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Fruit and vegetable intake of mothers of 11-year-old children in nine European countries: The Pro Children Cross-sectional SurveyAlexandra Wolf
Institute for Nutritional Sciences, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Ann Nutr Metab 49:246-54. 2005..The results have shown that national and international interventions are necessary to promote fruit and especially vegetable consumption in the European population of mothers...
Differences in prevalence of overweight and stunting in 11-year olds across Europe: The Pro Children StudyAgneta Yngve
Unit for Preventive Nutrition, Department of Biosciences at Novum, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Eur J Public Health 18:126-30. 2008..To assess country differences in prevalence of overweight, obesity, underweight and stunting in the Pro Children Survey...
Breastfeeding determinants and a suggested framework for action in EuropeA Yngve
Department of Biosciences, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
Public Health Nutr 4:729-39. 2001..Urgent action could take place in parallel, especially targeting young, low-income, less educated mothers...
Effective promotion of healthy nutrition and physical activity in Europe requires skilled and competent people; European Master's Programme in Public Health NutritionA Yngve
Department of Biosciences, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
Public Health Nutr 2:449-52. 1999....
Fruit and vegetable intake in a sample of 11-year-old children in 9 European countries: The Pro Children Cross-sectional SurveyAgneta Yngve
Department of Biosciences, Unit for Preventive Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Ann Nutr Metab 49:236-45. 2005..Within the Pro Children Project, such an instrument has been developed. This paper describes the cross-sectional survey in 11-year-olds in 9 countries...
Effect of monitor placement and of activity setting on the MTI accelerometer outputAgneta Yngve
Unit for Preventive Nutrition, Department of Medical Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Med Sci Sports Exerc 35:320-6. 2003..To examine the effect of monitor placement (hip vs back) and of activity setting (treadmill vs track) on the output from the Manufacturing Technology Inc. (MTI), activity monitor (model WAM 7164)...
A European Master's Programme in Public Health NutritionA Yngve
Unit for Preventive Nutrition, Department of Biosciences, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge, Sweden
Public Health Nutr 4:1389-91. 2001..Partners from 17 European countries have been involved in the process. A European Network of Public Health Nutrition has been developed and accredited by the European Commission...
Breast-feeding in Europe--rationale and prevalence, challenges and possibilities for promotionA Yngve
Unit for Preventive Nutrition, Department of Biosciences, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
Public Health Nutr 4:1353-5. 2001..Current recommendation is exclusive breast-feeding for 6 months...
Breastfeeding in countries of the European Union and EFTA: current and proposed recommendations, rationale, prevalence, duration and trendsA Yngve
Department of Biosciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm County Council, Stockholm
Public Health Nutr 4:631-45. 2001..There is now strong evidence for a recommendation to breast feed exclusively for about 6 months, which is more than the duration recommended previously...
The development of a European master programme in public health nutritionAgneta Yngve
Unit for Preventive Nutrition, Department of Biosciences at Novum, Huddinge, Sweden
Forum Nutr 56:135-6. 2003
Field evaluation of the Computer Science and Application's Inc. Activity monitor during running and skating training in adolescent athletesU Ekelund
Department of Medical Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Int J Sports Med 21:586-92. 2000..Therefore these circumstances have to be carefully considered in the interpretation of activity monitor data...
Diet and physical activity--interactions for health; public health nutrition in the European perspectiveM Sjostrom
Department of Biosciences at Novum, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
Public Health Nutr 2:453-9. 1999..We now have a great possibility to develop the integrated field of preventive nutrition and health enhancing physical activity...
Total daily energy expenditure and pattern of physical activity measured by minute-by-minute heart rate monitoring in 14-15 year old Swedish adolescentsU Ekelund
Unit for Preventive Nutrition, Department of Medical Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Eur J Clin Nutr 54:195-202. 2000..4 kJ/kg/day or accumulation of 30 min/day in moderate physical activity equal to 4.5 times sedentary energy expenditure or more)...
Sampling procedure, participation rates and representativeness in the Swedish part of the European Youth Heart Study (EYHS)Anita Hurtig Wennlöf
Unit for Preventive Nutrition, Biosciences at NOVUM, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge, Sweden
Public Health Nutr 6:291-9. 2003..To study the representativeness of the participants in the Swedish part of EYHS, a comprehensive non-participant follow-up study was carried out...
Physical activity assessed by activity monitor and doubly labeled water in childrenU Ekelund
Unit for Preventive Nutrition, Department of Medical Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Med Sci Sports Exerc 33:275-81. 2001....
The European Youth Heart Survey (EYHS): an international study that addresses the multi-dimensional issues of CVD risk factorsEric Poortvliet
Department of Bioscience, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
Forum Nutr 56:254-6. 2003
Social variations in infant growth performance in Severodvinsk, Northwest Russia: community-based cohort studyAndrej M Grjibovski
Unit for Preventive Nutrition, Department of Biosciences at Novum, Karolinska Institutet, 14157 Huddinge, Sweden
Croat Med J 45:757-63. 2004..To examine infant growth characteristics and their socio-demographic determinants in Severodvinsk, northwest Russia...
The Women's Health Initiative. What is on trial: nutrition and chronic disease? Or misinterpreted science, media havoc and the sound of silence from peers?Agneta Yngve
Unit for Preventive Nutrition, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Novum, SE 141 57 Huddinge, Sweden
Public Health Nutr 9:269-72. 2006..But the trial was in key respects not reaching its aims, was methodologically controversial, and in any case has not produced the reported null results. What should the public health nutrition profession do about such messes?..
