J C Seidell

Summary

Affiliation: Vrije Universiteit
Country: The Netherlands

Publications

  1. ncbi [Nutrition and health--obesity]
    J C Seidell
    Vrije Universiteit, Faculteit Aard en Levenswetenschappen, afd Voeding en Gezondheid, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam
    Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 147:281-6. 2003
  2. ncbi Prevalence and time trends of obesity in Europe
    J C Seidell
    Department of Chronic Diseases Epidemiology, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM, BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    J Endocrinol Invest 25:816-22. 2002
  3. ncbi Parental history of diabetes modifies the association between abdominal adiposity and hyperglycemia
    R M van Dam
    Department of Chronic Diseases Epidemiology, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    Diabetes Care 24:1454-9. 2001
  4. ncbi Body weight and weight change and their health implications for the elderly
    J C Seidell
    Department of Chronic Diseases Epidemiology, National Institute of Public Health, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    Eur J Clin Nutr 54:S33-9. 2000
  5. ncbi Long-term and recent time trends in the prevalence of obesity among Dutch men and women
    T L S Visscher
    Department of Chronic Diseases Epidemiology, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 26:1218-24. 2002
  6. ncbi Overweight and obesity in the mortality rate data: current evidence and research issues
    J C Seidell
    Department of Chronic Diseases Epidemiology, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    Med Sci Sports Exerc 31:S597-601. 1999
  7. ncbi The relationship between quality of life and perceived body weight and dieting history in Dutch men and women
    C M Burns
    Department of Chronic Diseases Epidemiology, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 25:1386-92. 2001
  8. ncbi Obesity, insulin resistance and diabetes--a worldwide epidemic
    J C Seidell
    Department of Chronic Diseases Epidemiology, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    Br J Nutr 83:S5-8. 2000
  9. ncbi [Guideline 'Diagnosis and treatment of obesity in adults and children']
    J C Seidell
    Vrije Universiteit, Instituut voor Gezondheidswetenschappen, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam
    Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 152:2071-6. 2008
  10. ncbi An integrated health care standard for the management and prevention of obesity in The Netherlands
    J C Seidell
    Department of Health Sciences, VU University, De Boelelaan 1085, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Fam Pract 29:i153-i156. 2012

