Blar i AURA på forfatter "Kovacs, Eva"
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Agreement between parent and child report on parental practices regarding dietary, physical activity and sedentary behaviours: the ENERGY cross-sectional survey
Rebholz, Cornelia E; ChinAPaw, Mai JM; Van Stralen, Maartje; Bere, Elling; Bringolf, Bettina; De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse; Nataša, Jan; Kovacs, Eva; Maes, Lea; Manios, Yannis; Moreno, Luis; Singh, Amika S; Brug, Johannes; te Velde, Saskia J. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background: Parents and their parenting practices play an important role in shaping their children’s environment and energy-balance related behaviours (EBRBs). Measurement of parenting practices can be parent- or child-informed, ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Evaluation of the UP4FUN intervention: A cluster randomized trial to reduce and break up sitting time in European 10-12-year-old children
Vik, Frøydis Nordgård; Lien, Nanna; Berntsen, Sveinung; De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse; Grillenberger, Monika; Manios, Yannis; Kovacs, Eva; Chinapaw, Mai JM; Brug, Johannes; Bere, Elling (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)BACKGROUND: The UP4FUN intervention is a family-involved school-based intervention aiming at reducing and breaking up sitting time at home (with special emphasis on screen time), and breaking up sitting time in school ... -
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 ... -
The role of family-related factors in the effects of the UP4FUN school-based family-focused intervention targeting screen time in 10- to 12-year-old children: the ENERGY project
Van Lippevelde, Wendy; Bere, Elling; Verloigne, Maite; Van Stralen, Maartje; De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse; Lien, Nanna; Vik, Frøydis N.; Manios, Yannis; Grillenberger, Monika; Kovacs, Eva; ChinAPaw, Mai JM; Brug, Johannes; Maes, Lea (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background: Screen-related behaviours are highly prevalent in schoolchildren. Considering the adverse health effects and the relation of obesity and screen time in childhood, efforts to affect screen use in children are ...