Article
Behavioral Sciences
Lily Hawkins, Claire Farrow, Jason M. Thomas
Summary: Experimental findings suggest that exposure to socially endorsed images of LED food on social media may influence individuals' eating behavior, prompting them to consume more low energy-dense foods.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
L. H. H. Winkens, N. R. den Braver, J. D. Mackenbach, M. Visser, E. De Vet
Summary: This study aimed to investigate whether mindful eating moderates the association between exposure to fast-food around the home and unhealthy food intake. The findings showed that only two domains of mindful eating had significant interaction effects with the relative density of fast-food outlets on saturated fat intake. The results suggest that mindful eating does not buffer against the influence of a food-abundant environment on unhealthy food intake.
Article
Food Science & Technology
Armelle Garcia, Suzanne Higgs, Anne Lluch, Nicolas Darcel, Olga Davidenko
Summary: This study found that the perception of dietary changes by household members and relatives was associated with individual's dietary adjustments during lockdown. Positive perception from household members was more likely to help individuals maintain increased food consumption during this period.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Reinoud Moojen, Marleen Gillebaart, Denise de Ridder
Summary: The current food environment promotes unhealthy and unsustainable food consumption as the social norm. This study explores the phenomenon of pluralistic ignorance, which refers to whether people endorse this norm due to their own agreement or because they overestimate others' agreement with this norm. The findings suggest a discrepancy between individuals' perception of themselves and others regarding healthy and sustainable eating norms, indicating potential pluralistic ignorance. However, it remains unclear whether this discrepancy has an impact on behavior. Future research should further investigate the implications and potential influence of pluralistic ignorance on individuals' food choices.
Article
Food Science & Technology
Lukas Fesenfeld, Lukas Rudolph, Thomas Bernauer
Summary: This study demonstrates that specific policy framing, design, and feedback can increase public support for food waste regulations. Messages emphasizing national or international social norms, setting stringent reduction targets, and transparent monitoring can all contribute to increased support. Additionally, voluntary industry initiatives do not necessarily crowd out support for governmental regulation, but their effectiveness depends on their ambition.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Panos Louridas, Diomidis Spinellis
Summary: People exhibit their status through conspicuous consumption of particular goods or experiences. Higher income is often associated with higher status, but can also lead to unethical behavior. Some individuals engage in illegal activities, like bribery, to acquire restricted goods as a status symbol, as seen in the case of obtaining special license plates in Greece.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Laura Salmivaara, Chiara Lombardini, Leena Lankoski
Summary: The study shows that the impact of social norms on sustainable food choice is more nuanced than previously thought. Descriptive social norms are significantly associated with both actual and intended food choice, while injunctive social norms are not related to either.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Heather Brown, Huasheng Xiang, Viviana Albani, Louis Goffe, Nasima Akhter, Amelia Lake, Stewart Sorrell, Emma Gibson, John Wildman
Summary: The environment we live in has an impact on our health, particularly in terms of the food available and its influence on our eating habits and weight. Planning policies can help shape a healthy food environment, and in England, there are three main types of planning policies aimed at promoting a healthier food environment related to fast-food outlets. A study conducted in Gateshead, England, found that the implementation of these planning policies resulted in a significant reduction in the density and proportion of fast-food outlets in the area over a period of four years.
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Carel-Peter L. Van Erpecum, Sander K. R. van Zon, Ute Bultmann, Nynke Smidt
Summary: The evidence on the association between the presence of fast-food outlets and BMI is inconsistent. This study investigated the association between the number of fast-food outlets and BMI, and examined the influence of neighborhood socio-economic status and healthy food outlets on this association. The results showed that participants living in low SES neighborhoods with at least two fast-food outlets within 1 km had a higher BMI. Healthy food outlets did not buffer the potentially unhealthy impact of fast-food outlets. Amount of fat intake partly explained this association.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Bente A. Smagge, Laura A. van der Velde, Jessica C. Kiefte-de Jong
Summary: There is a relationship between the food environment around primary schools in The Hague, The Netherlands, and childhood overweight, with schools in disadvantaged neighborhoods surrounded by more and closer fast-food outlets.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Business
Yunxin Liu
Summary: Digital marketing tools allow consumers to interact with food cues, but exposure to unhealthy food on social media or touchscreens leads to dieting goals and lower consumption volume. The effect of food benefits on reduced consumption is more pronounced among smartphone users.
