Publications
Prevalence of childhood obesity by country, family socio-demographics, and parental obesity in Europe : the Feel4Diabetes study Ghent University
Comparative risk assessment of school food environment policies and childhood diets, childhood obesity, and future cardiometabolic mortality in the United States Institute of Tropical Medicine
BACKGROUND: Promising school policies to improve children's diets include providing fresh fruits and vegetables (F&V) and competitive food restrictions on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), yet the impact of national implementation of these policies in US schools on cardiometabolic disease (CMD) risk factors and outcomes is not known. Our objective was to estimate the impact of national implementation of F&V provision and SSB ...
Circulating microRNAs are associated with early childhood obesity : results of the I.Family Study Ghent University
Identification of metabolic phenotypes in childhood obesity by 1H NMR metabolomics of blood plasma Hasselt University
The size of the childhood obesity problem in Scotland : results from the 2018 Active Healthy Kids Scotland Report Card Ghent University
Evidence for enhancing childhood obesity treatment from a dual-process perspective : a systematic literature review Ghent University
Enhancing childhood multidisciplinary obesity treatments : the power of self-control abilities as intervention facilitator Ghent University
Early childhood obesity Vrije Universiteit Brussel
BACKGROUND: Childhood obesity is one of the most serious public health issues of the twenty-first century affecting even low- and middle-income countries. Overweight and obese children are more likely to stay obese into adulthood. Due to the paucity of data on local practices, our study aimed to assess the knowledge and practices of physicians from the Middle East and North Africa region with respect to early-onset obesity.
METHODS: A ...