Serum lipids, glucose and insulin levels in healthy schoolchildren aged 9 and 15 years from Central Sweden: reference values in relation to biological, social and lifestyle factorsA H Wennlöf
Unit for Preventive Nutrition, Biosciences at NOVUM, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Scand J Clin Lab Invest 65:65-76. 2005..Such values are needed for planning and evaluation of public health activities, and for clinical use...
Physical activity but not energy expenditure is reduced in obese adolescents: a case-control studyUlf Ekelund
Unit for Preventive Nutrition, Department of Medical Nutrition Biosciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Am J Clin Nutr 76:935-41. 2002..The influence of physical activity on body weight in children and adolescents is controversial...
Socio-demographic determinants of initiation and duration of breastfeeding in northwest RussiaAndrej M Grjibovski
Unit for Preventive Nutrition, Department of Biosciences at Novum, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
Acta Paediatr 94:588-94. 2005..Social variations in initiation and duration of breastfeeding should raise concern of inequalities in breastfeeding practices in transitional Russia...
Variations in folate pathway genes are associated with unexplained female infertilitySigne Altmäe
Department of Clinical Science, Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden
Fertil Steril 94:130-7. 2010..To investigate associations between folate-metabolizing gene variations, folate status, and unexplained female infertility...
Energy expenditure assessed by heart rate and doubly labeled water in young athletesUlf Ekelund
Unit for Preventive Nutrition at Novum, Department of Medical Nutrition Biosciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Med Sci Sports Exerc 34:1360-6. 2002..We hypothesized that the accuracy of FLEX HR-estimated TEE would be affected by a) the definition of the FLEX HR and b) the type of training regimen...
The pro children study: conceptualization, baseline results and intervention development of a European effort to promote fruit and vegetable consumption in schoolchildrenJohannes Brug
Ann Nutr Metab 49:209-11. 2005
Validation of the PDPAR as an adolescent diary: effect of accelerometer cut pointsCheryl B Anderson
Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, The Children s Nutrition Research Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 37:1224-30. 2005..To evaluate the validity of the Previous Day Physical Activity Recall (PDPAR) as a physical activity diary in adolescents using two accelerometer intensity classifications...
Shaping up EuropeAgneta Yngve
Public Health Nutr 10:109. 2007
Dietary intake among under-, normal- and overweight 9- and 15-year-old Estonian and Swedish schoolchildrenInga Villa
Department of Public Health, University of Tartu, Ravila 19, Tartu, Estonia
Public Health Nutr 10:311-22. 2007....
Body movement and physical activity energy expenditure in children and adolescents: how to adjust for differences in body size and ageUlf Ekelund
MRC Epidemiology Unit, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Worts Causeway, Cambridge CB1 8RN, United Kingdom
Am J Clin Nutr 79:851-6. 2004..Physical activity data in children and adolescents who differ in body size and age are influenced by whether physical activity is expressed in terms of body movement or energy expenditure...
Personal, social and environmental factors regarding fruit and vegetable intake among schoolchildren in nine European countriesCamilla Sandvik
Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Ann Nutr Metab 49:255-66. 2005..The aim of the present study was to assess personal, social and environmental factors regarding fruit and vegetable intake among 11- to 12-year-old children in Europe...
Protection, promotion and support of breast-feeding in Europe: current situationAdriano Cattaneo
Unit for Health Services Research and International Cooperation, Istituto per l'Infanzia, Trieste, Italy
Public Health Nutr 8:39-46. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: EU countries need to revise their policies and practices to meet the principles inscribed in the Global Strategy on Infant and Young Child Feeding in order to better protect, promote and support breast-feeding...
Promoting fruit and vegetable consumption among European schoolchildren: rationale, conceptualization and design of the pro children projectKnut Inge Klepp
Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Ann Nutr Metab 49:212-20. 2005..In this paper, the rationale, theoretical background, overall design and implementation of the project is presented...
International physical activity questionnaire: 12-country reliability and validityCora L Craig
Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada
Med Sci Sports Exerc 35:1381-95. 2003..The short IPAQ form "last 7 d recall" is recommended for national monitoring and the long form for research requiring more detailed assessment...
A new academic yearAgneta Yngve
Public Health Nutr 11:875-6. 2008
Guidance on publishing results and how we operate evidence-based policyAgneta Yngve
Public Health Nutr 11:655-6. 2008
Children's rights and wrongsAgneta Yngve
Public Health Nutr 11:329. 2008
Food and drink marketing to children: a continuing scandalAgneta Yngve
Public Health Nutr 10:971-2. 2007
Stirring, shaking and spinning: breastfeeding and salt intakeAgneta Yngve
Public Health Nutr 10:645-6. 2007
What's right, what works, who knows?Agneta Yngve
Public Health Nutr 10:429-30. 2007
We must not fail the children of AfricaAgneta Yngve
Public Health Nutr 10:323-4. 2007
Challenges for Public Health Nutrition are immense--to be a good public health nutrition leader requires networking and collaborationAgneta Yngve
Public Health Nutr 9:535-7. 2006
Association of total plasma homocysteine with methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase genotypes 677C>T, 1298A>C, and 1793G>A and the corresponding haplotypes in Swedish children and adolescentsAnna K Böttiger
Department of Clinical Chemistry, Orebro University Hospital, SE 701 85 Orebro, Sweden
Int J Mol Med 19:659-65. 2007..40). The major genetic impact on tHcy concentrations is attributable to the MTHFR 677C>T polymorphism. The common 1298A>C polymorphism had a minor elevating effect on tHcy, whereas the 1793G>A polymorphism had a lowering effect on tHcy...
