Prevalence of overweight among Dutch primary school children living in JOGG and non-JOGG areas.

Background: One of the most influential integrated approaches towards reducing childhood obesity is EPODE, a program that has been translated to over 20 different countries worldwide.

Aim: The goal of this study was to explore how JOGG-the Dutch EPODE adaptation-might reduce overweight prevalence among children.

Methods: To compare whether overweight prevalence was different in JOGG areas vs.

The association between obesity-related legislation in the United States and adolescents' weight.

Effective obesity prevention requires intervening at all levels of society, including the governmental level. Policy interventions at the governmental level are especially promising as they tend to involve minimal individual effort while, at the same time, reach many people. The amount of state-level obesity-related legislation in the United States has increased over the years, and several laws were installed in contexts that reach young people, such as schools.

Dutch Adolescents' Everyday Expressions of Sexual Behavior Trajectories Over a 2-Year Period: A Mixed-Methods Study.

Using an extended definition of sexuality, this mixed-methods study builds on existing research into adolescents' emergent sexual development by longitudinally examining adolescents' sexual behavior trajectories (i.e., from less to more intimate sexual behavior).