• Breastfeeding and overweight in european preschoolers: The toybox study 

      Usheva N., Lateva M., Galcheva S., Koletzko B.V., Cardon G., De Craemer M., Androutsos O., Kotowska A., Socha P., Moreno L.A., Manios Y., Iotova V., ToyBox-Study Group (2021)
      The benefits of breastfeeding (BF) include risk reduction of later overweight and obesity. We aimed to analyse the association between breastfeeding practices and overweight/obesity among preschool children participating ...
    • Complementary feeding and overweight in european preschoolers: The toybox-study 

      Usheva N., Galcheva S., Cardon G., De Craemer M., Androutsos O., Kotowska A., Socha P., Koletzko B.V., Moreno L.A., Iotova V., Manios Y., the ToyBox-study Group (2021)
      Complementary feeding (CF) should start between 4–6 months of age to ensure infants’ growth but is also linked to childhood obesity. This study aimed to investigate the association of the timing of CF, breastfeeding and ...
    • Passive smoking, asthma and allergy in children 

      Metsios, G. S.; Flouris, A. D.; Koutedakis, Y. (2009)
      Despite the recent campaigns to eliminate smoking and hinder the detrimental effects of passive smoking (PS), actual smoking rates still increase worldwide. Several physiological systems, with the respiratory being the ...