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Anna-Kristin Brettschneider
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Updated prevalence rates of overweight and obesity in 4- to 10-year-old children in Germany. Results from the telephone-based KiGGS Wave 1 after correction for bias in parental reports
The nationwide ‘German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents’ (KiGGS), conducted in 2003–2006, showed an increase in the prevalence rates of overweight and obesity compared to th...
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Open AccessErratum to: ‘Updated prevalence rates of overweight and obesity in 11- to 17-year-old adolescents in Germany. Results from the telephone-based KiGGS Wave 1 after correction for bias in self-reports’
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Psychische Gesundheit von Jugendlichen in Deutschland
Viele Kinder und Jugendliche in Deutschland wachsen in Familien mit Migrationshintergrund auf. Unterschiedliche kulturelle, religiöse und sprachliche Hintergründe beeinflussen ihr Verhalten in vielerlei Hinsic...
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Open AccessApplying a correction procedure to the prevalence estimates of overweight and obesity in the German part of the HBSC study
Prevalence rates for overweight and obesity based on self-reported height and weight are underestimated, whereas the prevalence rate for underweight is slightly overestimated. Therefore a correction is needed....
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Open AccessValidity and predictors of BMI derived from self-reported height and weight among 11- to 17-year-old German adolescents from the KiGGS study
For practical and financial reasons, self-reported instead of measured height and weight are often used. The aim of this study is to evaluate the validity of self-reports and to identify potential predictors o...
