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Hidde van der Ploeg

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Associate Professor, APH - Health Behaviors & Chronic Diseases Full Professor, Public and occupational health

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Specialization

physical activity, sedentary behavior, public health, lifestyle, prevention

Focus of research

Hidde van der Ploeg is Professor of Physical Activity & Public Health at the Department of Public and Occupational Health of Amsterdam UMC. He holds a PhD (2006) and degrees in Epidemiology and Human Movement Science, all from the VU University Amsterdam.

He chairs the section Health Behaviour & Prevention in the Department of Public and Occupational Health, and co-chairs the Health Behaviors & Chronic Disease research program in the Amsterdam Public Health research institute.

His main research expertise is in physical activity and sedentary behaviours in relation to public and occupational health. His main focusses are on 1) physical activity and sedentary behaviour interventions, 2) epidemiology of physical activity and sedentary behaviour, 3) measurement and surveillance of physical activity and sedentary behaviours.

Key publications
Latest publications

Effects of a comprehensive lifestyle intervention on cardiovascular health: the TANSNIP-PESA trial
Garcia-Lunar, I., van der Ploeg, H. P., Fernández Alvira, J. M., van Nassau, F., Castellano Vázquez, J. M., van der Beek, A. J., Rossello, X., Fernández-Ortiz, A., Coffeng, J., van Dongen, J. M., Mendiguren, J. M., Ibáñez, B., van Mechelen, W. & Fuster, V., 7 Oct 2022, In: European Heart journal. 43, 38, p. 3732-3745 14 p.
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Participation of people living with disabilities in physical activity: a global perspective
Martin Ginis, K. A., van der Ploeg, H. P., Foster, C., Lai, B., McBride, C. B., Ng, K., Pratt, M., Shirazipour, C. H., Smith, B., Vásquez, P. M. & Heath, G. W., 31 Jul 2021, In: The Lancet. 398, 10298, p. 443-455 13 p.
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The effect of a programme to improve men’s sedentary time and physical activity: The european fans in training (EuroFIT) randomised controlled trial
Wyke, S., Bunn, C., Andersen, E., Silva, M. N., van Nassau, F., McSkimming, P., Kolovos, S., Gill, J. M. R., Gray, C. M., Hunt, K., Anderson, A. S., Bosmans, J., Jelsma, J. G. M., Kean, S., Lemyre, N., Loudon, D. W., Macaulay, L., Maxwell, D. J., McConnachie, A., Mutrie, N., & 14 othersNijhuis-Van der Sanden, M., Pereira, H. V., Philpott, M., Roberts, G. C., Rooksby, J., Røynesdal, Ø. B., Sattar, N., Sørensen, M., Teixeira, P. J., Treweek, S., van Achterberg, T., van de Glind, I., van Mechelen, W. & van der Ploeg, H. P., 1 Feb 2019, In: PLoS medicine. 16, 2, p. 1-25 25 p., e1002736.
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Physical Activity Levels, Correlates, and All-Cause Mortality Risk in People Living With Different Health Conditions
Marks-Vieveen, J. M., Uijtdewilligen, L., Motazedi, E., Stijnman, D. P. M., van den Akker-Scheek, I., Bouma, A. J., Buffart, L. M., de Groot, V., de Hollander, E., Jelsma, J. G. M., de Jong, J., van Keeken, H. G., Krops, L. A., van der Leeden, M., Loer, S. A., van Mechelen, W., van Nassau, F., Nauta, J., Verhagen, E., Wendel-Vos, W., & 4 othersvan der Woude, L. H. V., Zwerver, J., Dekker, R. & van der Ploeg, H. P., 1 Apr 2024, In: Journal of Physical Activity & Health. 21, 4, p. 394-404 11 p.
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How European Fans in Training (EuroFIT), a lifestyle change program for men delivered in football clubs, achieved its effect: a mixed methods process evaluation embedded in a randomised controlled trial
Bunn, C., Palmer, V., Chng, N. R., Andersen, E., Gray, C. M., Hunt, K., Jelsma, J. G. M., Morgan, H., der Sanden, M. N., Pereira, H. V., Philpott, M., Roberts, G. C., Rooksby, J., Røynesdal, Ø. B., Silva, M. N., Sørensen, M., Teixeira, P. J., van Achterberg, T., van de Glind, I., van Mechelen, W., & 3 othersvan Nassau, F., van der Ploeg, H. P. & Wyke, S., 1 Dec 2023, In: BMC public health. 23, 1, 526.
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LOFIT (Lifestyle front Office For Integrating lifestyle medicine in the Treatment of patients): a novel care model towards community-based options for lifestyle change—study protocol
van Dijk, M. L., te Loo, L. M., Vrijsen, J., van den Akker-Scheek, I., Westerveld, S., Annema, M., van Beek, A., van den Berg, J., Boerboom, A. L., Bouma, A., de Bruijne, M., Crasborn, J., van Dongen, J. M., Driessen, A., Eijkelenkamp, K., Goelema, N., Holla, J., de Jong, J., de Joode, A., Kievit, A., & 23 othersKlooster, J. V., Kruizenga, H., van der Leeden, M., Linders, L., Marks-Vieveen, J., Mulder, D. J., Muller, F., van Nassau, F., Nauta, J., Oostvogels, S., Oude Sogtoen, J., van der Ploeg, H. P., Rijnbeek, P., Schouten, L., Schuling, R., Serné, E. H., Smuling, S., Soeters, M. R., Verhagen, E. A. L. M., Zwerver, J., Dekker, R., van Mechelen, W. & Jelsma, J. G. M., 1 Dec 2023, In: Trials. 24, 1, p. 1-21 21 p., 114.
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