Greet Cardon
Biographic Data
| ID | 1727348 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Greet Cardon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Greet |
| FAMILY NAME | Cardon |
| SIGNATURE | CARDON G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ghent University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4983-6557 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 110 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 93 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 110 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Healthy cities, healthy students
Considering the daily interaction between university students and their campuses, specific built environment features of campuses could be important for the adoption of a more active and sustainable lifestyle among students. We describe and explore the macro-scale characteristics of the built environment around six university campuses in Chile and Spain and examines its association with active and sustainable commuting among university students. …
Using a theory-based approach to evaluate a physical activity promotion intervention for youth with intellectual disabilities
Bridging Generations for Health
Many children and older adults do not meet WHO physical activity (PA) guidelines. Intergenerational programs may help. Ages Get Active is a theory-based program co-developed to promote joint PA between grandparents and grandchildren through group, home, and community activities. This study evaluated its effectiveness and implementation using a mixed-methods ABAB design. Over 12 weeks, PA was measured with accelerometers, co-PA with calendars, and…
Within and between-person associations of movement behaviours with food cravings
School staff experiences on involvement in a co-creation process
School staff indicated that excessive demands outweigh the benefits experienced during the co-creation process. Therefore, school staff preferred less time-intensive processes. Improving students outcomes was school staff's motivation to be involved, which asks for processes with student-related goals and observable student benefits. Moreover, school staff needs to be acknowledged as an expert and valued for their involvement. These results shoul…
The association between 24-h movement behaviours and adiposity among Australian preschoolers
Despite the association between more time spent in MVPA and higher BMI z-scores, promoting a balanced amount of time in each 24-h movement behaviour-more MVPA, less sedentary time, and sufficient sleep-remains important for overall health. Future studies should address methodological challenges (e.g. recruitment bias that may exist in the parents/children willing to participate versus the general population, recall bias in parent reported sleep d…
Co-adapting a healthy sleep intervention with adolescents
This study is registered as clinical trial (NCT05838339). Registration date: 07.11.2022
A mobile healthy lifestyle intervention to promote mental health in adolescence
ClinicalTrials.gov [NCT04719858], registered on 22/01/2021
Longitudinal changes in preschoolers’ adiposity indicators according to compliance with 24-hour movement behavior guidelines
The change in BMI z-scores after one year is less optimal for preschoolers who do not comply with the 24-hour movement behavior guidelines compared to preschoolers who comply with the integrated guidelines, although not clinically relevant. Future studies should incorporate longer follow-up periods to observe the effects of compliance to the integrated guidelines on adiposity indicators in preschool children
Unveiling Digital Pathways to Active Aging
Background . Mobile health (mHealth) interventions hold promise in assisting older adults to meet physical activity (PA) guidelines. Yet, little is known about how older adults perceive using smartphones to enhance their PA. This study explored older adults’ experiences with the “My Health Plan” mHealth intervention and examined which person‐level factors were associated with adherence. Methods . Forty older adults (52.5% female, mean age: 72.6 y…
Psychosocial Determinants of Sleep Behavior and Healthy Sleep Among Adolescents
To date, it remains unknown which psychosocial determinants identified by several leading behavior change theories are associated with different sleep parameters among adolescents. Therefore, this study investigates whether changes in knowledge about healthy sleep, attitude toward healthy sleep and going to bed on time, self-efficacy to engage in healthy sleep behavior, perceived parental and peer norms, perceived barriers (e.g., worrying, fear o…
Differences in Anthropometric Parameters of Children in Six European Countries
Our study presents fresh and comparable anthropometric data of children between 6 and 10 years of age in six European countries, supporting the need for appropriate obesity prevention
Effects of a family-based lifestyle intervention on co-physical activity and other health-related outcomes of fathers and their children
