Joline WJ Beulens
Biographic Data
| ID | 5477113 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joline WJ Beulens |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joline WJ |
| FAMILY NAME | Beulens |
| SIGNATURE | BEULENS J W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University Medical Center Utrecht |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4181-0937 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 21 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
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…
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…
Family is all that matters
We prospectively examined the association between structure, function, and quality of social relations and self-rated health (SRH) in U.S. adults followed over 10 years in the population-based National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP). Large social network and high positive/negative social support were measured at baseline and defined as the highest quartile. These three binary measures were reported from friends, family, and partne…
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…
Associations between dimensions of the social environment and cardiometabolic risk factors
The social environment (SE), including social contacts, norms and support, is an understudied element of the living environment which impacts health. We aim to comprehensively summarize the evidence on the association between the SE and risk factors of cardiometabolic disease (CMD). We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis based on studies published in PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science Core Collection from inception to 16 February 2021.…
The interaction between the community food environment and cooking skills in association with diet-related outcomes in Dutch adults
Objective: We examined whether associations between the food environment, frequency of home cooking, diet quality and BMI were modified by the level of cooking skills. Design: Cross-sectional study using linear and modified Poisson regression models adjusted for age, sex, energy intake, education, income, household size and urbanisation. The frequency of home cooking was categorised into Setting: The Netherlands. Participants: 1461 adults aged 18…
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…
The cost of healthy versus current diets in the Netherlands for households with a low, middle and high education
The cost of food is an important driver of food choice and most evidence suggests that healthier diets are more costly than less healthy diets. However, current attempts to model the cost of healthy and current diets do not take into account the variation in diets or food prices. We calculated the differential cost between healthy and current diets for households with a low, medium and high education in the Netherlands using the DIETCOST program.…
The role of material and psychosocial resources in explaining socioeconomic inequalities in diet
We examined whether material and psychosocial resources may explain socioeconomic differences in diet quality. Cross-sectional survey data from 1461 Dutch adults (42.5 (SD 13.7) years on average and 64% female) on socio-demographics, diet quality, psychosocial factors and perceptions of and objective healthiness of the food environment were used in a structural equation model to examine mediating pathways. Indicators for socioeconomic position (S…
Alcohol-attributable burden of cancer in Argentina
Most cancer deaths and DALYs were attributable to moderate alcohol consumption (50%). This calls for implementation of population-wide strategies-instead of targeting heavy drinking only-to effectively reduce harmful use of alcohol and its impact on disease burden
Limited alcohol consumption and lower risk of diabetes
Does vitamin K crack calcification in the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC)
Determinants of Food Choice and Perceptions of Supermarket-Based Nudging Interventions among Adults with Low Socioeconomic Position
Nudging has received ample attention in scientific literature as an environmental strategy to promote healthy diets, and may be effective for reaching populations with low socioeconomic position (SEP). Therefore, the objective of this study was to investigate how the determinants of food choice shape the perceptions regarding supermarket-based nudging strategies among adults with low SEP. We conducted semi-structured interviews among fifteen adul…
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…
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…
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…
World Health Organization cardiovascular disease risk charts
BACKGROUND: To help adapt cardiovascular disease risk prediction approaches to low-income and middle-income countries, WHO has convened an effort to develop, evaluate, and illustrate revised risk models. Here, we report the derivation, validation, and illustration of the revised WHO cardiovascular disease risk prediction charts that have been adapted to the circumstances of 21 global regions. METHODS: In this model revision initiative, we derived…
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…
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
Adherence to the Dutch Guidelines for a Healthy Diet and cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition–Netherlands (Epic-NL) cohort
Objective To examine the association between adherence to the Dutch Guidelines for a Healthy Diet created by the Dutch Health Council in 2006 and overall and smoking-related cancer incidence. Design Prospective cohort study. Setting Adherence to the guidelines, which includes one recommendation on physical activity and nine on diet, was measured using an adapted version of the Dutch Healthy Diet (DHD) index. The score ranged from 0 to 90 with a h…
