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Table 1 Individual and environmental correlates measured in the ENDORSE study

From: The ENDORSE study: Research into environmental determinants of obesity related behaviors in Rotterdam schoolchildren

 

Perceived/self-reorted variables

Objectively measured variables

 

Adolescent questionnaire

Parent questionnaire

Interview

Observation

Census data

Individual variables

Attitude; parental norms; modeling; perceived behavior control; intention; habit; external eating behavior

    

Physical environment

Home*:

Home:

 

School:

School:

 

Availability of sports facilities, bicycle; soft drinks, breakfast products, snacks/sweets, television set in bedroom.

Availability of bicycles, cars, soft drinks, breakfast products, snacks/sweets

 

Availability of bicycle shed, food products in the school canteen and vending machines, PA facilities on the school playground; Shops, fast food restaurants & PA facilities in the school neighborhood. Traffic amount and safety Facilities and frequency of public transport

Availability of shops, sports facilities and playgrounds for children > 12 years old; areas of sidewalks, bicycle lanes, roads, grass, plants, water; traffic accidents; criminality, crime reports

 

Accessibility of soft drinks, snacks/sweets, breakfast products, television set

Accessibility of soft drinks, snacks/sweets, breakfast products, television set

   
 

School: Amount of traffic; safety for cycling; availability of sidewalks and cycle lanes; availability of a bicycle shed

Neighborhood: Amount of traffic; safety for cycling; availability of sidewalks and cycle lanes; safety in neighborhood; attractiveness of neighborhood

  

Neighborhood: Availability of shops, sports facilities and playgrounds for children > 12 years old; areas of sidewalks, bicycle lanes, roads, grass, plants, water; traffic accidents; criminality, crime reports

 

Neighborhood: Amount of traffic; safety for cycling; availability of sidewalks and cycle lanes; safety and attractiveness of neighborhood; availability of playgrounds, parks, squares, sports clubs

    

Socio-cultural environment

Home: Having family breakfast and dinner; parental allowance; parenting practices; parenting style

Home: Having family breakfast and dinner; parental allowance; parenting practices; parental behavior; # persons in household

  

Neighborhood: % residents aged 10–19

Economic environment

Home: Income; amount of money that can be spent in 1 week

Home: Having a paid job; educational level

 

School: Pricing of school canteen products; pricing of products in shops around the school

Neighborhood: Residential types; household income; educational level; % unemployment, % living on social security: % rented houses/owner-occupied properties; mean value of houses; % various ethnic groups

Political environment

  

School: Food & physical activity policy

  
  1. * Home, school, or neighbourhood refers to the specific environmental level of the determinants; e.g. the availability of soft drinks can be assessed in the home environment of the adolescent or at the school level.