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2009-02-10Zeitschriftenartikel

HuSKY: a healthy nutrition score based on food intake of children and adolescents in Germany

Kleiser, Christina; Mensink, Gert; Scheidt-Nave, Christa; Kurth, Bärbel-Maria

For many epidemiological questions an overall indicator of healthy nutrition can be useful. Based on the data from the FFQ of the German Health Interview and Examination Study for children and adolescents (KiGGS) we developed ...
2009-02-02Zeitschriftenartikel

Potential determinants of obesity among children and adolescents in Germany: results from the cross-sectional KiGGS study

Kleiser, Christina; Rosario, Angelika Schaffrath; Mensink, Gert; Prinz-Langenohl, Reinhild; Kurth, Bärbel-Maria

Background: Obesity among children and adolescents is a growing public health problem. The aim of the present paper is to identify potential determinants of obesity and risk groups among 3- to 17-year old children and ...
2010-09-14Zeitschriftenartikel

Relative validation of a food frequency questionnaire for national health and nutrition monitoring

Haftenberger, Marjolein; Heuer, Thorsten; Heidemann, Christin; Kube, Friederike; Krems, Carolin; Mensink, Gert

Background: Validation of a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) is important as incorrect information may lead to biased associations. Therefore the relative validity of an FFQ developed for use in the German Health ...