Prevalence of overweight among Dutch primary school children living in JOGG and non-JOGG areas.
<h4>Background</h4>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.<h4>Aim</h4>The goal of this study was to explore how JOGG-the Dutch EPODE adaptation-...
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| description | <h4>Background</h4>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.<h4>Aim</h4>The goal of this study was to explore how JOGG-the Dutch EPODE adaptation-might reduce overweight prevalence among children.<h4>Methods</h4>To compare whether overweight prevalence was different in JOGG areas vs. non-JOGG areas, in long-term JOGG areas vs. short-term JOGG areas, and in low SES JOGG areas vs. middle/high SES JOGG areas, secondary anthropometric and personal data of 209,565 Dutch children were mapped onto publicly available JOGG data.<h4>Results</h4>Findings showed that overweight prevalence decreased from 25.17% to 16.08% in JOGG-areas, and from 32.31% to 18.43% in long-term JOGG areas. However, when taking into account SES, the decrease in prevalence was mainly visible in low SES long-term JOGG areas.<h4>Conclusion</h4>JOGG appeared to be successful in targeting areas where overweight was most prevalent. Low SES areas that had implemented JOGG for a longer period of time, i.e., six years, appeared to be successful in decreasing overweight prevalence. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4581bcbc478e493796193136c8f1d1612025-08-20T02:02:06ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032021-01-011612e026140610.1371/journal.pone.0261406Prevalence of overweight among Dutch primary school children living in JOGG and non-JOGG areas.Annita KobesTina KretschmerMargaretha C Timmerman<h4>Background</h4>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.<h4>Aim</h4>The goal of this study was to explore how JOGG-the Dutch EPODE adaptation-might reduce overweight prevalence among children.<h4>Methods</h4>To compare whether overweight prevalence was different in JOGG areas vs. non-JOGG areas, in long-term JOGG areas vs. short-term JOGG areas, and in low SES JOGG areas vs. middle/high SES JOGG areas, secondary anthropometric and personal data of 209,565 Dutch children were mapped onto publicly available JOGG data.<h4>Results</h4>Findings showed that overweight prevalence decreased from 25.17% to 16.08% in JOGG-areas, and from 32.31% to 18.43% in long-term JOGG areas. However, when taking into account SES, the decrease in prevalence was mainly visible in low SES long-term JOGG areas.<h4>Conclusion</h4>JOGG appeared to be successful in targeting areas where overweight was most prevalent. Low SES areas that had implemented JOGG for a longer period of time, i.e., six years, appeared to be successful in decreasing overweight prevalence.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0261406&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Annita Kobes Tina Kretschmer Margaretha C Timmerman Prevalence of overweight among Dutch primary school children living in JOGG and non-JOGG areas. PLoS ONE |
| title | Prevalence of overweight among Dutch primary school children living in JOGG and non-JOGG areas. |
| title_full | Prevalence of overweight among Dutch primary school children living in JOGG and non-JOGG areas. |
| title_fullStr | Prevalence of overweight among Dutch primary school children living in JOGG and non-JOGG areas. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence of overweight among Dutch primary school children living in JOGG and non-JOGG areas. |
| title_short | Prevalence of overweight among Dutch primary school children living in JOGG and non-JOGG areas. |
| title_sort | prevalence of overweight among dutch primary school children living in jogg and non jogg areas |
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