A Miranda Fredriks
Country: The Netherlands
- Are age references for waist circumference, hip circumference and waist-hip ratio in Dutch children useful in clinical practice?A Miranda Fredriks
TNO Prevention and Health, 2215, 2301 CE, Leiden, The Netherlands
Eur J Pediatr 164:216-22. 2005..67, P <0.01) increased with age. With regard to WHR-SDS, a low correlation was found for 12.5-20 years of age ( r =0.2, P <0.01). WC-SDS correlated positively with height SDS ( r =0.35, P <0.01)...
- Alarming prevalences of overweight and obesity for children of Turkish, Moroccan and Dutch origin in The Netherlands according to international standardsA Miranda Fredriks
TNO Prevention and Health, Leiden, The Netherlands
Acta Paediatr 94:496-8. 2005..Prevalences of overweight in The Netherlands, defined by international cut-off points, are presented in 14 500 children of Dutch origin, 2904 of Turkish and 2855 of Moroccan origin, aged 0-21 y...
- Height, weight, body mass index and pubertal development reference values for children of Turkish origin in the NetherlandsA Miranda Fredriks
Child Health Division, TNO Prevention and Health, 2301 CE Leiden, The Netherlands
Eur J Pediatr 162:788-93. 2003..8 years, 5 months earlier than in Dutch girls. BMI of Turkish children was higher than that of Dutch children at all ages. BMI SDS was associated with birth weight and the duration of stay of the mother in the Netherlands...
- Do bullied children get ill, or do ill children get bullied? A prospective cohort study on the relationship between bullying and health-related symptomsMinne Fekkes
Netherlands Organization of Applied Scientific Research TNO, Quality of Life, Leiden, The Netherlands
Pediatrics 117:1568-74. 2006..In our present study, we investigated whether victimization precedes psychosomatic and psychosocial symptoms or whether these symptoms precede victimization...