Publications
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Commentaries
- Wickramasinghe, K., et al. Comment: Obesity and young people. Are we listening? (DOI/10.1111/obr.13609).
- Rønnestad, A., et al. Comment: Involving youth organisations in co-creation with academic
partners. (DOI/10.1111/obr.13604). - Lobstein, T. Comment: CO-CREATE: an unusual project to bring young people into obesity policy formation: (DOI/10.1111/obr.13545).
- Burzyńska, Z. Comment: Young people will shape the future: (DOI/10.1111/obr.13551).
Scientific articles
2024
2023
- Knai. C., et al. Learning from the CO-CREATE project: A protocol for systems thinking across research (STAR). (DOI/10.1111/obr.13624).
- Aguiar, A., et al. System dynamics simulation models on overweight and obesity in children and adolescents: A systematic review. (DOI/10.1111/obr.13632).
- Conway-Moore, K., et al. Co-creating obesity prevention policies with youth: Policy ideas generated through the CO-CREATE project. (DOI/10.1111/obr.13623).
- Herstad, S. H., et al. Adolescents' capacity to take action on obesity: A concurrent controlled before-and-after study of the European CO-CREATE project. (DOI/10.1111/obr.13622).
- Banik. A., et al. What policies are there and what policies are missing? A Photovoice study of adolescents' perspectives on obesity-prevention policies in their local environment. (DOI/10.1111/obr.13617).
- Samdal, O., et al. Encouraging greater empowerment for adolescents in consent procedures in social science research and policy projects. (DOI/10.1111/obr.13636).
- Ulloa, M. A., et al. Designing a youth-led Dialogue Forum tool: The CO-CREATE experience. (DOI/10.1111/obr.13611).
- Nwosu, E., et al. Longitudinal relationship between adolescents' mental health, energy balance-related behavior, and anthropometric changes. (DOI/10.1111/obr.13629).
- Blanchard, L., et al. Associations between social media, adolescent mental health, and diet: A systematic review. (DOI/10.1111/obr.13631).
- Aguiar, A., et al. Understanding the dynamics emerging from the interplay among poor mental wellbeing, energy balance-related behaviors, and obesity prevalence in adolescents: A simulation-based study. DOI(/10.1111/obr.13628).
- Bröer, C., et al. Negotiating policy ideas: Participatory action research projects across five European countries: (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemep.2023.100905).
- Klepp, K-I., et al. Overweight and obesity prevention: The "Confronting obesity: Co-creating policy with youth " project: (DOI/10.1111/obr.13540).
- Bröer, C., et al. Recruiting and engaging adolescents in creating overweight and obesity prevention policies: the CO-CREATE project: (DOI/10.1111/obr.13546).
- Budin-Ljøsne, I., et al. Ethical considerations in engaging young people in European obesity prevention research: The CO-CREATE experience: (DOI/10.1111/obr.13518).
- Nesrallah, S., et al. Youth engagement in research and policy: the CO-CREATE framework to optimize power balance and mitigate risks of conflicts of interest: (DOI/10.1111/obr.13549).
- Grewal, N., et al. Assessing adolescents' readiness for action and attitudes towards obesity prevention: instrument development and psychometric properties: (DOI/10.1111/obr.13533).
- Savona, N., et al. System mapping with adolescents: using group model building to map the complexity of obesity: (DOI/10.1111/obr.13506).
- Romanenko, E., et al. Assessing policies to reduce adolescent overweight and obesity: insights from a systems dynamic model using data from the Health Behavior in School-Aged Children study: (DOI/10.1111/obr.13519).
- Oldridge-Turner, K., et al. Scan of physical activity policy actions in Europe: Lessons learned from populating the MOVING database: (DOI/10.1111/obr.13523).
- Vlad, I., et al. The development of the NOURISHING and MOVING benchmarking tools to monitor and evaluate national governments’ nutrition and physical activity policies to address obesity in the European region: (DOI/10.1111/obr.13541).
- Fismen, A.S., et al. Pilot testing of the NOURISHING policy index - assessing governmental nutrition policies in five European countries: (DOI/10.1111/obr.13532).
- Helleve, A., et al. Youth involvement in policy processes in the public health, education and social work sectors - a scoping review protocol: (DOI/10.1111/obr.13544).
- Geraets AFJ., et al. Cross-national time trends in adolescent body weight perception and
the explanatory role of overweight/obesity prevalence. (DOI/10.1080/2574254X.2023.2218148). - Nicolas C., et al. Sixteen-year trends in fruit consumption and related socioeconomic
inequalities among adolescents in Western European countries. (DOI/10.1007/s00394-023-03199-5.) - Romanenko, E., et al. As simple as possible but not simpler: structural sensitivity testing of
a dynamic model of adolescent overweight and obesity. (DOI/10.1002/sdr.1732).
