title: Inventory of surveillance systems assessing dietary, physical activity and sedentary behaviours in Europe: a DEDIPAC study.
abstract: There is a need for harmonized public health surveillance systems to monitor regional variations and temporal trends of health behaviours and health outcomes and to align policies, action plans and recommendations in terms of healthy diet and physical (in)activity within Europe. We provide an inventory of currently existing surveillance systems assessing diet, physical activity, and sedentary behaviours in Europe as a tool to assist in the identification of gaps and needs and to contribute to the roadmap for an integrated pan-European surveillance system.
  
  
  
  An inventory questionnaire was completed by representatives of eleven European countries. Eligible surveillance systems were required to meet specific inclusion criteria. First, pre-screening of available surveillance systems in each country was conducted. Second, an in-depth appraisal of the retained surveillance systems complying with the pre-defined requirements was performed.
  
  
  
  Fifty surveillance systems met the inclusion criteria: six multinational European surveys and forty-four national surveys. Dietary intake and physical activity are the domains predominantly assessed and adults are the most frequently studied age group.
  
  
  
  Many on-going activities were identified at the national level focussing on adults, but fewer surveillance systems involving vulnerable groups such as infants and pre-school children. Assessment of sedentary and dietary behaviours should be more frequently considered. There is a need for harmonization of surveillance methodologies, indicators and target populations for between-country and over time comparisons. This inventory will serve to feed future discussions within the DEDIPAC-JPI major framework on how to optimize design and identify priorities within surveillance.
authors.affiliation: Dietary Exposure Assessment (DEX) Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France.
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bel-Serrat
authors.affiliation: Dietary Exposure Assessment (DEX) Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France.
authors.forename: Inge
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Huybrechts
authors.affiliation: Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology-BIPS, Bremen, Germany.
authors.forename: Barbara F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Thumann
authors.affiliation: Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology-BIPS, Bremen, Germany.
authors.forename: Antje
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hebestreit
authors.affiliation: Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Peter M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Abuja
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Stefaan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: de Henauw
authors.affiliation: Risk Assessment Department, Dietary Survey Unit, ANSES, Maisons-Alfort, France.
authors.forename: Carine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dubuisson
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutritional Behaviour, Max Rubner-Institut, Federal Research Institute of Nutrition and Food, Karlsruhe, Germany.
authors.forename: Thorsten
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Heuer
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Physiotherapy, and Sports Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: Celine M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Murrin
authors.affiliation: CREPS-Department of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
authors.forename: Giacomo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lazzeri
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: van Rossum
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Lene F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Activity Sciences and Health Promotion, University School of Physical Education, Poznan, Poland.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Szeklicki
authors.affiliation: CIBERESP, ISABIAL-Fundación FISABIO, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche-Alicante, Spain, Elche-Alicante, Spain.
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vioque
authors.affiliation: Institute of Food Research, Norwich, UK.
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Berry
authors.affiliation: Department of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Hidde P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: van der Ploeg
authors.affiliation: Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology-BIPS, Bremen, Germany.|Institute for Statistics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany.
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ahrens
authors.affiliation: Dietary Exposure Assessment (DEX) Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France.
authors.forename: Nadia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Slimani
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004034:Diet Surveys / Q000379:methods; D005060:Europe; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006306:Health Surveys / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods; D057185:Sedentary Behavior; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult