Maartje P Poelman
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 4411228 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Maartje P Poelman |
| NOMBRES | Maartje P |
| APELLIDO | Poelman |
| FIRMA | POELMAN M P |
| AFILIACIONES | Wageningen University & Research |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4346-4481 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 43 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 34 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 43 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2013 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Methods for investigating online food environments with artificial intelligence
Advancing a healthy and sustainable food environment at a railway station
Background Local governments are increasingly resorting to collaborative approaches to improve food environments due to a lack of legal instruments. Yet, the context-related factors influencing such collaborations, as well as their complexity and impact on the food environment remain unknown. This study explored a public private collaboration aiming to improve the food environment at a railway station. Methods A prospective single case study (ren…
Meal delivery platform use in adults living in Belgium
Meal delivery platforms are well-established in many urban areas worldwide, including Belgium. The increased access to meals prepared out-of-home that these services provide has contributed to international public health concern. Understanding consumers’ lived-experiences of meal delivery platform use will help inform the possible development of approaches to limit detrimental impacts on health and capitalise on opportunities to provide support. …
The role of the workplace food environment in eating behaviours of employees at small and medium-sized enterprises
Across all three types of SMEs, both employers and employees described a food environment that was limited in actively encouraging healthy and sustainable food choices at the workplace. Future research should focus on developing tailored workplace policies and interventions addressing the unique food environment characteristics of different types of SMEs to improve employee eating behaviour
Identifying mechanisms that shape the food environment in long-term healthcare facilities in the Netherlands
This study gained a comprehensive, collectively acknowledged understanding of the system dynamics underlying the food environment in Dutch long-term healthcare institutions. The results underscore the importance of crafting a coherent set of actions that addresses various factors and underlying mechanisms to initiate systemic change. However, achieving actual system changes in long-term healthcare facilities requires prolonged efforts and overcom…
Voicing residents’ perception of (commercial) food cues in outdoor public spaces
Current findings may inform health professionals and (local) policy makers about the unhealthy food cues encountered by residents in outdoor public spaces, which unconsciously influence their eating behaviour, while also providing insights into designing food cue regulations that attract policy support by balancing public health goals with considerations of consumer autonomy and citizen preferences
Exploring Dutch municipal advertising restrictions on unhealthy and unsustainable products
This study is the first to examine municipal advertisement restrictions in the Netherlands. • Municipal advertising restrictions were often initiated by a left-wing council member. • Existing momentum and favourable political climate facilitated policy development. • Lack of political support formed a barrier for policy development. • Policy consistency facilitated the implementation of advertisement restrictions. This study examined the perspect…
Intersectional inequalities in mental health by education, income, gender, and age before and during the Covid-19 pandemic in the Netherlands
Inequalities in mental health add up for those who experience multiple axes of disadvantage, such as women and those with low incomes, but no disproportionate intersectional interaction effects were found. Effort is needed to ensure that mental health support is accessible for all, especially those with low incomes. Given the especially strong mental health declines among those over 65, responses to future crises need to include measures to prote…
Supporting vulnerable families’ meal practices
The study protocol was pre‐registered prior to data collection at Clinicaltrials.gov (NCT05595551-27/10/2022)
More than the worksite cafeteria
Objective: To characterise the food environment of Dutch small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), encompassing physical, sociocultural, economic and policy features and to explore variations within SMEs according to company characteristics (number of employees, location of work and presence of worksite cafeteria). Design: Online cross-sectional survey study of a representative Dutch SME sample by a panel agency. Setting: Dutch SMEs. Participant…
Do financial constraint and perceived stress modify the effects of food tax schemes on food purchases
Objective: To investigate whether financial constraint and perceived stress modify the effects of food-related taxes on the healthiness of food purchases. Design: Moderation analyses were conducted with data from a trial where participants were randomly exposed to: a control condition with regular food prices, an sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) tax condition with a two-tiered levy on the sugar content in SSB (5–8 g/100 ml: €0·21 per l and ≥ 8 g/10…