2022
- Aarø, LE., et al. Nordic adolescents responding to demanding survey scales in boring contexts: Examining straightlining. Journal of Adolescence. 2022 (DOI: 10.1002/jad.12066)
- Fismen, A-S., et al. Weight Status and Mental Well-Being Among Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Self-Perceived Body Weight. A Cross-National Survey. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2022 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.02.010)
- Fismen, A-S., et al. Cross-national variation in the association between family structure and overweight and obesity: Findings from the Health Behaviour in School-aged children (HBSC) study. SSM - Population Health. Vol 19, 2022. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101127)
- Hendricks, G. et al. Adolescents’ Perspectives on the Drivers of Obesity Using a Group Model Building Approach: A South African Perspective. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(4):2160. (DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19042160)
- Macauley, T., et al. Youth participation in policy-making processes in the United Kingdom: a scoping review of the literature. Journal of Community Practice. 30(2), 2022 (DOI: 10.1080/10705422.2022.2073308)
- Oldridge-Turner, K., et al. Promoting Physical Activity Policy: The Development of the MOVING Framework, Journal of Physical Activity and Health- 2022 (DOI:10.1123/jpah.2021-0732)
- Baillergeau É, Veltkamp G. La démocratisation de la prévention à l’épreuve de la
pratique. (DOI/10.3917/lps.223.0037). - Fismen A-S, et al. Associations between family structure and adolescents' food habits.
(DOI/10.1017/s1368980020004334). - Nwosu, E et al. Trends in prevalence of overweight and obesity among South African and
European adolescents: a comparative outlook. (DOI/10.1186/s12889-022-14724-2). - Kokkorou M et al. A pilot study benchmarking physical activity policy actions in Europe:
Lessons learned from the CO-CREATE project. (https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-022-14724-2). - Klepp K-I., et al. Improving the health of adolescents: the Nordic countries can help fill the
evidence gap. (DOI/10.1177/14034948221124675).
2021
- Aguiar, A., The role of systematic reviews in the system dynamics modelling process. Systems Research and Behavioral Science (DOI: 10.1002/sres.2758)
- Savona, N.,et al., Identifying the views of adolescents in five European countries on the drivers of obesity using group model building. Eur.Journal of Publ.Health, 2021 (DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckaa251)
- Yates, J., et al. Trust and responsibility in food systems transformation. Engaging with Big Food: marriage or mirage? BMJ Global Health. 2021 (DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-007350)
2020
- Flodgren, G.M., et al., Primary prevention of overweight and obesity in adolescents: An overview of systematic reviews. Obes Rev, 2020 (DOI: 10.1111/obr.13102)
- Fismen A-S., et.al., Associations between family structure and adolescents' food habits. Public Health Nutrition (DOI: 10.1017/s1368980020004334)
2019
- Savona, N., et al. Investigating system-level drivers of obesity with adolescents: a group
model-building exercise. (DOI/10.1016/S0140-6736(19)32880-6). - Neveux, M., et al., You(th) Matters - Co-creating policies to tackle obesity. Quarterly of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (Volume 25, Issue 3).
Deliverables
| Title |
Number |
Lead partner |
Planned delivery |
| D1.1 | NIPH | June 2018 | |
| Establish the Science, Policy and Ethics Advisory Board | D1.2 | NIPH | May 2018 |
| Project website internal and external pages | D1.3 | NIPH | June 2018 |
| Project strategy for ethics, gender and youth involvement | D1.4 | NIPH | July 2018 |
| Project quality assurance plan | D1.5 | NIPH | July 2018 |
| Minutes Project Steering Committee Meetings 1 and 2 | D1.6 | NIPH | October 2019 |
| Minutes Project Steering Committee Meetings 3 and 4 | D1.7 | NIPH | April 2021 |
| Minutes Project Steering Committee Meeting 5 | D1.8 |
NIPH |
April 2022 |
| Project Steering Committee Meeting 6 | D1.9 | NIPH | April 2023 |
| Title | Number | Lead partner | Planned delivery |
| Physical activity policy framework | D2.1 | WCRF | October 2018 |
| Article outlining the physical activity framework | D2.2 | WCRF | October 2019 |
| Methods document for policy scan | D2.3 | WCRF | January 2019 |
| Article outlining the challenges associated with conducting a global and targeted in-depth European policy scan for diet and physical activity | D2.4 | WCRF | October 2019 |
| Physical activity policy database | D2.5 | WCRF | October 2019 |
| Web-platform | D2.6 | WCRF | August 2020 |
