for policies promoting healthy diet and physically active lifestyle: application of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research. Implement Sci. 2022; 17:2. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-021-01176-2
  • Mazzocchi M, Capacci S, Biondi B. Causal inference on the impact of nutrition policies using observational data. Bio-based and Applied Economics. 11(1), 3-20. 2022. https://doi.org/10.36253/bae-12411
  • Meshkovska B, Scheller DA, Wendt J, Jilani H, Scheidmeir M, Stratil JM, et al.  on behalf of the PEN Consortium. Barriers and facilitators to implementation of direct fruit and vegetables provision interventions in kindergartens and schools: a qualitative systematic review applying the consolidated framework for implementation research (CFIR). Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-022-01246-8
  • Niedermaier T, Gredner T, Kuznia S, Schöttker B, Mons U, Lakerveld J, et al. Vitamin D food fortification in European countries: The underused potential to prevent cancer deaths. Eur J Epidemiol. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-022-00867-4
  • Pineda E, Poelman M, Aaspollu A, Bica M, Bouzas C, Carrano E, et al. Paper in collaboration with the H2020 project STOP: Policy implementation and priorities to create healthy food environments using Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI): A pooled level analysis across eleven European countries. The Lancet regional health – Europe. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2022.100522.
  • Romaniuk P, Kaczmarek K, Brukało K, Grochowska-Niedworok E, Łobczowska K, Banik A, et al. The Healthy Food Environment Policy Index in Poland: Implementation Gaps and Actions for Improvement. Foods. 2022;11(11). https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11111648.
  • Romanowska A, Morawiak A, Woods CB, Kelly L, Volf K, Gelius P, et al. Health enhancing physical activity policies in Poland: Findings from the HEPA PAT survey. Int J Environ Res Pu. 2022. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19127284.
  • Stanley I, Neumann-Podczaska A, Wieczorowska-Tobis K, Mensink G, Garnica Rosas L, Do S, et al., on behalf of the PEN Consortium. Health surveillance indicators for diet and physical activity: what is available in European data sets for policy evaluation? Eur J Public Health. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac043

  • Volf K, Kelly L, García Bengoechea E, Casey B, Gelius P, Messing S, et al. on behalf of the PEN consortium. Evidence of the impact of sport policies on physical activity and sport participation: a systematic mixed studies review. Int J Sport Policy Politics. 2022:1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/19406940.2022.2127835.
  • Zukowska J, Gobis A, Krajewski P, Morawiak A, Okraszewska R, Woods CB, et al. Which transport policies increase physical activity of the whole of society? A systematic review. J Transp Health. 2022;27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2022.101488.

2021

  • Emmert-Fees KMF, Karl FM, von Philipsborn P, Rehfuess EA, Laxy M, on behalf of the PEN Consortium. Simulation Modeling for the Economic Evaluation of Population-Based Dietary Policies: A Systematic Scoping Review. Adv Nutr. 2021;12(5):1957-95. https://doi.org/10.1093/advances/nmab028.
  • Eykelenboom M, Olthof MR, van Stralen MM, Djojosoeparto SK, Poelman MP, Kamphuis CBM, et al. The effects of a sugar-sweetened beverage tax and a nutrient profiling tax based on Nutri-Score on consumer food purchases in a virtual supermarket: a randomised controlled trial. Public Health Nutr. 2022;25(4):1105-17. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980021004547.
  • Eykelenboom M, Djojosoeparto SK, van Stralen MM, Olthof MR, Renders CM, Poelman MP, et al. Stakeholder views on taxation of sugar-sweetened beverages and its adoption in the Netherlands. Health Promot Int. 2021;37(2). https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daab114.
  • Forberger S, Reisch L, Meshkovska B, Lobczowska K, Scheller DA, Wendt J, et al., on behalf of PEN Consortium. What happens between sugar tax enactment and the effects observed? Sugar-sweetened beverage tax implementation: Results of a scoping map. OSF. 2021.

