Search Results - "Mensink, Gert B. M."

Health-related quality of life in children and adolescents with overweight and obesity: results from the German KIGGS survey by Meixner, Lara, Cohrdes, Caroline, Schienkiewitz, Anja, Mensink, Gert B M

“…The well-being of persons with overweight and obesity, in particular of children and adolescents, may be impaired. The present study investigates the…”
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German health interview and examination survey for adults (DEGS) - design, objectives and implementation of the first data collection wave by Scheidt-Nave, Christa, Kamtsiuris, Panagiotis, Gößwald, Antje, Hölling, Heike, Lange, Michael, Busch, Markus A, Dahm, Stefan, Dölle, Rüdiger, Ellert, Ute, Fuchs, Judith, Hapke, Ulfert, Heidemann, Christin, Knopf, Hildtraud, Laussmann, Detlef, Mensink, Gert B M, Neuhauser, Hannelore, Richter, Almut, Sass, Anke-Christine, Rosario, Angelika Schaffrath, Stolzenberg, Heribert, Thamm, Michael, Kurth, Bärbel-Maria

“…The German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults (DEGS) is part of the recently established national health monitoring conducted by the Robert…”
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Distribution and determinants of glycosylated hemoglobin in adolescents - Results from a nationwide population-based survey in Germany by Patelakis, Eleni, Schienkiewitz, Anja, Truthmann, Julia, Holl, Reinhard W, Poethko-Müller, Christina, Mensink, Gert B M, Heidemann, Christin

“…The role of glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) in youth is largely unclear. The aims of this study are to investigate the distribution and potential determinants…”
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Correlates and Determinants of Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Adults: a Systematic Review by Zeiher, Johannes, Ombrellaro, Katherine J., Perumal, Nita, Keil, Thomas, Mensink, Gert B. M., Finger, Jonas D.

“…Background Enhanced cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) is now a well-established predictor of numerous adverse health outcomes. Knowledge about the pathways…”
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Relative validation of a food frequency questionnaire for national health and nutrition monitoring by Haftenberger, Marjolein, Heuer, Thorsten, Heidemann, Christin, Kube, Friederike, Krems, Carolin, Mensink, Gert B M

“…Validation of a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) is important as incorrect information may lead to biased associations. Therefore the relative validity of an…”
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Implications of standardization of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D data for the evaluation of vitamin D status in Germany, including a temporal analysis by Rabenberg, Martina, Scheidt-Nave, Christa, Busch, Markus A, Thamm, Michael, Rieckmann, Nina, Durazo-Arvizu, Ramón A, Dowling, Kirsten G, Škrabáková, Zuzana, Cashman, Kevin D, Sempos, Christopher T, Mensink, Gert B M

“…Comparability of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) measurements is hampered by method-related differences in measurement values. International standardization of…”
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Time trends in healthy lifestyle among adults in Germany: Results from three national health interview and examination surveys between 1990 and 2011 by Finger, Jonas D, Busch, Markus A, Heidemann, Christin, Lange, Cornelia, Mensink, Gert B M, Schienkiewitz, Anja

“…The combined impact of multiple healthy behaviors on health exceeds that of single behaviors. This study aimed to estimate trends in the prevalence of a…”
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Time trends of non-alcoholic beverage consumption among adults in Germany, 1990-2011 by Schienkiewitz, Anja, Haftenberger, Marjolein, Mensink, Gert B M

“…In Germany, information on trends in non-alcoholic beverage intake over the last decades is sparse. The aim of this analysis is to examine trends in…”
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Dietary intake and food sources of choline in European populations by Vennemann, Francy B. C., Ioannidou, Sofia, Valsta, Liisa M., Dumas, Céline, Ocké, Marga C., Mensink, Gert B. M., Lindtner, Oliver, Virtanen, Suvi M., Tlustos, Christina, D’Addezio, Laura, Mattison, Irene, Dubuisson, Carine, Siksna, Inese, Héraud, Fanny