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…
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…
Adherence to the Dutch Guidelines for a Healthy Diet and cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition–Netherlands (Epic-NL) cohort
Objective To examine the association between adherence to the Dutch Guidelines for a Healthy Diet created by the Dutch Health Council in 2006 and overall and smoking-related cancer incidence. Design Prospective cohort study. Setting Adherence to the guidelines, which includes one recommendation on physical activity and nine on diet, was measured using an adapted version of the Dutch Healthy Diet (DHD) index. The score ranged from 0 to 90 with a h…
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
World Health Organization cardiovascular disease risk charts
BACKGROUND: To help adapt cardiovascular disease risk prediction approaches to low-income and middle-income countries, WHO has convened an effort to develop, evaluate, and illustrate revised risk models. Here, we report the derivation, validation, and illustration of the revised WHO cardiovascular disease risk prediction charts that have been adapted to the circumstances of 21 global regions. METHODS: In this model revision initiative, we derived…
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…
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…
Determinants of Food Choice and Perceptions of Supermarket-Based Nudging Interventions among Adults with Low Socioeconomic Position
Nudging has received ample attention in scientific literature as an environmental strategy to promote healthy diets, and may be effective for reaching populations with low socioeconomic position (SEP). Therefore, the objective of this study was to investigate how the determinants of food choice shape the perceptions regarding supermarket-based nudging strategies among adults with low SEP. We conducted semi-structured interviews among fifteen adul…
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…
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…
The cost of healthy versus current diets in the Netherlands for households with a low, middle and high education
The cost of food is an important driver of food choice and most evidence suggests that healthier diets are more costly than less healthy diets. However, current attempts to model the cost of healthy and current diets do not take into account the variation in diets or food prices. We calculated the differential cost between healthy and current diets for households with a low, medium and high education in the Netherlands using the DIETCOST program.…
The role of material and psychosocial resources in explaining socioeconomic inequalities in diet
We examined whether material and psychosocial resources may explain socioeconomic differences in diet quality. Cross-sectional survey data from 1461 Dutch adults (42.5 (SD 13.7) years on average and 64% female) on socio-demographics, diet quality, psychosocial factors and perceptions of and objective healthiness of the food environment were used in a structural equation model to examine mediating pathways. Indicators for socioeconomic position (S…
Alcohol-attributable burden of cancer in Argentina
Most cancer deaths and DALYs were attributable to moderate alcohol consumption (50%). This calls for implementation of population-wide strategies-instead of targeting heavy drinking only-to effectively reduce harmful use of alcohol and its impact on disease burden
Limited alcohol consumption and lower risk of diabetes
Does vitamin K crack calcification in the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC)
Associations between dimensions of the social environment and cardiometabolic risk factors
The social environment (SE), including social contacts, norms and support, is an understudied element of the living environment which impacts health. We aim to comprehensively summarize the evidence on the association between the SE and risk factors of cardiometabolic disease (CMD). We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis based on studies published in PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science Core Collection from inception to 16 February 2021.…
The interaction between the community food environment and cooking skills in association with diet-related outcomes in Dutch adults
Objective: We examined whether associations between the food environment, frequency of home cooking, diet quality and BMI were modified by the level of cooking skills. Design: Cross-sectional study using linear and modified Poisson regression models adjusted for age, sex, energy intake, education, income, household size and urbanisation. The frequency of home cooking was categorised into Setting: The Netherlands. Participants: 1461 adults aged 18…
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…
Family is all that matters
We prospectively examined the association between structure, function, and quality of social relations and self-rated health (SRH) in U.S. adults followed over 10 years in the population-based National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP). Large social network and high positive/negative social support were measured at baseline and defined as the highest quartile. These three binary measures were reported from friends, family, and partne…
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…
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…
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…
Medicine (18 works) · Environmental health (14 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (12 works) · Gerontology (9 works) · Nutritional Studies and Diet (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Geography (6 works) · Population (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling (5 works)