ArticlePublic health nutrition2018
A school- and community-based intervention to promote healthy lifestyle and prevent type 2 diabetes in vulnerable families across Europe: design and implementation of the Feel4Diabetes-study.
Article in Public health nutrition, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05648383 (An Intersectoral Innovative Solution Involving DIGItal Tools, Empowering Families and Integrating Community CARE Services for the Prevention and Management of Type 2 Diabetes and Hypertension), which is not on this map. Cited by 58 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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An Intersectoral Innovative Solution Involving DIGItal Tools, Empowering Families and Integrating Community CARE Services for the Prevention and Management of Type 2 Diabetes and Hypertension
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58 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 123 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 5 to 11 years old.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Disparities in the Prevalence of Childhood Obesity-Related Comorbidities: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
- Effectiveness and process evaluation in obesity and type 2 diabetes prevention programs in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2021Pooled it
- Interventions for increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in children aged five years and under.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Interventions for increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in children aged five years and under.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- A school-based intervention for obesity prevention and management: Effectiveness and determinants of its success. The Feel4Diabetes study.Pediatric obesity · 2025Trial
- A snapshot of country-specific dietary habits and obesity in European children: the Feel4Diabetes study.European journal of pediatrics · 2025Trial
- The Effect and Cost-Effectiveness of Offering a Combined Lifestyle Intervention for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Primary Care: Results of the Healthy Heart Stepped-Wedge Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Trial
- Frequency of family meals and food consumption in families at high risk of type 2 diabetes: the Feel4Diabetes-study.European journal of pediatrics · 2022Trial
- The effect of a cluster-randomized controlled trial on lifestyle behaviors among families at risk for developing type 2 diabetes across Europe: the Feel4Diabetes-study.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2021Trial
- Longitudinal Associations between Food Parenting Practices and Dietary Intake in Children: The Feel4Diabetes Study.Nutrients · 2021Trial
- Lipidemic Profile Changes over a Two-Year Intervention Period: Who Benefited Most from the Feel4Diabetes Program?Nutrients · 2020Trial
- Effectiveness of a family-, school- and community-based intervention on physical activity and its correlates in Belgian families with an increased risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus: the Feel4Diabetes-study.BMC public health · 2020Trial
- Lifestyle Changes Observed among Adults Participating in a Family- and Community-Based Intervention for Diabetes Prevention in Europe: The 1Nutrients · 2020Trial
- Two-stage, school and community-based population screening successfully identifies individuals and families at high-risk for type 2 diabetes: the Feel4Diabetes-study.BMC endocrine disorders · 2020Trial
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- Who Benefited Most? Identifying Parent-Child Dyads With Improved Weight Outcomes in the Feel4Diabetes Study.Pediatric obesity · 2026Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo describe the design of the Feel4Diabetes-intervention and the baseline characteristics of the study sample.
designSchool- and community-based intervention with cluster-randomized design, aiming to promote healthy lifestyle and tackle obesity and obesity-related metabolic risk factors for the prevention of type 2 diabetes among families from vulnerable population groups. The intervention was implemented in 2016-2018 and included: (i) the 'all-families' component, provided to all children and their families via a school- and community-based intervention; and (ii) an additional component, the 'high-risk families' component, provided to high-risk families for diabetes as identified with a discrete manner by the FINDRISC questionnaire, which comprised seven counselling sessions (2016-2017) and a text-messaging intervention (2017-2018) delivered by trained health professionals in out-of-school settings. Although the intervention was adjusted to local needs and contextual circumstances, standardized protocols and procedures were used across all countries for the process, impact, outcome and cost-effectiveness evaluation of the intervention.
settingPrimary schools and municipalities in six European countries. SUBJECTS: Families (primary-school children, their parents and grandparents) were recruited from the overall population in low/middle-income countries (Bulgaria, Hungary), from low socio-economic areas in high-income countries (Belgium, Finland) and from countries under austerity measures (Greece, Spain).
resultsThe Feel4Diabetes-intervention reached 30 309 families from 236 primary schools. In total, 20 442 families were screened and 12 193 'all families' and 2230 'high-risk families' were measured at baseline.
conclusionsThe Feel4Diabetes-intervention is expected to provide evidence-based results and key learnings that could guide the design and scaling-up of affordable and potentially cost-effective population-based interventions for the prevention of type 2 diabetes.
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