Many Dutch municipalities implement a systems approach to promote health behavior among citizens. Learning communities (LCs) in these approaches enable stakeholders collaborate and learn from one another. To optimize LCs, insights are needed into how LCs create knowledge put it action. This study aimed describe the multidisciplinary participatory process develop rubric for about approaches. The development took form of questionnaire, was centred on municipal healthy weight approach....

Purpose The purpose of this study has three primary aims. first is to examine the amount time children spend per week on viewing vlogs. Second, authors explored children’s awareness and understanding brand or product placement in Finally, self-perceived susceptibility potential persuasive effects these Design/methodology/approach Self-reported measurements were assessed among ( N = 127, 10-13 years age). Findings Results indicate that majority frequently view vlogs their degree bonding with...

Most studies on social influencer marketing techniques have focused the promotion of unhealthy foods whereas little is known about healthier foods. The present experimental study investigated whether a popular real versus fictitious fit more successful in promoting healthy food products. In addition, we examined role parasocial interaction as an underlying mechanism product endorsement.We used randomized between-subject design with 154 participants (mean age: 24.0 years). Viewers' attitude...

Over the past years vlogs rapidly have become an attractive platform for food industries, sponsoring social media influencers to promote their products. As with more traditional media, predominantly unhealthy drinks and foods that are high in sugar, fat, salt—consumption of which may increase risk overweight, obesity, noncommunicable diseases. The aim current Brief Research Report is examine impact on children's dietary behaviors. Drawing longitudinal survey data from 453 8- 12-year-old...

Various Dutch municipalities apply healthy weight approaches (HWAs) to reduce overweight and obesity rates. Systems science theory suggests that HWA effectiveness may be increased by targeting leverage point themes (LPT) drive change across HWAs. Actions relating these LPTs can applied learning community (LC) members on different system levels varying from superficial deep. However, there is a knowledge gap about how LCs contribute changes LC members' perception of their impact. Therefore,...

Numerous studies have shown that people adjust their intake directly to of eating companions; they eat more when others more, and less inhibit intake. A potential explanation for this modeling effect is both companions' food becomes synchronized through processes behavioral mimicry. No study, however, has tested whether mimicry can partially account effect. To capture mimicry, real-time observations dyads young females having an evening meal were conducted. It was assessed depended on the...

Abstract Background People with intellectual disability have a poorer health status than the general population. In The Netherlands, support workers play key role in meeting needs of people disability. Research on how and their experience worker’s preventing, identifying, following up is scarce. To enhance it crucial that we understand delivered everyday practice. Therefore, this study investigated experiences Method Data collection consisted six focus group (FG) discussions between four...

The current study examined the effectiveness of a social network intervention to promote physical activity among adolescents. Social interventions utilize peer influence change behavior by identifying most influential individuals within networks (i.e., agents), and training them target behavior. A total 190 adolescents (46.32% boys; M age = 12.17, range: 11–14 years) were randomly allocated either or control condition. In condition, (based on nominations classmates) in each classroom trained...

The methodological quality and reporting practices of laboratory studies human eating behavior determine the validity replicability nutrition science. aim this research was to examine basic methodology in recent representative behavior. We examined (N = 140 studies) published during 2016. Basic (e.g., sample size, use participant blinding) information on characteristics) were assessed for each study. Some relating characteristics age, gender) study length washout periods within-subjects...

Cyberbullying rates among children are worrisome and the consequences of cyberbullying can be detrimental. Theory-based interventions to reduce lacking. Therefore, this study examined whether an online anti-cyberbullying intervention based on Theory Planned Behavior could increase children's intention intervene in incidents behalf victim. An experiment (N = 298, 10–12 years old) was conducted investigate positively affect behavioral victim via changes attitude, subjective norms, perceived...

People in vulnerable positions who need support their daily lives often face challenges receiving timely access to care; for instance, due disabilities or individual and situational vulnerabilities. There has been an increasing turn technology-mediated ways improve care, which raised ethical questions about the appropriateness inclusiveness of digitalising care requests. Specifically, people positions, digitalisation is meant facilitate requests healthcare resources simplify process...

This experimental study investigated the impact of peers on palatable food intake youngsters within a social media setting. To determine whether this effect was moderated by self-esteem, present examined roles global explicit self-esteem (ESE), body esteem (BE) and implicit (ISE).Participants (N = 118; 38.1% boys; M age 11.14±.79) were asked to play computer game while they believed interact online with same-sex normal-weight remote confederate (i.e., instructed peer) who ate either nothing,...

Effective and simple screening tools are needed to detect behaviors that established early in life have a significant influence on weight gain later life. Crowdsourcing could be novel potentially useful tool assess childhood predictors of adult obesity. This exploratory study examined whether crowdsourcing generate well-documented obesity research and, moreover, new directions for future uncovered. Participants were recruited through social media question-generation website, which they...

Youth are an important target group for social network interventions, because they particularly susceptible to the adaptation of healthy and unhealthy habits behaviors others. They surrounded by 'social influence agents' (i.e., role models such as family, friends peers) that co-determine their dietary intake physical activity. However, there is a lack systematic comprehensive research on implementation approach in health campaigns. The MyMovez project aims fill this gap developing method...

There is a need to stimulate physical activity among adolescents, but unfortunately, they are hard reach with traditional mass media interventions. A promising alternative carry out social network In interventions, small group of individuals (influence agents) selected promote health-related behaviors within their network. This study investigates whether intervention more effective activity, compared and no intervention. Adolescents (N = 446; M age 11.35, SD 1.34; 47% male) were randomly...

Background Social network interventions targeted at children and adolescents can have a substantial effect on their health behaviors, including physical activity. However, designing successful social is considerable research challenge. In this study, we rely analysis agent-based simulations to better understand capitalize the complex interplay of networks behaviors. More specifically, investigate criteria for selecting influence agents that be expected produce most interventions. Objective...

Positive associations exist between physical activity and happiness in adolescents. However, previous studies have mostly used self-reported measures cross-sectional designs. There is a need for more insight into the directionality duration of this association. The current study was first to investigate whether an increase leads adolescents become physically active when they are happier. These two effects were studied (on day-to-day basis) within days hour-to-hour basis).The data from...

The use of eHealth is more challenging for people with intellectual disabilities (IDs) than the general population because technologies often do not fit complex needs and living circumstances IDs. A translational gap exists between developed technology users' capabilities. User involvement approaches have been to overcome this mismatch during design, development, implementation processes technology. effectiveness received much scholarly attention, but little known about user approaches.In...

The physical and the social environment are important predictors of healthy weight, especially in low socioeconomic position (SEP) neighborhoods. Many Dutch municipalities have implemented a weight approach (HWA). Yet, there is room for improvement. This system science study examined what influences utilization HWA facilities activities, aspects can help to achieve desired systems change (also called leverage point themes (LPTs)) as perceived by citizens living SEP