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| A J SchuitSummaryAffiliation: National Institute for Public Health and the Environment Country: The Netherlands Publications
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Clustering of lifestyle risk factors in a general adult populationA Jantine Schuit
Department of Chronic Diseases Epidemiology, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, P O Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Prev Med 35:219-24. 2002..The objective of the study was to evaluate the degree of clustering of common lifestyle risk factors in a general adult population and to define subgroups with elevated clustering...
The effects of a 25% discount on fruits and vegetables: results of a randomized trial in a three-dimensional web-based supermarketWilma E Waterlander
Department of Health Sciences and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 9:11. 2012..The aim of this study is to examine the effects of a 25% discount on fruits and vegetables on food purchases in a supermarket environment...- Feasibility of multi-sector policy measures that create activity-friendly environments for children: results of a Delphi studyMarie Jeanne Aarts
Tilburg University, Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Department Tranzo, Scientific Center for Care and Welfare, PO Box 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg, The Netherlands
Implement Sci 6:128. 2011.... - Disagreement in physical activity assessed by accelerometer and self-report in subgroups of age, gender, education and weight statusSander M Slootmaker
EMGO Institute, Department of Public and Occupational Health, Research Center Physical Activity, Work and Health, TNO VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 6:17. 2009..abstract:.. - Validity of the modified Baecke questionnaire: comparison with energy expenditure according to the doubly labeled water methodEmmy M Hertogh
Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, PO Box 85500, 3508 GA, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 5:30. 2008..The Modified Baecke Questionnaire results in a score to classify people as high, moderate, or low in daily physical activity, based on tertiles... - Perceptions on the use of pricing strategies to stimulate healthy eating among residents of deprived neighbourhoods: a focus group studyWilma E Waterlander
Department of Health Sciences and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 7:44. 2010..abstract:.. - Five-year effect of community-based intervention Hartslag Limburg on quality of life: a longitudinal cohort studySaskia Pj Verkleij
Department of Health Sciences VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Health Qual Life Outcomes 9:11. 2011..Therefore, the effect of an integrative cardiovascular diseases community-based intervention programme 'Hartslag Limburg' on QoL after 5-years of intervention is studied... - Effect of an individually tailored one-year energy balance programme on body weight, body composition and lifestyle in recent retirees: a cluster randomised controlled trialAndrea Werkman
Wageningen University, Division of Human Nutrition, Wageningen, The Netherlands
BMC Public Health 10:110. 2010.... - Design of the sex hormones and physical exercise (SHAPE) studyEvelyn M Monninkhof
Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
BMC Public Health 7:232. 2007.... - Towards translation of environmental determinants of physical activity in children into multi-sector policy measures: study design of a Dutch projectMarie Jeanne Aarts
Tilburg University, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Department Tranzo, PO Box 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg, The Netherlands
BMC Public Health 9:396. 2009..Therefore this project identifies and evaluates the possibilities of multi-sector policy measures to stimulate physical activity in children... - Study protocol of a cluster randomised controlled trial investigating the effectiveness of a tailored energy balance programme for recent retireesAndrea Werkman
Division of Human Nutrition, Wageningen University, PO Box 8129, 6700 EV, Wageningen, The Netherlands
BMC Public Health 6:293. 2006..Hence, retirees are an important target group for weight gain prevention programmes, as described in the present paper... - Promoting physical activity using an activity monitor and a tailored web-based advice: design of a randomized controlled trial [ISRCTN93896459]Sander M Slootmaker
Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, Department of Occupational and Public Health, Research Centre Physical Activity, Work and Health, TNO VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
BMC Public Health 5:134. 2005..Providing feedback on the actual physical activity level by an activity monitor can increase awareness and may in combination with an individually tailored physical activity advice stimulate a physically active lifestyle... - Reliability and validity of the Activity Questionnaire for Adults and Adolescents (AQuAA)Mai J M Chinapaw
EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Department of Public and Occupational Health, VU University Medical Center, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
BMC Med Res Methodol 9:58. 2009..We evaluated the test-retest reliability and construct validity of the self-report Activity Questionnaire for Adults and Adolescents (AQuAA). The AQuAA is a commonly used questionnaire in Dutch youth... - The cost-effectiveness of increasing alcohol taxes: a modelling studyMatthijs van den Berg
Centre for Public Health Forecasting, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
BMC Med 6:36. 2008..In this paper, we estimate the cost-effectiveness of an alcohol tax increase for the entire Dutch population from a health-care perspective focusing on health benefits and health-care costs in alcohol users... - Moderately overweight and obese patients in general practice: a population based surveyLiset van Dijk
NIVEL, Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research, P, O, Box 1568, 3500 BN Utrecht, The Netherlands
BMC Fam Pract 7:43. 2006..The objective of this article is to evaluate GP consultation and prescription of drugs in moderate and severely overweight (obese) persons in the Netherlands... - Exercise training and heart rate variability in older peopleA J Schuit
Division of Human Nutrition and Epidemiology, Agricultural University Wageningen, The Netherlands
