• 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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. ...
    • 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 ...