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Iljana Schubert, Judith I. M. de Groot, Adrian C. Newton
Summary: This study demonstrated that social network members have a stronger influence on sustainable food consumption choices compared to strangers, highlighting the significant impact of revealed injunctive norms on food consumption.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Gergo Baranyi, Stefan Sieber, Jamie Pearce, Stephane Cullati, Chris Dibben, Boris Cheval
Summary: Perceived neighbourhood crime is associated with increased risk of depressive symptoms in older adults. The relationship is partly mediated by lower engagement in social activities, especially among individuals with low household wealth.
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Business
Shalini Talwar, Puneet Kaur, Rambalak Yadav, Anil Bilgihan, Amandeep Dhir
Summary: This study investigates diners' intentions towards taking away leftovers in restaurants by examining the role of personal and social norms as antecedents. The findings show that personal norms have a positive association with facilitators and intentions, while social norms have a positive association with facilitators but a negative association with inhibitors. The study provides valuable insights into the drivers of pro-environmental behavior in out-of-home dining.
JOURNAL OF RETAILING AND CONSUMER SERVICES
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Gabby Salazar, Joao Neves, Vasco Alves, Bruno Silva, Jean-Christophe Giger, Diogo Verissimo
Summary: High-income countries, though home to only 16% of the global population, produce a significant amount of waste, much of which ends up in landfills. Environmental messaging should focus on reducing consumption, particularly of non-essential comfort goods, by using social norms to influence behavior. A study conducted at a marine park in Portugal found that a positive injunctive norm message significantly reduced paper straw use, demonstrating the potential impact of normative messaging in waste reduction efforts.
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Bronwyn Sudholz, Ana Mari Contardo Ayala, Anna Timperio, David W. Dunstan, David E. Conroy, Gavin Abbott, Bernie Holland, Lauren Arundell, Jo Salmon
Summary: This quasi-experimental study examined the impact of height-adjustable desks and prompts to break up sitting time among adolescents in the classroom. The intervention group with adjustable desks showed significantly lower sitting time and higher standing time, number of breaks from sitting, and stepping time compared to the traditional seated group. This intervention shows promise for targeting sitting behaviors in the classroom.
JOURNAL OF SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Ninoshka J. D'Souza, Miaobing Zheng, Gavin Abbott, Sandrine Lioret, Kylie D. Hesketh
Summary: This study compared the associations between behavioural patterns derived from three different methods and three childhood outcomes. The results showed discrepancies in associations across pattern derivation methods, which has implications for comparing studies that have used different methods.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Nutrition & Dietetics
Angeliek Verdonschot, Berit M. Follong, Clare E. Collins, Emely de Vet, Annemien Haveman-Nies, Tamara Bucher
Summary: School-based nutrition interventions, including fruit and vegetable provision, gaming/computer-delivery, curriculum, experiential learning, rewards/incentives, nudging, and caregiver involvement, have a positive impact on children's fruit and vegetable consumption and nutrition knowledge.
Review
Physiology
Jayden R. Stokie, Gavin Abbott, Kirsten F. Howlett, David L. Hamilton, Christopher S. Shaw
Summary: This study reviewed 44 studies on the intramuscular lipid (IMCL) utilization in human skeletal muscle during cycling exercise. The findings showed that cycling exercise resulted in a degradation of IMCL regardless of the analytical technique used. The effects of IMCL degradation were more pronounced in type I fibers and when assessed using immunofluorescence techniques rather than biochemical techniques. However, exercise duration, V_ O2max, and BMI were not independently related to the change in IMCL content.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Paige F. van der Pligt, Stacey J. Ellery, Deborah L. de Guingand, Gavin Abbott, Paul A. Della Gatta, Robin M. Daly
Summary: A study of 221 pregnant women found no clear association between maternal vitamin D deficiency and neonatal obesity.
BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH
(2023)
Article
Infectious Diseases
Isaura Y. A. Wayop, Emely de Vet, Jaap A. Wagenaar, David C. Speksnijder
Summary: The Netherlands has achieved great success in reducing antimicrobial use in animals in the last decade, but there is still a relatively high usage rate of antimicrobials in weaned pigs on a quarter of farms. A specific veterinary guideline was developed to control Streptococcus suis (S. suis) infections, but veterinarians seem to have low adoption of this guideline. This study identified determinants influencing veterinarians' adherence to the guideline and found that factors such as knowledge, skills, beliefs, social influences, and environmental context play a role.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Sanne E. Verra, Maartje P. Poelman, Andrea L. Mudd, Emely de Vet, John de Wit, Carlijn B. M. Kamphuis
Summary: This study examined the impact of daily hassles on the perceived importance of health and how it affects self-assessed health and food consumption. The results found that daily hassles explained income inequalities in self-assessed health and fruit and vegetable consumption, while the perceived importance of health explained educational inequalities in self-assessed health.
