Code
01J13408
Duration
01 January 2008 → 30 September 2013
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Social sciences
- Education curriculum
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Medical and health sciences
- Pediatrics and neonatology
- Pediatrics and neonatology
- Public health care
- Public health sciences
- Public health services
- Nursing
- Pediatrics 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.