Detail Information

Publications32

  1. ncbi [Nutrition and health--obesity]
    J C Seidell
    Vrije Universiteit, Faculteit Aard en Levenswetenschappen, afd Voeding en Gezondheid, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam
    Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 147:281-6. 2003
    ..Physical activity is an essential component of a weight loss strategy. Moderate sustained weight loss is associated with a strong reduction in the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in people with impaired glucose tolerance...
  2. ncbi Prevalence and time trends of obesity in Europe
    J C Seidell
    Department of Chronic Diseases Epidemiology, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM, BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    J Endocrinol Invest 25:816-22. 2002
  3. ncbi Parental history of diabetes modifies the association between abdominal adiposity and hyperglycemia
    R M van Dam
    Department of Chronic Diseases Epidemiology, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    Diabetes Care 24:1454-9. 2001
    ..To examine whether the association between abdominal obesity and hyperglycemia differs according to the presence of a parental history of diabetes...
  4. ncbi Body weight and weight change and their health implications for the elderly
    J C Seidell
    Department of Chronic Diseases Epidemiology, National Institute of Public Health, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    Eur J Clin Nutr 54:S33-9. 2000
    ..Low lean body mass is probably better reflected by low BMI, whereas increased (abdominal) fatness is better reflected by increased waist circumference...
  5. ncbi Long-term and recent time trends in the prevalence of obesity among Dutch men and women
    T L S Visscher
    Department of Chronic Diseases Epidemiology, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 26:1218-24. 2002
    ..To describe long-term and recent time trends in the prevalence of obesity by age and educational level...
  6. ncbi Overweight and obesity in the mortality rate data: current evidence and research issues
    J C Seidell
    Department of Chronic Diseases Epidemiology, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    Med Sci Sports Exerc 31:S597-601. 1999
    ..The relation between indicators of overweight (body mass index (BMI)) and all-cause mortality and factors that potentially affect such a relationship were reviewed...
  7. ncbi The relationship between quality of life and perceived body weight and dieting history in Dutch men and women
    C M Burns
    Department of Chronic Diseases Epidemiology, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 25:1386-92. 2001
    ..1) To study the relationship between quality of life (QoL) and measured and perceived weight and dieting history in Dutch men and women; (2) to assess the effect of weight loss over a 5 y period on QoL...
  8. ncbi Obesity, insulin resistance and diabetes--a worldwide epidemic
    J C Seidell
    Department of Chronic Diseases Epidemiology, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    Br J Nutr 83:S5-8. 2000
    ..Such strategies are not developed or implemented. These developments point toward the great urgency to develop global and national plans for adequate prevention and management of obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus...
  9. ncbi [Guideline 'Diagnosis and treatment of obesity in adults and children']
    J C Seidell
    Vrije Universiteit, Instituut voor Gezondheidswetenschappen, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam
    Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 152:2071-6. 2008
    ..Pharmacological and surgical interventions are not recommended for children and adolescents...
  10. ncbi An integrated health care standard for the management and prevention of obesity in The Netherlands
    J C Seidell
    Department of Health Sciences, VU University, De Boelelaan 1085, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Fam Pract 29:i153-i156. 2012
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  11. ncbi The prediction of visceral fat by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in the elderly: a comparison with computed tomography and anthropometry
    M B Snijder
    Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 26:984-93. 2002
    ..The aim of the present study is to investigate whether the dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) method, possibly combined with anthropometry, offers a good alternative to CT for the prediction of visceral fat in the elderly...
  12. ncbi Genetic factors as predictors of weight gain in young adult Dutch men and women
    C T M van Rossum
    Department of Chronic Diseases Epidemiology, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 26:517-28. 2002
    ..Polymorphisms in these genes may contribute to weight gain through effects on energy intake, energy expenditure or adipogenesis...
  13. ncbi The public health impact of obesity
    T L Visscher
    Department of Chronic Diseases Epidemiology, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, PO Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    Annu Rev Public Health 22:355-75. 2001
    ..Obesity prevention programs should be high on the scientific and political agenda in both industrialized and industrializing countries...
  14. ncbi The prevention of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents: a review of interventions and programmes
    C M Doak
    Institute of Health Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Obes Rev 7:111-36. 2006
    ..Because few studies report on underweight prevalence, this review recommends giving more attention to preventing adverse outcomes by reporting the intervention impact on the frequency distribution for both BMI and adiposity measures...
  15. ncbi Carbohydrate intake and obesity
    R M van Dam
    Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Eur J Clin Nutr 61:S75-99. 2007
    ..Although it is difficult to establish with certainty that fiber rather than other dietary attributes are responsible, whole-grain cereals, vegetables, legumes and fruits seem to be the most appropriate sources of dietary carbohydrate...
  16. ncbi Prevalence of overweight and obesity in the Netherlands
    D F Schokker
    Institute of Health Sciences, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Obes Rev 8:101-8. 2007
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  17. ncbi What aspects of body fat are particularly hazardous and how do we measure them?