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Tommy H. T. Wong, Elena S. George, Gavin Abbott, Robin M. Daly, Ekavi N. Georgousopoulou, Sze-Yen Tan
Summary: This study aimed to assess the association between nut and seed consumption and metabolic syndrome and its components. The results showed that habitual consumption of nuts or seeds was associated with lower odds of having metabolic syndrome in females. Both nut intake alone and seed intake alone were inversely associated with high fasting glucose and low HDL-cholesterol in females. The combined consumption of nuts and seeds up to 15 g/day was associated with the lowest triglycerides and highest HDL-cholesterol in females.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUTRITION
(2023)
Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Zoya Huschtscha, Jackson J. Fyfe, Simon A. Feros, Andrew C. Betik, Christopher S. Shaw, Luana C. Main, Gavin Abbott, Sze-Yen Tan, Martin C. Refalo, Michael Gerhardy, Emma Grunwald, Anthony May, Jessica Silver, Craig M. Smith, Matthew White, D. Lee Hamilton
Summary: This study aims to investigate the effects of daily PEA supplementation with resistance training on lean body mass, strength, power, sleep quality, subjective wellbeing, and pain. The study will examine the impact of PEA on overall and regional muscle mass, strength, power, sleep, subjective wellbeing, and pain associated with resistance training and menstruation compared to the placebo condition.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Janine Benjamins, Jan-Gerrit Duinkerken, Gerlinde Den Hamer-Jordaan, Romay Canfijn, Rianne Koster, Emely De Vet, Annemien Haveman-Nies
Summary: Three Dutch organizations developed a client-accessible electronic patient record called EPR-Youth, which aims to enhance collaboration and clients' involvement in care. The implementation of EPR-Youth was evaluated through a mixed methods design and found to be successful, but barriers and facilitators were identified that need to be addressed for better adoption and utilization.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTEGRATED CARE
(2023)
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Ayla Schwarz, Laura H. H. Winkens, Emely de Vet, Dian Ossendrijver, Kirsten Bouwsema, Monique Simons
Summary: This systematic review identified various design features that are associated with engagement in mobile health (mHealth) physical activity (PA) interventions among youth. These features include a clear interface, rewards, multiplayer game mode, social interaction, variety of challenges with personalized difficulty level, self-monitoring, and variety of customization options among others. However, some features, such as sounds, competition, instructions, notifications, virtual maps, or self-monitoring, facilitated by manual input, need to be carefully considered during the design process.
JMIR MHEALTH AND UHEALTH
(2023)
Article
Health Policy & Services
Hanneke van Heijster, Jantien van Berkel, Minne Bakker, Cecile Boot, Emely de Vet
Summary: This study aimed to understand the limited participation in workplace health promotion and find opportunities to adapt the program to better meet the needs of employees. Interviews with employees, supervisors, and managers were conducted, and discussions with employees were held to identify barriers and opportunities for improving participation. The findings suggest that organizing activities in a way that encourages collaboration, tailoring activities to individual needs, and connecting them to employees' daily lives can increase participation in workplace health promotion.
HEALTH PROMOTION INTERNATIONAL
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Social
Merije van Rookhuijzen, Emely de Vet, Marieke A. Adriaanse
Summary: Previous research has shown that the effects of non-transparent nudges can spill over to later similar decisions. This study aimed to investigate whether making nudges transparent would affect these temporal spillover effects. Two experiments were conducted, involving participants being nudged to complete a longer survey. The results of both experiments showed a temporal spillover effect in the group with disclosed nudges, indicating that transparency does not negatively influence this effect.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Applied
Merije van Rookhuijzen, Emely de Vet, Gerrit Gort, Marieke A. Adriaanse
Summary: This study aimed to explore the immediate and prolonged effects of self-nudges promoting fruit intake in the home environment, as well as the potential temporal spillover effect and the role of healthy eating habits. The results showed a positive effect of self-nudges on fruit consumption and an increase in fruit intake habit strength during the 8-week implementation period. However, the temporal spillover effect was uncertain and there was no evidence to support the mediation effect of habit strength.
APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY-HEALTH AND WELL BEING
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Lean L. Kramer, Lex van Velsen, Bob C. Mulder, Silke ter Stal, Emely de Vet
Summary: This article reports on a study that aims to identify the effect of a match between a health topic and the ECAs' appearance on ratings of personality characteristics, persuasiveness, and intention to use. The study found that older adults prefer an ECA that has an appearance matching a certain health topic, resulting in higher ratings on persuasiveness and intention to use.
HEALTH INFORMATICS JOURNAL
(2023)