This study is registered as a clinical trial (clinicaltrials.gov, ID number: NCT04590755, date: 19/10/2020)
The Feel4Diabetes intervention
The Feel4Diabetes project conducted a 2-year intervention aiming to encourage healthy behaviours in families in six European countries. Within this paper, the intervention effect was evaluated after the first intervention year on 24-hour physical behaviour composition in Belgian families at risk for type 2 diabetes. Parents’ and children’s levels of physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviour (SB) were objectively measured and sleep duration w…
The GRANDPACT Project
In recent years, increased attention has been devoted to intergenerational physical activity (PA) programs because they may have several benefits for both children and older adults (e.g., the reduction of ageism). An intergenerational PA program focusing on grandchildren and grandparents in a 'standard' family setting that combines PA and cognitive function is innovative and may hold potential for promoting PA and improving cognitive functioning …
Prevalence and Socioeconomic Correlates of Adult Obesity in Europe
To effectively tackle obesity, it is necessary to identify all specific socioeconomic factors which contribute to its development. We aimed to highlight the prevalence of adult overweight/obesity in European countries and investigate the association of various socioeconomic factors and their accumulative effect on overweight/obesity status. Cross-sectional data from the Feel4Diabetes study for 24,562 adults residing in low socioeconomic areas wer…
An internet-based educational intervention for mothers targeting preschoolers’ weight management promotion (PWMP)
Results from this study are promising but should be interpreted with caution and should be replicated on a larger scale and compared with a control group to evaluate whether effects are maintained in a larger sample
Prospective BMI changes in preschool children are associated with parental characteristics and body weight perceptions
Objective: To examine the effect of the intervention implemented in the ToyBox-study on changes observed in age- and sex-specific BMI percentile and investigate the role of perinatal factors, parental perceptions and characteristics on this change. Design: A multicomponent, kindergarten-based, family-involved intervention with a cluster-randomised design. A standardised protocol was used to measure children’s body weight and height. Information w…
Parental food consumption and diet quality and its association with children’s food consumption in families at high risk of type 2 diabetes
Objective: To examine the parental food consumption and diet quality and its associations with children’s consumption in families at high risk for developing type 2 diabetes mellitus across Europe. Also, to compare food frequency consumption among parents and children from high-risk families to the European Dietary guidelines/recommendations. Design: Cross-sectional study using Feel4diabetes FFQ. Setting: Families completed FFQ and anthropometric…
Can food parenting practices explain the association between parental education and children’s food intake? The Feel4Diabetes-study
Objective: This study aimed to investigate the mediating role of food parenting practices (FPP), including home availability of different types of foods and drinks, parental modelling of fruit intake, permissiveness and the use of food as a reward in the relationship between parental education and dietary intake in European children. Design: Single mediation analyses were conducted to explore whether FPP explain associations between parents’ educ…
Participatory Development and Pilot Testing of an Adolescent Health Promotion Chatbot
Background: The use of chatbots may increase engagement with digital behavior change interventions in youth by providing human-like interaction. Following a Person-Based Approach (PBA), integrating user preferences in digital tool development is crucial for engagement, whereas information on youth preferences for health chatbots is currently limited. Objective: The aim of this study was to gain an in-depth understanding of adolescents' expectatio…
Physical activity levels during physical education in Spanish children
Introduction: Physical education (PE) can contribute to total daily physical activity (PA) among children. In consequence, the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport has developed 16 teaching units focused on increasing PA levels during PE lessons, called Unidades Didácticas Activas (UDA; Active Teaching Units). Objectives: The goal of this study was to compare whether children participating in UDA lessons spent more time in moderate-to…
Does Dynamic Tailoring of A Narrative-Driven Exergame Result in Higher User Engagement among Adolescents? Results from A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial
