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Scientific articles
2023
- Bröer, C. Negotiating policy ideas: Participatory action research projects across five European countries: (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemep.2023.100905).
- Klepp, K.I. Overweight and obesity prevention: The "Confronting obesity: Co-creating policy with youth " project: (DOI/10.1111/obr.13540).
- Bröer, C. Recruiting and engaging adolescents in creating overweight and obesity prevention policies: the CO-CREATE project: (DOI/10.1111/obr.13546).
- Budin-Ljøsne, I. Ethical considerations in engaging young people in European obesity prevention research: The CO-CREATE experience: (DOI/10.1111/obr.13518).
- Nesrallah, S. 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. Assessing adolescents' readiness for action and attitudes towards obesity prevention: instrument development and psychometric properties: (DOI/10.1111/obr.13533).
- Savona, N. System mapping with adolescents: using group model building to map the complexity of obesity: (DOI/10.1111/obr.13506).
- Romanenko, E. 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. Scan of physical activity policy actions in Europe: Lessons learned from populating the MOVING database: (DOI/10.1111/obr.13523).
- Vlad, I. 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. Pilot testing of the NOURISHING policy index - assessing governmental nutrition policies in five European countries: (DOI/10.1111/obr.13532).
- Helleve, A. Youth involvement in policy processes in the public health, education and social work sectors - a scoping review protocol: (DOI/10.1111/obr.13544).
- Lobstein, T. 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).
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)
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)
- Fismen A-S.,et.al., Socioeconomic differences in food habits among 6- to 9-year-old children from 23 countries-WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI 2015/2017). Obes Rev. 2021 (DOI: 10.1111/obr.13211).
- 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)
- 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)
- Fismen A-S., et.al., Associations between family structure and adolescents' food habits. Public Health Nutrition (DOI: 10.1017/s1368980020004334)
Deliverables
WP-1: Project management and coordination
|
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 |
WP-2: Policy assessment and monitoring
| 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 |
WP-3: Obesity rates and energy balance related behaviours
Obesity system mapping (WP4)
| 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 |
WP-5: Youth Alliances for Overweight Prevention Policies
| 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 |
WP-6: Dialogue forum with representatives from policy and business
| 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 |
WP-7: Evaluation of Co-Created policy interventions and the methodology
| 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 |
WP-8: Open science and fair data management
| 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 |
WP-9: Dissemination, exploitation and communication
| 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 |
Other publications
CO-CREATE Youth Alliance Declaration on ending childhood and adolescent overweight and obesity
CO-CREATE Youth Alliance Netherlands policy brief
CO-CREATE Youth Alliance Norway policy brief
CO-CREATE Youth Alliance Portugal policy brief
CO-CREATE Youth Alliance Poland policy brief
CO-CREATE Youth Alliance UK policy brief