Med Sci Sports Exerc 31:816-21. 1999..The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of regular physical activity on HRV in older men and women... - Effect of 5-year community intervention Hartslag Limburg on cardiovascular risk factorsAlbertine J Schuit
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Am J Prev Med 30:237-42. 2006..The aim of this study was to investigate the net effect of a cardiovascular disease prevention program (Hartslag Limburg) on cardiovascular risk factors after 5 years of intervention... - [Physical activity in relation to sociodemographic variables and health status of adult men and women in Amsterdam, Doetinchen and Maastricht]A J Schuit
Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu, Centrum voor Chronische Ziekten Epidemiologie, Bilthoven
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 143:1559-64. 1999.... - Physical activity and cognitive decline, the role of the apolipoprotein e4 alleleA J Schuit
The National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Med Sci Sports Exerc 33:772-7. 2001..The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between level of physical activity and risk of cognitive decline at older age and its variation across carriers and noncarriers of the apolipoprotein e4 allele... - Physical activity and stroke. A meta-analysis of observational dataG C W Wendel-Vos
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Centre for Prevention and Health Services Research, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Int J Epidemiol 33:787-98. 2004..Based on studies published so far, the protective effect of physical activity on stroke remains controversial. Specifically, there is a lack of insight into the sources of heterogeneity between studies... - Physical inactivity: a risk factor for low back pain in the general population?H S J Picavet
National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Netherlands
J Epidemiol Community Health 57:517-8. 2003 - Reproducibility and relative validity of the short questionnaire to assess health-enhancing physical activityG C Wanda Wendel-Vos
Department for Chronic Diseases Epidemiology, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, P O Box 1, 3720 BA, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
J Clin Epidemiol 56:1163-9. 2003..The purpose of this study is to determine reproducibility and relative validity of the Short QUestionnaire to ASsess Health-enhancing physical activity (SQUASH)... - Are stress related factors associated with alcohol intake?A Jeanne M van Loon
National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Int J Behav Med 11:225-35. 2004..We conclude that stress-related factors are only marginally associated with a heavy alcohol intake compared with fair drinking, using the safe limits of drinking as cutoff point... 
Age, period and cohort effects on body weight and body mass index in adults: The Doetinchem Cohort StudyAstrid C J Nooyens
Division of Public Health, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment RIVM, Antonie van Leeuwenhoeklaan 9 PO Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Public Health Nutr 12:862-70. 2009..To study the development of body weight with ageing, in a general adult population, taking into account possible period and cohort effects...- Factors of the physical environment associated with walking and bicyclingG C Wanda Wendel-Vos
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Med Sci Sports Exerc 36:725-30. 2004..The purpose of this study was to identify factors of the physical environment that may influence time spent on walking and bicycling... - Effects of retirement on lifestyle in relation to changes in weight and waist circumference in Dutch men: a prospective studyAstrid C J Nooyens
Centre for Prevention and Health Services Research, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Public Health Nutr 8:1266-74. 2005..To study changes in lifestyle in relation to changes in body weight and waist circumference associated with occupational retirement in men... - Leisure time physical activity and health-related quality of life: cross-sectional and longitudinal associationsG C W Wendel-Vos
Centre for Prevention and Health Services Research, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Qual Life Res 13:667-77. 2004..Confirmation of our results by those of other studies is needed in order to quantify health promotion messages... - Exposure and effectiveness of phytosterol/-stanol-enriched margarinesN De Jong
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment RIVM, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Eur J Clin Nutr 61:1407-15. 2007..For postlaunch monitoring purposes including risk-benefit analyses, it is needed to investigate both exposure and effectiveness of these margarines... - Effect of strenuous exercise on fibrinogen and fibrinolysis in healthy elderly men and womenA J Schuit
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Agricultural University Wageningen, The Netherlands
Thromb Haemost 78:845-51. 1997..001). These data suggest that regular intensive activity may increase fibrinolytic activity in a moderate way, but also may cause chronically elevated plasma levels of acute phase proteins in elderly persons... - [Cost-effectiveness of prevention: opportunities for public health policy in the Netherlands]M Van den Berg
Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu, Bilthoven
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 152:1329-34. 2008..To gain insight into the cost-effectiveness of new preventive interventions... - Adolescent skinfold thickness is a better predictor of high body fatness in adults than is body mass index: the Amsterdam Growth and Health Longitudinal StudyAstrid C J Nooyens
Institute of Health Sciences, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Am J Clin Nutr 85:1533-9. 2007..Body mass index (BMI) during adolescence is predictive of BMI at adult age. However, BMI cannot distinguish between lean and fat body mass. Skinfold thickness may be a better predictor of body fatness... - Physical activity and breast cancer: a systematic reviewEvelyn M Monninkhof
University Medical Center Utrecht, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Epidemiology 18:137-57. 2007..Many epidemiologic studies have found an association between physical activity and breast cancer risk, although this has not been a consistent finding...