Publications
2021
Argelich, E., Alemany, ME., Amengual-Miralles, B., Argüelles, R., Bandiera, D., Barceló, MA., et al. Los equipos depediatría ante la obesidad infantil: un estudio cualitativo dentro del proyecto STOP. An Pediatr (2021).
Argelich, E., Alemany, ME., Amengual-Miralles, B., Argüelles, R., Bandiera, D., Barceló, MA., et al. Paediatric teams in front of childhood obesity: A qualitative study within the STOP project. An Pediatr (2021). English version.
- Branca, F., Chambers, T., Sassi, F. How to tackle childhood obesity? Evidence and policy implications from a STOP series of systematic reviews. Obesity Reviews (2021).
- Lobstein, T. Neveux, M., Brown, T. et al. Social disparities in obesity treatment for children age 3-10 years: A systematic review. Obesity Reviews (2021).
- Podnar, H., Jurić, P., Karuc, J. et al. Comparative effectiveness of school-based interventions targeting physical activity, physical fitness or sedentary behaviour on obesity prevention in 6- to 12-year-old children: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Obesity Reviews (2021).
- Chambers, T., Segal, A., Sassi, F. Interventions using behavioural insights to influence children's diet‐related outcomes: A systematic review. Obesity Reviews (2021).
- Pineda, E., Bascunan, J., Sassi, F. Improving the school food environment for the prevention of childhood obesity: What works and what doesn't. Obesity Reviews (2021).
- Brinsden, H., Neveux, M. The STOP Project: Developing a multidisciplinary evidence-base for effective and sustainable policies to prevent and manage childhood obesity. Europe and Food (2021).
- Rasella, D., Richiardi, L., Brachowicz, N., Xavier Jara, H., Hanson, M., Boccia, D., Richiardi, M., Pizzi, C. Developing an integrated microsimulation model for the impact of fiscal policies on child health in Europe: the example of childhood obesity in Italy. BMC Medicine (2021).
- Chang, K., Khandpur, N., Neri, D., Touvier, M., Huybrechts, I., Millett, C., Vamos, E. Ultra-1 processed food consumption and adiposity trajectories from childhood: a prospective analysis of the ALSPAC birth cohort. JAMA Pediatrics. (2021).
Rasella, D., Richiardi, L., Brachowicz, N., Jara, H., Hanson, M., Boccia, D., Richiardi, M., Pizzi, C. Developing an integrated microsimulation model for the impact of fiscal policies on child health in Europe: the example of childhood obesity in Italy. BMC Medicine. (2021)
2020
- Cox, B., Luyten, L. J., Dockx, Y. et al. Association Between Maternal Prepregnancy Body Mass Index and Anthropometric Parameters, Blood Pressure, and Retinal Microvasculature in Children Age 4 to 6 Years. JAMA Network Open (2020).
- Isaevska, E., Popovic, M., Pizzi, C. et al. Maternal antibiotic use and vaginal infections in the third trimester of pregnancy and the risk of obesity in preschool children. Pedriatic Obesity (2020).
- Rodriguez-Martinez, A., Zhou, B., Sophiea, M. K. et al. Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: a pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million participants. Lancet (2020).
- Gressier, M., Swinburn, B., Frost, G. What is the impact of food reformulation on individuals' behaviour, nutrient intakes and health status? A systematic review of empirical evidence. Obesity Reviews (2020).
- Gressier, M., Sassi, F., Frost, G. Healthy Foods and Healthy Diets. How Government Policies Can Steer Food Reformulation. Nutrients (2020).
- Allais, O., Bonnet, C., Réquillart, V. et al. Reformulation and taxes for healthier consumption: Empirical evidence in the French Dessert market. Working Papers (2020).
- Alfano, R., Chadeau-Hyama, M., Ghantouse, A. et al. A multi-omic analysis of birthweight in newborn cord blood reveals new underlying mechanisms related to cholesterol metabolism. Metabolism (2020).
- Pizzi, C., Richiardi, M., Charles, M-A. et al. Measuring Child Socio-Economic Position in Birth Cohort Research: The Development of a Novel Standardized Household Income Indicator. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health (2020).
- Cox, B., Luyten, L., Dockx, Y. et al. Association Between Maternal Prepregnancy Body Mass Index and Anthropometric Parameters, Blood Pressure, and Retinal Microvasculature in Children Age 4 to 6 Years. JAMA Netw Open (2020).
