J Lakerveld
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 1732736 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | J Lakerveld |
| NOMBRES | J |
| APELLIDO | Lakerveld |
| FIRMA | LAKERVELD J |
| AFILIACIONES | Amsterdam University Medical Centers |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8551-6748 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 38 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 26 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 38 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2012 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Quantifying the U.S. obesogenic environment and its quasi-causal association with obesity
Obesity is a chronic disease that develops via complex interactions between human biology and the obesogenic environment. This study aimed to develop a high-resolution index of combined obesogenic neighborhood exposures in the U.S. and examine its association with body mass index (BMI), independent of familial factors shared by twins (e.g., genetics and early life environment). This cross-sectional study included 11,152 adult twins (66% female, 6…
Measuring Agreement Between Sport Facilities Databases Across Socioeconomic Divides
Advancing knowledge, maps and tools to address obesity and related socio-economic disparities in Europe
The steady rise in overweight and obesity in Europe disproportionately affects people and communities with a lower socio-economic position (SEP). Many obesity prevention approaches exist, but these have had limited reach and unsatisfactory effects thus far, especially in low-SEP populations. In this context, there is a need for implementation of effective individual-level and population-based preventive strategies that also tackle health inequali…
Physical Activity Friendliness of Neighborhoods
One potential strategy to promote physical activity (PA) involves changing the neighborhood environment. The PA-friendliness of neighborhood environments is often calculated using geospatial data. However, the association with perceived PA-friendliness seems to be low. Therefore, we examined the relationship between two Dutch geospatial measures and residents' perceptions regarding the PA-friendliness of their neighborhoods. Data from 3438 respon…
Understanding Affective Symptoms and Substance Use in Older Adolescents in an Urban Context
Global urbanization may present mental health challenges for youth. We investigated relationships between affective symptoms, substance use, and urban characteristics in 17–18-year-old adolescents from the Amsterdam Born Children and their Development study ( N = 1682). Objectively measured urban neighbourhood characteristics (e.g. safety, poverty) were obtained from the Geoscience and Health Cohort Consortium in addition to self-report assessmen…
A Walk across Europe
Physical inactivity significantly contributes to obesity and other non-communicable diseases, yet efforts to increase population-wide physical activity levels have met with limited success. The built environment plays a pivotal role in encouraging active behaviors like walking. Walkability indices, which aggregate various environmental features, provide a valuable tool for promoting healthy, walkable environments. However, a standardized, high-re…
The association of neighborhood walkability and food environment with incident cardiovascular disease in The Maastricht Study
Socioeconomic position and type 2 diabetes
The relationship between socioeconomic position and type 2 diabetes is well-established; individuals of lower socioeconomic position experience substantially higher rates of the disease. This study investigated the mediating role of perceived and ecometric area-level social cohesion in the association between socioeconomic position and incident type 2 diabetes. In a prospective population-based cohort, The Maastricht Study, we analyzed data from …
The clustering of disadvantage in different life dimensions across ethnic groups
Financial insecurity is an important aspect of precariousness, relating to many different precariousness experiences. For those of non-Dutch ethnic origin, health literacy and discrimination are also important
Individual and neighborhood determinants of depressive symptoms in ethnic minorities in the urban Helius sample
Ethnic minorities in Europe experience an increased risk of depressive symptomatology. This is believed to be the result of the interplay between different factors at the individual (e.g., psychological, socioeconomic, cultural) and the neighborhood level (e.g., social cohesion, resources, ethnic diversity). This study sheds light on the interplay between variables using cross-sectional data from 13, 507 individuals from five ethnic minority grou…
Moderators and mediators of the association between the obesogenicity of neighbourhoods and weight status in Dutch adults
This study aimed to assess sociodemographic, personality, and psychological moderators, and lifestyle behavioural mediators, of the association between obesogenicity of neighbourhoods and weight status in Dutch adults. This cross-sectional study used baseline data of 150,506 adult participants of the Lifelines study. To quantify obesogenicity of Dutch neighbourhoods, the Obesogenic Built Environment CharacterisTics (OBCT) index was used, calculat…
The effects of nudging and pricing strategies on the availability and purchases of ultra-processed foods
