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    • Adiponectin, resistin, and visfatin in childhood obesity and exercise 

      Jamurtas A.Z., Stavropoulos-Kalinoglou A., Koutsias S., Koutedakis Y., Fatouros I. (2015)
      Childhood obesity is increasing alarmingly, and a strong association with chronic diseases has been established. Specific adipokines are released from the adipose tissue and relate with chronic diseases even in the pediatric ...
    • Assessing the association between breastfeeding, type of childbirth and family structure with childhood obesity: results from an observational study among 10–12 years old children 

      Kanellopoulou A., Antonogeorgos G., Kokkou S., Notara V., Rojas-Gil A.P., Kornilaki E.N., Lagiou A., Kosti R.I., Panagiotakos D.B. (2022)
      This study examined the association between breastfeeding, type of childbirth, and family structure with childhood obesity. During 2014–2016, 1728 Greek students attending primary schools and their parents were enrolled. ...
    • 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 ...
    • Combining effect and process evaluation on european preschool children’s snacking behavior in a kindergarten-based, family-involved cluster randomized controlled trial: The toybox study 

      De Craemer M., Verbestel V., Verloigne M., Androutsos O., Moreno L., Iotova V., Koletzko B., Socha P., Manios Y., Cardon G. (2020)
      This study aimed at (1) studying the effect of the standardized ToyBox intervention on European preschoolers’ snacking behavior, and (2) studying whether a higher process evaluation score from teachers and parents/caregivers ...
    • 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 ...
    • Compliance with the 24-hour movement behavior guidelines and associations with adiposity in european preschoolers: Results from the toybox-study 

      Decraene M., Verbestel V., Cardon G., Iotova V., Koletzko B., Moreno L.A., Miguel-Berges M.L., Gurzkowska B., Androutsos O., Manios Y., De Craemer M. (2021)
      In 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) published 24 h movement behavior guidelines for preschoolers with recommendations for physical activity (PA), screen time (ST), and sleep. The present study investigated the ...
    • Effective strategies for childhood obesity prevention via school based, family involved interventions: A critical review for the development of the Feel4Diabetes-study school based component 

      Lambrinou C.-P., Androutsos O., Karaglani E., Cardon G., Huys N., Wikström K., Kivelä J., Ko W., Karuranga E., Tsochev K., Iotova V., Dimova R., De Miguel-Etayo P., Gonzalez-Gil E.Mª., Tamás H., Jancsó Z., Liatis S., Makrilakis K., Manios Y., Cardon G., Lindström J., Schwarz P., Makrilakis K., Annemans L., Garamendi I., Karatzi K., Androutsos O., Moschonis G., Kanellakis S., Mavrogianni C., Tsoutsoulopoulou K., Katsarou C., Karaglani E., Qira I., Skoufas E., Maragkopoulou K., Tsiafitsa A., Sotiropoulou I., Tsolakos M., Argyri E., Nikolaou M., Vampouli E.-A., Filippou C., Apergi K., Filippou A., Katerina G., Dimitriadis E., Lindström J., Laatikainen T., Wikström K., Hovi P., Kivelä J., Valve P., Levälahti E., Virtanen E., Cardon G., Van Stappen V., Huys N., Annemans L., Willems R., Shadid S., Schwarz P., Timpel P., Makrilakis K., Liatis S., Dafoulas G., Lambrinou C.-P., Giannopoulou A., Rabemananjara L., De Sabata M.S., Ko W., Garamendi I., Moreno L., Civeira F., Bueno G., De Miguel-Etayo P., Miguel-Berges M.L., Giménez-Legarre N., Flores-Barrantes P., Ayala-Marín A.M., Seral-Cortés M., Baila-Rueda L., Cenarro A., Jarauta E., Mateo-Gallego R., Tankova T., Usheva N., Tsochev K., Chakarova N., Galcheva S., Dimova R., Bocheva Y., Radkova Z., Marinova V., Bazdarska Y., Stefanova T., Rurik I., Ungvari T., Jancsó Z., Nánási A., Kolozsvári L., Semánova C., Bíró É., Antal E., Radó S., Martinez R., Tong M. (2020)
      Background: Although there are many interventions targeting childhood obesity prevention, only few have demonstrated positive results. The current review aimed to gather and evaluate available school-based intervention ...
    • Evaluating the efficacy of the feeding exercise randomized trial in overweight and obese adolescents 

      Patsopoulou A., Tsimtsiou Z., Katsioulis A., Malissiova E., Rachiotis G., Hadjichristodoulou C. (2017)
      Background: The Feeding Exercise Trial in Adolescents (FETA) aimed to evaluate whether a community-based, parents-involving, combined physical activity and nutritional education program was effective in improving adiposity ...
    • Identifying early abdominal obesity risk in adolescents by telemedicine: A cross-sectional study in Greece 

