ENERGY evaluation study: Up4fun

Conditions

Prevention of excessive weight gain by reducing sedentary behaviour Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine

Bjelland M, Soenens B, Bere E, Kovács É, Lien N, Maes L, Manios Y, Moschonis G, te Velde SJ.

2015-10-0138 citations

Evaluation of the UP4FUN Intervention: A Cluster Randomized Trial to Reduce and Break Up Sitting Time in European 10-12-Year-Old Children

Frøydis Nordgård Vik, Nanna Lien, Sveinung Berntsen, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Monika Grillenberger et al. (10 authors)

PLoS ONE2015-03-3138 citations

10.1371/journal.pone.0122612

The role of family-related factors in the effects of the UP4FUN school-based family-focused intervention targeting screen time in 10- to 12-year-old children: the ENERGY project.

Van Lippevelde W, Bere E, Verloigne M, van Stralen MM, De Bourdeaudhuij I, Lien N, Vik FN, Manios Y, Grillenberger M, Kovács E, ChinAPaw MJ, Brug J, Maes L.

2014-08-188 citations

10.1186/1471-2458-14-857

Interventions

The intervention, including about 10 schools (5 intervention schools and 5 control schools) in each of the 5 participating countries primarily aiming at reducing sitting time in school and at home (wi

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All school children in two grade levels (age 10-12) in the included schools, and one of their parents

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: No parental consent

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Screen time behaviours (TV/DVD watching and computer/games consol usage) measured with frequency questions (hours/day). Measured pre and post intervention.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Determinants of screen time behaviours measured pre and post intervention 2. Sedentary time and breaking up of sedentary time measured with accelerometers measured pre and post intervention	—

Countries

Belgium, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Norway

Outcome results

None listed