S Scholtens

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Affiliation: National Institute for Public Health and the Environment
Country: The Netherlands

Publications

  1. ncbi Reported versus measured body weight and height of 4-year-old children and the prevalence of overweight
    Salome Scholtens
    Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences IRAS, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Eur J Public Health 17:369-74. 2007
  2. ncbi Breast feeding, parental allergy and asthma in children followed for 8 years. The PIAMA birth cohort study
    S Scholtens
    Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Thorax 64:604-9. 2009
  3. ncbi Overweight and changes in weight status during childhood in relation to asthma symptoms at 8 years of age
    Salome Scholtens
    Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 123:1312-8.e2. 2009
  4. ncbi Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in breast milk and early weight gain in breast-fed infants
    Salome Scholtens
    Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
    Br J Nutr 101:116-21. 2009
  5. ncbi Breastfeeding, weight gain in infancy, and overweight at seven years of age: the prevention and incidence of asthma and mite allergy birth cohort study
    Salome Scholtens
    Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Am J Epidemiol 165:919-26. 2007
  6. ncbi Maternal overweight before pregnancy and asthma in offspring followed for 8 years
    S Scholtens
    Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Int J Obes (Lond) 34:606-13. 2010
  7. ncbi Childhood diet and asthma and atopy at 8 years of age: the PIAMA birth cohort study
    S M Willers
    Centre for Prevention and Health Services Research, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment RIVM, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    Eur Respir J 37:1060-7. 2011
  8. ncbi Adenotonsillectomy and the development of overweight
    Alet H Wijga
    National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Centre for Prevention and Health Services Research, PO Box 1, 3720 BA, Bilthoven, Netherlands
    Pediatrics 123:1095-101. 2009
  9. ncbi Comorbidities of obesity in school children: a cross-sectional study in the PIAMA birth cohort
    Alet H Wijga
    Centre for Prevention and Health Services Research, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    BMC Public Health 10:184. 2010
  10. ncbi Do differences in childhood diet explain the reduced overweight risk in breastfed children?
    Salome Scholtens
    Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:2498-503. 2008

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Publications10

  1. ncbi Reported versus measured body weight and height of 4-year-old children and the prevalence of overweight
    Salome Scholtens
    Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences IRAS, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Eur J Public Health 17:369-74. 2007
    ..In addition, we studied the determinants and the consequences of differences between reported and measured data...
  2. ncbi Breast feeding, parental allergy and asthma in children followed for 8 years. The PIAMA birth cohort study
    S Scholtens
    Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Thorax 64:604-9. 2009
    ..These factors--the age of the child and maternal or paternal allergy--might partly explain the conflicting results observed in cross-sectional studies...
  3. ncbi Overweight and changes in weight status during childhood in relation to asthma symptoms at 8 years of age
    Salome Scholtens
    Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 123:1312-8.e2. 2009
    ..Asthma may be more prevalent in overweight children. However, how early overweight and changes in weight status during childhood affect the asthma risk is unclear...
  4. ncbi Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in breast milk and early weight gain in breast-fed infants
    Salome Scholtens
    Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
    Br J Nutr 101:116-21. 2009
    ..The n-3 and n-6 LCPUFA content in breast milk did not affect weight or BMI gain in the first year of life in breast-fed term infants...
  5. ncbi Breastfeeding, weight gain in infancy, and overweight at seven years of age: the prevention and incidence of asthma and mite allergy birth cohort study
    Salome Scholtens
    Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Am J Epidemiol 165:919-26. 2007
    ..These findings suggest that the lower BMI and lower risk of overweight among breastfed children later in life are already achieved at 1 year of age...
  6. ncbi Maternal overweight before pregnancy and asthma in offspring followed for 8 years
    S Scholtens
    Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Int J Obes (Lond) 34:606-13. 2010
    ..Maternal overweight may affect the pulmonary and immunological development of the fetus in utero because of the increased levels of inflammatory factors associated with being overweight and thereby increase the asthma risk in childhood...
  7. ncbi Childhood diet and asthma and atopy at 8 years of age: the PIAMA birth cohort study
    S M Willers
    Centre for Prevention and Health Services Research, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment RIVM, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    Eur Respir J 37:1060-7. 2011
    ..This study indicates no consistent effects of increased early or late consumption, or long-term intake of certain foods on asthma and atopy in 8-yr-olds, with a possible exception for fruit...
  8. ncbi Adenotonsillectomy and the development of overweight
    Alet H Wijga
    National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Centre for Prevention and Health Services Research, PO Box 1, 3720 BA, Bilthoven, Netherlands
    Pediatrics 123:1095-101. 2009
    ..Whether (adeno)tonsillectomy is also a risk factor for the development of overweight is unknown. We investigated the association between (adeno)tonsillectomy and the subsequent development of overweight in the general population...
  9. ncbi Comorbidities of obesity in school children: a cross-sectional study in the PIAMA birth cohort
    Alet H Wijga
    Centre for Prevention and Health Services Research, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    BMC Public Health 10:184. 2010
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  10. ncbi Do differences in childhood diet explain the reduced overweight risk in breastfed children?
    Salome Scholtens
    Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:2498-503. 2008
    ..71, 95% confidence interval: 0.49-1.03). Breastfed children had a healthier diet at 7 years compared to nonbreastfed children, but this difference could not explain the lower overweight risk at 8 years in breastfed children...