The lives of families across Europe have been affected substantially by the COVID-19 pandemic. To understand how the pandemic and country-specific responses to it have influenced families of children with obesity, we interviewed parents from […]
The goal of the Drink Up campaign, a collaboration between the Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA) and First Lady Michelle Obama, was to deliver a clear, actionable, and positive message to shift the population […]
As a part of our project, Tina M. Lowrey and L. J. Shrum (HEC Paris) are collaborating with IMZTR/No Excuse Slovenia to develop and test a social marketing school-based intervention to tackle childhood obesity among […]
Today, young people under the age of 25 represent the largest part of the population. As our next generation of leaders, policymakers and workforce, we need to ensure youth health is a focal point of […]
It is not uncommon for the views and positions of stakeholders involved in a project to differ. Nonetheless, given their unique expertise, their individual contribution shouldn’t be undermined. Stakeholder engagement is a central component of […]
To promote a shared understanding of the challenges and necessity for joint actions to define and implement solutions for childhood obesity, we aim to recommend to national authorities and the European Commission a sustainability plan […]
To strengthen interdisciplinary research and foster participatory and inclusive multi-actor approaches, STOP engages with different stakeholder groups in a systematic way. The aim of this engagement is to build a space in which multiple stakeholders […]
On September 2nd, 2020, EU-projects CO-CREATE, STOP and PEN met at ECO/ICO 2020 for a joint symposium where they discussed how the three projects are trying to address some unresolved challenges around childhood obesity and […]
Food environments influence dietary choices that can have a significant impact on the prevention of childhood obesity. Many food environment interventions have been undertaken at the school level but evidence of their effectiveness in the […]
In Sweden, child health care (CHC) nurses play a key role in preventing children’s overweight and obesity, and understanding underlying factors that influence these conversations is crucial to offer support to families. We interviewed 17 […]