Regular consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPF) is a risk factor for morbidity and mortality. UPF are widely available in supermarkets. Nudging and pricing strategies are promising strategies to promote healthier supermarket purchases and may reduce UPF purchases. We investigated whether supermarket nudging and pricing strategies targeting healthy foods, but not specifically discouraging UPF, would change UPF availability, price, promotion and…
The association between the food environment and adherence to healthy diet quality
Objective: The purpose of this study is to determine if healthier neighbourhood food environments are associated with healthier diet quality. Design: This was a cross-sectional study using linear regression models to analyse data from the Maastricht Study. Diet quality was assessed using data collected with a FFQ to calculate the Dutch Healthy Diet (DHD). A buffer zone encompassing a 1000 m radius was created around each participant home address.…
Better understanding determinants of dietary guideline adherence among Dutch adults with varying socio-economic backgrounds through a mixed-methods exploration
Objective: Low dietary guideline adherence is persistent, but there is limited understanding of how individuals with varying socio-economic backgrounds reach a certain dietary intake. We investigated how quantitative and qualitative data on dietary guidelines adherence correspond and complement each other, to what extent determinants of guideline adherence in quantitative data reflect findings on determinants derived from qualitative data and whi…
The quality of OpenStreetMap food-related point-of-interest data for use in epidemiological research
We assessed the quality of food-related OpenStreetMap (OSM) data in urban areas of five European countries. We calculated agreement statistics between point-of-interests (POIs) from OSM and from Google Street View (GSV) in five European regions. We furthermore assessed correlations between exposure measures (distance and counts) from OSM data and administrative data from local data sources on food environment data in three European countries. Agr…
Associations of changes in neighbourhood walkability with changes in walking activity in older adults
This study did not show evidence for an association between changes in neighbourhood walkability and changes in walking activity in older adults. If neighbourhood walkability and walking activity are causally linked, then changes in neighbourhood walkability between 2005/06 and 2011/12 might have been not substantial enough to produce meaningful changes in walking activity in older adults
Neighborhood walkability, physical activity and changes in glycemic markers in people with type 2 diabetes
Studies investigating neighborhood walkability and physical activity in people with type 2 diabetes (T2D) mainly used self-report measures, and only few studies assessed the association with glycemic control. This study assessed the associations between objectively measured (i.e. GIS based) and subjectively measured (i.e. questionnaire-based) neighborhood walkability and changes in glycemic markers in people with T2D, and whether this association…
Walking, cycling, and public transport for commuting and non-commuting travels across 5 European urban regions
Are nudging and pricing strategies on food purchasing behaviors equally effective for all? Secondary analyses from the Supreme Nudge virtual supermarket study
Nudging and pricing strategies are effective in promoting healthier purchases. However, whether the effects are equal across individuals with different personal characteristics is unknown. This exploratory study aimed to examine differential effects of nudging and pricing strategies on food purchases across individuals' levels of impulsivity, price sensitivity, decision-making styles, and food choice motives. Data from a virtual supermarket exper…
Perceptions of the social and physical environment of adolescents’ dietary behaviour in neighbourhoods of different socioeconomic position
A higher proportion of adolescents from families in a lower socioeconomic position (SEP) tends to have more unhealthy dietary behaviours, and overweight and obesity, than their counterparts in higher SEPs. More research is needed to understand the causes of these differences, in particular the influence of the neighbourhood environment, which has been explored less. The presented qualitative study explores how adolescents and their parents from h…
Aircraft noise control policy and mental health
Background This study examines the impact of environmental noise policy on depressive symptoms by exploiting the national experiment afforded by the New Deal aircraft noise control policy introduced in Schiphol (Amsterdam) in 2008. Methods Data came from older adults (ages 57–102) participating in three waves (2005/2006, 2008/2009 and 2011/2012) of the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA) (N=1746). Aircraft noise data from the Netherlands En…
Successfully Recruiting Adults with a Low Socioeconomic Position into Community-Based Lifestyle Programs
We explored experts' perceived challenges and success factors in the recruitment of adults with a low socioeconomic position (SEP) for participation in community-based lifestyle modification programs. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 11 experienced project coordinators, based on a topic list that included experiences with recruitment, perceived barriers and success factors, and general views on recruitment strategies. Results revealed…
Associations of self-reported physical activity and anxiety symptoms and status among 7,874 Irish adults across harmonised datasets