Physical activity interventions for youth are direly needed given low adherence to physical activity guidelines, but many interventions suffer from low user engagement. Exergames that require bodily movement while played may provide an engaging form of physical activity intervention but are not perceived as engaging to all. This study aimed to evaluate whether dynamic tailoring in a narrative-driven mobile exergame for adolescents played in leisu…
A Family-Based Lifestyle Intervention Focusing on Fathers and Their Children Using Co-Creation
Fathers play a unique and important role in shaping their children's physical activity (PA), independent from the mother. Lifestyle interventions focusing simultaneously on PA of fathers and their children ("co-PA") are therefore a novel and promising way to improve PA of both. A theory-based lifestyle intervention was co-created with fathers (i.e., the Run Daddy Run intervention), using the behavior change wheel as a theoretical framework. The a…
Compliance with the 24-Hour Movement Behavior Guidelines and Associations with Adiposity in European Preschoolers
In 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) published 24 h movement behavior guidelines for preschoolers with recommendations for physical activity (PA), screen time (ST), and sleep. The present study investigated the proportion of preschoolers complying with these guidelines (on a total week, weekdays and weekend days), and the associations with adiposity. This cross-sectional study included 2468 preschoolers (mean age: 4.75 years; 41.9% boys) …
Relationships between neighborhood walkability and adults' physical activity
Do adults like living in high-walkable neighborhoods? Associations of walkability parameters with neighborhood satisfaction and possible mediators
Motivational profiles for secondary school physical education and its relationship to the adoption of a physically active lifestyle among university students
The promotion of an active lifestyle is one of the central aims of physical education (PE). The present study aimed at investigating the relation between students’ motivation for PE and activity levels using self-determination theory as a guiding framework. A retrospective design was used involving 2617 university students, of which 878 (33.5 percent) were male (age 20.6 1.9). Validated questionnaires were used to measure motivation for PE, self-…
Neighbourhood walkability and its particular importance for adults with a preference for passive transport
Perceived neighborhood environmental attributes associated with adults’ leisure-time physical activity
Associations between perceived neighborhood environmental attributes and adults' sedentary behavior
Physical activity as a mediator of the associations between neighborhood walkability and adiposity in Belgian adults
A Capacity Building Approach to Increase Sports Participation in Disadvantaged Urban Communities
Do psychosocial factors moderate the association between neighborhood walkability and adolescents' physical activity
Urban–Rural Differences in Physical Activity in Belgian Adults and the Importance of Psychosocial Factors
How does knowledge about the criteria for an upcoming test relate to adolescents’ situational motivation in physical education? A self-determination theory approach
Students’ knowledge about the criteria for an upcoming test is a crucial component of assessment quality. Grounded in self-determination theory, we investigated whether knowledge about the criteria for an upcoming test related to students’ situational motivation and experienced anxiety during physical education (PE). We also examined whether these relations were: (a) mediated by need-based experiences; and (b) moderated by teachers’ motivating st…
Differential influences of population densification and economic growth on Europeans' physical activity and sitting time
An experimental study using manipulated photographs to examine interactions between micro-scale environmental factors for children's cycling for transport
Preschooler's physical activity levels and associations with lesson context, teacher's behavior, and environment during preschool physical education
Association between maternal education and objectively measured physical activity and sedentary time in adolescents
BACKGROUND: Investigating socioeconomic variation in physical activity (PA) and sedentary time is important as it may represent a pathway by which socioeconomic position (SEP) leads to ill health. Findings on the association between children's SEP and objectively assessed PA and/or sedentary time are mixed, and few studies have included international samples. OBJECTIVE: Examine the associations between maternal education and adolescent's objectiv…
Differences in perceived competence and physical activity levels during single-gender modified basketball game play in middle school physical education
Creating environments in physical education (PE) that foster perceived competence and physical activity during gender-mixed game play lessons is a challenge, especially with adolescent girls. This study is a small experiment in one PE lesson that aimed to increase the perceived competence and in-class physical activity in girls, by applying a single-gender grouping strategy within co-educational classes. A final sample of 216 students (90 girls; …