Mediators and moderators of the effects of a school-based intervention on adolescents’ fruit and vegetable consumption
Objective: To examine whether targeted determinants mediated the effects of the HEalth In Adolescents (HEIA) intervention on fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption and explore if these mediating effects were moderated by sex, parental education or weight status. Design: Cluster-randomised controlled trial. Setting: The HEIA study (2007–2009) was a Norwegian 20-month multi-component school-based intervention to promote healthy weight development. FV…
How perceptions of meat consumption norms differ across contexts and meat consumer groups
Social norm perceptions are implicit standards describing what is typically done or seen as acceptable and have shown to be important both in sustaining meat consumption as well as facilitating meat reduction. Norm perceptions depend on individual differences and the contexts (e.g., supermarket, restaurant). Yet, evidence how norm perceptions differ within and across individuals is scarce. The primary aim of this study was to investigate how desc…
An unequal health policy landscape? Examining socioeconomic differences in acceptability and preferences for policies that aim to reduce socioeconomic inequalities in health
BACKGROUND: This study explores socioeconomic differences in acceptability and preferences for policies that aim to reduce socioeconomic health inequalities. The investigated policies range from structural policies, requiring no individual agency, to agentic policies, which depend on the individual agency for behaviour change. METHODS: An online, cross-sectional survey was conducted among 1182 participants, stratified by education and representat…
Harnessing the potential of public procurement for the protein transition – perceived barriers and facilitators
Shifting dietary patterns from animal-based proteins to more plant-based and alternative protein sources – the protein transition – is urgently needed to improve planetary and human health. Public food procurement is considered to be an effective policy instrument to accelerate the protein transition and to be a potential game changer towards a sustainable food system. However, this potential has remained far from leveraged, and it is largely unk…
Socioeconomic inequalities in self-assessed health and food consumption
Income inequalities in SAH and FVC were explained by daily hassles, and educational inequalities in SAH were explained by the perceived importance of health. Socioeconomic inequalities may not be sequentially explained by a more severe experience of daily hassles and a lower perceived importance of health. Interventions and policies addressing challenging circumstances associated with a low income may improve SAH and healthy food consumption amon…
Understanding the mechanisms linking holistic housing renovations to health and well-being of adults in disadvantaged neighbourhoods
Holistic housing renovations combine physical housing improvements with social and socioeconomic interventions (e.g. referral to social services, debt counselling, involvement in decision-making, promoting social cohesion). This realist review aimed at understanding underlying mechanisms linking holistic housing renovations to health and well-being of adults in disadvantaged neighbourhoods. Following systematic and iterative searching, and releva…
A detour for snacks and beverages? A cross-sectional assessment of selective daily mobility bias in food outlet exposure along the commuting route and dietary intakes
The evidence of selective daily mobility bias distorting exposure-health associations is limited. Using 7-day smartphone-based global positioning system (GPS) tracking data for 67 Dutch adults aged 25-45, we conducted paired Wilcoxon tests to compare the absolute and relative exposure to food outlets along actual and modelled commuting routes. We fitted Tobit regressions to examine their associations with three daily snack and soft drink intake o…
Factors Influencing Adolescents' Dietary Behaviors in the School and Home Environment in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Background: Malnutrition affects many adolescents in Ethiopia. Over one-third of adolescent girls and two-thirds of boys are thin. Overweight and obesity in Ethiopia is mostly a concern in urban populations of higher wealth quintiles. Urbanization and globalization of diets is shifting food environments. The objective of this study was to assess whether food environments in and around schools in urban Ethiopia influence dietary diversity, quality…
Snacking for a reason
Whereas low socio-economic position was associated with higher stress levels, this did not translate into increased snacking. Contrarily, those with higher socio-economic position could be more prone to using 'reasons to snack', which may result in justification of unhealthy snacking behaviour
What’s important to you? Socioeconomic inequalities in the perceived importance of health compared to other life domains
Lower income groups were less likely to consider not being ill important. Those without paid employment and those with a higher educational level were less likely to consider living a long life important. Neither future focus nor financial strain explained these inequalities. Future research should investigate socioeconomic differences in conceptualisations of health, and if inequalities in the perceived importance of health are associated with i…
