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| Saskia J te VeldeSummaryAffiliation: VU University Medical Center Country: The Netherlands Publications
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The neighborhood social environment and body mass index among youth: a mediation analysisJenny Veitch
Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, 3125, Australia
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 9:31. 2012....
Energy balance-related behaviours associated with overweight and obesity in preschool children: a systematic review of prospective studiesS J te Velde
EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Obes Rev 13:56-74. 2012....
Effects of a comprehensive fruit- and vegetable-promoting school-based intervention in three European countries: the Pro Children StudyS J te Velde
Room D439, EMGO Institute, VU University Medical Center, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Br J Nutr 99:893-903. 2008..Further strategies need to be developed that can improve implementation, have an impact on vegetable intake and can secure sustained effects...- Parental and home influences on adolescents' TV viewing: a mediation analysisSaskia J te Velde
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Int J Pediatr Obes 6:e364-72. 2011..To explore the association between home environmental variables and television (TV) time, and the mediating pathways underlying this association... - Modeling the long term health outcomes and cost-effectiveness of two interventions promoting fruit and vegetable intake among schoolchildrenSaskia J te Velde
EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, VU University Medical Center, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Econ Hum Biol 9:14-22. 2011..Extensive sensitivity analyses showed that the conclusions were sensitive to the discount rate and the proportion of effects that remains lifelong... - Mothers' involvement in a school-based fruit and vegetable promotion intervention is associated with increased fruit and vegetable intakes--the Pro Children studySaskia J te Velde
EMGO Institute, VU University Medical Center, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 5:48. 2008..Furthermore, associations between level of involvement in the project and improvement in the mothers' intake levels were assessed... - For whom and under what circumstances do school-based energy balance behavior interventions work? Systematic review on moderatorsMine Yildirim
Department of Public and Occupational Health, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Int J Pediatr Obes 6:e46-57. 2011..Consequently, there is lack of insight into what interventions work for whom. Future studies should apply stronger methodology to test moderating effects of important potential target group segmentations... - Differences in weight status and energy-balance related behaviors among schoolchildren across Europe: the ENERGY-projectJohannes Brug
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
PLoS ONE 7:e34742. 2012..Current data on the prevalence of overweight and energy-balance behaviors among European children is necessary to inform overweight prevention interventions... - EuropeaN Energy balance Research to prevent excessive weight Gain among Youth (ENERGY) project: Design and methodology of the ENERGY cross-sectional surveyMaartje M van Stralen
Department of Public and Occupational Health, VU University Medical Center, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
BMC Public Health 11:65. 2011..This paper describes the design, methodology and protocol of the survey... - Evidence-based development of school-based and family-involved prevention of overweight across Europe: the ENERGY-project's design and conceptual frameworkJohannes Brug
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
BMC Public Health 10:276. 2010..Schools are an important setting for health promotion in this age group, but school-based interventions mostly fail to target and involve the family environment... - Differences in fruit and vegetable intake and their determinants among 11-year-old schoolchildren between 2003 and 2009Claudia Fischer
The EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, VU University Medical Center, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 8:141. 2011.... - Birthweight and arterial stiffness and blood pressure in adulthood--results from the Amsterdam Growth and Health Longitudinal StudySaskia J te Velde
Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine (EMGO-Institute, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Int J Epidemiol 33:154-61. 2004..However, the latter relationship can only partly explain the association between birthweight and blood pressure. Therefore, mechanisms other than arterial stiffness contribute to the birthweight-blood pressure relationship... - Ethnic differences in 1-year follow-up effect of the Dutch Schoolgruiten Project - promoting fruit and vegetable consumption among primary-school childrenNannah I Tak
EMGO Institute, VU University Medical Center, Van der Boerchorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Public Health Nutr 10:1497-507. 2007..To evaluate the effect of a primary school-based intervention providing free fruit and vegetables (F&V), separately for children of Dutch and of non-Western ethnicity... - A birth-weight questionnaire indicated that life style modifies the birth weight and metabolic syndrome relationship at age 36Saskia J te Velde
Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Clin Epidemiol 58:1172-9. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: Lower birth weight increased the risk for having at least two components of the metabolic syndrome. Smoking, being less physical active or fit, have an unfavorable diet at age 32 adds to this risk... - Taste preferences, liking and other factors related to fruit and vegetable intakes among schoolchildren: results from observational studiesJohannes Brug
EMGO Institute, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Br J Nutr 99:S7-S14. 2008..Study 2 shows that taste preferences were the strongest mediator of gender differences in FV intakes among children; the fact that girls eat more could for a large extend be explained by there stronger taste preferences... - Long-term effects of the Dutch Schoolgruiten Project--promoting fruit and vegetable consumption among primary-school childrenNannah I Tak
EMGO Institute, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, VU University Medical Centre, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Public Health Nutr 12:1213-23. 2009..In addition, we assessed whether children's appreciation of the project mediated these intervention effects... - Birth weight and musculoskeletal health in 36-year-old men and women: results from the Amsterdam Growth and Health Longitudinal StudySaskia J te Velde
Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Officia 1, De Boelelaan 7, 1083 HJ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Osteoporos Int 15:382-8. 2004..Furthermore, FFM was not identified as a link between birth weight and musculoskeletal health... - Study protocol of physical activity and sedentary behaviour measurement among schoolchildren by accelerometry--cross-sectional survey as part of the ENERGY-projectMine Yildirim
Department of Public and Occupational Health and The EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
BMC Public Health 11:182. 2011..The aim of this study was to evaluate the best evidence for the decisions on data collection and data processing with accelerometers among children resulting in a standardized protocol for use in the participating countries... - Evaluation of nationwide health promotion campaigns in The Netherlands: an exploration of practices, wishes and opportunitiesJohannes Brug
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Health Promot Int 26:244-54. 2011..Next to additional budget and a longer-term planning, input from external experts regarding evaluation research designs are needed for evaluation improvement... - Genetic and environmental influences on individual differences in sedentary behavior during adolescence: a twin-family studyNiels van der Aa
EMGO Institute for Health and CareResearch VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 166:509-14. 2012..To investigate the degree to which genetic and environmental influences affect individual differences in sedentary behavior throughout adolescence... - Birth weight, adult body composition, and subcutaneous fat distributionSaskia J te Velde
Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, Amsterdam Growth and Health Research Group, Department of Social Medicine, Centre for Physical Activity, Work and Health, TNO VU, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Obes Res 11:202-8. 2003..DISCUSSION: Lower birth weight is, in both adult men and women, related to a higher adult subcutaneous fat mass and a more truncal distribution of subcutaneous fat, indicating a higher risk for obesity... - Mediators of the effect of the JUMP-in intervention on physical activity and sedentary behavior in Dutch primary schoolchildren from disadvantaged neighborhoodsMaartje M van Stralen
EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research and the Department of Public and Occupational Health, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 9:131. 2012..abstract:.. - Are positive changes in potential determinants associated with increased fruit and vegetable intakes among primary schoolchildren? Results of two intervention studies in the Netherlands: the Schoolgruiten Project and the Pro Children StudyNannah I Tak
EMGO Institute, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 5:21. 2008..Data were used from two intervention studies in the Netherlands: the Schoolgruiten Project and the Pro Children Study...