The present study summarises the work developed by the ALPHA (Assessing Levels of
Physical Activity) study and describes the procedures followed to select the tests included in …

Summary Vanaelst B, De Vriendt T, Huybrechts I, Rinaldi S, De Henauw S. Epidemiological
approaches to measure childhood stress. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology 2012; 26 …

Background: There is a lack of common surveillance systems providing comparable figures
and temporal trends of the prevalence of overweight (OW), obesity and related risk factors …

Background: The European IDEFICS (Identification and prevention of dietary-and lifestyle-
induced health effects in children and infants) study was set up to determine the aetiology of …

España-Romero, V, Ortega, FB, Vicente-Rodríguez, G, Artero, EG, Rey, JP, and Ruiz, JR.
Elbow position affects handgrip strength in adolescents: validity and reliability of Jamar …

Objective: To investigate the reproducibility of food consumption frequencies derived from
the food frequency section of the Children's Eating Habits Questionnaire (CEHQ-FFQ) that …

Background: Increased preference for fat and sugar may have a role in overweight and
obesity development. However, this effect is likely to vary across different food cultures. To …

ObjectiveTo assess the relationship between parental education level and the consumption
frequency of obesity-related foods in European children. DesignThe analysis was based on …

ObjectiveTo assess to what extent eight behavioural health risks related to breakfast and
food consumption and five behavioural health risks related to physical activity, screen time …

Objective: The aim of the study was to assess the associations of individual and combined
physical fitness components with single and clustering of cardio-metabolic risk factors in …