- Lobstein, T., Neveux, M., Landon, J. Costs, equity and acceptability of three policies to prevent obesity: A narrative review to support policy development. Obesity Science & Practice (2020).
2019
- Ek, A., Delisle Nyström, C., Chirita-Emandi, A. et al. A randomized controlled trial for overweight and obesity in preschoolers: the More and Less Europe study - an intervention within the STOP project. BMC Public Health 19, 945 (2019).
- Reimann, B., Janssen, B. G., Alfano, R. et al. The Cord Blood Insulin and Mitochondrial DNA Content Related Methylome. Frontiers in Genetics (2019).
- Sjunnestrand, M., Nordin, K., Eli, K. et al. Planting a seed - child health care nurses’ perceptions of speaking to parents about overweight and obesity: a qualitative study within the STOP project. BMC Public Health 19, 1494 (2019).
Deliverables
Title | Number of Deliverable | Leading partner | Planned date of completion | Download |
Inception report | D1.1 | ICL | August 2018 | Download D1.1 |
Data management plan | D1.2 | ICL | November 2018 | Download D1.2 |
Ethics report - period 1 | D1.3 | ICL | November 2019 | Download D1.3 |
Ethics report - period 2 | D1.4 | ICL | May 2021 | Download D1.4 |
Ethics report - period 3 | D1.5 | ICL | May 2022 | Available soon |
Title | Number of Deliverable | Leading partner | Planned date of completion | Download |
Data collection protocol and meeting report | D2.1 | ICL | May 2019 | Download D2.1 |
Report on availability of data among children under age five | D2.2 | ICL | May 2019 | Download D2.2 |
Peer-reviewed publication on trends in BMI and height in children and adolescents from birth to 19 years of age | D2.3 | ICL | May 2020 | Download D2.3 |
Peer-reviewed publication on trends in mean BMI and prevalence of BMI categories in children and adolescents by place of residence | D2.4 | ICL | May 2021 | Available soon |
Peer-reviewed publication on trends in mean BMI and prevalence of BMI categories in children and adolescents by SES | D2.5 | ICL | May 2022 | Available soon |
Title | Number of Deliverable | Leading partner | Planned date of completion | Download |
Report on the role of multiple environments and exposures in predisposing children to obesity, based on cohorts | D3.1 | ICL | March 2020 | Download D3.1 |
Report on completion of analyses for the molecular signature for obesity and its validation, including microcirculation and telomere length | D3.2 | ICL | November 2019 | Download D3.2 |
Report on urinary metabolomics assessment of diet | D3.3 | ICL | March 2020 | Download D3.3 |
Report on gut hormone measurements | D3.4 | ICL | November 2019 | Download D3.4 |
Report on casual models, including the identification of their weakest (actionable) segments, into policy work packages | D3.5 | ICL | November 2020 | Available soon |
Title | Number of Deliverable | Leading partner | Planned date of completion | Download |
Systematic review and evidence synthesis report | D4.1 | INRA | May 2019 | Download D4.1 |
Report on the comparative assessment of fiscal policies in Europe | D4.2 | INRA | May 2020 | Download D4.2 |
Report on the assessment of the potential impacts of new fiscal and regulatory policies on added sugar in Europe | D4.3 | INRA | August 2021 | Available soon |
Report on Food-EPI implementation in selected EU countries | D4.4 | INRA | August 2021 | Available soon |
Title | Number of Deliverable | Leading partner | Planned date of completion | Download |
Systematic review and evidence synthesis report | D5.1 | HEC | May 2019 | Download D5.1 |
Case study report | D5.2 | HEC | August 2020 | Download 5.2 |
Peer-reviewed publications on quasi-experimental field studies | D5.3 | HEC | August 2021 | Available soon |
Peer-reviewed publication on long-term impact of Drink Up campaign | D5.4 | HEC | August 2021 | Available soon |
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Report on systematic review and evidence synthesis | D6.1 | UOA | May 2019 | Download D6.1 |
Peer-reviewed publication on secondary data analysis of the benefits and challenges of food reformulation initiatives | D6.2 | UOA | May 2020 | Download D6.2 |
Report on Business Impact Analysis in selected EU countries | D6.3 | UOA | May 2021 | Download D6.3 |
Publication of journal articles evaluating industry-led pilot projects | D6.4 | UOA | May 2022 | Available soon |
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Report on systematic review and evidence synthesis | D7.1 | KIFUNIZG | May 2019 | Download D7.1 |