| Expert meeting | D2.7 | WCRF | February 2019 |
| Criteria for benchmarking policies and a policy index | D2.8 | WCRF | August 2019 |
| Article on benchmarking criteria and policy index | D2.9 | WCRF | August 2020 |
| First policy brief on the effects of implemented policies and policy outputs | D2.10 | WCRF | April 2020 |
| Youth-friendly webpages | D2.11 | WCRF | April 2023 |
| Second policy brief on the effects of implemented policies and policy outputs | D2.12 | WCRF | April 2023 |
| Title | Number | Lead partner | Planned delivery |
| A set of conceptual system maps of the drivers of energy balance related behaviours | D4.1 | LSHTM | July 2019 |
| A report with an overall conceptual model of the factors driving obesity among adolescents in Europe | D4.2 | LSHTM | January 2020 |
| A report outlining a prioritised set of potentially important levers derived from the system maps | D4.3 | LSHTM | July 2019 |
| A report describing the conceptual framework | D4.4 | LSHTM | July 2019 |
| A report describing obesity system structures to provide a framework for the agent-based modelling | D4.5 | LSHTM | January 2020 |
| Country specific system maps and master map | D4.6 | LSHTM | January 2020 |
| Title | Number | Lead partner | Planned delivery |
| Protocols for recruitment and training of diverse youth across different countries | D5.1 | UvA | April 2019 |
| Recruited and trained youth | D5.2 | UvA | April 2020 |
| Proposals for new policy in the form of policy briefs | D5.3 | UvA | October 2020 |
| Video documentary and vlogs co-produced in collaboration with existing high profile vloggers and influencers | D5.4 | UvA | April 2021 |
| Evaluation reports on the sustainable Alliances for Overweight Prevention Policies | D5.5 | UvA | April 2021 |
| Synthesis report on the basis of evaluation reports of the Alliances for academic dissemination | D5.6 | UvA | October 2021 |
| Scientific article on youth participation in obesity prevention policy | D5.7 | UvA | October 2021 |
| Title | Number | Lead partner | Planned delivery |
| Develop and test prototype of a dialogue forum in Norway | D6.1 | EAT | July 2019 |
| Refine prototype and define principles for scaling the model across a broad range of European countries | D6.2 | EAT | February 2020 |
| Synthesis of reports conceptual maps, policy briefs from WP2, WP3, WP4, WP5 | D6.3 | EAT | December 2020 |
| Twenty dialogues forums established across Europe | D6.4 | EAT | August 2021 |
| Reports from each dialogue forum on the actions and commitments from policy-makers and businesses | D6.5 | EAT | August 2021 |
| A set of recommendations for how to establish multi-actor dialogue forums and a brief report putting the findings of the project in a greater policy and co-creation context | D6.6 | EAT | August 2021 |
| List of academic presentations, publications, summaries for policymakers and general public | D6.7 | EAT | April 2023 |
| Title | Number | Lead partner | Planned delivery |
| Review of existing system dynamics models on overweight/obesity in children | D7.1 | UoO | October 2019 |
| Articles of simulation of policy effects | D7.2 | UoO | October 2022 |
| A system model (knowledge repository) | D7.3 | UoO | October 2022 |
| A protocol for developing implementation and evaluation plans | D7.4 | UoO | April 2020 |
| A workshop for CO-CREATE co-workers on how to apply the protocol | D7.5 | UoO | April 2020 |
| Implementation and evaluation plans (in local languages) from each of the five case countries | D7.6 | UoO | October 2022 |
| A questionnaire for measuring attitudes/readiness for action towards policy measures to combat childhood obesity | D7.7 | UoO | October 2018 |
| Article on the changes in attitudes/readiness for action towards policy measures to combat childhood obesity among youth and other stakeholders | D7.8 | UoO | October 2022 |
| Title | Number | Lead partner | Planned delivery |
| Data management plan with protocol for data collection, data cleaning and data sharing | D8.1 | UoB | October 2018 |
| Cleaned international survey data file | D8.2 | UoB | February 2022 |
| International data file with document data | D8.3 | UoB | March 2023 |
| Open access survey data file with documentation | D8.4 | UoB | November 2022 |
| Title | Number | Lead partner | Planned delivery |
| DEC Strategy and Operational Plan and standard practices for the CO-CREATE project | D9.1 | WOF | December 2018 |
| Evidence of scientific output | D9.2 | WOF | April 2023 |
| Final business plan and report on in-project and post-project exploitation actions | D9.4 | WOF | November 2022 |
| First batch of practice abstracts | D9.5 | WOF | October 2020 |
| Second batch of practice abstracts | D9.6 | WOF | April 2023 |
