Bent Egberg Mikkelsen
Biographic Data
| ID | 1695335 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bent Egberg Mikkelsen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bent Egberg |
| FAMILY NAME | Mikkelsen |
| SIGNATURE | MIKKELSEN B E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Aalborg University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8700-6899 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 30 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 30 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Does parental socioeconomic background influence body image and attachment style among university students? Evidence from a European cross-sectional study
A Community-Based, Participatory, Multi-Component Intervention Increased Sales of Healthy Foods in Local Supermarkets—The Health and Local Community Project (SoL)
Project SoL was a 19-month (September 2012 to April 2014) community-based multi-component intervention based on the supersetting approach that was designed to promote healthier eating and physical activity among children and their families. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of a multi-component intervention (level 1) and a mass media intervention alone (level 2) compared to a control area (level 3) on food sales. The design was qua…
Do Crowding-Out Effects Explain the Low Effect of a Health Promotion Intervention among Young People at a Vocational School
In recent years, school-based interventions have increasingly been used as a strategy to promote good eating habits and physical activity among young people at school. However, little is known about the effect that this kind of public involvement has on the overall behavior of young people. Economists refer to the existence of a crowding-out effect when public sector engagement in influencing behavior is counteracted by behaviors at the individua…
The Danish SoL Project: Effects of a Multi-Component Community-Based Health Promotion Intervention on Prevention of Overweight among 3–8-Year-Old Children
The aim of the study was to determine the effects of a multi-component community-based health promotion intervention on body mass index (BMI) z-scores and waist circumference (WC) in three- to eight-year-old children. A quasi-experimental design was adopted to evaluate the effects of the SoL intervention involving three intervention and three control communities. The 19-month intervention was based on the supersetting approach and was designed to…
Are Perceptions of Health Dependant on Social Class? Studying Soft Power and Symbolic Violence in a Health Promotion Program among Young Men at Vocational Schools
Health behaviour among young people has a social gradient, and tends to be skewed in terms of gender as well. Young men in vocational educational settings are an example where the inequality in health is apparent. Addressing this problem requires an understanding of health behaviour and its determinants in the target group in order to be able to develop interventions that can address the problem. The aim of the paper is to investigate to what ext…
Does It Run in the Family? How Family Background Affects Attachment Styles for Students in Higher Education
Stratification mechanisms other than social class, such as parental characteristics, civil status, and number of siblings, all affect the privileged students' social relations
The effect of introducing a free breakfast club on eating habits among students at vocational schools
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Man or machine? Will the digital transition be able to automatize dietary intake data collection
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Project SoL—A Community-Based, Multi-Component Health Promotion Intervention to Improve Eating Habits and Physical Activity among Danish Families with Young Children. Part 1: Intervention Development …
Project SoL was implemented over a period of four years from 2012−2015 with the aim to promote healthy eating and physical activity among families with children aged 3−8 years, living in selected communities in two Danish municipalities. This was done by applying the supersetting approach to implement complex multi-component interventions in a participatory, coordinated, and integrated manner in childcare centres, schools, and supermarkets in thr…
Project SoL—A Community-Based, Multi-Component Health Promotion Intervention to Improve Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Practices among Danish Families with Young Children Part 2: Evaluation
Project SoL is implemented over a period of four years with the aim to promote healthy eating and physical activity among children aged 3−8 years by targeting the families in a Danish municipality based on the multi-component, supersetting strategy. Interventions are implemented in childcare centres, schools and supermarkets in three local communities as well as in local mass media and social media during a 19 months period in the Municipality of…
Challenges and Lessons Learned from Multi-Level Multi-Component Interventions to Prevent and Reduce Childhood Obesity
