Healthy Lifestyles

Jan 28, 2025 | bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com | S. Coosje |Healthy Lifestyles |Amsterdam UMC

ResultsThe CLD as presented in Fig. 3 shows the system that shapes a healthy and sustainable food environment in healthcare institutions, formed by 30 factors, connections and mechanisms that influence the system. The arrows symbolize the connections between factors. An arrow with a plus symbol indicates that the relationship between the factors is positive (if the variable increases or decreases, the connected variable also increases or decreases correspondingly).

Jun 21, 2023 | ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |Healthy Lifestyles |Amsterdam UMC |location VUmc

Building and maintaining a mutually beneficial relationshipThe first challenge to conducting public health research in supermarkets, and a question we are frequently asked, is how did you establish the relationship? From our experiences there is no single or ‘best’ method of developing a connection with a supermarket chain. The time period for engagement and relationship development varied significantly in our studies from several months to many years.