Project: Knowledge Hub on Determinants of Diet and Physical Activity
| Acronym | DEDIPAC (Reference Number: JFA1) |
| Duration | 01/12/2013 - 30/11/2016 |
| Project Topic | To understand the determinants, at both the individual and group levels, regarding dietary, physical activity and sedentary behaviours using a broad multidisciplinary approach and to translate this knowledge into a more effective promotion of a healthy behaviour the DEDIPAC Hub developed a work programme around 3 thematic areas: 1. Data Assessment and Harmonisation: assessment and harmonisation of methods to provide a set of reliable and validated measurement methods to be used for future research on dietary, physical activity and sedentary behaviours and their individual determinants, as well as for monitoring and evaluation of interventions. 2. Analysis of Determinants: determinants of dietary, physical activity and sedentary behaviours across the life course and in vulnerable groups to provide trans-disciplinary frameworks of behaviour determinants and social inequalities, including best-practice methods to analyse data and the identification of research gaps. 3. Interventions and Policies: evaluation and benchmarking of public health and policy interventions aimed at promoting healthy behaviours to provide a toolbox for development, evaluation and implementation of public policies and multilevel interventions related to improving dietary, physical activity and sedentary behaviours across the life course |
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Project Results (after finalisation) |
Europe has the right ingredients for the creation of infrastructure to study the causes of the causes of the chronic disease burden. DEDIPAC has strengthened existing infrastructure by aligning countries, research centres, and scientists from various disciplines across Europe on this crucial topic. It provided further insights into the measurement, the wide range of determinants of dietary, physical activity and sedentary behaviour across the life course and their interplay. However, action is now needed to build on this momentum. At present, we need better cross-European harmonisation of measurement and monitoring, FAIR data management and data sharing, common methodology, as well as (longitudinal) data required to gain more insight into behavioural determinants, as well as policy evaluation and benchmarking. We lack complete data on all of Europe, with data on southern and eastern European regions, in particular, being scarce. |
| Network | JPI HDHL |
| Call | Healthy Diet for A Healty Life |