    M B Snijder
    Institute of Health Sciences, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Int J Epidemiol 35:83-92. 2006
  18. ncbi Netherlands research programme weight gain prevention (NHF-NRG): rationale, objectives and strategies
    S P J Kremers
    Department of Health Education and Promotion, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
    Eur J Clin Nutr 59:498-507. 2005
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  19. ncbi Low subcutaneous thigh fat is a risk factor for unfavourable glucose and lipid levels, independently of high abdominal fat. The Health ABC Study
    M B Snijder
    Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Diabetologia 48:301-8. 2005
    ..Our secondary aim was to investigate which body composition characteristics (lean tissue, fat tissue) are reflected by anthropometric measures (waist and thigh circumference)...
  20. ncbi Diet, nutrition and the prevention of excess weight gain and obesity
    B A Swinburn
    Physical Activity and Nutrition Research Unit, School of Health Sciences, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia
    Public Health Nutr 7:123-46. 2004
    ..To review the evidence on the diet and nutrition causes of obesity and to recommend strategies to reduce obesity prevalence...
  21. ncbi Overweight, obesity and fat distribution in 50- to 64-year-old participants in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)
    M Haftenberger
    Department of Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition, Arthur Scheunert Allee 114 116, D 14558 Potsdam Rehbrücke, Germany
    Public Health Nutr 5:1147-62. 2002
    ..To describe anthropometric characteristics of participants of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)...
  22. ncbi Time trends (1993-1997) and seasonal variation in body mass index and waist circumference in the Netherlands
    T L S Visscher
    Centre for Prevention and Health Services Research, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 28:1309-16. 2004
    ..To compare the time trend and seasonal variation in body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference...
  23. ncbi Time trends in obesity: an epidemiological perspective
    J C Seidell
    Department for Chronic Diseases and Environmental Epidemiology, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    Horm Metab Res 29:155-8. 1997
    ..The rising prevalence of non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus may be one of the first signs of the increasing problem of obesity in European countries...
  24. ncbi Independent and opposite associations of waist and hip circumferences with diabetes, hypertension and dyslipidemia: the AusDiab Study
    M B Snijder
    International Diabetes Institute, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia
    Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 28:402-9. 2004
    ..In addition, as previous studies were performed in older persons, we investigated whether these associations were present across adult age groups...
  25. ncbi Leptin and insulin responses to a four-day energy-deficient diet in men with different weight history
    M Mars
    Division of Human Nutrition and Epidemiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
    Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 27:574-81. 2003
    ..To assess the leptin responses to a 4-day energy-restricted diet in men with different weight history; high retrospective weight gain was expected to be associated with a small decline in leptin...
  26. ncbi Does the relationship between waist circumference, morbidity and mortality depend on measurement protocol for waist circumference?
    R Ross
    School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
    Obes Rev 9:312-25. 2008
    ..Our findings suggest that WC measurement protocol has no substantial influence on the association between WC, all-cause and CVD mortality, CVD and diabetes...
  27. ncbi Comment on: Schmidt MI, Duncan BB, Vigo A et al (2006) Leptin and incident type 2 diabetes: risk or protection? Diabetologia 49:2086-2096
    M B Snijder
    Diabetologia 50:234-6; author reply 237-8; discussion 239-40. 2007
  28. ncbi [The value and limitations of the body mass index (BMI) in the assessment of the health risks of overweight and obesity]
    P Kok
    Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum, afd Algemene Interne Geneeskunde, Postbus 9600, 2300 RC, Leiden
    Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 148:2379-82. 2004
    ..The BMI does not give any insight into regional body fat distribution. Waist circumference is a valid index of visceral fat accumulation and can therefore be used as an indicator of health risks associated with visceral obesity...
  29. ncbi Common variants in the ATP-sensitive K+ channel genes KCNJ11 (Kir6.2) and ABCC8 (SUR1) in relation to glucose intolerance: population-based studies and meta-analyses
    R M van Dam
    Centre of Nutrition and Health, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    Diabet Med 22:590-8. 2005
    ..To evaluate the relation between common variants in the ATP-sensitive K+ channel genes and glucose intolerance...
  30. ncbi Development and validation of a hospital screening tool for malnutrition: the short nutritional assessment questionnaire (SNAQ)
    H M Kruizenga
    Department of Dietetics, VU University Medical Center, P O Box 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Clin Nutr 24:75-82. 2005
    ..The validity, the nurse-nurse reproducibility and nurse-dietitian reproducibility was tested in another but similar population of 297 patients...
  31. ncbi [Overweight and obesity in children and adolescents and preventative measures]
    C M Renders
    Vrije Universiteit Medisch Centrum, afd Sociale Geneeskunde, Instituut voor Extramuraal Geneeskundig Onderzoek, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam
    Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 148:2066-70. 2004
    ..With such preventive measures the involvement of both the school and the parents is important...
  32. ncbi The insulin receptor substrate-1 Gly972Arg polymorphism is not associated with Type 2 diabetes mellitus in two population-based studies
    R M van Dam
    Center of Nutrition and Health, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    Diabet Med 21:752-8. 2004
    ..The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that the IRS-1 Gly972Arg variant increases risk of Type 2 diabetes...