Meeting physical activity guidelines is associated with lower odds of anxiety, but the strength of associations did not increase considerably with increased physical activity levels
Advancing the evidence base for public policies impacting on dietary behaviour, physical activity and sedentary behaviour in Europe
28 research institutes have joined in the Policy Evaluation Network (PEN). • PEN studies EU policies on diet, physical activity and sedentary behaviours. • PEN advances knowledge on impact and effective implementation of these policies. • We here describe the rationale and specific goals of PEN, and highlight innovations. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of global mortality. As the social and economic costs of NCDs have esca…
The Moderating Role of Self-Control and Financial Strain in the Relation between Exposure to the Food Environment and Obesity
Low self-control and financial strain may limit individuals' capacity to resist temptations in the local food environment. We investigated the moderating role of self-control and financial strain in the relation between the food environment and higher body weight. We used data from 2812 Dutch adults who participated in the population-based GLOBE study in 2014. Participants' home addresses and the location of food retailers in 2013 were mapped usi…
Walking, cycling, and public transport for commuting and non-commuting travels across 5 European urban regions
Built environmental correlates of cycling for transport across Europe
This cross-sectional study aimed to determine which objective built environmental factors, identified using a virtual neighbourhood audit, were associated with cycling for transport in adults living in five urban regions across Europe. The moderating role of age, gender, socio-economic status and country on these associations was also investigated. Overall, results showed that people living in neighbourhoods with a preponderance of speed limits b…
Are nudging and pricing strategies on food purchasing behaviors equally effective for all? Secondary analyses from the Supreme Nudge virtual supermarket study
Nudging and pricing strategies are effective in promoting healthier purchases. However, whether the effects are equal across individuals with different personal characteristics is unknown. This exploratory study aimed to examine differential effects of nudging and pricing strategies on food purchases across individuals' levels of impulsivity, price sensitivity, decision-making styles, and food choice motives. Data from a virtual supermarket exper…
Advancing the evidence base for public policies impacting on dietary behaviour, physical activity and sedentary behaviour in Europe
28 research institutes have joined in the Policy Evaluation Network (PEN). • PEN studies EU policies on diet, physical activity and sedentary behaviours. • PEN advances knowledge on impact and effective implementation of these policies. • We here describe the rationale and specific goals of PEN, and highlight innovations. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of global mortality. As the social and economic costs of NCDs have esca…
Differential influences of population densification and economic growth on Europeans' physical activity and sitting time
Spatial Lifecourse Epidemiology Reporting Standards (Isle-ReSt) statement
Spatial lifecourse epidemiology is an interdisciplinary field that utilizes advanced spatial, location-based, and artificial intelligence technologies to investigate the long-term effects of environmental, behavioural, psychosocial, and biological factors on health-related states and events and the underlying mechanisms. With the growing number of studies reporting findings from this field and the critical need for public health and policy decisi…
Moderators and mediators of the association between the obesogenicity of neighbourhoods and weight status in Dutch adults
This study aimed to assess sociodemographic, personality, and psychological moderators, and lifestyle behavioural mediators, of the association between obesogenicity of neighbourhoods and weight status in Dutch adults. This cross-sectional study used baseline data of 150,506 adult participants of the Lifelines study. To quantify obesogenicity of Dutch neighbourhoods, the Obesogenic Built Environment CharacterisTics (OBCT) index was used, calculat…
The quality of OpenStreetMap food-related point-of-interest data for use in epidemiological research
We assessed the quality of food-related OpenStreetMap (OSM) data in urban areas of five European countries. We calculated agreement statistics between point-of-interests (POIs) from OSM and from Google Street View (GSV) in five European regions. We furthermore assessed correlations between exposure measures (distance and counts) from OSM data and administrative data from local data sources on food environment data in three European countries. Agr…
Sustainable prevention of obesity through integrated strategies
SPOTLIGHT offers the potential to develop approaches that combine an understanding of the obesogenicity of environments in Europe, and thus how they can be improved, with an appreciation of the individual factors that explain why people respond differently to such environments. Its findings will inform governmental authorities and professionals, academics, NGOs and private sector stakeholders engaged in the development and implementation of polic…
Using remote sensing to define environmental characteristics related to physical activity and dietary behaviours
Educational differences in the validity of self-reported physical activity
