Publications by authors named "F J van Lenthe"
Background: Over the past decades, the prevalence of obesity among adults has rapidly increased, particularly in socioeconomically deprived urban neighbourhoods. To better understand the complex mechanisms behind this trend, we created a system map exposing the underlying system driving obesity prevalence in socioeconomically deprived urban neighbourhoods over the last three decades in the Netherlands.
Methods: We conducted Group Model Building (GMB) sessions with a group of thirteen interdisciplinary experts to develop a Causal Loop Diagram (CLD) of the obesogenic system.
Article Synopsis
- - Prior research shows that residents with a strong sense of neighborhood cohesion tend to have better mental and physical health compared to those with lower cohesion, but it was unclear if changing these perceptions affects health over time.
- - This study analyzed data from Dutch adults over 17 years using specific statistical models, finding that higher perceived neighborhood social cohesion correlates with better self-assessed health (SAH), but changes in individual perceptions did not significantly impact SAH.
- - The study did not find significant differences in the effect of social cohesion by age, educational level, or gender, suggesting that enhancing social cohesion in neighborhoods could be an effective public health strategy.
Educational inequalities in sports participation remain a public health issue in the Netherlands. Combining structurally based resources from Pierre Bourdieu's theory of capital with Amartya Sen's conceptualization of individual agency may offer new insights into the complex mechanisms that drive these inequalities. Specifically, we posited that the way individuals are able to exercise their agency within the structurally based economic, social, and cultural resources they have access to may help explain educational inequalities in sports participation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Adoption of standalone eHealth tools is low among persons in lower socioeconomic groups. The preventive integrated eHealth approach combines blended care with an active and personal approach to facilitate access to local care, tailored to the needs of the participant. We describe the four step preventive integrated eHealth approach for individuals with a low socioeconomic position and the realist evaluation protocol of the intervention and implementation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Focussing on appetitive traits associated with obesity, this study aimed to estimate the association between the fast-food environment and satiety responsiveness, enjoyment of food and food responsiveness.
Methods: We used data from the Generation R Study. We included 2008 children with repeated measurements at the age of 4-10 years old.