The effects of a sugar-sweetened beverage tax and a nutrient profiling tax based on Nutri-Score on consumer food purchases in a virtual supermarket
Objective: To investigate the effects of a sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) tax and a nutrient profiling tax on consumer food purchases in a virtual supermarket. Design: A randomised controlled trial was conducted with a control condition with regular food prices ( n 152), an SSB tax condition ( n 130) and a nutrient profiling tax condition based on Nutri-Score ( n 112). Participants completed a weekly grocery shop for their household. Primary outc…
Neighbourhood food typologies, fast food outlet visitation and snack food purchasing among adolescents in Melbourne, Australia
Objective: Despite the increased attention on neighbourhood food environments and dietary behaviours, studies focusing on adolescents are limited. This study aims to characterise typologies of food environments surrounding adolescents and their associations with fast food outlet visitation and snack food purchasing to/from school. Design: The number of food outlets (supermarket; green grocers; butcher/seafood/deli; bakeries; convenience stores; f…
Determinants of healthy and sustainable food choices in parents with a higher and lower socioeconomic status
The Healthy Supermarket Coach
Supermarkets located near schools influence adolescents’ food consumption. The aims of this study were (1) to measure dietary behaviors during school hours, (2) to investigate the effect of a nutrition peer-education intervention in supermarkets within walking distance to secondary schools on nutritional knowledge and attitudes toward healthy eating, and (3) to assess how the intervention was appraised by adolescents with a lower education level.…
How perceptions of meat consumption norms differ across contexts and meat consumer groups
Social norm perceptions are implicit standards describing what is typically done or seen as acceptable and have shown to be important both in sustaining meat consumption as well as facilitating meat reduction. Norm perceptions depend on individual differences and the contexts (e.g., supermarket, restaurant). Yet, evidence how norm perceptions differ within and across individuals is scarce. The primary aim of this study was to investigate how desc…
Social norm nudges in shopping trolleys to promote vegetable purchases
BACKGROUND: Supermarkets are a key point of purchase for groceries and can therefore have a considerable influence on eating behaviours. Evidence suggests that descriptive social norm nudges in shopping trolleys can be effective in stimulating vegetable purchases in supermarkets. OBJECTIVE: We investigated the effect of a combination of two nudging strategies in shopping trolleys - a social norm about vegetable purchases and a designated place to…
Eating behavior and food purchases during the Covid-19 lockdown
Determinants of healthy and sustainable food choices in parents with a higher and lower socioeconomic status
Behavioural strategies to control the amount of food selected and consumed
Several factors within the food environment may stimulate overconsumption. The present study aimed to (1) identify behavioural strategies to cope with this environment to control the amount of food consumed, (2) examine the feasibility and usefulness of the strategies, and (3) evaluate the association between the strategies and body mass index (BMI). After the literature was screened for evidence of factors that contribute to the consumption of l…
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…
Harnessing the potential of public procurement for the protein transition – perceived barriers and facilitators
Shifting dietary patterns from animal-based proteins to more plant-based and alternative protein sources – the protein transition – is urgently needed to improve planetary and human health. Public food procurement is considered to be an effective policy instrument to accelerate the protein transition and to be a potential game changer towards a sustainable food system. However, this potential has remained far from leveraged, and it is largely unk…
The snack that has it all
Although many people intend to eat healthily, their actual snacking behavior is often marked by a high consumption of calorie-dense, unhealthy snacks. One reason for this discrepancy may be that people tend to associate unhealthy food with tasty food, preventing them to follow up on their healthy snacking goals. To support people in snacking more healthily according to their intentions, there is an urgent need to better understand how people perc…
I don't have to go to the gym because I ate very healthy today’
Objective Nutritional interventions to decrease energy intake, aimed at portion sizes and front-of-package labelling, are effective only if people do not compensate for their reduced energy intake. Since several observational studies indicate that these interventions could prompt compensation behaviour, it is important to assess underlying beliefs. Therefore, the purpose of the two studies reported here was to develop a Diet-related Compensatory …
Behavioural strategies to control the amount of food selected and consumed
Several factors within the food environment may stimulate overconsumption. The present study aimed to (1) identify behavioural strategies to cope with this environment to control the amount of food consumed, (2) examine the feasibility and usefulness of the strategies, and (3) evaluate the association between the strategies and body mass index (BMI). After the literature was screened for evidence of factors that contribute to the consumption of l…