The results confirm the hypothesis that self-report physical activity questionnaires are less valid in lower educated populations
The assessment of ongoing community-based interventions to prevent obesity
We found that many multi-level obesity prevention interventions among adults are currently active in Europe, although we found relatively few in Southern and Eastern Europe. Identifying interventions and obtaining detailed information proved to be a difficult, time consuming and painstaking process. We discuss some of the reasons why this might be the case and present recommendations based on our experiences. We suggest that future research uses …
The associations between domain-specific sedentary behaviours and dietary habits in European adults
Domain-specific sitting behaviours were related to unhealthy dietary behaviours. However, the small effect sizes suggest that individual level behavioural interventions focusing on sedentary behaviour will not be sufficient to improve dietary habits. The fact that almost none of the associations were moderated by age or gender suggests that these associations, and possibly also the effects of interventions targeting both behaviours, may hold acro…
Interplay of Socioeconomic Status and Supermarket Distance Is Associated with Excess Obesity Risk
U.S. policy initiatives have sought to improve health through attracting neighborhood supermarket investment. Little evidence exists to suggest that these policies will be effective, in particular where there are socioeconomic barriers to healthy eating. We measured the independent associations and combined interplay of supermarket access and socioeconomic status with obesity. Using data on 9702 UK adults, we employed adjusted regression analyses…
Built environmental correlates of cycling for transport across Europe
This cross-sectional study aimed to determine which objective built environmental factors, identified using a virtual neighbourhood audit, were associated with cycling for transport in adults living in five urban regions across Europe. The moderating role of age, gender, socio-economic status and country on these associations was also investigated. Overall, results showed that people living in neighbourhoods with a preponderance of speed limits b…
Data on Determinants Are Needed to Curb the Sedentary Epidemic in Europe. Lessons Learnt from the Dedipac European Knowledge Hub
Societal and technological changes have resulted in sitting being the dominant posture during most activities of daily living, such as learning, working, travelling and leisure time. Too much time spent in seated activities, referred to as sedentary behaviour, is a novel concern for public health as it is one of the key lifestyle causes of poor health. The European DEDIPAC (Determinants of Diet and Physical Activity) Knowledge Hub coordinated the…
Associations of self-reported physical activity and depression in 10,000 Irish adults across harmonised datasets
Depression is a prevalent, debilitating, and often recurrent mood disorder for which successful first-line treatments remains limited. The purpose of this study was to investigate the cross-sectional associations between self-reported physical activity (PA) and depressive symptoms and status among Irish adults, using two existing datasets, The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) and The Mitchelstown Cohort Study. The two selected databases…
Improving cardiometabolic health through nudging dietary behaviours and physical activity in low SES adults
The real-life trial has been registered on 30 May 2018, NTR7302
Differential influences of population densification and economic growth on Europeans' physical activity and sitting time
The Moderating Role of Self-Control and Financial Strain in the Relation between Exposure to the Food Environment and Obesity
Low self-control and financial strain may limit individuals' capacity to resist temptations in the local food environment. We investigated the moderating role of self-control and financial strain in the relation between the food environment and higher body weight. We used data from 2812 Dutch adults who participated in the population-based GLOBE study in 2014. Participants' home addresses and the location of food retailers in 2013 were mapped usi…
Exploring absolute and relative measures of exposure to food environments in relation to dietary patterns among European adults
Objective To explore the associations of absolute and relative measures of exposure to food retailers with dietary patterns, using simpler and more complex measures. Design Cross-sectional survey. Setting Urban regions in Belgium, France, Hungary, the Netherlands and the UK. Participants European adults ( n 4942). Supermarkets and local food shops were classified as ‘food retailers providing healthier options’; fast-food/takeaway restaurants, caf…
Spatial Lifecourse Epidemiology Reporting Standards (Isle-ReSt) statement
Spatial lifecourse epidemiology is an interdisciplinary field that utilizes advanced spatial, location-based, and artificial intelligence technologies to investigate the long-term effects of environmental, behavioural, psychosocial, and biological factors on health-related states and events and the underlying mechanisms. With the growing number of studies reporting findings from this field and the critical need for public health and policy decisi…
Successfully Recruiting Adults with a Low Socioeconomic Position into Community-Based Lifestyle Programs
