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    Beer consumption and the ‘beer belly’: scientific basis or common belief?

    The term ‘beer belly’ expresses the common belief that beer consumption is a major determinant of waist circumference (WC). We studied the gender-specific associations between beer consumption and WC (partiall...

    M Schütze, M Schulz, A Steffen, M M Bergmann in European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2009)

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    Intake of total, animal and plant proteins, and their food sources in 10 countries in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition

    To describe dietary protein intakes and their food sources among 27 redefined centres in 10 countries participating in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC).

    J Halkjær, A Olsen, L J Bjerregaard, G Deharveng in European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2009)

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    The association of lifetime alcohol use with measures of abdominal and general adiposity in a large-scale European cohort

    The relation between lifetime use of alcohol and measures of abdominal and general adiposity is unknown.

    M M Bergmann, M Schütze, A Steffen, H Boeing in European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2011)

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    Reliability of fasting plasma alkylresorcinol metabolites concentrations measured 4 months apart

    Alkylresorcinols (AR) have been suggested as specific dietary biomarkers of whole-grain wheat and rye intake. AR are metabolised to 3,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid (DHBA) and 3-(3,5-dihydroxyphenyl)-1-propanoic acid...

    J Montonen, R Landberg, A Kamal-Eldin, P Åman in European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2012)

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    The association of education with long-term weight change in the EPIC-PANACEA cohort

    Cross-sectionally, educational attainment is strongly associated with the prevalence of obesity, but this association is less clear for weight change during adult life. The objective of this study is to examin...

    S Rohrmann, A Steinbrecher, J Linseisen in European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2012)

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    Associations of anthropometric markers with serum metabolites using a targeted metabolomics approach: results of the EPIC-potsdam study

    The metabolic consequences of type of body shape need further exploration. Whereas accumulation of body mass in the abdominal area is a well-established metabolic risk factor, accumulation in the gluteofemoral...

    U Bachlechner, A Floegel, A Steffen, C Prehn, J Adamski, T Pischon in Nutrition & Diabetes (2016)