Multi-level multi-component (MLMC) strategies have been recommended to prevent and reduce childhood obesity, but results of such trials have been mixed. The present work discusses lessons learned from three recently completed MLMC interventions to inform future research and policy addressing childhood obesity. B'more Healthy Communities for Kids (BHCK), Children's Healthy Living (CHL), and Health and Local Community (SoL) trials had distinct cult…
Validation of a novel image-weighed technique for monitoring food intake and estimation of portion size in hospital settings: A pilot study
Objective Optimal nutrition for hospital patients is crucial and routine monitoring of patients’ nutrient intake is imperative. However, personalised monitoring and customised intervention using traditional methods is challenging and labour-intensive, consequently it is often neglected in hospital settings. The present pilot study aimed to examine the reliability and validity of the Dietary Intake Monitoring System (DIMS) against the weighed food…
Multi-Level, Multi-Component Approaches to Community Based Interventions for Healthy Living—A Three Case Comparison
There is increasing interest in integrated and coordinated programs that intervene in multiple community settings/institutions at the same time and involve policy and system changes. The purpose of the paper is to analyse three comparable cases of Multi Level, Multi Component intervention programs (ML-MC) from across the world in order to give recommendations for research, policy and practice in this field. Through the comparison of three cases: …
Substituting sugar confectionery with fruit and healthy snacks at checkout – a win-win strategy for consumers and food stores? a study on consumer attitudes and sales effects of a healthy supermarket …
The present study finds that the healthy checkout intervention was positively evaluated by consumers and provided a 'responsible' branding opportunity for supermarkets, thus representing a win-win strategy for store managers and consumers in the short term. However, the intervention was too modest to draw conclusions on long-term sales and health implications of this initiative. More research is needed to assess whether retailer-researcher collab…
The human rights framework, the school and healthier eating among young people: A European perspective
Objective To give an account of provisions in the framework of international human rights and intergovernmental policy agreements in relation to eating at school and discuss how these provisions could be invoked to ensure healthy eating at school. Design A review of provisions in the international and European human rights frameworks and policy documents was performed in order to identify evidence and examples of provisions implying responsibilit…
Future for food education of children
Role of Public Organic Procurement Policies (Popp's) in the implementation of organic food and farming strategies
Targeting public procurement policies has become an important goal for European policy makers since it is believed to contribute to more sustainable food systems and food consumption patterns. Food purchased by the public for institutions such as hospitals, care homes, universities, prisons, schools, armed forces and canteens represent a significant part of the food economy in European countries. As a result governments at different levels have a…
Defining Neighbourhoods as a Measure of Exposure to the Food Environment
Neighbourhoods are frequently used as a measure for individuals' exposure to the food environment. However, the definitions of neighbourhoods fluctuate and have not been applied consistently in previous studies. Neighbourhoods defined from a single fixed location fail to capture people's complete exposure in multiple locations, but measuring behaviour using traditional methods can be challenging. This study compares the traditional methods of mea…
Professor Fergus Lowe
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Do attitudes, intentions and actions of school food coordinators regarding public organic food procurement policy improve the eating environment at school? Results from the iPopy study
Objective The present study investigates whether public organic food procurement policies have the potential to induce changes in the school food service environment. Design A comparative cross-national survey was conducted in public primary and/or secondary schools in Finland, Germany and Italy. The school food coordinators completed a web-based questionnaire on their attitudes, intentions and actions towards organic school food provision. Setti…
School – a multitude of opportunities for promoting healthier eating
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Understanding hospital meal experiences by means of participant-driven-photo-elicitation
How practice contributes to trolley food waste. A qualitative study among staff involved in serving meals to hospital patients
Hunger, overconsumption and youth: Future directions for research in school-based public health nutrition strategies
Hunger, overconsumption and youth: future directions for research in school-based public health nutrition strategies
Nutrition labelling, environment, sustainability: Drowning in labels
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Are green caterers more likely to serve healthy meals than non-green caterers? Results from a quantitative study in Danish worksite catering