  • Garnica Rosas L, Mensink GBM, Finger JD, Schienkiewitz A, Do S, Wolters M, et al. Selection of key indicators for European policy monitoring and surveillance for dietary behaviour, physical activity and sedentary behaviour. Int J Beh Nutr Phy. 2021;18(1):48. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-021-01111-0.
  • Geffert K, Klinger C, Philipsborn P. Nutrition and Social Inequality - Options for Policy Action. Soziale Sicherheit. 2021.

  • Gelius P, Messing S, Forberger S, Lakerveld J, Mansergh F, Wendel-Vos W, et al. The added value of using the HEPA PAT for physical activity policy monitoring: a four-country comparison. Health Res Policy Sy. 2021;19(1):22. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-021-00681-6.
  • Klinger C, Geffert K, Hebestreit A, Philipsborn P. Fair food environments: What can policymakers do to enable healthy diets for all?. Adipositasspiegel. 2021.
  • Klinger C, Geffert K, Hebestreit A, Rehfuess EA, Philipsborn Pv. Creating healthy food environments: results of the Food-EPI. Public Health Forum. 2021;29(4):315-8. https://doi.org/10.1515/pubhef-2021-0088.
  • Messing S, Forberger S, Woods CB, Abu-Omar K, Gelius P. Policies to promote physical activity in Germany. Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz. 2021;65(1):107-115. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00103-021-03403-z.
  • Sawyer ADM, van Lenthe F, Kamphuis CBM, Terragni L, Roos G, Poelman MP, et al. Dynamics of the complex food environment underlying dietary intake in low-income groups: a systems map of associations extracted from a systematic umbrella literature review. Int J Beh Nutr Phy. 2021;18(1):96. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-021-01164-1.
  • von Philipsborn P, Geffert K, Klinger C, Hebestreit A, Stratil J, Rehfuess EA. Nutrition policies in Germany: a systematic assessment with the Food Environment Policy Index. Public Health Nutr. 2021;25(6):1691-700. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.10.11.21264774.
  • Woods CB, Volf K, Kelly L, Casey B, Gelius P, Messing S, et al. The evidence for the impact of policy on physical activity outcomes within the school setting: A systematic review. J Sport Health Sci. 2021;10(3):263-76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2021.01.006.

2020

  • Eykelenboom M, Van Stralen MM, Olthof MR , Renders CM, Steenhuis IHM, on behalf of the PEN Consortium. Public acceptability of a sugar-sweetened beverages tax and its associated factors in the Netherlands. Public Health Nutr. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980020001500

  • Forberger S, Luszczynska A, Nanna L, Meshkovska B, Łobczowska K, Scheller D, et al. Analyzing Public Health Policy Implementation Processes – a Systematic Map. OSF. 2020. https://osf.io/7w84q/
  • Kelly L, Volf K, Garcia E, Woods CB. Systematic Review Examining the Evidence for Impact of School Policies on Physical Activity. PROSPERO. 2020; CRD42020156630. Link

  • Laetsch DC, Reich L, Kamphuis C, Lakerveld J, Forberger S, Brenner H, et al. The impact of Sustainable urban mobility plans (SUMPs) on adult’s transport-related physical activity levels – a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis. PROSPERO. 2020; CRD42020156636. Link

  • Lakerveld J, Woods CB, Hebestreit A, Brenner H, Flechtner-Mors M, Harrington J, et al. Advancing the evidence base for public policies impacting on dietary behaviour, physical activity and sedentary behaviour in Europe: The Policy Evaluation Network promoting a multidisciplinary approach. Food Policy. 2020; 96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2020.101873

