Browsing Scientific publications in Public Health and Nutrition by Author "Bere, Elling"
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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) ... -
Evaluating free school fruit: results from a natural experiment in Norway with representative data
Øvrum, Arnstein; Bere, Elling (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Objective: To assess impacts of the nationwide Norwegian School Fruit Scheme (NSFS) using nationally representative data. Design: The NSFS is organized such that primary-school children (grades 1–7) are randomly assigned ... -
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 ... -
Evidence-based development of school-based and family-involved prevention of overweight across Europe: The ENERGY-project's design and conceptual framework
Brug, Johannes; te Velde, Saskia J.; Chinapaw, Mai; Bere, Elling; De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse; Moore, Helen; Maes, Lea; Jensen, Jorgen; Manios, Yannis; Lien, Nanna; Klepp, Knut-Inge; Lobstein, Tim; Martens, Marloes; Salmon, Jo; Singh, Amika S. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)Background: There is an urgent need for more carefully developed public health measures in order to curb the obesity epidemic among youth. The overall aim of the "EuropeaN Energy balance Research to prevent excessive weight ... -
Family sociodemographic characteristics as correlates of children's breakfast habits and weight status in eight European countries. The ENERGY (EuropeaN Energy balance Research to prevent excessive weight gain among youth) project
Manios, Yannis; Moschonis, George; Androutsos, Odysseas; Filippou, Christina; Van Lippevelde, Wendy; Vik, Frøydis Nordgård; te Velde, Saskia J; Jan, Natasa; Dössegger, Alain; Bere, Elling; Molnár, Dénes; Moreno, Luis A; Chinapaw, Mai JM; De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse; Brug, Johannes (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Objective: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the associations of family sociodemographic characteristics with children’s weight status and whether these potential associations are mediated by children’s ... -
Free school fruit: can an extra piece of fruit every school day contribute to the prevention of future weight gain? A cluster randomized trial
Bere, Elling; Klepp, Knut-Inge; Øverby, Nina Cecilie (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background: Several school fruit programs are initiated with the aim to improve diet and thereby contribute to reduce the prevalence of overweight. To date, no published studies have demonstrated that school fruit schemes ... -
Individual and family environmental correlates of television and computer time in 10- to 12-year-old European children: The ENERGY-project Energy balance-related behaviors
Verloigne, Maïté; Van Lippevelde, Wendy; Bere, Elling; Manios, Yannis; Kovács, Éva; Grillenberger, Monika; Maes, Lea; Brug, Johannes; De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Background: The aim was to investigate which individual and family environmental factors are related to television and computer time separately in 10- to-12-year-old children within and across five European countries ... -
Is the term 'Mediterranean diet' a misnomer?
Bere, Elling; Brug, Johannes (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)OBJECTIVE: A greater adherence to what has been labelled the Mediterranean diet is associated with a significant improvement in health status. However, it is unclear what this diet really contains. The objective of the ... -
Is there such a thing as sustainable physical Activity?
Bjørnarå, Helga Birgit; Torstveit, Monica Klungland; Stea, Tonje Holte; Bere, Elling (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)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 ... -
Large proportions of overweight and obese children, as well as their parents, underestimate children's weight status across Europe.
Bere, Elling; Manios, Yannis; Moschonis, George; Karatzi, Kalliopi; Androutsos, Odysseas; Chinapaw, Mai; Moreno, Luis A.; Molnar, Denes; Jan, Natasha; Dössegger, Alain; De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse; Singh, Amika; Brug, Johannes (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Objective: To investigate the magnitude and country-specific differences in under- estimation of children’s weight status by children and their parents in Europe and to further explore its associations with family ... -
Meal pattern among Norwegian primary-school children and longitudinal associations between meal skipping and weight status
Stea, Tonje Holte; Vik, Frøydis Nordgård; Bere, Elling; Svendsen, Martin Veel; Oellingrath, Inger Margaret (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Objective: To investigate meal pattern longitudinally and explore whether meal skipping was associated with overweight among Norwegian children and adolescents. Design: Longitudinal study. Children’s meal frequencies were ... -
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 ... -
Nature trips and traditional methods for food procurement in relation to weight status
Bere, Elling; Westersjø, Johne H. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Aims: The purpose of this study is to assess the relationships between trips in nature, gathering of wild plants, fishing and hunting and weight status. Methods: Data from a cross-sectional questionnaire survey of 996 ... -
One year of free school fruit in Norway - 7 years of follow-up
Bere, Elling; te Velde, Saskia J.; Småstuen, Milada C; Twisk, Jos; Klepp, Knut Inge (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015) -
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 ... -
Patterns of objectively measured sedentary time in 10- to 12-year-old Belgian children: an observational study within the ENERGY-project
Verloigne, Maité; Ridgers, Nicola D; Chinapaw, Mai; Altenburg, Teatske M; Bere, Elling; Lippevelde, Wendy Van; Cardon, Greet; Brug, Johannes; Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse De (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background: This study examined the frequency of and differences in sedentary bouts of different durations and the total time spent in sedentary bouts on a weekday, a weekend day, during school hours, during after-school ... -
Physical activity when riding an electric assisted bicycle
Berntsen, Sveinung; Malnes, Lena Hansen; Langåker, Aleksander; Bere, Elling (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background: The objectives of the present study were to compare time spent cycling, exercise intensity, and time spent in moderate- (MPA) and vigorous intensity physical activity (VPA) when cycling on an E-bike and a ... -
Predictors and mediators of differences in soft drinks consumption according to gender and plans of further education among Norwegian secondary-school children
Hilsen, Marit; te Velde, Saskia J.; Bere, Elling; Brug, Johannes (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)Objective: To explore mediators of gender and educational differences in sugar-sweetened soft drinks consumption (SDC) and whether gender and level of future education moderate the associations of accessibility, modelling, ...