Peer-reviewed publication on the relative effectiveness of interventions on physical activity, physical fitness and sedentary behaviour | D7.2 | KIFUNIZG | November 2019 | Download D7.2 |
Peer-reviewed publication on the effectiveness of the Healthy Lifestyle intervention in Slovenia | D7.3 | KIFUNIZG | November 2020 | Download D7.3 |
Peer-reviewed publication on the cost-effectiveness of the Healthy Lifestyle intervention in Slovenia | D7.4 | KIFUNIZG | May 2021 | Download D7.4 |
Report on the requirements and barriers to implementation of the Healthy Lifestyle intervention model in five countries | D7.5 | KIFUNIZG | August 2021 | Available soon |
Title | Number of Deliverable | Leading partner | Planned date of completion | Download |
Report on systematic review and evidence synthesis | D8.1 | KI | May 2019 | Download D8.1 |
Report on design of the RCT, recruitment, measurements, staff training, intervention delivery | D8.2 | KI | May 2020 | Download D8.2 |
Report on the evaluation of the RCT | D8.3 | KI | January 2022 | Available soon |
Peer-reviewed publication on the outcomes of the intervention | D8.4 | KI | February 2022 | Available soon |
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Peer-reviewed publication on methods for the systematic review and synthesis of evidence of the effectiveness of policies | D9.1 | WHO | November 2018 | Download D9.1 |
Report on implementation of simulation model developments | D9.2 | WHO | May 2020 | Download D9.2 |
Report on results of simulations of policy options | D9.3 | WHO | May 2021 | Available soon |
Policy briefs and toolkits | D9.4 | WHO | January 2022 | Available soon |
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Report with the list of stakeholders and short overview of the methodology and process | D10.1 | NIJZ | March 2019 | Download D10.1 |
Social network analysis report | D10.2 | NIJZ | May 2020 | Download D10.2 |
Web questionnaire, comparative final report | D10.3 | NIJZ | October 2021 | Available soon |
Accountability framework, final report with recommendations | D10.4 | NIJZ | December 2021 | Available soon |
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Dissemination and Exploitation Strategy including operational plan and standard practices | D11.1 | WOF | November 2018 | Download D11.1 |
Project website | D11.2 | ISINNOVA | November 2018 | Download D11.2 |
Practice abstracts (first batch) | D11.3 | WOF | May 2020 | Download D11.3 |
Child obesity website providing information and resources for the public and media use | D11.4 | WOF | September 2021 | Available soon |
Evidence of scientific output | D11.5 | WOF | May 2022 | Available soon |
STOP intellectual property strategy | D11.6 | WOF | November 2019 | Download D11.6 |
Practice abstracts (second batch) | D11.7 | WOF | May 2022 | Available soon |
Communication materials, press releases, newsletters and policy summaries
Launch of STOP child obesity project
STOP project funds three innovative industry-led pilot projects addressing childhood obesity across Europe
January 2021: STOP Publishes its Latest Findings
STOP Newsletter 1 - STOP is off to a healthy start
STOP Newsletter 2 - September 2019
STOP Newsletter 3 - March 2019
STOP Newsletter 4 - November 2020
STOP Newsletter 5 - June 2021
STOP Newsletter 6 - November 2021
Using Behavioural Insights to Influence Children's Diets
Impact of Food Reformulation on Food Choices, Nutrient Intakes and Health Status
Effectiveness of Physical Activity Interventions to Prevent Obesity
Improving School Food Environments to Prevent Childhood Obesity: What Works?
Socio-Economic Disparities in Pre-Adolescent Obesity Treatment
Cost, Equity and Acceptability of Front-Of-Pack Nutrition Labels to Prevent Child Obesity
Cost, Equity and Acceptability of Marketing Restrictions on Unhealthy Foods to Prevent Child Obesity
Cost, Equity and Acceptability of Soft Drinks Taxes to Prevent Child Obesity
BIA Obesity
The BIA-Obesity (Business Impact Assessment - Obesity and population nutrition) tool will assess the largest European food companies on their policies and commitments related to obesity prevention and nutrition, across three major food industry sectors: supermarkets, food and beverage manufacturers, and quick service restaurants.
Other resources
Learn more about childhood obesity and how to lead healthier lifestyles with these helpful resources and tools.