• Identifying the views of adolescents in five european countries on the drivers of obesity using group model building 

      Savona, Natalie; Macauley, Talia; Aguiar Rodriguez, Anaely; Banik, Anna; Boberska, Monika; Brock, Jessica; Brown, Andrew; Hayward, Joshua; Holbæk, Helene; Rito, Ana Isabel; Mendes, Sofia; Vaaheim, Fredrik; Van Houten, Marloes; Veltkamp, Gerlieke; Allender, Steven; Rutter, Harry; Knai, Cécile (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Background: To make effective progress towards a global reduction in obesity prevalence, there needs to be a focus on broader structural factors, beyond individual-level drivers of diet and physical activity. This article ...
    • Overweight and obesity prevention for and with adolescents: The “Confronting obesity: Co-creating policy with youth” (CO-CREATE) project 

      Klepp, Knut Inge; Helleve, Arnfinn; Brinsden, Hannah; Bröer, Christian; Ljøsne, Isabelle Sylvie Budin; Harbron, Janetta; Knai, Cecile; Lien, Nanna; Luszczynska, Aleksandra; Nesrallah, Samantha; Oldrigde-Turner, Kate; Rito, Ana; Samdal, Oddrun; Savona, Natalie; Stensdal, Maja K; Allender, Steven; Hoelscher, Deanna M; Rutter, Harry (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      The CO-CREATE project focuses on the need for research on obesity prevention in adolescents to move away from studies of single interventions, toward the investigation of systems-based research incorporating youth involvement. ...
    • System dynamics simulation models on overweight and obesity in children and adolescents: A systematic review 

      Aguiar, Anaely; Gebremariam, Mekdes Kebede; Romanenko, Eduard; Onal, Furkan; Kopainsky, Birgit; Savona, Natalie; Brown, Andrew; Allender, Steven; Lien, Nanna (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      It has increasingly been recognized that developing successful obesity prevention policies and interventions requires understanding of the complex mechanisms driving the obesity pandemic and that models could be useful ...
    • System mapping with adolescents: Using group model building to map the complexity of obesity 

      Savona, Natalie; Brown, Andrew; Macauley, Talia; Aguiar Rodriguez, Anaely; Hayward, Josh; Ayuandini, Sherria; Habron, Janetta; Grewal, Navnit Kaur; Luszczynska, Aleksandra; Mendes, Sofia; Klepp, Knut Inge; Rutter, Harry; Allender, Steven; Knai, Cécile (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Public health research and practice is increasingly employing systems thinking to help grapple with complex issues, from obesity to HIV treatment. At the same time, there is growing recognition that to address a given ...