Nicole Ezendam successfully defends her PhD thesis

Today Nicole Ezendam received her doctorate degree after a successful public defence of her thesis entitled “Vet is niet Vet (Fat aint Phat): studies on the prevention of excessive weight gain among adolescents.” Her thesis encompasses three studies exploring determinants of unnecessary weight gain among adolescents and four studies on the development, effects and the process of the FATaintPHAT intervention. This is a computer-tailored program to motivate and enable adolescents to adopt more healthy dietary and physical activity habits.

Her research shows that the intervention appeared to help the participants to adopt healthier dietary habits, but failed to encourage them to become more physically active