Objective The present study aimed to investigate whether organic conversion in catering has positive effects on the nutritional quality of menus offered. Design The methodology was based on a self-administered questionnaire. The self-declared priority given to the use of organic foods was measured as the basis for assigning catering managers to one of two groups: ‘green’ or ‘non-green’ caterers. These groups were then compared with regard to the …
Workforce gender, company size and corporate financial support are predictors of availability of healthy meals in Danish worksite canteens
Objective Environmental strategies at worksites may help consumers change dietary behaviour towards a more healthy diet. The present study aimed to evaluate the availability of healthy meal options at Danish worksite canteens and to identify predictors of worksite canteens providing healthy meals. Design A self-administered questionnaire was randomly mailed to 1967 worksite canteen managers. Besides information and characteristics about the cante…
Long-term sustainability of a worksite canteen intervention of serving more fruit and vegetables
Objective To analyse the 5-year sustainability of a worksite canteen intervention of serving more fruit and vegetables (F&V). Design Average F&V consumption per customer per meal per day was assessed in five worksite canteens by weighing F&V served and subtracting waste. Data were collected by the canteen staff during a 3-week continuous period and compared to data from the same five canteens measured at baseline, at end point and at 1-year follo…
Periscope Project: How to translate healthy lifestyle in funny and enjoyable ones to preschool children and their families
children in a school context; '...E vai con la frutta', good practices to promote and sustain the fresh fruit and vegetables daily consumption in schoolchildren (10-14-16 years); 'Observatory on the lifestyles', with the aim to follow-up the health promotion projects addressed to the contrast of the main risk factors for CVD; 'Ragazzinsieme', in movement between health, environment, culture and traditions (10-17 years)
Associations between stress and obesity in primary-school children
children in a school context; '...E vai con la frutta', good practices to promote and sustain the fresh fruit and vegetables daily consumption in schoolchildren (10-14-16 years); 'Observatory on the lifestyles', with the aim to follow-up the health promotion projects addressed to the contrast of the main risk factors for CVD; 'Ragazzinsieme', in movement between health, environment, culture and traditions (10-17 years)
Hunger, overconsumption and youth: Future directions for research in school-based public health nutrition strategies
Hunger, overconsumption and youth: future directions for research in school-based public health nutrition strategies
Nutrition labelling, environment, sustainability: Drowning in labels
TEST 02 - Elsevier's Scopus, the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. Search and access research from the science, technology, medicine, social sciences and arts and humanities fields
Do attitudes, intentions and actions of school food coordinators regarding public organic food procurement policy improve the eating environment at school? Results from the iPopy study
Objective The present study investigates whether public organic food procurement policies have the potential to induce changes in the school food service environment. Design A comparative cross-national survey was conducted in public primary and/or secondary schools in Finland, Germany and Italy. The school food coordinators completed a web-based questionnaire on their attitudes, intentions and actions towards organic school food provision. Setti…
School – a multitude of opportunities for promoting healthier eating
An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the 'Save PDF' action button
Understanding hospital meal experiences by means of participant-driven-photo-elicitation
How practice contributes to trolley food waste. A qualitative study among staff involved in serving meals to hospital patients
Defining Neighbourhoods as a Measure of Exposure to the Food Environment
Neighbourhoods are frequently used as a measure for individuals' exposure to the food environment. However, the definitions of neighbourhoods fluctuate and have not been applied consistently in previous studies. Neighbourhoods defined from a single fixed location fail to capture people's complete exposure in multiple locations, but measuring behaviour using traditional methods can be challenging. This study compares the traditional methods of mea…
Professor Fergus Lowe
An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Multi-Level, Multi-Component Approaches to Community Based Interventions for Healthy Living—A Three Case Comparison
There is increasing interest in integrated and coordinated programs that intervene in multiple community settings/institutions at the same time and involve policy and system changes. The purpose of the paper is to analyse three comparable cases of Multi Level, Multi Component intervention programs (ML-MC) from across the world in order to give recommendations for research, policy and practice in this field. Through the comparison of three cases: …
Substituting sugar confectionery with fruit and healthy snacks at checkout – a win-win strategy for consumers and food stores? a study on consumer attitudes and sales effects of a healthy supermarket …
