International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (Nov 2017)
Determinants of diet and physical activity (DEDIPAC): a summary of findings
- Johannes Brug,
- Hidde P. van der Ploeg,
- Anne Loyen,
- Wolfgang Ahrens,
- Oliver Allais,
- Lene F. Andersen,
- Greet Cardon,
- Laura Capranica,
- Sebastien Chastin,
- Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij,
- Marieke De Craemer,
- Alan Donnelly,
- Ulf Ekelund,
- Paul Finglas,
- Marion Flechtner-Mors,
- Antje Hebestreit,
- Thomas Kubiak,
- Massimo Lanza,
- Nanna Lien,
- Ciaran MacDonncha,
- Mario Mazzocchi,
- Pablo Monsivais,
- Marie Murphy,
- Mary Nicolaou,
- Ute Nöthlings,
- Donal J. O’Gorman,
- Britta Renner,
- Gun Roos,
- Matthijs van den Berg,
- Matthias B. Schulze,
- Jürgen M. Steinacker,
- Karien Stronks,
- Dorothee Volkert,
- Jeroen Lakerveld,
- on behalf of the DEDIPAC consortium
Affiliations
- Johannes Brug
- Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR), University of Amsterdam
- Hidde P. van der Ploeg
- Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, VU University Medical Center
- Anne Loyen
- Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, VU University Medical Center
- Wolfgang Ahrens
- Leibniz-Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology – BIPS
- Oliver Allais
- INRA, UR1303 ALISS
- Lene F. Andersen
- Department of Nutrition, University of Oslo
- Greet Cardon
- Department of Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent University
- Laura Capranica
- Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome Foro Italico
- Sebastien Chastin
- Department of Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent University
- Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij
- Department of Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent University
- Marieke De Craemer
- Department of Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent University
- Alan Donnelly
- Centre for Physical Activity and Health Research, University of Limerick
- Ulf Ekelund
- Norwegian Institute of Public Health
- Paul Finglas
- Institute of Food Research
- Marion Flechtner-Mors
- Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Sports and Rehabilitation Medicine, University Ulm
- Antje Hebestreit
- Leibniz-Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology – BIPS
- Thomas Kubiak
- Johannes Gutenberg University
- Massimo Lanza
- Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences
- Nanna Lien
- Department of Nutrition, University of Oslo
- Ciaran MacDonncha
- Health Research Institute, University of Limerick
- Mario Mazzocchi
- Department of Statistical Sciences of the University of Bologna
- Pablo Monsivais
- Centre for Diet and Activity Research, MRC-Epidemiology Unit, School of Medicine, University of Cambridge
- Marie Murphy
- Sport & Exercise Sciences Research Institute, Ulster University
- Mary Nicolaou
- Department of Public Health, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam
- Ute Nöthlings
- Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
- Donal J. O’Gorman
- 3U Diabetes, School of Health and Human Performance, Dublin City University
- Britta Renner
- Department of Psychology, University of Konstanz
- Gun Roos
- Consumption Research Norway, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences
- Matthijs van den Berg
- Department of Prevention & Nutrition, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment
- Matthias B. Schulze
- Department of Molecular Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke
- Jürgen M. Steinacker
- Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Sports and Rehabilitation Medicine, University Ulm
- Karien Stronks
- Department of Public Health, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam
- Dorothee Volkert
- Institute for Biomedicine of Aging, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
- Jeroen Lakerveld
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, VU University Medical Center
- on behalf of the DEDIPAC consortium
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-017-0609-5
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 14,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 24
Abstract
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.
Keywords
- Determinants of health behaviours
- Dietary behaviour
- Europe
- Physical activity
- Policy evaluation
- Sedentary behaviour
