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Bärbel-Maria Kurth
Public Health
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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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Open AccessUpdated 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
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 AccessGerman health interview and examination survey for adults (DEGS) - design, objectives and implementation of the first data collection wave
The German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults (DEGS) is part of the recently established national health monitoring conducted by the Robert Koch Institute. DEGS combines a nationally representa...
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Open AccessPotential determinants of obesity among children and adolescents in Germany: results from the cross-sectional KiGGS study
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 risk groups among 3- to 17-year old children and ado...
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Open AccessThe challenge of comprehensively map** children's health in a nation-wide health survey: Design of the German KiGGS-Study
From May 2003 to May 2006, the Robert Koch Institute conducted the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS). Aim of this first nationwide interview and examination su...
