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Project

Bottom-up versus Top-Down strategy for decreasing soft drink consumption in secondary schools
Code
365D1207
Duration
01 March 2007 → 31 January 2008
Funding
Funding by bilateral agreement (private and foundations)
Research disciplines
  • Social sciences
    • Education curriculum
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Laboratory medicine
    • Palliative care and end-of-life care
    • Regenerative medicine
    • Other basic sciences
    • Laboratory medicine
    • Palliative care and end-of-life care
    • Regenerative medicine
    • Other clinical sciences
    • Public health care
    • Public health sciences
    • Public health services
    • Other health sciences
    • Nursing
    • Other paramedical sciences
    • Laboratory medicine
    • Palliative care and end-of-life care
    • Regenerative medicine
    • Other translational sciences
    • Other medical and health sciences
Keywords
adolescents schools soft drinks
 
Project description

Overweight and obesity among adolescents has increased alarmingly during the past decades. The school environment can have an enormous can have an enormous impact on adolescents' eating behaviours. The purpose of this project is to develop, implement and evaluate two strategies (top-down versus buttom-up) to change the soft drink availability in secondary schools.