  • Lovhaug AL, Terragni L, Granheim SI, Djojosoeparto SK, Harrington J, Kamphuis CBM et al. What is the current evidence on the contribution of food environment policies and interventions to reducing social inequalities in diets and promote healthier diets among low SES groups? An umbrella review. PROSPERO. 2020; CRD42020154855. Link
  • Meshkovska B, Scheller D, Wendt J, Jilani H, Scheidmeir M, Stratil J, et al. Protocol for review studies on evaluations and implementation of School Fruit Schemes. PROSPERO. 2020; CRD42020167697. Link
  • Sawyer A. Determinants of dietary intake in low-income groups: a systems map.  OSF. 2020. Link
  • Stanley I, Hebestreit A, Murrin C. Health surveillance indicators: what is available in European data sets for policy evaluation?. Eur J Public Health. 2020; 30:5. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa165.328
  • Volf K, Kelly L, García Bengoechea E,  Casey B,  Gobis A,  Lakerveld J, et al. Policy Evaluation Network (PEN): Protocol for systematic literature review examining the evidence for impact of school policies on physical activity. HRB Open Res. 2020; 3:62. https://doi.org/10.12688/hrbopenres.13089.4
  • Zähringer J, Schwingshackl L, Movsisyan A, Stratil JM, Capacci S, Steinacker JM, et al. Use of the GRADE Approach in Health Policy Making and Evaluation: a Scoping Review of Nutrition and Physical Activity Policies. Implementation Sci. 2020; 37. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-020-00984-2

2019

  • Eykelenboom M, van Stralen MM, Olthof MR, Schoonmade LJ, Steenhuis IHM, Renders CM and on behalf of the PEN Consortium. Political and public acceptability of a sugar-sweetened beverages tax: a mixed-method systematic review and meta-analysis. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2019 Sep 4;16(1):78. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-019-0843-0
  • Krzymińska-Siemaszko R, Kropińska S, Lewandowicz-Umyszkiewicz M, Suwalska A, Wieczorowska-Tobis K, on behalf of the PEN consortium. European Project Policy Evaluation Network (PEN): geriatric point of view. Abstracts of the 15th International Congress of the European Geriatric Medicine Society; 25–27 September 2019; Krakow, Poland. Eur Geriatr Med. 2019:10(Suppl 1)S1–S325. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41999-019-00221-0
  • Lobczowska K, Luszczynska A, Banik A, Forberger S, Kaczmarek K, Kubiak T, et al. Determinants, barriers, and facilitators for implementation of policies promoting healthy diet and physically active lifestyle: a meta-review. PROSPERO. 2019; CRD42019133341. Link
  • Lobczowska K, Luszczynska A, Banik A, Forberger S, Kaczmarek K, Kubiak T, et al. Frameworks for processes, determinants, and evaluation of implementation of policies promoting healthy diet and physically active lifestyle: a systematic review. PROSPERO. 2019; CRD42019133251. Link

2018

  • Eykelenboom M, van Stralen M, Renders C, Olthof M, Schoonmade L, Steenhuis I. Political and social acceptability of a sugar-sweetened beverages tax: a mixed-method systematic review. PROSPERO. 2018; CRD42018090721. Link


Related publications by PEN members

  • Cornelsen L, Mazzocchi M, Smith RD. Fat tax or thin subsidy? How price increases and decreases affect the energy and nutrient content of food and beverage purchases in Great Britain. Soc Sci Med. 2019;230:318-327. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.04.003

  • Gelius P, Messing S, Goodwin L, Schow D, Abu-Omar K. What are effective policies for promoting physical activity? A systematic review of reviews. Prev Med Reports. 2020; 18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2020.101095
  • Klepac Pogrmilovic B, O'Sullivan G, Milton K, Biddle SJH, Bauman A, Bellew W, et al. The development of the Comprehensive Analysis of Policy on Physical Activity (CAPPA) framework. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2019;16(60). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-019-0822-5
  • Kovacs VA, Messing S, Sandu P, Nardone P, Pizzi E, Hassapidou M, et al. Improving the food environment in kindergartens and schools: An overview of policies and policy opportunities in Europe. Food Policy. 2020; 96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2020.101848

Related publications of the DEDIPAC study

  • Bel-Serrat S, Huybrechts I, Thumann BF, Hebestreit A, Abuja PM, de Henauw S, et al., DEDIPAC Consortium. Inventory of surveillance systems assessing dietary, physical activity and sedentary behaviours in Europe: a DEDIPAC study. Eur J Public Health. 2017; 27(4):747-755. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckx023
  • Brug J & Chinapaw M. Determinants of engaging in sedentary behavior across the lifespan; lessons learned from two systematic reviews conducted within DEDIPAC. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2015; 12:134. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-015-0293-2

