Assessment of diet, physical activity and biological, social and environmental factors in a multi-centre European project on diet- and lifestyle-related disorders in children (IDEFICS)
Assessment of diet, physical activity and biological, social and environmental factors in a multi-centre European project on diet- and lifestyle-related disorders in children (IDEFICS)
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DOI：
10.1007/s10389-006-0058-0
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发表时间：
2006-10-01
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1.8
通讯作者：
Ahrens, Wolfgang
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作者：
Bammann, Karin;Peplies, Jenny;Ahrens, Wolfgang
肥胖是发达国家的一个主要公共卫生问题。我们提出了一个欧洲项目，称为儿童和婴儿饮食和生活方式引起的健康影响的识别和预防（IDEFICS），重点是儿童饮食和生活方式相关的疾病。本文概述了IDEFICS质量控制的方法和手段。IDEFICS将对九个欧洲国家（比利时、塞浦路斯、爱沙尼亚、德国、希腊、匈牙利、意大利、西班牙和瑞典）的约17 000名2至10岁儿童进行多中心调查。该项目将调查食物摄入量和食物偏好等饮食因素、体育活动等生活方式因素、心理社会因素和遗传因素对肥胖症和其他选定的饮食和生活方式相关疾病的影响。将在八个调查中心的学前和小学环境中进行干预研究。将在项目第一阶段设计标准化的调查工具，并在所有中心的调查中应用。将制定标准作业程序以及培训参与调查人员的计划。在开展这些活动的同时，还将制定一项质量控制战略，其中将包括对整个项目过程和成果质量的评价。国际幼儿健康教育研究所将制定可比较的全欧洲健康指标和工具，以收集幼儿的数据。在IDEFICS内建立一个新的欧洲队列将提供一个独特的机会，以记录当代欧洲年轻人肥胖流行病的发展，并调查欧洲儿童人群中初级预防的影响。
Obesity is a major public health problem in developed countries. We present a European project, called Identification and Prevention of Dietary and Lifestyle-induced Health Effects in Children and Infants (IDEFICS), that focuses on diet- and lifestyle-related diseases in children. This paper outlines methodological aspects and means of quality control in IDEFICS. IDEFICS will use a multicentre survey design of a population-based cohort of about 17,000 2- to 10-year-old children in nine European countries (Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Spain and Sweden). The project will investigate the impact of dietary factors such as food intake and food preferences, lifestyle factors such as physical activity, psychosocial factors and genetic factors on the development of obesity and other selected diet- and lifestyle-related disorders. An intervention study will be set up in pre-school and primary school settings in eight of the survey centres. Standardised survey instruments will be designed during the first phase of the project and applied in the surveys by all centres. Standard operation procedures (SOPs) will be developed, as well as a plan for training the personnel involved in the surveys. These activities will be accompanied by a quality control strategy that will encompass the evaluation of process and result quality throughout the project. IDEFICS will develop comparable Europe-wide health indicators and instruments for data collection among young children. Establishment of a new European cohort within IDEFICS will provide a unique opportunity to document the development of the obesity epidemic in the current generation of young Europeans and investigate the impact of primary prevention in European children populations.