Ibrahim Elmadfa

Differences in prevalence of overweight and stunting in 11-year olds across Europe: The Pro Children Study (2008)

Yngve, Agneta, De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse, Wolf, Alexandra, Grjibovski, Andrej, Brug, Johannes, Due, Pernille, ...

Objectives: To assess country differences in prevalence of overweight, obesity, underweight and stunting in the Pro Children Survey. Methods: A cross-sectional study conducted in a random sample of...

British Journal of Nutrition (1999), 81, Suppl. 2, S31–S35 S31 Food-based dietary guidelines – the Austrian perspective (2007)

Juergen Koenig, Ibrahim Elmadfa

Presently, no national dietary guidelines – neither food- nor nutrient-based – exist for Austria. Usually, the recommendations of the German Society of Nutrition are used instead. The...

The Women's Health Initiative. What is on trial: nutrition and chronic disease? Or misinterpreted science, media havoc and the sound of silence from peers? (2006)

Yngve, Agneta, Hambraeus, Leif, Lissner, Lauren, Serra Majem, Lluis, Vaz De Almeida, Maria Daniel, Berg, Christina, ...

The first results of the Women's Health Initiative dietary intervention trial were published in the USA in February. This is a colossal intervention designed to see if diets lower in fat and higher...

The principles, definition and dimensions of the new nutrition science (2005)

Beauman, Christopher, Cannon, Geoffrey, Elmadfa, Ibrahim, Glasauer, Peter, Hoffmann, Ingrid, Keller, Markus, ...

Objective: To specify the principles, definition and dimensions of the new nutrition science. Purpose: To identify nutrition, with its application in food and nutrition policy, as a science with...

Vitamin B-12 and homocysteine status among vegetarians: a global perspective

Elmadfa, Ibrahim

Evidence exists that well-planned vegetarian diets provide numerous health benefits and are appropriate for all stages of the life cycle. It is also known that animal foods provide micronutrients...