Project

Testing of the ecological model to explain physical activity and overweight in children and adolescents

Code

01J13408

Duration

01 January 2008 → 30 September 2013

Funding

Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund

Promotor

Greet Cardon

Research disciplines

Social sciences
- Education curriculum
Medical and health sciences
- Paediatrics and neonatology
- Paediatrics and neonatology
- Public health care
- Public health sciences
- Public health services
- Nursing
- Paediatrics and neonatology

Keywords

overweight children physical activity adolescents environment

Project description

The present research project evaluates in which degree the variance in physical activity and overweight status can be explained by environmental factors in children and adolescents. The perceived as well as the objective environment are studied (home and school environment). The study also tests the cumulative model by taking individual factors into account.