Opinions towards physical activity interventions using Facebook or text messaging
Feasible and effective interventions to promote physical activity among vocational school-aged adolescents are strongly needed. Text messaging and Facebook are feasible and acceptable delivery modes for PA interventions among youth. However, little is known about the opinion of vocational school-aged adolescents regarding behavioural change techniques that can be applied through Facebook or text messaging. Therefore, our aim was to gain insight i…
Environmental and psychosocial correlates of physical activity in Portuguese and Belgian adults
Objectives To investigate differences in reported physical activity levels and in perceived environmental and psychosocial correlates of activity between Portuguese and Belgian adults; and to analyse the relative contribution of environmental and psychosocial variables in explaining physical activity within different contexts in Portugal and Belgium. Design Cross-sectional study. Setting One city in Portugal (Oeiras) and one in Belgium (Ghent). S…
Physical activity levels in 10- to 11-year-olds
Objectives To evaluate gender differences for levels of physical activity, for sedentary behaviour and for psychosocial correlates in children, to evaluate whether psychosocial correlates cluster in meaningful ways and to examine whether physical activity and sedentary behaviour differ between children of clusters, differentiated by the level of perceived barriers and benefits, attitudes, social support and self-efficacy. Design Cross-sectional s…
A comprehensive physical activity promotion programme at elementary school
Objective To evaluate the effects of a comprehensive physical activity (PA) promotion programme in elementary schools on children's total PA levels, leisure-time PA, physical fitness and psychosocial correlates of PA. Design A pre-test–post-test design over two school years. Setting and subjects Sixteen elementary schools (764 children, mean age: 11.2 ± 0.7 years) were randomly assigned to the intervention condition ( n = 8) and the control condi…
Explaining the effect of a 1-year intervention promoting physical activity in middle schools
Objective The aim of the present study was to examine the mediation effects of changes in psychosocial determinants of physical activity (attitude, social support, self-efficacy, perceived benefits and barriers) on changes in physical activity. Design One-year intervention study with baseline and 1-year post measures of physical activity habits and psychosocial correlates. Setting Fifteen middle schools. Subjects Boys and girls ( n = 2840) aged 1…
Neighbourhood walkability and its particular importance for adults with a preference for passive transport
What do pedometer counts represent? A comparison between pedometer data and data from four different questionnaires
Objectives To compare physical activity (PA) reported through pedometer registrations (step counts) with PA reported in four different questionnaires; to compare step count thresholds (7500, 10 000 and 12 500 steps/d) with the PA guideline of 30 min of moderate to vigorous PA (MVPA) per day. Subjects A sample of 310 healthy adults, mean age 38·7 ( sd 11·9) years, volunteered to participate. Forty-seven per cent was male and 93 % of the sample was…
Neighborhood SES and walkability are related to physical activity behavior in Belgian adults
The relationship between physical activity and mental health varies across activity intensity levels and dimensions of mental health among women and men
Objective To explore gender-specific variations related to activity intensity in the relationship between physical activity (PA) and mental health (MH). Evaluating whether psychological well-being enhances with increases in PA at recommended levels and above, in the general population. Design Cross-sectional. Setting Population-based, representative for Belgium. Subjects A total of 6803 adults aged 25–64 years from the Belgian National Health Int…
Motivational profiles for secondary school physical education and its relationship to the adoption of a physically active lifestyle among university students
The promotion of an active lifestyle is one of the central aims of physical education (PE). The present study aimed at investigating the relation between students’ motivation for PE and activity levels using self-determination theory as a guiding framework. A retrospective design was used involving 2617 university students, of which 878 (33.5 percent) were male (age 20.6 1.9). Validated questionnaires were used to measure motivation for PE, self-…
Physical activity as a mediator of the associations between neighborhood walkability and adiposity in Belgian adults
How many steps/day are enough? for children and adolescents
