Browsing AURA by Author "Jan, Nataša"
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Associations between eating meals, watching TV while eating meals and weight status among children, ages 10-12 years in eight European countries : the ENERGY cross-sectional study
Vik, Frøydis N.; Bjørnarå, Helga Birgit; Øverby, Nina Cecilie; Lien, Nanna; Androutsos, Odysseas; Mas, Lea; Jan, Nataša; Kovacs, Eva; Moreno, Luis A.; Dössegger, Alain; Manios, Yannis; Brug, Johannes; Bere, Elling (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Background: To assess the association of eating meals, and never watching TV while eating meals, with weight status among children, ages 10-12 years across Europe. Methods: 7915 children (mean age: 11.5 years) in eight ... -
Associations of commuting to school and work with demographic variables and with weight status in eight European countries: The ENERGY-cross sectional study
te Velde, Saskia J.; Haraldsen, Eli; Vik, Frøydis Nordgård; De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse; Jan, Nataša; Kovacs, Eva; Moreno, Luis A; Dössegger, Alain; Manios, Yannis; Brug, Johannes; Bere, Elling (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)This study aims to assess the prevalence of different modes of commuting to school and work for 10-12year-olds and their parents; to assess the associations with demographic variables (country, sex, parental education and ... -
Clustering of energy balance-related behaviors and parental education in European children: the ENERGY-project
Fernández-Alvira, Juan M.; De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse; Singh, Amika S.; Vik, Frøydis N.; Manios, Yannis; Kovacs, Eva; Jan, Nataša; Brug, Johannes; Moreno, Luis A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Background: Recent research and literature reviews show that, among schoolchildren, some specific energy balance-related behaviors (EBRBs) are relevant for overweight and obesity prevention. It is also well known that the ... -
Differences in beliefs and home environments regarding energy balance behaviors according to parental education and ethnicity among schoolchildren in Europe: The ENERGY cross sectional study
Brug, Johannes; Uijtdewilligen, Léonie; Van Stralen, Maartje M.; Singh, Amika S.; Chinapaw, Mai J.; De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse; Lien, Nanna; Bere, Elling; Maes, Lea; Fernández-Alvira, Juan M.; Jan, Nataša; Kovacs, Eva; Dössegger, Alain; Manios, Yannis; te Velde, Saskia J. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background: To explore differences in personal and home environmental factors that are regarded as determinants of energy balance-related behaviors (EBRBs) according to parental education and ethnic background among 10-12 ... -
Differences in weight status and energy-balance related behaviors among schoolchildren across Europe: The ENERGY-Project
Brug, Johannes; van Stralen, Maartje M.; te Velde, Saskia J.; Chinapaw, Mai J. M.; De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse; Lien, Nanna; Bere, Elling; Maskini, Victoria; Singh, Amika S.; Maes, Lea; Moreno, Luis; Jan, Nataša; Kovacs, Eva; Lobstein, Tim; Manios, Yannis (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Background: Current data on the prevalence of overweight and energy-balance behaviors among European children is necessary to inform overweight prevention interventions. Methodology/Principal Findings: A school-based ... -
Direct and indirect associations between the family physical activity environment and sports participation among 10–12 year-old European children: testing the EnRG framework in the ENERGY project
Timperio, Anna F.; van Stralen, Maartje M.; Brug, Johannes; Bere, Elling; Chinapaw, Mai J. M.; De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse; Jan, Nataša; Maes, Lea; Manios, Yannis; Moreno, Luis A.; Salmon, Jo; te Velde, Saskia J. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Background. Sport participation makes an important contribution to children’s overall physical activity. Understanding influences on sports participation is important and the family environment is considered key, however ... -
Energy Balance Related Behaviour: Personal, Home- and Friend-Related Factors among Schoolchildren in Europe Studied in the ENERGY-Project
te Velde, Saskia J.; Singh, Amika S; Chinapaw, Mai JM; De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse; Jan, Nataša; Kovacs, Eva; Bere, Elling; Bringolf-Ilser, Bettina; Manios, Yannis; Moreno, Luis; Brug, Johannes; Vik, Frøydis N. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Objective: To design interventions that target energy balance-related behaviours, knowledge of primary schoolchildren’s perceptions regarding soft drink intake, fruit juice intake, breakfast consumption, TV viewing and ... -
European energy balance research to prevent excessive weight gain among youth (ENERGY) project: Design and methodology of the ENERGY cross-sectional survey
van Stralen, Maartje M.; te Velde, Saskia J.; Singh, Amika S.; De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse; Martens, Marloes K.; van der Sluis, Maria; Manios, Yannis; Grammatikaki, Evangelia; Chinapaw, Mai J. M.; Maes, Lea; Bere, Elling; Jensen, Jørgen; Moreno, Luis; Jan, Nataša; Morre, Helen; Brug, Johannes (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)Background: Obesity treatment is by large ineffective long term, and more emphasis on the prevention of excessive weight gain in childhood and adolescence is warranted. To inform energy balance related behaviour (EBRB) ... -
Micro-level economic factors and incentives in children's energy balance related behaviours: Findings from the ENERGY European cross-section questionnaire survey
Jensen, Jørgen D.; Bere, Elling; De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse; Jan, Nataša; Maes, Lea; Manios, Yannis; Martens, Marloes K.; Molnar, Denes; Moreno, Luis A.; te Velde, Saskia J.; Brug, Johannes (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Background To date, most research on obesogenic environments facing school children has focused on physical and socio-cultural environments. The role of economic factors has been investigated to a much lesser extent. Our ... -
Parental education associations with children's body composition: mediation effects of energy balance-related behaviors within the ENERGY-project
Fernandez-Alvira, Juan M; te Velde, Saskia J.; De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse; Bere, Elling; Manios, Yannis; Kovacs, Eva; Jan, Nataša; Brug, Johannes; Moreno, Luis A (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)BACKGROUND: It is well known that the prevalence of overweight and obesity is considerably higher among youth from lower socio-economic families, but there is little information about the role of some energy balance-related ... -
Parents and friends both matter: simultaneous and interactive influences of parents and friends on European schoolchildren's energy balance-related behaviours - the ENERGY cross-sectional study
te Velde, Saskia J.; Chinapaw, Mai JM; De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse; Bere, Elling; Maes, Lea; Moreno, Luis; Jan, Nataša; Kovacs, Eva; Manios, Yannis; Brug, Johannes (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background: The family, and parents in particular, are considered the most important influencers regarding children’s energy-balance related behaviours (EBRBs). When children become older and gain more behavioural ...