Published on in Vol 15 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/70186, first published .
Standardized Methods for Evaluating Physical and Eating Behaviors: The WEALTH Cross-Sectional Study Protocol

Standardized Methods for Evaluating Physical and Eating Behaviors: The WEALTH Cross-Sectional Study Protocol

Standardized Methods for Evaluating Physical and Eating Behaviors: The WEALTH Cross-Sectional Study Protocol

Grainne Hayes   1 , BSc, PhD ;   Christoph Buck   2 , PhD ;   Greet Cardon   3 , PhD ;   Richard Cimler   4 , PhD ;   Steriani Elavsky   5 , PhD ;   Leopold Fezeu K   6 , PhD ;   Janas M Harrington   7 , PhD ;   Jitka Kühnová   4 , PhD ;   Jean-Michel Oppert   6, 8 , PhD ;   Luis Sigcha   1 , PhD ;   Pepijn Van de Ven   9 , PhD ;   Tomas Vetrovsky   4 , MD, PhD ;   Catherine B Woods   1 , PhD ;   Antje Hebestreit   2 * , PhD ;   Alan E Donnelly   1 * , PhD

1 Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Health Research Institute, Physical Activity for Health Research Centre, Limerick, Ireland

2 Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS, Bremen, Germany

3 Department of Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

4 Faculty of Science, University of Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

5 Department of Human Movement Studies, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic

6 Université Sorbonne Paris Nord et Université Paris Cité, INSERM U1153, INRAE U1125, CNAM, Centre de Recherche en Epidémiologie et Statistiques (CRESS), Équipe de Recherche en Épidémiologie Nutritionnelle (EREN), Bobigny, France

7 Centre for Health and Diet Research, School of Public Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

8 Department of Nutrition, Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital (AP-HP), Sorbonne University, Paris, France

9 Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

*these authors contributed equally

Corresponding Author:

  • Grainne Hayes, BSc, PhD
  • Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences
  • Health Research Institute, Physical Activity for Health Research Centre
  • University of Limerick
  • Limerick
  • Ireland
  • Phone: 353 860806576
  • Email: grainne.hayes@ul.ie