Determinants of diet and physical activity (DEDIPAC): a summary of findings

Brug J, Van Der Ploeg HP, Loyen A, Ahrens W, Allais O, Andersen LF, Cardon G, Capranica L, Chastin S, De Bourdeaudhuij I, De Craemer M, Donnelly A, Ekelund U, Finglas P, Flechtner-Mors M, Hebestreit A, Kubiak T, Lanza M, Lien N, Macdonncha C, Mazzocchi M, Monsivais P, Murphy M, Nicolaou M, Nothlings U, O'Gorman DJ, Renner B, Roos G, Van Den Berg M, Schulze MB, Steinacker JM, Stronks K, Volkert D, Lakerveld J (2017)

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2017

Journal

Publisher: BIOMED CENTRAL LTD

Book Volume: 14

DOI: 10.1186/s12966-017-0609-5

Abstract

The establishment of the Determinants of Diet and Physical Activity (DEDIPAC) Knowledge Hub, 2013-2016, was the first action taken by the 'Healthy Diet for a Healthy Life' European Joint Programming Initiative. DEDIPAC aimed to provide better insight into the determinants of diet, physical activity and sedentary behaviour across the life course, i.e. insight into the causes of the causes of important, non-communicable diseases across Europe and beyond. DEDIPAC was launched in late 2013, and delivered its final report in late 2016. In this paper we give an overview of what was achieved in terms of furthering measurement and monitoring, providing overviews of the state-of-the-art in the field, and building toolboxes for further research and practice. Additionally, we propose some of the next steps that are now required to move forward in this field, arguing in favour of 1) sustaining the Knowledge Hub and developing it into a European virtual research institute and knowledge centre for determinants of behavioural nutrition and physical activity with close links to other parts of the world; 2) establishing a cohort study of families across all regions of Europe focusing specifically on the individual and contextual determinants of major, non-communicable disease; and 3) furthering DEDIPAC's work on nutrition, physical activity, and sedentary behaviour policy evaluation and benchmarking across Europe by aligning with other international initiatives and by supporting harmonisation of pan-European surveillance.

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French National Institute for Agricultural Research / Institut Nationale de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) France (FR) Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet) Norway (NO) Deutsches Institut für Ernährungsforschung (DIfE) Germany (DE) Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) / University Amsterdam Netherlands (NL) Netherlands National Institute for Public Health and the Environment / Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (RIVM) Netherlands (NL) Universiteit Gent (UGent) / Ghent University Belgium (BE) University of Amsterdam Netherlands (NL) Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (JGU) Germany (DE) University of Cambridge United Kingdom (GB) University of Limerick Ireland (IE) Universität Ulm Germany (DE) University of Ulster United Kingdom (GB) University of Verona / Università degli Studi di Verona Italy (IT) Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) / Folkehelseinstituttet Norway (NO) University of Bologna / Università di Bologna Italy (IT) Università degli Studi di Roma "Foro Italico" Italy (IT) Dublin City University (DCU) Ireland (IE) Leibniz-Institut für Präventionsforschung und Epidemiologie - BIPS GmbH Germany (DE) Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn Germany (DE) University of Oslo Norway (NO) Quadram Institute United Kingdom (GB) Universität Konstanz Germany (DE)

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APA:

Brug, J., Van Der Ploeg, H.P., Loyen, A., Ahrens, W., Allais, O., Andersen, L.F.,... Lakerveld, J. (2017). Determinants of diet and physical activity (DEDIPAC): a summary of findings. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 14. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12966-017-0609-5

MLA:

Brug, Johannes, et al. "Determinants of diet and physical activity (DEDIPAC): a summary of findings." International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 14 (2017).

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