  • Brug J,van der Ploeg HP, Loyen A, Ahrens W, Allais O, Frost Andersen L, et al., DEDIPAC consortium. Determinants of diet and physical activity (DEDIPAC): a summary of findings. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2017; 14(1):150. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-017-0609-5
  • Chastin SF, De Craemer M,Lien N, Bernaards C, Buck C, Oppert JM, et al., DEDIPAC consortium, expert working group and consensus panel. The SOS-framework (Systems of Sedentary behaviours): an international transdisciplinary consensus framework for the study of determinants, research priorities and policy on sedentary behaviour across the life course: a DEDIPAC-study. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2016; 13:83. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-016-0409-3
  • Condello G, Ling FC, Bianco A, Chastin S, Cardon G, Ciarapica D, et al., DEDIPAC consortium. Using concept mapping in the development of the EU-PAD framework (EUropean-Physical Activity Determinants across the life course): a DEDIPAC-study. BMC Public Health. 2016; 16(1):1145. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3800-8
  • Condello G, Puggina A, Aleksovska K, Buck C, Burns C. Cardon G, et al. Behavioral determinants of physical activity across the life course: a “DEterminants of DIet and Physical ACtivity” (DEDIPAC) umbrella systematic literature review. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2017; 14:58. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-017-0510-2
  • Hebestreit A, Thumann B, Wolters M, Bucksch J, Huybrechts I, Inchley J, et al., on behalf of the DEDIPAC Consortium. Road map towards a harmonized pan-European surveillance of obesity-related lifestyle behaviours and their determinants in children and adolescents. Int J Public Health. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-019-01227-y
  • Horodyska K, Luszczynska A, Hayes CB, O'Shea MP, Langøien LJ, Roos G, et al. Implementation conditions for diet and physical activity interventions and policies: an umbrella review. BMC Public Health. 2015; 15:1250. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1354-9
  • Lakerveld J, Loyen A, Schotman N, Peeters CFW, Cardon G, van der Ploeg HP, et al. Sitting too much: A hierarchy of socio-demographic correlates. Prev Med 2017; 101:77-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.05.015

  • Langøien LJ, Terragni L, Rugseth G, Nicolaou M, Holdsworth M, Stronks K, et al., on behalf of the DEDIPAC consortium. Systematic mapping review of the factors influencing physical activity and sedentary behaviour in ethnic minority groups in Europe: a DEDIPAC study. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2017; 14:99. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-017-0554-3

  • Loyen A, Clarke-Cornwell AM, Anderssen SA,  Hagströmer M, Sardinha LB, Sundquist K, et al. Sedentary Time and Physical Activity Surveillance Through Accelerometer Pooling in Four European Countries. Sports Med 2017; 47:1421-1435. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-016-0658-y

  • Muellmann S, Steenbock B, De Cocker K, De Craemer M, Hayes C, O'Shea MP et al. Views of policy makers and health promotion professionals on factors facilitating implementation and maintenance of interventions and policies promoting physical activity and healthy eating: results of the DEDIPAC project. BMC Public Health. 2017 Dec 6;17(1):932. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4929-9
  • O’Donoghue G, Perchoux C, Mensah K, Lakerveld J,  van der Ploeg H, Bernaards C, et al. A systematic review of correlates of sedentary behaviour in adults aged 18–65 years: a socio-ecological approach. BMC Publc Health 2016; 16:163. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-2841-3

  • Osei-Kwasi HA, Nicolaou M, Powell K, Terragni L, Maes L, Stronks K, et al., on behalf of the DEDIPAC consortium. Systematic mapping review of the factors influencing dietary behaviour in ethnic minority groups living in Europe: a DEDIPAC study. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2016;13:85. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186%2Fs12966-017-0554-3
  • Puggina A, Aleksovska K, Buck C, Burns C, Cardon G, Carlin A, et.al., DEDIPAC Consortium. Policy determinants of physical activity across the life course: a 'DEDIPAC' umbrella systematic literature review. Eur J Public Health. 2018; 28(1):105-118. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckx174
  • Riordan F, Ryan K, Perry IJ, Schulze MB, Andersen LF, Geelen A, et al. 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. Public Health Nutr 2017; 30(3):417-448. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980016002366

