Browsing Artikel in Fachzeitschriften by Subject "Body mass index"
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2013-04-12ZeitschriftenartikelAbdominal Obesity in German Adolescents Defined by Waist-to-Height Ratio and Its Association to Elevated Blood Pressure: The KiGGS Study Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the fixed 0.5 cut-off and the age- and sex-specific 90th percentile (P90) for waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) in German adolescents with respect to the prevalence of abdominal ...
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2015-07-25ZeitschriftenartikelChange in the association of body mass index and systolic blood pressure in Germany – national cross-sectional surveys 1998 and 2008–2011 Background: A recent weakening and even decoupling of the association of body mass index (BMI) and systolic blood pressure (SBP) in population data was reported, i. a. for Western Europe. Methods: The association ...
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2010-06-11ZeitschriftenartikelEstimated and measured BMI and self-perceived body image of adolescents in Germany: part 1 - general implications for correcting prevalence estimations of overweight and obesity. Objective: This study examines the degree of divergence between BMI calculated from subjective assessments and BMI calculated from measured height and weight as a function of gender and body image. Methods: In the German ...
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2011-03-01ZeitschriftenartikelIs low birth weight in the causal pathway of the association between maternal smoking in pregnancy and higher BMI in the offspring? A number of cross-sectional and prospective studies suggested a priming effect of maternal smoking in pregnancy on offspring’s obesity. It has been hypothesized that this association might be explained by low birth weight ...
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2010-06-04ZeitschriftenartikelÜbergewicht und Adipositas bei Kindern und Jugendlichen in Deutschland Die Häufigkeit von Übergewicht und Adipositas bei Kindern und Jugendlichen ist in den letzten Jahren auch in Deutschland auf besorgniserregende Weise angestiegen. Dabei gibt es unterschiedliche Methoden und Datenquellen, ...