Nina H. M. Bartelink's research while affiliated with Maastricht University and other places

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Background School-based health-promoting interventions are increasingly seen as an effective population strategy to improve health and prevent obesity. Evidence on the long-term effectiveness of school-based interventions is scarce. This study investigates the four-year effectiveness of the school-based Healthy Primary School of the Future (HPSF) i...

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... Two partial HPSF schools implemented the PA component only, and four schools continued with their regular curriculum, serving as control schools in an efficacy trial [15,16]. Longitudinal analyses revealed significant positive intervention effects on outcomes, such as the children's body mass index (BMI) z-scores and dietary and PA behaviours [17][18][19]. Following the efficacy trial's positive results, other Dutch primary schools became interested in implementing HPSF-related activities. ...