      Bacopoulou F., Landis G.N., Pałasz A., Tsitsika A., Vlachakis D., Tsarouhas K., Tsitsimpikou C., Stefanaki C., Kouretas D., Efthymiou V. (2020)
      Obesity and thus, lipotoxicity, is a major health risk factor. Modern exposure to environmental chemicals has contributed significantly to the obesity epidemic. The purpose of this study was to assess, via telemedicine and ...
    • In early pubertal boys, testosterone and LH are associated with improved anti-oxidation during an aerobic exercise bout 

      Paltoglou G., Avloniti A., Chatzinikolaou A., Stefanaki C., Papagianni M., Papassotiriou I., Fatouros I.G., Chrousos G.P., Kanaka-Gantenbein C., Mastorakos G. (2019)
      Purpose: To investigate the association of the hypothalamic-pituitary-testicular (HPT) axis with pro- and anti- oxidation, in relation to puberty and obesity in boys, before and after an aerobic exercise bout. Methods: ...
    • The Influence of Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet among Children and Their Parents in Relation to Childhood Overweight/Obesity: A Cross-Sectional Study in Greece 

      Kosti R.I., Kanellopoulou A., Fragkedaki E., Notara V., Giannakopoulou S.-P., Antonogeorgos G., Rojas-Gil A.P., Kornilaki E.N., Lagiou A., Panagiotakos D.B. (2020)
      Background: Childhood overweight/obesity constitutes a serious issue, as may cause several health problems. The main characteristics of the Mediterranean Diet have been acknowledged as the most appropriate shield mainly ...
    • Influences of parental snacking-related attitudes, behaviours and nutritional knowledge on young children’s healthy and unhealthy snacking: The ToyBox study 

      Gibson E.L., Androutsos O., Moreno L., Flores-Barrantes P., Socha P., Iotova V., Cardon G., De Bourdeaudhuij I., Koletzko B., Skripkauskaite S., Manios Y., Toybox-study Group (2020)
      This study investigated parental influences on preschool children’s healthy and unhealthy snacking in relation to child obesity in a large cross-sectional multinational sample. Parents and 3– 5 year-old child dyads (n = ...
    • Prevalence and risk factors of overweight and obesity among adolescents and their parents in central Greece (FETA Project) 

      Patsopoulou A., Tsimtsiou Z., Katsioulis A., Rachiotis G., Malissiova E., Hadjichristodoulou C. (2015)
      The increasing obesity trend in adolescence is a public health concern. The initial phase of Feeding Exercise Trial in Adolescents (FETA) aimed in investigating the prevalence of overweight and obesity in adolescents and ...
    • Prospective BMI changes in preschool children are associated with parental characteristics and body weight perceptions: the ToyBox-study 

      Manios Y., Lambert K.A., Karaglani E., Mavrogianni C., Moreno Aznar L.A., Iotova V., Świaȩder-Leśniak A., Koletzko B., Cardon G., Androutsos O., Moschonis G., Reilly J., Swinburn B., Ward D., Manios Y., Androutsos O., Grammatikaki E., Katsarou C., Apostolidou E., Livaniou A., Lymperopoulou K., Efstathopoulou E., Lambrinou C.-P., Giannopoulou A., Siatitsa E., Argiri E., Maragkopoulou K., Douligeris A., Koletzko B., Duvinage K., Ibrugger S., Straus A., Herbert B., Birnbaum J., Payr A., Geyer C., De Bourdeaudhuij I., Cardon G., De Craemer M., De Decker E., Annemans L., De Henauw S., Maes L., Vereecken C., Van Assche J., Pil L., Paw M.C.A., Te Velde S., Moreno L., Mouratidou T., Fernandez J., Mesana M., De Miguel-Etayo P., Gonzalez-Gil E.M., Gracia-Marco L., Oves B., Yngve A., Kugelberg S., Lynch C., Mosdol A., Nilsen B.B., Summerbell C., Moore H., Douthwaite W., Nixon C., Kreichauf S., Wildgruber A., Socha P., Kulaga Z., Zych K., Góźdź M., Gurzkowska B., Szott K., Iotova V., Lateva M., Usheva N., Galcheva S., Marinova V., Radkova Z., Feschieva N., Lobstein T., Aikenhead A., Buijs G., Dorgelo A., Nethe A., Jansen J., Gmeiner O., Retterath J., Wildeis J., Gunthersberger A., Gibson L., Voegele C., Toy Box Study Group (2022)
      Objective: To examine the effect of the intervention implemented in the ToyBox-study on changes observed in age- and sex-specific BMI percentile and investigate the role of perinatal factors, parental perceptions and ...