Worldwide, public health physical activity guidelines include special emphasis on populations of children (typically 6-11 years) and adolescents (typically 12-19 years). Existing guidelines are commonly expressed in terms of frequency, time, and intensity of behaviour. However, the simple step output from both accelerometers and pedometers is gaining increased credibility in research and practice as a reasonable approximation of daily ambulatory …
Toward the Development of a Pedagogical Model for Health-Based Physical Education
The purpose of this advocacy paper is to make a case for the development of a pedagogical model for Health-Based Physical Education (HBPE) drawing on Jewett, Bain and Ennis's (1995) and Metzler's (2005) ground-breaking work on models-based practice in physical education. A selective review of what has been learnt about HBPE was made to be able to define the central theme for the model as ‘pupils valuing a physically active life, so that they lear…
Socio-demographic, psychosocial and home-environmental attributes associated with adults' domestic screen time
Educational level, age, self-efficacy and pros/cons were the most important correlates identified in this study. If further cross-sectional and longitudinal research can confirm these findings, tailored interventions focusing on both psychosocial and environmental factors in specific population subgroups might be most effective to reduce domestic screen time
The impact of disseminating the whole-community project '10,000 Steps'
10,000 Steps' shows potential for wide-scale dissemination but a supportive linkage system seems recommended to encourage adoption levels and high quality implementation
Measuring physical activity using accelerometry in 13–15-year-old adolescents
Objective The present study aimed to examine the impact of non-wear activities registered in diaries when using accelerometers to assess physical activity (PA) in young adolescents. Design Data arise from a large-scale cross-sectional study on PA. PA was objectively assessed using ActigraphTM accelerometers (Actigraph MTI, Manufacturing Technology Inc., Pensacola, FL, USA) during seven consecutive days. Non-wear time activity diaries were provide…
Do adults like living in high-walkable neighborhoods? Associations of walkability parameters with neighborhood satisfaction and possible mediators
Relationships between neighborhood walkability and adults' physical activity
Urban–Rural Differences in Physical Activity in Belgian Adults and the Importance of Psychosocial Factors
Preschooler's physical activity levels and associations with lesson context, teacher's behavior, and environment during preschool physical education
P1-83 Physical activity and the potential independent detrimental mental health outcomes of sedentary behaviour in the general population
Introduction Sedentary behaviour (SB) is a distinctive form of human behaviour that should not be considered the endpoint of the physical activity (PA) continuum. Hence, SB and PA might work independently in relation with mental health (MH). Investigating these relationships may inform public health initiatives targeting MH promotion. Methods 6720 adults aged 24–65 years from the Belgian National Health Survey provided data on SB and PA via the I…
Sustainability of the whole-community project '10,000 Steps'
10,000 Steps' could remain sustainable but design, organizational, and contextual barriers need consideration. Sustainability of '10,000 Steps' in organizations can occur in cycles rather than in ongoing projects. Future research should compare sustainability other whole-community PA projects with '10,000 Steps' to contrast sustainability of alternative models of whole-community PA projects. This would allow optimization of project elements and m…
The effect of the UP4FUN pilot intervention on objectively measured sedentary time and physical activity in 10–12 year old children in Belgium
The UP4FUN intervention did not result in an effect on children's sedentary time. Based on the high amounts of accelerometer-derived sedentary time in this age group, more efforts are needed to develop strategies to reduce children's sedentary time
Active living neighborhoods
Neighborhood walkability was related to accelerometer-based physical activity only among adolescent boys and girls living in low-SES neighborhoods. The relation of built environment to adolescent physical activity may depend on the context
A cost-effectiveness study of the community-based intervention ‘10 000 Steps Ghent’
Objective To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the European community-based project ‘10 000 Steps Ghent’, an intervention that resulted in a significant decrease in sedentary time and a significant increase in step counts (896 steps/d) and self-reported walking (66 min/week). Design An age- and gender-dependent Markov model, with a time horizon of 20 years and a cycle length of 1 year, estimating the development of diabetes, cardiovascular event…
Perceived neighborhood environmental attributes associated with adults’ leisure-time physical activity
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