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ID1727348
NOMEGreet Cardon
PRENOMESGreet
SOBRENOMECardon
ASSINATURACARDON G
AFILIAÇÕESGhent University
ORCID0000-0003-4983-6557
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS110
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES93
TOTAL COMO AUTOR110
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2005
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2026
ÍNDICE H7

  • Healthy cities, healthy students

    Open AccessXimena Palma-Leal, Sergio Campos-Sánchez et al.ARTICLEJournal of Transport Geography2026

    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

    Open AccessLaura Maenhout, Sofie Compernolle et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2026

  • Bridging Generations for Health

    Evelien Iliano, Natalia Angarita‐Osorio et al.ARTICLEJournal of Intergenerational…2026

    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

    Open AccessFlore De Vylder, Greet Cardon et al.ARTICLEAppetite2026Referências: 83

  • School staff experiences on involvement in a co-creation process

    Open AccessJanneke de Boer, Lea Rahel Delfmann et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    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

    Open AccessMarga Decraene, Kar Hau Chong et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    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

    Open AccessLea Rahel Delfmann, Ann Vandendriessche et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    This study is registered as clinical trial (NCT05838339). Registration date: 07.11.2022

  • A mobile healthy lifestyle intervention to promote mental health in adolescence

    Open AccessCarmen Peuters, Laura Maenhout et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    ClinicalTrials.gov [NCT04719858], registered on 22/01/2021

  • Longitudinal changes in preschoolers’ adiposity indicators according to compliance with 24-hour movement behavior guidelines

    Open AccessMarieke De Craemer, Greet Cardon et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    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

    Open AccessIris Maes, Stéphanie Carlier et al.ARTICLEHealth & Social Care in the…2024

    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

    Open AccessLea Rahel Delfmann, Maïté Verloigne et al.ARTICLEJournal of Youth and Adolescence2024Referências: 51

    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

    Open AccessSemánová Csilla, Csilla Semánová et al.ARTICLEChildren2023

    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

    Open AccessJulie Latomme, Philip J Morgan et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    This study is registered as a clinical trial (clinicaltrials.gov, ID number: NCT04590755, date: 19/10/2020)

  • The Feel4Diabetes intervention

    Open AccessGreet Cardon, Sébastien Chastin et al.ARTICLEHealth Promotion International2022

    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

    Open AccessEvelien Iliano, Melanie Beeckman et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    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

    Open AccessDimitrios V Diamantis, Kalliopi Karatzi et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    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)

    Open AccessFazlollah Ghofranipour, Najmeh Hamzavi Zarghani et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    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

    Open AccessYannis Μanios, Katrina A Lambert et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2022

    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

    Open AccessLubna Mahmood, Luis Alberto Moreno Aznar et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2022

    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

    Open AccessPaloma Flores‐Barrantes, Christina Mavrogianni et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2022

    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

    Open AccessLaura Maenhout, Carmen Peuters et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2021

    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

    Open AccessFrancisco Javier Huertas-Delgado, Francisco Javier Huertas‐Delgado et al.ARTICLEHealth Education Journal2021

    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

    Open AccessAyla Schwarz, Greet Cardon et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021

    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

    Open AccessJulie Latomme, Philip J Morgan et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021

    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

    Open AccessMarga Decraene, Vera Verbestel et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021

    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) …