The present study finds that the healthy checkout intervention was positively evaluated by consumers and provided a 'responsible' branding opportunity for supermarkets, thus representing a win-win strategy for store managers and consumers in the short term. However, the intervention was too modest to draw conclusions on long-term sales and health implications of this initiative. More research is needed to assess whether retailer-researcher collab…
The human rights framework, the school and healthier eating among young people: A European perspective
Objective To give an account of provisions in the framework of international human rights and intergovernmental policy agreements in relation to eating at school and discuss how these provisions could be invoked to ensure healthy eating at school. Design A review of provisions in the international and European human rights frameworks and policy documents was performed in order to identify evidence and examples of provisions implying responsibilit…
Future for food education of children
Role of Public Organic Procurement Policies (Popp's) in the implementation of organic food and farming strategies
Targeting public procurement policies has become an important goal for European policy makers since it is believed to contribute to more sustainable food systems and food consumption patterns. Food purchased by the public for institutions such as hospitals, care homes, universities, prisons, schools, armed forces and canteens represent a significant part of the food economy in European countries. As a result governments at different levels have a…
Project SoL—A Community-Based, Multi-Component Health Promotion Intervention to Improve Eating Habits and Physical Activity among Danish Families with Young Children. Part 1: Intervention Development …
Project SoL was implemented over a period of four years from 2012−2015 with the aim to promote healthy eating and physical activity among families with children aged 3−8 years, living in selected communities in two Danish municipalities. This was done by applying the supersetting approach to implement complex multi-component interventions in a participatory, coordinated, and integrated manner in childcare centres, schools, and supermarkets in thr…
Project SoL—A Community-Based, Multi-Component Health Promotion Intervention to Improve Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Practices among Danish Families with Young Children Part 2: Evaluation
Project SoL is implemented over a period of four years with the aim to promote healthy eating and physical activity among children aged 3−8 years by targeting the families in a Danish municipality based on the multi-component, supersetting strategy. Interventions are implemented in childcare centres, schools and supermarkets in three local communities as well as in local mass media and social media during a 19 months period in the Municipality of…
Challenges and Lessons Learned from Multi-Level Multi-Component Interventions to Prevent and Reduce Childhood Obesity
Multi-level multi-component (MLMC) strategies have been recommended to prevent and reduce childhood obesity, but results of such trials have been mixed. The present work discusses lessons learned from three recently completed MLMC interventions to inform future research and policy addressing childhood obesity. B'more Healthy Communities for Kids (BHCK), Children's Healthy Living (CHL), and Health and Local Community (SoL) trials had distinct cult…
Validation of a novel image-weighed technique for monitoring food intake and estimation of portion size in hospital settings: A pilot study
Objective Optimal nutrition for hospital patients is crucial and routine monitoring of patients’ nutrient intake is imperative. However, personalised monitoring and customised intervention using traditional methods is challenging and labour-intensive, consequently it is often neglected in hospital settings. The present pilot study aimed to examine the reliability and validity of the Dietary Intake Monitoring System (DIMS) against the weighed food…
The effect of introducing a free breakfast club on eating habits among students at vocational schools
ISRCTN11265280 . Registered 20 November 2018 (retrospectively registered)
Man or machine? Will the digital transition be able to automatize dietary intake data collection
An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the 'Save PDF' action button
Do Crowding-Out Effects Explain the Low Effect of a Health Promotion Intervention among Young People at a Vocational School
In recent years, school-based interventions have increasingly been used as a strategy to promote good eating habits and physical activity among young people at school. However, little is known about the effect that this kind of public involvement has on the overall behavior of young people. Economists refer to the existence of a crowding-out effect when public sector engagement in influencing behavior is counteracted by behaviors at the individua…
Medicine (22 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (19 works) · Psychology (15 works) · Environmental health (14 works) · Nursing (12 works) · Political science (9 works) · School Health and Nursing Education (9 works) · Public health (8 works) · Business (7 works) · Computer Science (7 works)