“…Choline is an important nutrient for humans. Choline intake of the European population was assessed considering the European Food Safety Authority European…”
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Metabolic Health in Relation to Body Size: Changes in Prevalence over Time between 1997-99 and 2008-11 in Germany by Truthmann, Julia, Mensink, Gert B M, Bosy-Westphal, Anja, Scheidt-Nave, Christa, Schienkiewitz, Anja

“…The study examined potential changes in the proportion of metabolic health according to body size categories over time and across strata of sex and age,…”
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Selection of key indicators for European policy monitoring and surveillance for dietary behaviour, physical activity and sedentary behaviour by Garnica Rosas, Lina, Mensink, Gert B M, Finger, Jonas D, Schienkiewitz, Anja, Do, Stefanie, Wolters, Maike, Stanley, Isobel, Abu Omar, Karim, Wieczorowska-Tobis, Katarzyna, Woods, Catherine B, Murrin, Celine, Ahrens, Wolfgang, Hebestreit, Antje

“…A pan-European approach to evaluate policy impact on health behaviour requires the employment of a consensus set of established and relevant indicators. As…”
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Physical health-related quality of life in relation to metabolic health and obesity among men and women in Germany by Truthmann, Julia, Mensink, Gert B M, Bosy-Westphal, Anja, Hapke, Ulfert, Scheidt-Nave, Christa, Schienkiewitz, Anja

“…This study examined sex-specific differences in physical health-related quality of life (HRQoL) across subgroups of metabolic health and obesity. We…”
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Dietary behaviour and socioeconomic position: the role of physical activity patterns by Finger, Jonas D, Tylleskär, Thorkild, Lampert, Thomas, Mensink, Gert B M

“…The positive association between education level and health outcomes can be partly explained by dietary behaviour. We investigated the associations between…”
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Food purchase patterns: empirical identification and analysis of their association with diet quality, socio-economic factors, and attitudes by Thiele, Silke, Peltner, Jonas, Richter, Almut, Mensink, Gert B M

“…Empirically derived food purchase patterns provide information about which combinations of foods were purchased from households. The objective of this study…”
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Potential determinants of obesity among children and adolescents in Germany: results from the cross-sectional KiGGS Study by Kleiser, Christina, Schaffrath Rosario, Angelika, Mensink, Gert B M, Prinz-Langenohl, Reinhild, Kurth, Bärbel-Maria

“…Obesity among children and adolescents is a growing public health problem. The aim of the present paper is to identify potential determinants of obesity and…”
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A cluster-analytic approach towards multidimensional health-related behaviors in adolescents: the MoMo-Study by Spengler, Sarah, Mess, Filip, Mewes, Nadine, Mensink, Gert B M, Woll, Alexander

“…Although knowledge on single health-related behaviors and their association with health parameters is available, research on multiple health-related behaviors…”
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Evaluating the diet in Germany with two indices focusing on healthy eating and planetary healthy eating using nationwide cross-sectional food intake data from DEGS1 (2008–2011) by Richter, Almut, Loss, Julika, Kuhn, Daria-Alina, Moosburger, Ramona, Mensink, Gert B. M.

“…Purpose To improve sustainability, adjustments to current diets are necessary. Therefore, limited planetary resources are considered within the healthy…”
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Physical activity patterns and socioeconomic position: the German National Health Interview and Examination Survey 1998 (GNHIES98) by Finger, Jonas D, Tylleskär, Thorkild, Lampert, Thomas, Mensink, Gert B M

“…We investigated the associations between education and leisure-time, occupational, sedentary and total physical-activity levels based on data from the German…”
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Relative validation of the KiGGS Food Frequency Questionnaire among adolescents in Germany by Truthmann, Julia, Mensink, Gert B M, Richter, Almut

“…The aim of this study was to determine the relative validity of the self-administered Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) "What do you eat?", which was used in…”
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How you live is how you feel? Positive associations between different lifestyle factors, cognitive functioning, and health-related quality of life across adulthood by Cohrdes, Caroline, Mensink, Gert B.M., Hölling, Heike

“…Purpose Self-reported health-related quality of life (HRQoL) represents one central indicator for the need of prevention or intervention with gaining…”
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