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Related publications of the collaborating projects STOP, CO-CREATE and JA Best-ReMaP

  • Brinsden H, Neveux M. The STOP Project: Developing a multidisciplinary evidence-base for effective and sustainable policies to prevent and manage childhood obesity. Europe and Food. 2021. (STOP)
  • Fernández-Barrés S, Robinson O, Fossati S, Márquez S, Basagaña X, de Bont J, et al. Urban environment and health behaviours in children from six European countries. Environ Int. 2022;165:107319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2022.107319 (STOP)
  • Gressier M, Sassi F, Frost G. Healthy Foods and Healthy Diets. How Government Policies Can Steer Food Reformulation. Nutrients. 2020;12(7):1992. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12071992 (STOP)
  • Lobstein T, Neveux M, Landon J. Costs, equity and acceptability of three policies to prevent obesity: A narrative review to support policy development. Obes Sci Pract. 2020;6(5):562-83. https://doi.org/10.1002/osp4.423(STOP)
  • Macauley T, Rolker HB, Scherer M, Brock J, Savona N, Helleve A, et al. Youth participation in policy-making processes in the United Kingdom: a scoping review of the literature. Journal of Community Practice. 2022;30(2):203-24. https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2022.2073308 (CO-CREATE)
  • Mäki P, Raulio S, Helldán A, Sarlio S, Lyytikäinen A, Kuusipalo H, et al. Terveyttä edistävä ruokaympäristö edellyttää yhteiskunnalta toimenpiteitä. 2022. https://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-343-798-2 (STOP)
  • Mäki P, Raulio S, Helldán A, Sarlio S, Lyytikäinen A, Kuusipalo H, et al. Suomen ruokapolitiikan ja -ympäristön arviointi ja toimenpide-ehdotuksia ruokaympäristön kehittämiseksi. 2022. https://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-343-833-0 (STOP)
  • Neveux M, Ayuandini S, Klepp K-I, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies. You(th) matters: co-creating policies to tackle obesity. Eurohealth. 2019;25(3):30-3. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/332513 (CO-CREATE)
  • Oldridge-Turner K, Kokkorou M, Sing F, Klepp K-I, Rutter H, Helleve A, et al. Promoting Physical Activity Policy: The Development of the MOVING Framework. J Phys Act Health. 2022;19(4):292-315. https://doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2021-0732 (CO-CREATE)
  • Pineda E, Bascunan J, Sassi F. Improving the school food environment for the prevention of childhood obesity: What works and what doesn't. Obes Rev. 2021;22(2):e13176. https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.13176 (STOP)
  • Rasella D, Richiardi L, Brachowicz N, Jara HX, Hanson M, Boccia D, et al. Developing an integrated microsimulation model for the impact of fiscal policies on child health in Europe: the example of childhood obesity in Italy. BMC Medicine. 2021;19(1):310. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-021-02155-6 (STOP)
  • Van Dam I, Guillon E, Robinson E, Allais O, Sacks G, Vandevijvere S. Assessment of the Commitments and Performance of the European Food Industry to Improve Population Nutrition. Int J Public Health. 2022;67. https://doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2022.1604116 (STOP)
  • Van Dam I, Reimes N, Vandevijvere S. Benchmarking the nutrition-related commitments and practices of major Belgian food companies. Int J Behav Nutr Phy. 2022;19(1):43. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-022-01269-1 (STOP)
  • Zaçe D, Di Pilla A, Silano M, Carini E, Cacciatore P, Frisicale EM, et al. Implementation level of best practice policies by Italian Government for healthier food environments: Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI). Ann Ist Super Sanita. 2022;58(1):55-66. https://doi.org/10.4415/ann_22_01_08 (STOP)


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