We explored experts' perceived challenges and success factors in the recruitment of adults with a low socioeconomic position (SEP) for participation in community-based lifestyle modification programs. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 11 experienced project coordinators, based on a topic list that included experiences with recruitment, perceived barriers and success factors, and general views on recruitment strategies. Results revealed…
Associations of self-reported physical activity and anxiety symptoms and status among 7,874 Irish adults across harmonised datasets
Meeting physical activity guidelines is associated with lower odds of anxiety, but the strength of associations did not increase considerably with increased physical activity levels
Advancing the evidence base for public policies impacting on dietary behaviour, physical activity and sedentary behaviour in Europe
28 research institutes have joined in the Policy Evaluation Network (PEN). • PEN studies EU policies on diet, physical activity and sedentary behaviours. • PEN advances knowledge on impact and effective implementation of these policies. • We here describe the rationale and specific goals of PEN, and highlight innovations. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of global mortality. As the social and economic costs of NCDs have esca…
Associations of changes in neighbourhood walkability with changes in walking activity in older adults
This study did not show evidence for an association between changes in neighbourhood walkability and changes in walking activity in older adults. If neighbourhood walkability and walking activity are causally linked, then changes in neighbourhood walkability between 2005/06 and 2011/12 might have been not substantial enough to produce meaningful changes in walking activity in older adults
Neighborhood walkability, physical activity and changes in glycemic markers in people with type 2 diabetes
Studies investigating neighborhood walkability and physical activity in people with type 2 diabetes (T2D) mainly used self-report measures, and only few studies assessed the association with glycemic control. This study assessed the associations between objectively measured (i.e. GIS based) and subjectively measured (i.e. questionnaire-based) neighborhood walkability and changes in glycemic markers in people with T2D, and whether this association…
Walking, cycling, and public transport for commuting and non-commuting travels across 5 European urban regions
Are nudging and pricing strategies on food purchasing behaviors equally effective for all? Secondary analyses from the Supreme Nudge virtual supermarket study
Nudging and pricing strategies are effective in promoting healthier purchases. However, whether the effects are equal across individuals with different personal characteristics is unknown. This exploratory study aimed to examine differential effects of nudging and pricing strategies on food purchases across individuals' levels of impulsivity, price sensitivity, decision-making styles, and food choice motives. Data from a virtual supermarket exper…
Perceptions of the social and physical environment of adolescents’ dietary behaviour in neighbourhoods of different socioeconomic position
A higher proportion of adolescents from families in a lower socioeconomic position (SEP) tends to have more unhealthy dietary behaviours, and overweight and obesity, than their counterparts in higher SEPs. More research is needed to understand the causes of these differences, in particular the influence of the neighbourhood environment, which has been explored less. The presented qualitative study explores how adolescents and their parents from h…
Aircraft noise control policy and mental health
Background This study examines the impact of environmental noise policy on depressive symptoms by exploiting the national experiment afforded by the New Deal aircraft noise control policy introduced in Schiphol (Amsterdam) in 2008. Methods Data came from older adults (ages 57–102) participating in three waves (2005/2006, 2008/2009 and 2011/2012) of the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA) (N=1746). Aircraft noise data from the Netherlands En…
The association between the food environment and adherence to healthy diet quality
Objective: The purpose of this study is to determine if healthier neighbourhood food environments are associated with healthier diet quality. Design: This was a cross-sectional study using linear regression models to analyse data from the Maastricht Study. Diet quality was assessed using data collected with a FFQ to calculate the Dutch Healthy Diet (DHD). A buffer zone encompassing a 1000 m radius was created around each participant home address.…
Better understanding determinants of dietary guideline adherence among Dutch adults with varying socio-economic backgrounds through a mixed-methods exploration
Objective: Low dietary guideline adherence is persistent, but there is limited understanding of how individuals with varying socio-economic backgrounds reach a certain dietary intake. We investigated how quantitative and qualitative data on dietary guidelines adherence correspond and complement each other, to what extent determinants of guideline adherence in quantitative data reflect findings on determinants derived from qualitative data and whi…
Medicine (33 obras) · Environmental health (23 obras) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (20 obras) · Psychology (15 obras) · Demography (13 obras) · Demography (13 obras) · Geography (13 obras) · Gerontology (13 obras) · Physical Activity and Health (12 obras) · Health disparities and outcomes (11 obras)