The home food environment of overweight gatekeepers in the Netherlands
Objective The aim of the present study was to gain insight into (i) processed snack-food availability, (ii) processed snack-food salience and (iii) the size of dinnerware among households with overweight gatekeepers. Moreover, associations between gatekeepers’ characteristics and in-home observations were determined. Design A cross-sectional observation of home food environments was conducted as part of a baseline measurement of a larger study. S…
Package size and manufacturer-recommended serving size of sweet beverages
Objective To assess the mean package size and manufacturer-recommended serving size of sweet beverages available in four high-income countries: Australia, Canada, the Netherlands and New Zealand. Design Cross-sectional surveys. Setting The two largest supermarket chains of each country in 2012/2013. Subjects Individual pack size (IPS) drinks ( n 891) and bulk pack size (BPS) drinks ( n 1904). Results For all IPS drinks, the mean package size was …
Obesogenic’ School Food Environments? An Urban Case Study in The Netherlands
(1) Background: This study aimed to explore and define socio-economic (SES) differences in urban school food environments in The Netherlands. (2) Methods: Retail food outlets, ready-to-eat products, in-store food promotions and food advertisements in public space were determined within 400 m walking distance of all secondary schools in the 4th largest city of The Netherlands. Fisher's exact tests were conducted. (3) Results: In total, 115 retail …
Development of the ‘Canteen Scan’
The Canteen Scan provides insight into the extent to which canteens meet the Dutch Guidelines for Healthier Canteens. It also provides tailored feedback to support adjustments towards a healthier canteen and with the scan changes over time can be monitored. Pilot tests show this tool to be usable in practice
How does bridging social capital relate to health-behavior, overweight and obesity among low and high educated groups? A cross-sectional analysis of GLOBE-2014
Bridging social capital had differential relations with health-behavior among low and high educational groups. Policies aimed at reducing segregation between educational groups may reduce inequalities in overweight, obesity and unhealthy behaviors
Snacks and The City
While many people declare an intention to eat and snack more healthily, a large body of research has found that these intentions often do not translate into actual behavior. This failure to fulfil intentions is regularly attributed to the obesogenic environment, on which basis it is assumed that changing the food environment may lead to more healthy snacking behavior. To test this premise in real life practice, the present research project invest…
Can Healthy Checkout Counters Improve Food Purchases? Two Real-Life Experiments in Dutch Supermarkets
Most snacks displayed at supermarket checkouts do not contribute to a healthy diet. We investigated the effects of introducing healthier snack alternatives at checkouts in supermarkets on purchasing behavior. In Study 1, we investigated the effect of completely substituting less healthy with healthier snacks (one supermarket). In Study 2, we investigated the effect of placing and discounting healthier snacks while the less healthy snacks remain i…
Can unhealthy food purchases at checkout counters be discouraged by introducing healthier snacks? A real-life experiment in supermarkets in deprived urban areas in the Netherlands
This real life experiment in supermarkets showed that the placement of healthier snacks at checkouts did not lead to the substitution of unhealthy snack purchases with healthier alternatives. Although supermarket customers positively evaluated the HCC, future studies are needed to investigate other strategies to encourage healthier food purchases in supermarkets
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 snack that has it all
Although many people intend to eat healthily, their actual snacking behavior is often marked by a high consumption of calorie-dense, unhealthy snacks. One reason for this discrepancy may be that people tend to associate unhealthy food with tasty food, preventing them to follow up on their healthy snacking goals. To support people in snacking more healthily according to their intentions, there is an urgent need to better understand how people perc…
Social norm nudges in shopping trolleys to promote vegetable purchases
BACKGROUND: Supermarkets are a key point of purchase for groceries and can therefore have a considerable influence on eating behaviours. Evidence suggests that descriptive social norm nudges in shopping trolleys can be effective in stimulating vegetable purchases in supermarkets. OBJECTIVE: We investigated the effect of a combination of two nudging strategies in shopping trolleys - a social norm about vegetable purchases and a designated place to…
The Healthy Supermarket Coach
Supermarkets located near schools influence adolescents’ food consumption. The aims of this study were (1) to measure dietary behaviors during school hours, (2) to investigate the effect of a nutrition peer-education intervention in supermarkets within walking distance to secondary schools on nutritional knowledge and attitudes toward healthy eating, and (3) to assess how the intervention was appraised by adolescents with a lower education level.…
