• Associations between social media, adolescent mental health, and diet: A systematic review 

      Blanchard, Laurence; Conway-Moore, Kaitlin; Aguiar Rodriguez, Anaely; Onal, Furkan; Rutter, Harry; Helleve, Arnfinn; Nwosu, Emmanuel; Falcone, Jane; Savona, Natalie; Boyland, Emma; Knai, Cécile (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Social media use is integral to many adolescents' lives. It brings benefits but can also have detrimental effects on both physical and mental health. We conducted a systematic review examining associations between social ...
    • Co-creating obesity prevention policies with youth: Policy ideas generated through the CO-CREATE project 

      Conway-Moore, Kaitlin; Cecile, Knai; Finegood, Diane; Johnston, Lee; Brinsden, Hannah; Aguiar, Anaely; Kopainsky, Birgit; Onal, Furkan; Helleve, Arnfinn; Klepp, Knut-Inge; Lien, Nanna; Luszczynska, Aleksandra; Rito, Ana Isabel; Mestad Rønnestad, Alfred; Ulstein, Madeleine; Blanchard, Laurence; Savona, Natalie; Rutter, Harry (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Despite growing recognition of the importance of applying a systems lens to action on obesity, there has only been limited analysis of the extent to which this lens has actually been applied. The CO-CREATE project used a ...
    • 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 ...
    • Longitudinal relationship between adolescents' mental health, energy balance-related behavior, and anthropometric changes 

      Nwosu, Emmanuel; Makwambeni, Patricia; Herstad, Sondre Haugsbø; Etsebeth, Hanli; Hendricks, Gaironeesa; Aguiar Rodriguez, Anaely; Alaba, Olufunke; Blanchard, Laurence; Fismen, Anne-Siri; Lien, Nanna; Harbron, Janetta (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Energy balance-related behaviors (EBRBs) are considered the immediate causes of adolescents' body weight increases, but adolescents have identified mental health as a contributor. Cross-sectional studies have reported ...
    • 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 ...
    • Understanding the dynamics emerging from the interplay among poor mental wellbeing, energy balance-related behaviors, and obesity prevalence in adolescents: A simulation-based study 

      Aguiar, Anaely; Onal, Furkan; Hendricks, Gaironeesa; Blanchard, Laurence; Romanenko, Eduard; Fismen, Anne-Siri; Nwosu, Emmanuel; Herstad, Sondre Haugsbø; Savona, Natalie; Harbron, Janetta; Cecile, Knai; Samdal, Oddrun; Rutter, Harry; Lien, Nanna; Jalali, Mohammad S.; Kopainsky, Birgit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Both obesity and poor mental wellbeing have a high prevalence in European youth. Adolescents in six countries identified mental wellbeing factors as main drivers of youth obesity through systems mapping. This study sought ...