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Development and test-retest reliability of a nutrition knowledge questionnaire for primary-school childrenCarine Vereecken
Research Foundation Flanders FWO Vlaanderen, Brussels, Belgium
Public Health Nutr 15:1630-8. 2012..To evaluate a web-based nutritional knowledge questionnaire for primary-school children...
Body weight dissatisfaction and communication with parents among adolescents in 24 countries: international cross-sectional surveyHaleama Al Sabbah
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
BMC Public Health 9:52. 2009....- Reliability and validity of a healthy diet determinants questionnaire for adolescentsCarine Vereecken
Department of Public Health, Gent University, De Pintelaan 185, 900 Ghent, Belgium
Public Health Nutr 12:1830-8. 2009..To describe the development of a short questionnaire including a wide range of personal, social and environmental constructs in relation to a healthy diet in an adolescent population... - Associations between general parenting styles and specific food-related parenting practices and children's food consumptionCarine Vereecken
Ghent University, Department of Public Health, Ghent, Belgium
Am J Health Promot 23:233-40. 2009..Explore the impact of general parenting style and specific food-related parenting practices on children's dietary habits... - Results from a dietary intervention study in preschools "Beastly Healthy at School"Carine Vereecken
Department of Public Health, Ghent University, UH bloc A, De Pintelaan 185, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
Int J Public Health 54:142-9. 2009..In the present study the impact of the intervention on children's food consumption is investigated... - Parents' and teachers' opinions about the school food policy in Belgian Flemish nursery schoolsCarine Vereecken
Department of Public Health, Ghent University, University Hospital BlokA, 2 Floor, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Gent, Belgium
Int J Environ Res Public Health 6:1268-81. 2009..Fruit is not always available at school, although parents would appreciate it. Parents of lower educational level are in general more permissive... - Breakfast consumption and its socio-demographic and lifestyle correlates in schoolchildren in 41 countries participating in the HBSC studyCarine Vereecken
FWO Flanders, Department of Public Health, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Int J Public Health 54:180-90. 2009..To investigate associations of daily breakfast consumption (DBC) with demographic and lifestyle factors in 41 countries... - Young children's dietary habits and associations with the mothers' nutritional knowledge and attitudesCarine Vereecken
Research Foundation Flanders FWO, Belgium
Appetite 54:44-51. 2010..The associations with the mothers' nutritional knowledge and attitudes support the inclusion of knowledge and attitudes in dietary interventions... - Feasibility of the Young Children's Nutrition Assessment on the WebCarine Anna Vereecken
FWO Flanders, Department of Public Health, Ghent University, De Pintelaan 185, Ghent, Belgium
J Am Diet Assoc 109:1896-902. 2009..The majority found it user-friendly (79%), attractive (68%), and clear (93%). The Young Children's Nutrition Assessment on the Web is a promising tool to collect online dietary data in large-scale surveys... - How accurate are adolescents in portion-size estimation using the computer tool Young Adolescents' Nutrition Assessment on Computer (YANA-C)?Carine Vereecken
Research Foundation Flanders FWO, Belgium
Br J Nutr 103:1844-50. 2010..Photographs of food items can serve as a good aid in ranking subjects; however, to assess the actual intake at a group level, underestimation must be considered... - Comparison of a food frequency questionnaire with an online dietary assessment tool for assessing preschool children's dietary intakeC Vereecken
Research Foundation Flanders, Department of Public Health, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
J Hum Nutr Diet 23:502-10. 2010..The present study aimed to investigate the relative validity of a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) developed for use in a biennial longitudinal study... - The HELENA online food frequency questionnaire: reproducibility and comparison with four 24-h recalls in Belgian-Flemish adolescentsC A Vereecken
Research Foundation Flanders FWO Vlaanderen, Brussels, Belgium
Eur J Clin Nutr 64:541-8. 2010..To investigate the reproducibility of the HELENA Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) developed as a basis for an online tailored intervention and to compare the FFQ with four computerized 24-h recalls... - Associations of parenting styles, parental feeding practices and child characteristics with young children's fruit and vegetable consumptionCarine Vereecken
FWO Flanders, Belgium
Appetite 55:589-96. 2010..In order to try to increase children's fruit and vegetable consumption, parents should be guided to improve their own diet and to use child-centered parenting practices and strategies known to decrease negative reactions to food... - Test-retest reliability and comparison of children's reports with parents' reports of young children's fruit and vegetable preferencesCarine Anna Vereecken
Research Foundation Flanders, Belgium
Appetite 55:574-81. 2010..19, V: r = 0.25). The results are promising, but additional validation is needed in a representative sample and should further explore the sources of disagreements... - The relationship between children's home food environment and dietary patterns in childhood and adolescenceCarine Vereecken
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Research Foundation Flanders, Ghent University, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Gent, Belgium
Public Health Nutr 13:1729-35. 2010..To identify the correlates of the home food environment (parents' intake, availability and food-related parenting practices) at the age of 10 years with dietary patterns during childhood and in adolescence... - Comparison of a short food-frequency questionnaire and derived indices with a seven-day diet record in Belgian and Italian childrenCarine Anna Vereecken
Department of Public Health, Ghent University, UH, Bloc A, 2nd Floor, De Pintelaan 185, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
Int J Public Health 53:297-305. 2008..To compare food group intakes and dietary indices estimated from a 14-item food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) with a seven day diet record... 
