The assessment of ongoing community-based interventions to prevent obesity: lessons learned

Gubbels, Jessica S; Mathisen, Frida KS; Samdal, Oddrun; Lobstein, Tim; Kohl, Leonie FM; Leversen, Ingrid; Lakerveld, Jeroen; Kremers, Stef PJ; van Assema, Patricia

doi:10.1186/s12889-015-1563-2

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Ongoing multi-level obesity prevention interventions, included in the SPOTLIGHT project

From: The assessment of ongoing community-based interventions to prevent obesity: lessons learned

Country	N selected inter-ventions	Level			Type of multi-level intervention^a			Target behaviors				Target populations						Funding source
Country	N selected inter-ventions	Natio-nal	Regio-nal	Local	Ind. + SC env.	Ind. + per-ceived phys env.	Ind. + multiple env. types	Nutri-tion	PA	Nutri-tion and PA	Lifestyle or health in general ^b	Gener-al (adult) popu-lation	Over-weight	Low SES	Seniors	Ethnic mino-rities	Other sub-groups ^c	Govern-mental and NGO’s ^f	For-profit organi-sations ^g	Partici-pants
Austria	3	2	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	3	0	1	1	1^e	1^e	0	0	3^h	0	1^h
Belgium	6	0	4	2	3	0	3	2	3	1	0	2	0	3^e	1	1^e	0	6	0	0
Bulgaria	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Cyprus	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Czech Republic	1	1	0	0	^d	^d	^d	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Denmark	6	1	0	5	3	0	3	1	1	2	2	4	1	0	1	0	0	5	1	0
Estonia	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0
Finland	4	2	2	0	2	0	2	1	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0
France	3	2	1	0	^d	^d	2^d	0	0	2	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0
Germany	4	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	4	0	0
Greece	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hungary	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	ⁱ	ⁱ	ⁱ
Iceland	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0
Ireland	4	2	1	1	2	0	2	1	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	4^h	1^h	1^h
Italy	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Latvia	4	0	1	3	1	0	3	1	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	0
Lithuania	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Luxem-bourg	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Malta	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Nether-lands	10	1	0	9	1	1	8	0	3	2	5	5	0	1^e	2^e	2^e	2^e	10^h	4^h	0
Norway	8	2	3	3	1	0	7	1	3	2	2	5	1	0	0	1^e	2^e	7	1	0
Poland	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Portugal	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Romania	2	2	0	0	^d	^d	^d	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Slovakia	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Slovenia	1	0	1	0	^d	^d	^d	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Spain	3	2	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	3^h	1^h	0
Sweden	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Switser-land	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2^h	1^h	0
United Kingdom	4	1	2	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	3	2	1^e	0	1^e	0	2^e	4^h	1^h	0
*Total*	78	31	21	26	20 ^d	1 ^d	51 ^d	11	23	21	23	48	4 ^e	6 ^e	11 ^e	5 ^e	9 ^e	74 ^h	10 ^h	2 ^h

SC = socio-cultural; SES = socio-economic status; env. = environment; phys. = physical; PA = physical activity.
^a Levels of determinants targeted. There were no interventions targeting individual level determinants of behaviour in combination with solely physical environment, economic environment or political environment.
^b E.g. also focussing on alcohol, smoking, stress, mental health, sleeping or other health-related behaviors.
^c E.g. men or women, employees, pregnant women.
^d No details regarding the multi-level type of one or several interventions known.
^e One or more interventions focussing on multiple specific target groups or combinations of target groups.
^f Including the EU and universities.
^g Including employers.
^h One or more interventions funded by funders from multiple categories.
ⁱ No details regarding funding for one or several interventions known.

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