• Adolescents’ Perspectives on the Drivers of Obesity Using a Group Model Building Approach: A South African Perspective 

      Hendricks, Gaironeesa; Savona, Natalie; Rodriguez, Anaely Aguiar; Alaba, Olufunke; Booley, Sharmilah; Malczyk, Sonia; Nwosu, Emmanuel; Knai, Cecile; Rutter, Harry; Klepp, Knut Inge; Harbron, Janetta (Journal article, 2022)
      Overweight and obesity increase the risk of a range of poor physiological and psychosocial health outcomes. Previous work with well-defined cohorts has explored the determinants of obesity and employed various methods and ...
    • Changes in diet through adolescence and early adulthood: longitudinal trajectories and association with key life transitions. 

      Winpenny, Eleanor; van Sluijs, Esther M F; White, Martin; Klepp, Knut Inge; Wold, Bente; Lien, Nanna (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-09-10)
      Background: Early adulthood is a period associated with poor diet and rapid weight gain. This is also an age of transition, including environmental, social and lifestyle changes which may be associated with changes in diet. ...
    • Cross-national variation in the association between family structure and overweight and obesity: Findings from the Health Behaviour in School-aged children (HBSC) study 

      Fismen, Anne-Siri; Smith, Otto Robert Frans; Helleve, Arnfinn; Haug, Ellen Merethe Melingen; Chatelan, Angeline; Kelly, Colette; Dzielska, Anna; Nardone, Paola; Melkumova, Marina; Ercan, Oya; Kopcakova, Jaroslava; Lazzeri, Giacomo; Klepp, Knut Inge; Samdal, Oddrun (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Background Trends of increased complexity in family structure have developed alongside increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity. This study examines cross-national variations in the likelihood of living with ...
    • Encouraging greater empowerment for adolescents in consent procedures in social science research and policy projects 

      Samdal, Oddrun; Ljøsne, Isabelle Sylvie Budin; Haug, Ellen Merethe Melingen; Helland, Trond; Kjostarova-Unkovska, Lina; Bouillon, Claire; Bröer, Christian; Corell, Maria; Cosma, Alina; Currie, Dorothy; Eriksson, Charli; Felder-Puig, Rosemarie; Gaspar, Tania; Hagquist, Curt; Harbron, Janetta; Jåstad, Atle; Kelly, Colette; Knai, Cecile; Kleszczewska, Dorota; Kysnes, Bjarte Birkeland; Lien, Nanna; Luszczynska, Aleksandra; Moerman, Gerben; Moreno-Maldonado, Concepcion; NicGabhainn, Saoirse; Pudule, Iveta; Rakic, Jelena Gudelj; Rito, Ana; Rønnestad, Alfred Mestad; Ulstein, Madeleine; Rutter, Harry; Klepp, Knut Inge (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child emphasizes the importance of allowing children and adolescents to influence decisions that are important to them following their age and maturity. This paper explores ...
    • Ethical considerations in engaging young people in European obesity prevention research: The CO-CREATE experience 

      Ljøsne, Isabelle Sylvie Budin; Ayuandini, Sherria; Baillergeau, Evelyne; Bröer, Christian; Helleve, Arnfinn; Klepp, Knut Inge; Kysnes, Bjarte Birkeland; Lien, Nanna; Luszczynska, Aleksandra; Nesrallah, Samantha; Rito, Ana; Rutter, Harry; Samdal, Oddrun; Savona, Natalie; Veltkamp, Gerlieke (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Engaging youth in obesity prevention research and policy action is essential to develop strategies that are relevant and sensitive to their needs. Research with young people requires critical reflection to safeguard their ...
    • Learning from the CO-CREATE project: A protocol for systems thinking across research (STAR) 

      Knai, Cécile; Savona, Natalie; Finegood, Diane; Aguiar Rodriguez, Anaely; Blanchard, Laurence; Conway-Moore, Kaitlin; Helleve, Arnfinn; Klepp, Knut Inge; Lien, Nanna; Luszczynska, Aleksandra; Vlad, Ioana; Rønnestad, Alfred Mestad; Rutter, Harry (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      The CO-CREATE project aimed to work with young people to create, inform, and disseminate obesity-preventive evidence-based policies using a complex systems perspective. This paper draws lessons from this experience and ...
    • 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 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 ...