The influence of parental occupation and the pupils' educational level on lifestyle behaviors among adolescents in BelgiumCarine A Vereecken
Department of Public Health, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
J Adolesc Health 34:330-8. 2004..To analyze the associations of lifestyle behaviors with educational level and social background based on parental occupation in adolescence...- Influence of mother's educational level on food parenting practices and food habits of young childrenCarine A Vereecken
Department of Public Health, Ghent University, University Hospital, Bloc A, 2nd Floor, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Appetite 43:93-103. 2004..Differences in children's food consumption by mothers' educational level were completely explained by mother's consumption and other food parenting practices for fruit and vegetables but not for soft drinks... - School food policy at primary and secondary schools in Belgium-Flanders: does it influence young people's food habits?C A Vereecken
Department of Public Health, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Eur J Clin Nutr 59:271-7. 2005.... - Measuring attitudes, self-efficacy, and social and environmental influences on fruit and vegetable consumption of 11- and 12-year-old children: reliability and validityCarine Anna Vereecken
Ghent University, Department of Public Health, University Hospital, Bloc A, 2nd Floor, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
J Am Diet Assoc 105:257-61. 2005..General attitudes, outcome expectations, selection efficacy, and encouraging practices were not associated with fruit or vegetable consumption... - Young adolescents' nutrition assessment on computer (YANA-C)C A Vereecken
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium
Eur J Clin Nutr 59:658-67. 2005..To assess the relative validity and acceptability of the computerised 24-h recall 'Young Adolescent's Nutrition Assessment on Computer (YANA-C)'... - The relative influence of individual and contextual socio-economic status on consumption of fruit and soft drinks among adolescents in EuropeCarine A Vereecken
Department of Public Health, Ghent University, Belgium
Eur J Public Health 15:224-32. 2005..The present study examines whether socio-economic differences in the consumption of fruit and soft drinks can be found among young adolescents in a wide range of European countries... - Adolescents' food habits: results of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children surveyCarine A Vereecken
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Public Health, Ghent University, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Br J Nutr 94:423-31. 2005..6 to 5 d/week. Methodological problems in comparing between countries are discussed. Nonetheless, the results indicate a need for national and international health promotion programmes to improve adolescents' food habits... - Comparison of a computer-administered and paper-and-pencil-administered questionnaire on health and lifestyle behaviorsCarine A Vereecken
Department of Public Health, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
J Adolesc Health 38:426-32. 2006..The purpose of the present study was to investigate if a computer format of the questionnaire would affect the responses of the adolescents in comparison with the paper and pencil format... - Television viewing behaviour and associations with food habits in different countriesCarine A Vereecken
Department of Public Health, Ghent University, UH, Block A, 2nd Floor, De Pintelaan 185, B 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Public Health Nutr 9:244-50. 2006..The purpose of the present study was to describe sociodemographic differences in TV viewing and to examine associations of TV viewing with the consumption of sweets, soft drinks, fruit and vegetables in different countries... - Food consumption among preschoolers. Does the school make a difference?Carine Vereecken
Department of Public Health, Ghent University, University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, Ghent, Belgium
Appetite 51:723-6. 2008..Significant school level variables were availability of sugared milk drinks and having food rules in the school policy... - Food habits and physical activity patterns among Palestinian adolescents: findings from the national study of Palestinian schoolchildren (HBSC-WBG2004)H Al Sabbah
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium
Public Health Nutr 10:739-46. 2007..To describe the food habits and physical (in)activity patterns and to investigate the relationship with sociodemographic factors among Palestinian adolescents... - Associations of overweight and of weight dissatisfaction among Palestinian adolescents: findings from the national study of Palestinian schoolchildren (HBSC-WBG2004)H Al Sabbah
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Gent University, Gent, Belgium
J Hum Nutr Diet 22:40-9. 2009.... - Relationship between self-reported dietary intake and physical activity levels among adolescents: the HELENA studyCharlene Ottevaere
Department of Public Health, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 8:8. 2011..The objective of the present study is to describe the relationship between energy, nutrient and food intake and the physical activity level among a large group of European adolescents... - Smoking in young people with asthmaA Hublet
Department of Public Health, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
J Public Health (Oxf) 29:343-9. 2007.... - Correlates of energy balance-related behaviours in preschool children: a systematic reviewM De Craemer
Department of Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Obes Rev 13:13-28. 2012..Focusing on television viewing and the consumption of snacks and sweet beverages could/should also be a strategy... - Clustering patterns of physical activity, sedentary and dietary behavior among European adolescents: The HELENA studyCharlene Ottevaere
Department of Public Health, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
BMC Public Health 11:328. 2011..This study examines the prevalence and clustering of physical activity, sedentary and dietary patterns among European adolescents and investigates if the identified clusters could be characterized by socio-demographic factors... - Asthma and wheezing symptoms in young people in six Western countriesA Hublet
Department of Public Health, Ghent University, University Hospital bloc A 2nd floor, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique 54:305-12. 2006..Asthma diagnosed in children shows wide geographical variations. Large scale surveys identify children with diagnosed asthma, but neglect the group of youngsters with multiple asthmatic complaints... - A feasibility study of using a diet optimization approach in a web-based computer-tailoring intervention for adolescentsL Maes
Department of Public Health, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Int J Obes (Lond) 32:S76-81. 2008..Adolescents are an interesting but neglected target group in obesity prevention. We assessed the feasibility of using a diet optimization approach for computer-tailored nutrition interventions for adolescents... - Development and evaluation of a self-administered computerized 24-h dietary recall method for adolescents in EuropeC A Vereecken
Department of Public Health, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Int J Obes (Lond) 32:S26-34. 2008..To describe the development of a European computerized 24-h dietary recall method for adolescents, and to investigate the feasibility of self-administration (self report) by comparison with administration by a dietician (interview)... - Television viewing and food consumption in Flemish adolescents in BelgiumCarine Anna Vereecken
Department of Public Health, University Hospital, Ghent University, Belgium
Soz Praventivmed 51:311-7. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: Nutrition interventions aimed at improving adolescents' food habits should target high television-viewers. Our findings underline the importance of tackling socio-demographic differences...