Food and health promotion literacy among employees with a low and medium level of education in the Netherlands
This study suggests there is room for improvement in SPFL and HPL among adults with a low and medium level of education. Future research should consider comparing low and middle socioeconomic with high socioeconomic groups when exploring food and health literacy. Regarding health promotion activities for adults with a low and medium level of education, it is recommended to focus on improving both food and health literacy. Furthermore, more resear…
The role of dwelling type on food expenditure
Objective: To explore differences in proportion of food budget and total food expenditure by dwelling type. Design: A cross-sectional study using data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2015–2016 Household Expenditure Survey. Food expenditure was examined on multiple categories: fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, pre-prepared meals, meals in restaurants, hotels and clubs, and fast food and takeaway meals, using two-part models and zero-one inf…
Does the neighbourhood food environment contribute to ethnic differences in diet quality? Results from the Helius study in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Objective: The aim of the current study was to establish whether the neighbourhood food environment, characterised by the healthiness of food outlets, the diversity of food outlets and fast-food outlet density within a 500 m or 1000 m street network buffer around the home address, contributed to ethnic differences in diet quality. Design: Cross-sectional cohort study. Setting: Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Participants: Data on adult participants o…
How healthy and processed are foods and drinks promoted in supermarket sales flyers? A cross-sectional study in the Netherlands
Objective: To investigate to what extent promotions in Dutch supermarket sales flyers contribute to a healthy diet and whether there are differences between supermarket types. Design: A cross-sectional study investigating promotions on foods and beverages ( n 7825) in supermarket sales flyers from thirteen Dutch supermarket chains (8-week period), including ten traditional, two discount and one organic supermarket chain(s). Promoted products were…
Eating behavior and food purchases during the Covid-19 lockdown
Factors Influencing Adolescents' Dietary Behaviors in the School and Home Environment in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Background: Malnutrition affects many adolescents in Ethiopia. Over one-third of adolescent girls and two-thirds of boys are thin. Overweight and obesity in Ethiopia is mostly a concern in urban populations of higher wealth quintiles. Urbanization and globalization of diets is shifting food environments. The objective of this study was to assess whether food environments in and around schools in urban Ethiopia influence dietary diversity, quality…
Snacking for a reason
Whereas low socio-economic position was associated with higher stress levels, this did not translate into increased snacking. Contrarily, those with higher socio-economic position could be more prone to using 'reasons to snack', which may result in justification of unhealthy snacking behaviour
What’s important to you? Socioeconomic inequalities in the perceived importance of health compared to other life domains
Lower income groups were less likely to consider not being ill important. Those without paid employment and those with a higher educational level were less likely to consider living a long life important. Neither future focus nor financial strain explained these inequalities. Future research should investigate socioeconomic differences in conceptualisations of health, and if inequalities in the perceived importance of health are associated with i…
The effects of a sugar-sweetened beverage tax and a nutrient profiling tax based on Nutri-Score on consumer food purchases in a virtual supermarket
Objective: To investigate the effects of a sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) tax and a nutrient profiling tax on consumer food purchases in a virtual supermarket. Design: A randomised controlled trial was conducted with a control condition with regular food prices ( n 152), an SSB tax condition ( n 130) and a nutrient profiling tax condition based on Nutri-Score ( n 112). Participants completed a weekly grocery shop for their household. Primary outc…
Neighbourhood food typologies, fast food outlet visitation and snack food purchasing among adolescents in Melbourne, Australia
Objective: Despite the increased attention on neighbourhood food environments and dietary behaviours, studies focusing on adolescents are limited. This study aims to characterise typologies of food environments surrounding adolescents and their associations with fast food outlet visitation and snack food purchasing to/from school. Design: The number of food outlets (supermarket; green grocers; butcher/seafood/deli; bakeries; convenience stores; f…
Determinants of healthy and sustainable food choices in parents with a higher and lower socioeconomic status
Medicine (36 obras) · Environmental health (30 obras) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (29 obras) · Psychology (18 obras) · Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling (17 obras) · Business (14 obras) · Public health (14 obras) · Food Science (12 obras) · Biostatistics (10 obras) · Gerontology (10 obras)