Adolescents' capacity to take action on obesity: A concurrent controlled before‐and‐after study of the European CO‐CREATE project

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dc.abstract.enThis study evaluated the effect on reported readiness for action and attitudes toward obesity prevention among older adolescents (mean age 17) who took part in a youth-led participatory action research European initiative (CO-CREATE Youth Alliances) compared with a comparison group that acted as controls. This was a concurrent before-and-after controlled study across five countries and took place between September 2019 and October 2020. Adolescents (n = 159) recruited from schools and youth organizations came together with researchers and formed 15 Youth Alliances. An online questionnaire measuring their readiness for action and attitudes toward obesity prevention was administered. Alliance members (n = 62) who filled in the questionnaire at both baseline and postinitiative, and adolescents from the comparison group (n = 132) who completed the questionnaire twice were included in the main analysis. Two-level linear mixed models controlling for country-related variance were fitted. Alliance members scored significantly higher than the comparison group on two factors in each of the readiness for action, responsibility, and drivers of behavior concepts. The findings suggest that involving youth in co-creating policies to prevent obesity may increase adolescents' readiness for action and promote a shift in adolescents' conceptualization of obesity from an individual perspective to a societal responsibility and drivers of behavior.
dc.affiliationInstitute of Psychology
dc.affiliationWydział Psychologii we Wrocławiu
dc.affiliationInstytut Psychologii
dc.contributor.authorHaugsbø Herstad, Sondre
dc.contributor.authorGrewal, Navnit Kaur
dc.contributor.authorBanik, Anna
dc.contributor.authorKlepp, Knut-Inge
dc.contributor.authorKnai, Cecile
dc.contributor.authorŁuszczyńska, Aleksandra
dc.contributor.authorMendes, Sofia
dc.contributor.authorRito, Ana
dc.contributor.authorRutter, Harry
dc.contributor.authorLien, Nanna
dc.date.access2023-09-27
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-11T07:09:33Z
dc.date.available2024-01-11T07:09:33Z
dc.date.created2023-06-06
dc.date.issued2023-09-27
dc.description.abstract<jats:title>Summary</jats:title><jats:p>This study evaluated the effect on reported readiness for action and attitudes toward obesity prevention among older adolescents (mean age 17) who took part in a youth‐led participatory action research European initiative (CO‐CREATE Youth Alliances) compared with a comparison group that acted as controls. This was a concurrent before‐and‐after controlled study across five countries and took place between September 2019 and October 2020. Adolescents (<jats:italic>n</jats:italic> = 159) recruited from schools and youth organizations came together with researchers and formed 15 Youth Alliances. An online questionnaire measuring their readiness for action and attitudes toward obesity prevention was administered. Alliance members (<jats:italic>n</jats:italic> = 62) who filled in the questionnaire at both baseline and postinitiative, and adolescents from the comparison group (<jats:italic>n</jats:italic> = 132) who completed the questionnaire twice were included in the main analysis. Two‐level linear mixed models controlling for country‐related variance were fitted. Alliance members scored significantly higher than the comparison group on two factors in each of the readiness for action, responsibility, and drivers of behavior concepts. The findings suggest that involving youth in co‐creating policies to prevent obesity may increase adolescents' readiness for action and promote a shift in adolescents' conceptualization of obesity from an individual perspective to a societal responsibility and drivers of behavior.</jats:p>
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dc.description.grantnumberCO-CREATE; European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program, Grant/Award Number: 774210
dc.description.granttitleConfronting Obesity: Co-creating policy with youth
dc.description.issueS2
dc.description.physical1-12
dc.description.versionfinal_published
dc.description.volume24
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/obr.13622
dc.identifier.issn1467-7881
dc.identifier.issn1467-789X
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/345
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/obr.13622
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationpsychologia
dc.rightsCC-BY-NC
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dc.subject.enadolescents
dc.subject.enobesity
dc.subject.enprevention
dc.subject.enyouth-led participatory action research
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dc.titleAdolescents' capacity to take action on obesity: A concurrent controlled before‐and‐after study of the European CO‐CREATE project
dc.title.journalObesity Reviews
dc.typeJournalArticle
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