• Applying a systems perspective to understand the mechanisms of the European School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme 

      Zolfaghari, Mahshid; Meshkovska, Biljana; Banik, Anna; Kamphuis, Carlijn B.M.; Kopainsky, Birgit; Luszczynska, Aleksandra; Murrin, Celine M.; Lien, Nanna (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Background For the past two decades, the percentage of European children who consume fruit daily has remained at around 40%, despite numerous school-based policy efforts and interventions. This study aimed to apply a ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...